David Bowie Elephant Man excerpt ABC TV US about 1981
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ต.ค. 2024
- Excerpted from a short lived ABC-TV "Arts" program called "Omnibus." You can add a comment if you know anything more about it. I worked at an ABC station at the time and recorded it on 3/4" tape.
I saw David Bowie in "The Elephant Man" in the front row at The Booth Theater in New York City. Touching and tearful. Unforgettable and emotionally charged. David Bowie was a genius. No one will ever be as cool as David Bowie ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
David Bowie truly put his all into this performance. I hope one day we'll get the entire recording of it on TH-cam.
Vanessa Clark does an entire record exist? I thought these two parts were the only ones recorded on tape🤔
@@derda4869 I wonder too - I'm pretty sure that a lot of Broadway musicals have been taped and are stored, I think, at the Lincoln Centre Library, but can only be accessed by certain people e.g. academics or whatnot. At least I think I heard that somewhere! I wonder if every Broadway show is preserved for posterity and hidden away somewhere.
@@derda4869 okay, I'm not as clued out as I thought I was, haha - www.nypl.org/about/divisions/theatre-film-and-tape-archive They do in fact do tapings, but not all, so they may not have done Elephant Man, or at least not with him. But it's worth looking into!
@@derda4869 FWIW I'm still sure an entire performance does not exist... but these scenes were staged twice more for television, so there are three performances in total (though just of these two scenes... though the others go on a bit longer!)
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@@seanrockoff7793 I think this is one but it's a bit low quality th-cam.com/video/U1PKAFzf-w4/w-d-xo.html
His vulnerability is heartbreaking. Amazing command of his body.
You are right. I didn't know Bowie was such a fine actor. There is a sweetness about him here. John Hurt was also excellent in this role. My sister and I emerged crying from the movie and were gently teased by our friends for weeks after.
Yeah, it was a very moving movie, too. It's better to be sensitive than a rock! Sorry they teased you guys.
He was such a brilliant artist. His portrayal here is so raw and real. It's a feat to be able to so completely disappear into such a character without the aid of makeup or prosthetics. This performance shows his talent and dedication to the part. It is pure genius.
I know Bowie was a singer song writer, 1st and foremost, but what a brilliant actor? This is incredible, but also his portrayal of Berthold Brecht's Baal. Andy Warhol in Basquiat, so many more. I miss Bowie
I ask for here love, and then she leaves to rot The Hunger @@cunobelinusX31
I got to see the play in October at the Booth Theatre NYC...BOWIE was amazing...then the next month, after writing to David Bowie for many years, his assistant called my office and invited me to see the play and to go backstage to meet him...WOW ain't the word for it...We talked in his dressing room for over 50 minutes...what a wonderful man...artist, singer, song writer, performer, everything....and yes I miss him
Sweet Heart very cool
Is this true? 🤔
@@mister3566 Yes it is!
@@sweetbermudaonions60 Wow how amazing! I've been a fan since '72 and I've never got near him. Well done to you 👏 I'm jealous but also so happy for you. I did get my name on the mural in Brixton though
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@@mister3566 :) Thank you for your comment. Being that I am a fan since 1969. Anytime that I found any sort of address for David, I would write him letters about his music, etc. By around 1974-ish, the MainMan office in NYC knew who I was and dubbed me 'SuperFan'. David and Coco were always kind to me and offered me tickets to his concerts whenever they were in the city. I ALWAYS offered to pay for them, but they never let me. In November 1980, Coco called my office and invited me and a friend to see Elephant man on Broadway and to meet David backstage after the show...We spent about 45 to 60 minutes talking about his music, his stage shows, etc. (this is a really long story cut short by the way)...And to skip a couple of years, David & Coco still made sure I had tickets for every show in the NYC area...I had another opportunity at HIS request to go backstage at the Meadowlands (the shows with Nine Inch Nails) and we took another photo as an updated one from our first one back in 1980....(again this is a condensed version of what happened)
HE IS TRULY ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT PERFORMER'S. HIS MUSIC AND ACTING WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. BRAVO MR. BOWIE!
I WISH DAVID BOWIE WAS ABLE TO ACT IN MORE PLAYS AND MOVIES. HE WAS SO GOOD AT MAKING YOU FEEL LIKE HE WAS THAT CHARACTER.
Stunning he's so skilled ! Miming is such a difficult art
What is mining? I picture it as a french clown artform and dont see the connection to these scenes
Immense talent and enormous charisma in everything he did. This was (is) David Bowie.
God, he was so talented. The world is richer because we had David Bowie. ❤️
David is so emmersed in this role - I found myself completely engrossed and swallowed in by the authenticity of his portrayal of his character. Maybe its because I worked with Cerebral Palsied kids for the last 32 years, but I was upset when I realised the video was coming to an end. I was completely engulfed in the story line. The way he "hid" his right arm behind him- lol, perfect - just like the kids do. Thank you David Bowie. You have that x-factor. My utmist respects for your excellent performance. I listen to you on vinyl so I "get you".
one word....................... BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
I've always been every bit as much impressed by David Bowie's acting as by his singing--maybe even more so. I'f he'd chosen to focus entirely on acting, he might have been Sir David of the RSC.
Yes, he was a born actor, I think, and they say the best singers can also act, so that applies to him too!
He turned down a knighthood
wow... I'm in shock!
what an amazing performance, you can see his inside turmoil (and almost his past) when the doctor is patronizing him...
I was just telling my wife about this. Saw it in Chicago in 1981. Didn’t realize that any of it was filmed for posterity. My goodness. How brilliant.
Thank you for sharing. I missed David's performance in DENVER at the time. It was the original run before the show "hit the road." David should have won a Tony.
I saw David Bowie in a touring production of this in Denver, CO in 1981. I had no idea there was any filmed record of his performance..I'm SO grateful for this posting! Thanks! It's as riveting as I remember it then...
This is such a great play. It's sad and Bowie is wonderful in this. He's such a great actor and he's adorable. Long live Bowie!
He really was the ultimate Renaissance Man.
Wow. The same clips filmed for other shows but a different performance and the scenes seems extended to those that were filmed for the UK. Wonderful find; thank you.
Originally broadcast at 18.00 on Sunday 19th April 1981
Stunning. Thank you for sharing this.
Only ever seen poor quality footage of this before. Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for posting Tom, I'll share it on my site. It's from 1980.
That is some serious acting
David at his finest👍👏 what a treasure watching💕
I haven't seen MOST of this material before. Thank you so much, Tom Roche...
It's ASTOUNDING, many thanks!!
Incredible.
He gave a great performance. He was a great actor and musician and personality.
thank you uploader!!!
I saw Bowie on Broadway in this play. Amazing
he's cute and, awesome!! He is great, he truly did his best in this.
Wonderful to have. Thank you so much.
Peccato non esista una registrazione completa di questo capolavoro. David è perfetto per questo ruolo...immenso
Genius fantastic I was in absolute hysterics
Why hasn't this play seen a home media release already?
Immenso come sempre❤
so amazing...was there anything he could do brillantly!!?
I remember watching this live when it aired.
Thank you so much for uploading this! I keep wondering whether there's a chance that the video of the whole play exists.
Sadly I don'y think it exists...
he said, during (i suppose) the 1980 show, that John Lennon and Yoko had tickets for the show, as did Mark David Chapman, all right in the first row.. Those 3 seats were empty for his performance.. he said it was the most difficult performance, because, he said, that he was next on the "list.."
I saw it on Broadway.
Astounding acting. Far better than any A lister today. He's like Brando, imbibes the character and elicits your emotions to root for him.
This is amazing david Bowie 4life 😁😁😍😍
BRILLIANT !
and, i must add, having to perform, with those 3 seats, empty, right in front of him, in the audience, like, ghosts...
I can't believe I never before put the connection together of his work in the play and the album Scary Monsters...duh!!
i saw this video 10 times :o
"i'm not dead...i'm getting better..."
I remember watching this when it aired back in 1981! Of course, I was about 10/11 at the time and kinda clueless who Bowie even was. 😂 But it was an amazing production to watch!
I saw it, too. I was 12. I knew who he was, but thought of him then like I did of all famous people; just _there_ on TV doing things, almost as if he wasn't real. High school was when I started realizing his genius.
Bowie war tatsächlich der Allergrößte
David was on his A game while doing these plays
I heard him say it was coincidence, and the timing seems to support that. But who knows, it's all stuff of legend now!
Omnibus on ABC TV. "81
i suppose, not just because he was next on the "list..," but the erieness of the, you know, having been a close friend of John Lennon's, and.. what happened (to him..)
David sei Dio
Bumboclit dat mad! But my new riddims are even madder ;). Check 'em out!
Does a bootleg of this broadcast exist?
Any Bowie fan would find this interesting, but other than that his performance is dire.
I find the doctor character very condescending
He used his Funniest sounding voice acting in this play🤣😅!
Also he's got ballerina legs here.
This is a wonderful play and fantastic performances. But. Can this now be performed with the woke society we live in.? Could an actor who doesn't have a disability be allowed to play this role?
I'd love to hear discussion about this subject xx
David Bowie is incredible and honest and sincere, so beautifully honest and heart breaking xx