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    Steve McQueen was one of Hollywood’s highest paid stars - and one of its most difficult, most rebellious and, when he wished, most charming. His story is told with film clips from his greatest performances.
    Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines, but never stayed far from trouble.
    Then he discovered acting - and the woman who would be with him for most of his meteoric career.
    His story is told with film clips from his greatest performances, including The Magnificent Seven, Love With The Proper Stranger, The Cincinnati Kid, The Reivers, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Bullitt.
    Also shown are home movies - and the recollections of those who knew him best, including Steve’s first wife, Neile McQueen Toffel and their children, Terri and Chad, fellow actors Chuck Norris, Karl Malden, Don Gordon, as well as directors, producers, agents and the racing buddies who saw it all happen. Narrated by James Coburn.
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  • @prp3231
    @prp3231 Před 2 lety +309

    Imagine living in a time when we had Hudson , Newman, McQueen, Presley, beattie, Bronson, Coburn, Bruce Lee...

    • @susandefrance1326
      @susandefrance1326 Před rokem +23

      I was, I did, Oh my

    • @prp3231
      @prp3231 Před rokem +20

      @@susandefrance1326 You're lucky, all great talents and charisma. I don't even bother watching modern films these days, Clooney, Pegg, Cruise, Depp, Pitt...not interested.

    • @jamesowens3931
      @jamesowens3931 Před rokem +12

      Am 61 I did

    • @horacerumpole6912
      @horacerumpole6912 Před rokem +16

      Jimmy Stewart

    • @lamarrodgers
      @lamarrodgers Před rokem +15

      And many more we had , the 60’s 70 and 80’d had the greatest actors and singers , mo more I don’t think

  • @pjbear8656
    @pjbear8656 Před 2 lety +3

    In the 70’s I worked in a little joint at Topanga Beach, Steve was friends with the owner, he use to come in. We always kept a six pack of Old Milwaukee in the fridge for him. Never ate, just had a beer.

  • @tomlippi7763
    @tomlippi7763 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Steve McQueen was one of the greatest. One of my favorite actors. I still watch "wanted dead or alive" on Saturday afternoons. The narrator of this video was also great!! I have a big photo of me and James Coburn hanging in my living room; from when I met him at the Denver Film Festival. He was so happy that I had the box video of "Cross of Iron", my favorite war movie. He was as good as Steve. These actors were at the top of the acting game!! They could draw you in. They could get your attention❤😅 TOM LIPPI Denver, Colorado

    • @mariefricchione437
      @mariefricchione437 Před 27 dny

      Me too! I tape the show. He’s the all time best actor and sexy man ever. I adore him!

  • @jeantetreault132
    @jeantetreault132 Před 4 lety +328

    When Steve McQueen died at 50 in 1980, I cried my eyes out and I thought he was old. Today that I’m 52, i think that he was a kid.

    • @edwardsaldana2879
      @edwardsaldana2879 Před 3 lety +9

      I spent the day with Steve McQueen

    • @talcoge67
      @talcoge67 Před 3 lety +10

      I just turned 54 and didn’t realize how young he was until i saw the making of The Great Escape recently....He seemed like he lived a 2 life times...

    • @peterwhelan1658
      @peterwhelan1658 Před 3 lety +13

      Well I too am 52 I also cried when Steve McQueen died, I also thought he was old too not realising I would one day get to be older than him and I don’t feel old (I know it’s a different era) but I do agree he sure fitted a lot into those 50yrs but to this day and going forward always try dress like him n without even knowing act n thinking like him ! The nearest thing to him today is Brad Pitt or Mel Gibson like Errol Flynn (another who died at 50) some of the greatest actors of all time. I miss him not like my Dad but a big brother!

    • @matthewofarrell2970
      @matthewofarrell2970 Před 3 lety +5

      @@edwardsaldana2879 hey Ed, you lucky man! Please expand...what did you do? Did you have fun?

    • @TonyArjona
      @TonyArjona Před 2 lety +1

      52 now also. I must have come here to read these comments. It never occurred to me until I was approaching 50 why no pictures of Steve McQueen ... OLDER. It really struck me when I took the time to explore both the obvious and what I didn't know.
      Nice thread ...

  • @vaadaenmacchi
    @vaadaenmacchi Před 3 lety +72

    Steve McQueen and Paul Newman - we’ll never have such superstars ever again.

    • @staffh3815
      @staffh3815 Před rokem +2

      You need to be careful with who gets top billing with these two

    • @juliaross5268
      @juliaross5268 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Ohhhhh …. stick around. The one thing America’s got is talent. And then some!

    • @johndoherty4976
      @johndoherty4976 Před 2 měsíci

      Roger Moore and Burt Reynolds also two greats who where there at the same time as Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.

  • @mr.sherlockholmes6130
    @mr.sherlockholmes6130 Před 2 lety +10

    Steve McQueen is Timeless !! He lived the American dream came from a broken home and made it all the way to the elite top of the world. He was a breed apart and there will never be another one like him again. Thank you Steve for all your magic . Rip In Peace Steve you have earned it .

  • @jerryjulius5784
    @jerryjulius5784 Před 3 lety +183

    To be narrated by James Coburn. What a classic honor. To both,thanks and Semper Fi. RIP.

    • @Scottlp2
      @Scottlp2 Před rokem +2

      I have a few memories of McQueen’s performances, but will never forget eg Coburn’s Flynt movies and stories about him.

    • @JiM-SWEET-art
      @JiM-SWEET-art Před rokem

      I thought it was Leonard Nemoy until I saw your comment.

    • @aevoguitars2576
      @aevoguitars2576 Před rokem +2

      I met James coburn once in San remo italy

    • @lillianmcgrew217
      @lillianmcgrew217 Před 8 měsíci

      ❤❤

    • @dinobarros3364
      @dinobarros3364 Před 7 měsíci

      Are you latin? You Americans use and abuse "Semper Fi" for no reason at all. As a Latin i find that extremely offensive.

  • @warrenbrenner4972
    @warrenbrenner4972 Před rokem +6

    Robert Vaughn was a close friend of Steve and and said in an interview that they went to a motorcycle race where Steve was told the studio forbade his participation. On their drive back it started raining but even though the top was down they never got wet- Steve was driving soooooo FAST !!!

  • @lindadeisher1815
    @lindadeisher1815 Před 7 měsíci +15

    Steve McQueen made you feel good just to see him. He was always so confident in his movies. I believe he wanted acceptance from everyone. His presence was awesome. Wish he were here, he had a lot more movies to make. Love you Steve.

    • @garlandremingtoniii1338
      @garlandremingtoniii1338 Před 7 měsíci +1

      If he was still here, he wouldn’t be making any movies. I can tell you that. Because he would be 92 years old now.

    • @gingercookie6
      @gingercookie6 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@garlandremingtoniii1338isn't it obvious that the comment was meant to mean in this day and age but Steve McQueen still being at the top of his game in the age range of that?!

  • @russellroesner6073
    @russellroesner6073 Před 2 lety +76

    You had to be a bad ass to have James Coburn narrating your biography.

  • @yahatinda
    @yahatinda Před 2 lety +44

    GONE OVER 40 YEARS AND STILL A STAR

  • @mitchellhawkes22
    @mitchellhawkes22 Před 2 lety +3

    Coburn narrating the McQueen story. Something right about that.

  • @theodoroskitsios3251
    @theodoroskitsios3251 Před rokem +4

    Steve McQueen WILL NEVER DIE !!!

  • @PeterCombs
    @PeterCombs Před 4 lety +37

    in 1968 I had the opportunity to meet and get to know McQueen during the filming of "The Thomas Crown Affair". The Director, Norman Jewison, was our next door neighbor in Massachusetts during the filming. The Jewison children were my age, and through that friendship got to see McQueen and Fay Dunaway fairly often. McQueen was a great guy, instantly likeable..his silver Ferrari was pretty cool too.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 Před 4 lety +1

      Interesting story.

    • @stj971
      @stj971 Před 6 měsíci

      WOW!!! Too cool!!!

  • @icescrew1
    @icescrew1 Před rokem +3

    I met him in Prescott Arizona on the set of Junior Bonner. They hired a bunch of us young cowboys to help out and play extras. He was cool as can be. The whole town adored him. He brought one of his dirt bikes to the fairgrounds, and did some wheelies for us.

  • @tomcosburn4114
    @tomcosburn4114 Před 3 lety +131

    Steve McQueen was the definition of cool - a great actor - an original like no other

    • @GT-mq1dx
      @GT-mq1dx Před rokem +2

      That’s how I’ve always seen him
      and will always say about him,
      He’s The Definition Of Cool.

    • @prp3231
      @prp3231 Před 6 měsíci

      He and Elvis never saw eye to eye. I loved them both but Elvis was more hostile to Steve than the other way round

    • @dzanier
      @dzanier Před 5 měsíci

      There are things about him I admire, but he was also very willful and intractable. He marched to the best of his own drum. Sometimes when you live that way, you trample on other people.

    • @donaldoneill2117
      @donaldoneill2117 Před měsícem

      He could do more with a glance than any actor couldn't do with 5 pgs of script

    • @donaldoneill2117
      @donaldoneill2117 Před měsícem

      Could do more with a glance than any actor couldn't do with 5 pgs of script. Unreal

  • @milesporsche8827
    @milesporsche8827 Před rokem +121

    Hard to believe that Steve McQueen would be 92 years of age now.
    It's easy to understand why his legend continues after seeing this great documentary film.

    • @tnteachertim
      @tnteachertim Před rokem +3

      Yup. He'd be 92 now, just like Clint Eastwood this year.
      Sad to imagine what's been lost...

    • @epifaniatrujillo2971
      @epifaniatrujillo2971 Před rokem +2

      Yeah! He died young though he had cancer went to old Mexico for help lost his life he died in hopes to defeated it

    • @jojomcgee3430
      @jojomcgee3430 Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@@tnteachertimI was thinking the same thing (93 though- one year after your post)! His name, imagine and work, still a Big name! Very cool!

    • @davidmaclaren859
      @davidmaclaren859 Před 8 měsíci

      Q qss wqed

  • @craigjohnson4302
    @craigjohnson4302 Před 2 lety +150

    He was one of those who truly lived life to the fullest as he achieved more in 50 years than most would in two lifetimes.

    • @everpada1528
      @everpada1528 Před 2 lety

      Wow

    • @mr.majestic2667
      @mr.majestic2667 Před 2 lety +3

      Money gives you that privilege .

    • @craigjohnson4302
      @craigjohnson4302 Před 2 lety

      @@mr.majestic2667 It surly helps!

    • @holdenmcgroin9774
      @holdenmcgroin9774 Před 2 lety +3

      maybe you missed it but he never made the jump in the Great Escape, that was Bud Elkins. His star was fading in the 70s and fading very badly. He lost out to guys who showed off the muscles like Bronson, Eastwood, Sean Connery and a young Harrison Ford and Stallone. Steve McQueen had no muscles to show off. Movie goers were over the moon with movies like Rocky, Star wars and Empire Strikes Back so they had a good idea what movies should be like. In the end he made movies that no one wanted to see like the Enemy of the People, Tom Horn and The Hunter which all failed miserably at the box office. So much cool you can play in your mid 40s. You are welcome for that intelligent insight and observation.

    • @craigjohnson4302
      @craigjohnson4302 Před 2 lety +5

      @@holdenmcgroin9774 We all lose our viability, sooner or later. The key is to make the most of it when you can. So keep holdin' your groin as long as you can.

  • @stephenmartini5890
    @stephenmartini5890 Před rokem +6

    One of my favorite Stars. No one will ever be like him.

    • @thirabx6954
      @thirabx6954 Před rokem

      Yes Steve McQueen even his name: I Love the Getaway (ext. Ali slapping) . Steve was the man

  • @ludwigmesser5339
    @ludwigmesser5339 Před 2 lety +4

    I remember when Steve McQueen past away. I only saw a glimpse of one of his movies. I know, though, that we lost a nice human being. I read that he was being treated for cancer. God bless him.

  • @billiewever6584
    @billiewever6584 Před 3 lety +284

    This guy makes me see what great talent was and what crap we have today.RIP

    • @mr.blackhawk142
      @mr.blackhawk142 Před 2 lety +5

      Yup, a road o CLAP!!! ;)

    • @downtownj9730
      @downtownj9730 Před 2 lety +11

      we still have great talent! it’s just harder to find ;)

    • @zdave6083
      @zdave6083 Před 2 lety +4

      I blame the studios. They greenlight the crap . It's the writing of scripts and dialogue where it all goes wrong. Actors aren't the problem.

    • @dhstadt
      @dhstadt Před 2 lety +7

      Now days it is all about quantity not quality.

    • @ericmorris3030
      @ericmorris3030 Před 2 lety +4

      You are sure right about that!

  • @rustybearden1800
    @rustybearden1800 Před rokem +47

    An honest, no nonsense story of a real person who just happened to be a giant, both on screen and off - excellent!

  • @yennev
    @yennev Před rokem +3

    Steve McQueen rest in peace bro. 1950 he was 20 years old. These are great stories ...

  • @rickellington4238
    @rickellington4238 Před 2 lety +5

    Steve McQueen....the man's man!!!!!!!

  • @jackdempsey9644
    @jackdempsey9644 Před 3 lety +72

    My brother died last year, and one week before he died, we saw Bullitt on the big screen. Never saw it before, and either had he. What an amazing film. To see it on the big screen was a real treat. So glad I got to see it with my brother before he passed. Now, when I see anything Steve McQueen it reminds my of my brother. They don’t make movie stars like this anymore. RIP to The King Of Cool and my big Brother B.A.D. Yes, those were his initials

    • @carlasball1389
      @carlasball1389 Před 2 lety +4

      SO SORRY

    • @kenh3344
      @kenh3344 Před 2 lety +3

      Sorry about your brother.

    • @donaldmiller8629
      @donaldmiller8629 Před rokem +1

      P

    • @OceanSwimmer
      @OceanSwimmer Před rokem +2

      Condolences on the loss of your brother. My best friend lost her eldest son at about the same time; it has been very hard for her, as it must be for you, too.
      I'm glad you two shared "Bullit"
      which has been a fave of mine since it was released. It never gets old.
      What a nice way to remember your brother.

    • @HappyPlace5-bi2xe
      @HappyPlace5-bi2xe Před 7 měsíci

      I am so sorry about your brother!

  • @DeanHarringtonimages
    @DeanHarringtonimages Před 7 měsíci +6

    Absolutely one of the greatest film actors of all time!

  • @cobbler40
    @cobbler40 Před rokem +4

    A short life well lived. He was part of our culture as we grew up.

  • @stevejordan4260
    @stevejordan4260 Před 2 lety +3

    Movie icon, but more than that. True to himself.

  • @HandyMan657
    @HandyMan657 Před rokem +26

    A legend narrating a story about a legend. Rip gentlemen and thank you.

  • @stevehils8618
    @stevehils8618 Před 2 lety +121

    Steve was natural and very real in his acting. He is one of the best.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Před 2 lety +3

      He was no Huntz Hall but Steve was indeed one gifted & charismatic actor !! :-)

    • @marthalinagregory7379
      @marthalinagregory7379 Před 2 lety +3

      He was a great actor, one of a kind

    • @dennisholst4322
      @dennisholst4322 Před rokem

      @@jubalcalif9100 they don't make them out of yarn

    • @paulberry6016
      @paulberry6016 Před 7 měsíci

      Watch him upstage Yul Bryner, the star! by fiddling with his hat 😅

  • @barbaras6792
    @barbaras6792 Před 2 lety +19

    At his height, Steve McQueen was acknowledged as the coolest guy on the planet.

  • @youtubeman123joo
    @youtubeman123joo Před 16 dny +2

    He was the best actor and the most handsome ❤❤❤Rest in peace❤❤❤❤

  • @sunnyd4125
    @sunnyd4125 Před 6 měsíci +5

    This documentary was so well done. McQueen was an exceptional actor who oozed "cool" on the screen.

  • @lilwil-ns3uo
    @lilwil-ns3uo Před rokem +5

    Steve McQueen was the Daniel Craig of my youth. He was cool and I felt something special when I watched his movies. He was dangerous yet gentle too.

  • @gw5309
    @gw5309 Před 3 lety +71

    “Love with the proper stranger” (1963) is one of his most underrated movies. He and Natalie Wood are brilliant.

  • @eddiebrown8549
    @eddiebrown8549 Před 4 lety +204

    As this amazing documentary came to an end, I looked up at my Bullitt poster and smiled. The memory of Steve McQueen and the inspiration he still provides is always close by...

    • @pauliebots
      @pauliebots Před 4 lety +8

      I just realized I too have a poster of him in my room that commemorates a motorcycle meet I attend with my son every year in Connecticut. Huh,cool. Of course I bought it because it was him in the great escape.

    • @kensanity178
      @kensanity178 Před 2 lety +5

      My favorite Steve McQueen line in Bullit: "Time starts now."

    • @sparky4986
      @sparky4986 Před rokem +4

      back then, I worked up to 20 hours a day, 6 and 7 days a week
      so it was not strange that I woke up on the couch at 3 in the morning
      the car chase on TV was so intense and action packed, i had to watch
      I had no idea about this movie, never heard of it
      I witnessed the greatest car chase in the history of television
      when it was over, i knew I would tell someone about it
      i fell back asleep, affected
      i've still never seen the movie
      but I did watch that chase
      that was 25 years ago
      for a long time i thought that bullit represented the car. funny

  • @user-jw1pt8ls7b
    @user-jw1pt8ls7b Před 8 měsíci +8

    A truly gifted actor doesn’t have to say anything to speak volumes. Facial expression and body language speak louder than the human voice

  • @voyaristika5673
    @voyaristika5673 Před 7 měsíci +28

    What a remarkable woman his first wife was. I'm so glad he was a good father. I was in high school when Bullitt came out. The chase scene was a HUGE deal with the boys. Funny now to think no one had ever seen that in a movie, since now you can't watch a movie without one.

    • @stephenheiden86
      @stephenheiden86 Před 6 měsíci

      Neile Adams was a revelation -she was a WWII teenage spy during the Japanese occupation of Manila and carries shrapnel wounds from the Allied liberation -no shrinking violet. Her genuine love and affection for McQueen shows in every frame and their lifelong relationship and two clearly sane, happy offspring testify to her beautiful enduring character.

  • @deemariedubois4916
    @deemariedubois4916 Před 3 lety +17

    One of my favorite actors. He was a flawed human being but aren’t we all?

  • @thisbullrocks6030
    @thisbullrocks6030 Před 4 lety +153

    I used to be a flight attendant and I had James Coburn on a flight - the nicest man ever - he wanted to talk awhile - what a voice - nice to hear it again

    • @jimmysapien9961
      @jimmysapien9961 Před 4 lety +24

      COBURN is one of the greatest cool of cool 😎

    • @Mr.8r1c3-8usch
      @Mr.8r1c3-8usch Před 3 lety +13

      Yes, that voice!

    • @mr.blackhawk142
      @mr.blackhawk142 Před 2 lety +2

      Yup, JC comes off as very refined doesn't he? That is probably FAKE like EVERYTHING else in Hollywood!

    • @lindaannechancler808
      @lindaannechancler808 Před 2 lety +5

      Unmistakeable voice! What did you talk about? Cool things I bet!

    • @simoncasson3327
      @simoncasson3327 Před 2 lety +5

      What a moment - a super-cool old style guy - that ruled. Loved him in Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid...

  • @janeck.8695
    @janeck.8695 Před 4 lety +66

    My favorite film with Steve McQueen is Love with the Proper Stranger. He was superb in all his movies, but he was unsurpassable in this one. This movie was and still is very special to me. RIP Steve, and thanks.

    • @v.gorski3050
      @v.gorski3050 Před 3 lety +6

      Jane CK. ~~~~~. I agree 100%. I love that movie and love him in it. I fell in love with him in that movie and have loved him ever since. A beautiful role. Was shocked and deeply hurt when he died of cancer. Fantastic actor.

    • @melodyelson3202
      @melodyelson3202 Před rokem +1

      could not say it better ... To hear this documentary about the actor's being so honest ... facination.fascination.. Thanks for sharing ... i didn't realize he lived till only 50... what a tribute...
      Thanks for utube allowing us to share history... °•`~|☆\|°~~\ amazingly real

    • @paulbrennan3996
      @paulbrennan3996 Před 11 měsíci +1

      True iconic Legend sadly missed R.I.P Steve played in some first class 🎥📽️ film role's respect 👏🙏🤝

    • @mdo5121
      @mdo5121 Před 8 měsíci +4

      I agree loved the connection with Steve and Nathalie Wood...under rated

  • @theresapelham1918
    @theresapelham1918 Před 8 měsíci +23

    Well done! So many people have this story...maybe not the stardom but definetly the childhood abandonment histories. Thank you Steve and his very cool wife and children!

    • @lizrivers4422
      @lizrivers4422 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Even after they divorced, they looked after their children together and remained friends. I don't think she ever stopped loving him......

  • @irishguy13
    @irishguy13 Před 2 lety +68

    I think The Getaway is one of the best action films ever made. Papillon is an astoundingly work of art. And Love With the Proper Stranger is so much more than a chick flick.

    • @mr.blackhawk142
      @mr.blackhawk142 Před 2 lety +1

      @irishgoy, Yup! There was another version made later but I forget who starred in it? Bronson maybe?

    • @ianwatson3315
      @ianwatson3315 Před 2 lety

      Have to agree with you there..getaway was his best.

    • @stj971
      @stj971 Před 6 měsíci

      Thomas Crown was his best, my fav.

  • @EnriqueGarcia-dn4cp
    @EnriqueGarcia-dn4cp Před 3 lety +13

    I like him so much, that all his movies were great..sad that died so young...Mr Coburn you were great too...

  • @DiscriminateTaste
    @DiscriminateTaste Před 4 lety +34

    Steve and Clint, my two favorite "ultra cool" dudes.

    • @asrsn8324
      @asrsn8324 Před 3 lety +4

      My Favorite actors

    • @robshearing2131
      @robshearing2131 Před 3 lety +2

      and richard aspland

    • @heikebohne8864
      @heikebohne8864 Před 3 lety +1

      That I say too, Steve and Clint Eastwood, the best role Steve played ❓ The role as a daddy.... 👍🏼👍🏼🙂 A real man.

    • @rickkojetin5139
      @rickkojetin5139 Před 2 lety +1

      Gotta include Paul Neuman!

    • @lindaladdin8067
      @lindaladdin8067 Před 2 lety

      Clint Eastwood's latest film, Cry Macho, could be his last film. He's 91 and still looks great. Hope he's around for a long time.

  • @bordertide2805
    @bordertide2805 Před 4 lety +62

    An ex Marine who made grown men weep with his looks, acting, conversation and allure; as with all genius he never once believed his status and/or intense PR; he was the epitome of a man's man.

  • @markknivila8383
    @markknivila8383 Před 3 lety +9

    There's a lot of actors out there. But none of them, are anywhere near as cool,.as Steve McQueen was! He was the "King of Cool",beyond any doubt! Rest In Peace, Steve!

  • @geraldfordman7474
    @geraldfordman7474 Před 4 lety +14

    Thank you. He is the one, my all time favorite actor. a true man's man.

  • @kasandraclemente6591
    @kasandraclemente6591 Před 3 lety +3

    When I reside in Beverly hills as a young lady, I was a pedestrian on Canon Road, next to the light signal, and suddenly someone ran in front of me, bent down and grabbed thesignal pole. He looked panicked, like he was running away from something or someone. I recognized him immediately. It was none other than Steve McQueen! I kept silent as he ran across the street and kept on going. Lord only knows what he was running away from!
    Bless his Heart and Soul!

  • @jamesfox2579
    @jamesfox2579 Před rokem +4

    The One and ONLY - Steve McQueen!💕

  • @dianaeggen2434
    @dianaeggen2434 Před 4 lety +46

    In high school I had my bedroom walls totally covered with pictures of Steve McQueen I absolutely loved him every now and then my sister brings it up and we have a giggle I still love him I'm done talking now

    • @rsstrazz6261
      @rsstrazz6261 Před 3 lety +2

      You don't have to stop talking, we loved him too. Still do.

  • @Gilyslas
    @Gilyslas Před 4 lety +288

    When I was a kid in high school living in LA, we saw Steve in a cool Porsche. We all waved at him and he was very gracious and waved back. Never forget that sweet moment. A true Hollywood Legend.

    • @sduncanfoto
      @sduncanfoto Před 3 lety +2

      i had the same experience with
      Lux Interior.

    • @benjaminmendezz
      @benjaminmendezz Před 3 lety +2

      Ok boomer

    • @terry4137
      @terry4137 Před 3 lety +2

      @@benjaminmendezz, that’s old! Hey, idiot Steve McQueen was a boomer!

    • @MsMesem
      @MsMesem Před 3 lety +6

      @@terry4137 Born in 1930 is not après guerre. Boomers are 1948 to 1960 max.

    • @joeblow7236
      @joeblow7236 Před 3 lety +4

      @@MsMesem Generation X is now in their late 50's. Most of the people that millenials call boomer are gen x.

  • @judithroland4014
    @judithroland4014 Před 2 lety +5

    Exceptional and one and only Steve McQueen. We, the audience LOVED him.... we will never forget him. handsome. Smart, smartass, , rebel, but loving his kids❤️!!! That's about all you need! 👍

    • @curbozerboomer1773
      @curbozerboomer1773 Před 2 lety

      Nope...how about being kind towards your fellow human beings?...he was a minimalist in that regard!

  • @silverfox5507
    @silverfox5507 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Used to watch Wanted Dead or Alive on B/W TV . I'm 73 now in 2023 .

  • @kevinhealey6540
    @kevinhealey6540 Před 5 lety +63

    Steve McQueen when he was in the Marines saved the lives of five other Marines during an Arctic exercise.

    • @jonathanclarke281
      @jonathanclarke281 Před 2 lety +7

      Yes and got asbestos poisoning in the process.That's what eventually killed him!

    • @OceanSwimmer
      @OceanSwimmer Před rokem

      @@jonathanclarke281 ,
      I didn't know that about him!
      He was all kinds of a man.

  • @nrs6956
    @nrs6956 Před 4 lety +52

    Regrettably he is unequaled in today's cinema. A Salute is due for him, and James Coburn. To great actors.

    • @shanekeogh4740
      @shanekeogh4740 Před 4 lety +1

      There will only ever be one Steve McQueen, may he rest in peace! Favour the Brave!

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 Před 4 lety +4

      Culture has changed and people are much softer today. In McQueens days the actors and actresses had life experience before they made it in Hollywood.
      Today they tend to come from college and have a relative in the industry. Completely different people.
      Steve McQueen, Coburn, Garner and Marvin all served in the military before they actually made it in Hollywood.
      Clint Eastwood served in the Army and he actually had his aircraft crash in the ocean and he had to swim to safety so that is his experience in Sully on screen.

    • @joeblow7236
      @joeblow7236 Před 3 lety +3

      Today's action stars have personal trainers and are using steroids.
      Usually when a movie character is a Marine he looks like a comic book super hero.

  • @samadrid6321
    @samadrid6321 Před 4 lety +60

    The first time I saw the kid's movie Chicken Run, a stop action claymation, the main character chicken was sent to the "cooler" by the farmer, it was an empty coal bin, and the chicken sat down and started throwing a ball just like McQueen in The Great Escape. I was the only one roaring with laughter in the theater, no one seemed to get or know the connection. The whole Chicken Run movie was basically a cartoon take on The Great Escape.

    • @306champion
      @306champion Před 2 lety +2

      I see rite where your coming from mate, you're right.

    • @michaelserby7697
      @michaelserby7697 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah

    • @MrKinghuman
      @MrKinghuman Před 2 lety +1

      Maybe you're the only one that got it bc you were a grown man surrounded by children? Lol

    • @mr.blackhawk142
      @mr.blackhawk142 Před 2 lety

      It's gotta have them EVIL NUTzis though! Was there Evil Chicken NUTzis init??? L0L

    • @Quiksilversurf311
      @Quiksilversurf311 Před 2 lety

      @@MrKinghuman Lmao, hilarious point.

  • @snakechrmr6398
    @snakechrmr6398 Před 4 lety +113

    Did more in his short 50 years than most could do in 4 lifetimes. And did it by living life on his own terms.

    • @samuelbasye3508
      @samuelbasye3508 Před 3 lety +1

      💯

    • @barracuda7018
      @barracuda7018 Před 3 lety +3

      Second after James Dean.. Became a legend in such a short period of time...

    • @mso008
      @mso008 Před 3 lety

      He was a real G.

    • @klonidier
      @klonidier Před 3 lety +3

      I always remember a Motley Crue lyric when I think of him....”If you want to live life on your own terms, you’ve got to be ready to crash and burn....” Steve certainly did both. You’re so right, what a life.

    • @TerryUniGeezerPeterson
      @TerryUniGeezerPeterson Před 2 lety

      Errol Flynn: hold my beer.

  • @fredpalmer3990
    @fredpalmer3990 Před 4 lety +63

    Thank you Mr. Coburn. We all need freinds like you. RIP

  • @alcodie1558
    @alcodie1558 Před 4 lety +27

    Favorite Steve McQueen of all time for me is The Sand Pebbles . I remember watching it with my grand parents when I was a kid . Good times : )

  • @johnobrien9718
    @johnobrien9718 Před 4 lety +35

    A true legend!!! Btw, the "BULLIT" mustang just sold at auction on Jan 10, 2020 for $3.4M ($3.7M with fee's)

  • @annetteathanasatos1229
    @annetteathanasatos1229 Před 3 lety +6

    Steve McQueen, he is what we call Hot. What a sexy man. Great actor, he played so many different characters. And he was great in all of them. So sad that he passed away so young. He really suffered. He should have won an Oscar. The academy should really give him one. He richly deserves it. RIP, you will always be remembered.

    • @jonathanclarke281
      @jonathanclarke281 Před 2 lety +1

      He died of asbestos poisoning that he contracted cleaning that shit up when he was in the the marines!

  • @thabighurt6002
    @thabighurt6002 Před 6 lety +16

    I still try to watch his show, Wanted -Dead or Alive, every morning before I go to work. This man is truly missed!!

    • @jennifer082255
      @jennifer082255 Před 5 lety +2

      Jimmy Green I have it set up to record. It comes on every day,except Sunday.

    • @jameshoran8
      @jameshoran8 Před 2 lety

      The Fourth Headstone. His best

  • @MagiMystik
    @MagiMystik Před 4 lety +18

    I worked in a little Bakery on Vancouver Island when we saw Steve McQueen & Ali MacGraw come in, It was a big day. :-)

  • @GregorPQ
    @GregorPQ Před 2 lety +2

    "He destroyed the engine of his tank trying to soup it up."
    🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣

  • @kennykimbler9816
    @kennykimbler9816 Před 2 lety +36

    Iv always liked him when I found out he was one of Bruce Lee's top students. In an interview Bruce Lee said that Steve was as Tuff as they get, he doesn't give up and his not scared of a fight.

  • @UberLummox
    @UberLummox Před 5 lety +23

    Couldn't have picked a better narrator. James Coburn. Really ties it together well.

  • @bandpassmess
    @bandpassmess Před 4 lety +10

    I was raised watching a a legend.
    BUT I ALREADY COULD TELL .

  • @AnziNordi-gs5zq
    @AnziNordi-gs5zq Před rokem +1

    Steve McQueen with a big Board and long hair, it's crazy but it was in the late 70th, awesome and amazing too .... ❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊

  • @marymcguire603
    @marymcguire603 Před 7 měsíci +8

    Coburn was also one of the Magnificent Seven. Unforgettable. The music score took the Academy Award.

  • @nelnav7752
    @nelnav7752 Před 3 lety +3

    The Coolest Cat on the planet thanks for the memories.

  • @ronmackinnon9374
    @ronmackinnon9374 Před rokem +8

    Something of interest that went unmentioned in this documentary is a time when Steve McQueen and his wife, Neile Adams, were cast together as a couple. It was in a 1960 episode of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents,' entitled 'Man from the South' (an adaptation of a Roald Dahl story).

  • @JohnSmith-xl9bo
    @JohnSmith-xl9bo Před 2 lety +1

    I met Steve McQueen in 1969. Out in the middle of nowhere at Willow Springs Raceway. Nobody else was around, Just Steve working on his car. I was a Senior in High School. What was neat was it was just Steve and myself. He treated me like a Pal.

  • @robertwalker-tc7qn
    @robertwalker-tc7qn Před 3 měsíci +1

    A good buddy of mine, Tom Pinerri. Raced a saturday or sunday where Steve Mcqeen raced as well. Spoke so highly of Mcqeen's humility & just being a real normal dude at the race track. Tom's mother actually had Mcqeen on her 8 or 16 mm film. All positive, humble, helpful towards other "Racers". Probably, had that same "Blood- runing through his veins". Just a positive snipet of a STUD!

  • @karlhenry9031
    @karlhenry9031 Před 4 lety +15

    They certainly don’t make them like Steve anymore. Steve McQeen was an original that will never be duplicated.

  • @gregparrott
    @gregparrott Před 4 lety +12

    Late in his life, after McQueen became very reclusive. At his beach home, neighbors said he worked on his motorcycle in his living room. He would also sometimes take the contents from his mailbox directly to the ocean and dump them.

  • @paulglover6525
    @paulglover6525 Před 2 lety +2

    Im very happy to know that before his diagnosis he became a Born Again Christian. He was asked if he had any regrets to which he answered "I wish I had more time to tell people about Jesus and what He can do for their lives".

    • @mariefricchione437
      @mariefricchione437 Před 27 dny +1

      So glad to hear! I always wondered about this! God bless him❤️💜

    • @paulglover6525
      @paulglover6525 Před 27 dny

      @@mariefricchione437 Yes. He wanted to start flying and a friend directed him to a flight instructor who just so happened to be a Christian. One thing led to another and Steve began to attend the instructors church.

  • @Kalemanao
    @Kalemanao Před rokem +2

    Bravo!! Bravo!! Bravo!! I'm and so glad I was born young enough to have seen Steve McQueen's first movie he starred in and each and every other he starred in. All of them just great! He was born to be a star! I got to see them filming the car scenes on the hills and streets of San Francisco coming down the hill. Just happen to be walking there.

  • @deniseg-hill1730
    @deniseg-hill1730 Před 6 lety +57

    Childhood is so important. A bad one can affect you for the rest of your life. He had a crap one that is why he was like he was.
    The Great Escape brilliant.

    • @brianwalsh1401
      @brianwalsh1401 Před 3 lety +2

      I agree. Our childhoods form the foundation of our lives. Steve McQueen's childhood was a mixed bag. He had an uncle who took care of him but was abandoned by his mother and father. His mother took him back at 12 but his stepdad was a jerk. He was then sent off to the boys home until 16. I think his childhood was a 2 edge sword and might probably had a lot to do with his drive in life to succeed but also left him empty and looking for happiness outside himself. His first wife Neely seems to be just a wonderful woman who also had a lot to do with his success but he couldn't just be happy with her, he had to look elsewhere.
      I always thought and have heard this in a couple of documentary's about McQueen, that he really identified with the part of Jake Holman in "The Sand Pebbles" which is why he did such a great job with that role and the movie is one of my favorites. IMO I think it's his best role.

    • @redlinemando
      @redlinemando Před 3 lety

      That's also why his performance in Papillon is so great.

  • @1sirgrandmastermrkingrober216
    @1sirgrandmastermrkingrober216 Před 5 měsíci +2

    It’s good to hear the truth about Steve. What an outstanding soldier.

  • @maureencora1
    @maureencora1 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy 91 st. B-Day S.M. You Will Always be My Hero. Semper-fi.

    • @maureencora1
      @maureencora1 Před 3 lety +1

      P.S. He Should Had Won the Oscar for "Papallion"

  • @csrollyson
    @csrollyson Před rokem +26

    Excellent story of a man. It brings out different sides of McQueen, mysteries, yet there's a thread. Even if you don't know who he is, it's a great story of a person in search of himself, a person who struggles, yet who is fueled by, his passions, a person who had nothing given to him, who had to figure it out and work hard. Watch it.

    • @alexanderj.mendez3815
      @alexanderj.mendez3815 Před rokem +2

      Partied with him in 1978 on the Sespe River at a place called Swallows Nest. He stopped at a liquor store and was buying beer. That’s where I was at the time. I met him shook his hand and told how much of a fan I was. He told me where he was going and said if I wanted to go I was invited to drink a few beers with him.

  • @flybobbie1449
    @flybobbie1449 Před 4 lety +16

    A fellow flyer who passed away a couple of years ago, who was a scrambler, was friends with Mcqueen. He visited the States from the UK. He said James Coburn picked him up from a hotel to meet up with Steve.

    • @flybobbie1449
      @flybobbie1449 Před 4 lety +1

      Think they went on a pub crawl and ended at the house were the bar pulls back to reveal a pool. Not sure who owned that.

    • @marjorieharrington4953
      @marjorieharrington4953 Před 2 lety

      J

  • @vincesplc
    @vincesplc Před 4 lety +6

    RIP steve, you were in a different class than todays films!

  • @failuretocommunicate
    @failuretocommunicate Před 4 lety +96

    "I live for myself and I answer to no one." --Steve McQueen

    • @gailjarvis2592
      @gailjarvis2592 Před 3 lety +4

      He should have answered to the wife he abused and abandoned.

    • @natalielee5888
      @natalielee5888 Před 3 lety +4

      That was between them!!!!!

    • @katmanluke7187
      @katmanluke7187 Před 3 lety

      @@gailjarvis2592 abandoned?

    • @bassinblue
      @bassinblue Před 2 lety +5

      @@gailjarvis2592 What is it with the likes of you talking in such way about a deceased man? His own ex wife is in this documentary and is talking really highly of a man who did abuse her. She was obviously smarter and understood it wasn't personal rather from deep insecurities from a troubled early life. It has nothing to do with you.

    • @mmccrownus2406
      @mmccrownus2406 Před 2 lety

      @@bassinblue Sure but don’t fanboy like he’s some kind of hero

  • @ceofounder
    @ceofounder Před 5 lety +78

    Steve McQueen was a man amongst men!
    When a man was allowed to be a man!
    God bless his soul.
    Rest in glory!

    • @jamesprice6381
      @jamesprice6381 Před 4 lety +5

      Where has it all gone?............

    • @thomasredxjackson6906
      @thomasredxjackson6906 Před 3 lety +6

      Attack on men and boys is as old as the garden. It-s Satans main #1 M ⭕❌

    • @lockandloadlikehell
      @lockandloadlikehell Před 3 lety

      Great actor
      Shitty wife beater

    • @ceofounder
      @ceofounder Před 3 lety +2

      @@lockandloadlikehell
      With all due respect in the name of the Lord!
      Please take your condescending, narcissistic, dark, negative, falsehood spreading comments to
      St. Elsewhere!
      So much other intelligent and complimentary comments from other excellent commenters on here; yet you target my positive complimentary comment!
      Jesus Christ!
      Thank God for the CZcams mute and block options!
      Good riddance!

    • @JonDunnmusician
      @JonDunnmusician Před 3 lety

      When they could assault women & weak people- what a loser

  • @estelenearterbury1443
    @estelenearterbury1443 Před 3 lety +26

    Loved Steve in “Wanted Dead or Alive” and Magnificent Seven”.

  • @stevestackpole6817
    @stevestackpole6817 Před rokem +2

    I was only 10 when he died but I still spent my teens wanting to ride a motorcycle like him. I’ve been riding a motorcycle for 33 yrs now I still want to ride like Steve.

  • @v.e.7236
    @v.e.7236 Před 4 lety +14

    Interesting to see/hear from the woman in his life and his kids. Very cool to see they came out well grounded w/ a sense of values. Sure had a whole different look when he grew the beard and gained a littler weight, but he couldn't hide those eyes.

  • @shawnbeck2303
    @shawnbeck2303 Před 4 lety +17

    Steve McQueen in Bullit! I was very young when I first saw that movie. It gave me a love of Ford cars to this day. I drive everyday like its my last day on earth. He was just to cool for school. A American Bad Ass! R.I.P. Steve! You left this world way to soon. Shawn

  • @thomaschacko6320
    @thomaschacko6320 Před 2 lety +4

    “The Magnificent Seven” - one of the greatest Westerns of all time. Certainly my favourite!

  • @petersmith7001
    @petersmith7001 Před 4 lety +29

    Bullitt and The Getaway..... Not many have performed the "tough guy" roles quite the same since. RIP Steve.

    • @batman2292
      @batman2292 Před 3 lety +3

      Thomas Crown with Faye Dunaway - is a epic movie from him to !

    • @stj971
      @stj971 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@batman2292👍👍👍 my fav!❤️❤️❤️

  • @juliemunro1
    @juliemunro1 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Steve was a brilliant actor, i had a poster of him on my bedroom wall. He was a relatively young man when he died, left us far too soon

  • @darrenkvernum5410
    @darrenkvernum5410 Před 4 lety +166

    His role in the Sand Pebbles was epic!! Steve McQueen was the salt of the earth a man for the ages!! authentic! An American hero! 🇺🇸🙏

    • @mr.blackhawk142
      @mr.blackhawk142 Před 2 lety +2

      Settle down Spanky! :P

    • @williegordon7899
      @williegordon7899 Před 2 lety +1

      Steve was the first actor to make $1 million dollars a movie.

    • @sabre-ub3op
      @sabre-ub3op Před 2 lety

      American hero? I don't think so try our fighter pilots Now that's an American hero...but he was the king of cool

    • @kensanity178
      @kensanity178 Před 2 lety

      I totally agree.

    • @williamdelong8265
      @williamdelong8265 Před rokem +1

      Just watched it again still great.

  • @felixniederhauser7799
    @felixniederhauser7799 Před 4 lety +51

    R.I.P., Steve McQueen, your legacy lives on and on for generations to come.

  • @jeffbattle9599
    @jeffbattle9599 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Steve McQueen was my favorite actor. He made a dozen best movies. The Sand Pebbles, Great Escape, Mag 7,Cincinnati Kid, TC Affair, Bullitt,Nevada Smith etc.

  • @judyroland2959
    @judyroland2959 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Thankyou’. For this! Steve McQueen’❤. My favorite man’

  • @servicarrider
    @servicarrider Před 3 lety +7

    I can not think of a more beloved actor than Steve McQueen. There is no higher accolade. The women all wanted to be with him. The men all wanted to be him.

  • @dorisfowler5502
    @dorisfowler5502 Před 2 lety +12

    He was one of the greatest actors I ever watched from tv to the over screen.

  • @willbergie55
    @willbergie55 Před 4 lety +15

    Three of my favorite Steve McQueen films are "The Great Escape", "The Thomas Crown Affair" and "Papillon".

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 Před 4 lety

      He has done many other great films and is hard to pick them apart.

    • @kathleenclark5877
      @kathleenclark5877 Před 3 lety

      BULLITT!

    • @josephdegennaro6819
      @josephdegennaro6819 Před rokem

      My family kind of laughs at me. I loved papillion. Watched it at least 20 times in my life. Can't watch it anymore. I had a hard job in brass mill, years ago. Digging brass chips into barrels, in a deep pit. Bosses looking down at me. I used to tell myself, if papillion made it two years in solitary, I can do anything. Crazy I know.

    • @stj971
      @stj971 Před 6 měsíci

      Thomas Crown❤️❤️❤️