If you want an example of how humble Demme was the acceptance speech, from his clear nervousness to his praise of the then crumbling Orion Pictures, is a perfect example. A well deserved win.RIP.
A year later Orion was re-opened to make great movies starting with 1993's Posse. Four years later, it was now purchased by both Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1997.
I agree, but his performance was quite short, in terms of on-screen time. Still managed to create one of the most iconic film characters, though, Ted Levine is a hugely underrated actor.
To everyone who's criticizing this speech, he didn't expect to win. And when he did win, he was nervous. He thanked those who came to his head, probably just had a vague idea of who he'd thank if he did win, but when he got up there, he didn't know how to say it, especially since he wanted to think not just the actors, but the people behind the film and the studio, which was going through bankruptcy, so he wanted to say something about them, and then to mention the new directors that came onto the seen just recently. As a result he says "Uh... um.... uh... oh..." a lot. He said a lot more than he anticipated as he didn't think he'd win.
It did after Orion Pictures was re-folded & re-named into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1997 under Sony Pictures Entertainment and then to mention the new group of filmmakers such as Jodie Foster, Julie Dash, Ernest R. Dickerson, John Singleton, Christine Lahti, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Weller among others that came onto seen recently.
This guy made history in cinema. The first and only horror movie to win Oscars so far, and one of the few movies to sweep the Oscar on the 5 main categories. Gonna miss you Jonathan❤️ R.I.P
Possibly my favorite movie of all time. And I was just watching "Philadelphia" for the umpteenth time a few days ago. I also love "Married to the Mob" and "Rachel Getting Married". Never actually saw this speech. Adorable. R.I.P. Jonathan Demme. A great loss for cinema and humanity.
What an AMAZING year for directing! John Singleton, Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott, and of course, the best of them all, Jonathan Demme (I'm not familiar with Barry Levinson, but I'm sure he's great). So outstanding!
I have to say: the best acceptance speech ever, because I have been in Mr. Demme's shoes in terms of speaking in front of an audience and feeling nervous. Watching him was like watching myself perform, so I identify with his nerves at the time.
Only acceptance speech I have ever seen by a director where he manages to thank all of the important people on a film without a miss and also acknowledges his fellow nominees. Great speech. Nowadays music will be played regularly in an attempt to bleep his words out...
Agreed. Rachel Getting Married was absolutely wonderful. One of my all-time favorite American family dramas. Anne Hathaway deserved the Oscar,. Rosemarie Dewitt, Debra Winger ( nice comeback role ) and Bill Irwin deserved Oscar nominations.
One of the few people at Disney was Miss Elaine Wilkes. And joining her were the real life Grammy winning married couple Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo who wrote the best song from October 1982: "Get Nervous" as well as the real life husband and wife married couple Philip Charles MacKenzie and Alison MacKenzie who wrote some books about giving people need a big break from all of those situations. For example, take a break from the US to live in Italy for years to come. That's what Alison MacKenzie and her son, Wil Harris did leave the US and enjoy traveling to Italy in their spare time like playing classical orchestras and instruments from around the world.
The fact that he mentioned Ted Levine (whose remarkable performance as Buffalo Bill always gets overshadowed by Anthony's) and Brooke Smith (who played Catherine Martin and was NOT an actress) shows just the amount of respect and admiration he had for his co workers. He left us too early. RIP mr. Demme, who made us love the word "lamb" a little more.
What an amazing director. I can't think of a movie he's made that I don't love in some way. Even when he fumbled, his love of movies was right there onscreen.
There were some great nominees in this year for Best Director. After seeing "Silence..." take the Oscar for Best Actress, Actor, (and later Picture); there was no doubt that it was going to win Best Director.
To one of the greatest in film making, Jonathan Demme greatest strength is capturing the personalities of their characters and gave them body and soul. I frankly don't remember any directors who had this type of skill that could pull the right strings whether being fear or sorrow. Thank you John...you are still one of my favorite directors from the 20th century. We shall meet again. RIP
1991 to 1995 was the peak of movies directing acting look at the nominees those years demme did back to back amazing films he made Philadelphia a year later where he had two men win best actor in a row great director who used to make comedies he's a cool guy in he casts always the sane supporting character actors
Demme was a great director. He did good in Something Wild and Married to the Mob as well. Not just Silence of the Lambs or Philadelphia but The Manchurian Candidate as well
The IMDB trivia page said John Singleton looked visibly angry when he lost, but it really doesn't look that way. It looks like he's giving him the "Ada-boy!" as they announced Jonathan Demme.
Kevin Costner received his nominations for Dances With Wolves less than a week before The Silence of the Lambs was released. There hasn't been a Best Picture winner since to have been released that early
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RIP Jonathan Demme and John Singleton.
Legit the two front runners IMHO
@@piemanpie2424 definitely
And Laurence fishburn
Masterful director. Thank you Mr. Demme for bringing us such great films. Rest in peace.
John shoulda won I bet you if it was poetic justice he woulda won
If you want an example of how humble Demme was the acceptance speech, from his clear nervousness to his praise of the then crumbling Orion Pictures, is a perfect example. A well deserved win.RIP.
A year later Orion was re-opened to make great movies starting with 1993's Posse.
Four years later, it was now purchased by both Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Sony
Pictures Entertainment in 1997.
I'm so glad he mentioned Ted Levine who should have been nominated for best supporting actor.
my theory .. his work was too much too scary , like andrew robinson dirty harry
Ted's performance is one for the books. He was too good.
Would you nominate me? I'd nominate me. I'd nominate me SO HARD.
So true
I agree, but his performance was quite short, in terms of on-screen time. Still managed to create one of the most iconic film characters, though, Ted Levine is a hugely underrated actor.
Demme's direction was absolutely perfect
R.I.P. Jonathan Demme. :(
God Red Him.
areasevenpro And now John Singleton
Rip Mr Demme. The silence of the lambs will always be a favorite of mine
The Silence of the Lambs has great directing.
+jwelch5742
yeah thats why it won the oscar
He sadly left us.
Its a perfect film, great in every single aspect
Everything about silence is great it's quite possibly the most perfect film
@@siddharthnaagar7028 my favourite film of all time
Jonathan Demme (1944-2017). RIP.
He is so sincere about what he's saying
The most rightfully deserved Oscar for any category, ever. Thank you for giving us "Silence of the lambs".
The most OVERRATED film ever made
@@darrylgaines2540 SHUT THE FUCK UP MENN!!! UR FAV MOVIE MUST BE AVENGERS INFINITY WAR right?
@@darrylgaines2540 Maybe we can meet together. I got a great "KIANTI" here ;-)
@@andrur6108 actually it’s Network followed by Raging Bull then The Magnificent Ambersons
@@s.oliver5357 in the words of Sue Mengers...I’ll eat you last
One of the best movies ever. RIP, Jonathan Demme.
R.I.P Jonathan Demme
1944-2017
A Incredibly Talented Storyteller.
John Singleton was 24 years then. Is awesome!
Johan David he was 21-22
Greatest film ever made. This film means so much to me. And Demme seems like one of the sweetest and most humble people ever. God rest his soul
Uh no. It was not. 😂
@@ezequielaguilar7651huh? It's just my opinion, and as I said this movie meant a lot to me...also just giving praise to the late, great Jonathan D
Oh I forgot the 😂 emogis....
Jonathan Demme just passed away today at the age of 73. R.I.P Jonathan Demme 1944-2017.
Rest In Peace Jonathan Demme. You will be terribly missed.
To everyone who's criticizing this speech, he didn't expect to win. And when he did win, he was nervous. He thanked those who came to his head, probably just had a vague idea of who he'd thank if he did win, but when he got up there, he didn't know how to say it, especially since he wanted to think not just the actors, but the people behind the film and the studio, which was going through bankruptcy, so he wanted to say something about them, and then to mention the new directors that came onto the seen just recently. As a result he says "Uh... um.... uh... oh..." a lot. He said a lot more than he anticipated as he didn't think he'd win.
Thank you. Anyone who made fun of him can try giving a speech in front of a few thousand and millions on TV. See how they do.
It did after Orion Pictures was re-folded & re-named into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1997 under
Sony Pictures Entertainment and then to mention the new group of filmmakers such as
Jodie Foster, Julie Dash, Ernest R. Dickerson, John Singleton, Christine Lahti, Jeff Goldblum,
Peter Weller among others that came onto seen recently.
R.I.P. He was a great director and man! :( You'll be never forgotten!
Rest In Peace John Singleton.
Oh wow, what a speech! You can just *tell* that he was a good person.
This guy made history in cinema. The first and only horror movie to win Oscars so far, and one of the few movies to sweep the Oscar on the 5 main categories. Gonna miss you Jonathan❤️ R.I.P
You mean to win best picture
SOTL is more of a psychological thriller
Poor guy, seems really nervous. He really deserved it though. I have found his direction to be very influential.
The way he uses the camera and framing in Silence of the Lambs is just second-to-none.
finally someone mentiones ted levine!:)
the reason the studio submitted hopkins as leading actor they wanted levine to be supp nom
It’s a shame he wasn’t nominated for Best Supporting Actor, he so deserved it
He should've been nominated.
I’m totally shocked! This news is really much too sudden. Rest in peace, Jonathan Demme.
I love this. Genuine emotion, great speech. Well deserved! ❤️ May he rest in peace.
Possibly my favorite movie of all time. And I was just watching "Philadelphia" for the umpteenth time a few days ago. I also love "Married to the Mob" and "Rachel Getting Married". Never actually saw this speech. Adorable. R.I.P. Jonathan Demme. A great loss for cinema and humanity.
God Bless Johnathon Demme. Amazing film maker and beautiful soul.
Gosh, he was nervous!
Ofc he was, it’s not common for a movie like The Silence of The Lambs to win an Oscar
I know right!
RIP Jonathan Demme
Easily the most sincere and one of the warmest speeches I ever saw. Genuine. God bless him.Navid
R.I.P Jonathan. Thank you for giving us many many great movies!
Came here after finding out he passed away. Thank you Jonathan for giving us this intense suspenseful thriller. Enjoy the Fava beans in heaven.
RIP Jonathan Demme (February 22, 1944 - April 26, 2017), aged 73
You will be remembered as a legend.
We now lost two of these nominees. :’(
What an AMAZING year for directing! John Singleton, Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott, and of course, the best of them all, Jonathan Demme (I'm not familiar with Barry Levinson, but I'm sure he's great). So outstanding!
Barry Levinson directed the 1988 film "Rainman" with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise if you've ever heard of it
@@turtletank4784 We did because he won a 1989 best directing Oscar.
John Singleton's reaction.
I have to say: the best acceptance speech ever, because I have been in Mr. Demme's shoes in terms of speaking in front of an audience and feeling nervous. Watching him was like watching myself perform, so I identify with his nerves at the time.
We still love you, Jonny! :)
Rest In peace Jonathan Demme Thank You For An Instant Classic.
What an incredible speech.
Only acceptance speech I have ever seen by a director where he manages to thank all of the important people on a film without a miss and also acknowledges his fellow nominees. Great speech. Nowadays music will be played regularly in an attempt to bleep his words out...
Well deserved...great movie!!
nope John shoulda won
Ted Levine should have been nominated for Oscar as best supporting actor.
I agree.
I agree but it would be too controversial to the academy
True, Emily.@@esmintexas
John Singleton deserves a Oscar for making and direct the best movie ever.RIP John Singleton.
R.I.P. Jonathan Demme.
Rest in Peace Mr. Demme.
Mr. Demme was a fine director. He's so nervous and stuttering here. Always write a speech!
He knew he wasn’t supposed to win. That’s why he didn’t write one.
What a great year that was for directors! All excellent masters of their trade in 1991.
Rest in Peace Jonathan. Time to watch your entire filmography.
RIP Jonathan Demme and John Singleton
R.I.P. Jonathan Demme... and now John Singleton
Jonathan Demme Rest In Peace.
Just found out what happened.. such a shame he was amazing at what he did. RIP
Rest in Peace, JD.
Tak Fuji Cinematography on SOTL is truly remarkable. *A masterclass in subjective camera*
we will miss you :(( rip jonathan demme ♡
Rest In Peace, Mr. Jonathan Demme
They don't give this much time for acceptance speech nowadays, do they?
Nope they only give you 60 seconds, unless you want to make political statements a virtue signaling, in which case you get all the time you need.
Back in the day when people had an attention span longer than 45 seconds.
RIP Jon Demme. Such great great works!
Agreed. Rachel Getting Married was absolutely wonderful. One of my all-time favorite American family dramas. Anne Hathaway deserved the Oscar,. Rosemarie Dewitt, Debra Winger ( nice comeback role ) and Bill Irwin deserved Oscar nominations.
I absolutely love that they play the movies theme song when they win!
RIP. Great Director.
The voice of Kevin is so cool
I think that year was very very close, happy that SILENCE won all BIG 5.
I have been waiting for this video my whole life. Thank you Academy ^_^
RIP Johnathon demme (1944-2017)
Great group of nominees
Poor sweet man was so nervous. He seems so sincere.
Give him a break. He just won the best possible award imaginable in his career. If you just won an Oscar, you'd be nervous too.
One of the few people at Disney was Miss Elaine Wilkes. And joining her were the real life Grammy
winning married couple Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo who wrote the best song from October 1982:
"Get Nervous" as well as the real life husband and wife married couple Philip Charles MacKenzie
and Alison MacKenzie who wrote some books about giving people need a big break from all of
those situations. For example, take a break from the US to live in Italy for years to come. That's what Alison
MacKenzie and her son, Wil Harris did leave the US and enjoy traveling to Italy in their spare time
like playing classical orchestras and instruments from around the world.
The fact that he mentioned Ted Levine (whose remarkable performance as Buffalo Bill always gets overshadowed by Anthony's) and Brooke Smith (who played Catherine Martin and was NOT an actress) shows just the amount of respect and admiration he had for his co workers. He left us too early. RIP mr. Demme, who made us love the word "lamb" a little more.
R.I.P Jonathan Demme
Thank you Mr. Demme for your work
What an amazing director. I can't think of a movie he's made that I don't love in some way. Even when he fumbled, his love of movies was right there onscreen.
There were some great nominees in this year for Best Director. After seeing "Silence..." take the Oscar for Best Actress, Actor, (and later Picture); there was no doubt that it was going to win Best Director.
To one of the greatest in film making, Jonathan Demme greatest strength is capturing the personalities of their characters and gave them body and soul. I frankly don't remember any directors who had this type of skill that could pull the right strings whether being fear or sorrow.
Thank you John...you are still one of my favorite directors from the 20th century. We shall meet again.
RIP
1991 to 1995 was the peak of movies directing acting look at the nominees those years demme did back to back amazing films he made Philadelphia a year later where he had two men win best actor in a row great director who used to make comedies he's a cool guy in he casts always the sane supporting character actors
Demme was a great director. He did good in Something Wild and Married to the Mob as well. Not just Silence of the Lambs or Philadelphia but The Manchurian Candidate as well
R.I.P JONATHAN demme
R.I.P such a master
Descanse em Paz grande diretor.
RIP Good sir.
No Cpostner was the winning director for 90 (Dances With Wolves) and since he is also a star he presented the directing award.
He was so earnest. God rest.
rip Jonathan Demme you were the best movie director of all time.
Kubrick, Kurosawa, Tarkovsky, Bergman, Welles?
I know the spotlight was on Hopkins and Foster for Silence of the Lambs, but Ted Levine was amazing!
All those close ups...
Great filmaker🙏
He was so humble
Oh how we miss you 🌟
The IMDB trivia page said John Singleton looked visibly angry when he lost, but it really doesn't look that way. It looks like he's giving him the "Ada-boy!" as they announced Jonathan Demme.
RIP it’s sad this doesn’t have more views
Kevin Costner received his nominations for Dances With Wolves less than a week before The Silence of the Lambs was released. There hasn't been a Best Picture winner since to have been released that early
so awkward and awesome and thorough and real!!
He won, among other causes,because what he did is unrepeateable.
You cannot remake this film believing you can improve it.
Kevin Costner presented this award because he won it (and best picture) in the previous year.
Waterworld?
@@mark83175 Dances With Wolves..
@@Rsean27 Toe Chunga does Dance with Wolves. As well as the devil in the pale moon light..
@@Rsean27 A TIG Production, released by Orion (1990-1991) & MGM (1991-present).
Damn that’s a lot of great movies that year
RIP my friend 😯
I've been a fan of his since "Stop Making Sense." He is a marvel.
In my opinion Costner should have announced his director of "JFK" won for Best Director.
RIP Jonathan Demme who passed away aged 73 today after Complications from esophageal cancer and heart disease. RIP Legend! 😢😢😢📽️🎞️🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 = 👺🐏🐑
One of the best