Will Smith - Catcher in the Rye Monologue from Six Degrees of Separation

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Will Smith - Catcher in the Rye Monologue from Six Degrees of Separation

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12 жыл бұрын

In 1993, Will Smith starred in Six Degrees of Separation. A film, I think a lot of people may have overlooked. I know I did until recently. This performance showcases the star quality that Will Smith had even 20 years ago.
I don't own the rights to this clip. I just hope that by putting it up, some people will check out the film.

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@roseclearwater9904 Жыл бұрын

I love how in this scene all the characters move from one side of the room to the other 😂 It’s like they’re at first scared/uncomfortable by him (a stranger) and the topic of conversation but as it goes on we see visually how they’ve all been drawn into his charm

@seandever5761 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Great point, I always loved this scene but never really consciously realized that aspect of it! What an amazing way to portray his charm, especially during the exposition.

@TheWalrus717 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Will Smith was reading Catcher in the Rye before he slapped Chris Rock

@therespectedlex9794 9 ай бұрын

Take the microchip out of your body. Put in some peanut butter pie.

@zaneens2 7 ай бұрын

🙄

@huzyodady 2 жыл бұрын

I think this is the only Will Smith movie I haven't yet seen.... Been listening to his audiobook and now I want to watch this

@jonathanrimorin2494 Жыл бұрын

Aaahh this cuts off right before the payoff -- the camera pans to Flan (Sutherland), visibly moved, as he says, "I hope your muggers read every damn word." Speaking of Sutherland - his monologue about wanting to go back into the third grade is also wonderful. This is a great film

@conephompany 4 ай бұрын

i often remember his comments about the teacher who knew when to take the painting away / when the painting is complete.

@RedSoxKal 2 жыл бұрын

Talking to Ian McKellen about Lord of the Rings and Waiting for Godot. Priceless.

@therespectedlex9794 9 ай бұрын

What about Mac Ellen? Does he know a ruddy thing about books?

@matthewschwartz6607 2 жыл бұрын

This movie was actually based on a real-life incident with a teenager who passed himself off as Sidney Poiter’s son. It’s pretty hard to believe.

@tnbn55 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. His character slept with guys to survive. Real life guy died of aids.

@matthewschwartz6607 2 жыл бұрын

@@tnbn55 - Yeah, he was either gay or bi-sexual. So it wasn't to survive.

@MrThomas564 2 жыл бұрын

His name was David Hampton. And yes he was a con artist and he was gay. He died July 18, 2003 of complications with AIDS. He was 39 years young.

@aldrinroy6255 Жыл бұрын

@@MrThomas564 this is why i dont like gay people

@brettpilkington9539 Жыл бұрын

This comment killed me.

@16JayChris 2 жыл бұрын

This monologue is something UNIVERSAL

@frankkinsleyii2600 3 жыл бұрын

When Will took good scripts.

@gonzalopriale3293 2 жыл бұрын

All movies with will smith suck, except this one. I like this movie because of donald Sutherland and stockard channing.

@azariahgaming3254 2 жыл бұрын

@@gonzalopriale3293 that’s just not trur

@DunmoresMovieMania 2 жыл бұрын

3:54 -- Will specifically looks at Gandalf and cites LORD OF THE RINGS... fate.

@jelanitarik7423 2 жыл бұрын

They were Sooooo captivated and seduced by this persona he fed to them!

@janX9 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, what a goddamn phoney.

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 2 жыл бұрын

A classy, intelligent film.

@incarnateTheGreat 4 жыл бұрын

3:55 "Lord of the Rings, all those dwarves, so imaginative!" Future Gandolf: 😏

@hannibalburgers477 3 жыл бұрын

wtf are you talking about also Gandalf*

@Primordial_Synapse 2 жыл бұрын

I realize that Smith tarnished his image in that incident with Chris Rock but this movie proves just how exceptional and versatile an actor he truly is.

@JeriDro 2 жыл бұрын

you are a fool if you can't see that is staged

@brek5 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, well, proof that art can outlast the asshole, but I hope he'll eventually recover his reputation to whatever extent possible and make some more good movies. This performance was the one that made me take him seriously (and not just a jokey rapper with DJ Jazzy Jeff, which we loved as kids, so not knocking it, haha).

@shayburton4104 Жыл бұрын

All it takes for a black man to fall is one mistake infront of the white masses. I hope Will can make a return but the cynicism on the internet is undefeated, you don’t get second chances once you spend your whole career being the perfect black guy.

@zyxw2024 Жыл бұрын

Image? Character!

@silversnail1413 Жыл бұрын

People will forget eventually. He's not the first actor to have made a jerk out of himself in public but since he's so famous and he did it at one of the most televised and popular events in entertainment it really made an impact. Talent outlasts controversy though.

@MatthewSchellGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Little does he know Gandalf is sitting right there.

@turg993 2 жыл бұрын

Riigghhttt?

@the503creepout7 2 жыл бұрын

every time i watch this scene i'm just waiting for Ian McKellen to stand up & yell - "I've heard enough of this pretentious sh*t! I'm a knight for f*ck's sake." and then Sutherland chimes in and says - "Right? Why did i sign up for this? i've done good work before... i was in Animal House! i don't need this crap." then Will says - "You don't need this? I'm gonna be one of the highest paid actors in the world! In west Philadelphia born & raised, on the playground..." and the lady jumps in - "Please nobody quit. i haven't had a hit since Grease. i really need this paycheck."

@IWTACoaching Жыл бұрын

To be fair, Will Smith’s movies have grossed close to 10 billion dollars, so he has done ok at least commercially. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@PharaoahMonk 3 жыл бұрын

i just came here to say about how funny life is when he noted about Lord of the rings and Sir Ian had no idea what was in front of him some years later

@jelanitarik7423 2 жыл бұрын

When I think of monologues I think of Al Pacino's Any Given Sunday locker room speech, or Devils Advocate with Keanu. Of course there's Tom Hanks sofa scene in Castaway is a favorite of mine. However this one with Will seems more complex and somehow richer in substance and content.

@CROX1153 2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!!

@perdykool 4 жыл бұрын

1:20 and hes straight up telling them everyone is a phony and it's an act.

@DrumsNRoses Жыл бұрын

I got a kick outta this, but this stuff is also the kinda stuff that depresses the hell outta ya. You can't get it out of your goddamn mind that it's a fiction. Though I was kinda worried that It'd be all phoney, and all. I would buy it off ya, but I I don't have any dough, and all. I spent it at some bar on 35th, tipping off a pianist. She was good and all, but she was kinda showy. I was gonna buy a beer, but I wasn't in the mood. You gotta be in the mood for that kinda stuff, for chrissake. I tipped the guy just ta get a good kick out of it and all, anyways. Anyways, I could tell that this guy wasn't horsing around. Old Will. That killed me. But anyways, thanks a lot. This killed me, it really did, hey.

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 2 жыл бұрын

For those who don't know this was actually based on a real life conman - David Hampton

@therespectedlex9794 9 ай бұрын

Like a lot of films, shows the bad person to be better than a conman, at the same time. Nothing quite as it really is. But nerds are often not so eloquent as speakers.

@tunesmithdainfinitytunegat1691 4 жыл бұрын

Great actor emotional scene

@lostintranslation2985 5 жыл бұрын

Very thought provoking

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 2 жыл бұрын

Smith was great at this role. It could be a TED Talk

@giselaswaragita1326 4 жыл бұрын

Holden would hate him

@incarnateTheGreat 3 жыл бұрын

Of course. He'd just call him a Phony and get on with it.

@leerentremundos 3 жыл бұрын

He hates actors

@Zzzsleepzzz 3 жыл бұрын

Well ofcourse, he hates movies

@philipdouglas842 10 ай бұрын

I like he mentioned LoTR while looking at Gandalf. And yes the way they move all around the room leaves each person uncomfortable, hell, I was too. This is Will early on but he’s showing good acting skills. But that whole room was A List.

@hanscombe72 10 ай бұрын

I saw this at the movies in Sydney in 93/94. Fred schepsi the director is Australian. The funny thing was because of will smiths rap career the audience was full of young guys in ball caps and hip hop gear. They were not happy that will smith was playing a young gay man.

@mikeglynn3676 Жыл бұрын

Donald Sutherland and Ian McKellen , two great actors that are in good company with will smith ! "lord of the rings and all those dwarfs" as he looks at Ian McKellen

@teamjesus7087 10 ай бұрын

Just Go ahead and skip to the taking it doggy-style ass-pounding scence. That's the best performance of this whole movie !

@PeterShieldsukcatstripey 2 жыл бұрын

Gosh that is true.

@AH-hz5xc 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shi*. I didn't think Will could act. He IS Paul here. Still think Denzel is better!

@whatever999ization 2 жыл бұрын

Better what? The better black actor?

@hanscombe72 Ай бұрын

So long Donald Sutherland. One of the greats.

@JohnBonini 3 жыл бұрын

I loved reading "Waiting for Godot" when I was a kid.

@RollingBottleFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Relevant.

@LOGICZOMBIE 6 ай бұрын

OBRA MAESTRA

@therespectedlex9794 9 ай бұрын

Fifties American literature, fun as it can be, was probably the beginning of the drossy era. Look at what we do now.

@brettpilkington9539 Жыл бұрын

So Will Smith played Carlton in this movie ?

@bcdside Жыл бұрын

“I hope your muggers read every word.”

@Enzorgullochapin 5 жыл бұрын

We the People Aren’t Sure Who ‘We’ Even Are Everybody Talks About the Weather . . . We Don't:

@CROX1153 2 ай бұрын

The worst kind of yellowness is to put on blindfolds then to deal with our ourselves.

@CROX1153 2 жыл бұрын

The best part of the movie right here.

@AH-hz5xc 2 жыл бұрын

When the Fresh Prince is deleted

@melissastallworth5433 2 жыл бұрын

Inventing Anna Delvey

@aidanfox8219 10 ай бұрын

He's possessed by Carlton.

@markfilipov7825 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting, but Will Smith delivers it in a way that sounds like he has never read anything he cites, outside of Catcher in the Rye

@mediatechjohn3088 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. The analysis is very interesting but Smiths delivery doesnt sell.

@m.rosariomartinez9492 4 жыл бұрын

mmm, could be, he's a bit detached, but in the end.. it kinda makes sense with his character (don't know if you saw the movie, but maybe it's a tad on purpose?)

@jeffreybaer6386 3 жыл бұрын

I'd argue that is exactly the point. Smith, even then, was a good enough actor that if his character REALLY believed all of that, we would see more conviction in his body language and face, and we'd hear it more in his voice. But the fact is that the character is a con-artist -- he is presenting a false front because he knows EXACTLY what privileged people like his listeners really want to hear. It comes off to us as smarmy and disingenuous because it IS -- but THEY don't know that.

@XJ-zl9ii 2 жыл бұрын

Watch the movie. He's a grifter who uses the bullshit he collects along the way to disarm people just enough to take from them. He's the phony he's talking about the whole time.

@moniquecovington161 3 ай бұрын

The imagination and paranoid schizophrenia is ..purposeful he seems to explain in chaos

@K3M03 2 жыл бұрын

Y’all are now one degree closer to me 😇😂

@ShariAClark 3 ай бұрын

Neville Goddard. The Imagination wake-up!!!

@johnnywalker895 2 жыл бұрын

Now an angry man who should never be on stage for his violence hitting the host ! And the Oscar goes to trash !

@derMcSven 2 жыл бұрын

Method acting will

@dannyocean7090 3 жыл бұрын

Who wrote this scene?

@wehoandy 2 жыл бұрын

The play that the film is based upon was written by John Guare.

@dannyocean7090 2 жыл бұрын

@@wehoandy thank you.

@bigo6694 3 жыл бұрын

This is a perfect example of postmodern neomarxist projection.

@javierluz7569 3 жыл бұрын

How so?🤔

@bigo6694 3 жыл бұрын

@@javierluz7569 have you read "Catcher in the Rye"?

@peterhooper2643 2 жыл бұрын

Neo was the one, not a marxist

@bigo6694 2 жыл бұрын

@friend your strawman needs a brain, I hope your steelman has heart.

@bigo6694 2 жыл бұрын

@@peterhooper2643 If Neo was the one, he should have figured it out in the first movie. Instead we get one kick ass movies and three mediocre attempts trying to relive the first.

@Mycout2 Жыл бұрын

Is this the movie that he goes down on a man, how soon we forget he is gay

@bcdside Жыл бұрын

Yep.

@gmoney9068 2 жыл бұрын

Nice soliloquy but all it did, for me, was to affirm that I won't be watching Six Degrees of Separation. I'd rather The Catcher in the Rye, the movie.

@HoNiAn 2 жыл бұрын

But the author doesn't allowed to make a movie of The Catcher in the Rye.