Clint Eastwood On Gene Hackman's Character In UNFORGIVEN
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- Clint Eastwood discusses the character of Little Bill Daggett, played by Oscar winner Gene Hackman in UNFORGIVEN.
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"it's a hellava thing killing man, you take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have"... One of the many awesome lines in this movie... Mr. Eastwood, you are one of the last real deals.
Little Bill “I don’t deserve this.” Munny “Deserve”s got nothing to do with it.” Little Bill “I’ll see you in hell”. Munny “yea”. Cocks the rifle. Boom. Wow. That’s badass western.
The yea is so incredibly cold
While some would disagree, it ended the only way it could.
For me, the greatest lines from this movie, are, "Hell of a thing to kill a man.
You take away everything he has, and everything he ever will have."
"But I guess he had it coming?" "We've all got it coming, kid".
The other great line was:
Lil Bob:"You just shot an unarmed man"
Will: "Well, he shoulda armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend"
" It's a hell of a thing killing a man, you take away all hes got and all hes ever gonna have "**
Yes. This has resonated for years...we all got it coming
@@HopliteWarlordisn't Bill Monkey?
Deserve’s got nothing to do with it …
Great western with deep characters. Will always remember the “duck of death.”
Um..The Duke..The Duke of death..
Duck, I says....
😳
I always thought it would be cool to have a " Duck of Death" T shirt made.
I always wondered if that was a sly jab at John Wayne "the duke". Apparently the two of them didn't get on so well. But probably just a coincidence
"He shoulda armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend "
Must watch that now !!
"DESERVE'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. "
RIP Anthony James "Skinny Dubois" 5/26/2020
One of the best lines ever./
@@falconmoose1589 Agreed. Sends chills up my spine. I'm a friend like that 😌 or at least I wanna be 🥺
Great film one of Eastwood’s best Gene was terrific in that movie.
Gene is terrific in everything! One the most versatile, believable actors ever!
@@matthewharry8033 symbol of character
Gene is just on another level compared to a lot of Hollywood stars can’t fault the man
Gene is terrific in every movie you see him.
Clint and Gene are the last true Man’s-Men and Actor’s-Actor. Two all-time legends!
Gene Hackman Deserved to have The AFI Lifetime Achievement Award!!!!!! He without question is one of the Greatest Actors of All Time His Flims like Unforgiven, Hoosiers, The French Connection, The Conversation, Mississippi Burning, Enemy of the State, The Christopher Reeve Superman Movies among so many others are films that stood the test of Time no question his artistry is second to none AFI give this man the Life Achievement Award!!!
Agreed. Just watched the Poseidon Adventure (from the early 70's). Amazing actor!
Loved him in A Bridge Too Far. Gene, Michael Caine, Robert Redford, James Caan, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Cliff from Cheers, and on and on. Small role, but he was great in it.
Bat 21?
The Quick and The Dead.
Scarecrow, and another i haven’t seen for decades I believe was called Full Moon In Blue Water
“Yeah, well I guess they had it coming”.
“We all have it coming kid”.
What I liked about this film is even though it was violent, it did not glorify violence. It showed the devastation it wreaks on both others, and even on the person who commits it; like after the kid killed that guy in the shit-house, and how his conscience plagued him for it.
Not only a great Western, but one of the all time greatest movies ever made. Not one weak moment, not one line out of place and beautiful in it's simplicity and elegant grace.
black bird - Being a " gunman", or hired killer , is like being an athlete . You have to constantly hone your skills . You can`t be out of the game for 10 years and then jump right back at it . It would be impossible for a reformed gun fighter who had been out of action for 10 years or so , to come out of retirement , and kill all his opponents in the saloon , as William Munney did . Was he mentally tougher than his opponents? Yes , but it wouldn`t have been enough . ( Compare Unforgiven to The Outlaw Josey Wales . That character was in action for years . He wasn`t retired , He wasn`t reformed . He was believable , even when he did unbelievable things . )
One of my favorite actors,,from childhood rawhide to him driving drugs..it's 6-6-20 and Clint must be pushing 90...god bless Clint Eastwood...
“You William Munney outa Missouri? Kills women an’ chillen an’ all?”
“I’ve killed most things that walked and crawled.” Sublime dialogue. I can’t watch “Unforgiven” too many times.
Clint Eastwood - coolest guy on the planet.
I've seen it maybe 15 times
Amanda Huginkiss well, Amanda you obviously possess impeccable taste 😉. I’m a mountaineer and knew the lads that did the stunt climbing on Eiger Sanction, they absolutely adored Clint.
LINDSAY ROGERS it’s a great film but for me, I can’t watch it often. I think I’ve only seen it once and then in pieces multiple times, not necessarily in the right order. For me it’s like Hamburger Hill, Platoon, Silence of the Lambs, Saving Pvt Ryan amongst a few others. Awesome movies but it’s hard work to watch them again.
Coogans Bluff was a good movie and a good transition for Eastwood out of the westerns although he did Outlaw Josey Wales ( my favorite western) a few years later.
" and I'm here to kill you Little Bill, for what you did to Ned"
The best Western movie ever!
The Outlaw Joesy Wales
High Plains Drifter
Probably other as well but even with just Clint's films, Unforgiven is not the best.
Once Upon a Time in the West is better than Unforgiven. I do love Unforgiven.
@Torch Staff
You are Forgiven, my son, for being so very wrong.
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Certainly one of them. I really like Lonesome Dove.
You must watch ,Tombstone, it's a very good western to
Granted, Clint. Whatever you say my man but at the end you blow his head off. Justice served. Enjoyed the movie.
Just like today. The government doesn’t see anything wrong with violating the second amendment. And a nice portrayal of the first gun free zone.
@aranphor go back under your rock. Abusive people are always bad.
@butchtropic machine guns are not illegal to own, as long as you pay the gvt for a tax stamp! Inform yourself before sounding intelligent
To me Unforgiven is the best western of all time, great story, great actors, the movie hust has it all.
It was good, but Outlaw Josey Wales, to me is better, if not among the best westerns ever made.
Lonesome Dove
@@mythicalmountancentralasia6183
I keep mentioning that and a lot of people agree, after having overrated Unforgiven.
Its good but its not even Clint's best. Not even his second best High Plains Drifter. Heck not even his third, as for some reason I was forgetting The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
I don't think there is single best movie. Maybe not even Citizen Cane.
Everyone will have an opinion about their favorite Western and there are certainly some very good ones. Over my long life I’ve seen my share of them and I feel that ‘Unforgiven’ is one of the best. When I was a young boy and before any Clint Eastwood movies, two Westerns that made a huge impression on me were ‘High Noon’ and ‘Shane’. These are two classic Westerns that have stood up well to the test of time. If you haven’t seen them you should and if you have seen them, why not watch them again. “Shane, come back”. “Come back Shane”. The little boy calls to his hero to come back.
@@Brace67
"Westerns that made a huge impression on me were ‘High Noon’ and ‘Shane’. "
Pale Rider is better than Shane. If nothing else Clint did not wear that ridiculous outfit that shorty wore. Not that Shane is bad, just that Alan Lad as the lead was a silly choice, even barring those clothes.
High Noon does not have those problems. Its great. Its even a bit better than High Noon on a Moon AKA, Outland.
Ethelred Hardrede
One of my top 5 favorite movies ever, give us one more Mr. Eastwood!
"Do you want a free one"
I would love a "free one" but they are never really free.
I think Will said something like "No Ma'am..... but if I ever did, I reckon I'd want one from you." Kind of a classy response. Ironically, probably made her really like him.
Great movie unforgiven, I watched it last night, best roles for Clint Eastwood and gene hackman overall
@Gene Hackman - poser troll banned from TH-cam, LOL
l deeply respect Clint for being real and letting people look up to him
Errolea brown Well He Is 6ft4" 🤗👍besides hes my favourite iconic actor and to think a couple of well known now spaghetti westerns made him the actor hes become and a director excellance
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CLINT EASTWOOD
THE KING OF ALL CINEMA!
Full stop. Allelujah praise the lord. Amen.
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I knew 2 fellas that rode the rails in the old days,at the time they never knew one another,but one made the mistake of riding into town and got caught by little bill and spent 2 weeks in jail.the other heard about little bill and made sure to jump off the train before town and walk around and get back on as it was leaving town.later after they were older 70 or better they met and swapped stories.
Clint's the Man!
Just recently watched the movie again and really enjoyed the experience. The character played by Richard Harris is called ‘English Bob’ not ‘British Bob’ as Eastwood states in this interview. Gene Hackman’s character ‘Little Bill Dagget’ has a sadistic streak in him and displays it in his beating of English Bob, and William Munny and his eventual beating and killing of Morgan Freeman’s character. He believed he was not doing anything wrong in his treatment of “assassins’ and those men of that type. English Bob got the special treatment from Little Bill, not so much as for violating the no guns in town ordinance as for Bill’s low distain of Bob’s character and the reason that brought him to ‘Big Whisky’.
Over the years, I have come to the understanding that the Emmys and the Oscars are not about artistic merit or artistic daring, but politics and vote buying. But I hear you, and agree.
Don't forget, this is a movie written by David Webb Peoples... the man who wrote Blade Runner and 12 Monkeys too... what a trifecta; from where I sit, 3 outstanding classics. How'd you like those masterpieces on your CV?
Some things never change.
One of my favorites. The movie and the man. Angel of death when he was drunk.
A law and order sheriff who put greater value on the lives of those who supported him than the women they brutalised.
Hmmm...
CLINT & GENE HACKMAN went on to make other FANTASTIC MOVIES TOGETHER!! They are wonderful together & share so many similarities. TRUE, REAL LEGENDS!!
Not gentle like before...
But bad...
An authentic villain never thinks of himself as a "bad guy". That's the way it should always be played. Darth Vader thought he was the best and only wanted good things for those he loved...except his kids.
" Little Bill afraid ? No , he wasn`t afraid . Its just that he isn`t much of a carpenter ."
Duck a say..!
Gene Hackman aced that role. He played a similar role in The Quick and the Dead.
@Texican
He was a bully in the French Connection as well. He had to be talked into taking that part.
Could of been a good film if not for casting Sharon Stone
@@gazlives Agreed. Beautiful lady. And I understand she is a member of MENSA. But terrible acting on her part.
Not really. He was pretty evil in The Quick and the Dead. He had henchmen not deputies. He sponsored a quick draw competition where he expected to kill several people on the way to winning it. Not very similar.
Never occurred to me that Little Bill was a bad guy. I just didn't like him as an audience member since we are routing for Ned and Will.
Clint Eastwood represents the very small best of hollywood.
The impromptu skit he did at the Republican Convention with the empty chair monologue with obama was typical of his genius.
It's often overlooked...the real villain of the story, the murderer of men, women and children and a gun for hire to murder for money for revenge was Munny. Little Bill although definitely a brutal man actually only killed Ned. Terrific film a masterpiece with so many sub plots.
Then you get that scene where he tempts Bob with taking a loaded gun from Beauchamp and you see that Little Bill doesn't have all his marbles. Then his thugs beat William's friend to death and he's revealed to be no better than the guys he's defending the town from.
Sorry Clint, Little Bill didn't want to smoke a pipe. He wanted to drink coffee.
We’ve all got it coming kid.
Mr eastwood please make the return of josey wales the outlaw as your final act,your last dance!
Duck, I says.
Always hoot at that line...
That was one thing I loved about this movie, everybody's motives were clear and easily understandable. To me it seemed like he established the characters and the history and just let the movie unfold.
Most guys don't see themselves as bad guys, that's why there's so many bad guys. Awm
Great movie, outstanding characters...but they should have hung the carpenter.
Ahem....Wut?
The last scene is probably the greatest scene in cinema history
Hackman's character in the film was the most complex in the film. In fact he was the best character in the film. He wasn't really a bad guy just someone who was trying to keep the peace but used questionable methods. He never intended to kill Freeman's character and apart from that accidental death didnt actually kill anyone. Anyway this film along with the Leone/Eastwood westerns are the best westerns ever made.
Only that very rare person with a true heart of gold, one whom puts everyone else's needs above their own, truly deserves anything. Everyone else must work for it, rightfully so. Little Bill didn't deserve anything according to his previous actions.
Little Bill was not a one dimensional villain, and William Munny was not a one dimensional hero...but the villain-hero dynamic was still very much a part of the film. Here's the crucial detail that preserves that dynamic:
Munny was haunted by the pain he caused. Little Bill took pleasure from it. Remorse vs no remorse.
This western film is hands down one of the greatest ever made.
Anti-hero and anti-villain better summarize both of them.
They were both villains.. one just didn't realize it, the other thought he could be forgiven for it
Unforgiven is one of those films that i didn´t think it was the great film it really is when i saw it for the first time back in 1992. But after the years, i have watched it here and there, and now i can see all the things i have missed and i now think it was a remarkable film.
Great Actor's ..Clint & Gene,Unforgiven..Fantastic Film.
"Deserves got nothing to do with it."
Little Bill's downfall was saying to justice-seeking Strawberry Alice, "Haven't you seen enough blood for one night?" That, and the fact that he allowed the enterprising Alice to organize and advertise for a contract murder right under his eyes, lead to Little Bill being shot to death on the floor of a saloon an instant after a vengeful rifleman advises Bill that "deserve's got nothing to do with it."
I Love Clint Eastwood and his Movies but In the Unforgiven he should have been a More of a Character that was kick ass from the Get Go..... I was Disappointed in this Movie for that reason, Gene's character made a fool out of Clint's character But it was too late for Clint's Character to redeem himself for me. Clint should have never Played a Wimpy Character in a Western.
You need to appreciate character arc more. For a character to be interesting they need to change as the story progresses.
@@1pcfred On another note That was My Opinion only, I was not trying to Push My opinion on Others Like some People do.
British Bob? Come on Clint.....English Bob!
Gene been terrific in a lot of movies.
Deserve's got nothin to do with it
Little Bill was so the Character of the Movie... I kind'a would love to see his early adventures...🙂
Tight on six-shooters, loose on sex-shooters! Yep.
But he ain't no carpenter
That was a unique movie in the fact there was really no good guy, no hero. Great movie!
totally accurate on little bill and he played a big role!! ...loved the film and seen it 8 times!!!! clint is the man!
One of the best movies I have ever watched - and I don't like westerns....
I don't think Little Bill IS the villain of the film.
It's just a story about two men who've made a life of killing, it was just legal for Little Bill.
Hackmans character is like police are now.
And Cumala Harris is going to be a great VP.
Hackman's character was the polar opposite of Peter Sarsgaard's character in the Magnificent Seven remake. Sarsgaard's Bartholomew Bogue had no redeeming value; he was a two dimensional bad guy.
This was actually the first Film of his Eastwood showed to his sons.
My friend David Peoples wrote the screenplay, which was originally titled, "The Cut Whore Killings," in the mid 1970s in his basement after work. Clint changed the title.
Clint is such a great director with award winning films that show a lot of restraint - never mushy and over the top. Superb movies. I just wish his politics were on the right side (Dem not Rep), that he was not a supporter of the NRA which is a worthless organization that has failed to adequately control guns, and that he had not tried to screw over Sandra Locke. To me, that was the worst thing he ever did and has stained his image. He tried to break her career and mind. Shameful.
Unforgiven is seamless and Hackman's Little Bill is brilliant. Everyone in the film is perfectly cast. One of the all time great westerns.
You just shot an unarmed man - "He should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend". Savage after Skinny was turned into mush.
best western ever
Up there with the Shawshank Redemption in terms of superior movies. Funny Morgan Freeman is in both.
British Bob,It's okay you can say English,lol
"You better bury Ned right our I'll come back here and kill every last one of you sons of bitches". Bad assery at its best.
"He thought the only way to handle criminals was to kick the hell out of them." If there is anything we have learned in the last 100 years is that that is correct.
I hope Clint lives for ever.
One of the best westerns and movies ever..!!
Best western ever fucking made with best actors to play the roles deserved the oscars it won
my favourite western...good character development
Interesting comments from him, especially considering the character study he did for "Gran Torino." What a complex man.
The great thing about Unforgiven is played out in the eyes of the writer character, in my opinion. It starts out with the writer hero worshiping who he thought was a heroic gun slinger, English Bob. Then later a much more authentic version of a gunslinger, Little Bill... and finally the real thing, someone so evil his actions washed away all illusion of hero worship and fantasy, Mummy. This is my all time favorite movie because of that.
Charles Johnson - why do you think he is evil ?
psychiatry is eugenics - " He blew up the Rock Island and and Pacific railroad in 69 , killing women and children . He killed a U.S. Marshall in 70."
@@billeddy4357 ahem...that's "dynamited the Rock Island and Pacific railroad in 69, killing women and children".
Since I started painting I see everything differently ... I love that background and wonder how I can use it... musings of an old fart
Is it possible to be an Anti-villain? A good guy that does bad things?
Hard to believe this film premiered 31 years ago.
Gene Hackman delivered in Unforgiven!!!!! He deserved his Oscar win!!!! It's Gene Hackman's Best Performance I've ever seen!!!!!!
Batman1989King I thought the best role I saw him in was in Mississippi Burning but Unforgiven was up there as one of his best. He is a fantastic actor.
No his addict scene in French Connection two is far out better ..................... ?!
Nope...Mississippi Burning...The Conversation....
the firm 'people grieve in different ways, mr mcdeer'
Little Bill - the Republican hero of today.
"Little bit sadistic"? How about beating the Morgan Freeman character to death?
Exactly. Bill was absolutely a heavy villain. Oppressive and Sadistic authoritarian who had no empathy for anyone else. The assassins, the little cowboy, and the knife victim were the only ones who every showed empathy and remorse. "God dammit would you get him some water?"
Here's to the magnificent Richard Harris.
"Miss Tessmacher!"
"I don't deserve this" ..
When this man goes, Hollywood ends...
Loyalty, dedication, decency, equity, compassion, empathy, selflessness, bravery, honor, shameful, regretful. Reading through the comments I'd swear people saw a different version. The only one that comes close to having the level of "good" qualities that Will Munney had was the victim and the little cowboys. Little Bill was the total opposite of "good". Disloyal, selfish, mean, heartless, honorless, cowardice, authoritarian, sexist, violent, cruel, murderous. Little Bill was the ultimate bad guy. His so called "justice" was cruel. Will's "justice" was objective and pure with a sprinkle of compassion for the Cowboys. The kid and the writer glorified violence. The writer never learned this error. The kid, the "bad guy", did learn, the hard way. Delilah was angry about her life of patriarchy and was blinded by her anger. Ned's loyalty went only so far, with his wife and with Will. English Bob was a pompous fraud.
Yes. The former outlaw turned devoted husband was the hero. The lifelong lawman was the bad guy.
Eastwood's a living legend.
I ain’t like you Ned, great movie.
I might have reasonably hoped that Eastwood would have had something more to say about this masterpiece of film making other than just stating the obvious. Yeh, LIttle Bill saw himself as a good guy. What else is new? How about talking a bit about the Jewish novelist? Why make him appear so stereotypically semitic in the most craven way possible? He looks like the tailor in 'Fiddler on the Roof'. Why did Eastwood want that character to appear so Jewish?
@whatblah43 I hear that. Blame it on liberal Hollywood. Still, the film lives on by it's own.
Stupid labels.....