It's great that Burt Lancaster interviews are starting to surface at last, and this is the best I've seen. For a long time they were as rare as hen's teeth. Thanks for finding and sharing it.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

So true. He didn't do many.

@herronslegs

Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous

I had the absolute pleasure to meet the man at a shoot for a public service announcement. He was a very respectful, kind and gentle man, and when he walked into the room he filled it with a breathtaking charisma I had never experienced from anyone before or since.

@MrAnthonyVance

Жыл бұрын

I am not surprised to hear about your brief encounter with Burt and how he kept everyone under a spell. Such wonderful actor!

@johnstrawb3521

Жыл бұрын

Incredible actor, as well. The Train is in my Top 100, all-time, all languages. It's a pity he and Yvonne De Carlo had no chemistry in Criss Cross. An otherwise superb film.

@alvilla9659

Жыл бұрын

@@johnstrawb3521 they supposedly had charisma off screen if you know what i mean

@rachelled6763

Жыл бұрын

Oh my yes...what a stunning looking, eloquent man at any age. You can see and feel his charisma oozing off the screen. How lucky you are to have met him.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome. Tell us more about that day please

I find it absolutely incredible that I can sit here late at night and summon legends like Burt Lancaster to entertain me with stories of their amazing lives.

@hugh-johnfleming289

11 ай бұрын

YooToob is a f___ed up mess but it does have its share of graces ...

@SaundersE5

10 ай бұрын

Yes it’s pretty great

@hombre1965

6 ай бұрын

We can summon the heroes of old and listen to their tales. And no matter how many times we call on them to repeat themselves, they never seem to mind.

@jackjude

4 ай бұрын

Yes, there are many great things about modern life :)

@dgsevenyseven

Ай бұрын

Thank you. Legend. The Swimmer brought me here.

A great actor and a great storyteller. Love Burt Lancaster.

BURT LANCASTER WAS NOT ONLY A GREAT STAR , HE WAS A BRILLIANT MAN !

@FIREBRAND38

Жыл бұрын

Your caps lock seems to be stuck.

@brucemcclary3260

Жыл бұрын

Burt Lancaster wasn’t anything like most of todays men,it’s a shame his masculine attitude is now thought of as toxic

What a genuine man, full of humility and you can believe every interesting story. I always liked Burt.

Thank goodness for Cavett, who had interviews with so many talented people who are gone now. Lancaster was a superb actor and amazing athlete. He and his circus partner, Nick Cravat, were lifelong friends. They starred in nine films together, doing their own stunts. My personal favorite was " The Crimson Pirate. " His portrayal of a cruel and ruthless critic in " Sweet smell of Success " was brilliant.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

And thank goodness Cavett had the chance to buy all the tapes of his show back from the network before they disposed of them!

@seanfaherty

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh yeah

He was a great actor and he lived an incredible life. Burt Lancaster deserved all of his success - and earnt it all.

As an old gymnast, my coach at UCLA new Burt Lancaster around the time of this interview, this is absolutely riveting. I've never heard gymnastics and high bar in particular described more elegantly or perfectly.

A great actor and so modest. A lot of movie actors today could learn a lot from his modesty.

He was a gorgeous man...that waltz scene in The Leopard was timeless...😎👏🏻😊

@calcecini

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, and the moment after the waltz, when Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale walk away together , and the camera rests on Lancaster’s face as he watches them and in one glance you can see everything that he is thinking… great actor.

@nataliacaetano6326

Жыл бұрын

@@calcecini that's true!!!

@MsBenlane

Жыл бұрын

@@calcecini i read the book which is wonderful. the description of the prince fits lancaster to a t. he was perfect casting. he grew up in an italian immigrant neighborhood

@waynej2608

Жыл бұрын

I love The Leopard. It wasn't appreciated here in the states, as much as it should have, at the time. Glad that it has been gaining more respect, since then. Claudia Cardinale is gorgeous!

@ORagnar

Жыл бұрын

Great actor, as well. He was supremely articulate.

It almost breaks my heart see tapes like this one. It reminds me of the way people used to be. The youngsters today have no idea what they have missed..

@malcolmcurran6248

4 ай бұрын

I share the same ineffable heartache for the way people used to be and the frustrating impossibility of conveying how people actually were to the younger generation. Burt Lancaster in this remarkable interview somehow captures the essence of what's missing today almost elliptically through the details, tone and manner of his storytelling which has been lost. I've noticed that so many young people struggle to even know how to tell a simple story. Everything begins with " It was like..." I suspect it has much to do with with having gone from an age where words needed to be matched with one's more focused experience and not substituted and supplanted by images alone. And to think that so many of these irreplaceable interviews were lost when ABC reused the video tapes to tape over to save money.

Lancaster was such a terrific actor and an amazing person. An excellent interview. Dick Cavett had an exceptional talent which always made for a show that shined above all others.

Burt Lancaster was a force on screen. Most watching this clip would agree whole heartedly with that statement. If you have discovered Dick Cavett and you are cycling through his programs, great. You have made a marvelous discovery. Now, go find 2 or 10 of the Lancaster films mentioned in the introduction. (Rainmaker, Elmer Gantry, Judgement at Nuremberg…) You will not be disappointed. And, you will understand fully what Cavett meant when he promised his viewers a real movie star.

@JC-bf9zm

Жыл бұрын

I would at to that list one of Lancaster's lesser known films, The Swimmer. I watched it over a year ago and it still haunts me. So ethereal, so sad but simultaneously beautiful, so well acted, like nothing you see these days.

@jamesporter5630

Жыл бұрын

@@JC-bf9zm I agree. The Swimmer enjoyed a large number of airings on broadcast TV throughout the years. Lancaster’s ability (and courage), to portray the main character’s mental struggles is testament to his acting ability.

@fractuss

Жыл бұрын

@@JC-bf9zm We watched that movie in junior high school.

@johnnyangel9163

Жыл бұрын

People forget he played the tortured alcoholic in Come Back Little Sheba. Brutal!In a way he was the most redeemable character in the film although Shirley Booth was fantastic .

Burt Lancaster was not only talented and athletic, he was smart as well. His first Hollywood contract guaranteed he could become a producer as well as an actor. Reportedly, he could do giant swings on the bars into his 60s.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

That is correct. You can see him do a move in a movie called Scorpio (1973) where he hoists his body up a wall demonstrating an old trapeze technique and clear upper body strength age 60.

Lancaster was all class, all humor, and all legend. Love to see his full interview with Cavett, thanks for posting.

Burt had a life before acting unlike today’s actors who seem to have done little before becoming actors & stars. Burt was a real man. Not a packaged commodity.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

Very much so. The only thing he did was get his teeth fixed as they weren't in great shape.

@Jensley_Report

Жыл бұрын

Gene Hackman too.

@vernpascal1531

Жыл бұрын

He served in WW2, maybe that's why he was so great in From Here To Eternity and Run Silent Run Deep.He also did his own stunts . Check out The Professionals and The Train. He did some amazing stuff that no star would do or be allowed to do now.

@sharksport01

Жыл бұрын

He had many affairs with women and men, yes....a real man.

@cosmicman621

Жыл бұрын

@@vernpascal1531 I did not know that....and his first job as a trapeze artist.That’s a tough guy who’s been round the block.Not even counting his film career.Hat’s off to Mr Lancaster..RIP

every time Lancaster laughs....that very distinctive laugh.....I just think of the brilliant impersonation that Frank Gorshin used to do of him!!!

@waynej2608

Жыл бұрын

Gorshin had Burt down, to a tee. "Fine, just fine", and then the laugh. Great stuff.

What an elegant and intelligent man. He has charisma and a big presence!

This is one of the best interviews I've ever seen and I'm 57 years old. I think I could listen to Lancaster's stories all day ! My favorite movie with him in it is " Run Silent Run Deep " !

The 2 Lancaster films I could not do without were two films displaying his athleticism 17 years apart: "The Jim Thorpe-All American," when he was 39 and "The Swimmer," when he was 58. I read a biography of him in the 80s but it fell short of my expectations. This clip is marvelous capturing his mind and almost photographic memory. I believe he was one of the rarest individuals who was able to create his future. He is rather shy here, compared to his achievements. I hope he realized his impact on the young, male underdogs struck by his self-confident physique and inquisitive intellect.

@johnstrawb3521

Жыл бұрын

@Pit O'Maley Good lord, Lancaster in The Swimmer is perfect. Btw, if you haven't seen his athleticism to great purpose in The Train (1964), I think you'll enjoy it.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

Great choice with those two films, bro. And you're right about his fine example of confidence and mind. He did a lesser film called Scorpio (1973) which shows him grab a bar and hoist himself up a wall with what was clearly an old trapeze move. It was a brief moment but it demonstrated his technique and continued upper body strength at age 60.

@herronslegs

Жыл бұрын

The film the swimmer wonderful acting

@knownpleasures

2 ай бұрын

He was 55 during The Swimmer

He is exact in his speaking. Seen a lot of his work. He takes time to explain whatever. I love his wry smile with that mustache😀

I don't get tired of watching Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity, Run Silent Run Deep with the King Clark Gable, The Train, The Professionals, Atlantic City. He was really a giant of the screen, God bless him.

A great background into Lancaster's early days. That athleticism and circus training was put to good use in a number of his action-oriented movies, where he didn't need doubling.

@ronmackinnon9374

Жыл бұрын

Good thing he made the right call about that lion!

@johnnyangel9163

Жыл бұрын

East Harlem boy!

Burt is one of the best. I have never seen him talk so expansively this is why cavett is the best interviewer ever.

Lancaster looks very relaxed. He often played very intense characters during his film career.

Burt Lancaster is gone but not forgotten.

I never noticed Burt's New York accent before - maybe he altered it in movies. He was a special actor: handsome, fit, and with a gentle, sincere, serious quality that was so attractive.

Burt Lancaster was a true Renaissance man as well as a superb actor. You'll never see anyone in movies today who even comes close to him.

I can watch The Train over and over.

My buddy the late Mickey Knox considered Burt his closest Hollywood friend when he started in the business (check out Mickey as the killer Skinner in I WALK ALONE). As with Kirk Douglas, Mickey said that Burt could be difficult to work with, but was always kind and considerate with his fans, never refusing to sign an autograph. Pure class.

I saw him recently in a movie called "The Swimmer". It was good. He was good in it.

@geneobrien8907

Жыл бұрын

A great film!

@cliftonwebb3295

Жыл бұрын

He was more than good. He was excellent and the film was original and fantastically brilliant

@mikephalen3162

Жыл бұрын

That film is criminally underrated. A fantastic work of art.

@nicholasjanke3476

Жыл бұрын

Interesting film. Burt Lancaster is excellent as the mentally disturbed man who's totally in his own world.

@ronmackinnon9374

Жыл бұрын

Based on a John Cheever story. Directed by Frank Perry. It was about a man in mid-life crisis, before that term had come into common use.

Burt Lancaster was, and is, a freakin' STAR! What a filmography. I don't think he gets enough love.

Burt mentions his partner Nick. Nick Cravat appears in two of Lancaster's rollicking early films, THE CRIMSON PIRATE and THE FLAME AND THE ARROW. Nick played a mute character because of his strong Brooklyn accent. Onscreen he and Burt pull off the most breathtaking stunts with flawless timing. Lancaster's stuntwork in the opening of THE CRIMSON PIRATE is absolutely gobsmacking, and when he pauses to break the fourth wall and address the audience, he makes me weak in the knees. What a man.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

Their stealth long-pole sequence in Flame and the Arrow is brilliant, not to mention Burt's full out trapeze routine on the castle wall flag poles at the end of the film.

@juerv1

Жыл бұрын

Nick Cravat: a legend of his own. He had incredible, supernatural physical strength. Look at what he does in THE FLAME AND THE ARROW.

I loved _'The Swimmer',_ saw it in my teens back in the 1980's. Great film.

I can still remember the movie Trapeze which I saw as a kid in 1956! Burt did many of the stunts in it too! He was certainly right for the part.

So handsome, smart, charismatic and a great humanitarian and outstanding actor!

Burt looks very much like a theatrical here , but a likeable and modest demeanour..a charming person , really , unexpectidely so

My mom was on PTA w/his wife Norma @ Bellagio Road School; went to their home for son's birthday; fond memories of pinata, pony, glee-filled romping w/dozens of children on fairytale estate grounds 🤗❤

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Any more you can share?

He always looked like he knew something we didn't.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

Well put.

@elisabethvalade9866

Жыл бұрын

Am pretty sure he did.

@user-zf3xb3qx8w

4 ай бұрын

@@elisabethvalade9866 Made "Scorpio" and got permission from the White House to film it. Was nervous it would be interpreted too literally. Time proves him right.

@elisabethvalade9866

4 ай бұрын

@@user-zf3xb3qx8w You've got me, there...

Thank you so much! If there is more to this interview I hope you’ll post it in due course. Lancaster was really something special.

Favorite actor of all time.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

Good taste

The best interview that Cavett has ever done. Why are there not more Cavett interviews of Lancaster. Just brilliant!

He does powerful, brave, crazy show off type characters and in real life seems like a big shy kid.

How many times have I seen Burt Lancaster in the movies..but can't think of a time I ever saw him interviewed.

@sharksport01

Жыл бұрын

He kept his personal life very private, probably because he was bisexual.

@Mickey-1994

Ай бұрын

He was fruity.

The first interview with a Lancaster that I have seen on KZread. Very good. I wish there was more.

Now that is what a star should look like

The greats of modern age, the memories they gave us, we are thankful, stay blessed, wherever you are.

Watching his hands moving is mesmerizing.

fantastic person and of course a magnificent actor , God bless him !!!!

Really good actor, a great star and a terrific man.

He is a very engaging, articulate man with a flair for storytelling, you don't get to see interviews like that any more

Burt lancaster , proper Hollywood Legend .

One of the absolute Greats, always watchable and believable....

I wonder, does anyone else out there watch these great old interviews with a deep ache of sadness for a simpler world lost in time?

what a wonderful storyteller i wish he had written a book. wonderful actor.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

Yes, an account of his life in his own words would have been fantastic.

Such a presence. A true Hollywood giant and screen legend.

wow, finally.. been waiting years for Burts interview... cant wait for the next ones...

Burt Lancaster one of the all time greats

Burt is my hero....what a life to walk thru with that face, physique, and voice and confidence....

Fascinating voice. Never knew he was from NY!

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

New Yawk thru and thru

Don't know about you but I always found interviews that ended with sudden & violent decapitation just so incredibly heartwarming.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it warms the heart and sets you up for the day like nothing else. 😀

@wildbillharding

Жыл бұрын

Ha!

Burt! The coolest actor ever to tease our imaginations.

Burt Lancaster is one of the best actors of all times absolute! I never get tired of watching my favorite movies of his like the LAW MAN and the SCALP HUNTERS just to mention a few, what a man!

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

Ulzana's Raid

@sunestjern3749

Жыл бұрын

@@skylinerunner1695 just to mention a few! 👍😁😊

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

@@sunestjern3749 Yeah. It would take us a while to list them all 😀

@sunestjern3749

Жыл бұрын

@@skylinerunner1695 Absolutely!

Lancaster was part of my life growing up in the 50s and 60s. He projected an image as a man’s man, and lived that image to a great degree when he was younger. I miss his performances. The sweet smell of success was a terrific movie. Still think about that from time to time.

I really like his films, if I had to pick one it would be The Train.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

Great choice but I could never manage to pick just one lol

Great actor so handsome one of my favorites.

Such a good actor.

More please! Legend! A FIVE DECADE career! One of the best ever...

@waynej2608

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

Grew up in the 1970s in 🇬🇧 Burt Lancaster was a giant of Hollywood, a true household name, I didn't think I could admire him more,,and yet here I am, in awe.

If you haven't seen Burt in "Elmer Gantry" you are missing one of the greatest performances of all time. He got the 1960 Academy for it.

I lived in a small town in Texas (Smithville) in the 1950's. Mr. Lancaster came to Smithville to see 3 men who had been in the circus with him. They worked at a local barbeque joint. It caused a sensation in our little town. But think about a man who traveled such a long way to see old friends. A real gentleman.

One of my alltime favorite actors ever! What screen presence, charisma and brilliance in his acting! Outstanding movie legend and such a great man!!👏👏❤️

Burt was the man. Brilliant

I’ve always loved Burt Lancaster. One of my first crushes….

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

You and a million others 😀

Lancaster is a legend. He’s always always superb

@fernmann7

Жыл бұрын

The biggest

what a super interesting guy, I always liked him as an actor, but this shows what a charming interesting guy.

The Train is my favorite movie with Burt Lancaster.and

Wow! What a fascinating life he had

One of Burt Lancaster's fellow circus performers played the monster on the airplane in the one Twilight Zone episode. He's also in the Crimson Pirate.

@theironclads

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's Nick Cravat. They were boyhood pals in NYC.

He sounds like an Irish/American..his looks and personality...

1900 was great such a beautiful and sad movie

Always liked his films. Seems like a normal dude Cheers 🥇🏆

He was a GREAT actor.Gentleman.Storyteller and great human being.

One of my favourite actors.

The Swimmer , Trapeze and From Here To Eternity were his best works

@chezzer58

Жыл бұрын

Just recently I bought the Swimmer on DVD, Strange film all round with an ending you have to guess at. Starred a young Joan Rivers.

His son, Bill Lancaster, wrote the classic film, The Thing (1982).

Burt was a fantastic actor! My fave role of his was JJ Hunsecker in The Sweet Smell of Success. Also all class.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

You're a cookie full of arsenic 😀

Yes, something about Mr. Lancaster that draws you in. Watch The Kentuckian and you will see. Thanks for the video.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

How about the last line in that movie by Lancaster: 'We're going to Texas. We're gonna live it bold!'

Eloquence at its finest.. just the fact that he stops and listens carefully to Dicks questions is just amazing. We overlook these small things but how grand they are, when we notice them.

Dick got much pleasure in interviewing himself. It’s a shame none of his guests ever told him to shut up.

@Baz-Ten

Жыл бұрын

Interviewers of celebs *all* do this to a lesser degree. It must be a formula to test a stars ego!

Please post more of this interview. Great stuff

How refreshing is it to hear an entertainer speak without beginning every sentence with"And I'm like,......RIP Burt,.....a gifted actor,.....an icon actually.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

or the dreaded 'so...'

Burt Lancaster was one of those actors like Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum and Clark Gable who just oozed star power.

I sure miss these guys.

Brilliant in Atlantic City. One of the most underrated mob movies .

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

A real gem of a film, which was also a touching portrayal of old age and faded glory.

Criss Cross…one of the all time great film noir classics!

@MsBenlane

Жыл бұрын

yes and with the great dan duryea.

@skylinerunner1695

Жыл бұрын

A brilliant film

Burt Lancaster proves what almost no one knows. Hollywood is all about hard work and grit. No room for quitters. BTW, I've stood next to a full grownlion and seen how big that head is. I felt like an hors d' oeuvre.

I think my favourite role was in From Here to Eternity.I don't think he really acted much in that more like just being himself in my opinion.Wish he was still here.

@dontheshark

Жыл бұрын

I have loved him in that movie and have seen it many times. . I was in the Air Force when I saw it in the 50s.

Burt was ALWAYS entertaining.