that was odd , I see Mr. Jack Palance burning around in a parking lot in Surrey , B.C. Canada around 2001 / 2002 I imagine and I'm just heading home from the market with hunk of margarine(?) to watch Mr Scarface .
I think he should've won for one of his earlier movies. I didn't really think much of Tommy Lee Jones in JFK. I really didn't think that he really stole any of the scenes he was in. I also think it's bogus that his name is like 2nd in the beginning credits when he's only in the movie for a few scenes. I honestly would've given the nomination to Gary Oldman in that movie.
"Billy Crystal, God...I crap bigger than him!"...What a line to open with, lol...Jack, the man, seems to have been a comedian...He was hilarious!...Jack Palance looks like he didn't give a damn about what anyone thought about him...He was a true tough guy, on an off screen...Vladimir was his name...Jack was of Ukranian descent, I didn't know that...He and Lee Van Cleef were true tough guys.
Sure, it's possible for some people to do one-armed pushups. Bruce Lee was able to do them using only his thumb and index finger (though at the time he was less than 1/3 of Jack Palance's age in this video) ;-)
love to see a Movie film made about Jack Palance - here a Wiki bit of info ----Palance's rugged face, which took many beatings in the boxing ring, was said to have become disfigured while bailing out of a burning B-24 Liberator bomber during a training flight over southern Arizona during world war II.
The fact it took him 42 years in films to get an oscar is somewhat criminal, given they give them to 30 old year actors these days.The guy is a legend, just like james stewart. Real film stars
Great actor,and not just at playing sneering villains because of is looks, he,s adept at playing characters of great warmth, humour, and understanding, and never fully, i feel, given the recognition he deserves, he was a fine actor. with quite a fine body of work, both in Hollywood, the UK and particually, European films.
@PrezPendejo that story about his face being burt off in ww2 is a load of crap. he said this himself. im sure you can find the quote somewhere if you research it.
he did have a military training accident in america. but his grisled looks are from his boxing career and are probably partly genetic.
set his mouth into that sinister smiling sneer he did so well,causing his high cheekbones to become more pronounced, he looked truely "Jacked " up and evil. Was a brillant performance
Any body here by chance catch Jack Palance do a live TV performance { it was a live stage production for one of those early "artsy" channels} any ways he performed the lead in "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde".....tremendous play, he morphed from Dr.Jekyll to Mr. Hyde in front of your eyes without makeup, While Dr. Jekyll he maintained a calm presence,kept his facial expressions subdued and when he changed to Hyde he'd raise those eyebrows, throw back his head a bit ,
@Polterguist I think Palance in general is underrated. Check out Shane (he's the best part of the movie) and Godard's Contempt. Too bad he couldn't get a couple better parts. I second that, brilliant.
I saw this move today in uni, and i FAIL to comprehend how on EARTH this guy won a friggin Oscar for this movie. His performance was NOT oscar worthy! My god, im still reeling from finding this out on wikipedia!
Even cooler then his one-armed pushups is just how non-chalant he looks when his name is announced as the winner. It's like he's saying "Oh....I won. That's cool. Oh, I suppose I better go on stage then."
@Prikaatinkenraali With you on that, man. I saw him on one talk show where he did five finger pushups(both hands). Then he did one on four, then three, and then two! Guys like him and Clint Eastwood, (even John Saxon from Enter the Dragon) are proof that you can achieve top fitness at any age.
@deek77 John Saxon in Enter The Dragon? Huh? The guy was only 4 years older than Bruce Lee - so 36 when the movie was shot. Which is HALF the age Jack Palance was at these Oscars.
Today´s Hollywood should look at this before thinking they consider themselves "Stars". Man, i bet Jack Palance, would kick any todays Model/Actor in the ass and that would be enough teach of acting class for one day.
Shit man, whatever happend to this kind of class in Hollywood.
hey jack palance, im really happy for you and imma let you finish your one-armed pushups, but silvester stallone made one of the best one-armed push ups exercises of all time!
hey jack palance, im really happy for you and imma let you finish your one-armed pushups, but silvester stallone made one of the best one-armed push ups exercises of all time!
Holy shit... that was the funniest Oscar speech I've ever heard.
metallicakixtotalass 1 week ago
Taught Clint Eastwood everything he knows
CMaxCooper 2 weeks ago
normally people say: I thank him and I thank her, Jack just tells a very funny story as if he isn't talking to a hall full of people
PaulRietvoorn 2 weeks ago
Ah, Jack Palance what a class act! :)
Achtungworld1 2 weeks ago
He went on and fathered five children later that night.
fiquitoyunque 2 weeks ago
damn still good shape for a old man
RealspitHiphop604 3 weeks ago
CURLY!
RealspitHiphop604 3 weeks ago
cash and tango,tango and cash these two cops are driving me crazy.lol
MrHellohel 3 weeks ago
i loved city slickers!
Perspar1 1 month ago
Greatest Oscar speech ever.
jfellrath 2 months ago
that was odd , I see Mr. Jack Palance burning around in a parking lot in Surrey , B.C. Canada around 2001 / 2002 I imagine and I'm just heading home from the market with hunk of margarine(?) to watch Mr Scarface .
WadePolak 2 months ago
RIP Jack Palance. You were awesome.
MagicEmperor 2 months ago
I love the way he reacts, as if he's thinking, 'Oh really, ok I'll have it if no one else wants it'.
datsome80 2 months ago
Hehe, more like a one arm tricep lockout with momentum :D
antonbark1and 3 months ago
I think he should've won for one of his earlier movies. I didn't really think much of Tommy Lee Jones in JFK. I really didn't think that he really stole any of the scenes he was in. I also think it's bogus that his name is like 2nd in the beginning credits when he's only in the movie for a few scenes. I honestly would've given the nomination to Gary Oldman in that movie.
GreenGoblinsOckVenom 4 months ago
god what a hardass.
ColtSteel25 4 months ago
Fantastic actor!! One of the best acceptance speeches.
bellereve 4 months ago
This guy was actually my Grandpa's cousin. Cool to learn that relatives can do one armed pushups in their 70's :D
silentsniperrr 4 months ago
@silentsniperrr he was 68 at the time, not 70.
Glitchesftw 2 months ago
@Glitchesftw - that's not true. Palance was born on February 18, 1919. This was March of 1992. Palance had just turned 73.
mnmcv1 2 months ago
"Billy Cristal. I crap bigger than him!" Classic!
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lvivboi 4 months ago
I love that the aged actors up for the award were obviously genuinely happy for Palance when they said his name. Sportsmanship ftw.
MrBoondaba 4 months ago
"Billy Crystal, God...I crap bigger than him!"...What a line to open with, lol...Jack, the man, seems to have been a comedian...He was hilarious!...Jack Palance looks like he didn't give a damn about what anyone thought about him...He was a true tough guy, on an off screen...Vladimir was his name...Jack was of Ukranian descent, I didn't know that...He and Lee Van Cleef were true tough guys.
pagalley1 5 months ago 2
Can somebody do a one-armed pushup?
TheKotone1984 5 months ago
@TheKotone1984
Sure, it's possible for some people to do one-armed pushups. Bruce Lee was able to do them using only his thumb and index finger (though at the time he was less than 1/3 of Jack Palance's age in this video) ;-)
logik316 3 months ago
He should have also won for Tango and Cash.
Crust218 5 months ago
I love old guys who never lose their edge - not all soft, broken in, bitter, unhealthy and complaining.
curtisb3000 5 months ago 3
Jack was 73 at the time in 1992.
OutaSynch 5 months ago
Way to go dude!
vleonica 6 months ago
Class act and one of a kind.
buckeyeman61 6 months ago
i do REAL one armed push ups and im 11
gamestomaX 6 months ago
@gamestomaX too bad you'll never have an Oscar
morgantown1 5 months ago 2
yeah, maybe they should have said "and the oscar goes to Vladamir Paluski"
okonh0wp 6 months ago
Back when movies didn't have to be based on liberal talking points and non-issues to be nominated for an Oscar.
sanpaco13 7 months ago 2
Very cool! But did he say "S*n of a b*tch" in the end? ;-)
mark5378 7 months ago
Loved those movies! And I remember this scene when it was first aired on tv, it rocked! RIP Jack Palance, awesome actor!
DanGan808 7 months ago
Chuck Norris is Jack Palance's apprentice!
Dige85cph 7 months ago 2
hell of an actor not many like him is missed
billsman1975 7 months ago
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chardenver 7 months ago
love to see a Movie film made about Jack Palance - here a Wiki bit of info ----Palance's rugged face, which took many beatings in the boxing ring, was said to have become disfigured while bailing out of a burning B-24 Liberator bomber during a training flight over southern Arizona during world war II.
The fact it took him 42 years in films to get an oscar is somewhat criminal, given they give them to 30 old year actors these days.The guy is a legend, just like james stewart. Real film stars
theapeman10 7 months ago
amazing
Wilks228 7 months ago
Jack Palance, was a fine actor, and a underrated one at that.
joliphantful 7 months ago
Great actor,and not just at playing sneering villains because of is looks, he,s adept at playing characters of great warmth, humour, and understanding, and never fully, i feel, given the recognition he deserves, he was a fine actor. with quite a fine body of work, both in Hollywood, the UK and particually, European films.
joliphantful 7 months ago
One of the best oscar speeches ever and I don't think he directly thanked a single person.
trelard 7 months ago
This is sooooooooo unique and one of the best Oscar winning things ever!
Better then the same old crap of "I wanna thank blah blah blah!"
He didn't thank anybody, which wasn't boring and was awesome!
Madnessonman 7 months ago
should have been tommy lee jones for jfk, idk why the academy gave him the oscar for the fugitive 2 years later
vadimzdonutube 7 months ago
abe lincoln at 0:22!!
BenLongman 7 months ago 3
@BenLongman even he had to see it to believe it
UrbanZ0mbie 7 months ago
@BenLongman HAHAHAHAHAHA! xD
Kotlettbengt 7 months ago
That man made old cool. Rest in Peace, Mr. Palance.
kaltannis 9 months ago
Other fun facts about Jack Palance:
He looks kind of weird because he had his face burnt off in World War 2.
He was a pro boxer with 15 consecutive wins.
He was briefly a country musician, and wrote/performed the classic song, "The Meanest Guy That Ever Lived."
In the very next Oscars Billy Crystal came on stage riding a giant Oscar statue that Jack Palance was pulling with his teeth.
He was a prolific landscape painter and poet, and published a book of poetry titled "The Forests of Love."
PrezPendejo 9 months ago
@PrezPendejo that story about his face being burt off in ww2 is a load of crap. he said this himself. im sure you can find the quote somewhere if you research it.
he did have a military training accident in america. but his grisled looks are from his boxing career and are probably partly genetic.
StevieWondersWhy24 9 months ago
@StevieWondersWhy24
His looks are from his Russian/Native American background; hope that helps on the trivia front
bratrat 8 months ago
@bratrat He's is not at all Russian/American...He's Ukrainian. His parents are both from Western Ukraine---Lviv and Ternopil.
ukerkater 7 months ago
@ukerkater
I stand corrected...thank you. =)
bratrat 7 months ago
"Doesn't matter whether she's there or not...."
Classic!
RIP, Sir.
bratrat 9 months ago
Jack Palance = legend!
BluDevil93 9 months ago
when I grow up, I wanna' be Jack Palance
yoshiofdeath 9 months ago 21
Jack Palance was a legend. RIP
rfitzhen100 9 months ago
Best bad guy ever !
flemmers 10 months ago
looks like hes humping the ground, but hes old so its cool
ilovefrankandbeans 10 months ago
nice!
TheMslara26 10 months ago
He just went up and took the piss in a good natured way, pretty funny
melvert33 10 months ago
set his mouth into that sinister smiling sneer he did so well,causing his high cheekbones to become more pronounced, he looked truely "Jacked " up and evil. Was a brillant performance
murphy13295 10 months ago
Any body here by chance catch Jack Palance do a live TV performance { it was a live stage production for one of those early "artsy" channels} any ways he performed the lead in "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde".....tremendous play, he morphed from Dr.Jekyll to Mr. Hyde in front of your eyes without makeup, While Dr. Jekyll he maintained a calm presence,kept his facial expressions subdued and when he changed to Hyde he'd raise those eyebrows, throw back his head a bit ,
murphy13295 10 months ago
He's just amazing... he obviously died in his sleep, Death wouldn't have got him any other way...
Scruffy193 10 months ago
Classic. Hey, does anyone have the presentation of the best supporting actress win from the same year? Mercedes Ruehl won for The Fisher King.
mrberryv 10 months ago
No offense, cause obviously he's old, but that can hardly be called pushups, anyone can do what he did
TraceurMeeka 10 months ago
Poor man.
drisdrisdrisdris 11 months ago
Cocaine is a helluva drug
donaltc 11 months ago
He might be dead, but he could still kill most hollywood actors with his bare hands.
JozefRaczka 11 months ago 3
one of the best oscars speeches ever!
movieman104 11 months ago
XD He's hardcore... but I remember him in Angel's Revenge from MST3K. Never seen City Slickers.
HollyBee9000 11 months ago
Chuck Norris' father.
evilsaint86 11 months ago 3
This Oscar moment is one for the book of records!
einat1622 11 months ago
BAMF
ieatcarnivores 11 months ago
hell yeah!!!!!!!!
gregblessing27 11 months ago
Im fucking 19 and cant do a "one-armed push up" this guys sure is awsome!
filosofodemierda 11 months ago
badass
DroppinKnowledge69 11 months ago
I just hope im like him when I reach his age. Real gentleman.
Meereeo 11 months ago
What a fucking badass!
MrRocketSkates 11 months ago
Fuckin' badass
dannythefishgodty 11 months ago
I'd do him
Shadowsilverlane 11 months ago
old man embarrassing himself.
ChesterDoraemon 11 months ago
@ChesterDoraemon
yeeeaaa...he won an oscar soooo you have no say in anything about his speech
OriPrior66 11 months ago
@ChesterDoraemon Old man embarrassing all of us by making himself look good -- and proving it.
Cyke101 11 months ago 2
@ChesterDoraemon Hey dickhead, you just witnessed class, you dont have any, that's why you didn't recognise it.
RexVonDemon 11 months ago 3
what's age anyway...
Zephyrwolf 11 months ago
@Zephyrwolf 72 at the time.
MisterTrollsAlot 11 months ago
wow my grandma told me about him so i looked him up, wow
Lachyatt 11 months ago 3
He's the original Expendable
luquet3 1 year ago 6
He's the original Expendable
luquet3 1 year ago
a man's man
miguedro 1 year ago 2
too bad he wasn't around to be one of the EXPENDABLES
luquet3 1 year ago
two words......PIMP
sethmusic 1 year ago 3
@sethmusic
you're an idiot
tremonti5 11 months ago
Badass knows no age limits!
CurtHowland 1 year ago 12
What a man! There aren't many like him left. Too bad hollywood is full of pu##ies now. RIP Jack!
TheHappychickadee 1 year ago 6
great moment... today they would be playing the music over him..
irish89055 1 year ago 2
I hope I'm that badass at his age. I'm not that badass now, but still.
kaguth 1 year ago 102
class act!
Saxowolf 1 year ago
His dialouge had me crying with laughter.
TheRealJohnnyFrisk 1 year ago
Funniest Oscar moment, EVER!
HoosierRN 1 year ago
Bottom right of nominations Michael Lerner, that was a suprise.
planetrockford 1 year ago
the fucking man
rodneyrockyou 1 year ago
Jack Palance Is Great!
TheMgallacher 1 year ago
faca
facetina 1 year ago
100% pimp
VonLeenknecht 1 year ago
man I miss jack palance RIP.
12365paul 1 year ago
No offense, because i know he's "old as FUCK" but what he did cant even be called a pushup. Anyone can do what he did.
TenguMT 1 year ago
@TenguMT Oh yeah??? I'd like to see a guy with no arms or a paraplegic do a one armed pushup!
bully7s7s7s 1 year ago
And Billy Crystal had a field day with this for the rest of the night.
Richcelt 1 year ago
I have been to Jack's ranch, I fixed his dryer when I was an appliance tech. About 12 years ago.
theninja001 1 year ago
@theninja001 And i broke his toaster last week...
bloodpool 1 year ago
brilliant
nicbarrow 1 year ago
Cool！ Jack Palance!
Hitminmin 1 year ago
City Slickers is underrated; Palance was brilliant.
Polterguist 1 year ago 53
@Polterguist I think Palance in general is underrated. Check out Shane (he's the best part of the movie) and Godard's Contempt. Too bad he couldn't get a couple better parts. I second that, brilliant.
mikeplaid 5 months ago
I am truly ashamed of myself. I just joined a health club after watching this. lol
shadowskill078 1 year ago 2
most youths and men can't do pushups on two arms. this old man just did a few on one and didn't break a sweat. wow
musclemat 1 year ago
@musclemat tell me about it all my brother cant do pull ups im doing around 25
ridicule401 1 year ago
@ridicule401 Just 25? pffft.... wussy boy... no wonder women laugh at you and you dont get laid.
JessOnTheRun 1 year ago
thats damn epic
NBKBTK 1 year ago
thats pretty damn epic
NBKBTK 1 year ago
I saw this move today in uni, and i FAIL to comprehend how on EARTH this guy won a friggin Oscar for this movie. His performance was NOT oscar worthy! My god, im still reeling from finding this out on wikipedia!
BlueSpirit3743 1 year ago
i wanna be like him at that age... shit, i wanna be like him right now...
galeno07 1 year ago 5
Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy!
helenschmelen 1 year ago
This guy will always be Curly and Duke to me.
oosaf 1 year ago
you can see brad pitt behind him
dcbayhwks29 1 year ago
Ice Cube should've won for Boyz N The Hood...but that was fucking impressive.
S13AR10AFan 1 year ago
16 people cant even see their crotch, let alone do a pushup
Sannosuke01 1 year ago
Fucking...amazing. Good memories.
kinetikwun 1 year ago
0:11 BRAD PITT
stevenalvaradoCR 1 year ago
A LEGEND!
tyronemartin59 1 year ago
An all time great!
edwardmclaughlin 1 year ago 2
Even cooler then his one-armed pushups is just how non-chalant he looks when his name is announced as the winner. It's like he's saying "Oh....I won. That's cool. Oh, I suppose I better go on stage then."
NYGuy322 1 year ago 6
shit.....i cant even do that
Ninga0809 1 year ago
Wladimir sounds better, Ukrainians the best !!!
TaTaLarina 1 year ago
Awesome, Jack was the fucken man
jpete3027666 1 year ago
Jack Palance, Lee Marvin and John Garfield - the greatest tough guy actors of the silver screen.
rjworks13 1 year ago
They don't make 'em like Jack anymore.....
wiccanlove1 1 year ago 5
Film badass, family man, all around cool guy. One armed push ups at his age only proves he was twice the man I'll ever be.
joscobo 1 year ago
Guy was 72 and made one handed pushups. Man. I'm pathetic.
Prikaatinkenraali 1 year ago 2
@Prikaatinkenraali With you on that, man. I saw him on one talk show where he did five finger pushups(both hands). Then he did one on four, then three, and then two! Guys like him and Clint Eastwood, (even John Saxon from Enter the Dragon) are proof that you can achieve top fitness at any age.
deek77 1 year ago
@deek77 And don't forget Burt Lancaster! He was still doing the trapeze in his 70's. Yeah, this was one of the greatest OSCAR moments ever.
brucenator 1 year ago
@deek77 John Saxon in Enter The Dragon? Huh? The guy was only 4 years older than Bruce Lee - so 36 when the movie was shot. Which is HALF the age Jack Palance was at these Oscars.
3rdAutisticCuckoo 9 months ago
JACK PALANCE FOR THE WIN!
This man is epic.
MikeyRSmovies 1 year ago
His 1956 movie "Attack!" (set during the battle of the bulge) was one of his finest performances.
hawkeyepierce12 1 year ago
nuff respect to Jack one of my fav bad guys remeber shane to name a few...classic.
MrConstantine38 1 year ago
I can barely do it like he did and I'm 17 and light. very good
mikese93 1 year ago
one of the dumbest oscar wins, but the oscars have been getting it wrong for years
tpabaygarstud 1 year ago
@tpabaygarstud I agree, never understod why anyone likes Jack.
Hirvibongari2 1 year ago
rip jack
longey610 1 year ago
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" Billy Crystal.. Ha Ha! I CRAP bigger than him "
That line alone proves he was a bad ass.
creaturebotman 1 year ago 6
@creaturebotman He was the man.
kmalloy11 1 year ago
72 yrs old. my respects
munecaeburro 1 year ago
jacks right up there whith john wayne and clint eastwood that dont make icons like these guys anymore
fredrocwood 1 year ago 3
jack palance is the best actor in cowboy movies
Latinasalltheway1998 1 year ago
Respect he´s cool!
softandheavy 1 year ago 2
Today´s Hollywood should look at this before thinking they consider themselves "Stars". Man, i bet Jack Palance, would kick any todays Model/Actor in the ass and that would be enough teach of acting class for one day.
Shit man, whatever happend to this kind of class in Hollywood.
kalelg4 1 year ago 4
Hilarious! One of the best moments of the Oscar!
zinho910 1 year ago
hey jack palance, im really happy for you and imma let you finish your one-armed pushups, but silvester stallone made one of the best one-armed push ups exercises of all time!
guillo222 1 year ago
@guillo222 lol
Freckledfeminist 1 year ago
@guillo222 I disagree. Bruce Lee was the man!
TheArchangelxxi 1 year ago
hey jack palance, im really happy for you and imma let you finish your one-armed pushups, but silvester stallone made one of the best one-armed push ups exercises of all time!
guillo222 1 year ago
0:11 That's Brad Pitt and then girlfriend Juliette Lewis behind Jack. And sitting next to Brad is Sly Stallone. 1:43 That's Demi Moore in the back.
3434aaaa 1 year ago
Ya gotta love Jack Palance. Say it like is Jack !
oldpaladin1 1 year ago 3
@oldpaladin1
In the swan princess during the song no more mr nice guy the villain rothbart voiced by jack palance at one point does a one handed push up.
pixargod 1 year ago
embarrassing
StarvMarv 1 year ago
"[42] years later he was right..." LMAO
birdpoo01 1 year ago
They don't make em like that anymore......Kirk douglas, Charlton heston, John Wayne, Lloyd Bridges...and a few I can't put my finger on...
00Billy 1 year ago 4
@00Billy YOU ARE CORRECT SIR
mavivirgie 1 year ago
@00Billy At least Clint Eastwood is still around and making movies.
gamemeister27 1 year ago
@00Billy At least Clint Eastwood is still around and making movies.
gamemeister27 1 year ago
quality!
wtfbollos 1 year ago
Hahaha that was great, never seen that before. A real true talent, sadly missed. Go Jack!
shitcasecinema 1 year ago 2
A definitive ''man's man''
agwoodliffe 1 year ago 3
I would have loved to see the conductor's face when Palance said, "In 1949 ..." (2:11) I bet the conductor passed a brick. :)
drobin3149 1 year ago
Oh man, that was awesome.
KristianKronicles 1 year ago
0:41 Hilarious
One of the best acceptance speeches ever.
rafalweb 1 year ago
0:42 Hilarious.
One of the best Oscar speeches ever.
rafalweb 1 year ago