Marlon Brando on Sacheen Littlefeather Accepting His Oscar on His Behalf | The Dick Cavett Show

[@jasonstone5255]

Brando was considerably ahead of his time. Nice to see him getting recognition.

[@jovanlipovatz4503]

Ahead of his time. He would probably have supported Elizabeth Warren too.

[@lapislazulii141]

Just another communist weapon , pushing those who sign his paychecks agenda.

[@robertpolanco1973]

@@jovanlipovatz4503 Well, Brando would have supported anyone who believes in fighting the good fight for an important cause, which has been sadly been already lost in Hollywood these days.

[@user-hu8fn2jp5v]

Recognition? The guy is prolly in the debate of one of the greatest actors of all time lmao

[@pineapplebaron2308]

I agree. I don't want to say, though, that he was ahead of his time, even if it's true in the pragmatic sense. He was right, and right has always been right.

[@rryan844]

My goodness. I never realized until now how soft spoken, gentle, & considerate Marlon Brando was as a person. God bless him.

[@MIKE-ew2gh]

U know he's dead right?

[@Amunny]

@@MIKE-ew2gh That's why she used the past tense "was".

[@YonkoAkagamiShanks]

​@@MIKE-ew2ghwhen you skip your grammar classes 😂

[@MIKE-ew2gh]

@@YonkoAkagamiShanks the "god bless him" part is what made me write that

[@HumbleHummel]

​@@MIKE-ew2gh so? I'm not religious at all, and even I can expand my mind enough to realize that she could mean in the afterlife. Their God could provide blessings in the afterlife for all we know. Why do you have to be such a negative person? It's okay to smile every once in a while and not nitpick every single thing everyone does.

[@JMHughes573]

Listening to Brando feels like he's in 2022. Genius talent. Brilliant mind.

[@Dragon43ish]

true

[@trek.s]

That's the problem

[@SharkFeed]

It's not that he's in 2022 (or 2023 now), he was of his time. It's that a succession of conservative, right wing Republican governments have held back progress and taken us back to the problems society faced 50 years ago.

[@TomSmith-kc8mz]

He would get crucified today for saying Indian and He.

[@flyingknee8845]

@@TomSmith-kc8mz if he were alive today he probably wouldn’t talk that way, people change the ways we talk through time it’s normal. During that time it was normal to talk that way. Can’t believe I’m explaining how language works.

[@joeynickles7962]

True legend. Of course the acting is magnificent but not enough people recognize Brando for the deep and principled thinker he was.

[@andrewmantle7627]

Roger that Joey. Truth is hard for most. This man was willing to state this in 1973. Still hard for people to see now; in 2022.

[@Robert-hr6sh]

A great man, actor and a man of a honest heart R.I.P.

[@Dragon43ish]

true

[@SniperAsian]

Unfortunately he was not. He basically abandoned her after. Sacheen little feather has talked about this. He left her to the wolves.

[@joeynickles7962]

@@SniperAsian Can you be more specific? Every interview that I’ve seen/read he defends his action and stresses the importance of what she had to say.

[@bgipper4109]

I admire Marlon Brando, and Ms Littlefeather. This man had guts and courage that most of us could never understand.

[@mws755]

How did it take guts? He already had a few oscars lol

[@gosmith3999]

The guts & courage Mr. Brando and Ms. Littlefeather had expressed at the Oscars came from their "method acting". Quite understandable to figure it out.

[@wajidhussain5305]

5:30 “you are ruining our fantasy with the intrusion of little reality” 👏🏼

[@Hn-gz5iw]

The reality of a hispanic woman pretending to be a american apache indian? she was a fraud you know..

[@raylenenielsen5943]

That was very kind of Mr. Cavett to give Marlon the opportunity to tell his side of the story and explain why he did what he did. And I totally understand and agree with him.

[@walterzielinski6654]

I agree. Kind and decent of him. Above all else a matter of decency.

[@cluman1]

It is a talk show. His job is to ask questions.

[@walterzielinski6654]

@@cluman1 Not all talk show hosts would have posed these questions (l can't imagine Johnny Carson would have) and Brando would not necessarily gone to the other daytime talk shows. Brando in fact once said that what made Dick Cavett different from all the rest was his more cerebral and moral orientation, this despite the firmly rooted entertainments to be found on his show.

[@jennifersman7990]

@@walterzielinski6654 Carson did, on KZbin there’s a clip of Brando on the Tonight Show in like 1966 talking about Martin Luther King and Carson gives Brando the same space Cavett does here

[@duke3196]

@@cluman1 exactly lol. Kind has nothing to do with it

[@karmicselling4252]

A man of principle who left the world a better place than he found it. Can't really ask for more than that. We should all be so fortunate.

[@carljan57]

We need more Marlons in this world. A great man.

[@ricoz2016]

He was mocked for it, but great people who are ahead of their times usually are.

[@cjj963]

So much respect for Marlon Brando. Thank you for speaking up and being courageous. Without courage there is no change.

[@jimmysapien9961]

Brando had Mountain Oysters !!!!

[@zelaiperalta]

I just teared up. What a brilliant mind he has. Its so fascinating to watch him and how his views about this society 50 years ago are so beyond of its time.

[@pureunion]

Wow, this in 1973, responded the way he did and said what he said... Marlon Brando my hat off to you for being what we call in 2022 a 'great visionary'

[@DrCrabfingers]

Little Feather showed wonderful dignity and humility....unlike the audience. I would have loved to have met Marlon Brando.

[@jessejames9149]

Little Feathers name is Maria Cruz. She wasnt the person she claimed to be! Everyone got fooled! She put on a great performance at the oscars! Brondo taught her good.

[@williamstenberg1590]

Role model for Elizabeth Warren.

[@robertpolanco1973]

@@williamstenberg1590 Personally, I think you and "Jesse James" are just pathetic with comments that both of you made as if trying to be humorous on the Native American issue already! Please!

[@williamstenberg1590]

Know why Indians were here first? They had reservations.

[@robertpolanco1973]

@@williamstenberg1590 Very funny.

[@MrSunlander]

So much ahead of it's time..... Brando and Littlefeather were so courageous..... She still is.

[@johncumiskey672]

They may cross paths again soon . RIP Both

[@Dragon43ish]

true

[@deedeeotero4475]

She was Mexican American. Lied about being NA because she was ashamed to be Mexicana.

[@breakthroughnow7841]

Sacheen passed away this month October 2022 age 75. God rest her soul and Marlon Brando.

[@AmriZeraus]

@@deedeeotero4475 Could it be that she lied with a principle of representing the Native Indian population and in consideration also, that native Mexicans are descendants of native Mexican Indians, such as the great Mayas and the Aztecs native Mexican Indians? With that in mind, she had a justified purpose to represent Native Indians and maybe that's why she did it, not because she was ashamed to be Mexican. How different is it to be a true native Mexican or to be Native Indian when native Mexicans are descendants from Native Mexican Indians?

[@jamesbyrge6484]

Finally Sacheen gets the respect she deserves. Marlon was ahead of his time!!

[@jamesromano3288]

Stay woke James. Go broke

[@therenegade2660]

Marlon was a sucka for sending that woman to do his job

[@jamesromano3288]

@@therenegade2660 ,,,,,He was not man enough,.,,,,he sent Pocahantus to do his job

[@hardej4272]

@@jamesromano3288.... Is 'Romano" a Mexican surname? a minority name. Why do you have such a nutty racist sexist attitude? Work to relieve people who have to put up with the likes of you. Native Americans are the First Nations of America. Spaniards were invaders.

[@mommydearest3164]

now we found out she hid her mexican heritage smh

[@alanfrechette5365]

Kudos to Brando for standing up against prejudice. I agree with him 100%. Sacheen was very articulate and she spoke well.

[@lapislazulii141]

Sacheen is a Caucasian posing as an Apache. Same fraudulent communist tactics we see today.

[@bgipper4109]

Of course she did.

[@pauricdevro]

That woman was treated horribly for doing something that today she would have been lauded with praise for and it took 50 years for the Academy to apologise

[@jamesromano3288]

What r u smoking papi ?

[@jamesromano3288]

They are offended by your term THAT woman....Mr. Bleeding Heart Liberal . You got what you deserved papi

[@jamesromano3288]

@@nevilleridding820 .....laughing at you papi

[@Dragon43ish]

true

[@matthewpeterson5917]

She was a fraud. She leveraged ethnicity for her own benefit, and made a lifetime out of being a victim.

[@pan-semitistcommunist4181]

For as famously difficult and unpleasant as he may have been to work with, it's very clear to me that Brando was incredibly intelligent and very ahead of his time. Perhaps that's why he was so difficult to work with, he just couldn't connect properly with most of his contemporaries, because his entire outlook was just so different from theirs.

[@lisadawnpartain8420]

A true heart and a caring man. Such a deep thinking individual.

[@kevinpeat3721]

Nice to hear an actor making a point about their own industry instead of commenting on politics in general.

[@wearelegion5533]

Watching this in 2022. Brilliant take and truly visionary.

[@feralbluee]

i did not know Marlon Brando had this much sensitivity or was so passionate about these issues. this was the attitude so many of us younger people had. he did a great and beautiful thing to choose to deliver that message. and Ms Littlefeather, to stand up in front of that crowd, had such bravery. and, of course, Dick Cavett had him on. he always asked interesting and delving question. (and, boy, could he get angry) - he was a class act we don’t see anymore.

[@Sweetblood777]

Marion is a wise caring person. Good for him and shame on Hollywood.

[@Zantrop64]

ngl it took me a second to realize you weren't talking about Marion Cotillard lol

[@jaybee9269]

Brando was very deep, indeed. Such a thoughtful, caring man.

[@annettepora8091]

Brando had SERIOUS mental health issues.

[@jaybee9269]

@@annettepora8091 >> So? He wasn’t wrong about how minorities were depicted at the time. He was a real liberal as opposed to the fake liberals we have now.

[@YoussefElBehi]

Today I watched killers of the flower moon and I remembered the legend! Justice will always win

[@richardjarrell3585]

Sasheen didn’t ACCEPT the Oscar on Brando’s behalf-she DECLINED his Oscar at his behest.

[@thedude3065]

I'm glad he enabled that all to happen Marlon is well worth his reverence

[@mohitsinghania5155]

Marlon Brando and that lady did perfect. It was necessary and bold step by both of them. I respect them, for this.

[@RobertPaul-jt7lp]

Never forgotten and always missed, rest in peace and we always will keep your talent alive.

[@metalbeak9416]

Academy apologizing now. Wow! Some people born in 1973 or two years after that are now spending time with their 2 year old grandchildren.

[@walterzielinski6654]

I wonder if Little Feathrr was still alive when the "Academy" apologized. Never really heard much about her after 1972.

[@kevinlewellen1037]

@@walterzielinski6654 Sacheen Littlefeather is alive and did receive the Academy's apology.

[@wilfredomolina9988]

She is my neighbor and she passed today 11:50am

[@ECKohns]

@@kevinlewellen1037 she just past away today. She was able to receive the apology while she was still alive. May she rest in peace.

[@dannie2712]

​@@wilfredomolina9988 Were you shocked to now learn she lied about being a native American? Her sisters outed her as a pretendian who was living in a fantasy world.

[@aaryamannambiar6677]

Brando was just... just toooo ahead of his time in every way possible. His words, his every word in this interview is absolutely relevant even today, and it's stuff "progressive" news networks are bringing up today. This interview is from 1973... Btw, Dick Cavet is one of those true genius, humane legends of the late night interview circuit that just never got the credit and viewership he actually deserved during his reign.

[@london9973]

I stumbled across this interview having read about incidents that have happened at the Oscars in years past. To me, the mark of being a GREAT person isn't the amount of awards they've amassed, how much money they have or how many material things they possess. It's the way they treat their fellow man, the way they stand up when they see fellow human beings being treated unjustly. To me, Marlo Brando was a GREAT person.

[@robertpolanco1973]

@London99 - It's MARLON. NOT "Marlo."

[@somethingyousaid5059]

Perhaps an underrated intellect.

[@itannoysme3348]

Who is "underrating" his intellect? He was by most accounts a genius. I swear so many dolts overuse "underrated" these days as a cheap way to sound in-the-know or insightful

[@somethingyousaid5059]

@@itannoysme3348 Your user name fits you. If I have any self-respect at all, I will spite your contempt. That is to say, I will only continue to use the word "underrate". I was careful not to assert that he's an underrated intellect. I merely offered that it may be the case, that's all.

[@itannoysme3348]

@@somethingyousaid5059 Baaa Baaa Mr. Sheep. And yes, that "perhaps" was so very powerful. Lol

[@somethingyousaid5059]

@@itannoysme3348 What took you so long. Well, the "perhaps" didn't have to be powerful. It only had to be adequate. 😁

[@terrencekennedy1318]

Brando has a great point I now respect him even more

[@MrAshtute]

Genuinely decent gesture by a great actor. Are they genuinely sorry for the way she was treated....of course not.... Brando correct to say they didn't want her there and all they want is to look good and pay lip service to anyone who isn't 1 of them.

[@arseneleela5335]

Brando was an enlightened individual.

[@user-iz3gv5vo6b]

He's truly a wise man speaking up at seeing universal truths were being undermined.

[@regthebackyardjackofalltrades]

I’m finally starting to understand George Orwell’s book 1984. Hollywood tried to rewrite history through movies. Dick Cavett’s ahead of his time. I never thought of Marlon this way. He’s a thinker.

[@stevestarr6395]

A great thing that Marlon Brando did and very sad that Sacheen Littlefeather was so disrespected! Marlon speaks volumes in this interview!!

[@tobiaskrineczky4793]

LEGEND!

[@jessc250]

His pattern of speech here reminds me so much of Mister Rogers. Please look up Mister Roger’s speech to keep funding. These men were both soft-spoken and made such a huge impact by the thoughtful and well-mannered way in which they got their points across.

[@petel2551]

Can't add anything new here other than to endorse Marlon Brando's comments. A man ahead of his time he certainly was. Forgoing an opportunity to collect his Oscar to address racial stereotypes and negative portrayals of native American Indians and other ethnic minorities in films.

[@mooshamarie8791]

Ahead of his time. His thoughts and passion on this issue is a catalyst for change that would develop more and more momentum as awareness and insight was brought forward in regards to racism and cliche representations of minorities in film. I have immense respect for him for putting himself out there and using his celebrity to bring awareness to this issue.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

3:25 - This is why he did it. When what you are is depicted as a joke…. that’s a knife in the soul.

[@VNP707]

If only more people watched this to understand the greatest actor of all time and his inspirational thinking processes.

[@Strickalator]

Rest in ☮️ Sacheen LittleFeather 🦚

[@kurtcameron723]

Fraud

[@hardej4272]

Will Sampson a Native Amer. actor played an important role to get Native Indians to play "Indians" on screen in Hollywood. He was the "Indian" in movie "One Flew Over Cuckoos Nest" directed by Michael Douglas. Actor Jack Nicholson's and the rest of the actors received Oscar awards but omitted Sampson even though the film was on Jack's role, the nutty guy and Sampson's character. Sampson should've been awarded an Oscar for his role. This is an example of which Marlon Brando was protesting by his refusal of the Oscar award. His goal for sending Ms. Littlefeather was to make a point - a Native woman presented a speech.

[@truthandreality8465]

Will Samson was real. Sacheen Littlefeather was a ridiculous fake. There's a big difference.

[@steelydan1242]

Marlon Brando did the honorable gesture for the Native Americans to address their grievances on a world stage. No other actors at that time would dare to risk their careers.

[@alexandermejia8906]

a very talented person a great actor,. indeed.his social awareness is very ahead of his time..

[@amberwood1998]

Here’s two real good men! 💕

[@ajj927]

"You ruining our fantasy, with a little intrusion of reality " 🙏

[@3lfprinc3ss]

he spoke so eloquently abt the affects hollywood has a minority children-im shocked and my respect for this man has gone📈📈📈

[@barbierebel6473]

He was gorgeous!

[@chinlengfong]

His insights were way ahead of his time. People are only now beginning to see it.

[@fernandoortiz4579]

Not to much has changed for Hollywood. Brando was a highly compassionate intelligent man that slapped Hollywood and America to wake up and smell reality.

[@gabrielortiz665]

Rest In paradise LittleFeather

[@deedeeotero4475]

She was Mexican American, not NA.

[@gallowglass2630]

Maria Cruz is her real name

[@kurtcameron723]

She was a fraud....True liberal

[@rolandkunzjr263]

Heavenly Peace To A Beautiful Soul 🙏

[@Dysturbed-00]

Wow.. stuff like this you can look back on in your life and feel proud you did it.

[@josephasghar]

My, how the art of the interview has diminished in the years since this thoughtful piece was aired.

[@matthewsisti4382]

I find it interesting how bravery actually works. This was courageous because the social norms didn't allow it. If the same thing happened in Hollywood today, it would be so immediately congratulated that it wouldn't have the same meaning as this.

[@j1st633]

It turns out that she was not native American at all. A Hispanic actress. She passed away recently.

[@MissisChannel]

This is first time I have heard of this him doing. I am part Cherokee and it has always irked me even before becoming tribal member how school books teach the word savages of indians who fought against invaders of their land. Yet if anyone invaded our land today they would be terrorists. They dont have to this day any sitcoms with native americans that I know of. They to this day still allow old books and movies of hostile presentation of Indians. So bravo for him for what he did.

[@Zorbakozak]

Such a gentle person and a beautiful speech. She definitely had everyone’s attention. I truly believe when this award ceremony was aired years ago, over 70% of the people hearing this had mixed feelings. These same people, were they to see it again would has such a different opinion, Brando and this native Indian representative.

[@rozalilu1]

She wasn't Native American

[@byronbaylove4125]

Eternal legend !!! He had the last laugh with Hollywood. Love him!

[@yeeping3]

he's so ahead of his time

[@jaicap5202]

Kudos to Brando, shame on Hollywood and the West for their disgraceful treatment of the American Indians.

[@debrarotas1868]

Geez looking back on this 1979 dang I remember it like it was long ago. I can’t believe how time flies but I feel my age. Brando is gone may he RIP. But his legacy will always remain in going viral even more. I think he helped change with the Native American

[@Dragonfly0314]

Whoever the “they” were who thought Sachsen Littlefeather’s acceptance speech on behalf of Marlon Brando was inappropriate for the oscars, were completely ignorant and selfish. The audience members who booed were there more for their own egos rather than understand the historic need for American Indian’s to be heard. I applaud Brando for his understanding and commitment to bring awareness where it most needed to be presented.

[@nvwcj22]

We need more men like Marlon Brando who has a heart for all people rather than fame & fortune!

[@arianprofit]

Brando would’ve hated the movie Sixteen Candles. And loved the group Public Enemy.

[@mws755]

He was alive when Sixteen Candles was made. The other movie I have no idsz

[@arianprofit]

@@mws755 yeah but I never heard his opinion on them. PE is a rap group. I think he’d feel that way about both.

[@romeroflores7576]

Too little too late for Brando to see but I'm sure he would have been proud to have seen Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" 🌺🌿🌚🌙🩸

[@Dhuxul9]

Great man doing God's work

[@GK-qc5ry]

He was far ahead of his time. Probably 40 years ahead of his time

[@laurenaho9254]

Thank you Marlon Brando

[@ryadachaibou8098]

What a man

[@tatzybatzy1286]

If I could put a heart around this interview I would. Brando explaining perfectly all of 50 years ago, (that’s half a century folks!) the nefaroius effects of portraying ethnicities by negative stereotypes in the movies. In particular Native Americans for whom no one seems to stand up for. 💔 And yet here we are (see the Oscars just a couple years back) discussing the topic as if it’s some recent revelation!

[@Enzo-tx7nm]

Hat off for Marlon to stand against all the hypocrisy towards native american

[@caseycbenn]

I have thought many times watching this interview before, as it has been posted before on other youtube clips, that this moment that Brando created to bring awareness to a social issue during the Oscars may have been the original blueprint that set the stage for why the Oscars are now a kind of platform for win speeches to be laden with social issue awareness. When Marlon did this it was very difficult to do and he did so against the cultural grain hoping it would eventually win the hearts and minds. Now we see these kinds of social speeches all the time in awards shows and in strange fashion people still roll their eyes to some degree. Yet, I wonder if eyes roll as much at the social cause than for the fact that giving a speech for an award is no longer something that takes any risk or bravery since we have been accustomed to seeing them for the last 50 years. We nod in agreement at the cause yet are no longer amazed because we know someone else opened that door 50 years ago for everyone else to walk through now.

[@naderelguindy2404]

Marlon Brando A unique case that is difficult to replicate intellectually, ideologically, and creates a high standard It is surprising that we now respect his positions fifty years ago

[@hiriqnu]

Brando was a genius in many ways .

[@Junius]

Wow. Brando is more amazing than I thought he was.

[@adityasharma6705]

he is legend !! this what a artists should do !

[@samaelmartinus3273]

RIP Brando

[@lorihoptowit-dr7ku]

What an amazing effort

[@francisangelocarloman1880]

True legend.

[@dougiegooner]

Magnificent! Marlon Brando made a brilliant gesture by not attending the Oscars and giving Sacheen an albeit short speech about minorities in the USA: Bruce Lee also echoed these thoughts about Chinese representation in cinema. Brave and inspirational; the two of them. Fast forward to 2023 and we are now finally seeing something like equality. There's always going to be haters, but they're definitely in the minority today!

[@hip-hoplegend9882]

Well said Mr. Brando. We should all take a cue from this. No matter our skin color we are all people who have feelings and should be given the same rights.

[@Orion3741]

RIP, Sacheen Littlefeather ( 1946-2022 )

[@kurtcameron723]

Fraud

[@Stormsong93]

@@kurtcameron723 Even if she pretended to be NA, she still did the right thing and continued to fight against racism and oppression. Nothing wrong with that.

[@annajames229]

Reading the comments about Sacheen not a NA and was a Mexican... regardless what she did and (Marlon Brando)was oust Hollywood for their horrible and cruel misrepresenting of Native Americans Chinese, Filipino's etc .... in films. Maybe it needed someone like Sacheen to have the courage to speak on behalf of all. Yes today she would have been applauded for her courage to speak out 👏👏👏

[@tonygaytan9848]

Being present will benefit Humanity.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Marlon Brando Jr. (Omaha, Nebraska, 3 de abril de 1924-Los Ángeles, California, 1 de julio de 2004) fue un actor estadounidense de cine y teatro. Su formación e instrucción teatral fue llevada a cabo por Stella Adler, una de las más prestigiosas profesoras que desarrollaron el trabajo de Stanislavski en Nueva York; algunos sábados acudía al Actor's Studio interesado en las clases de Elia Kazan. Se convirtió en actor de teatro a mediados de la década de 1940, y en actor de cine a comienzos de los años 1950. A lo largo de su carrera recibió múltiples reconocimientos por sus logros artísticos, entre ellos dos premios Óscar al mejor actor -por On the Waterfront (1954) y El padrino (1972)-, dos Globo de Oro y tres BAFTA.

[@anilnair9007]

The first superstar. The last Emperor. Privileged to see you on screen, DON VITO CORLEONE. Finest ever.

[@sakabatanuki9744]

He was the man. Media still use word Kamikaze every day and they don't realize how offensive it is, because word always used as negative connotation.

[@Matt-kt9nm]

Offensive to the sailors who were killed by them?

[@wolfmauler]

How does he reconcile his portrayal of an "Indian" in Winchester '73?

[@jisa39]

John Wayne reportedly had to be restrained by six men when Sacheen Littlefeather used her time at the podium to refuse Marlon Brando’s Godfather win on his behalf when he boycotted.

[@AmriZeraus]

Good to know that, amazing! Was John Wayne mad at Brando for having rejected the Oscar for the reasons stated by Sacheen Littlefeather or mad at her out of prejudice against Native Indians, regardless of the fact that she was actually not a NA Indian, which he wouldn't have known at the time anyway?

[@jisa39]

@@AmriZeraus both, probably.

[@nofriendofmine9880]

We're talking 1979 I'm pretty sure Liquid courage was flowing rather freely.

[@rayoflightdelite1983]

Legend

[@kpw84u2]

It is still happening.

[@supermariofan03]

Considering Brando talked to Bertolucci in private about the unscripted butter moment in Last Tango in Paris, it wouldn’t surprise me if he knew about this individual not being Native in the slightest. Brando is one of my all time favorite actors, but the stuff he’s been doing when the cameras aren’t rolling was shady beyond belief.

[@AmriZeraus]

What is the stuff he was doing when the cameras were not rolling?

[@donna25871]

Marlon saw the hypocrisy of Hollywood very early in his career. No wonder he had nothing but disdain for the acting profession.

[@kurtcameron723]

Malron was a slug and a pervert

[@deboraballes9044]

Wouldn't that make him a hypocrite since he continued acting? Just asking 🤷‍♀️