Who wrote the 1970 novel Deliverance? (Hint: He was a notable poet with his origins tracing back to Atlanta, Georgia - the birthplace of Jeff Foxworthy, Ed Helms and Roy Drusky.
@ Mark Watson...I could look it up but I won't, but they gave him a small part in the movie, he played the Sheriff of the town towards the end of the film. He's the one that tells the guys to never come back here again.
Ol’ Cowboy was taken from us this past January in a horrible accident near his home. Also lost that day was his girlfriend of many years Bertha. Rest in peace Herbert “Cowboy” Coward🙏🏻
@@yoblazes What's the matter, James, you have a fit looking at a real man, not those you fantasize about in Playgirl? Sit down, twit, you're not even in the same league.
In 2010, he had a quintuple heart bypass surgery to treat almost completely-blocked arteries leading to his heart. News reports said that he also looked like he was suffering from Parkinson's disease, which could explain his hand tremors, lack of facial expression and stiffness in his joints. Reynolds also developed temporomandibular joint disease, but the condition remained undiagnosed for almost a year. Burt did not leave this earth easily.
Burt Reynolds is an incredibly kind man - who has helped an untold number of people - actors, production staff, locals on location, etc. He's just a very nice guy - period.
@@TonyMacroni633 Tabloid fodder. He was an easy target. He was t/one to leave both his marriages, NOT t/other way around. I'm not buying it. He was well known in t/industry to be very respectful & supportive of women. Women loved working with him & for him.
I love Jimmy F.....but he's guilty as charged.....my Favorite is the Brit...can't remember his name. Has 4 guests at a time...Graham Norton...finally hit me.
Burt is a genuine country boy. It's why he was so good in films like Gator and White Lightning. But he also has a sharpness to him that informed his performance in Deliverance and Semi-Tough and Boogie Nights.
That movie changed my life. I was twelve when I went in to see it and two hours later I felt like I was fourteen. I remember telling my friends about it who hadn’t seen it and they were captivated by the story. Powerful film.
I miss those days back in the day when Burt visited the Johnny Carson Show. The late night ritual of ending the day watching the Carson show was the best.
To me, Burt was at his handsomest in the Smokey and the Bandit era, 1977. Looked terrific in a cowboy hat, few wore it better. He and Sally were such lovely couple, sad that Burt didn't realize the gem Sally was until he lost her.
I am 57 and grew up going to the north Georgia mountains in the 60's and 70's. There was a different breed of folks up in those mountains back then. Salt of the Earth. The guy who played the mechanic used to hang out in a pool hall in Clayton. There was a jack-of-all trades, Mr. Payne, who lived in a little house he was born in. Claimed he had never been more than 3 miles away. Hunted, fished, grew gardens, and did odd jobs with old world craftsmanship for the local cabins at Lake Winfield Scott and surrounding State park cabins.
Mark Otter .. Griner? "It'll be all right." "It's there all right. You get in there and can't get out, you're gonna wish it wasn't. ... "I'll do it for 40". That GRINER??
I believe that was his lines, but your memory is better than mine! I didn't know him personally by any means, just remember him being pointed out of one of our many trips to the mountains growing up. Also the banjo player lived in that area. I believe he owned a restaurant. He wasn't mentally handicapped as his physical appearance would suggest. That area had some real characters...Holt McDaniel, a self taught man, developed two hybrids of worms used for fishing bait, and sold bait to locals from his "worm beds". He held the state record for catfish, too.
Was that area really flooded with water at the end?? I'm moving to Charlotte NC this coming Spring, been in Kalifornia 31 years, cant wait to leave (born in Detroit lived there 25 years)
Hell yeah...Burt Reynolds ruled the 70s & early 80s!!! My favorite movie Burt made in the early 80 was Sharky's Machine!!! I love that movie & the movie cast!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama.
Gosh, Conan talking about Deliverance in such a passionate way really makes Reynolds open up. Can we get Conan his own movie interview show? I would love to see that.
Deliverance hits on so many levels. I forget I'm watching actors and extras and even James Dickey who wrote it and has a cameo. It's full of almost indescribable beauty if you've never been in an unspoiled wilderness area and then it just descends into a horror of loathing and death. Through it all the acting is top notch and ensemble - every actor carries his weight, but the interplay between Reynold's and Voight's characters is especially strong. You come out of it feeling like you've been lost in the woods with an unsettling dread that the malevolence there is still there, hidden and waiting.
His character was very strong. That's why they had to make him get injured. The party would have easily been able to deal with any of the challenges on the trip if this character had been fully functional.
Squirmin Herman the one eyed German not quite, I’ve never seen people who get so offended and scared over inanimate objects. But back to the original comment before it was hijacked by party supporters. They could make the movie today, it wouldn’t be any good though. It would be 4 hipster college kids, a ton of CGI effects, and hip-hop slang.
I’ve always wondered why I love movies from the 70s so much, yeah I like the look and everything but things were also very different back then because people didn’t get their period over everything and they felt more real and not like they were saying and showing what society wanted to hear or see they just told they’re story. Rare nowadays
Some folks don't know Burt did some 1950's westerns, he's been in Hollywood a long time, not a flash-in-the pan, broke the mold after he became a star, he had "moxie"!!
I used to mountain bike the areas and roads the used in the north Georgia mountains. I tried to go back and picture the scenes. You can still do it....but time is passing.....R.I.P Burt! Thanks for the ride......
His reference to "Cowboy" is his time working at Ghost Town in the Sky - a western themed park in North Carolina. I used to go there as a child, and there was also a movie titled Ghost Town - The Movie, which featured both "mountain men" from Deliverance. Bill McKinney - who was in some Clint Eastwood films, First Blood, Back the the Future Part III, The Green Mile, and others is the one that attacks Ned Beatty. Burt was here in Knoxville, TN recently with Chevy Chase filming THE LAST MOVIE STAR. Also, I worked at conference center in upstate New York for several summers, as did my aunt Hope. Looking through her "yearbook" from that summer - 1955 - I saw that she and Ned Beatty worked in the dining hall together. Anyway, just small info. The Cannonball Run blooper/outtakes is still some of the funniest stuff you can see!
For the record, the other actor in that scene with Cowboy was the late Bill McKinney who was genius. When he was on top of Ned Beatty it got so real looking that a pissed off Burt Reynolds ran over and yank Bill off Ned. Now that was true method acting. Bill went on to work on several Clint Eastwood films.
Issie wizzie - the other commenter's "Captain Obvious" reply notwithstanding - many interviews you see with Burt from the '80's-on, he always seems low-key and somewhat slow, because he had to be on painkillers since the late '70's due to injuries from those early stunts. He was in constant pain throughout most of his life. :-/
@@tjs597 The ignorance of youth right?! Burt was so hell bent & foolishly stubborn about doing his own stunts, he was still rolling out of cars, etc. in his 50's! Long after most stunt people have since retired, which certainly didn't help his cause any. But he certainly paid dearly for a couple of serious injuries to his back making movies in his 30's & 40's.
Considering Burt was 80 yrs old in this interview, and thinking of most 80 yr olds I know, Burt looks pretty great here...and still real sharp! RIP BR.
Burt, Jon, Ned & Ronny give career-best performances in "Deliverance"...and the "actors" playing the mountain men (such as "Cowboy" McKinney) are so believable it's UNREAL!
I’m not trying to be a know-it-all jerk by writing this, but “Cowboy” was Herbert Coward. Bill McKinney played the hillbilly that took the fatal arrow. That death scene remains one of the greatest in cinematic history. Bill McKinney was also in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and the prison guard that threw the switch in The Green Mile. Watch the execution rehearsal scene. He says something like, “and that’s that” as he demonstrates how to send the voltage to the condemned man.
I read somewhere that when Herbert “Cowboy” Coward was told his character was going to be involved in the rape of a man, he replied, “hell I’ve done worse”.
In 1974 Deliverance came to the movie theaters in Tucson, where I'd just grad. hi school a yr. earlier. One day I got a call from 2 guys I had grad. school with. One said "I got a spare ticket to see George Harrison tonite LIVE...wanna go?" The other bud called and said "Ya wanna go with the Barnes boys and me to see Deliverance later on tonite?" I chose Deliverance. Man....that was one POWERFUL movie. I still hear guys say "scream like a pig" now and again...even today almost 50 yrs. later. Heard consistently from those who went to George Harrison that evening it was THE BEST concert they'd EVER seen....in an era where rock concerts were plentiful and the norm. Wish I wouldn't have missed Harrison....for obvious reasons. But Deliverance....omg....seriously....easily a TOP 5 movie of all time for me personally....along with The Wild Bunch.
I was just watching the movie deliverance and went to you tube to check where the movie was filmed. And found out Burt past away.😲😪 how I didn't heard about that RIP Burt.
Deliverance is one of those movies where you tell everyone to shut up and hear every last word. The foreshadowing in the small talk on the drive into the woods...
I read somewhere that the production company hired an Olympic archer to work with Burt and make sure he could shoot an arrow properly. The archer set up a target and said “Okay, Burt, shoot the target so I can get a look at your form and we’ll go from there.” Burt took a shoot at the target and hit the bullseye dead center. The archer packed up his gear and said “You don’t need me.”
The great thing about Deliverance is how it took Burt Reynold's alpha male image and turned it upside down. Here was a character that was all testosterone and macho, and he was the first to get injured and be saved by the "city dwellers". The movie showed no matter how tough you think you are, nature always wins!
You have to watch the movie to truly understand how difficult it had to be for the actors. I'm telling you - as good as the movie is - and it is a great movie - there are some very difficult scenes/moments. You'll understand when you see it.
Ned Beatty says people are always saying the "squeal like a pig" line when they see him in public, and have since the movie came out. I think it is the most well-known line in the movie.
Neon Manas all three had a part in that interview. All awesome and I'm more than happy that they were patient with mr Reynolds. Because he's awesome AF but also old AF. I'm glad I got to hear him speak.
I'm surprised I thought Burt, would say the most people quoted him in the lines of the movie, "you don't beat it! You don't beat this river!" You could see hear, the serenity awe of Ronnie Cox, and see, "The Divine relationship Burt, had with the land" He really respected the land river, and realized the River, could take away or give!
People always say this about a given star, but who would even want another of any great star? How could you have a carbon copy of a star? Those people are called impressionists and they aren't stars.
God bless you Burt thanks for the wonderful movies you gave us you were the best, now bandit the gates of heaven are open for you Your journey as just begun. RIP
sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything....that was the best line in movie history never has so few words meant so much, need i say more
To this day in 2021 this film is just as powerful to watch as it was back in the early 70’s. The two mountain men were just phenomenal in the film. Also the little boy playing the banjo. Burt’s best film.
Filmed almost entirely in the woods, no set, no CGI and a memorable NON actor who cannot read.
A masterpiece.
Sadly, Burt Reynolds's Deliverance in the woods often came with a tragic death this month.
Agree, Masterpiece. No background music either which gave it an eerie vibe!!
Who wrote the 1970 novel Deliverance? (Hint: He was a notable poet with his origins tracing back to Atlanta, Georgia - the birthplace of Jeff Foxworthy, Ed Helms and Roy Drusky.
@ Mark Watson...I could look it up but I won't, but they gave him a small part in the movie, he played the Sheriff of the town towards the end of the film. He's the one that tells the guys to never come back here again.
eight inches He did a great job in that small part too!
Ol’ Cowboy was taken from us this past January in a horrible accident near his home. Also lost that day was his girlfriend of many years Bertha. Rest in peace Herbert “Cowboy” Coward🙏🏻
RIP to a true legend. Grew up in the 70’s at the theaters watching Burt Reynolds movies..always a fun time
That’s a BIG 10-4 💥
There never was and there never will be another Burt Reynolds. The man was a true original.
A true piece of a trash and a garbage guy.
@@yoblazes What's the matter, James, you have a fit looking at a real man, not those you fantasize about in Playgirl? Sit down, twit, you're not even in the same league.
@@jonclymer2572 you're a big man aren't you? Your mommy must be so proud to see her son speak like that. You must be a big hit with the ladies
Have you seen celebrity jeopardy
@@anthonyedwards6206 suck it trebek
rip Burt Reynolds you will be missed
Skeeter I know thanks I’ll Rest In Peace In heaven
By who?
Not really !
I liked him but, I do not “miss” him. I reserve that for family, not celebrities!
In 2010, he had a quintuple heart bypass surgery to treat almost completely-blocked arteries leading to his heart. News reports said that he also looked like he was suffering from Parkinson's disease, which could explain his hand tremors, lack of facial expression and stiffness in his joints. Reynolds also developed temporomandibular joint disease, but the condition remained undiagnosed for almost a year. Burt did not leave this earth easily.
Jon Voight was exceptional in Deliverance too!
Andy Richter was great in too, eeeewwwww 🐷
Yeah... cause he was RAPED!
voight was GG nom
Ned beatty first role
The chemistry between all the men in the canoes....excellent.
Burt Reynolds is an incredibly kind man - who has helped an untold number of people - actors, production staff, locals on location, etc. He's just a very nice guy - period.
TRUE THAT!
He also slaps woman around but yeah other then that good dude
@@TonyMacroni633 Tabloid fodder. He was an easy target. He was t/one to leave both his marriages, NOT t/other way around. I'm not buying it. He was well known in t/industry to be very respectful & supportive of women. Women loved working with him & for him.
He did a lot for the community where he came from. Florida loved him.
@@TonyMacroni633 Is that true - did he really slap a woman? Who? Seriously - who did he slap?
That’s the way to interview a star....let him do the talking, that’s who we want to hear from, don’t interrupt and don’t try to be funny.
you are so right, someone should tell fallon and the like!
YUP.
Conan is underrated as an interviewer.
I love Jimmy F.....but he's guilty as charged.....my Favorite is the Brit...can't remember his name. Has 4 guests at a time...Graham Norton...finally hit me.
@@mr.reality9741 cuz he has good taste
Burt is so great here. I really have to thank Conan for booking him and treating him with such genuine respect.. Burt was a true movie star.
Burt is a genuine country boy. It's why he was so good in films like Gator and White Lightning. But he also has a sharpness to him that informed his performance in Deliverance and Semi-Tough and Boogie Nights.
You should’ve asked him out 🤣
Technically, he was a beach boy from West Palm Beach, FL.
That movie changed my life. I was twelve when I went in to see it and two hours later I felt like I was fourteen.
I remember telling my friends about it who hadn’t seen it and they were captivated by the story. Powerful film.
I miss those days back in the day when Burt visited the Johnny Carson Show. The late night ritual of ending the day watching the Carson show was the best.
Even though his health was failing his mind was still sharp as ever. He was a hunk in Deliverance. Sad he is gone
one of the most attractive men to ever set foot on this earth !
@@Anti-infleuncer Eventhough he was almost in his 80's he still looked great.
Sharp enough to bullshit 🤣 why would the director ask him to read lines when Reynolds specifically stated he couldn’t read ? Get over yourself 🤣
@@Sinister12Cyou’re a hero, get over yourself!
@@cochise6345 you can’t handle facts 🤣
Even though his health was declining. I still say he looked pretty good for his age.
Reminds me of my grandad so much. Physical health is declining but the mind is still super sharp.
@Fred Peterson My dad's father had the right idea. He said he wanted to live to be 90, then be shot by a jealous husband.
@@MikeBrown-ex9nh 😅
He was close to 80 years old in this interview.
That tends to be the case when you have implants, a face lift, and dyed eyebrows and mustache.
R.I.P Burt Reynolds, unforgetable ...
Sad to see Burt Reynolds pass away at age 82.
yeah you say it ...
Mark Watson I remember when people hated him because he was a wife beater.
Now we love him again.
Yay.
Chris Alpha my favorite quote from Deliverance is "Lest ye just drop em pants"
@@lickit8096 "Better pray for me real good, boy!"
Agreed Conan is more professional and shows some respect for his guests. He is the last enjoyable host on tv.
Kimmel is alright. Fallon sucks though.
Too bad Conan is gone now. He was the only one that wasn’t political, which was why I always liked him best
@@ceobe7458 Don't ever remember Ferguson being political. Maybe missed it . Anybody see it?
Graham Norton is great too. He shuts up when guests talks serious and he makes everyone on his couch comfortable.
@@SebastianRRasmussen doesnt count
Burt was one of the best handsome actors ever. He was a part of my childhood. Will be missed. RIP
To me, Burt was at his handsomest in the Smokey and the Bandit era, 1977. Looked terrific in a cowboy hat, few wore it better. He and Sally were such lovely couple, sad that Burt didn't realize the gem Sally was until he lost her.
The scene from deliverance when Jon Voight is trying to shoot the bow and just loses his composure is one of the most powerful movie scenes ever.
I am 57 and grew up going to the north Georgia mountains in the 60's and 70's. There was a different breed of folks up in those mountains back then. Salt of the Earth. The guy who played the mechanic used to hang out in a pool hall in Clayton. There was a jack-of-all trades, Mr. Payne, who lived in a little house he was born in. Claimed he had never been more than 3 miles away. Hunted, fished, grew gardens, and did odd jobs with old world craftsmanship for the local cabins at Lake Winfield Scott and surrounding State park cabins.
Mark Otter .. Griner? "It'll be all right." "It's there all right. You get in there and can't get out, you're gonna wish it wasn't. ... "I'll do it for 40". That GRINER??
I believe that was his lines, but your memory is better than mine! I didn't know him personally by any means, just remember him being pointed out of one of our many trips to the mountains growing up. Also the banjo player lived in that area. I believe he owned a restaurant. He wasn't mentally handicapped as his physical appearance would suggest. That area had some real characters...Holt McDaniel, a self taught man, developed two hybrids of worms used for fishing bait, and sold bait to locals from his "worm beds". He held the state record for catfish, too.
James Dickey, the poet with a difference, wrote this iconic novel.
Was that area really flooded with water at the end??
I'm moving to Charlotte NC this coming Spring, been in Kalifornia 31 years, cant wait to leave (born in Detroit lived there 25 years)
I will miss you, Burton Leon Reynolds, going by Burt.
DELIVERANCE IS A MASTERPIECE
I loved his wry, playful sense of humour. Great guy, so self-deprecating, and funny!
"squeal like a pig" is the line I always remember.
For many, family reunions come to mind !
@@midway27272727 😂😂😂
I can remember when Burt Reynolds ruled the world!
Me too. It was a great time to be alive!
Wish I could have been alive back then.
Hell yeah...Burt Reynolds ruled the 70s & early 80s!!!
My favorite movie Burt made in the early 80 was Sharky's Machine!!!
I love that movie & the movie cast!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
@@randymiller3949 howdy good neighbor. good to hear from you! Traveling today Indiana but, live in S.Tennessee.
Me too. That's a big 10-4 from The Bandit.
The line.."you've got a mighty pretty mouth" was aimed at the character played by Jon Voight.
Gosh, Conan talking about Deliverance in such a passionate way really makes Reynolds open up. Can we get Conan his own movie interview show? I would love to see that.
R.I.P. Burt Reynolds (1936-2018)
Burt Reynolds has a great sense of humour :) .
laffs at hiself too......humble n self effacing.
Right,
MazBringsby; and that requires intelligence.
Rest in peace, Mr. Reynolds! Legends never die!!!
He did die though 🤷♂️
He's in heaven with our lord Jesus Christ and Paul Newman Roger Moore and Steve McQueen are there with Burt also.
A true legend, and Deliverance is an iconic movie with cultural significance.
Deliverance was one of the great movies of all time. It proved that Burt was a really excellent actor.
Love Burt Reynolds - Deliverance - one of the best movies made. Academy award performance by Burt.
I get so sad when I see real men get old he reminds me of what my dad started to look like makes my heart hurt!
♥️♥️♥️
So sorry. I know what you mean tho.
Age gets us all in the end.
I'm living in the middle of it.
if you're lucky
Old age is not for the young!!
Youth is wasted on the young
Mark Thomson do we all go to hell tho?
He sure was a cool guy, and we can always enjoy his movies.
Rest in peace Burt.
B Grade !
Damn it man... Rest in Peace, Burt. One of the all time greats.
Rest in peace burt,your a legend. 👍
Deliverance hits on so many levels. I forget I'm watching actors and extras and even James Dickey who wrote it and has a cameo. It's full of almost indescribable beauty if you've never been in an unspoiled wilderness area and then it just descends into a horror of loathing and death. Through it all the acting is top notch and ensemble - every actor carries his weight, but the interplay between Reynold's and Voight's characters is especially strong. You come out of it feeling like you've been lost in the woods with an unsettling dread that the malevolence there is still there, hidden and waiting.
man was he ever a bad-ass in Deliverance.
Smokey and the Bandit too.
I used to copy his laugh as a kid in the 70s.
yes he was
"Um uh."
his character had a nervous breakdown. badass? Elias didn't watch the movie. voight was the badass.
His character was very strong. That's why they had to make him get injured. The party would have easily been able to deal with any of the challenges on the trip if this character had been fully functional.
Burt is the man.
Always liked his stories. Sorry he is gone . 💕
I'm sure somewhere Bufford T Justice is in high speed pursuit of him and Snowman. RIP
thank you Burt. i feel fortunate to have grown up having you and your movies around to make me laugh and smile and so much more. god speed sir
You couldn't make a film like that now. 70s films were amazing.
TheRubberStudiosASMR you could still make it. It only makes fun of white ppl, this is allowed in libtard America.
Squirmin Herman the one eyed German not quite, I’ve never seen people who get so offended and scared over inanimate objects.
But back to the original comment before it was hijacked by party supporters. They could make the movie today, it wouldn’t be any good though. It would be 4 hipster college kids, a ton of CGI effects, and hip-hop slang.
Modern day pussyminded way of thinking in America!
It’s because they were on ACTUAL FILM the movies today are digital faked synthetic feeling
I’ve always wondered why I love movies from the 70s so much, yeah I like the look and everything but things were also very different back then because people didn’t get their period over everything and they felt more real and not like they were saying and showing what society wanted to hear or see they just told they’re story. Rare nowadays
RIP BURT....THANKYOU...FOR THE MEMORIES
2 legends right there. Beautiful 💕👍
Those establishing shots too....Gorgeous.
Some folks don't know Burt did some 1950's westerns, he's been in Hollywood a long time, not a flash-in-the pan, broke the mold after he became a star, he had "moxie"!!
Burt Reynolds always had these great stories and a great delivery in telling them!
R.I.P., loved you ever since Quint in Gunsmoke........never, ever, will forget Burt Reynolds..........can't even type right now
Wow can't believe he gone, Burt died alone, broke, and broken hearted, Loni cleaned him out pretty good. R.I P. Burt😭
I'm guessing Burt was no saint himself
@@ghostofreagan3181 I'm guessing your guessing is not worth much.
@@Vingul I'm guessing your guessing about my guessing isn't worth much. I guess.
@@ghostofreagan3181 I'm gonna hafta second guess that.
@@Vingul OHH I did not see that comming!
I used to mountain bike the areas and roads the used in the north Georgia mountains. I tried to go back and picture the scenes.
You can still do it....but time is passing.....R.I.P Burt!
Thanks for the ride......
His reference to "Cowboy" is his time working at Ghost Town in the Sky - a western themed park in North Carolina. I used to go there as a child, and there was also a movie titled Ghost Town - The Movie, which featured both "mountain men" from Deliverance. Bill McKinney - who was in some Clint Eastwood films, First Blood, Back the the Future Part III, The Green Mile, and others is the one that attacks Ned Beatty. Burt was here in Knoxville, TN recently with Chevy Chase filming THE LAST MOVIE STAR. Also, I worked at conference center in upstate New York for several summers, as did my aunt Hope. Looking through her "yearbook" from that summer - 1955 - I saw that she and Ned Beatty worked in the dining hall together. Anyway, just small info. The Cannonball Run blooper/outtakes is still some of the funniest stuff you can see!
billy was in thunderbolt and lightfoot too
For the record, the other actor in that scene with Cowboy was the late Bill McKinney who was genius. When he was on top of Ned Beatty it got so real looking that a pissed off Burt Reynolds ran over and yank Bill off Ned. Now that was true method acting. Bill went on to work on several Clint Eastwood films.
Sure about that .
Burt will always be remembered for the young stud that he was. The rest of us won't be remembered at all.
Eh, in time he will probably be forgotten if TV and movies no longer have a way to be played.
@@LordofMovies91 In time, all is forgotten when the universe comes to an end. So, your point isn't a point.
@@sanekabc I meant when people still exist. Burt Reynolds isn't technically a historical figure, as much as I liked him as an actor.
Burt's gone, but all his awful toupees remain.
with all the stunts he did in the 70's its a miracle his still alive
he's not
Issie wizzie - the other commenter's "Captain Obvious" reply notwithstanding - many interviews you see with Burt from the '80's-on, he always seems low-key and somewhat slow, because he had to be on painkillers since the late '70's due to injuries from those early stunts. He was in constant pain throughout most of his life. :-/
Oops. Spoke too soon.
he even said few year's ago he wished he didn't because his body is paying the price for it now...
@@tjs597 The ignorance of youth right?! Burt was so hell bent & foolishly stubborn about doing his own stunts, he was still rolling out of cars, etc. in his 50's! Long after most stunt people have since retired, which certainly didn't help his cause any. But he certainly paid dearly for a couple of serious injuries to his back making movies in his 30's & 40's.
He's been acting for almost 60 years. You can't stay young and handsome forever.
Plenty of women would still do him, though.
I was just watching him as young man on Gunsmoke the other day. A lifetime ago.
he was still handsome
Wow, Burt Reynolds is THIS old now? God, I feel old, too.
I remember seeing him in Perry Mason and Gunsmoke. The best movie he was in was City Heat with Clint Eastwood.
Never realised he was that old, man. Thought he was poorly.
HUGE movie back in the day....
Now it's a Legend....along with Mr. Reynolds
Burt is a national treasure
Thanks Nicolas Cage
@Ernesto Garcia Absolutely.
RIP to a legend
Considering Burt was 80 yrs old in this interview, and thinking of most 80 yr olds I know, Burt looks pretty great here...and still real sharp! RIP BR.
Every time I hear a banjo, I Run
Burt, Jon, Ned & Ronny give career-best performances in "Deliverance"...and the "actors" playing the mountain men (such as "Cowboy" McKinney) are so believable it's UNREAL!
like "Duel" its something that could conceivably happen to someone in real life, and thats what was scary good
I’m not trying to be a know-it-all jerk by writing this, but “Cowboy” was Herbert Coward. Bill McKinney played the hillbilly that took the fatal arrow. That death scene remains one of the greatest in cinematic history. Bill McKinney was also in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and the prison guard that threw the switch in The Green Mile. Watch the execution rehearsal scene. He says something like, “and that’s that” as he demonstrates how to send the voltage to the condemned man.
I read somewhere that when Herbert “Cowboy” Coward was told his character was going to be involved in the rape of a man, he replied, “hell I’ve done worse”.
@@oldscool461 so you were Cowboys boyfriend eh admit it, thats how you know
@@oldscool461 That is wild.
In 1974 Deliverance came to the movie theaters in Tucson, where I'd just grad. hi school a yr. earlier. One day I got a call from 2 guys I had grad. school with. One said "I got a spare ticket to see George Harrison tonite LIVE...wanna go?" The other bud called and said "Ya wanna go with the Barnes boys and me to see Deliverance later on tonite?" I chose Deliverance. Man....that was one POWERFUL movie. I still hear guys say "scream like a pig" now and again...even today almost 50 yrs. later. Heard consistently from those who went to George Harrison that evening it was THE BEST concert they'd EVER seen....in an era where rock concerts were plentiful and the norm. Wish I wouldn't have missed Harrison....for obvious reasons. But Deliverance....omg....seriously....easily a TOP 5 movie of all time for me personally....along with The Wild Bunch.
That scene haunted me , I had trouble sleeping at night.
I was just watching the movie deliverance and went to you tube to check where the movie was filmed. And found out Burt past away.😲😪 how I didn't heard about that RIP Burt.
Deliverance is one of those movies where you tell everyone to shut up and hear every last word. The foreshadowing in the small talk on the drive into the woods...
Mark Davidson 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I read somewhere that the production company hired an Olympic archer to work with Burt and make sure he could shoot an arrow properly. The archer set up a target and said “Okay, Burt, shoot the target so I can get a look at your form and we’ll go from there.” Burt took a shoot at the target and hit the bullseye dead center.
The archer packed up his gear and said “You don’t need me.”
Some people should live forever... you will always be alive in my memory...
Man was and is a legend.
Man I wish he could have made it into the Tarantino film! I hope they dedicate it to him. Legend!
The great thing about Deliverance is how it took Burt Reynold's alpha male image and turned it upside down. Here was a character that was all testosterone and macho, and he was the first to get injured and be saved by the "city dwellers". The movie showed no matter how tough you think you are, nature always wins!
I haven't seen the movie yet but I thought it was "squeal like a pig, boy" that was the most famous line
Johan Öberg, what ever Burt says, we go with that
You have to watch the movie to truly understand how difficult it had to be for the actors. I'm telling you - as good as the movie is - and it is a great movie - there are some very difficult scenes/moments. You'll understand when you see it.
Johan Öberg
the line or the scene?
This movie was produced in the 70s... this was a tremendous shocking movie in the world.
It was one of the many good lines
Ned Beatty says people are always saying the "squeal like a pig" line when they see him in public, and have since the movie came out. I think it is the most well-known line in the movie.
The legend that is burt Reynolds deliverance is a classic movie shame he's aged now tho
Burt Reynolds was the voice of Character Charile B Barkin in the movie All Dogs go to Heaven . That's why I love him .😍
He is awesome.
Neon Manas all three had a part in that interview. All awesome and I'm more than happy that they were patient with mr Reynolds. Because he's awesome AF but also old AF. I'm glad I got to hear him speak.
I'm surprised I thought Burt, would say the most people quoted him in the lines of the movie, "you don't beat it! You don't beat this river!" You could see hear, the serenity awe of Ronnie Cox, and see, "The Divine relationship Burt, had with the land" He really respected the land river, and realized the River, could take away or give!
Rip Burt ... Smokey deliverance boogie nights loved them x
For those who have NOT seen Deliverance, it IS a MUST Watch. You will never never forget it.
Burt "The Legend" Reynolds!
Burt was funnier in this interview with Conan than every current young actor in Hollywood.
Wow he did this interview in March? And already in September he passed. What a shame he couldn't be saved. He looked well here.
Its tough seeing him like that. But hes still got some of his old power
Burt even used a real arrow so their performances were all genuine.
We will never again have a person/movie star like him. The man had it all....a legend he was. RIP Burt Reynolds.
People always say this about a given star, but who would even want another of any great star? How could you have a carbon copy of a star? Those people are called impressionists and they aren't stars.
Burt was always a great interview. He is missed. RIP, Burt.
I loved this, and I am so glad we had him in our lives.
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R.I.P BANDIT
God bless you Burt thanks for the wonderful movies you gave us you were the best, now bandit the gates of heaven are open for you
Your journey as just begun. RIP
"That corn is something special" - best line in the movie.
sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything....that was the best line in movie history never has so few words meant so much, need i say more
Lol....I do like that line.
-“this corn is special”
That was 1 of the best of many lines from that movie.
LOLOLOL Especially given the context of the scene.
Seeing burt grow old is the hardest part!
Bandit forever
Shea Crowley east bound and down!!!
Forever Lewis Medlock and Quint Asper
To this day in 2021 this film is just as powerful to watch as it was back in the early 70’s. The two mountain men were just phenomenal in the film. Also the little boy playing the banjo. Burt’s best film.
Burt was one of a kind….RIP Bandit !!!!
Ahhhh to live like Reynolds did. He absolutely left nothing on the table and we loved him for that. Rest In Peace old friend.
Everyone else: "You got a mighty purty mouth."
Burt: *dead inside*
This guy was LITERALLY looking at the world through rose-colored glasses.
Burt was so funny. Check out his PERFECT Comedic timing before each punch line.
The fact Jon Voight really climbed tnag mountain himself with no safety equipment due to insurance issues is insane
Sad to see Burt leave us.