One of my favorite movies of Laurence Fishburne is the underrated 1992 Crime/Thriller "Deep Cover" with Jeff Goldblum and directed masterfully by Bill Duke. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.
Terrible comparison! Just Cause is a mediocre film at best, besides Fisburne was only a costar in it and didn’t show his range as a talented actor, as he did as the lead in Deep Cover.
That's one of those movies that you can watch and then start it over and immediately watch it again. It truly may be the greatest "movie" of all time. Like it is THE "essential" perfect movie, that encapsulates everything a movie should be! I truly cant name any other movie like that.
@@grababookfromthelibrary8374 14. He was 17 when the film came out, but shooting started three years earlier. Fishburne lied about his age to get the part.
I’m 54 and “Lawrence of Arabia” has been my favorite film since I was like 10 years old. The directing, cinematography, and amazing casting are undeniably perfect. And introducing Peter O’Toole; what an introduction indeed! An absolute classic.
My Pop showed it to me when I was about 16 and I found it rather boring, long, and forgettable. It being one of his favorite movies, I decided to give it a try again to see if I would feel differently. This was when I was about 26. It was completely different. I fell in love with it. I've seen it many times again since then and I genuinely like it more and more every time I see it.
OMG - he chose 3 amazing films. Watch 'To Sir with Love' so many times with my father when I was young and love that movie so much. Lawrence of Arabia is just a true Epic, and Shawshank is simply one of the best movies every made! Keep smiling🤘😃
I fully understand a producer, a director, or a film student saying Lawrence of Arabia. But hardly anyone else. The movie lasts 3 hours and 48 minutes and it is very slow through much of it.
Underrated actor I think. When you talk about black actors today Denzel, Freeman and Jackson is always mentioned but Fishburne deserves to be up there too!
Agreed. Underrated ever imo. I got him 2nd to Deniro all-time. His range is astonishing. I out DDL 3rd cuz while has more "600 foot home run" performances, he acted less. And Fishburne has at least 2 of those imo. Ike Turner, Morpheus. But he also played the lead in Fences before Denzel brought it back. The dad in Boyz N The Hood. A cop in Mystic River. Two Trains Running. Etc. Etc. Astonishingly diverse career imo. Limitless range.
I would have been curious as to why he listed To Sir With Love but Eisen went with the easy one. Sidney Poitier being the star of To Sir was probably a major reason, a black man in the sixties being a leading man. Poitier always struck me as being a class act.
Sidney influenced a whole generation of amazing actors and was THE role model for so many like fish and Denzel. Sidney was as good as anyone working during his run and starred in a handful of classic films at a time when few black men were being cast in starring roles. An all time great actor as well as a trailblazer
Cos Sidney got to be COOL in that one. A leader of young people who was hip and ultimately respected without the corny racial overtones or burdens of his other performances of the era where he had to show so much restraint and patience around American white folks. It's a performance that feels WAY MORE natural and relaxed than Lillies of the Field, In The Heat of the Night (which I love), A Patch of Blue or Guess Whose Coming To Dinner.
Shawshank is about a lot of things but to me it's mostly about hope: where it can take you, what happens when you lose it. Andy, Red, Brooks and even the young guy who gets whacked by the warden all have strong hope or lack thereof themes throughout their arcs.
Saw TSWL in the theater when I was 8 years old and loved it. Loved the song, too, Had it in 45 and must have played it 10,000 times... I still love that song.
One of my favorite scenes in that film is pretty early and seems inconsequential. It is when O'Toole plays with the echo and says non-words to hear them bounce off the rocks. I don't know what it is but most movies would edit this out. I love it bc it highlights the humanity of the character. People do simple things especially in isolation. People amuse themselves. People want to experience where they are.
"I feel I'm so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think that is the excitement only a free man can feel. A free man at the of his journey, whose conclusion is uncertain."
To me that's the movie of the three he listed where you can come into at any point (assuming you've seen it at least once prior), and most fully enjoy to the end.
That's a great top 3. Laurence Fishburne co-stars in a couple of my top 25ers--"Akeelah and the Bee" and "Searching for Bobby Fischer." The man's a talent and a half.
There are those people today who throw a hissy fit when an adaptation switches the gender or race of a character, even when it doesn't matter a bit to the story. I always bring up "Red" to them.
Very refreshing to hear Shawshank Redemption. The movies you'd typically hear would be older, way more commonly said by others(like a Tarantino film), or a filk from their youth.
Mr.Nobody..Me either. He did a fantastic job of that role. It's like a lot of memorable movies though, you try to imagine someone else playing such and such a role, but those other actors that MADE it so memorable, already own it.
Great actor. He's come a long way since Apocalypse Now as Larry Fishburne. Lawrence of Arabia surprised me. Not because it isn't a great movie but just because it was unexpected. Every Sidney Poitier movie was great and Morgan Freeman is a national treasure.
Fishburne is my GOAT actor (or at least just below DD Lewis and Tony Hopkins) for Othello, Cadence, Deep Cover, Hoodlum, King of New York, Tuskeegee Airmen, Madiba, What's Love Got To Do With It, Seven Guitars, Thurgood...
Rich, Great Show. Laurence Fishburne's top 3 movies are fantastic. Laurence of Arabia and Shawshank Redemption are definitely 2 of my top 3. I'd complete my top 3 with To Kill a Mockingbird. To Sir with Love would be in my top 20 movies. In the Heat of the Night, The Great Escape, Spartacus, Deliverance, The Sting, Dr. Zhivago, Patton, Heaven Can Wait, Bonnie and Clyde, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Godfather I & II, Star Wars, Jaws, Rocky, Chinatown, a Clockwork Orange, The Deer Hunter, The Exorcist, All the President's Men, Animal House, Halloween, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mash, Hard Times, American Graffiti, Alien, Dirty Harry, The French Connection, Taxi Driver, Young Frankenstein, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Stripes, Blade Runner, Broadcast News, Three Days of the Condor, Papillon.
great list also one flew over the cuckoo, alfie, taxi driver , pellham 123, fugitive kind, the waterfront, scarface, casino, goldfinger, 10 rillington place, zulu, the odd couple, the apartment etc etc
Well, if you really think about it, Shawshank Redemption was about an innocent man who was persecuted, made those around him better men, used the corruption of evil men to become free and brought, out of bondage, a guilty man. Sounds almost Biblical. Don't you think?
@@stephanlegault6872 No that wasn’t it! It was his agent telling him they weren’t big enough rolls! His agent thought he should be the star of the movie not a supporting role. 😂 I heard Quentin Tarantino talking about it.
Laurence of Arabia is a stone cold classic To Sir With Love is a very nice choice Shawshank, another great one Me The Matrix Lord Of The Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring Cannery Row
One of my favorite movies of Laurence Fishburne is the underrated 1992 Crime/Thriller "Deep Cover" with Jeff Goldblum and directed masterfully by Bill Duke. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.
thanks, i'll check it.
it's okay
I highly recommend "Just Cause"
Sean Connery, Ed Harris too
Terrible comparison! Just Cause is a mediocre film at best, besides Fisburne was only a costar in it and didn’t show his range as a talented actor, as he did as the lead in Deep Cover.
Yes. A really great movie. The soundtrack was Dr. Dre's and Snoop Dogs 1st. "Never have, never will" before he tries it for the 1st time.
Shawshank is one of those rare films where every single scene has a memorable moment.
Mark Arandjus.
Isn't that funny. "The Shawshank redemption" and "To sir with love" are two of my favourite movies too.
That's one of those movies that you can watch and then start it over and immediately watch it again. It truly may be the greatest "movie" of all time. Like it is THE "essential" perfect movie, that encapsulates everything a movie should be! I truly cant name any other movie like that.
Crazy he started filming Apocalypse now when he was 15 .
14!
17?
@@grababookfromthelibrary8374 14. He was 17 when the film came out, but shooting started three years earlier. Fishburne lied about his age to get the part.
I’m 54 and “Lawrence of Arabia” has been my favorite film since I was like 10 years old. The directing, cinematography, and amazing casting are undeniably perfect. And introducing Peter O’Toole; what an introduction indeed! An absolute classic.
and the final shot... breathtaking
I've seen it maybe 14 years ago. I need to watch it again!
My Pop showed it to me when I was about 16 and I found it rather boring, long, and forgettable. It being one of his favorite movies, I decided to give it a try again to see if I would feel differently. This was when I was about 26. It was completely different. I fell in love with it. I've seen it many times again since then and I genuinely like it more and more every time I see it.
If you want to see Laurence like you’ve never seen him, check out King of New York directed by Abel Ferrara. Absolutely amazing.
Jumping Jimmy my all time favorite Gangster in a film! Good call @JD
Where my chicken at? 😄
The tuskgee airmen
Jimmy jump stole the movie
@@charlesgoossen8474 the tuskgee airmen
OMG - he chose 3 amazing films. Watch 'To Sir with Love' so many times with my father when I was young and love that movie so much. Lawrence of Arabia is just a true Epic, and Shawshank is simply one of the best movies every made! Keep smiling🤘😃
Laurence Fishburne was amazing in Hoodlum & Event Horizon
Amazing great fucking film. Love it.
Both great movie.
"he's just as Irish as anyone else." Loved that. Thank you Mr. Fishburne!
Anyone who immediately says Lawrence of Arabia is their favorite film is a person of culture and taste in my book!
False.
Agreed
Yup
Wrong.
I fully understand a producer, a director, or a film student saying Lawrence of Arabia. But hardly anyone else. The movie lasts 3 hours and 48 minutes and it is very slow through much of it.
Underrated actor I think. When you talk about black actors today Denzel, Freeman and Jackson is always mentioned but Fishburne deserves to be up there too!
Or you could just talk about Actors rather than Black Actors
wont say he's underrated-just that those actors are more famous than him
Agreed. Underrated ever imo. I got him 2nd to Deniro all-time. His range is astonishing. I out DDL 3rd cuz while has more "600 foot home run" performances, he acted less. And Fishburne has at least 2 of those imo. Ike Turner, Morpheus. But he also played the lead in Fences before Denzel brought it back. The dad in Boyz N The Hood. A cop in Mystic River. Two Trains Running. Etc. Etc. Astonishingly diverse career imo. Limitless range.
The guy is even dressed like Morpheus in the training program. 😂
I would have been curious as to why he listed To Sir With Love but Eisen went with the easy one. Sidney Poitier being the star of To Sir was probably a major reason, a black man in the sixties being a leading man. Poitier always struck me as being a class act.
me too. I agree they always go with the obvious question
Sidney influenced a whole generation of amazing actors and was THE role model for so many like fish and Denzel. Sidney was as good as anyone working during his run and starred in a handful of classic films at a time when few black men were being cast in starring roles. An all time great actor as well as a trailblazer
Too Sir With Love is also one of my favs.
@@hiramrichards5607 .
I agree, I think it would have been the SP connection
Cos Sidney got to be COOL in that one. A leader of young people who was hip and ultimately respected without the corny racial overtones or burdens of his other performances of the era where he had to show so much restraint and patience around American white folks. It's a performance that feels WAY MORE natural and relaxed than Lillies of the Field, In The Heat of the Night (which I love), A Patch of Blue or Guess Whose Coming To Dinner.
Shawshank is about a lot of things but to me it's mostly about hope: where it can take you, what happens when you lose it. Andy, Red, Brooks and even the young guy who gets whacked by the warden all have strong hope or lack thereof themes throughout their arcs.
Hope is a dangerous thing my friend, it can kill a man. 😅
@@ellessandraramsay1841 ???
Saw TSWL in the theater when I was 8 years old and loved it. Loved the song, too, Had it in 45 and must have played it 10,000 times... I still love that song.
I think Shawshank is everyone’s remote drop movie! Especially in the days of TBS and TNT
Totally agree. I haven't met anyone who has seen that movie who doesn't like it. It catches me every time I'm flipping through the channels.
Every time no matter how far into the movie I catch it at
Not mine.
@@ryancalhoun2910 well your mother always said you were special.
One of the most versatile actors ever.
Lawrence of arabia is an absolute masterpiece. Alot thanks to Peter o’toole. Maybe the best performance ever in a movie
Too many women in that one.
@@Kaddywompous Nice.
There may be a couple better films, but it’s just a couple.. And none are more beautifully constructed..
Good choice, but I think DDL in there will be blood will go down is the best performance of all-time!
One of my favorite scenes in that film is pretty early and seems inconsequential. It is when O'Toole plays with the echo and says non-words to hear them bounce off the rocks. I don't know what it is but most movies would edit this out. I love it bc it highlights the humanity of the character. People do simple things especially in isolation. People amuse themselves. People want to experience where they are.
The host seemed only interested in the Shawshank Redemption. Maybe that's the only movie out of the three that he knows.
Maybe it's time for a remake "Lawrence Fishburne Of Arabia" it's got a nice ring to it.
To "Sir With Love" is my all-time favorite movie. Great choice bro!
My favorite line from Shawshank Redemption: "That was the longest night of my life."
"Get busy living, or get busy dying. That's damn right."
So many...let me go watch it again and pick one.
@@UncleDonDonI love that line. I live by it.
Mine will always be: "Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."
"I feel I'm so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think that is the excitement only a free man can feel. A free man at the of his journey, whose conclusion is uncertain."
I like that he said To Sir, With Love. That's a great movie. Watched it many times as a kid
To me that's the movie of the three he listed where you can come into at any point (assuming you've seen it at least once prior), and most fully enjoy to the end.
Shawshank one of the few movies I cry at. The end where he says " I look forward to seeing my friend, I look forward to shaking his hand" I'm done
I feel ya. It's amazing.
Me too !
Laurence of Fishburn is one of my favorite actors
3 great films. A man of impeccable taste.
Boyz N da Hood. One of my favorite movies of all time. Laurence Fishburne is absolutely amazing in it!
That's a great top 3. Laurence Fishburne co-stars in a couple of my top 25ers--"Akeelah and the Bee" and "Searching for Bobby Fischer." The man's a talent and a half.
He did a decent film once with the guy from bill and ted
Searching for Bobby Fisher he’s not in it enough That character was brilliant
That was the written jab, “why the call you red” “well maybe because I’m Irish.”
As Mr Fishburn said the book red was an Irish.
There are those people today who throw a hissy fit when an adaptation switches the gender or race of a character, even when it doesn't matter a bit to the story. I always bring up "Red" to them.
@@Daneelro Red should have been Irish ...simple as that!
Shawshank Redemption... YES!
Good choices! I have also heard Mr. Fishburne discuss " In the Heat of the Night. "
One if my favourite movies of all time. THEY CALL ME MR TIBBS!
Very refreshing to hear Shawshank Redemption. The movies you'd typically hear would be older, way more commonly said by others(like a Tarantino film), or a filk from their youth.
I didn't know that Steven King wrote Red for a Irish guy, I couldn't imagine anyone else playing that part other then Mr. Freeman.
Mr.Nobody..Me either. He did a fantastic job of that role. It's like a lot of memorable movies though, you try to imagine someone else playing such and such a role, but those other actors that MADE it so memorable, already own it.
The Shawshank Redemption is one of my favorite movies of all times, that and LOTR.
Three classics
Great actor. He's come a long way since Apocalypse Now as Larry Fishburne. Lawrence of Arabia surprised me. Not because it isn't a great movie but just because it was unexpected. Every Sidney Poitier movie was great and Morgan Freeman is a national treasure.
I love Hoodlum too. Laurence as Bumpy Johnson.
I came here to listen to him mentioning "Shawshank Redemption"!!! Thank you, Laurence!!
He was the best version of Bumpy Johnson.
Albert Hall, (sobbing) - " Oh man, you're so young... Clean ". THAT was the scene man !
The one scene I turn away from in the movie.
Fishburne is my GOAT actor (or at least just below DD Lewis and Tony Hopkins) for Othello, Cadence, Deep Cover, Hoodlum, King of New York, Tuskeegee Airmen, Madiba, What's Love Got To Do With It, Seven Guitars, Thurgood...
Lawrence of Arabia is an absolute masterpiece ! One more reason to love Laurence Fishburne! Respect!
Thanks, Fish
Rich, Great Show. Laurence Fishburne's top 3 movies are fantastic. Laurence of Arabia and Shawshank Redemption are definitely 2 of my top 3. I'd complete my top 3 with To Kill a Mockingbird. To Sir with Love would be in my top 20 movies. In the Heat of the Night, The Great Escape, Spartacus, Deliverance, The Sting, Dr. Zhivago, Patton, Heaven Can Wait, Bonnie and Clyde, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Godfather I & II, Star Wars, Jaws, Rocky, Chinatown, a Clockwork Orange, The Deer Hunter, The Exorcist, All the President's Men, Animal House, Halloween, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mash, Hard Times, American Graffiti, Alien, Dirty Harry, The French Connection, Taxi Driver, Young Frankenstein, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Stripes, Blade Runner, Broadcast News, Three Days of the Condor, Papillon.
great list also one flew over the cuckoo, alfie, taxi driver , pellham 123, fugitive kind, the waterfront, scarface, casino, goldfinger, 10 rillington place, zulu, the odd couple, the apartment etc etc
"To Sir, With Love" never heard before, need to see
Legend
It would be funny if he said: Searching For Bobby Fischer, Boyz n the Hood, and The Matrix trilogy.
"get busy living or get busy dying" - the shank
Its from a bob dylan quote " he ain't been busy born his busy dying ".
I loved him as Cream in Band of the Hand
Japanese. Was a movie. Small budget w Ryan filipe called 5 fingers. Way underrated
Another really good movie. The ending is a total shock.
King of New York great movie he had a great role
I just watched apocalypse now!!
Same, bro.
He was awesome in the warriors
Mr. Clean is awesome!
To Sir with Love is such a good film, definitely read the book though. Its actually worth reading the book b4 watching the movie.
The Shawshank Redemption is my favourite top ten movies of all time.
I loved him as cowboy curtis
Jimmy jump in the house.....
King of New York str8 classic....
To Sir with love does that to me as well.
I probably have a few movies that are drop the remote movies, but the one that immediately comes to mind is Rudy.
Rudy was offsides.
The Shawshank redemption is really good!
Mine is Rocky.. I gotta watch if I surf by..
The tuskgee airmen is my favorite
1}The Elephant Man.
2}The Lord Of The Rings Extended Editions
3}The Thing
Apocalypse now is one my list.
Well, I’d add Apocalypse Now. One of the greatest mixture of acting, writing and directing you will ever see.
Shawshank - Bladerunner - The American President - Independence Day
I love Shawshank and Laurence of Arabia. Gotta see To Sir with love.
Best picture Fishburne was in his role in Apocalypse Now! He got killed in the middle of the movie however!
He was awesome as Jimmy Jump in King of New York
They are for the bullet holes punto-
Classic
Wasn't he in Apocalypse Now?
As a teenager or very young man?
Yep, as Clean.. Or Mr Clean..
Billed as Larry Fishburne
TO SIR WITH LOVE excellent 🎥 Shout out to Sidney Poitier
Didnt know that Thanks
My 3: 1.) Dune 2.) Godfather 2 Tie-3.) Ben Hur or Laurence of Arabia
Cowboy Curtis...whoooooweee peewee!
it wasn’t aways that way but LF voice has grown into the same category as JAMES EARL JONES or MORGAN FREEMAN..
That must be frustrating. Twenty years.
He was brilliant in pulp fiction!
@teddy bear bennet
He was even better in 'Reservoir Dogs...'
Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.....That's goddamn right!!
I want to see fishbourn voice Darkseid in JL someday
I have a great idea for a movie: "Cowboy Curtis' Big Adventure"
Shawshank!
To Sir with love...hope the interviewer actually asked about this great movie and Sir Sidney Poitier
I want to see Lawrence's The Alchemist really bad!
Doesn't Red say "Andy did it in less than 20" referring to how many years it took Andy to remove the wall and dump it in the yard? It wasn't 40-50.
Lawrence in his matrix gear
King Of New York
Where's 'Brother John' from 1971?
Well, if you really think about it, Shawshank Redemption was about an innocent man who was persecuted, made those around him better men, used the corruption of evil men to become free and brought, out of bondage, a guilty man. Sounds almost Biblical. Don't you think?
Lawrence of Arabia...legend.
I can’t believe he turned down
Samuel Jackson’s part in pulp fiction!
🤦 and he turned down
Samuel Jackson’s part in diehard 3 🤦
He must hate Sam😂
I think it’s because, he never liked really violent roles
@@stephanlegault6872
No that wasn’t it!
It was his agent telling him they weren’t big enough rolls!
His agent thought he should be the star of the movie not a supporting role.
😂 I heard Quentin Tarantino talking about it.
Wow
So glad he did
I did not know this! Wow.
What do you love about Shawshank Redemption?? Everything, the answer is everything.
I think The Shawshank Redemption only covers 19 years, not 40 or 50.
The irony. Shawshank was a flop when it dropped i believe. And became a power house in the long run. I could be wrong i tho
The alchemist would be great 👍
You know who had an arc? Noah
@Greg
LOL...I hate when actor's start pontificating about arc's or journeys,the rest of us just call it living.
Root Beer!
Illinois, Valley,Tenichi, Whispers,Dutch Schultz
Linc from the Mod Squad...HOODLUM
Surely Morgan Freeman would also say Fishburne has been an inspiration for him
Deep cover
Laurence of Arabia is a stone cold classic
To Sir With Love is a very nice choice
Shawshank, another great one
Me
The Matrix
Lord Of The Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring
Cannery Row
shawshank💪💪💪💪