Five Favorite Films with Tony Bennett

Chances are, if you're breathing, you're a fan of Tony Bennett. Winner of 16 Grammys and 2 Emmys, Mr. Bennett is also an accomplished painter and founder of The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. His career has spanned over 60 of his 86 years, and you might assume that he wants to slow down a little, but that couldn't be more wrong. In fact, he's now the subject of another documentary, this time executive produced by his son and manager Danny Bennett. It puts a beautiful twist on music documentaries. The Zen of Bennett is as artistic as the man himself, and shares with you the incredibly, well, zen perspective of a worldwide legend.

We asked Mr. Bennett his five favorite films. Much like his new documentary, out now on DVD, his answers were simple, elegant, and full of the passion that has drawn us to his music for decades.



The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948; 100% Tomatometer)

My favorite movie.




Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936; 100% Tomatometer)

Charlie Chaplin was a genius and a great humanist.




My Fair Lady (Goerge Cukor, Scott Heming, 1964; 94% Tomatometer)

It was such a wonderfully written movie.




The Kid (Charles Chaplin, 1921; 100% Tomatometer)

Another great Chaplin film.


Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941; 100% Tomatometer)

Orson Wells was a genius!





The Zen of Bennett is available on DVD on November 19th.


Comments

Narcisse Lefebvre

Narcisse Lefebvre

Those quotes are unintentional comedy gold!

Nov 21 - 05:20 PM

David Mullich

David Mullich

How are quotes like "my favorite movie" and "another great Chaplin film" comedy gold???

Nov 23 - 05:48 PM

Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper

Imagine Alec Baldwin reading them as Tony Bennett

Nov 26 - 02:08 PM

Emilie Hunn

Emilie Hunn

haha you mean Jack Donaghy. Totes gold.

Nov 28 - 12:57 AM

George Patchell

George Patchell

I'm not sure how 'My favourite movie" is full of passion, but hey, what do I know?

Nov 21 - 10:31 PM

Janson Jinnistan

Janson Jinnistan

I'm sure he said it very ecstatically.

Nov 23 - 09:34 AM

Lachlan Voight

Lachlan Voight

boring

Nov 22 - 12:07 AM

Matthew Robinson

Matthew Robinson

I think he gave these answers on an elevator.

Nov 22 - 11:59 AM

Dave J

Dave J

No it isn't, it's while he was catching a plane back to Las Vegas!

Nov 22 - 05:26 PM

Joshua Pannelli

Joshua Pannelli

All of the films are 100% fresh, so they must all be boring. lol

Nov 23 - 07:00 AM

Jhon E.

Jhon Evans

Silliness.

Nov 23 - 11:17 AM

Cold P.

Cold Pillow

Logic eludes you.

Nov 24 - 08:48 PM

David M.

David McKenna

...No.

Nov 26 - 08:15 PM

Janson Jinnistan

Janson Jinnistan

I think his obvious sincerity for the first two picks excuses him for obviously winging the other ones.

Nov 23 - 09:33 AM

Cold P.

Cold Pillow

What makes you think that?

Nov 24 - 08:51 PM

Janson Jinnistan

Janson Jinnistan

"Sierra Madre" is a great movie, but not obvious. I believe him if he says that's his favorite film. "Modern Times" is Chaplin's most "humanist" film, so I take him at his word that this film represents his admiration for Chaplin. Everything else sounds off the top of his head. Which isn't bad for an 80 year old.

Nov 26 - 08:26 AM

Claire McDaniel

Claire McDaniel

So no great movies have been made in the last 50 years?

Nov 23 - 10:10 AM

Jhon E.

Jhon Evans

Silliness. He never says such a thing.

Nov 23 - 11:18 AM

Cold P.

Cold Pillow

You know that he is very old right?

Nov 24 - 08:50 PM

Jónas Haux

Jónas Haux

>Implying people can only have 5 great films.

Nov 27 - 05:31 AM

Dana Cavanaugh

Dana Cavanaugh

Most of the greatest movies have not been made in the last 50 years.

Nov 27 - 01:19 PM

Sean Y.

Sean Y.

Time is often one of the best tests for greatness. More recent movies haven't had the same kind of time. In the future, you most likely will find an equal number of films from the more recent decades being counted among the greats.

Nov 27 - 08:45 PM

Jamie Evans

Jamie Evans

He is 86 years old. Most people choose movies that were important to them in their formative years. That is why there aren't any movies on this list from the last 50 years.

Nov 28 - 05:23 AM

Double.Dubs

Edward Stymest

But why does he have to choose any movies made in the last... this is a weird post.

Nov 28 - 07:53 AM

F Bean Rohr Catmouth

F Bean Rohr Catmouth

FIRST!

Nov 23 - 01:04 PM

Dawn Havard

Dawn Havard

One could tell that he put a GREAT DEAL OF "thought" into this.

Nov 27 - 06:20 AM

Chris O'Reilly

Chris O'Reilly

THESE MOVIES WERE GOOD BUT NOT GREAT.

Nov 27 - 10:20 AM

Emilie Hunn

Emilie Hunn

CAPS LOCK

Nov 28 - 12:59 AM

Sam Du Bois

Sam Du Bois

I respect this man all the more!

Nov 27 - 06:18 PM

Brian Finamore

Brian Finamore

they must have caught him before he went on stage or something brief answers but hey he's Tony Bennett

Nov 28 - 05:32 AM

Scotty P.

Scott P

Well.. He certainly embelishes things..

Nov 28 - 07:03 AM

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Dec 5 - 07:48 PM

D P.

D P

The happiest man alive.

Dec 28 - 09:22 PM

Brian McInnis

Brian McInnis

You people just can not spell 'Welles', can you?

Apr 25 - 02:43 PM

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