Peter Finch Wins Best Actor: 1977 Oscars
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Paddy Chayefsky and Eletha Finch accepting the Best Actor Oscar® on behalf of the late Peter Finch for his performance in Network. Presented by Liv Ullmann at the 49th Academy Awards® in 1977.
Very classy of Paddy to have Peter's widow accept the award. I am in tears.😭
Producers didn't want to able widow's Finch to receive The award, but Paddy fuck them.
You know! Many years ago I visited the Forever Hollywood Cemetery and found his niche in the Wall Mausoleum! He was an excellent actor gone to soon!
Yes.
Well, it may have been classy, but what he did didn't REQUIRE class. It was just the thing to do.
Wow... what a year... Taxi Driver, Rocky and Network... nuts.
What about all the president's men.
Tough competition. What a year.
@@letty4558 I'd say it's one of the best years ever when it comes to top movies all in contention for the Best Picture Oscar.
Yep, some years there should be two or three awards and others none.
@@yewisemountaingoat528 1994
Peter Finch deserved this Award. How Beautiful Paddy invited Mrs. Finch UP. This was quite moving.
THE LATE PETER PINCH
E Kop *FINCH, you idiot.
This was not only moving, but also beautiful!😎
@ufospeech - that's what we call civility
CIVILITY, CLASS, HUMANITY, DECENCY, RESPECT....R E S P E C T!!!
The late Alan Rickman said it best: Actors don't win Oscars, roles do. That said, Finch had a smaller role, but he had THE role. Similar to what happened when Hopkins won for Silence of the Lambs.
@Gatto Di Ossa you stll have to do it with class imagine stallone with his role...
Yeah so did Geoffrey Rush in Shine.. and Beatrice Straight only performed for 5 minutes in Network it is said..
It's all a Homecoming court.
sympathy vote
@@kiyo6211 In this case, I do not think so. Finch had a fantastic role, played it wonderfully and probably would have won anyway and that role has proven to be just as important today as it was then to those of us paying attention.
His wife was elegant and beautiful...such a moving acceptance speech.
I've hesitated seeing this until now- but what an amazing gesture on Chayevsky's part to extend the courtesy to his widow, and her speech accepting it for a phenomenal performance he gave in Network. WOW.
+outinsider Sidney Lumet's first choice for the Faye Dunaway role in Network was
Vanessa Redgrave. Paddy Chayefsky refused to cast her because he
disagreed with her politics. Lumet asked was that blacklisting? to which
Paddy replied "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile"
@@longmemory1620 Your rant has become boring, just like your politics.
@@longmemory1620 Wow! I did not know that.
@@longmemory1620 Jews are quick to treat people the same way that they accuse other people of treating them and that's one of the many reasons that people hate them yes I said it and I meant it!!!
But according to the book “The Big Show”, that move earned the Oscars its lowest ratings ever…well, until 2021.
When they said Peter Finch won Sylvester Stallone was like, "Dafuq?"
Nah what?
***** I never said he didn't, I am just pointing out Stallone's reaction.
NoName hahaaaaa! so true
looked like he was about to cry....
Prabably he loved De niro in taxi driver
Peter Finch delivered the best performance in any film ever in Network. Such a tragedy that he died when he still had a lot to offer the film business.
Aww his wife was adorable. ❤️🖤
Yes, she was.
Definately, very classy
1:07 Stallone goes from being happy to looking like his dog just died LOL
I never knew until today that this lovely lady accepted this award for Mr. Finch! What a wonderful speech.
Giancarlo Giannini is a legend in my country ,one of the great actor,he is the voice of al Pacino and jack Nicholson in Italy 🇮🇹
Si confermo di sicuro il mio preferito
Io credo che siano Al Pacino e Jack Nicholson a prestare il volto a Giancarlo Giannini...
Probabilmente il miglior attore italiano ancora in vita
We, abroad, have no idea who you are talking about.
hace poco pude ver "Siete bellezas" y en verdad es una grandísima película y una grandísima actuación de Giannini, junto a De Niro, Holden y el ganador, Finch, estaba super reñido.
Sly was so getting ready to stand up. He pushed his hair to the side, fixed his color and when she said Peter Finch, his eyes almost popped out! HILARIOUS!
I noticed that Sly didn't applaud- didn't even try to give a FAke Applause. I think he was ahppy years later when he his first Oscar for his Supporting Role in Creed.
@@HoldenNY22Although Sly was the presumed frontrunner to win for “Creed,” he ended up losing that night as well (to Mark Rylance in “Bridge of Spies”). If only Sly had been also nominated as a producer of “Rocky” (and by all accounts he should have been), he would have gotten to go home with an Oscar for Best Picture. He at least won the Golden Globe for “Creed,” which may not be as prestigious as an Oscar, but did allow him to receive a rapturous applause upon his name being called.
As for this night, Peter Finch rightfully won. What a truly heartfelt and sincere speech from his sweet wife.
Peter Finch his performance in Network perfect.Finch very great actor.
+Cihat “arminius” Yıldız Agreed!
William Friedkin, the producer of the show, banned Mrs. Finch from getting upstage, because he didn't want "a weepping widow" accepting. Paddy Chayefsky had the good taste of inviting her anyway. Who the hell did he think he was?
+Joan Carles Tomàs Forteza Sidney Lumet wanted to cast Redgrave in Network. Paddy Chayefsky refused to work with her because he disagreed with her politics when Lumet asked is that blacklisting??? Chayefsky replied "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile "
+BRAD PITT I didn't like Paddy Chayefsky's reaction to Wannesa Redgrave's win.
Joan Carles Tomàs Forteza
they turn on Gibson they turn on Sheen but Chayefsky, Polanski, Woody Allen get a pass for some mysterious reason
Because Freidkin was a supercilious cunt. He put his actors under great duress, and practically broke Ellen Burnstens back.
+Joan Carles Tomàs Forteza He probably also didn't want a black woman up there either. This was 1977. Just awful. I'm so glad PC invited her up.
I loved Peter Finches performance in this film. His Iconic delivery of the now famous line "I'M AS MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!" Is masterful.
Very special moment. Great poise from a very gracious and loving woman who ensured her husband's feelings would be remembered. And what a performance! One of the best ever.
I’m actually here just for Liv, what an actress and woman, living legend
Me too, she seems so nervous 🥹
Liv Ullmann???
Who is Liv Ullmann?
@@OscarMPG1 Norwegian legend actress... one of favourite actress Ingmar Bergman - swedish legend film director
@@OscarMPG1 legendary european actress
It's hilarious that Sylvester Stallone even thought that he had a shot to win amongst that competition
Look into the history behind the making of Rocky... I would argue he at least had a better chance than Giannini. Look up Stallone's interview by Robert Rodríguez, he explains how hard it was to make that film
Actually he probably should have won.
Every actor thinks they have a shot, remember there’s been some big upsets at the Oscars
At the time, people thought Sylvester Stallone was the next Brando. He was excellent in Rocky. Let's just say his career choices since then have proven people wrong about that assertion.
Lovely speech by Mrs Finch. Thank you so much. *tears*
RIP Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977), aged 60
You will be remembered as a legend.
Absolutely well deserved award! Peter Finch in ''Network'' was so impressive, memorable, insane role! Howard Beale is such a iconic character. Enjoyed every minute of his performance! It is a performance of a lifetime! Acting at its best.
Jefferson Borges 110% agreed!
Jefferson Borges robert de niro should ve won ,for christ ,one of the best performances ever
TS AxlRose He was awesome indeed, however, his most memorable performance to me was in ''Raging Bull''. I liked most Peter in ''Network'', his character in the movie is just iconic, unique. If I was member of the Academy, my vote would be Peter Finch. hahaha Anyway, both Peter and Robert were deserving of the award that year.
I am moved beyond tears for her wonderful, wonderful speech.(Mrs Finch)
All amazing at their parts. I do not believe that Finch got the award because he had died, but because he deserved it. His scene, I remember, as a kid, screaming "I am mad as hell and am not going to take it anymore" resonates still for me. His wife's very moving speech touched me so much.
Unpopular opinion: Bill Holden deserved the award.
The only 2 posthumous academy awards went to Peter Finch and Heath Hedger and I genuinely feel like both of them would've definitely still won had they been alive.
@@jameshaynes7062 I.agree
Wow! I remember this so well.
Paddy Chayefsky deserves an Oscar for giving Eletha Finch the right to accept her husband's award. This must have rattled a few teeth in Hollywood. Bravo Mr Chayefsky.
He already had three tho so he probably wouldn't care.
Nothing wrong with four of those but I get your point. lol
Eletha has a son named Christopher. Are you one and the same? ;)
southsidesman Better late than never. :)
Those were interesting times for sure. The other members of this exclusive round table, seemed not to have had any backbone either.
Shame on them. Please, go ahead and punch what's-his-face-name...Friedkin. I'll punch the other half.
southsidesman Whoa Whoa Whoa hold on Friedkin is off-limits here.
+S Darling refusing to work with sidney lumets favorite actress vanessa Redgrave because he disagreed with her politics. oh yeahhhhh Bravo Mr Chayefsky.
Class act Paddy was. Need more of this these days.
Liv is adorable!!
Absolutely one of the most amazing performances by Finch and a graceful, wonderful speech by Eletha. So happy that she was able to keep her emotions together and get through that time and express his last dying wishes on that stage. He was a troubled but extremely talented man who was also surely celebrated but misunderstood.
I understand that Peter Finch died two months after he finished filming Network. He died at the Beverly Hotel Lobby from a heart attack is not that he was sick prior he was 60 years old, so why would he ask his wife in case he won the award what to say on his behalf? I read on his biography that the night before he died he was at Johnny Carson Tonight Show and Geoge Carlin joke with him about dead! Very strange!
I am so happy that Uncle Peter won this. It was a sad time when he died.
+Dreamhair71x Sidney Lumet's first choice for the Faye Dunaway role in Network was
Vanessa Redgrave. Paddy Chayefsky refused to cast her because he
disagreed with her politics. Lumet asked was that blacklisting? to which
Paddy replied "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile"
BRAD PITT how many times are you going to repeat this comment?
It is beginning to lose its power
Brad Pitt's comment had no power. The source of this BS story is Sidney Lumet, who, although of Jewish heritage, was a Leftist, and Leftists always place Leftist politics before Judaism and Jews. And as a Leftist, Lumet would naturally be biased in favor of an anti-Semite like Redgrave. But in those days, Chayevsky had pull and could overrule Lumet. (And it's a good thing he did overrule him, as Dunaway was a far superior choice to Redgrave and there would have been zero screen chemistry with William Holden.) So, although Lumet attributed the statement "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile" to Chayefsky in a book he wrote, Lumet likely lied to try to make a non-Leftist like Chayefsky look bad. Lumet, in short, was motivated to lie to further his Leftist political agenda. And, of course, when Lumet wrote that lie, Chayefsky wasn't alive to contradict him.
My condolences to you.
@Dreamhair71x: Since nobody here has told you this yet, I'll say that your uncle was a great actor. More people of today ought to be aware of his legacy.
That was so real and so beautiful. It actually made me cry. She was so nervous, so sad, but she did it.
I think this year 1977 nominations all were stupendous and worthy, but Finch topped it.
so many great choices in 1976
Great actor and great performance!
Paddy Chayefsky wanted Finch’s widow to accept the award right away in the first place, but it was shot down
So instead he just did it anyway. Already an impressive move going against his orders, but even more so when you realize that Finch’s wife was not only a black woman but 20 years his junior. Paddy was a brilliant man and he must’ve known that such a move would upset some people, but he did it anyway
Peter Finch was great. Network is one of my favorite movies of all time, totally deserved award. Also, I think Dustin Hoffman deserved a nomination for "All the President's Men".
What about "Marathon Man"? I thought he was great in that movie too (of course, there is one movie per nomination, but you know what I mean)
My eyes welled up when Finch's widow went up, it had to be very difficult for her.
One of the great performance of all time, unforgettable
+Charles Heiston who do you talking to?
Just forget it m8, you wont understand. ;D Also I Think Finch deserved this
Robert De Niro was phenomenal!
He was...but Peter Finch, that was some next level, unlike-anything-I’ve-ever-seen acting
Yes, but Peter Finch was mind blowing
@@BCS1105
I disagree, De Niro gave one of - if not THE- greatest performance ever
@@gabrielesimone1372
And also de Niro ...
@@Gma00001 yes. They were both great
I'm sorry for Pete(Finchy)Finch didn't live long enough to receive his Oscar for his role of"Howard Beal"in "Network".
Very well deserved!! His performance as Howard Beale was immaculate!
Now that was truly a class act.
i love rocky and taxi driver, BUT peter finch was amazing in network!!
I LOVE HER ACCENT, SHE IS SO SWEET
I remember watching this and thinking "I didn't know he was married to a black woman!". Then I thought that was a gutsy move on Mr. Chayefsky's part. Even though Hollywood knew he was married to a black woman (or at least some people knew), the public in general did not and interracial marriages were taboo. And definitely NOT on national TV. Hard to imagine now that people didn't know, but this was the age before social media.
southsidesman True.
+ohsnapiam59 I also want to say I love Paddy Chayefsky's name...I love he way it sounds!
+ohsnapiam59 Sidney Lumet's first choice for the Faye Dunaway role in Network was Vanessa Redgrave. Paddy Chayefsky refused to cast her because he disagreed with her politics. Lumet asked was that blacklisting? to which Paddy replied "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile"
The source of this story is Sidney Lumet, who, although of Jewish heritage, was a Leftist, and Leftists always place Leftist politics before Judaism and Jews. And as a Leftist, Lumet would naturally be biased in favor of an anti-Semite like Redgrave. But in those days, Chayevsky had pull and could overrule Lumet. (And it's a good thing he did overrule him, as Dunaway was a far superior choice to Redgrave and there would have been zero screen chemistry with William Holden.) So, although Lumet attributed the statement "Not when a Jew does it to a gentile" to Chayefsky in a book he wrote, Lumet likely lied to try to make a non-Leftist like Chayefsky look bad. Lumet, in short, was motivated to lie to further his Leftist political agenda. And, of course, when Lumet wrote that lie, Chayefsky wasn't alive to contradict him.
BRAD PITT Vanessa Redgrave is a nasty piece of work. Her politics are vile! Leftism is a religion of pure ugliness, greed and hatred. It makes a change that a leftist got blacklisted when it's usually the other way round!!!
beautiful liv ullmann
I had never heard that a spouse accepted the Oscar. Very moving!!!
Paddy Chayefsky: A great writer and a class act, all the way.
The shade Sylvester Stallone threw at Peter Finch. The facial expression. He was like "I really lost to a dead guy.?" 1:06.
Are you talking to me? You talking to me? I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore, ANDRIAAAAAAAAN!!!!! :-p
Well done Peter Finch, well deserved. God Bless you Mr Finch +
The movie was terrific and the acting was First Class.
NETWORK has a powerful message that is more relevant today than ever. Genuis .
Sly Stallone's reaction was like, "Oh, I am about to win" to "What the heck?" to "Well, okay" -- all within about a few seconds.
Beautiful moment. Thank you Academy for posting.
"IAnCarLo IaNNinI"
Poor Giancarlo. His performance was absolutley amazing and he would have deserved it.
dafne carr HEANKARLOH JYNAHNEENIE 😀😁
God I hate when presenters butcher the nominees' names. Like, you had one job. You know you're gonna present, you know who the nominees are, prepare!
leave poor Liv Ullmann alone, she did her best. She is not from Italy.
Amazing actor
Stallone in Rocky....Deniro in Taxi Driver....and Finch in Network. Damn!!!...What a year!!!!
Wonderful to see the Oscar went to the Peter Finch. Such a stellar performance he gave in Network! Very sad that he died before he could accept his well-deserved Academy Award in person. His wife was sweet, poised, emotive and eloquent, as she accepted her husband's award. My heart went out to her. RIP, Peter Finch. You were an absolutely superb actor.
stallone reaction was so funny
That’s only reason I come back to watch this honestly lol
Everything about the movie Network was prophetic,from reality television to the scenes where Peter Finch had a heart attack at the end of his mad man of the airwaves scenes
I just heard of and watched it for the first time tonight! Im 46! What Zep song you listening to tonight? Ten years Gone? LOL
Omg I've got goosebumps. I knew Peter Finch died before the Oscars but I didn't know his widow accepted the award. Well deserved. I love Peter Finch and his "swan song" on film will live forever.
Stallone: "I just got screwed by a dead guy". Awful reaction, at least he could have applauded.
lol
+michaeloptv
Still better than Samuel L. Jackson's reaction when he lost
StrasbergProtégé
I missed that one with S. Jackson. Where can I find it?
Search for the video where Martin Landau wins Best Supporting actor
StrasbergProtégé
Thanks, I will. :)
Stallone’s face when finch won LOL
Paddy Chayefsky was a real class act! bravo !!!
I'm so happy that Finchy won this Oscar not only because he was great in Network but even more because he was absolutely fantastic in Sunday bloody sunday a few years before, it's so sad he couldn't grab that prize chased for all his career as he often claimed but he will always be rememberd as the man dressed in a pijama and a raincoat screaming at the camera I AM MAD AS HELL AND I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE
As much as I would've loved to see either Sylvester Stallone or Robert De Niro win for their respective roles, you can't deny that the late, great Peter Finch did deserve it for his role in "Network".
I think Stallone should have been-and probably was-dead last.
Such an elegant woman, is she still with us?
Liv Ullman? Yes
Take a look at the films she acted, specially the ones directed by Ingmar Bergman (like Persona or Cries and Whispers). Wonderful actress
+TrangPak2 Which elegant woman? Liv Ullman or Mrs Finch?
bubbles everday
Ullman
I love Liv Ullmann! It's too bad she doesn't act any more. She killed it with her performances in Bergman's films. I would love to see Liv pull a Charlotte Rampling ala "45 Years" to give us another great performance worth remembering among her sterling body of work. She's almost 80 now but I guess she decided that it's time to retire.
Network is shown frequently on TCM and holds up beautifully close to 40 years after it was made by Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayefsky. Peter Finch was excellent in the film, but I thought that he was even better in Schlesinger's Sunday, Bloody Sunday. Lumet said in an interview before he died that Network should have won Best Picture.
i remember the end of Cinderella fondly, when she got the everloving shit kicked out of her by her stepsisters, then tried to find the Prince in a crowd
The great Sidney Lumet was right Network was far superior to Rocky.
"Rocky" is a wonderful film (probably hurt by its numerous and increasingly shoddy sequels), but "Network" is on another level. Still as relevant today as the day it was released, maybe even more-so.
@@richardbullis6263. God, yes!
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044
Totally!
The 70s was truly a decade of change, two of the best actor nominees both Robert De Niro and Peter Finch were married to, and had children witb black women. :)
What a beauty she was , bless her 💗💗💗
This was a VERY STRONG YEAR in the Best Actor category.
Well deserved oscar and it’s really emotional!
Peter Finch has great acting in Network.
Peter was so good in network he definitely deserve his Oscar r.i.p Peter 😭💝💘💗💟
RIP Peter Finch
Robert Fucking De Niro deserved not just this oscar, but next 10 oscars for best male actor for portraying Travis Bickle, maybe the greatest and iconic male performance of al time. Fuck Oscars.
The other nominees were mad as hell & couldn't take it anymore xD
Stallone's look was kinda off-punching, I mean off-putting.
It brought me to tears watching this.
Eletha Finch's first and last tv appearance.She was never heard of again and moved to South Coast Metro and died aged 67 in 2009
Sly Stallone is not of this world, it's insane that he got an Oscar nomination, coming out of nowhere and right after his first hit movie, what a legacy this guy has built.
He should have been in the Best Supporting Actor category. William Holden was the actual lead.
I agree
Bobby De Niro and Pete Finch were worthy contenders but the better man was Finch. Sorry Rocky. Bill Holden was yeah he's okay. As for Giancarlo Giannini's performance, I haven't seen it. Pete Finch deserved this Oscar.
Marvin De Leon Stop using nicknames for these great actors like you know them personally or something, you pretentious twatwaffle.
Great performance in Network...
One the best winners ever!!!!!
Here I must wish birthday greetings to a gracious writing hero paddy cheysfsky 1 29 what a wonderful way to celebrate a memorable performance rest in peace sir
Today, people don't realize this, but in 1977 the Academy was, in no small part, racist. Don't believe the story put out that the Academy didn't want a "weeping widow" to spoil the fun at the Oscars. If Peter Finch's widow were white, the Academy would certainly have called Eletha Finch to accept the Oscar on her husband's behalf. But, as you can see here, Eletha was black and THAT was the primary factor in the Academy's decision to have Paddy Chayefsky accept the award should Peter win. Yes, racism. That was the way things were back then. So, Paddy Chayefsky was certainly a class act to invite her onstage. Unfortunately, today in Hollywood, there's nobody who comes close to his stature as a writer and as a decent human being. But today. the Academy is quite proud that this clip exists, and can boast of this presentation featuring Finch's black wife, but that night, behind the scenes, there were many in the Academy who were angry with Chayefsky's decision to invite Eletha to speak.
fantastic year for nominees
A very classy time in our industry. Paddy was extremely gracious and kind. All of these movies and actors should have received Oscars.
The producers must've had an inkling that Peter Finch would win (he was the frontrunner throughout the awards season), seeing as they had Liv Ullmann present the Best Actor award; she and Finch starred in 4 films together.
They're so different, it's hard to compare. De Niro's intensity as Travis is magnificent but Finch had to act in so many different ways as Beale and carried them all so convincingly. If you die after a performance like that, you have to win an Oscar!
De Niro and Holden were equally deserving. All benefitted from tremendous writing and direction.
Regarding Sly's reaction, I have heard on more than one occasion that he was so confident he WOULDN'T win that he didn't even have a speech prepared. Not saying it was a good reaction, but maybe he genuinely didn't agree with the winner and thought one of the others were going to win. It was ironic though that he was chosen to present the following year's Best Actor, something normally done by the previous year's winner.
To be fair the previous year's winner was Peter Finch
Runner up perhaps? Meaning besides Finch he would have beaten two legendary actors in William Holden and De Niro. You think Stallone has an ego now, just image how insufferable he would be had he accomplished that.
@@H1K8T95 Right?? 🤷♂️
Finch's performance has given popular culture an embodiment of the anger stirred up by an immoral society. It's a performance that speaks to people. I've often felt like Howard Beale and wanted to go on television and tell millions of people that things have to change and people have to start listening to reason. Peter's performance defines a generation and a shared consciousness. De Niro in Taxi Driver is excellent, but personally, Finch's performance spoke to me and I'm glad he won.
What an elegant black woman!
what do you mean?
Why can't it be...what an a Elegant Woman?
+Cirtap Tomas u know why, it's because we're all loud, neck rolling, masculine, sassy sistas! Lol!!
I don't think the op meant any harm but I always side eye yts when they compliment me on my grace, voice and manners. They treat me like a pink elephant lol
Very beautiful woman, Mrs. Finch!😘
One of the best performances ever given. RIP Finch, I miss your amazing talent.
Paddy Chayefsky is a class act. Well done,
I did, thats the reason I am 100% sure that Peter Finch deserved the award
A very classy moment!
Finch was the first to recieve a posthumous oscar thirty-two years later
Heath Ledger was the second.
A similar pattern may happen this year with Chadwick Boseman
Tearing up over this.
Finch deserved the award. Hands down. Those who say he didn't deserve the award, I dare say, may have never seen the film Network.
I say they both deserved it but for all those who have seen the Network, you have to admit, the film set a precedent that would affect every member of the audience's perception there on after. It was truly a liberating and much needed social film and it was Peter Finch who was at the helm.
Stallone’s face was priceless.