Country music singer Glen Campbell talks about John Wayne

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  • Опубликовано: 12 ноя 2011
  • Remembering John Wayne and True Grit for the Jules Verne Festival's tribute to John Wayne, November 10, 2011 in Hollywood.
    Interview by Jean-Christophe Jeauffre / Jules Verne Festival
    Filmed by Henrick Vartanian
    Edited by Ramzi Malouki
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  • @stevefowler2112
    @stevefowler2112 2 года назад +83

    For having never acted, Glenn Campbell did a hell of a job in True Grit

  • @mahulad7298
    @mahulad7298 2 года назад +256

    Those of us raised on Campbell's music & Wayne's movies we are surely blessed people.

  • @CrowdControl123
    @CrowdControl123 11 лет назад +123

    I remember Glen catching so much Hell for his "pretty" hair back in the day. He and John Wayne were great in True Grit. Glen's unpolished acting skills actually made his part more believable. Great movie and great memories Glen. God Bless.

  • @garydouglas9413
    @garydouglas9413 2 года назад +75

    Glen Campbell gave one of the finest tributes I've ever heard.

  • @THE-HammerMan
    @THE-HammerMan 6 лет назад +125

    Actually Glen Campbell got good marks almost universally from critics for his acting in True Grit.
    I'd like to note this:
    If Glen Campbell says John Wayne was about the nicest man he ever met...then he was a nice man-period.

    • @JcPack
      @JcPack 2 года назад +19

      And a true patriot

    • @citizenken7069
      @citizenken7069 2 года назад +5

      Um, no, Campbell did not get good reviews from the critics. One of them said, "Glen Campbell has never acted in a movie before, and as far as I'm concerned, his record is still clean."

    • @THE-HammerMan
      @THE-HammerMan 2 года назад +5

      @@citizenken7069 Yes... and Variety [A renowned Hollywood paper] said Campbell "still holds his own" as a foil to Wayne's character. Ebert was unimpressed, but Siskel thought Campbell played the role just right but suffered in reviews from some who pre-judged his acting because of his music career.
      ORIGINAL 1969 reviews are difficult to obtain. Newspaper archives going back that far is a time consuming task, but most gave his rookie performance praise for one with zero experience.
      I remember them saying he showed promise and restraint against over-acting. Critics be damned, IMHO he did fine acting the role "AS WRITTEN". Wayne himself praised his effort.

    • @marvinbenefield2081
      @marvinbenefield2081 2 года назад +1

      @@THE-HammerMan I

    • @THE-HammerMan
      @THE-HammerMan 2 года назад +5

      @@marvinbenefield2081 That's a movie I can always watch, even half into it because you know it So well.
      The more I think about Campbell's "smug, egotistical, self-righteous prick" of a character, the more I think his character was drawing bad reviews- not Campbell's acting itself.
      What do professional "critics" know anyway, eh? When they bomb a movie, I usually enjoy the film a lot!

  • @spartacusvikinga
    @spartacusvikinga 6 лет назад +153

    Happy landings Glen. You and the Duke are sorely missed.

    • @anthonyangeli256
      @anthonyangeli256 4 года назад +3

      He had a great sense of humor along with being a fabulous musician.

    • @anthonyangeli256
      @anthonyangeli256 3 года назад

      @James Henderson you know that first hand or through the gossip mill? Maybe FB?

    • @anthonyangeli256
      @anthonyangeli256 3 года назад

      @James Henderson sorry Im not buying that. Strictly gossip.

    • @anthonyangeli256
      @anthonyangeli256 3 года назад +4

      @James Henderson I know he used cocaine but the wife beating Im not believing that. You can't believe everything you read. But I do know for a fact he was a top notch musician, one of the best. Everything else in his personal life who really knows!

  • @migmadmarine
    @migmadmarine 6 лет назад +163

    glen was a talent of the highest order. the world is lesser place for his absence

    • @anthonyangeli256
      @anthonyangeli256 4 года назад +8

      Ain't that the truth!! RIP Glenn

    • @marksieber4626
      @marksieber4626 2 года назад +4

      Well said

    • @MOGGS1942
      @MOGGS1942 2 года назад +2

      You got that. Saw him twice, live, and still can't believe it.

    • @velobob4299
      @velobob4299 2 года назад +1

      Great sense of humor, never took himself too seriously.

  • @tomschoenke5519
    @tomschoenke5519 2 года назад +95

    "I'll drag you through it."
    A lot of action heroes have great lines written for them in the movies.
    The "Duke" just says them in real life.

    • @adamtarleton1537
      @adamtarleton1537 2 года назад +9

      Fantastic insight.

    • @GeorgiaBoy1961
      @GeorgiaBoy1961 2 года назад +12

      It's a measure of John Wayne's inherent charisma and on-screen magnetism as an actor that for most of the films over his long career, he played basically a variation of himself. Only a handful of other screen legends have been able to do that, and they are all giants just as Wayne himself was, people like Bogart, Cooper, Connery, Ford, Eastwood, Bronson and a few others.

    • @stevehackett2678
      @stevehackett2678 2 года назад +5

      @@GeorgiaBoy1961
      Wayne said, he copied Wyatt Earp’s mannerisms. They met early in Wayne’s career.

    • @GeorgiaBoy1961
      @GeorgiaBoy1961 2 года назад +5

      @@stevehackett2678 - Crazy to think that some of the Old West gunslinger legends lived long-enough to influence on-screen cowboys. Wyatt Earp must have had his eyes opened by all that 20th century high-tech. To go from horse-drawn transport and no electric lights to aircraft and motion pictures. It was quite a time to be alive, I bet.

    • @wintonhudelson2252
      @wintonhudelson2252 2 года назад +4

      @@GeorgiaBoy1961 yes, you are so right. I believe the cowboy actor Tom Mix was one of Wyatt's pall bearers.

  • @elishevajones6730
    @elishevajones6730 4 года назад +14

    The original 'True Grit' movie was fantastic!

  • @SteelyPaw
    @SteelyPaw 5 лет назад +107

    John Wayne may have gotten the movie award, but Glen Campbell got his one and only music award for the song True Grit (Some day little Girl).......... I think for not being an actor, Glen really held his own, and is one of my favorite John Wayne movies with the best music score ever.

    • @ConcernedResident_GiantStack
      @ConcernedResident_GiantStack 3 года назад +7

      yeah he did a great job for a novice. I would've never guessed he wasn't a seasoned actor. Overall, I like the script better in the original movie. The remake had too many "dramatic" lines.

    • @eriksturm7599
      @eriksturm7599 3 года назад +6

      Glen Campbell should have been nominated for best supporting actor for his role.

    • @SteelyPaw
      @SteelyPaw 3 года назад +5

      @@eriksturm7599 I agree. His song however was published and was considered one of his best recordings which he made a lot of other great songs.

    • @dwaynegalvin8799
      @dwaynegalvin8799 2 года назад +2

      Wouldn't say the best score ever, that honor still and will always belong to Ben-Hur!

    • @austinrayder6125
      @austinrayder6125 2 года назад +1

      @@eriksturm7599 Are you kidding? Campbell stunk up the screen. With every line he delivered you could see him trying hard to "act". He was so bad that every time he spoke he broke the 4th wall by reminding viewers they were in a theater watching a movie, rather than sitting in an empty chair in the back of Chin Lee's shop watching the story unfold.

  • @GeorgiaBoy1961
    @GeorgiaBoy1961 2 года назад +29

    The on-screen chemistry between Cogburn, La Boeuf, and Matty Ross is the centerpiece of the 1969 version of "True Grit," and one of the things which makes the film so wonderful. Glenn Campbell did a bang-up job as an actor, especially since he was a newcomer to the field, and his music added much to the film as well. I saw "True Grit" when it first came out - I was eight years old at the time - and the song by that name and the film have remained indelibly joined in memory for all of those years down to today.
    The more-recent version of the story, done in the Jeff Bridges film of 2010, with due respects, just does not measure up.... despite being truer to the Charles Portis novel.

    • @dlighted8861
      @dlighted8861 Год назад +1

      Well said. I like all the actors in the new version but it lacked a great deal.

    • @jameshoran8
      @jameshoran8 Год назад +1

      Wayne wanted Karen Carpenter to play Matty Ross, but producers rejected his request. Wayne did not get along with Kim Darby.

    • @MarkHarrison733
      @MarkHarrison733 Год назад

      Campbell could not act and he ruined the film.

    • @suspendeddisbelief401
      @suspendeddisbelief401 Год назад +5

      ​@@MarkHarrison733 In my opinion, you are absolutely wrong.

  • @azoutlaw7
    @azoutlaw7 2 года назад +4

    Glen Campbell on John Wayne:
    "If he told you the hog weighed 5 pounds you wrapped it up" Fantastic!! Great Americans. I miss you both.

  • @GOOSEYGOOSE9
    @GOOSEYGOOSE9 6 лет назад +130

    Glen Campbell And John Wayne RIP.

    • @markharrison2544
      @markharrison2544 5 лет назад

      Two dead racist Republicans.

    • @82584
      @82584 3 года назад +1

      @@markharrison2544 why watch the video then?

    • @82584
      @82584 3 года назад +1

      @James Henderson I will ask you the same question I asked the other idiot. Why watch the video?

  • @davidgibbs7232
    @davidgibbs7232 6 лет назад +42

    One of the best westerns ever made.Glen did a good job for his first movie.

  • @geoffkrikorian54
    @geoffkrikorian54 3 года назад +5

    Glenn had my favorite line in the movie, "I ain't dead yet you bushwhacker". I've quoted that line many times.

    • @johnbutler1943
      @johnbutler1943 Год назад +1

      Not bad, but the greatest line, “that’s bold talk for a one-eyed fat man”.

  • @bobvocal
    @bobvocal 10 лет назад +77

    One of the finest singer/ guitarist in the world sadly now retired because of his health, he says he wasn't very good at acting, but he underestimates himself in my opinion, plus his song from the title of the movie is superb

  • @destinationunknown5225
    @destinationunknown5225 5 лет назад +61

    These Were Great Times When We Could Still Dream As Kids Unlike Now When We Realize Our Reality and the Hell On this Beautiful Planet..Would Love to Be A Kid Again..;)

    • @stuartbritton7408
      @stuartbritton7408 2 года назад

      A very accurate but terribly (in the grammatical sense) written account of how things have changed.

    • @destinationunknown5225
      @destinationunknown5225 2 года назад

      @@stuartbritton7408 Never Claimed to be a Writer. Dropped out of High school when I was 16 when my Mom died of Cancer. Guess Grammar wasn't important to a 16 year Old who lost his Mom. 😉

  • @tommypetersen2540
    @tommypetersen2540 6 лет назад +112

    One thing people seldom talk about. Glen was an absolute wizard on guitar. The opening riff of Southern Nights is so damn hard to play and he just soars through it.

    • @THE-HammerMan
      @THE-HammerMan 6 лет назад +13

      Tommy Petersen Glen played the lead guitar riffs on "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys too. Toured with them also, playing just off stage where you'd only see his head!
      Glen was a very sought-after guitarist, who played on many albums for many artists.

    • @Bigstooler0
      @Bigstooler0 6 лет назад +9

      He was a member of "The Wrecking Crew" along with Leon Russell and many others. At one point in the 1960's they played on just about every recorded song released then taught the band members how to play them. It was done because it was faster and easier. They were recording professionals.

    • @THE-HammerMan
      @THE-HammerMan 6 лет назад +7

      Bigstooler0 Yessiree, that's right. The only female member was Carol Kaye, who's one of the greatest bass players ever and can be heard on over 10,000 songs! She came up with the opening riffs for Campbell's biggest hit, Wichita Lineman!

    • @mwilliams1330
      @mwilliams1330 5 лет назад +3

      @boo boo Would not make a bet on it for sure. The only thing Jerry was a song writer, so he gets credit there. Glen was simply amazing in taking a song and making it his own. His innovation in every genre of music is legendary.

    • @mwilliams1330
      @mwilliams1330 5 лет назад +4

      @@THE-HammerMan there is a documentary on you tube about her, Simply amazing, she ane the rest of the wrecking crew should be in the Rock HOF, Her work alone deserves recognition.

  • @rita-pk6ut
    @rita-pk6ut 3 года назад +2

    i saw Glen in concert and he talked about Duke, incredible musician he could play so many instruments.

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 2 года назад

      He played with the Beach 🏖️ Boys too.Before Bruce Johnston,I think.

  • @Berkcam
    @Berkcam 9 лет назад +92

    "I'll drag ya thru it" - I'm in tears now

    • @emptyhand777
      @emptyhand777 7 лет назад +16

      That was the Duke, acting was a job and he knew his bosses were his fans. He always gave his fans what they wanted and that is why John Wayne is so well remembered nearly 40 years after his death.

    • @johnmagill3072
      @johnmagill3072 7 лет назад +14

      To this day The Duke is still in Top 10. In a recent poll of most popular movie stars past and present. The Duke placed 7th. Not bad for a guy who's been gone 38 years.

    • @johncross8834
      @johncross8834 6 лет назад +3

      So am I

    •  4 года назад +1

      I still remember the day he passed, he was a great American, regular guy, met him once friends father worked on a couple movies with him, totally an amazing guy.

  • @danieldravot341
    @danieldravot341 2 года назад +42

    He should’ve been proud to be part of what has turned out to be an enduring classic, despite the attempt at a re-make.

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 2 года назад +3

      No remakes should be allowed of anything made by: Sidney Poitier, John Ford, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Myrna Loy, Frederick March, Jane Greer, Lauren Bacall, Vincent Price, Kim Bassinger, Alfred Hitchcock, Marlene Dietrich, Billy Wilder, Faye Dunaway, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Harlow, James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Yul Brynner, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Robert Mitchum, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G Robinson and Bill Cosby.

    • @JcPack
      @JcPack 2 года назад +2

      Yeah i thought the remake was terrible also

    • @marsazorean62
      @marsazorean62 2 года назад +4

      Give me a break.The Coen bros remake was great.

    • @peterfreeman1585
      @peterfreeman1585 2 года назад +1

      @@marsazorean62
      Both movies were great, each treated the story in their own unique way.

    • @jerryleroy9187
      @jerryleroy9187 2 года назад +3

      @@billolsen4360 How about we switch out Bill Cosby for Clint Eastwood shall we.

  • @rockinmranch6895
    @rockinmranch6895 6 лет назад +25

    Glen! You did a great job! Great job! RIP. I for one will miss your guitar and voice.

  • @lionheartroar3104
    @lionheartroar3104 4 года назад +11

    Saw Glen on his farewell tour..this brought tears to my eyes.

  • @horstschulz2245
    @horstschulz2245 5 лет назад +3

    Right now I'm drinking coffee out of a cup i have bought 2012 at the grand canyon. I live in germany. So you could bet John Wayne is honored over here as well too. Besides Glen Campbell, Roy Clark .. etc are too !

  • @ronwallace6273
    @ronwallace6273 5 лет назад +15

    great movie I've watched it 1000 times and will watch it 1000 more before I go , a great movie you never get tired of , this is it RIP John Wayne, glen Campbell

  • @Mksteele747
    @Mksteele747 2 года назад +12

    Glenn Campbell is just one awesome dude. I loved his acting; I thought he was great. That song in the intro is priceless!

  • @vcoaster
    @vcoaster 6 лет назад +23

    Lovely tribute. Thank you Glen. We miss you both.

  • @apal1257
    @apal1257 3 года назад +14

    Glen Campbell was such a great musician and singer.

  • @camickelson
    @camickelson 3 года назад +7

    Love his part in the movie! He, Kim Darby and John Wayne. A Great team!
    GOD bless them.

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 2 года назад +1

      Agreed.Galveston was my fav GC song though I loved them all John Wayne was a mentor to Jan Michael Vincent too.But I wish he hadn't encouraged him to drink.RIP to them all.

  • @nashvilletennessee3194
    @nashvilletennessee3194 5 лет назад +12

    I still get a kick out of how Glen Campbell's speaking voice is so different than his very mature singing voice! Truly a legend in his field as duke was in his!

  • @stevej398
    @stevej398 2 года назад +8

    I’m a big fan of both of them. They are both legends in their own fields! I miss them both. May they both rest In piece!!!🇺🇸✝️🙏🙏🙏🙏✝️🇺🇸

  • @walterkersting6238
    @walterkersting6238 2 года назад +6

    I’ve watched true grit so many times...
    One of the best 100 movies ever.

  • @tommytube268
    @tommytube268 2 года назад +8

    Glen Campbell was a truly gifted singer

  • @desmagennis7830
    @desmagennis7830 2 года назад +7

    Glen Campbell’s voice was just unique….and his acting in true grit was perfect,…I really love that film ….👍

  • @smacdiesel
    @smacdiesel 9 лет назад +62

    Saw this movie in theaters as a little kid, loved Glenn Campbell, great man!

  • @po2313
    @po2313 3 года назад +12

    Such an humble, and underrated man. And a top musician. I miss you Glen and regret I never got to meet you.

  • @milehayes888
    @milehayes888 2 года назад +6

    Great movie and cast Glen Campbell did an awesome job 👏

  • @discoveryman59
    @discoveryman59 4 года назад +7

    What GREAT talented men! I wish we could go back to those GREAT days!

  • @AirstripBum
    @AirstripBum 6 лет назад +6

    Mr. Campbell was just a heck of a nice fellow. Not many like that these days.

  • @karenwilliams8285
    @karenwilliams8285 3 года назад +22

    This was wonderful... both together again in heaven with Glen's angelic voice singing♥️

  • @RichardSpeights
    @RichardSpeights 2 года назад +3

    This is my favorite John Wayne movie. Campbell was wonderful in it.

  • @rosswood5049
    @rosswood5049 2 года назад +3

    So I'm watching this clip and I hear Glen Campbell's voice singing and I start tearing up remembering the seventies that voice is just so synonymous with my past and growing up just kind of caught me off guard

  • @steveriddle313
    @steveriddle313 6 лет назад +14

    Glen Campbell you and John Wayne were True Grit hats off to you my friend God bless

  • @raysmusic49
    @raysmusic49 6 лет назад +26

    Glen was the best.... No one today thats even close to his massive talent.. Saw him live many times...got to meet him back stage at Harrahs Tahoe...

    • @scottcampbell1377xanadu
      @scottcampbell1377xanadu 4 года назад +3

      raysmusic49 one of the greatest talents,still gets to me he has gone and suffered with that wretched illness.

    • @petertimmins6657
      @petertimmins6657 2 года назад

      Roy Clark was Glen Campbell’s equal musically.

  • @slickwillie9526
    @slickwillie9526 2 года назад +3

    One of the kids came across a John Wayne lamp at a yard sale. She asked how much it was and the lady said free if you get that thing out of here. She gave it to me for my birthday, asking if I didn't like it to just throw it away. I treasure it to this day.

  • @simonlunt353
    @simonlunt353 3 года назад +5

    Two of the Greatest men America had and always be Remembered l loved them both l never tire of Watching and listening to these two great men RIP Gentlemen 👏👏👏👏

  • @dcmc7383
    @dcmc7383 2 года назад +3

    I just happened to watch the original True Grit today...and then suddenly, this video is in my RUclips recommendations. Usually, I hate cookies and "big brother." Today, I'm glad to hear what Glen Campbell had to say about the Duke.

  • @Bunnicula71
    @Bunnicula71 3 года назад +8

    There may have never been a more versatile musician.

  • @popscyclep8084
    @popscyclep8084 2 года назад +7

    Two of the very best! Hats off gentlemen!

  • @xiaodanny5288
    @xiaodanny5288 4 года назад +4

    I was 5 years old on a plane riding back home when this old man starting looking and making funny faces and noises at me. Had no idea who he was but my dad did, it was Glenn! I wish I could go back in time and talk to him. He ended up giving me a guitar pick too. Man I miss him..

  • @ms.sonshine8878
    @ms.sonshine8878 3 года назад +4

    Funny guy. RIP Campbell & Wayne, you both are missed.

  • @gildenstorf
    @gildenstorf 4 года назад +6

    Unlike the rest of the internet world, I love both versions of True Grit.

  • @madeleine8977
    @madeleine8977 4 года назад +34

    Oh my gosh, I miss John Wayne. He was a real man who said what he thought and did what he thought was right. I loved that and I admired him.

    • @adamtarleton1537
      @adamtarleton1537 2 года назад +2

      He was also never pretentious, always grateful and infailingly kind to his fans.

    • @southerneruk
      @southerneruk 2 года назад +1

      It all depend on what colour your skin was, and what was your politics and religion, If you had a white Northern European background and are a Capitalist and a Christian. To him you was ok

    • @morganlewis2667
      @morganlewis2667 2 года назад +1

      I reckon cheating on 3 wives and sidestepping WW2 was what he thought was right then.

    • @thomast8539
      @thomast8539 2 года назад +3

      @@morganlewis2667 Well, I cannot argue being faithful to your spouse...but, did it ever occur to you that he tried to join the military during WW2, but he was denied? I am not saying it is a fact, but don't you find it strange that they never put him in a uniform when nearly everyone was in one at that time? I still think that he had some kind of embarrassing medical condition that kept him out and it was better for him to be labeled a coward by folks like you, than to admit that he had something physically wrong. Makes a lot more sense than just "sidestepping WW2". Maybe it will come out one day.

    • @southerneruk
      @southerneruk 2 года назад +1

      It had come out, he used Rockefeller who is a major owner in the filming industry to get him out of ever being conscript into the Arm Forces

  • @travelinben1966
    @travelinben1966 4 года назад +3

    R.I.P. Glenn,the likes of you will never pass this way again.👏👏👏👏

  • @ronmalstaff2595
    @ronmalstaff2595 11 месяцев назад +1

    Glen spoke from the heart. He recognized a true movie icon and appreciated having the opportunity to work with John Wayne. Glen's humility makes him a legend.

  • @BelloBudo007
    @BelloBudo007 6 лет назад +5

    Kind words from the famous Glen Campbell about an absolute mega star.

  • @JACKnJESUS
    @JACKnJESUS 6 лет назад +12

    "If he told you the hog weighed 5 lbs...you wrapped it up." Great line off the cuff.

  • @TheGlenfish
    @TheGlenfish 7 лет назад +15

    Glen is a great
    entertainer our memories of him will always live on

  • @TheMischief9
    @TheMischief9 2 года назад +137

    I though Glen was pretty darn good in True Grit , the whole cast was .

    • @brickmason4410
      @brickmason4410 2 года назад +9

      I agree 100%.. the best movie....

    • @lawrieflowers8314
      @lawrieflowers8314 2 года назад +9

      For somebody who hadn't acted before, he did an amazing job!

    • @guaporeturns9472
      @guaporeturns9472 2 года назад +3

      For sure

    • @genepoolbooboo
      @genepoolbooboo 2 года назад +7

      I have to admit Glen Campbell had to grow on me watching it several times through the years. Right now, I wouldn’t change anything about the movie. Love Glen Campbell and John Wayne. That theme song, priceless!

    • @brickmason4410
      @brickmason4410 2 года назад +4

      @@genepoolbooboo it's priceless.. great song..

  • @chipps1066
    @chipps1066 2 года назад +6

    RIP to both great artist who teamed up and made a great movie!

  • @diane8215
    @diane8215 6 лет назад +31

    Glen likes to put himself down about his acting in interviews about True Grit. I think he did a good job in his role. And he certainly is nice to look at.

    • @billmelton5528
      @billmelton5528 2 года назад

      Diane Have you seen the picture of GC standing next to ELVIS taken in 1970? Elvis is taller and way better looking.

  • @diane8215
    @diane8215 6 лет назад +6

    I really enjoyed the movie with Glen in it. That singing is so smooth.

  • @280StJohnsPl
    @280StJohnsPl 10 лет назад +48

    Glen Campbell was great in True Grit....how could anyone fault his part as "le Beef' !

    • @gildenstorf
      @gildenstorf 4 года назад

      Texican!

    • @dukeman7595
      @dukeman7595 4 года назад +1

      @James Henderson Well he did a good job in True Grit pilgrim..

  • @fullstrutn
    @fullstrutn 6 лет назад +20

    I wish I could have told you to your face Mr. Campbell you didn't ''look so bad'' One of my favorite movies of all time

  • @hipfilms
    @hipfilms 7 лет назад +12

    I was there at the tribute, it was very special. They played this video and a few others, plus a lot of other actors from his movies were there.

  • @georgewhiplemyerjr.9165
    @georgewhiplemyerjr.9165 6 лет назад +7

    RIP to both of them. The World will never be the same now that they are gone😢😢😢😢😢

  • @adamtarleton1537
    @adamtarleton1537 2 года назад +37

    Since we're talking about True Grit, I'd like to cite the talents of Strother Martin. Most of his roles were short, but he never failed to deliver (Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, Up In Smoke).

    • @thomast8539
      @thomast8539 2 года назад +6

      He did his best, but there was no way he was gonna come out on top in those negotiations with Maddie...especially since she always kept Lawyer Daggett at the ready.

    • @osceolaassassin3188
      @osceolaassassin3188 2 года назад +1

      "The Finklestein shit kid! Son of a bitch!!!!!"

    • @danielbass2895
      @danielbass2895 2 года назад +3

      Also in 'Hard Times' with Bronson. Strother is one of my favorites.

    • @localcrew
      @localcrew 2 года назад

      Don’t forget the most favorite film of Paul Newman’s that he was ever in (true story) - “Slap Shot”.

    • @bettinahansen7630
      @bettinahansen7630 2 года назад +1

      @@danielbass2895 also in "Shenandoah" with jimmy stewart, one of my favorite movies!

  • @ALSmith-zz4yy
    @ALSmith-zz4yy 2 года назад +13

    "I've never acted before."
    Well singing is acting, in a way, so he had a head start over most people in their first role.

  • @halbennett6256
    @halbennett6256 10 лет назад +35

    I have been right where True Grit was made, in and around Ridgway, Colorado. One of the most beautiful mountainous areas, surely, in the country. We painted pictures of the mountains for two weeks. Have you ever noticed that John Wayne seems to have made a point of doing his movies in beautiful places of the West like that?

    • @joaquinmisajr.1215
      @joaquinmisajr.1215 5 лет назад

      Hal Bennett ... yes, but did he not get his cancer from location shoots where nuclear testing was done? Beautiful and dangerous land stolen from the natives?

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 2 года назад

      I saw the area last year. Pretty as ever.

    • @ToyKingWonder
      @ToyKingWonder 2 года назад +4

      @@joaquinmisajr.1215 Who had stolen it from some other tribe, over and over and over and over......

    • @danielbass2895
      @danielbass2895 2 года назад +2

      He probably got that from John Ford, who was a wizard at shooting in beautiful locations and making them a breathtaking part of the film.

  • @1alphared
    @1alphared 6 лет назад +5

    Thank you, Glen Cambell, for bringing joy into our hearts. RIP

  • @josephking5411
    @josephking5411 4 года назад +4

    I was watching the Oscar awards the night that John Wayne won for True Grit. He was a presenter early on in the proceedings, and he concluded by saying, "If I don't see you later tonight, then I'll see you at the movies." Having enjoyed the book and looked and re-looked at Glen Campbell's performance, I say that he was great in the role. The only other person I'd even consider to play the Texan is L.Q. Jones.

  • @roseipk
    @roseipk 11 лет назад +4

    I spend a lot of my life driving around Campbell country in NW Scotland listening to Glen Campbell....somehow it feels right...maybe that is where he feels he belongs. A truly great guy.

  • @stevegentry8794
    @stevegentry8794 6 лет назад +11

    True Grit, the perfect western with some of Hollywood's best. R.I.P. Glen Campbell.

  • @musicfanhawk4523
    @musicfanhawk4523 6 лет назад +8

    He sure has a sense of humor!! Neat clip of him talking about the movie, made me laugh!

  • @robertphillips3078
    @robertphillips3078 2 года назад +3

    Gr8 Movie with John Wayne & Glen Cambell. Awesome guitarist & singer 🤣😂😁👍👌

  • @nightowl5475
    @nightowl5475 5 лет назад +5

    I saw True Grit when I was 6 years old in the movie theater. My grandmother took me to see it. She loved The Duke and that movie made me love the Duke too. We also loved Glen Campbell. We would love watching his Goodtime Hour. He was very popular in those days and he had a bunch of hits they would play on the radio too. He was a good looking guy to boot. We loved Glen Campbell’s performance in True Grit. I hated the part when he got killed in the movie trying to save Rooster and the girl from the snakes in the pit. I remember, my grandmother bought the Glen Campbell theme song to True Grit. That was a big hit and it was selling like hot cakes on the small 45 labels. Glen was a great guy and we loved him. I recently saw his movie with his wife and kids. My heart goes out to his family. It was sad watching the movie and I felt sad for his family. It’s a shame how old age takes us all. I have so many good memories growing up in the late 60’s and 70’s. Now a days, Glen, John Wayne and even my grandparents are all gone. But the wonderful memories stay with me of the good times I had growing up in a time when the music was really good, we had really good actors like John Wayne back then, I know people will say when we think of our childhood, we have rose colored glasses on. There were problems with the Vietnam war going on, but when your a kid, you don’t understand all that and you only have good memories of your family and your childhood. Without getting to sentimental, I would say that for me, the 70’s were a better time because the Great generation of World War 2, my grandparents were alive back then in their 50’s. They made growing up much better. Their ethics, traditions and down right guts made a great impression on me. Today, kids don’t have role models like John Wayne, the music today actually is toxic on the kids; and they don’t even realize it. They grow up confused not even clearly understanding the gender roles of either sex. A once great country that we had is slowly demoralized and is imploding from within. We have lost our way and I blame the media for that demoralization. Liberalism has systematically destroyed a once great & powerful country. Check out on You Tube, KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov warning to America. It’s true. I’m not too heavy on religion but the first thing the media and liberals try to attack is religion. After that, they chip away at everything else down to manhood all the way to breaking up the family. It takes a few generations but slowly but surely, the nucleus of the family is gone. That is the backbone of a country. They have destroyed the black families with welfare. Need I say more. Take a look at the progression from 1950 to now. Research it yourself and reach your own conclusions.

  • @MrSkegman
    @MrSkegman 8 лет назад +26

    Glen you have class!

  • @davidryan1295
    @davidryan1295 5 лет назад +7

    Quite a life. Hit songs. A member of the Beach Boys. John Wayne's sidekick.

    • @Mr5thWave
      @Mr5thWave 3 года назад

      Plus Wrecking Crew and TV show...dang, what a resume.

  • @trwent
    @trwent 10 лет назад +189

    Glen Campbell caught so much grief for his performance in this film but I thought his performance was just fine.
    I think a lot of that came from actors who resented the hell out of a novice actor being chosen for the part over someone with more experience.

    • @steverakes6182
      @steverakes6182 6 лет назад +30

      The Duke made the right choice.

    • @WDRowlett
      @WDRowlett 6 лет назад +12

      I agree. Glen Campbell looked ok to me as an actor. And Duke knew his chops. It's not hard to act. Just get out there and do it. And have those guys behind the cameras make sure you can read your lines.

    • @pooh44100
      @pooh44100 6 лет назад +12

      His performance was great and after all these years I still remember all the words to that beautiful song..

    • @johnnyllooddte3415
      @johnnyllooddte3415 6 лет назад +14

      great actor, great singer,, great man

    • @Bigstooler0
      @Bigstooler0 6 лет назад +4

      He was terrible

  • @thelastjohnwayne
    @thelastjohnwayne 2 года назад +4

    And now they are both gone. But not forgotten by their true fans

  • @longgrayline8055
    @longgrayline8055 2 года назад +1

    Hell of a movie. Everyone in it was excellent and the young lady was out of this world. She was years beyond her age with her performance...

  • @sandymerimee4700
    @sandymerimee4700 9 лет назад +7

    Carl P. Wathen was such a fan of John Wayne's... Brings tears to my eyes! We named our first born son after him. Johnathan Wayne Wathen..

    • @jonathanwilkinson1461
      @jonathanwilkinson1461 9 лет назад

      Sandy Merimee One legend talks about another. Btw: great first name for the bairn Sandy!

  • @christhompson3750
    @christhompson3750 2 года назад +3

    Saw some of the locations they shot True Grit while living in Colorado. Ridgway, Owl Creek Pass and Last Dollar Road where the Ross ranch house stands. Loved going off-roading in the mountains.

  • @theironclads
    @theironclads 10 лет назад +4

    Reputedly Elvis was considered for the part of the Texas Ranger that Glen played in True Grit. Imagine that. The Duke & The King appearing in a western classic movie together.

  • @tc7268
    @tc7268 2 года назад +2

    I’ve been there twice where they filmed True Grit it’s a special and Beautiful Place

  • @rorygay7284
    @rorygay7284 2 года назад +2

    Thanks glen for the kind words about John wayne. I agree with you. Pretty good impression of john wayne, too.

  • @danabogue1804
    @danabogue1804 Год назад +1

    " that's brave talk for a one eyed fat man" I absolutely loved that movie! Glen Campbell did himself proud!

  • @dabneyoffermein595
    @dabneyoffermein595 2 года назад +8

    Glen wasn't too far gone as far as his memory at this point. probably had about 75% which was just great to see. I've seen other videos where he was much more deteriorated than this seemingly around the same time (same hair, same face, same voice). To think that he was even alive in 2011 is just fantastic knowing his heyday was so long ago and he was part of such a great era of music as a session musician.

    • @Bumpyi64
      @Bumpyi64 2 года назад

      What?!? I mean...time moves different for "youngsters' but - 1969 was not all that long ago, especially in 2011 i.e. IF Mr. Cambellwas 30-years-old in 1969 he would have been aged 72...< That age is hardly a death sentence if God smiles upon you. > 😁

  • @drake5111
    @drake5111 4 года назад +11

    It amazes me how quickly this disease progresses. with in a relatively short time he was incapacitated. I was not a huge fan, but you could not help but be impressed by his long career.

    • @stuartbritton7408
      @stuartbritton7408 2 года назад +1

      I think the doctors help to worsen the disease more quickly. The medicine (mostly poisons) they prescribe rely on our compliance.

  • @juan58102
    @juan58102 10 лет назад +2

    Really what a video... Greetings from Arica Chile

  • @brucekuehn4031
    @brucekuehn4031 2 года назад +30

    There will come a time when there won’t be anyone alive that can talk about working with John Wayne. Two actors from The Godfather were in Duke pictures - Robert Duvall is 90 and James Caan is 81. Bruce Dern (also a Gunsmoke bad guy) is 85. I suppose there may be different opinions, but John Wayne was a professional from the old school and got his first leading role in 1930 on The Big Trail. He is what can rightfully be called a Screen Icon.

    • @brucekuehn4031
      @brucekuehn4031 2 года назад +5

      Later - I was thinking - what about Kim Darby from True Grit? She is 74.
      Duke’s final picture was The Shootist (1976) where a young adult Ron Howard had a big role. He is a big time producer/director now and 67 years old.

    • @sascotttx5145
      @sascotttx5145 2 года назад +3

      Since you mentioned Gunsmoke .... a lot of people are unaware that John Wayne was offered the Matt Dillon role in the series, but he turned it down. He was afraid it would lead to him being typecast as a cowboy.

    • @MTknitter22
      @MTknitter22 2 года назад +2

      Yes @Bruce Kuehn, and John Wayne and Glen Campbell are beloved Americans all over this world and always will be.

    • @MTknitter22
      @MTknitter22 2 года назад +3

      @@sascotttx5145 Actually he said as well that he simply felt that the guy who ended up playing Matt Dillon just might be perfect for it and WAYNE was 100% right. He was never worried about being typecast as a cowboy. He loved his image.

    • @sascotttx5145
      @sascotttx5145 2 года назад

      @@MTknitter22 Well, Little Lady, that would make either you, or me, or John Wayne a liar, and It's not me.

  • @dpetrano
    @dpetrano 11 лет назад +4

    He does a brilliant impression of John Wayne.

  • @cobaltace62
    @cobaltace62 8 лет назад +48

    When The Duke died, America died a little.

    • @johnmagill3072
      @johnmagill3072 7 лет назад +7

      When John Wayne Died a Japanese Newspaper, Cant recall right now which one. In big bold print as the headline. MR AMERICA DIES.

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 6 лет назад +7

      Yes. When Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell died. A part of all of us died. When Clint Eastwood and Sean Connery go, that's the last of the larger than life stars.

    • @user-vt1ix6tn8f
      @user-vt1ix6tn8f 6 лет назад +4

      cobaltace62 I remember when the news reported John Wayne had cancer. Then he passed way and everyone grieved. John Wayne was remembered as a Great American. He will always be my favorite Actor and role model.

    • @carloscasillero4422
      @carloscasillero4422 6 лет назад

      cobaltace62 America has always been a bit dead! RIP glen

    • @GeorgiaBoy1961
      @GeorgiaBoy1961 6 лет назад

      And when Glen Campbell died, we lost a little more....

  • @stonesinmyblood27
    @stonesinmyblood27 4 года назад +3

    I’ll tell you all Glen Campbell was hugely popular when True Grit was made

  • @gogadgo
    @gogadgo 2 года назад +1

    I watched this yesterday for the fourth time this month on The Grit Channel

  • @patriciaannking8601
    @patriciaannking8601 2 года назад +3

    I loved Glen Campbell and the entire 1969 cast in TG. That he died in the film was very sad. Interesting how allegiances between the 3 changed when Kim Darby (Mattie) tended to GC's injured hand and showed care. She continued to direct the care when they arrived with the 4 bodies in tow. Insisted the 'Indian' wash his hands before touching GC's hand. The comedic touches definitely lightened the tone of the movie. General Sterling Price was a definite positive asset. Enjoy seeing this film from time to time. In the 2010 TG film the GC character lives and an older Mattie does bury Cogburn in her family plot. I prefer this ending, but it's missing the 3 main characters of the original film. Can't have it all even in the movies.

  • @northwestprof60
    @northwestprof60 2 года назад +2

    Nice man, Great Singer. What more could anyone want?

  • @DANTHETUBEMAN
    @DANTHETUBEMAN Год назад

    Glen brought in the unactorness, the believability , the everymanness to the movie. and he did a great job of acting. 😊

  • @PatrickOCnMD
    @PatrickOCnMD Год назад +1

    Truly John Wayne was bigger than life. No bigger male star ever graced the silver screen. A tree legend.

  • @detch01
    @detch01 7 месяцев назад

    True Grit is one of my favorite movies. You would never know Glen Campbell had never acted before - he did a great job with his character - a very talented man.