Christopher Walken On Preparing For 'The Deer Hunter' | The Dick Cavett Show
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- Christopher Walken discusses the research that he undertook with Vietnam veterans to prepare for his Oscar winning role in 1978's 'The Deer Hunter'
Date aired - 2/5/93 - Christopher Walken
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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Walken was so great in The Deer Hunter that when I see clips of him as a younger man I feel relieved that he is okay
Thank You. Well said...I feel exactly the same 💔
What a brilliant actor. I loved the Deer Hunter, and his character was my fav (actually they ALL were my fav). One of my top ten, all time greatest movies ever 🥰🧡🧡
The ending alway supsets me. Brilliant cast and film
They're all brilliant in it
I got to see Walken in Behanding in Spokane, I was thrilled to see him live! Though didn't get to meet him.
@@fluoroscoI know. It’s so sad. 😢
I watched the Deer Hunter in the theater when it first came out. I went with my future husband and his best friend, both Vietnam Vets. I could feel their knees shaking through much of the movie. Walken’s performance made me a fan forever.
He does have mystery around him. A striking looking actor.
The Deer Hunter is one of a few films that made me cry with fear and despair.
yes..its a great film about something that never happened in Vietnam..ridiculous premise
That film takes days to get over when you first see it! Harrowing but brilliant.
The first time I saw the Deer Hunter I was wondering why the wedding scene and all of the pre-war scenes were so long and detailed and then I watched it a second time and I was bawling because I knew how war would change everything that everyone knew as normal would never be normal again. It was absolutely heartbreaking.
Everytime this film is on TV , i have to watch it absolutely. I can’t explain the emotions I feel at each time. The brutal transition between the wedding and the helicopter in vietman is a schock. Sorry for my bad english, but this film is a real « chef d’oeuvre » everything is in it. The best film about this tragedy in vietman.
@@sandrinedecosterd2702 Your English is just fine.
Facts. I was like "are they tryna outdo the godfather or somethin?". But the wedding scene is absolutely amazing characterisation, and sets up every character with hardly a single line of dialogue. The rest of the movie simply wouldn't have the same impact without it.
A masterpiece of film...Walken was amazing.
@@Luca-bv5ic they are just setting up the characters. Nothing unusual. Good film making
I admire many actors, but Christopher Walken is the one who has impressed me the most. He can do everything, from being genuinely hilarious to being extremely haunting. He deserved to be in more good movies and having received more Oscars.
I do believe that he just does stuff that makes all of us just go "wow"
@@ajgavin4141 Exactly!
No more quality acting roles. The Biz along with the music industry is basically toast.
@@362chop True. It is a shame.
Cavett should have ambushed him with, “Now, what REALLY happened the night Natalie Wood died?”
When I first saw The Deer Hunter, I was literally shaking in my seat during the final part of the roulette scene. Surely one of the most powerful scenes ever filmed.
Same... I literally found myself waving my hand as the helicopter was passing by shortly after that scene as they were trying to get rescued.
I ran across my share of Nam vets who were drunk, homeless and in trouble. As a Nam vet myself (Devildoc/ HM3, USMC) I tried to help them avoid jail as best I could. This movie still brings me back to that time in my life.
Thank you for your service sir!!
amazing actor. The Deer Hunter kills me every time I see it. One of the best films ever made.
Articulate. Handsome. Cute. Intimidating. Well dressed. He got a ball rolling on the sinister thing. I’m glad. You don’t hear his laugh often; I like it. A lotta people try to imitate his way of speaking; nobody does it like Christopher.
This interview ...wow it’s so wonderful. Just to listen to this man speak about his life. These videos are such a treasure ❤️
At "cute" I thought you meant Cavett, till "intimidating."
Please post this entire interview. Walken is a national treasure and the way Dick is interviewing him here is fantastic. Please, post the entire thing.
The Russian Roulette scene is the most gut wrenching I've ever seen.
The most gut wrenching. No doubt
Agree. It left me completely numb for days after I saw it.
Ya my step father musta really liked that Russian Roulette scene because he would re enact it from time to time until he tried it with three bullets !!! He lost ....
"THE best acting among 3 actors I've ever seen.
Walken got his oscar which was well deserved.
How DeNiro didn't, baffles me to this day..lost to Jon Voigt in Coming Home..which wasn't even close.
The whole cast was fantastic.
It rips my heart out every time and I felt like I died watching it.
I had never seen the deer hunter until a few weeks back. Hard hitting gritty and realistic. It's a masterpiece
I watched it in the theater and I was blown away.
Dick Cavett's interviews are so thoughtful and intelligent. We need to get back to this style of a talk show.
Have you ever watched a podcast before?
Cavett is straight up one of a kind when it comes to talk show hosts
What? He is one of the worst interviewers.
Cavett is an idiot. The worst. His guests made him.
Starting the interview...
"You left school so how do tell kids to stay in school"??? WTF??
gosh they are so awkward
The Deer Hunter was such a fantastic movie. It didn't even feel like three hours.
Saw it as a 17yr old. The wedding seemed like 3hrs. I remember the rest being a brutal downer. Vietnam. 59 now. Time for another veiwing thru different eyes.
one of the best movies ever made
Lol it definitely felt long... that wedding scene was so damn long and itself felt like 5 hours long. The rest of the movie went by quick it seems. It made for a good movie over all but not as memorable as other war movies.
@@roybatty9663 The wedding scene was long because it served to introduce us to the main characters right up front and see how they felt about each other. It was a brilliant idea, but since there many main characters in the movie it took some real time and skill to achieve that goal. Most of us didn't mind. People always complain about "character development" in movies, but when they get it they complain it's too long.
So classically written as a film for me there’s like 3 parts, before, during and after Vietnam
What a wonderful actor and humble person.
I love to hear that Walken talkin'.
@e causey It was a few years ago, but yes I've seen it. (Laughing)
And I've also heard him read from Where The Wild Things Are. Have you seen the video of that one? That unmistakable Walken way of talking is especially prominent as he reads that story.
The isolation Walken felt in Bangkok, a flashback to his time as a child in summer camp, was exactly the mindset his character was in
Walken's off balance, off beat personality is great. It's no wonder a lot of impressionists try to imitate him. Very entertaining.
Been watching as many interviews with Christopher Walken tonight, he is so unique. Really love to hear his remarks and that sly grin he has is just so great.
Me also. Make sure you catch the "inside the actor's studio" video. Also the Letterman /Batman where he dances.
Walken is such an unassuming likeable guy.
The great thing about Dick Cavett is, he’s so calm and friendly and let’s people talk.
The other thing, which is only obvious when I've heard other people say so, is how nervous and unsure he is of himself. If you believe Clive James, most of the effort you can see Dick Cavett put into his interviews is the effort to do them at all.
That is true. These days interviewers are ALL ABOUT the interviewer.
Agree. I stopped watching Oprah’s talk show due to all of her interrupting. Mr Cavett is just brilliant at interviewing people.
As he's in the bar with his buddies singing "I love you babay"....Classic and a moment in time...
Brilliant scene, absolutely all time great, will never forget it, l love you baby,
Nice relaxed interwiew. Chris Walken looks so handsome here. Love him ❤
The term "one of a kind" gets tossed around a lot but a Mr. Walked truly is just that.
Timeless style, this man.
Dick Cavett had such an awesome voice. Makes you want to listen to him.
I watch Dick Cavett to remind myself of when television was intelligent and thoughtful..not the phony BS we have now. Love Christopher Walken.
True, his role in The Deer Hunter was a monumental performance, but even prior to that, Walken’s dark part as Annie Hall’s brother, Duane is an incredible few minutes!
@Thom Burleson, and even earlier, he was great in Mind Snatchers (aka Happiness Cage).
Great scene in Annie Hall. "O.K. Duane, I gotta go now. I'm due back on the planet earrh'. Lmao!
I was 13 years old when I saw The Deer Hunter. It was my first "serious" movie and it left me in shock, in a good way. My brother and I would reenact the Russian Roulette scene, with tears and all.
I was floored watching Deer Hunter- Masterpiece
Christopher is an original!!! Brilliant!! And Dick Cavett as always was the consummate gentleman!! I loved watching his interviews!!
How can you not love Walken, a stellar career. Thank you
I don’t know about you, but i think we need some more cowbell.......Thanks Mr. Walken for all your incredible work, i feel privileged that i was able to watch all of it.
'The Deer Hunter' Everyone needs to see it....
Was not a great movie
A powerful film that stays long in the memory.
@@truthreigns3465 Brilliant piece of cinema, though.
chazinko absolutely.
I can't think of a more overrated movie.
When I was young, I wasn't in to Mr. Cavett. Now that I'm older, I like his calmness.
And his class and intelligence...
I've always admired his humbleness.
I know we're all writing about the Deer Hunter and he was great, but I loved him in Annie Hall. His part was HILARIOUS!
An unbelievably great actor.
He has such a great smile. Just magnetic. Stars really do have charisma.
I saw Deer Hunter wayyyyy too young. I was maybe 10 or 11 and it was the first film I ever saw where I could anticipate the horror approaching during the Roulette scene...and I KNEW what was going to happen...and I KNEW there was nothing I could do...I wanted to run out but I "had" to watch (as if I was glued to the seat, not by force from anyone else). It messed me up for weeks.
I have never been able to watch it again, as an adult. But I have loved Christopher Walken ever since.
He's a song and dance man at heart. Fell into the " bad guy" roles by chance.
He’s a “song and dance” bad guy!
I love this man. Deer Hunter is an epic film. They don’t make em like this anymore.
DEE hunter? DEEEEZ NUTZ!
SonnyGTA lol yeah ok 😂 wtf is Deez nuts? Haha
They do make movies like this, in fact much better movies than this but you either haven't watched them or fail to acknowledge it
Roy Batty I think you’ll find that’s a matter of opinion.
@@roybatty9663 How about enlightening us with a few titles instead of accusing the lady of ignorance and mendacity.
I like the intimate quality of these interviews without a studio audience. Of course, Cavett ruled in both formats as a consummate interviewer. Nice to see Walken smiling and relaxed. Forty years later, he is regarded as a brilliant character actor who fascinates people with his quirky speech pattern!
Cavett was on of the best interviewer ever. Intelligent and witty and never tried to steal the show.
Miss the authentic interviews. The guest is present and Mr. Cavett is an amazing listener. Today's shows, the guest is "on" and the interviewer is trying to slip in a joke or bring the attention back to themselves.
@@AimeeAimee444 In Craig Fergusson's case, I don't mind.
The closest modern day interviewer I can think of, who seems as genuine and thoughtful, is Strombo
Agree
One of the greatest without a doubt. What a prolific career this man has had.
1:01 Cavett begins to mirror Walken's famous "steepling" with his fingers! This is an unconscious mirroring which indicates being very "tuned in" on your subject. Cavett was simply the best, most respectful, smartest, and even really seems fond of Walken. There's a kind of friendliness.
who would not be fond of walken ? i guess caveat is one of the few that can show it in good way. i have heard this one director who talked about how much he loved walken that he kept coming up with new lines for him, driving him crazy
Lol, this man can just be himself and be completely cool and psychotic at the same time. A truly rare personality.
He really is an extraordinary actor and person....his portrayal in the The Deer Hunter is just the most powerful performance, but when I think of him I see the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, utterly terrifying with his filed teeth and wild eyes....what an amazing actor.
He was amazing in Deer Hunter and At Close Range
Everywhere I look, I see THINGS with my name on 'em...Brad Whitewood-HOLD for delivery!
Both amazing films. At Close Range deserves to be better known. That father and son confrontation scene, between Walken and Sean Penn, in the kitchen, near the end, is freaking briliant. This is acting, on a whole other level.
At close range .....brilliant movie haven't seen it since 87 .....one for a rainy day .
I remember him from his first ever movie. He has a mesmerising quality
Its very clear when you see Walken interviewed he is a kind person.
Maybe I don’t agree with you at all...He was the most relaxed interviewer I ever seen which made his guest relaxed also , and opened them up ...
I feel this too, Maybe.
He is so attractive!
What a natural guy Mr Walken is.
I love actors that are so private instead of the loud mouth attention getting nut bars that are all over entertainment shows internet and tv
I have always really, really liked Christopher Walken! He is an excellent actor and is a really humble and nice person in real life. In whatever part he plays, he always nails it. My favorite part he did was as Max Zorin in A View to a Kill. Masterful performance!
Have to say Christopher Walken is a fav of mine so many great movies definitely a fan in a good way
Loved Mr. Cavett.... no pitics, no ego, a class act of an interview and showmenship!!!
Guru Dude I was alluding to the crazy screaming matches and uncouth conduct.... thats all I was relating to compared to the zoo we see today on talk shows and news programs.
@@meadow9441 According to a vile leftist without a brain, mind or soul.
@@meadow9441 Shows your knowledge about history.
The Dead Zone is still my favorite performance from this guy. He's so under-stated, so pained. He's Chris Walken punched in the stomach and getting back on his feet wondering why you hit him.
One of my all time favourite movie also!
He can certainly talk the talk and walk the Walken.
Such an amazing film The Deer Hunter. Christopher Walken - was magnificent in it.xx
His eyes are mesmerising.xx
Walker has always had what seems to be an inner secret that he longs to tell but just can’t bring himself to speak about so he gives that sly little smile with twinkling eye that say, I know something you don’t and boy is it something!
CAV: i see that too
The Waco Kid - Wagner killed Natalie because she was gonna leave him for Walken you mean.
He seems very Enlightened a very knowledgeable man
In 1981 my local pbs station decided to run Deer Hunter un edited, after ten pm, I of course watched it, riveted, changed me for ever. I went on to finish HS and college and through all that time and after my mentors were Viet Nam Veterans, few gave exexperinces. Those that did, scared me forever that war is the worst and last option, not an option, just don't go there. cured me from thinking that war was ever a solution to any problem.
wars are not brought on the attacked. What happened in Vietnam was a travesty for all involved because of many reasons. The US military on the ground in Vietnam was not allowed to win the was decisively because of the leftist media and the leftist politicians in Washington. The war in Vietnam was not faught to win the war outright as was WW2. We Were Soldiers Once and Young the book deals with the beginning of the USA military in Vietnam. Highly recommended.
He was amazing in Deerhunter as Nicki
He played that part very very convincingly,
Watched The Dead Zone the other day (Stephen King) He's an awesome actor always
Awesome film , makes me sad too they simply cant make films or actors like that anymore
The Dead Zone is one of Walken's best films, for sure.
He's so funny in the Country Bears. I really enjoyed the discussion. Thank you Dick Cavett for the interview. I'm sad you were not on in my day! May you live well!
He was FANTASTIC in the deer hunter! I felt it so deeply! The scene where he puts the gun to his head OMG
His portroyal of PTSD in The Deer Hunter when he comes back from the war is just heartbreaking. You can see his character is completely broken both mentally and spritually.
I thought he died over there. When did he come back?
He didn't come back. He got addicted to heroin when he and Mike split up. Mike went home and felt guilty about leaving him behind.
Much like "lock down"!
Celeste Corcoran Right- Became heroine addict and killed himself in that scene with De Niro.
You sure it was his character?...
Truthfully my dad went to the deer hunter thinking it was a nature movie.It's safe to say it wasn't the movie he was expecting.
omg ...crazy story
LMAO, when JAWS came out, my brother and I convinced our parent's to take us to see it because it was like a National Geographic special or Jacques Cousteau special on sharks, which my Dad definitely liked to watch. So there we were in a small town packed movie theatre.
We had to be split up, my bro with my dad and me with my mom. Well, LOL, every time there was a scary part (which was most of the movie, ha!) my mom kept grabbing the arm of the guy sitting on the other side of her. Needless to say, we got a bit of 'talking-to' when we got home. And, it NEVER felt safe to go back into the water again. SMH. LOL.
The play he wrote was called "Him" and was dedicated to Joseph Papp. It ran about 6 weeks in New York. It was hysterical and the evening I saw it Mr. Walken at the end in drag, dancing, fell off a lunch counter and his Wig flew across the stage and he said (In the Kings voice):" I think I outta try that again." The critics might have panned it, but the crew in the theater were all smiles that evening.
The Deer Hunter was no war movie. Pure HORROR!
The first time I saw Christopher Walken was in a film, I believe it was his first, called "The Anderson Tapes" with a brilliant cast led by Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, Dyan Cannon, Margaret Hamilton and (before SNL), Garrett Morris.
War is absolutely horrific people seem to forget because we keep having wars😢
Christopher Walken's one of the last great character actors. Very distinct.
Best impression of Christopher Walken yet.
Love all of Chris's roles, especially True Romance.
Great interviewer; great guest
One the best interviewers ever
Dick Cavett is awesome..Only he (and maybe Johnny Carson) would keep an interview rolling by asking Christopher Walken about the Elvis Presley stamps.
He was good in 1983's Brainstorm too, but I can't see him without thinking "More Cowbell! Only he could have pulled that off So Good!!! A legend!
Get off the topic of me trying to talk to vets about Vietnam, you could tell he was saying leave it alone, leave them alone you understand and he understood dont pry , by them not talking about it keeps them someway sane
I really enjoyed his PBS series in the '90s much more than the original series. He was more low-key, less star-struck, and simply better, more mature as an interviewer.
He was still handsome then. Such a talent. And that smirk. Nobody comes close
*weapon of choice!!!* 🎶
Hes more than an actor. Hes an entity.
Still handsome now, just older
@@marylamb7707 Nice. Yes, he is an entity.
@@ilanarhian Agreed.
Never a bad performance...not one. Simply one of the greatest.
One of our greatest 'still living' actors. i mean...Who...doesn't LOVE Chris Walken?
Excellent actor whose acting stands out by his free spirit nature.
“You convinced me you had a steel plate in your head.”
Cavett could be quite quick and funny.
Walken was outstanding in Biloxi Blues. I, too, thought that he had a steel plate in his noggin. Love that film.
"Jerome, you New York boys think you're so smart..."
@@waynej2608 No argument here. He was excellent in “Biloxi Blues.”
He was intimidating but also kind of sad and pathetic.
"DEERHUNTER" MY TOP VIETNAM FILM👍👍👍👍
Actors back then each had their own personalities. This current generation has none of that.
Yes indeed
I agree with this. Interesting observation. Wonder why?
they are Brands now, and then they were just actors
Can you name three actors of this current generation?
True
I adore Christopher.
To know, love and be true to yourself no matter what is a blessing.
Such an interesting guy !! 💜
Dick's mind: he has "Betta not ask me about Natalie Woods" eyes.
That would be a conversation killer
@@kamuelalee OW!
@@kamuelalee Because he's been asked too many times ? Or because he knows too much ? I'd love to ask him.
L Franco what does he know???
@@Katmandu29 he was on the boat the night of
Che volto particolare..un attore sensibile a parti nn convenzionali come in La zona morta e La l'acclamato Il cacciatore. Ottimo interprete, bell'uomo .
What an incredible performance he gave in that film 👏
Wonderful Actor
Best ever Bond Villain
It's just so weird seeing Christopher Walken not being the iconic Christopher Walken.
Walken was sincere, himself, humble, non-egotist .... unlike them all today.