Billy Wilder receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Award

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Billy Wilder receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Award

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Legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder ("Some Like It Hot," "The Apartment," "Stalag 17," "Sunset Blvd.") receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for his outstanding body of work - 60th Annual Academy Awards® in 1988. Presented by Jack Lemmon.

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@jorgeponce5512 4 жыл бұрын

"Write some good ones". That was 54 years ago. I've tried ever seen.

@demh7823 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched all of Billy Wilder's Oscar videos, and I swear he looks the same age in ALL of them.

@gigirossi9885 2 жыл бұрын

Because cancer man doesn’t look old , always has a baby face .

@carlosesquivel6253 4 ай бұрын

Soy de la Ciudad de Mexicali, Baja California, México y cada vez que veo y escucho el discurso del Gran Billy Wider, no puedo evitar las lagimas. Billy Wilder es uno de los Mas Grandes, Escritores y Directores del Mundo y es uno de mis favoritos. Gracias Billy Wilder por Tus Grandes y Bellas Películas!!!.

@drstrangelove6558 8 жыл бұрын

this man is a goddamn Genius! He made masterpeices like sunset boulevard, the apartment, double indemnity, witness for the prosecution, some like it hot, the lost weekend, stalag 17, a foreign affair, Sabrina, one,two,three, ace in the hole, Irma la douce etc etc. What a Filmmaker!:)

@user-km2jj8fb7j 10 ай бұрын

이 명작에 잭레몬이 몇개에 출연한거야 ^^

@jorgeponce7947 10 жыл бұрын

He came to America with a very modest command over the English language. And became the 2nd most Oscar-nominated screenwriter (right after Woody Allen). It takes a genius. A gifted observer of the human condition.

@gigirossi9885 2 жыл бұрын

He and Sidney Lumet are the only American directors I have read their books or biographies.

@gigirossi9885 2 жыл бұрын

He has 7 wins from 21 nominations, but Allen has 4 wins from 24 nominations, so Wilder is the Goat .

@AuntieMamie 6 ай бұрын

Never tire of his films.

@Tury2801 22 күн бұрын

I was watching that Oscar might in tv, and it was a big surprises that he talked about my hometown Mexicali in his speach

@tomasitoumali4634 3 жыл бұрын

After only watching The Apartment a few minutes ago, BW and JL are some - if not the greatest - humans "unfailingly true to himself and to his audience" for many genrations to come. God bless

@lepetitchat123 5 жыл бұрын

I am from Hong Kong and I have loved his films since I was a teenager. Only his films I can watch repeatedly (at least 1,000 times) over the years and never feel bored.

@2011littleguy 3 жыл бұрын

What a treat to see a young, vibrant Jack Lemmon! Who can forget his amazing performance in Billy Wilder's The Apartment. I will always remember him using a tennis racket to strain spaghetti lol. And what a great story by Wilder. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

@SOXLUVER777 Жыл бұрын

He had a great backhand

@MrImiller07 9 жыл бұрын

In today's Oscar climate. Billy Wilder's Thalberg Award would have been presented to him at the smaller ceremony given in November of the year preceding the Oscar show in February. It is as if no film pioneer below the age of 45 is deemed acceptable to appear before a mass audience.Wilder wrote and directed some of the most memorable films of the twentieth century, including Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, Stalag 17, The Lost Weekend, The Major And The Minor, The Seven Year Itch, Love In The Afternoon, The Apartment, Some Like It Hot and Irma La Douce. He is a true icon of cinema.

@erikaust2205 8 жыл бұрын

+MrImiller07 Couldn't agree more with your comments. Ageism is "alive and well" at the Oscars, like one other "ism" I can think of.

@PJVids83 6 жыл бұрын

I don't agree at all that this is an example of ageism. It's more likely that they are trying to keep the show under three hours because attention spans are not what they used to be.

@rkomgm3932 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately your words are chillingly correct How sad that is!

@film79 5 жыл бұрын

Who cares? This had nothing to do with age btw, people have little to no interest in industry awards anymore an that is a great thing. For every one lifetime achievement the Oscars gave a giant like Wilder how many other filmmakers did they ignore? I have been a film lover for decades and the negatives of being a current film lover are not that older creators are being forgotten, it's that film projection is disappearing. The respect, and relevancy of older filmmakers is probably higher than it's ever been in my lifetime. And the availability of older films is incredible. Back in 1987 when this award was given to Wilder I was still trying to watch Ace in the Hole for god sakes, now it's probably got a Blu-ray from criterion and streaming. So while people like you can bitch and moan about how an outdated award ceremony, than never did a good job of recognizing great works to begin with, isn't the same anymore I'll happily be watching great movies and discussing them with other fans.

@susanb2015 5 жыл бұрын

There shouldn't be awards shows anymore. Especially the Oscars. New movies and TV shows suck. They don't deserve an award.

@astronomo16 13 жыл бұрын

any film of wilder is pure art. bravo master, RIP

@rr7firefly 10 жыл бұрын

Despite his pronounced German accent, Wilder was a master of writing dialogue. He had the genius to know how a line should sound, so he had the capacity to write a terrific screenplay. When a character speaks in one of his movies what he or she says always sounds true.

@CJODell12 8 жыл бұрын

+Noe Berengena Austrian, actually.

@rr7firefly 8 жыл бұрын

German is a language, the one that is spoken in Germany, Austria, parts of Switzerland and Italy. There is no language called "Austrian."

@CamhiRichard 4 жыл бұрын

@@rr7firefly But there is such a thing as an Austrian accent. In fact, many different ones. Anyway, Billy Wilder was born in what is now Poland. He probably spoke Yiddish as his first language, then Polish, then Viennese dialect, then Berlin dialect ...

@rr7firefly 4 жыл бұрын

@@CamhiRichard I see your point. Of course, just like how there is actually no universal Italian that is spoken identically from top to bottom of the boot. I had a hard time with that because I studied in Rome but had very little idea what people in Naples or Sicily were saying. About the Berlin accent... is it true that most southern Germans say Berliners are the people who say "ick" (ich)?

@CamhiRichard 4 жыл бұрын

@@rr7firefly It may well be. I'm no expert. I have noticed that Berliners often pronounce a hard G as a Y, as in "sehr yut."

@lonelygnome1 15 жыл бұрын

I adore his movies. and for that matter, his glasses as well.

@ahmedramic8013 5 жыл бұрын

nobody can match Billy Wilder

@rc.atelier 11 жыл бұрын

This man is a genius...

@vittoriostoraro 12 жыл бұрын

I never forgot this speech... priceless.

@ToughXArmy69 14 жыл бұрын

Billy Wilder is to me the greatest of all film directors with his masterpieces Sunset Blvd, Some Like It Hot, Double Indemnity, The Apartment among other fine films. Wilder worked with Garbo, Marilyn Monroe,Kim Novak, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, Barbara Stanwyck, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Kirk Douglas, Shirley MacLaine, Walter Matthau, Jean Arthur, Claudette Colbert, the above mentioned professionals all.

@villanodeoro 12 жыл бұрын

Viva el gran Billy Wilder.....de todas partes del mundo se le reconoce como un astro y parte fundamental de la historia del cine mundial.

@orbison 10 жыл бұрын

The final message to I.A.L was to his longtime collaborator I.A.L Diamond who helped co-write all of Wilder's films from Love in The Afternoon all the way to Wilder's last film, Buddy, Buddy. Diamond was very ill at the time of this, and sadly died more than three weeks later.

@2011littleguy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining that. I wondered what he was talking about.

@Tifflet 15 жыл бұрын

Very apt that Jack Lemmon should present this award to Billy Wilder, they did so many wonderful films together.

@SalamiKing7 15 жыл бұрын

One of the truly best filmmakers ever!

@fifeco 15 жыл бұрын

The best of the best. And that's it!!!

@minekara7198 7 жыл бұрын

This great Mans speech says it all about Trumps America today........without Great Men like Billy Wilder we would be very poor in the world. Love you and your films Mr Wilder

@JC-el1zu Жыл бұрын

Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, Ace in the Hole, Stalag 17, The Seven Year Inch, Witness For the Prosecution, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment, The Fortune Cookie.

@sapantiapagopo 15 жыл бұрын

A genius, simply a genius.

@jorgeponce7947 7 жыл бұрын

Billy wrote the screenplay of 'Ninotchka' (1939), with this prologue, "This picture takes place in Paris in those wonderful days when a siren was a brunette and not an alarm --- and if a Frenchman turned out the light, it was not on account of an air raid ! "

@alchemelixor5508 Жыл бұрын

How beautiful! Thanks for sharing 👍

@ashleyg325 15 жыл бұрын

I love him.

@reveriemephisto1995 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Jack Lemmon. No one could replace you as John from Grumpy Old Men.

@normadesmond6017 5 жыл бұрын

Don't fool yourself - this guy was one of the absolute best. He made Some like it hot, The Appartement, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, etc. Nobody can beat Billy. Well, Hitchcock, maybe. Absolute and complete genius. And he did this in Hollywood after most of his family was murdered in the concentration camps. Unbelievable. Greatest respect for the great Billy Wilder.

@sriharsha5036 2 жыл бұрын

What a story

@nealhurwitz 6 ай бұрын

amazing story

@andressrojas 12 жыл бұрын

"I would like to believe in God in order to thank him, but I just believe in Billy Wilder, thank you Mr. Wilder" Fernando Trueba oscar speech 1994.

@paulienebz 2 жыл бұрын

My family brought Billy to America and produced his first film. There is no taller tree in the forest.

@brosans1868 11 жыл бұрын

honesty is still the best policy! thanx billy.

@lynngregory393 2 жыл бұрын

Ace in the Hole-this film is unforgettable!

@scorsese86 15 жыл бұрын

What a lovely story! Haha, this guy knows how to tell stories.

@ScottRay67 15 жыл бұрын

"The master" Cameron Crowe called him. Too true.

@sugatasenmazumdar7704 3 жыл бұрын

Just GREAT

@user-km2jj8fb7j 10 ай бұрын

나에게 최고의 감독 사랑합니다. 와일더 감독님

@jackinmexico 15 жыл бұрын

The montages are the most important thing, and they cut them off, Why?

@gibsongirl2100 3 жыл бұрын

I know - It would make these videos so much better if we could view from start to finish, especially the movie montages highlighting their work!

@marco70go 15 жыл бұрын

because they do not own the copyright to the movies shown in the montages

@pedrobakale7180 5 жыл бұрын

"Write some good ones." Lol

@PierluigiPuccini 14 жыл бұрын

saw the apartment last night. Genius

@iheartbillywilder 11 жыл бұрын

my username is extremely relevant

@bobwerner6967 3 жыл бұрын

IMAGINE IF HAD NOT GOTTEN THAT TIP FROM THE NEIGHBOR. IMAGINE IF THE AMERICAN CONSUL WAS AN ANTI-SEMITE. OR HE JUST HATED GERMANS. IMAGINE ALL OF THOSE MASTERPIECES NEVER HAPPENED. LUCK, MR WILDER? I WOULD SAY, HUMBLY, DIVINE PROVIDENCE.

@jonsandberg7309 Жыл бұрын

I cried . Imagine Italian not stamped . His life dramatically different

@ElectricGuitarManPL 12 жыл бұрын

@pawelh9 Tak samo założyciel Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Samuel Goldwyn, urodzony w 1879 w Warszawie... Inni znani polskiego pochodzenia to Peter Falk, Harvey Keitel, Eli Wallach...

@peterhelbich3334 6 жыл бұрын

Billy wilder Comes from a town where it all began ,.Haydn,.Mozart,.Beethoven,.schubert,.,.etc... vienna Austria

@jorgeponce7947 6 жыл бұрын

With all due respect, he was born in 1906 in Sucha Beskidzka, which is nowadays part of Poland, back then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

@arpitdas4263 2 жыл бұрын

Funniest dude who ever worked in Hollywood

@MrImiller07 12 жыл бұрын

When Wilder made "Sunset Boulevard" in 1950 that is regarded as a classic about Hollywood's casting aside great silent movie stars as expendable, Louis B. Mayer of MGM remarked, "Who is this Wilder to make this film and bit the hand that feeds him?" Wlider turned and responded, "I'm Wilder and go fuck yourself".