I literally went through a bunch of Caan interviews about a week ago thinking about all his great roles. Then when the news hit I figured I’d watch some of them again😢
James Caan was a generational star who was a superb actor for over 50 years. He was also an American Original from the Big Apple. We will not see his like again.
Same here. Well, not every month lol but at least once a year. ALL the women in El Dorado are hot too , plus it's a fun movie. I still remember my Dad owning the VHS and kept watching it until the tape got worn out you could barely see/hear anything. I had to buy him the Blu Ray for Christmas.
@@muppetonmeds HAHAHAHHA no, I come from a very poor country with a totalitarian regime where we have to choose exactly one movie that we'd be allowed to watch for our whole lives. If you watch another, you'd be shot and your family sent to GULAG, where, coincidentally, I am right now because my distant cousin dared to illegally watch the pilot episode of Sex and the City while having the permission to watch Dial M for Murder.
I am proud to say that I worked as a Wrangler for Rudy Ugland on the "Comes A Horseman" production set in Westcliffe, Colorado during the summer of 1977. The production company had 700 head of horned Herefords that were running over my father-in-law's (Jim Like) leased land. He got upset, and wanted compensation. Jim Like and I both got jobs as Wranglers on the "Comes A Horseman" movie set, which was quite an experience. One memory that I have from being a Wrangler on this movie set is when Jimmy Caan came up to me and said, "I never could rope!" My son had been born in February of that year, and my wife and I were on vacation from school. Jim Like was a nationally recognized rodeo cowboy, and I was just a lowly student at the time. That first-born son of mine, SFC Ronald Tanner Wood, was killed in the war in Iraq in 2005 at the age of 28. Memories are wonderful, but are hard to bear. -- Ron Wood, Sr., Gold Star Father
True. The interviewer needs to do a few more interviews and run into someone who just answers with one word. Then he will learn the value of someone who's ready to tell a story and how you just need to be quiet and listen
Me and my best pal went to see it when it came out and we were both struck by the raw emotion of his scene with the doctor. I think I was probably 10 at the time. Back in the days when PG movies were for adults but your parents would let you walk to the other side of town and back to see it anyway.
Just what a cool dude mr James Caan is these old school actors and above all these old school people just can't be replaced!!! I was raised by my grandparents I'm 35 in the year 2021 and it sucks!!! Irish traveller UK
Can't imagine being some 20-something year old actor with almost no experience and being cast in El Dorado with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Caan did more than just hold his own, he was cocky, funny, confident and maybe that's why Wayne liked him. RIP James Caan.
It is perfect escapism...watched it for the first time with my pals back around 1967 in the Odeon picture hall in Whiteinch, Glasgow when I was 11 years old...it instantly transported us all away to another time and place for a couple of wonderful hours...still does this to me anytime I see It...
I can't believe the interview STOPS at 2:51 -- right in the middle of James Caan's story, right at the high point. "You came too far forward..." Are you freaking kidding me??? Just let the man tell this awesome story -- and YOU figure out how to keep him in the shot. Unreal.
It is a direction, because this Interview is used for a documentary called "Mr. Warmth" about Don Rickles. You cannot use a clip which is out of focus in a film. So he "interrupted" Caan for a good reason. Same with the plane.
@@filmSCHOOLarchive that is idiotic. You stop the flow of a story when the story is clearly the centerpiece instead of the camera operator doing their job? IDIOTIC! On top of it all for a DOCUMENTARY! DOCUMENT -as in SHOOT IT AS IS - and save the directing for the movies. You must have gone to school for this.
I love the story Mr Caan tells. You can tell he loved it, and how much joy he had working with John Wayne and Howard Hawks. Thank you for sharing this.
I met James Caan. He came into my office in Beverly Hills. I was blown away, but he was a down to earth guy. He was honored to have a photo taken with me. No better person than him.
You should have asked him to go out, close the door, wait five seconds and come back in. You, then, would jump out the Office Paraphernalia Cabinet and exclaim "Supplies!" That old gag never gets old.
James Caan - no matter how famous he is - he is still underrated - Absolutely amazing in every thing he ever did. His kind of talent interpersonal intelligence and panosh - very rare. He would make every guy my age smile if he would do another feature film. Thanks for sharing.
Ron Strzelecki - That is the role that the Cohen brothers should redo and Mr. J.Caan should play the lead. It could be a masterpiece if he would do it. 👍
I just happened to stumble on this one & so glad I did! James Caan, John Wayne & Robert Mitchum. Three of the all time greatest actors. Go Mississippi!
Mr. Caan, I want to Thank You for being an "Actor", and not a "star". You have a talent that few men have. And, thanks for working with the Duke and Mitchum. You were perfect.
Just what I thought. Wayne was a movie star but not much of an actor. Except maybe The Searchers. That's the only one I'll give him which out of a very lengthy career isn't much. As for being a tough guy, he advised Kirk Douglas that he shouldn't take the role of Vincent van Gogh because "men like us don't play sissies." Obviously touchy about the subject of what constitutes masculinity.
" Brian's Song " ......I am 55 now and remember in 2nd grade ( 1971) we watched that now classic and let me say that movie made me and all my classmates CRY OUTLOUD !! Superb emotion, you NEVER forget !! * I have a tear in my eye now as I write this ! LIFE just goes by way to fast, why ? THERE MUST BE SOMETING WONDERFUL after we all leave this life !! in JESUS name I pray ! ......".this is not, all 4 NOT ! " as my wonderful Grandparents would tell us when we were young...*
Charliebrm1 Wayne's acting goes unnoticed most always because people like you only see "The Duke" playing a role, and don't appreciate nor even notice his acting, facial expressions, etc. Look again at Quiet Man, or his interaction with Maureen O'Hara, for example; many other times as well...which you entirely overlook. It's a common thing when seeing icons or iconic people-- take the Statue Of Liberty for example...most only see the STATUE, and fail utterly to see the fine artwork, the detail, the imaginative design and flair. Not saying John Wayne was on a par with Cagney, Welles, Burton, etc... but he could and did act far and away much better than anyone gives him credit for. It's there to see if only one actually looks!
Caan swapping out a NY-"Fuhgeddaboudit" accent for Wayne's trademark "I ain't gonna hit ya" accent was a fun listen! Thank you for posting this interview.
I met James Caan on the set of Vegas or Las Vegas or whatever that show was. He was so genuine and friendly. He was full of himself, to a pleasant degree. He talked non-stop. The guy told me more stuff in two hours than any other person I have met. Maybe he was caffeinated. He was also more conservative than liberal. He loved the military. Great guy.
Wow, James Cann had that special screen presence that only a handful of actors have... Holding your own with Wayne and Mitchum wasn't easy but he did it! Great Actor!
I love "El Dorado" ! One of the best Westerns to come out of the 1960s. Though of course it's pretty much a remake of director Hawks' own "Rio Bravo" from the late 50s.
If you were a kid in the 70's like I was, you grew up when toughness wasn't just an asset, it was a way of life. I watched the Bad News Bears the other night for the first time since I saw it in the theater, (my first year of little league) 1976, and other than team celebrating at the end with beer, it was pretty damn spot on for those days, and I'm glad I grew up in that era. Caan, Pacino, Clint, Dinero, Duvall etc are all going to be sorely missed when they're gone and all they brought to the big screen. A much under-rated film with James Caan and Jane Fonda is the 1978 movie "Comes A Horseman", and it's one of my favorites.
Everything that would be hailed as groundbreaking on the 1984 TV series "Miami Vice" was already front and center in director Michael Mann's 1981 film "Thief." Caan won the Oscar for Best Actor in our house.
Primarily it was the way director Michael Mann combined innovative cinematography with new-age electronic music to tell his story, rather than relying on character dialogue. Look at any episode from season one of "Miami Vice" and then watch the first 5 minutes of "Thief." You'll see the stylistic similarities.@Katie Rae
As long as James Caan and Robert Duvall are alive, other than appearing in the godfather and killer elite, they'll always be remembered as working alongside John Wayne in true grit and el Dorado. God bless both Jimmy and Bobby.
Duvall Disrespected The Duke On Creepy Howard Sterns interview agreeing w Stern that John Wayne was Not a Good actor! Screw Duvall he wished He had John Wayne's legacy
Smile America - There are tons of buttholes in Hollywood, no doubt. Part of my brain wants to boycott every actor with whom I don’t agree on various topics, but that will leave me with not much to watch and unfortunately, I really like movies. I agree, that was a really lame thing for Robert Duvall to do/say, but I still like him (his character, not him personally) in Open Range.
Caan just comes off to me as kind of a combo of the great actors of 50s....like a cross between Widmark/Mitchum/Ford....nothing flashy just a good solid performance just about every time he is on film.
Re EL Dorado... It is perfect escapism...watched it for the first time with my pals back around 1967 in the Odeon picture hall in Whiteinch, Glasgow when I was 11 years old...it instantly transported us all away to another time and place for a couple of wonderful hours...still does this to me anytime I see It...
I just found my favorite storyteller of ALL TIME!!! I see it now: I rub a bottle and a genie comes out, and she tells me, "i'll grant you ONE wish." And I answer, "I want to sit around a campfire for 3 days and night straight and listen to James Caan tell stories." I could then die a happy man.
I had the pleasure of meeting him in the 70's. He was on a horse and he looked like he was a giant. And yet he spoke like a shy young man, well mannered. I was a young woman then but I was impressed with his charm around the ladies. Good man
I Love ElDorado. One of The best westerns. I never get tired of watching Mr. Caan, Mr. Wayne and Mr. Mitchum together. Those three men worked so well together. They were quite the trio. A true classic.
You obviously don't understand movies as a part of American slash Italian love. 30th and 40s ruled every American city. Obviously you weren't alive then and did not understand the way shit worked. Sorry. Just the way it was at that time.
When he saw Talia Shire's black eye, and bit his fist, then calmed her down, and got her to smile. That, ladies and gentlemen, is what it's all about. Bringing a humanity that can't be bottled. That's one of her best scenes, too. It's something that still gets me. And I've seen the film 60 times. Cinderella Liberty. Hide in plain sight. When he's talking to Willie Nelson in jail in Thief. Watch the end of the scene. Watch his eyes. That honesty. And when he kicks Tuesday Weld out. He breaks your heart. Man, I wish he'd do one more.
Great story! Saw El Dorado with family on vacation at the drive-in when I was 10 and I loved Jimmy's sawed off shotgun. Forgot all about that fond memory, thanks.
My favourite actor. The Killer Elite, Rollerball, A Bridge Too Far, El Dorado, The Godfather, Journey To Shilo, The Glory Guys, Alien Nation, Misery and so many more. CLASS. I've never heard a bad word said about this guy. Thank you for all the great memories Jimmy.
Jimmy Caan...What a humble guy.. !! Just love him...I hope U will be more then a hundred years and be in a lot of movies until that..!! ;) U one of the best... !!! ;)
Steve Fowler one of the reasons I like James Caan is because he doesn't look like he has to be serious all the time!! He can play anything from the badass to the funny side kick!!
Ol James Caan also was one of the best actors ever. He played both sides(good guy and bad guy) very well. And I didn't know he could do a pretty good spot on impersonation of our beloved John Wayne. lol. Hats off to Mr Caan.
James Caan saw what others did not. Men, like Wayne and Mitchum, performed the art of acting as the men they were portraying. Different style than was the norm for other actors. They put the characterizations of men from the middle 1800s to after WWII into glaring perspective. Harsh, determined and single-minded. Wayne, Mitchum, Cagney, Bogart, et al, portrayed something they found easily done. Men whose personalities were much like themselves. That, made the "acting" easy. Rough men playing rough men. Mr. Caan eluded to this. Even li'l Ron Howard noticed this peculiarity. "Acting" like these men being portrayed on film, was literally "being themselves" in the role. Great actors always meet with criticism from others who can't imagine how to portray something they can't comprehend. Wayne was type cast. Always. Only thing was, like Mr. Caan, you gotta be the subject of your acting. Great actors all. The screen writers and directors messed up many of the portrayals of harsh men, because they couldn't imagine anyone that definitively masculine.
And it was a remake of Rio Bravo also by Howard Hawkes. Caan was Ricky Nelson. Mitchum was Dean Martin. Hunnicut was Walter Brennan and, of course, Wayne was Wayne.
_Mississippi_ belongs to the _once seen, never forgotten_ characters. He is also very funny in _Misery,_ where he manages to infuse the suspense and horror with a unique blend of tragedy and (dark) humor. I'd like to coin the term _Caanian,_ and see it displayed some of these days in a movie custom-tailored on one of our greatest actors.
Had the pleasure of working with James (call me Jimmy) on one of his later films, a couple of years back. He did not suffer fools. (That's why we got along so well.) I'm almost shocked that he didn't give this guy hell, although there was that one suspicious cut...
James Caan is a great guy and a great comedian and I love the way he tells his story but what an awful way of interviewing somebody like him we have here!
I met John Wayne in '77 and chatted with him briefly in a fan/star encounter. Couldn't have been nicer or more engaging. I was with my older brother and cousin (we were all teenagers). We asked for his autograph and he proceeded to hand us business cards and then he started to chat it up with us - asking us where we were in school, how were we doing, etc. The encounter lasted about 2-3 minutes and the 3 of us left with wide eyes, big smiles, and walking on air.
Guys like James Caan and Ray Liotta can never be replaced-true character actors with such charisma
James Caan really had a unique charisma! It's so sad.
@@sasazivanovic777 no
Amen to that!
Mr Henry
ray liotta could be replaced in a second and no body would know, he just wasnt a good actor.
Rest in peace James. You were truly one of my favorite actors of all time, and a mighty performer
I literally went through a bunch of Caan interviews about a week ago thinking about all his great roles. Then when the news hit I figured I’d watch some of them again😢
@@michaelberry1382 Me too, honestly, he was such a magnificent performer. Personally, his role in "Misery" is my favourite of his, how about you?
I agree.. RIP
@@tommybrown9534 My favorite is The Rain People
I rewatched Thief the other night Caan owns it. Hollywood is finished
James Caan was a generational star who was a superb actor for over 50 years. He was also an American Original from the Big Apple. We will not see his like again.
His impersonation of John Wayne is 10/10. El Dorado is one of my all-time favorites, I watch it at least once every month and never get tired.
I love El Dorado too!
Same here. Well, not every month lol but at least once a year. ALL the women in El Dorado are hot too , plus it's a fun movie. I still remember my Dad owning the VHS and kept watching it until the tape got worn out you could barely see/hear anything. I had to buy him the Blu Ray for Christmas.
Once a month WTF lol cant you afford any more movies?
john wayne when he do first movie he so young and slim he at his best then i think 1940
@@muppetonmeds HAHAHAHHA no, I come from a very poor country with a totalitarian regime where we have to choose exactly one movie that we'd be allowed to watch for our whole lives. If you watch another, you'd be shot and your family sent to GULAG, where, coincidentally, I am right now because my distant cousin dared to illegally watch the pilot episode of Sex and the City while having the permission to watch Dial M for Murder.
I am proud to say that I worked as a Wrangler for Rudy Ugland on the "Comes A Horseman" production set in Westcliffe, Colorado during the summer of 1977. The production company had 700 head of horned Herefords that were running over my father-in-law's (Jim Like) leased land. He got upset, and wanted compensation. Jim Like and I both got jobs as Wranglers on the "Comes A Horseman" movie set, which was quite an experience. One memory that I have from being a Wrangler on this movie set is when Jimmy Caan came up to me and said, "I never could rope!" My son had been born in February of that year, and my wife and I were on vacation from school. Jim Like was a nationally recognized rodeo cowboy, and I was just a lowly student at the time. That first-born son of mine, SFC Ronald Tanner Wood, was killed in the war in Iraq in 2005 at the age of 28. Memories are wonderful, but are hard to bear. -- Ron Wood, Sr., Gold Star Father
Your memory made me cry ....for a Mother who Son passed in Turkey 2003 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍🇺🇸
I’m so sorry for your loss.
There are no words, Sir.
Interrupting James Caan at the height of his story about the Duke. Brilliant. Just brilliant.
lol
Yeah, what was with that knucklehead?
You can tell Caan was like “you gotta’ be effing kidding me guy.. lol.
He had to. Caan was rambling.
True. The interviewer needs to do a few more interviews and run into someone who just answers with one word. Then he will learn the value of someone who's ready to tell a story and how you just need to be quiet and listen
His performance in "A Bridge Too Far" was impressive.. A powerful presentation from a real actor among so many famous actors...RIP sir..
..yep, tanx for that tip germaniri😮sh. and his other action film "Theif " w/ soundtrac by ' tangerine dream '...
Me and my best pal went to see it when it came out and we were both struck by the raw emotion of his scene with the doctor. I think I was probably 10 at the time. Back in the days when PG movies were for adults but your parents would let you walk to the other side of town and back to see it anyway.
Just what a cool dude mr James Caan is these old school actors and above all these old school people just can't be replaced!!! I was raised by my grandparents I'm 35 in the year 2021 and it sucks!!! Irish traveller UK
Can't imagine being some 20-something year old actor with almost no experience and being cast in El Dorado with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Caan did more than just hold his own, he was cocky, funny, confident and maybe that's why Wayne liked him. RIP James Caan.
Sad to hear of the passing of this acting legend. Loved his work
EL Dorado is one of my favorite westerns! Great cast, decent storyline, just a fabulous flick to curl up and watch on a rainy evening!
It's essentially a remake of Rio Bravo, while I liked both of them very much I kind of prefer El Dorado.
It is perfect escapism...watched it for the first time with my pals back around 1967 in the Odeon picture hall in Whiteinch, Glasgow when I was 11 years old...it instantly transported us all away to another time and place for a couple of wonderful hours...still does this to me anytime I see It...
One of Wayne’s “fun” westerns. Surprising him and Mitchum didn’t do more films together
Mine too!
Next to the fire. You're on the money
I can't believe the interview STOPS at 2:51 -- right in the middle of James Caan's story, right at the high point. "You came too far forward..." Are you freaking kidding me??? Just let the man tell this awesome story -- and YOU figure out how to keep him in the shot. Unreal.
It is a direction, because this Interview is used for a documentary called "Mr. Warmth" about Don Rickles.
You cannot use a clip which is out of focus in a film. So he "interrupted" Caan for a good reason.
Same with the plane.
John Wayne was directing the interview
@@filmSCHOOLarchive yes you can, you can do anything uncut and doesn't have to be that perfect.
Fucken A! Right! Classic James Caan and just rolls with the punches like a true professional.
@@filmSCHOOLarchive that is idiotic. You stop the flow of a story when the story is clearly the centerpiece instead of the camera operator doing their job? IDIOTIC! On top of it all for a DOCUMENTARY! DOCUMENT -as in SHOOT IT AS IS - and save the directing for the movies. You must have gone to school for this.
Brian's Song, Still lump in throat, cry every time
Omg I cry just hearing the theme song.
Only watched it once,can’t watch it again.
I love the story Mr Caan tells. You can tell he loved it, and how much joy he had working with John Wayne and Howard Hawks. Thank you for sharing this.
I met James Caan. He came into my office in Beverly Hills. I was blown away, but he was a down to earth guy. He was honored to have a photo taken with me. No better person than him.
if he came to my office in Downers Grove, IL I would be blown away, Beverly Hills, not so much....
You should have asked him to go out, close the door, wait five seconds and come back in. You, then, would jump out the Office Paraphernalia Cabinet and exclaim "Supplies!" That old gag never gets old.
Yup no better bigot than him lol
@curragh 42 seems to me your the the one whose butt hurt u fuck boy i cant say John Wayne was a bigot wow !
liar @@bostonblackie878
James Caan - no matter how famous he is - he is still underrated - Absolutely amazing in every thing he ever did. His kind of talent interpersonal intelligence and panosh - very rare. He would make every guy my age smile if he would do another feature film. Thanks for sharing.
Killer Elite is still my favorite James Caan movie
He's really amazing in Roller Ball did lots of stunt work.
F Poynton ..... Righteous Dude...
Ron Strzelecki - That is the role that the Cohen brothers should redo and Mr. J.Caan should play the lead. It could be a masterpiece if he would do it. 👍
panache
This interview was absolute GOLD. James Caan, icon.
I just happened to stumble on this one & so glad I did! James Caan, John Wayne & Robert Mitchum. Three of the all time greatest actors. Go Mississippi!
Love this guy. Great actor. Love his acting. Love his voice.
Mr. Caan,
I want to Thank You for being an "Actor", and not a "star".
You have a talent that few men have.
And, thanks for working with the Duke and Mitchum. You were perfect.
Just what I thought. Wayne was a movie star but not much of an actor. Except maybe The Searchers. That's the only one I'll give him which out of a very lengthy career isn't much.
As for being a tough guy, he advised Kirk Douglas that he shouldn't take the role of Vincent van Gogh because "men like us don't play sissies." Obviously touchy about the subject of what constitutes masculinity.
Thanks for working with JW? Ya think he did it for charity? lol
See my comment above. He was truly an actor and not a star. Perfect description of him.
" Brian's Song " ......I am 55 now and remember in 2nd grade ( 1971) we watched that now classic and let me say that movie made me and all my classmates CRY OUTLOUD !! Superb emotion, you NEVER forget !! * I have a tear in my eye now as I write this ! LIFE just goes by way to fast, why ? THERE MUST BE SOMETING WONDERFUL after we all leave this life !! in JESUS name I pray ! ......".this is not, all 4 NOT ! " as my wonderful Grandparents would tell us when we were young...*
Charliebrm1 Wayne's acting goes unnoticed most always because people like you only see "The Duke" playing a role, and don't appreciate nor even notice his acting, facial expressions, etc. Look again at Quiet Man, or his interaction with Maureen O'Hara, for example; many other times as well...which you entirely overlook. It's a common thing when seeing icons or iconic people-- take the Statue Of Liberty for example...most only see the STATUE, and fail utterly to see the fine artwork, the detail, the imaginative design and flair.
Not saying John Wayne was on a par with Cagney, Welles, Burton, etc... but he could and did act far and away much better than anyone gives him credit for. It's there to see if only one actually looks!
Caan swapping out a NY-"Fuhgeddaboudit" accent for Wayne's trademark "I ain't gonna hit ya" accent was a fun listen!
Thank you for posting this interview.
I met James Caan on the set of Vegas or Las Vegas or whatever that show was. He was so genuine and friendly. He was full of himself, to a pleasant degree. He talked non-stop. The guy told me more stuff in two hours than any other person I have met. Maybe he was caffeinated. He was also more conservative than liberal. He loved the military. Great guy.
john wayne was just seeing if james caan had any sand, when he saw he did he liked him. great time great actors.
farmerd6 great comment.....
CALLED BONDING,.,.,.,.,.,.,,.,.,.MOVIE STYLE WAY.,.,.,,..,.,.,.,,.,.
A+ on your, "homework" assignment ! See my previous comment ... 😉
@Clive Adlam Excuse? Ali used the truth. Marion Wayne had what we call in Florida an Alligator Mouth with a Hummingbird's Ass.
@@academyofshem Ali? What the fuck are you talking about a draft dodger for?
Wow, James Cann had that special screen presence that only a handful of actors have... Holding your own with Wayne and Mitchum wasn't easy but he did it! Great Actor!
El Dorado is my favorite
Same here.
I love "El Dorado" ! One of the best Westerns to come out of the 1960s. Though of course it's pretty much a remake of director Hawks' own "Rio Bravo" from the late 50s.
Bullshit. If Caan wasn't Jewish you'd never heard of him.
Wytee Powers Caan could wind your clock in about 20 seconds .
If you were a kid in the 70's like I was, you grew up when toughness wasn't just an asset, it was a way of life. I watched the Bad News Bears the other night for the first time since I saw it in the theater, (my first year of little league) 1976, and other than team celebrating at the end with beer, it was pretty damn spot on for those days, and I'm glad I grew up in that era. Caan, Pacino, Clint, Dinero, Duvall etc are all going to be sorely missed when they're gone and all they brought to the big screen. A much under-rated film with James Caan and Jane Fonda is the 1978 movie "Comes A Horseman", and it's one of my favorites.
I've seen El Dorado several times and it's one of my favorites
James has brought a lot of good memories from his movies, love him.
Jimmy Caan was unreal in the THIEF by Michael Mann. Awesome movie.
Everything that would be hailed as groundbreaking on the 1984 TV series "Miami Vice" was already front and center in director Michael Mann's 1981 film "Thief." Caan won the Oscar for Best Actor in our house.
Primarily it was the way director Michael Mann combined innovative cinematography with new-age electronic music to tell his story, rather than relying on character dialogue. Look at any episode from season one of "Miami Vice" and then watch the first 5 minutes of "Thief." You'll see the stylistic similarities.@Katie Rae
Thief is a classic
Tuesday Weld 👍
Yes, awesome movie.
Cinderella Liberty, is James Caan at his best. His facial expressions, his timing, all superb!
As long as James Caan and Robert Duvall are alive, other than appearing in the godfather and killer elite, they'll always be remembered as working alongside John Wayne in true grit and el Dorado. God bless both Jimmy and Bobby.
Andrew :- James Caan has been exceptional in many movies but Misery immediately springs to mind. As for Duvall don't forget Apocalypse Now.
I loved Duvall in Open Range. 🥰
Duvall Disrespected The Duke On Creepy Howard Sterns interview agreeing w Stern that John Wayne was Not a Good actor! Screw Duvall he wished He had John Wayne's legacy
Smile America - There are tons of buttholes in Hollywood, no doubt. Part of my brain wants to boycott every actor with whom I don’t agree on various topics, but that will leave me with not much to watch and unfortunately, I really like movies.
I agree, that was a really lame thing for Robert Duvall to do/say, but I still like him (his character, not him personally) in Open Range.
Wayne liked being called “Duke”.
Love James Caan just a brilliant actor love the stories .
One of my faves James Can truly an original. Thank you for all your hard work through the years.
Rollerball!
Caan just comes off to me as kind of a combo of the great actors of 50s....like a cross between Widmark/Mitchum/Ford....nothing flashy just a good solid performance just about every time he is on film.
Re EL Dorado...
It is perfect escapism...watched it for the first time with my pals back around 1967 in the Odeon picture hall in Whiteinch, Glasgow when I was 11 years old...it instantly transported us all away to another time and place for a couple of wonderful hours...still does this to me anytime I see It...
What a great Story. Two of the Best! RIP Ya'll
Caan does the best impression of John Wayne ever!!
I just found my favorite storyteller of ALL TIME!!! I see it now: I rub a bottle and a genie comes out, and she tells me, "i'll grant you ONE wish." And I answer, "I want to sit around a campfire for 3 days and night straight and listen to James Caan tell stories." I could then die a happy man.
Brilliant ! Ive watched this dozens of times over the last few years and it makes me laugh every time ! Thank you !
I had the pleasure of meeting him in the 70's. He was on a horse and he looked like he was a giant. And yet he spoke like a shy young man, well mannered. I was a young woman then but I was impressed with his charm around the ladies. Good man
Love it Mr. Caan , thanks. I've watched El Dorado 15+times never get tired of it.
I Love ElDorado. One of The best westerns. I never get tired of watching Mr. Caan, Mr. Wayne and Mr. Mitchum together. Those three men worked so well together. They were quite the trio. A true classic.
Arthur Honeycutt was good in.El Dorado
James Caan, one of the greats
Mr Caan your role as Sonny was a great part of the Godfather and just one of the greatest movies of all time.
How?
Mark Harrison how did he wreck the movie in your o
Opinion?
You obviously don't understand movies as a part of American slash Italian love. 30th and 40s ruled every American city. Obviously you weren't alive then and did not understand the way shit worked. Sorry. Just the way it was at that time.
Don't piss Sonny off!
John Wayne was a true American Hero. James was great in the TV series Las Vegas -- Eldorado he was fantastic
When he saw Talia Shire's black eye, and bit his fist, then calmed her down, and got her to smile. That, ladies and gentlemen, is what it's all about. Bringing a humanity that can't be bottled. That's one of her best scenes, too. It's something that still gets me. And I've seen the film 60 times. Cinderella Liberty. Hide in plain sight. When he's talking to Willie Nelson in jail in Thief. Watch the end of the scene. Watch his eyes. That honesty. And when he kicks Tuesday Weld out. He breaks your heart. Man, I wish he'd do one more.
I love when he chased Carlo down & beat the shit out of him! Biting & garbage can lid improvised!
@@samanthab1923 Too bad the "air fist" was soooo obvious. Spoiled if for me.
@@TRINZINI What’s air fist?
@@samanthab1923 When you pretend to hit someone (fake fighting)
@@TRINZINI Oh thanks
One of my all time favorite actors. Thief and The Gambler are iconic.
Great story! Saw El Dorado with family on vacation at the drive-in when I was 10 and I loved Jimmy's sawed off shotgun. Forgot all about that fond memory, thanks.
One of my favourite actors of all time. Love Rollerball.
love this guy! 1st movie I saw as a kid with him in it was freebie & the bean, think I was 9 loved it.
RIP JC…wonderful actor, great character. You will be missed!
I love James Caan. He was great in all his movies, but the best movie he ever made was THIEF. I’ve watch that movie 50 times, and I still love it.
I agree totally! A great role and movie and the score by Tangerine Dream was groundbreaking. Great observation!
its a killer film
Great ending to the movie. Such a gritty, realistic film. One of his best performances.
I'm 57 and Have loved EVERYTHING Cann has done my whole life.
My favourite actor. The Killer Elite, Rollerball, A Bridge Too Far, El Dorado, The Godfather, Journey To Shilo, The Glory Guys, Alien Nation, Misery and so many more. CLASS. I've never heard a bad word said about this guy. Thank you for all the great memories Jimmy.
James Caan. Rollerball. Classic.
Jonathan, Jonathan, Johnathan!
Jimmy Caan...What a humble guy.. !! Just love him...I hope U will be more then a hundred years and be in a lot of movies until that..!! ;) U one of the best... !!! ;)
Great stories...love it...they don't make American actors like Jimmy or Mr. Wayne anymore.
You got that right.
Steve Fowler one of the reasons I like James Caan is because he doesn't look like he has to be serious all the time!! He can play anything from the badass to the funny side kick!!
Fantastic story about John Wayne. Love it.
Loved it.when he played Mississippi,and wore that hat.
El Dorado is a great movie! Jimmy was really good in it.
Just loved John Wayne. Loved all of his movies.
Every. single. one.
Beautiful story, what a Guy.
One of my favourites Movies, a Class Act.
I loved the “Duke!! “”. And love James
GOD BLESS JAMES CAAN
When you interrupted him, a Saloon sign ought to have hit you from above right away.
Cool allusion!
"If You Weren't
Limping When
You Came In,
You'll Be Limping
On Your Way Out!"
(Just After You Pick
Yourself Up From
The Dusty Street).
~ 🤦
James Caan what a legend! He was awesome in Vegas TV series, too
Caan doing the Chinese guy in El Dorado was priceless. It's edited out in most showings of the movie today. Christopher George was magnificent.
Nels McCloud.
Nels to Cole - You never gave me a chance.
Cole to Nels - You were too good to give a chance.
Caan loved working with Wayne.
That's because it was a joke, and jokes are not allowed today, especially funny ones. Actual, funny jokes make some "people" wet themselves.
Damn censorship 3:42
Wellll Mississippi. That movie is one of my all-time favorites .El Darado 😊👍
JAMES CAAN IS THE LAST REMAINING MOVIE STAR IN THE WORLD. RESPECTED BY EVERYONE!
No, he's not the last. Ever heard of Eastwood or Redford? C'mon, man!
Ol James Caan also was one of the best actors ever. He played both sides(good guy and bad guy) very well. And I didn't know he could do a pretty good spot on impersonation of our beloved John Wayne. lol. Hats off to Mr Caan.
This interviewer should not interrupt Jimmie . He might catch a " bada bing , bada boom " .
James Caan was a real aktor . I could never understand what was so great about John Wayne .
James Caan saw what others did not.
Men, like Wayne and Mitchum, performed the art of acting as the men they were portraying.
Different style than was the norm for other actors. They put the characterizations of men from the middle 1800s to after WWII into glaring perspective. Harsh, determined and single-minded.
Wayne, Mitchum, Cagney, Bogart, et al, portrayed something they found easily done. Men whose personalities were much like themselves. That, made the "acting" easy.
Rough men playing rough men.
Mr. Caan eluded to this.
Even li'l Ron Howard noticed this peculiarity.
"Acting" like these men being portrayed on film, was literally "being themselves" in the role.
Great actors always meet with criticism from others who can't imagine how to portray something they can't comprehend.
Wayne was type cast.
Always.
Only thing was, like Mr. Caan, you gotta be the subject of your acting.
Great actors all.
The screen writers and directors messed up many of the portrayals of harsh men, because they couldn't imagine anyone that definitively masculine.
John Wayne was a gay man in Hollywood, you hapless dupe😂 "rough" indeed
Jimmy Caan was an awesome actor! RIP Mississippi!
Love hearing these stories of the past. Different class from today.
Great film actor...never forgotten...
Wow,to hang out with those boys back in the day!!
One of the funniest guys in interviews. Underrated Actor as well.
That is the most spot-on impersonation of the Duke I've ever heard.
Superb actor unforgettable performances, simply awesome, irreplaceable best character actor.
Brians song .....That's a great man's weepie he was superb in it as was Billy Dee Williams .
Could listen to him all day GREAT
John Wayne,Robert Mitchum and James Caan in El Dorado .Movie heaven.One of the top ten westerns ever made.
And it was a remake of Rio Bravo also by Howard Hawkes. Caan was Ricky Nelson. Mitchum was Dean Martin. Hunnicut was Walter Brennan and, of course, Wayne was Wayne.
Great actor& always sounded happy to tell the stories
One of James Caan’s most underrated roles
RIP Mississippi.🙏
Mr Caan, you sir are a great actor
Great movie. I still remember his Mississippi character.
_Mississippi_ belongs to the _once seen, never forgotten_ characters. He is also very funny in _Misery,_ where he manages to infuse the suspense and horror with a unique blend of tragedy and (dark) humor. I'd like to coin the term _Caanian,_ and see it displayed some of these days in a movie custom-tailored on one of our greatest actors.
I liked him in the Gambler, thief, driver.Underrated movies.
I loved him in Las Vegas, That was such a great show!
i wish this had been more natural and not interrupted so much for perfection
James Cann, was a fantastic actor. Sadly missed.❤
I always loved Alien Nation, heh. Saw that in theaters as a kid.
I could listen to James all day. A dying breed. 👍
Had the pleasure of working with James (call me Jimmy) on one of his later films, a couple of years back. He did not suffer fools. (That's why we got along so well.) I'm almost shocked that he didn't give this guy hell, although there was that one suspicious cut...
Caan was the best. They say he could fit in anywhere and with anybody.
James Caan is a great guy and a great comedian and I love the way he tells his story but what an awful way of interviewing somebody like him we have here!
I also admire how he had worked himself out of his drug addiction and the way he came back as a still great actor.
Great to see James caan, fantastic actor.
I met John Wayne in '77 and chatted with him briefly in a fan/star encounter. Couldn't have been nicer or more engaging. I was with my older brother and cousin (we were all teenagers). We asked for his autograph and he proceeded to hand us business cards and then he started to chat it up with us - asking us where we were in school, how were we doing, etc. The encounter lasted about 2-3 minutes and the 3 of us left with wide eyes, big smiles, and walking on air.
Yes the Dukes signature was on the back of those Personal Buisness cards They sell for $100
"A piece of work"....sums up Wayne pretty well i'd bet. Thanks for posting
2:30 James Caan even makes his face look like John Wayne's when he is impersonating him haha