The Dead Zone Movie with Greg Stillson (1983)

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  • When I see the Dead Zone movie with Greg Stillson, I always think of fellow populist politician Donald Trump at one of his rallies. Stephen King's The Dead Zone was nothing if not frighteningly predictive.
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  • @ericlee6687
    @ericlee6687 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Acting was so good all around in this movie. Especially Walken and Martin Sheen

  • @JohnMartin-oh6bf
    @JohnMartin-oh6bf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Roger is a long way from stupid…..he knows exactly what stillson is….superb intuition.

  • @ToroksMagic
    @ToroksMagic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    There's not one but two Bond villains in that sofa.

  • @strangewayfaringstranger
    @strangewayfaringstranger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I came here from an interview with Stephen King on Colbert haha.

    • @bluegenes2273
      @bluegenes2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shark tummies brought me here.

  • @IndigoVoice82
    @IndigoVoice82 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I SEE it too...lots of people are noticing the correlations. I kid you not, after I saw PR video about how Trump wants to make America great again, I immediately thought of this book.

    • @cletusawreetus-awrightus2799
      @cletusawreetus-awrightus2799 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Anybody who wants to improve the standard of living in their country is literally Hitler.

    • @thorshammer7883
      @thorshammer7883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cletusawreetus-awrightus2799
      *3 years later*
      Guess what not much happened for it to even look like a totalitarian government other then a bunch of corporations becoming more bias and controlling socially plus all the parties trying to deceive their people.

  • @camselle
    @camselle ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sheen should'a been Nominated for this

    • @doteaters
      @doteaters  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For sure, it's a great portrayal of a psychopath.

    • @camselle
      @camselle ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he wouldn'ta won tho (Nicholson had it for Terms of Endearment)

  • @treadlightlyorelse849
    @treadlightlyorelse849 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was today years old when I realized Stephen King predicted Donald Trump entering the political Arena before The Simpsons .

  • @VolcanoEarth
    @VolcanoEarth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Reading the book now, and wanted to see how the movie treated this particular part of the story.
    Also I just wanted to see Walken walkening.

  • @MrAitraining
    @MrAitraining ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love every performance from Anthony Zerbe. Fantastic actor in anything he's in with such a unique voice too

    • @doteaters
      @doteaters  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, he's one of the best.

  • @jomic9060
    @jomic9060 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    in the beginning of the book, Stilson kicks a dog to death for trying to bite him.

    • @doteaters
      @doteaters  6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      After torturing it by spraying ammonia in its face.

    • @jomic9060
      @jomic9060 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True. But u don't think stillson actually did 100 pushups in this clip do u?

  • @tabbycat8511
    @tabbycat8511 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    No future for Stillson.

    • @warmecanic
      @warmecanic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      But a shiny future for TRUMP

    • @mistermax3034
      @mistermax3034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@warmecanic lmfao. No.

  • @geemcspankinson
    @geemcspankinson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    And also at the end, when the clip about the guy committing suicide is being played, the magazine which gets blood spilled on it, has a text which goes like this:
    "How big business is affecting politics."

  • @AugustMeteors
    @AugustMeteors 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I have a feeling there's a significant difference between Stillson and Trump, and I think it's this: Stillson was involved with reality enough to know the baby shield pictures were gonna finish him. I'm not sure Trump would have any clue about that. I'm also not sure it would matter to many of his supporters. Dead zone, hell, we're in the twilight zone now.

    • @OpenMawProductions
      @OpenMawProductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This is a fantastic circle jerk session you've got going on.

    • @Lospollos24
      @Lospollos24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Spockette fuck up liberal

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      have a problem, it'll give you some perspective.

    • @Ohflipsnap
      @Ohflipsnap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Tony Mario Ben Shapiro is overrated.

    • @nikolaiunzucced507
      @nikolaiunzucced507 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And it's Biden that will cause WWIII

  • @JeffreySmith84
    @JeffreySmith84 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I thought the same thing recently. Thanks for posting.

  • @cpsasphaltmaintenanc
    @cpsasphaltmaintenanc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Since Trump was elected, I've thought about this scene 100 times. It's amazing how many times a movie successfully predicts the future.

    • @COLANGUS-tt8lf
      @COLANGUS-tt8lf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I bet you feel stupid now. You guessed the wrong president by one.

    • @joematerascz3725
      @joematerascz3725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, cause the first thing Trump did was launch the nukes!
      Gas prices under Trump- 2.49/gal. Under biden? - 4.40/ gal.
      Anti- Trump a--clowns!!!

    • @JR-kx3jr
      @JR-kx3jr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The one difference is Trump couldn't do a single pushup.

  • @eirikrdberg1161
    @eirikrdberg1161 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Walken was so good in this movie.

    • @doteaters
      @doteaters  ปีที่แล้ว

      He definitely played the character differently than as written in the book... you know, I wouldn't necessarily say he played it different... but him as an actor certainly makes the character different than in the book. John Smith, as denoted by his alias sounding name, is the ultimate everyman who is thrown into this crazy situation and has to come to terms which this crazy gift.... or curse. Christopher Walken is NEVER an everyman. Ever. There's no one like him. So in that way he slightly subverts the character as written... but on film, he IS AMAZING.

    • @celtspeaksgoth7251
      @celtspeaksgoth7251 ปีที่แล้ว

      He'd have been perfect for Day of the Jackal if they made it a decade or so later

  • @sofuggit
    @sofuggit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Stephen King agrees. He sees the similarities as well.

  • @durangobrando
    @durangobrando 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Agree. Also, on an off topic note, what with Hollywood running out of ideas, and remaking popular movies, please do not remake The Dead Zone. This movie is timeless, classic, and could not possibly be made better than Cronenberg did.

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      it was pretty inferior, the book was better.

    • @eirikrdberg1161
      @eirikrdberg1161 ปีที่แล้ว

      The movie is amazing. The book is actually not quite as good. Rare.

  • @user-pu1th4qs4t
    @user-pu1th4qs4t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stillson is similar with Blinken, I felt the similarity of face.

  • @claudeCramer
    @claudeCramer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is where we are.

  • @pierrekiroule2827
    @pierrekiroule2827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Despite the similarities, Martin Sheen- Stiltson, is far more goodlooking than Trump...

  • @gregmccarty8476
    @gregmccarty8476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Stillson is a demagogue.

  • @MrIvantastic
    @MrIvantastic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just read the book, eerily similar.

  • @emsleywyatt3400
    @emsleywyatt3400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Even Johnny's girl Sarah was sucked in by this creep.

    • @doteaters
      @doteaters  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I always kinda got the feeling that Sarah was just being dragged along by the passions of her husband Walt, who's the real, fascist-loving Stillsoner. 😉

  • @klaatu368
    @klaatu368 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great comments! It’s just that Greg Stillson makes DJT look unsteadier than he already does. Stephen King called it decades before it happened…Cronenberg’s best film, imho.

  • @warmecanic
    @warmecanic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Damn, King must be a precog.

  • @shawnmoultrie8951
    @shawnmoultrie8951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is this Jed Barlet's evil twin? 😩😩😩

  • @TheVetoSkreeemer
    @TheVetoSkreeemer หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Stilson , well this movie predicted reality and continues to do so.

    • @SaritaLovesLiving
      @SaritaLovesLiving หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep. After what happened a few days ago .....this movie came to mind. 😮

    • @nms7872
      @nms7872 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      not predicted. Just still relevant, decades later.

  • @MontagZoso
    @MontagZoso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ha, Stephen King predicted Trump...it’s Greg Stilson. Scary.

  • @planesteve
    @planesteve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No FUTURE for Stillson

  • @leath2764
    @leath2764 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Trump completely reminds me of Stillson. Cool to see others who share that connection.

    • @martytaylor7043
      @martytaylor7043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      U stupid to think that brain dead

    • @thorshammer7883
      @thorshammer7883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They aren't really similar at all.

    • @aonary5382
      @aonary5382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thorshammer7883 they're exactly the same

    • @thorshammer7883
      @thorshammer7883 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aonary5382
      How about you connect that to Biden next time.

    • @aonary5382
      @aonary5382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thorshammer7883 I can't, because Trump is the one with Stillsons leadership, electoral, and personality traits....not Biden

  • @coffeeNTrees
    @coffeeNTrees 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Your view was validated by King himself on Colbert last night.

  • @user-hh9zd1uk5y
    @user-hh9zd1uk5y 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    「彼は危険だ」。のちに米国を破滅的な状況へ追いやるイメージが見えていた。スティーブン・キング原作の傑作

    • @doteaters
      @doteaters  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Definitely. This movie, and the book it is based on, are some of my favourite King related works.

  • @dwighthansen8087
    @dwighthansen8087 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What's Trump doing on TV?

  • @lordallenbookworm4811
    @lordallenbookworm4811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Before Trump, there was Stillson.

  • @warchild5885
    @warchild5885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Greg ran on cash for clunkers

  • @user-yc2er7vh9f
    @user-yc2er7vh9f ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who could have predicted that Stillson was Joe Biden and not Trump ?

  • @katherinesavarese6009
    @katherinesavarese6009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Young christopher walken reminds me so much of karl glusman

  • @marieruiz5696
    @marieruiz5696 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stillson reminds me of Trump!!!!

  • @Wednesdaywoe1975
    @Wednesdaywoe1975 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FYI--Politicians have been claiming "there's something wrong with America" and only they can fix it forever.

  • @valmid5069
    @valmid5069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *In an alternate world where Jed Bartlet is evil and causes a nuclear Holocaust according to Johnny's foresight*

    • @davidpolston4172
      @davidpolston4172 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bartlett without Leo as a guiding hand

  • @OpenMawProductions
    @OpenMawProductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A decade ago this scene reminded everyone of Bush. Now it reminds everyone of Trump.
    You're still wrong.

    • @pressplayproductions1040
      @pressplayproductions1040 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can't say that I was ever reminded of Greg Stillson when I saw George W. More like Tom Cullen. "M.O.O.N. That spells weapons of mass destruction, laws yes."

    • @DeltaEchoGolf
      @DeltaEchoGolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree. To the uninformed. The "obvious" answer is always the right answer.

  • @klondike316
    @klondike316 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow, I was thinking the same thing about Trump and Stillson.

    • @doteaters
      @doteaters  8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I have a feeling that a Trump Presidency would probably have only one benefit, and that is a big push in the development of time travel technology.

    • @drakashrakenburgproduction5369
      @drakashrakenburgproduction5369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm not a fan of Trump but both you guys are cringe

    • @thorshammer7883
      @thorshammer7883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drakashrakenburgproduction5369
      Yep and it's very stupid.

  • @xxlCortez
    @xxlCortez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'd love to see Trump's doing 100 pushups.

  • @sroevukasroevuka
    @sroevukasroevuka 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Trump vibes off stilson.

  • @blobbyblog4609
    @blobbyblog4609 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG....i think that too!

  • @2311ification
    @2311ification 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dear God he sounds like TRUMP!!! Lol

    • @Jsaiis
      @Jsaiis 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr scary

    • @thorshammer7883
      @thorshammer7883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not really.

    • @turbokid8719
      @turbokid8719 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well this comment did not age well….lol

  • @lysanderofsparta3708
    @lysanderofsparta3708 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pushups is something that Biden would do to try and impress people, not Trump.

    • @davidpolston4172
      @davidpolston4172 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Trump's too fat and out of shape

  • @covid45gate11
    @covid45gate11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like trumputin

  • @ashbrowneartist8429
    @ashbrowneartist8429 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    #Tinline

  • @laumay7364
    @laumay7364 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Reminds me of Biden.

    • @hadassahdewhitt735
      @hadassahdewhitt735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lau May My thoughts also, especially the push ups part and saying he's running for the Senate. Quite a few see Stillson as Trump, but his character in TV series is that of an ambitious man who was groomed for politics from youth.

    • @greyeyed123
      @greyeyed123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hadassahdewhitt735 Oh good grief.

    • @hadassahdewhitt735
      @hadassahdewhitt735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@greyeyed123 You obviously do not have a problem with Biden's response to a voter who was asking him about his corrupt involvement in enriching his son. Biden called him fat and challenged him to a push up contest. The guilty with loads of corrupt money gets away with unspeakable crimes while minor misdemeanor offenders get decades of prison terms, and you defend such a man.

    • @greyeyed123
      @greyeyed123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hadassahdewhitt735 You don't care about anybody's kid making money off of China. Ivanka AND Trump got 18 Chinese trademarks simply because he's president. He twisted the arm of his ambassador to get the British open at his Scottish resort, and you don't care. There are dozens upon dozens more examples, and you just don't care.

    • @hadassahdewhitt735
      @hadassahdewhitt735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@greyeyed123 You don't know me nor I you, and I don't care to know you because you assume I don't have morals. I don't have to defend myself. My judge is the Almighty. Whether you believe in a higher power or not, that "I don't care."

  • @trumputinp2476
    @trumputinp2476 ปีที่แล้ว

    This would have been trump's second term

  • @italoscotti9703
    @italoscotti9703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Trump!!!!

  • @dexterellis7818
    @dexterellis7818 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stillson is an absolute con man who fools some people all of the time. Wouldn't happen in real life, would it?

    • @lysanderofsparta3708
      @lysanderofsparta3708 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, people got suckered by Bill Clinton and Obama, so yeah, it could happen.

  • @elcid71garcia30
    @elcid71garcia30 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    trump

  • @scottaznavourian5791
    @scottaznavourian5791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hes not trump i dont care what king says. Trump was mothing wheb the book and mkvie came out and when the tv seriea came out trump was doing 'the apprentice'. Stillson can hide his lunacy behjnd his politician veil (until he has to save his own ass in. Public) while trump comstantly shiwed his lunacy during the campaign and got elected anyways

    • @Jsaiis
      @Jsaiis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Learn english