RIP Richard Attenborough (August 29, 1923 - August 24, 2014), aged 90 You will always be remembered as a legend.

@22reg.

3 ай бұрын

I met Sir Richard about 200 yards from where I live in the beautiful historic city of York England I was in York Minster when the Coronation scene for the film Elizabeth was being filmed. He was in discussion with director Shakur Kapoor and another person as I stood a few feet away hoping for a chance to say hello and feeling incredibly nervous but excited . What happened then is something I'll always remember Sir Richard suddenly looked over and saw me stood there and without a second thought walked straight over to me and actually introduced himself to me! and then proceeded to show genuine interest in who I was and was I visiting the city and cathedral etc ..absolute class a 100% sincere gentleman sharp as a pin and kind of generous human being you would be lucky to meet anywhere. It's always much later when you might replay this wonderful moment through your thought's and think why didn't I ask the great man this/that? or say something profound(and pretentious) but of course these moments have got nothing whatsoever to do with trying to be clever or showing off. That day in the Minster the number of great actor's was remarkable including Cate Blanchett Christopher Eccleston the wonderful Australian actor(Capt Barbosa POTC) and The King's Speech. A few year's later one very early Sunday morning I was on duty as a volunteer steward at York Minster when a man walked in by himself we were the only 2 people in the nave as I walked over to say hello I quickly recognised Michael Palin another wonderful talent and very interesting man and a Yorkshire man too. He told me he had been appearing the previous evening at York's Grand Opera House in a one man show, then Canon Peter appeared and as he walked down the nave towards us I began walking towards him and without a thought exclaimed " Peter Mr Michael Palin " Peter replied "OH" walked straight over to MP they warmly shook hands and I walked away leaving them to talk... AND BOY DID THEY TALK!! only later did I find out that Canon Peter was and had been a huge fan of Michael Palin and much of his work(would have liked to know his thought's on The Life of Brian 😊)

As an Indian, i bow my Head at the feet of this Gentlemen Sir Richard Attenborough... For making this Biopic of Our Father of Nation, Gandhi ji.. To show his ways and struggles to the next generations.. It was a gift to the Indian people for generations.. Thank you sir🙏🙏🙏

@cush6827

2 жыл бұрын

It is *Lord* Attenborough, not Sir.

@jmartin4204

Жыл бұрын

Even if I was not proudly partly Indian still will always admire Mohandus Gandhi

@jinroh516

Ай бұрын

Gandhi is a pedo

Rest in peace, Richard Attenborough. You were such a wonderful person. :(

@Superbird43

3 жыл бұрын

@Wuhan Virus he died in 2014

@Superbird43

3 жыл бұрын

@Wuhan Virus his brother

Gandhi was the last of the cinematic spectacles filmed with a cast of thousands (the extras). Nowadays the "thousands" of extras are CGI generated. Those were the glory days of Hollywood.

@NeverAsk

4 жыл бұрын

Avenger took the words out of my mouth!

@Areyoumadnott

4 жыл бұрын

What about titanic?

@binaralakal1021

4 жыл бұрын

Once in a interview Sir Ben Kingsley said that there were 400'000 people for the filming of the funeral if I heard it right. I think it was in Interview with GQ

@jimcameron1234

3 жыл бұрын

@@Areyoumadnott thanks for support

@nikhilguleria7894

3 жыл бұрын

30000 extras were used for kingdom of heaven

Interesting how Attenborough and Spielberg later did Jurassic Park.

@skillconvo5863

6 жыл бұрын

It was a deal struck at the oscars.

@JamesHarris-hl2bm

6 жыл бұрын

Well, Richard was also an very good actor. Should have been nominated for his work in Séance on a Wet Afternoon. Both he and Kim Stanley were brilliant.

@ewanmcfadyen

6 жыл бұрын

LOL the novel wasn't even written until 1990!

@crystalmatava2929

5 жыл бұрын

And Gandhis Ben Kingsley was in that years Best Picture Schindler's List

@michaelmuldowney8

5 жыл бұрын

Sir Richard said he always felt bad the Gandhi beat ET for best picture and it was one of the reasons he took the role in Jurassic Park.

Tears in Attenborough's eyes while mentioning Gandhi.. Really he knows whatever Gandhi gives to whole world is really exceptional and extraordinary

Here on Gandhi Jayanti 2019.

@rupeshjadhav4713

4 жыл бұрын

I am

@reva7350

Жыл бұрын

I am on Gabdhi jayanti 2022

Gandhi is one of the Greatest films ever made, and Sir Richard Attenborough is easily one of the Greatest filmmaker humanitarians born to walk this Earth, because to understand Gandhi completely you have to become a bit of Gandhi, and Attenborough presented Mahatma Gandhi so splendidly.

What a great feeling when they play.... Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram in Oscar 👏

@abhisheksrivastava5014

3 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps, and Richard worked with satyjeet ray in SHATRANJ K KHILADI

@ariesabhishek4879

2 жыл бұрын

@@abhisheksrivastava5014 thanks for the information bro. I'll watch.

@abhisheksrivastava5014

2 жыл бұрын

@@ariesabhishek4879 sure bro

@thebrowneesfilm2

Жыл бұрын

Like wading through cement. One of the worst directors in history.

Wonderful speech by the great Director paying tribute to MAHATMA GANDHI.

Great speech by Attenborough for best film. Profound and eloquent

R.I.P Sir Richard the world has lost a true warm loving human being today, Sir Richards talents knew no bounds but it is for his humility and humanity that i am sure many will remember and miss him.

@cush6827

4 жыл бұрын

Sir ?? *Lord* Attenborough, you mean.

Rest in Peace Sir Richard you were and always will be a great cinematic icon.....

@siyacer

4 жыл бұрын

Yep

Rest in peace Richard Attenborough.

Billy Wilder presenting-it doesn't get better, what a list of films he had. Richard Attenborough delivered a film that does stand the test of time, IMHO. Gandhi was his dream project, and we learned more about India by watching.

@dadmoo12

9 жыл бұрын

well said

@biokart

6 жыл бұрын

Marilyn E. Jess we Indians learnt more about Gandhi, thanks to Sir Richard Attenborough!

What a speech!

Gandhi is one of my all time favourite top 10-list.

@ronakmodi7336

4 жыл бұрын

Out of the 4000 movies you've watched?

@ufo4936

4 жыл бұрын

Mathieu Champagne Get the f out of here

@anjisam223

4 жыл бұрын

🙋 myself too...

@parthsharma688

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronakmodi7336 out of atleast 2000 movies i ve watched... Gandhi is still my best movie so far! And i can understand your pain.. Modi ji 🤣

@anshumansingh8358

3 жыл бұрын

@@parthsharma688 lmfao

Rest In Peace Lord Richard Attenborough a true Englishman,God Bless.

@fortimeless3299

4 жыл бұрын

Great Speach And Perfect Prononciation.Simply Perfect. RIP Sir Richard Attenborough 🎩

Gandhi was a well made movie as the man himself. It deserved because of the idea Richard elaborated, i think, it struck everyone at that point of time.

@9861356322

7 жыл бұрын

Sad times are changing...in India we have morons who suggest a temple for Nathuram Godse !

@gyanprakashsoni4613

7 жыл бұрын

Devamalya Ghosh thats the irony of indian civilization and this chaos leads to evolution of greatest personalities. It is repeating always, so we tolerate and let them exist because ultimately it will help the society to evolve better. With all contradictions coexisting we thrive for better and better. Remember Richard was British as Churchill who wanted Gandhi dead.

@gauravw6947

5 жыл бұрын

Neelabhra Roy Wow! How mature and intelligent your argument is! 😛 LOL!

It was great humane speech by Richard Attenborough, I love him.

Sentimental speech. Really that touched me.

@LadyVader33

5 жыл бұрын

Rohit Jain what a gracious man indeed

Richard's words shows the detailed reading about subject/autobiography that he produced and what more is he learned the Gandhi's message and passed it to fellows with his amazing vision. Genius at work

@agnosticheretic746

4 жыл бұрын

No for Nazi loving conservative Brits.

Richard Atteborough ______ A Class Act!!! Only he could do justice with project called 'Gandhi'.

I still remembered watching Gandhi in a cinema in Canberra when it was premiered there. I was young student at the Australian National University then in 1983. After the movie ended, there was a standing ovation by the whole audience throughout the credit rolls. What a movie experience that was.

RIP Sir. Thank you for the film. DVD shall stay on my shelf forever.

For me Spielberg's E.T. remains the best, but Richard Attenborough's Gandhi remains one of the most beautiful biopics ever made!

@one2teen

7 жыл бұрын

I love both and own both on DVD.

@avinashpatil7913

6 жыл бұрын

Spielberg's ET was stolen from another writer and never gave him the credit. Steven S. was so lame to admit that.

@TheTerryE

6 жыл бұрын

ET has dated very badly. I find it practically unwatchable today.

@mahasinhossen2502

6 жыл бұрын

the story of ET was copied from the unproduced film "the alien", written and directed by another indian director satyajit ray

@RazorEdge2006

4 жыл бұрын

@@mahasinhossen2502 Sweet justice that E.T. lost to Gandhi, after the story of E.T. was stolen from an Indian filmmaker.

Gandhi has great directing and producing.

@hadiputraw8083

4 жыл бұрын

Idk why when i found your comment seems really funny

@parthsharma688

3 жыл бұрын

@@hadiputraw8083 it happens with idiotas.....

What a great bunch of films - Das Boot (greatest WWII film ever made), Tootsie, The Verdict, ET and Gandhi which thoroughly deserved the win.

This speech from attenborough on Gandhi is so good, came to revisit this moment. Thanks & Love to him for inspiring us through his creation.

Brilliant speech by sir Richard at the end. Gandhi was a masterpiece and well deserved Oscar 🤗👍

Spielberg must have been extremely pissed off in this Oscar ceremony.. E.T is brilliant but Gandhi deserved it more.. a monumental effort..

@donna25871

4 жыл бұрын

Ritish Patnaik and I think Das Boot would have finished above ET as well - it’s a masterpiece.

My kids' generation is still a fortunate one having parents like me who have the opportunity and the ease to steer their attention on powerful speeches such as this delivered by gentlemen and mentors like Richard Attenborough. It saddens me to think of a world bereft of such luminous and illustrious models.

wow ..heart full of peace and tears..cheers to Mr Attenborough.

Great honour for all humility that Film like is made by you......such a great personality comes to know all the world by the way you portrayed.....Love you and thank you for such courage and strength 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Also the Director of Bridge Too Far, Chaplin and Cry Freedom. I love his speech. Unselfishness exemplified A Great English Gentleman! Respect from 🇺🇸

1983 was one of those rare years ... of five outstanding director and film Oscar nominations

Very inspiring acceptance speech by Attenborough. Great man indeed.

The small details in the movie really blew my mind. Only a person who has read Indian freedom struggle would spot those things.. after mahatma's first speech in India we see a young boy wearing black cap in the crowd..a member of radical Hindu organization.... Or lokmanya tilak sitting beside Jinnah in the same event, not to be seen again since he died shortly afterwards.

1982 was an incredible year for movies. :)

Whenever I see this video , I get emotional. Mahatma 🙏

Great 5 films . Incredible year .

Wonderful speech.

Richard Attenborough's plea for peace without violence one of the best acceptance speeches ever.

Amazing year- Das Boot, Gandhi, ET. Wow.

I will love Richard forever. What an extraordinary man.

Richard Attenborough was a good director, but he was an EXCEPTIONAL actor. It's really a shame that he wasn't recognized for his performances in Brighton Rock, Guns at Batasi, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, 10 Rillington Place, and all the other performances he gave that should've been nominated or won.

@albiehay5567

7 жыл бұрын

Michael McCarthy Don't forget 'The Great Escape' and 'Jurassic Park'.

@avinashpatil7913

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I didnt know much about Richard's acting. I will surely watch these movies.

Gandhi is most relevant in this era of violence to bring peace .et also inspired humanity .there could have been a joint oscar for both Spielberg and Attenborough like Nobel prize. Thanks.n.c.rakshit.

That Richard's speech should have get a standing ovation, still human race in rage to find dignity of our existence! #Peace

Happy 96th birthday in heaven, Sir Richard Attenborough.

@mitchellhodack657

4 жыл бұрын

Of course.

Such an incredible acceptance speech thank you Sir Richard Attenborough for such an incredible message.

Spectacular movie well deserved. He was so great💕

Fantastic speech.

Beautiful speech. He truly deserved it!

What a wonderful speech.

Gandhi deserved the Oscar - hands down!

@aaaaab360

6 жыл бұрын

Word!

@hckingking

4 жыл бұрын

E.t. was a better film

@anjisam223

4 жыл бұрын

Till today in 2020.. this is the best

I like that Richard Attenborough gave a shout out to Stephen Spielberg here. Ten years later he was directed by Spielberg in Jurassic Park. RIP Richard Attenborough...

@samrey1803

Жыл бұрын

That's David Attenborough... LoL two different people. Brothers

He loved and was loved .

Such a great speech... Met with golf applause.

Rest in Peace Sir Richard

Dear Richard, I would like to thank you for the great movie you made.

Sir, absolutely amazing film and your words of praise for Mahatma Gandhi. It's clearly visible you have done a lot of research and the message you wanted to convey to the whole world through this film.

Finally I can see these videos!

It was a stunning movie

What a speech ...miss you sir

@Aneesh.Asokan

4 жыл бұрын

@Mathieu Champagne Yes, we can see that you are a lunatic!😂😁😀

Extra ordinary speech by sir Richard while accepting the award for best picture.

Amazing class.with that.speech

Gave me goosebumps that 👍

Wat a great speech by an englishman truly touched my soul! gandhi's idea always remain with world..huge respect from a indian girl!

@TheManodeep

4 жыл бұрын

@Mathieu Champagne , there is evidence that the concept of E.T. is plagiarized from Satyajit Ray's work

@Pranavntespam

4 жыл бұрын

@Mathieu Champagne Gandhi had corrected himself on his stance on racism. He was wrong and he had corrected himself. Only a great man can do that

@agnosticheretic746

4 жыл бұрын

@mathieu How and why. If gandhi was a racist what was winston churchill. A saint!. GTFO

@agnosticheretic746

4 жыл бұрын

If gandhi was a racist what was Winston churchill and his conservative party . Ultra racist !.

@Pranavntespam

4 жыл бұрын

@@agnosticheretic746 of course hell yeah

Incredible Speech by Attenborough

What a speech at the end

He was very emotional while making the speech

@agnosticheretic746

4 жыл бұрын

Thats your father's name matheiu.

It's absolutely tragic to listen to Richard Attenborough talk so passionately and eloquently about 'men of peace' and the dangers we all face if ignoring the great human tragedies throughout history and the lessons that have to be learned and acted upon.....F/F to February 2024 we haven't learned anything indeed through the greed violence oppression of many millions of innocent people across the world we have through misunderstanding intolerance and hate are leading us all into a new dark age...😢😢❤️

Billy Wilder is wonderful and has a beautiful accent!!!!

Yes, Ben Kingsley was outstanding as Gandhi. He won every award for his performance: Academy Award, Golden Globe, Bafta, etc. Richard truly deserved Best Achievement in Directing, but Best Picture E.T. should have won, like in the Golden Globes that year.

Fun fact: that year was the last time the 2 highest-grossing movies of the year were nominated for Best Picture until this year

I would have loved if Richard Attenborough had also been nominated for Best Director for Shadowlands and for Chaplin.

Rest In Peace...

A great filmmaker!

A first class film. Attenborough as director doesn’t make it “about him” but about Gandhi.

First Robin Williams and now Richard my childhood keeps dying why.

It really should be a five-way tie. Couldn't agree more.

That was Sir Richard Attenborough!

No expense spared!

Gandhi was not able to conquer lust but he was able to conquer the hearts of millions of people in the world.

I am very proud to be British in every single sense may not have been born there but very proud to have grown up there would not want it any other way . What eloquence and such excellence not only of the talent of Sir Richard Attenborough of majority of the British . An American on average could not string a set of pearls let alone a sentence . Gandhi one of the top greatest of all time deserved every single win it got with such a great team and director .

@user-rh2io7gm1l

10 ай бұрын

Why do you have to insult Americans? It was so random.

R.I.P Mr. Attenborough

@charlescrack4649

7 жыл бұрын

:(

The speech was very good

Whoa ... what a list for best director! I didn’t know Attenborough produced this film as well. And what an acceptance speech for best producer- few, if any, have been better. Such eloquence.

Congratulations

Pffffffffff...Gandhi is an epic movie...EPIC! And, really, I like E.T......but the best was clearly Gandhi, everyone knew this.

RIP Richard

Wow, this has to be the best Best Director roster of all time! I would have given it to Spielberg, then Petersen, but all were totally deserving of their nominations.

@FlyingFocs

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, '82 seems by all accounts a magnificent year in film. At the very least, it had some of the best genre films of all time.

Damn, that was a great list of directors that year. Still wish Spielberg would have won Director and Picture though. Nothing beats the 'Goodbye' sequence at the end of E.T. Too much perfection.

Gandhi deserved it whole heartedly. Ben Kingsley gave one of the greatest performances of all time in that film, and Richard Attenborough really did his story justice.

Well said Sir Richard Attenborough

And in 10 years from then, fellow nominee Steven Spielberg will cast Richard Attenborough in one of his most seminal movie - Jurrasic Park.

@Starkardur

4 жыл бұрын

and Kathleen Kennedy would become one of the most powerful person in Hollywood

...for those who want to know what was said during the audio gaffe, Sir Richard Attenborough said: ".... honored. But, I would simply say to Sidney Lumet and Sydney Pollack and Wolfgang Petersen and Steven Spielberg, I am honored to be in their company. Thank you very much." Reference: aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/link/055-8/

@1515327E

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Raj; you're a gentleman.

Powerful speech. It should be noted that this was during the height of the Cold War during the Reagan era. The prospect of War with the Soviet Union was looming. Which makes this speech all the more powerful.

Billy Wilder's opening quip about it's ' better to give then receive....I DON'T BELIEVE THAT " 🤣🤣🤣

Here in 2021 in lockdown. Keep safe.