Peter Finch Wins Best Actor: 1977 Oscars

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Paddy Chayefsky and Eletha Finch accepting the Best Actor Oscar® on behalf of the late Peter Finch for his performance in Network. Presented by Liv Ullmann at the 49th Academy Awards® in 1977.

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  • @triciajohansen9295
    @triciajohansen92955 жыл бұрын

    Very classy of Paddy to have Peter's widow accept the award. I am in tears.😭

  • @oacaparov

    @oacaparov

    Жыл бұрын

    Producers didn't want to able widow's Finch to receive The award, but Paddy fuck them.

  • @elisabethschwartz160

    @elisabethschwartz160

    Жыл бұрын

    You know! Many years ago I visited the Forever Hollywood Cemetery and found his niche in the Wall Mausoleum! He was an excellent actor gone to soon!

  • @HoldenNY22

    @HoldenNY22

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes.

  • @wurds509

    @wurds509

    4 ай бұрын

    Well, it may have been classy, but what he did didn't REQUIRE class. It was just the thing to do.

  • @UFOSPACE1999
    @UFOSPACE199910 жыл бұрын

    Peter Finch deserved this Award. How Beautiful Paddy invited Mrs. Finch UP. This was quite moving.

  • @ekop1778

    @ekop1778

    6 жыл бұрын

    THE LATE PETER PINCH

  • @bobthebear1246

    @bobthebear1246

    6 жыл бұрын

    E Kop *FINCH, you idiot.

  • @triciajohansen9295

    @triciajohansen9295

    5 жыл бұрын

    This was not only moving, but also beautiful!😎

  • @mariaalano3077

    @mariaalano3077

    3 жыл бұрын

    @ufospeech - that's what we call civility

  • @edwardcochran5060

    @edwardcochran5060

    3 жыл бұрын

    CIVILITY, CLASS, HUMANITY, DECENCY, RESPECT....R E S P E C T!!!

  • @VTMCompany
    @VTMCompany5 жыл бұрын

    His wife was elegant and beautiful...such a moving acceptance speech.

  • @JamesHarris-hl2bm
    @JamesHarris-hl2bm8 жыл бұрын

    The late Alan Rickman said it best: Actors don't win Oscars, roles do. That said, Finch had a smaller role, but he had THE role. Similar to what happened when Hopkins won for Silence of the Lambs.

  • @tmartins2956

    @tmartins2956

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Gatto Di Ossa you stll have to do it with class imagine stallone with his role...

  • @singingindark12

    @singingindark12

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah so did Geoffrey Rush in Shine.. and Beatrice Straight only performed for 5 minutes in Network it is said..

  • @pjangels609

    @pjangels609

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's all a Homecoming court.

  • @kiyo6211

    @kiyo6211

    2 жыл бұрын

    sympathy vote

  • @JamesHarris-hl2bm

    @JamesHarris-hl2bm

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kiyo6211 In this case, I do not think so. Finch had a fantastic role, played it wonderfully and probably would have won anyway and that role has proven to be just as important today as it was then to those of us paying attention.

  • @icegiant1000
    @icegiant10007 жыл бұрын

    Wow... what a year... Taxi Driver, Rocky and Network... nuts.

  • @roberthmartinezharo2951

    @roberthmartinezharo2951

    5 жыл бұрын

    What about all the president's men.

  • @letty4558

    @letty4558

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tough competition. What a year.

  • @yewisemountaingoat528

    @yewisemountaingoat528

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@letty4558 I'd say it's one of the best years ever when it comes to top movies all in contention for the Best Picture Oscar.

  • @russellcampbell9198

    @russellcampbell9198

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep, some years there should be two or three awards and others none.

  • @kiyo6211

    @kiyo6211

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yewisemountaingoat528 1994

  • @knoxmorris3562
    @knoxmorris35628 жыл бұрын

    Peter Finch delivered the best performance in any film ever in Network. Such a tragedy that he died when he still had a lot to offer the film business.

  • @outinsider
    @outinsider10 жыл бұрын

    I've hesitated seeing this until now- but what an amazing gesture on Chayevsky's part to extend the courtesy to his widow, and her speech accepting it for a phenomenal performance he gave in Network. WOW.

  • @longmemory1620

    @longmemory1620

    8 жыл бұрын

    +outinsider Sidney Lumet's first choice for the Faye Dunaway role in Network was Vanessa Redgrave. Paddy Chayefsky refused to cast her because he disagreed with her politics. Lumet asked was that blacklisting? to which Paddy replied "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile"

  • @gauravw6947

    @gauravw6947

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@longmemory1620 Your rant has become boring, just like your politics.

  • @sunnyhill5119

    @sunnyhill5119

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@longmemory1620 Wow! I did not know that.

  • @johnfulton4061

    @johnfulton4061

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@longmemory1620 Jews are quick to treat people the same way that they accuse other people of treating them and that's one of the many reasons that people hate them yes I said it and I meant it!!!

  • @johnnyballenatl

    @johnnyballenatl

    Жыл бұрын

    But according to the book “The Big Show”, that move earned the Oscars its lowest ratings ever…well, until 2021.

  • @starlisejun.from.1799
    @starlisejun.from.17994 жыл бұрын

    Aww his wife was adorable. ❤️🖤

  • @anacletwilliams8315

    @anacletwilliams8315

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, she was.

  • @kazkazzie3906

    @kazkazzie3906

    3 жыл бұрын

    Definately, very classy

  • @NoName-bh4pf
    @NoName-bh4pf9 жыл бұрын

    When they said Peter Finch won Sylvester Stallone was like, "Dafuq?"

  • @NoName-bh4pf

    @NoName-bh4pf

    8 жыл бұрын

    Nah what?

  • @NoName-bh4pf

    @NoName-bh4pf

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** I never said he didn't, I am just pointing out Stallone's reaction.

  • @kprieto2655

    @kprieto2655

    7 жыл бұрын

    NoName hahaaaaa! so true

  • @singingindark12

    @singingindark12

    6 жыл бұрын

    looked like he was about to cry....

  • @aleksandarvukovic652

    @aleksandarvukovic652

    6 жыл бұрын

    Prabably he loved De niro in taxi driver

  • @warrenguy76
    @warrenguy764 жыл бұрын

    I never knew until today that this lovely lady accepted this award for Mr. Finch! What a wonderful speech.

  • @cihatyildiz3565
    @cihatyildiz35659 жыл бұрын

    Peter Finch his performance in Network perfect.Finch very great actor.

  • @runnerlegend7726

    @runnerlegend7726

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Cihat “arminius” Yıldız Agreed!

  • @dantanasgirl
    @dantanasgirl13 жыл бұрын

    Sly was so getting ready to stand up. He pushed his hair to the side, fixed his color and when she said Peter Finch, his eyes almost popped out! HILARIOUS!

  • @HoldenNY22

    @HoldenNY22

    24 күн бұрын

    I noticed that Sly didn't applaud- didn't even try to give a FAke Applause. I think he was ahppy years later when he his first Oscar for his Supporting Role in Creed.

  • @JanetsPlanetAMC

    @JanetsPlanetAMC

    3 күн бұрын

    @@HoldenNY22Although Sly was the presumed frontrunner to win for “Creed,” he ended up losing that night as well (to Mark Rylance in “Bridge of Spies”). If only Sly had been also nominated as a producer of “Rocky” (and by all accounts he should have been), he would have gotten to go home with an Oscar for Best Picture. He at least won the Golden Globe for “Creed,” which may not be as prestigious as an Oscar, but did allow him to receive a rapturous applause upon his name being called. As for this night, Peter Finch rightfully won. What a truly heartfelt and sincere speech from his sweet wife.

  • @FireTiger941
    @FireTiger9414 жыл бұрын

    1:07 Stallone goes from being happy to looking like his dog just died LOL

  • @inlovewithoceans5304
    @inlovewithoceans53048 жыл бұрын

    I loved Peter Finches performance in this film. His Iconic delivery of the now famous line "I'M AS MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!" Is masterful.

  • @ivandark95
    @ivandark955 жыл бұрын

    Giancarlo Giannini is a legend in my country ,one of the great actor,he is the voice of al Pacino and jack Nicholson in Italy 🇮🇹

  • @aledonny

    @aledonny

    3 жыл бұрын

    Si confermo di sicuro il mio preferito

  • @stefanomazzucato3401

    @stefanomazzucato3401

    3 жыл бұрын

    Io credo che siano Al Pacino e Jack Nicholson a prestare il volto a Giancarlo Giannini...

  • @Alessandro-rm7hw

    @Alessandro-rm7hw

    3 жыл бұрын

    Probabilmente il miglior attore italiano ancora in vita

  • @anacletwilliams8315

    @anacletwilliams8315

    3 жыл бұрын

    We, abroad, have no idea who you are talking about.

  • @christianhernanalancamaren1582

    @christianhernanalancamaren1582

    2 жыл бұрын

    hace poco pude ver "Siete bellezas" y en verdad es una grandísima película y una grandísima actuación de Giannini, junto a De Niro, Holden y el ganador, Finch, estaba super reñido.

  • @adgil900
    @adgil9003 жыл бұрын

    I’m actually here just for Liv, what an actress and woman, living legend

  • @calmiamoci7162

    @calmiamoci7162

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too, she seems so nervous 🥹

  • @jakubmichalak4672

    @jakubmichalak4672

    Жыл бұрын

    Liv Ullmann???

  • @OscarMPG1

    @OscarMPG1

    Жыл бұрын

    Who is Liv Ullmann?

  • @jakubmichalak4672

    @jakubmichalak4672

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OscarMPG1 Norwegian legend actress... one of favourite actress Ingmar Bergman - swedish legend film director

  • @CocogoatMain0501

    @CocogoatMain0501

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OscarMPG1 legendary european actress

  • @joancarlestomas
    @joancarlestomas9 жыл бұрын

    William Friedkin, the producer of the show, banned Mrs. Finch from getting upstage, because he didn't want "a weepping widow" accepting. Paddy Chayefsky had the good taste of inviting her anyway. Who the hell did he think he was?

  • @longmemory1620

    @longmemory1620

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Joan Carles Tomàs Forteza Sidney Lumet wanted to cast Redgrave in Network. Paddy Chayefsky refused to work with her because he disagreed with her politics when Lumet asked is that blacklisting??? Chayefsky replied "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile "

  • @joancarlestomas

    @joancarlestomas

    8 жыл бұрын

    +BRAD PITT I didn't like Paddy Chayefsky's reaction to Wannesa Redgrave's win.

  • @longmemory1620

    @longmemory1620

    8 жыл бұрын

    Joan Carles Tomàs Forteza they turn on Gibson they turn on Sheen but Chayefsky, Polanski, Woody Allen get a pass for some mysterious reason

  • @MsPoppi90

    @MsPoppi90

    8 жыл бұрын

    Because Freidkin was a supercilious cunt. He put his actors under great duress, and practically broke Ellen Burnstens back.

  • @organboi

    @organboi

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Joan Carles Tomàs Forteza He probably also didn't want a black woman up there either. This was 1977. Just awful. I'm so glad PC invited her up.

  • @jeffersonborges9932
    @jeffersonborges993210 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely well deserved award! Peter Finch in ''Network'' was so impressive, memorable, insane role! Howard Beale is such a iconic character. Enjoyed every minute of his performance! It is a performance of a lifetime! Acting at its best.

  • @Anonyminded

    @Anonyminded

    9 жыл бұрын

    Jefferson Borges 110% agreed!

  • @RVDShawnMichaels

    @RVDShawnMichaels

    9 жыл бұрын

    Jefferson Borges robert de niro should ve won ,for christ ,one of the best performances ever

  • @jeffersonborges9932

    @jeffersonborges9932

    9 жыл бұрын

    TS AxlRose He was awesome indeed, however, his most memorable performance to me was in ''Raging Bull''. I liked most Peter in ''Network'', his character in the movie is just iconic, unique. If I was member of the Academy, my vote would be Peter Finch. hahaha Anyway, both Peter and Robert were deserving of the award that year.

  • @LPMAN02
    @LPMAN022 жыл бұрын

    RIP Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977), aged 60 You will be remembered as a legend.

  • @orbitalsatellite
    @orbitalsatellite4 жыл бұрын

    Very special moment. Great poise from a very gracious and loving woman who ensured her husband's feelings would be remembered. And what a performance! One of the best ever.

  • @dream71x
    @dream71x10 жыл бұрын

    I am so happy that Uncle Peter won this. It was a sad time when he died.

  • @longmemory1620

    @longmemory1620

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dreamhair71x Sidney Lumet's first choice for the Faye Dunaway role in Network was Vanessa Redgrave. Paddy Chayefsky refused to cast her because he disagreed with her politics. Lumet asked was that blacklisting? to which Paddy replied "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile"

  • @kprieto2655

    @kprieto2655

    7 жыл бұрын

    BRAD PITT how many times are you going to repeat this comment? It is beginning to lose its power

  • @ralphadamo1857

    @ralphadamo1857

    7 жыл бұрын

    Brad Pitt's comment had no power. The source of this BS story is Sidney Lumet, who, although of Jewish heritage, was a Leftist, and Leftists always place Leftist politics before Judaism and Jews. And as a Leftist, Lumet would naturally be biased in favor of an anti-Semite like Redgrave. But in those days, Chayevsky had pull and could overrule Lumet. (And it's a good thing he did overrule him, as Dunaway was a far superior choice to Redgrave and there would have been zero screen chemistry with William Holden.) So, although Lumet attributed the statement "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile" to Chayefsky in a book he wrote, Lumet likely lied to try to make a non-Leftist like Chayefsky look bad. Lumet, in short, was motivated to lie to further his Leftist political agenda. And, of course, when Lumet wrote that lie, Chayefsky wasn't alive to contradict him.

  • @triciajohansen9295

    @triciajohansen9295

    5 жыл бұрын

    My condolences to you.

  • @adamzanzie

    @adamzanzie

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Dreamhair71x: Since nobody here has told you this yet, I'll say that your uncle was a great actor. More people of today ought to be aware of his legacy.

  • @rashu
    @rashu6 жыл бұрын

    I think this year 1977 nominations all were stupendous and worthy, but Finch topped it.

  • @AsWeSpeak154
    @AsWeSpeak15410 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I remember this so well. Paddy Chayefsky deserves an Oscar for giving Eletha Finch the right to accept her husband's award. This must have rattled a few teeth in Hollywood. Bravo Mr Chayefsky.

  • @chrishernandez3699

    @chrishernandez3699

    9 жыл бұрын

    He already had three tho so he probably wouldn't care.

  • @AsWeSpeak154

    @AsWeSpeak154

    9 жыл бұрын

    Nothing wrong with four of those but I get your point. lol Eletha has a son named Christopher. Are you one and the same? ;)

  • @AsWeSpeak154

    @AsWeSpeak154

    9 жыл бұрын

    southsidesman Better late than never. :) Those were interesting times for sure. The other members of this exclusive round table, seemed not to have had any backbone either. Shame on them. Please, go ahead and punch what's-his-face-name...Friedkin. I'll punch the other half.

  • @chrishernandez3699

    @chrishernandez3699

    9 жыл бұрын

    southsidesman Whoa Whoa Whoa hold on Friedkin is off-limits here.

  • @longmemory1620

    @longmemory1620

    8 жыл бұрын

    +S Darling refusing to work with sidney lumets favorite actress vanessa Redgrave because he disagreed with her politics. oh yeahhhhh Bravo Mr Chayefsky.

  • @ferrierepc
    @ferrierepc14 жыл бұрын

    All amazing at their parts. I do not believe that Finch got the award because he had died, but because he deserved it. His scene, I remember, as a kid, screaming "I am mad as hell and am not going to take it anymore" resonates still for me. His wife's very moving speech touched me so much.

  • @jameshaynes7062

    @jameshaynes7062

    Жыл бұрын

    Unpopular opinion: Bill Holden deserved the award.

  • @joefriedman9843

    @joefriedman9843

    Жыл бұрын

    The only 2 posthumous academy awards went to Peter Finch and Heath Hedger and I genuinely feel like both of them would've definitely still won had they been alive.

  • @Graciela-dx6if

    @Graciela-dx6if

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jameshaynes7062 I.agree

  • @siddharthnaagar7028
    @siddharthnaagar70283 жыл бұрын

    It's hilarious that Sylvester Stallone even thought that he had a shot to win amongst that competition

  • @rusemode

    @rusemode

    2 жыл бұрын

    Look into the history behind the making of Rocky... I would argue he at least had a better chance than Giannini. Look up Stallone's interview by Robert Rodríguez, he explains how hard it was to make that film

  • @truth.74

    @truth.74

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually he probably should have won.

  • @jennifersman7990

    @jennifersman7990

    2 жыл бұрын

    Every actor thinks they have a shot, remember there’s been some big upsets at the Oscars

  • @fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044

    @fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044

    2 жыл бұрын

    At the time, people thought Sylvester Stallone was the next Brando. He was excellent in Rocky. Let's just say his career choices since then have proven people wrong about that assertion.

  • @vanzukhonsu3465
    @vanzukhonsu34659 жыл бұрын

    I am moved beyond tears for her wonderful, wonderful speech.(Mrs Finch)

  • @joemitchell5639
    @joemitchell56395 жыл бұрын

    Class act Paddy was. Need more of this these days.

  • @mohamedzaki4701
    @mohamedzaki47015 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely one of the most amazing performances by Finch and a graceful, wonderful speech by Eletha. So happy that she was able to keep her emotions together and get through that time and express his last dying wishes on that stage. He was a troubled but extremely talented man who was also surely celebrated but misunderstood.

  • @elisabethschwartz160

    @elisabethschwartz160

    Жыл бұрын

    I understand that Peter Finch died two months after he finished filming Network. He died at the Beverly Hotel Lobby from a heart attack is not that he was sick prior he was 60 years old, so why would he ask his wife in case he won the award what to say on his behalf? I read on his biography that the night before he died he was at Johnny Carson Tonight Show and Geoge Carlin joke with him about dead! Very strange!

  • @carolynargabright8132
    @carolynargabright81323 жыл бұрын

    My eyes welled up when Finch's widow went up, it had to be very difficult for her.

  • @cainster
    @cainster5 жыл бұрын

    Now that was truly a class act.

  • @Bluzian74
    @Bluzian742 жыл бұрын

    Lovely speech by Mrs Finch. Thank you so much. *tears*

  • @fbueller
    @fbueller4 жыл бұрын

    I had never heard that a spouse accepted the Oscar. Very moving!!!

  • @bobthebear1246
    @bobthebear12466 жыл бұрын

    Paddy Chayefsky: A great writer and a class act, all the way.

  • @RenanCMaia
    @RenanCMaia7 жыл бұрын

    Liv is adorable!!

  • @mateuscarvalho3870
    @mateuscarvalho387010 жыл бұрын

    Peter Finch was great. Network is one of my favorite movies of all time, totally deserved award. Also, I think Dustin Hoffman deserved a nomination for "All the President's Men".

  • @MorganKing95

    @MorganKing95

    9 жыл бұрын

    What about "Marathon Man"? I thought he was great in that movie too (of course, there is one movie per nomination, but you know what I mean)

  • @tynielsen
    @tynielsen2 жыл бұрын

    Very well deserved!! His performance as Howard Beale was immaculate!

  • @liverneck2001
    @liverneck200110 жыл бұрын

    so many great choices in 1976

  • @milulalojo8305
    @milulalojo83053 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE HER ACCENT, SHE IS SO SWEET

  • @seba5837
    @seba583710 жыл бұрын

    i love rocky and taxi driver, BUT peter finch was amazing in network!!

  • @ammorreztristar
    @ammorreztristar9 жыл бұрын

    Well done Peter Finch, well deserved. God Bless you Mr Finch + The movie was terrific and the acting was First Class. NETWORK has a powerful message that is more relevant today than ever. Genuis .

  • @tcsl7764
    @tcsl77642 ай бұрын

    That was so real and so beautiful. It actually made me cry. She was so nervous, so sad, but she did it.

  • @huyghesvanessa6468
    @huyghesvanessa646810 жыл бұрын

    Great actor and great performance!

  • @pevensielavere22
    @pevensielavere226 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful to see the Oscar went to the Peter Finch. Such a stellar performance he gave in Network! Very sad that he died before he could accept his well-deserved Academy Award in person. His wife was sweet, poised, emotive and eloquent, as she accepted her husband's award. My heart went out to her. RIP, Peter Finch. You were an absolutely superb actor.

  • @breezingby2611
    @breezingby26113 жыл бұрын

    Paddy Chayefsky wanted Finch’s widow to accept the award right away in the first place, but it was shot down So instead he just did it anyway. Already an impressive move going against his orders, but even more so when you realize that Finch’s wife was not only a black woman but 20 years his junior. Paddy was a brilliant man and he must’ve known that such a move would upset some people, but he did it anyway

  • @user-bl9hh1xm9w
    @user-bl9hh1xm9w7 жыл бұрын

    Are you talking to me? You talking to me? I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore, ANDRIAAAAAAAAN!!!!! :-p

  • @andrea966x
    @andrea966x8 жыл бұрын

    One of the great performance of all time, unforgettable

  • @drstrangelove6558

    @drstrangelove6558

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Charles Heiston who do you talking to?

  • @drstrangelove6558

    @drstrangelove6558

    8 жыл бұрын

    Just forget it m8, you wont understand. ;D Also I Think Finch deserved this

  • @lisalindsey277
    @lisalindsey2775 жыл бұрын

    Omg I've got goosebumps. I knew Peter Finch died before the Oscars but I didn't know his widow accepted the award. Well deserved. I love Peter Finch and his "swan song" on film will live forever.

  • @suat365
    @suat3654 жыл бұрын

    Robert De Niro was phenomenal!

  • @BCS1105

    @BCS1105

    3 жыл бұрын

    He was...but Peter Finch, that was some next level, unlike-anything-I’ve-ever-seen acting

  • @gabrielesimone1372

    @gabrielesimone1372

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but Peter Finch was mind blowing

  • @Gma00001

    @Gma00001

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BCS1105 I disagree, De Niro gave one of - if not THE- greatest performance ever

  • @Gma00001

    @Gma00001

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gabrielesimone1372 And also de Niro ...

  • @gabrielesimone1372

    @gabrielesimone1372

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Gma00001 yes. They were both great

  • @MrBaddel77
    @MrBaddel779 жыл бұрын

    beautiful liv ullmann

  • @robertsimpson5136
    @robertsimpson51364 жыл бұрын

    Stallone in Rocky....Deniro in Taxi Driver....and Finch in Network. Damn!!!...What a year!!!!

  • @Jenniferkate
    @Jenniferkate14 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful moment. Thank you Academy for posting.

  • @WakandaBabe
    @WakandaBabe10 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching this and thinking "I didn't know he was married to a black woman!". Then I thought that was a gutsy move on Mr. Chayefsky's part. Even though Hollywood knew he was married to a black woman (or at least some people knew), the public in general did not and interracial marriages were taboo. And definitely NOT on national TV. Hard to imagine now that people didn't know, but this was the age before social media.

  • @WakandaBabe

    @WakandaBabe

    9 жыл бұрын

    southsidesman True.

  • @WakandaBabe

    @WakandaBabe

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ohsnapiam59 I also want to say I love Paddy Chayefsky's name...I love he way it sounds!

  • @longmemory1620

    @longmemory1620

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ohsnapiam59 Sidney Lumet's first choice for the Faye Dunaway role in Network was Vanessa Redgrave. Paddy Chayefsky refused to cast her because he disagreed with her politics. Lumet asked was that blacklisting? to which Paddy replied "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile"

  • @ralphadamo1857

    @ralphadamo1857

    7 жыл бұрын

    The source of this story is Sidney Lumet, who, although of Jewish heritage, was a Leftist, and Leftists always place Leftist politics before Judaism and Jews. And as a Leftist, Lumet would naturally be biased in favor of an anti-Semite like Redgrave. But in those days, Chayevsky had pull and could overrule Lumet. (And it's a good thing he did overrule him, as Dunaway was a far superior choice to Redgrave and there would have been zero screen chemistry with William Holden.) So, although Lumet attributed the statement "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile" to Chayefsky in a book he wrote, Lumet likely lied to try to make a non-Leftist like Chayefsky look bad. Lumet, in short, was motivated to lie to further his Leftist political agenda. And, of course, when Lumet wrote that lie, Chayefsky wasn't alive to contradict him.

  • @renewingthemind2789

    @renewingthemind2789

    7 жыл бұрын

    BRAD PITT Vanessa Redgrave is a nasty piece of work. Her politics are vile! Leftism is a religion of pure ugliness, greed and hatred. It makes a change that a leftist got blacklisted when it's usually the other way round!!!

  • @kevins.butler3402
    @kevins.butler34025 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry for Pete(Finchy)Finch didn't live long enough to receive his Oscar for his role of"Howard Beal"in "Network".

  • @MrJoebuck74
    @MrJoebuck743 жыл бұрын

    I'm so happy that Finchy won this Oscar not only because he was great in Network but even more because he was absolutely fantastic in Sunday bloody sunday a few years before, it's so sad he couldn't grab that prize chased for all his career as he often claimed but he will always be rememberd as the man dressed in a pijama and a raincoat screaming at the camera I AM MAD AS HELL AND I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE

  • @christopherthorkon3997
    @christopherthorkon39972 жыл бұрын

    Sly Stallone's reaction was like, "Oh, I am about to win" to "What the heck?" to "Well, okay" -- all within about a few seconds.

  • @darnieceking
    @darnieceking5 жыл бұрын

    Peter was so good in network he definitely deserve his Oscar r.i.p Peter 😭💝💘💗💟

  • @SongSwan
    @SongSwan6 жыл бұрын

    Everything about the movie Network was prophetic,from reality television to the scenes where Peter Finch had a heart attack at the end of his mad man of the airwaves scenes

  • @Bluzian74

    @Bluzian74

    2 жыл бұрын

    I just heard of and watched it for the first time tonight! Im 46! What Zep song you listening to tonight? Ten years Gone? LOL

  • @Robertbuccellatobooks
    @Robertbuccellatobooks14 жыл бұрын

    Paddy Chayefsky was a real class act! bravo !!!

  • @michaeloptv
    @michaeloptv10 жыл бұрын

    Stallone: "I just got screwed by a dead guy". Awful reaction, at least he could have applauded.

  • @AsWeSpeak154

    @AsWeSpeak154

    10 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @MorganKing95

    @MorganKing95

    8 жыл бұрын

    +michaeloptv Still better than Samuel L. Jackson's reaction when he lost

  • @AsWeSpeak154

    @AsWeSpeak154

    8 жыл бұрын

    StrasbergProtégé I missed that one with S. Jackson. Where can I find it?

  • @MorganKing95

    @MorganKing95

    8 жыл бұрын

    Search for the video where Martin Landau wins Best Supporting actor

  • @AsWeSpeak154

    @AsWeSpeak154

    8 жыл бұрын

    StrasbergProtégé Thanks, I will. :)

  • @wheelinthesky300
    @wheelinthesky30011 жыл бұрын

    This was a VERY STRONG YEAR in the Best Actor category.

  • @MADDOXXXbr
    @MADDOXXXbr10 жыл бұрын

    stallone reaction was so funny

  • @jona2979

    @jona2979

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s only reason I come back to watch this honestly lol

  • @leonjuraeee
    @leonjuraeee5 жыл бұрын

    Stallone’s face when finch won LOL

  • @ginevrabetti3203
    @ginevrabetti32035 жыл бұрын

    "IAnCarLo IaNNinI" Poor Giancarlo. His performance was absolutley amazing and he would have deserved it.

  • @fcp536

    @fcp536

    4 жыл бұрын

    dafne carr HEANKARLOH JYNAHNEENIE 😀😁

  • @extenebrislux

    @extenebrislux

    4 жыл бұрын

    God I hate when presenters butcher the nominees' names. Like, you had one job. You know you're gonna present, you know who the nominees are, prepare!

  • @cesarzpontu8886

    @cesarzpontu8886

    2 жыл бұрын

    leave poor Liv Ullmann alone, she did her best. She is not from Italy.

  • @Does_This_Look_Infected
    @Does_This_Look_Infected2 ай бұрын

    A very classy time in our industry. Paddy was extremely gracious and kind. All of these movies and actors should have received Oscars.

  • @jwelch5742
    @jwelch57427 жыл бұрын

    Peter Finch has great acting in Network.

  • @Grdnp03
    @Grdnp035 жыл бұрын

    Amazing actor

  • @reneehurt387
    @reneehurt3873 жыл бұрын

    Here I must wish birthday greetings to a gracious writing hero paddy cheysfsky 1 29 what a wonderful way to celebrate a memorable performance rest in peace sir

  • @purebloodmania5622
    @purebloodmania56226 жыл бұрын

    Well deserved oscar and it’s really emotional!

  • @hannahm3048
    @hannahm3048Ай бұрын

    What a beauty she was , bless her 💗💗💗

  • @dre66roc
    @dre66roc7 жыл бұрын

    The 70s was truly a decade of change, two of the best actor nominees both Robert De Niro and Peter Finch were married to, and had children witb black women. :)

  • @clgil77
    @clgil773 жыл бұрын

    The shade Sylvester Stallone threw at Peter Finch. The facial expression. He was like "I really lost to a dead guy.?" 1:06.

  • @yolandabrown5512
    @yolandabrown55129 жыл бұрын

    It brought me to tears watching this.

  • @NickTheStallion
    @NickTheStallion Жыл бұрын

    Sly Stallone is not of this world, it's insane that he got an Oscar nomination, coming out of nowhere and right after his first hit movie, what a legacy this guy has built.

  • @tali4569
    @tali45693 жыл бұрын

    Eletha Finch's first and last tv appearance.She was never heard of again and moved to South Coast Metro and died aged 67 in 2009

  • @MrImiller07
    @MrImiller079 жыл бұрын

    Network is shown frequently on TCM and holds up beautifully close to 40 years after it was made by Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky. Peter Finch was excellent in the film, but I thought that he was even better in Schlesinger's Sunday, Bloody Sunday. Lumet said in an interview before he died that Network should have won Best Picture.

  • @Eudaimaniac44

    @Eudaimaniac44

    7 жыл бұрын

    i remember the end of Cinderella fondly, when she got the everloving shit kicked out of her by her stepsisters, then tried to find the Prince in a crowd

  • @richardbullis6263

    @richardbullis6263

    5 жыл бұрын

    The great Sidney Lumet was right Network was far superior to Rocky.

  • @fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044

    @fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Rocky" is a wonderful film (probably hurt by its numerous and increasingly shoddy sequels), but "Network" is on another level. Still as relevant today as the day it was released, maybe even more-so.

  • @paulvoorhies8821

    @paulvoorhies8821

    Жыл бұрын

    @@richardbullis6263. God, yes!

  • @paulvoorhies8821

    @paulvoorhies8821

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 Totally!

  • @jamesfeldman4234
    @jamesfeldman42347 жыл бұрын

    Today, people don't realize this, but in 1977 the Academy was, in no small part, racist. Don't believe the story put out that the Academy didn't want a "weeping widow" to spoil the fun at the Oscars. If Peter Finch's widow were white, the Academy would certainly have called Eletha Finch to accept the Oscar on her husband's behalf. But, as you can see here, Eletha was black and THAT was the primary factor in the Academy's decision to have Paddy Chayefsky accept the award should Peter win. Yes, racism. That was the way things were back then. So, Paddy Chayefsky was certainly a class act to invite her onstage. Unfortunately, today in Hollywood, there's nobody who comes close to his stature as a writer and as a decent human being. But today. the Academy is quite proud that this clip exists, and can boast of this presentation featuring Finch's black wife, but that night, behind the scenes, there were many in the Academy who were angry with Chayefsky's decision to invite Eletha to speak.

  • @Gliskor
    @Gliskor14 жыл бұрын

    Great performance in Network... One the best winners ever!!!!!

  • @edkeaton1085
    @edkeaton10856 жыл бұрын

    As much as I would've loved to see either Sylvester Stallone or Robert De Niro win for their respective roles, you can't deny that the late, great Peter Finch did deserve it for his role in "Network".

  • @paulvoorhies8821

    @paulvoorhies8821

    Жыл бұрын

    I think Stallone should have been-and probably was-dead last.

  • @coolsweetgroovy
    @coolsweetgroovy11 жыл бұрын

    RIP Peter Finch

  • @TrangPakbaby
    @TrangPakbaby8 жыл бұрын

    Such an elegant woman, is she still with us?

  • @MorganKing95

    @MorganKing95

    8 жыл бұрын

    Liv Ullman? Yes

  • @MateusCharizard

    @MateusCharizard

    8 жыл бұрын

    Take a look at the films she acted, specially the ones directed by Ingmar Bergman (like Persona or Cries and Whispers). Wonderful actress

  • @kprieto2655

    @kprieto2655

    7 жыл бұрын

    +TrangPak2 Which elegant woman? Liv Ullman or Mrs Finch?

  • @MorganKing95

    @MorganKing95

    7 жыл бұрын

    bubbles everday Ullman

  • @benkoeberle9510

    @benkoeberle9510

    7 жыл бұрын

    I love Liv Ullmann! It's too bad she doesn't act any more. She killed it with her performances in Bergman's films. I would love to see Liv pull a Charlotte Rampling ala "45 Years" to give us another great performance worth remembering among her sterling body of work. She's almost 80 now but I guess she decided that it's time to retire.

  • @colefriend6807
    @colefriend68078 жыл бұрын

    fantastic year for nominees

  • @tekkieman
    @tekkieman5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, what a stunning line up of actors.

  • @eadg4life1
    @eadg4life12 жыл бұрын

    Paddy Chayefsky is a class act. Well done,

  • @heisen-bones
    @heisen-bones4 жыл бұрын

    The other nominees were mad as hell & couldn't take it anymore xD

  • @pjangels609

    @pjangels609

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stallone's look was kinda off-punching, I mean off-putting.

  • @mateuscarvalho3870
    @mateuscarvalho387011 жыл бұрын

    One of the best performances ever given. RIP Finch, I miss your amazing talent.

  • @triciajohansen7124
    @triciajohansen7124 Жыл бұрын

    Mrs. Finch, you are a beautiful and classy lady. You should be proud!! Much love and bless you.❤😢

  • @selma1930
    @selma193014 жыл бұрын

    A very classy moment!

  • @ianbauer4703
    @ianbauer47033 жыл бұрын

    Tearing up over this.

  • @OA-zis
    @OA-zis14 жыл бұрын

    ...and both of them totally deserve it.Brilliant actors!

  • @Context81
    @Context8112 жыл бұрын

    They're so different, it's hard to compare. De Niro's intensity as Travis is magnificent but Finch had to act in so many different ways as Beale and carried them all so convincingly. If you die after a performance like that, you have to win an Oscar!

  • @zyrrhos

    @zyrrhos

    Жыл бұрын

    De Niro and Holden were equally deserving. All benefitted from tremendous writing and direction.

  • @gabrielmillines5160
    @gabrielmillines51607 жыл бұрын

    He should have been in the Best Supporting Actor category. William Holden was the actual lead.

  • @Graciela-dx6if

    @Graciela-dx6if

    10 ай бұрын

    I agree

  • @diogoribeirorodrigues1799
    @diogoribeirorodrigues179911 жыл бұрын

    I did, thats the reason I am 100% sure that Peter Finch deserved the award

  • @iamanenglishmajour
    @iamanenglishmajour10 жыл бұрын

    Bobby De Niro and Pete Finch were worthy contenders but the better man was Finch. Sorry Rocky. Bill Holden was yeah he's okay. As for Giancarlo Giannini's performance, I haven't seen it. Pete Finch deserved this Oscar.

  • @bobthebear1246

    @bobthebear1246

    6 жыл бұрын

    Marvin De Leon Stop using nicknames for these great actors like you know them personally or something, you pretentious twatwaffle.

  • @joemitchell5639
    @joemitchell56397 жыл бұрын

    I did not know this went down. I'm glad I watched this.

  • @WiseOwlOfGallifrey
    @WiseOwlOfGallifrey11 жыл бұрын

    Finch's performance has given popular culture an embodiment of the anger stirred up by an immoral society. It's a performance that speaks to people. I've often felt like Howard Beale and wanted to go on television and tell millions of people that things have to change and people have to start listening to reason. Peter's performance defines a generation and a shared consciousness. De Niro in Taxi Driver is excellent, but personally, Finch's performance spoke to me and I'm glad he won.

  • @christhorton6512
    @christhorton651211 жыл бұрын

    Finch deserved the award. Hands down. Those who say he didn't deserve the award, I dare say, may have never seen the film Network.

  • @misterhot9163
    @misterhot91636 жыл бұрын

    The best acceptance speech I've heard .

  • @adamzanzie

    @adamzanzie

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chayefsky himself wrote this speech for Finch's widow to say.

  • @mariebutler232
    @mariebutler2329 жыл бұрын

    What an elegant black woman!

  • @jackmonroe5531

    @jackmonroe5531

    9 жыл бұрын

    what do you mean?

  • @tammiwhami

    @tammiwhami

    9 жыл бұрын

    Why can't it be...what an a Elegant Woman?

  • @TrangPakbaby

    @TrangPakbaby

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Cirtap Tomas u know why, it's because we're all loud, neck rolling, masculine, sassy sistas! Lol!! I don't think the op meant any harm but I always side eye yts when they compliment me on my grace, voice and manners. They treat me like a pink elephant lol

  • @triciajohansen9295

    @triciajohansen9295

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very beautiful woman, Mrs. Finch!😘

  • @LeeVids1973
    @LeeVids197312 жыл бұрын

    What a shame, amazing actor! I finally rented Network the other day and watched it 3 times in a row, great movie! Peter was phenomenal!! Just found all this out now that he passed away after the movie came out by reading up on him! Crazy!

  • @griffin324
    @griffin32414 жыл бұрын

    holden, finch, and de niro all did wonderful jobs. that was a good year for movies and acting.

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