Thursday, December 8, 2011

"Pulp Fiction" in chronologischer Reihenfolge

"Crimewriter95" hat sich Quentin Tarantinos 1994 Film "Pulp Fiction" angenommen und den Film neu in chronologischer Reihenfolge geschnitten.



Beeilt Euch, es ist nicht klar, wie lange dieses Projekt auf youtube erhaeltlich sein wird.

Wie Jules so schoen sagte: "Der Pfad der Gerechten ist zu beiden Seiten mit Freveleien der Selbstsuechtigen und der Tyrannei boeser Maenner gesaeumt. Gesegnet sei der, der im Namen der Barmherzigkeit und des guten Willens die Schwachen durch das Tal der Dunkelheit fuehren. Denn er ist der wahre Hueter seines Bruders und der Retter der verlorenen Kinder. Ich will grosse Rachetaten an denen vollfuehren, die da versuchen, meine Brueder zu vergiften und zu vernichten, und mit Grimm werde ich sie strafen, dass sie erleben sollen, dass ich der Herr bin, wenn ich meine Rache an ihnen vollstreckt habe.

Der Film ist in der Originalsprache.

"Pulp Fiction" in chronological order

"Crimewriter95" took Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film "Pulp Fiction" and re-cut it into chronological order.



So you better hurry and watch it, before someone takes it down.

As Jules said: "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee."

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Bluesgroesse Hubert Sumlin verstorben

Der Blues-Gitarrist Hubert Sumlin starb am Sonntagmorgen (12/4/2011) im St. Joseph's Spital in Wayne, New Jersey. Todesursache war - wie die Blues Foundation mitteilte -  Herzversagen. Sumlin war 80 Jahre alt, als er in seinem Schlaf verstarb.


Er galt als einer der einflussreichsten Gitarristen. 2003 rangierte ihn das Musikmagazin Rolling Stone als 65. der 100 wichtigsten Gitarrristen. Acht Jahre spaeter, wiederholte das Magazin die Rangliste, aber fragte diesmal auch Musiker nach ihrer Meinung, Sumlin landete auf Platz 43. Led Zeppelin Gruender Jimm Page wird im Artikel zitiert: "Ich liebe Hubert Sumlin. Er spielte immer das Richtige zur richtigen Zeit." Gemaess der Kurzbio der "Blues Foundation - dem internationalem Zuhause der Blues Musik", die Sumlin mehrmals auszeichnete und ihn 2008 in die Ruhmeshalle ("Blues Music Hall of Fame") aufnahm, meinte Jimi Hendrix "Mein Lieblings-Gitarristt ist Hubert Sumlin."

Er wurde in Greenwood, Mississippi (11/16/31) geboren, wuchs aber in Huges, Arkansas auf. Das Gitarrespielen hatte er sich selbstbegebracht, nachdem ihm seine Mutter eine Gitarre gekauft hatte, als er sechs Jahre alt war. Als er zehn war, fiel er durch ein Fenster auf die Buehne, auf der Howlin' Wolf am Spielen war, es war der Start einer langen Freundschaft. In der Schule befreundete er sich mit einem Harmonika-Spieler, James Cotton. Sie beschlossen eine Band zu gruenden, fuegten einen Pianospieler und einen Schlagzeuger hinzu, spielten in Juke Joints, beei einer lokalen Radiostation und wurden regional beruehmt.

Als Howlin' Wolf nach Chicago zog, fragte er Sumlin ihm zu folgen und der junge Gitarrist zog nach Norden. Es war nicht immer leicht und gemaess dem Interview in "Talkin' Blues" trennten sich Wolf und Sumlin mehrere Male; einmal begann Sumlin gar fuer Wolfs groessten Konkurrenten, Muddy Waters zu spielen. Im Interview erklaert er auch, wie ihm Muddy gezeigt hat, dass die Gitarre auch ohne "Pick" (Plektrum) gespielt werden kann.



Sumlin kehrte aber immer wieder zu Howlin' Wolf zurueck und spielte mit ihm fuer ueber 20 Jahre, bis die Blues Legende 1976 verstarb. Es ist Sumlins schnittige Gitarre - die im "Guitar World" Magazin als "zerissene, erschuetternde Ausbruecke von Noten, mit ploetzliche Stille und gewagten rhythmische Aussetzungen - die man in klassischen Songs wie "Wang Dang Doodle", "'Smokestack Lightning" oder "Killing Floor", die in den 50er und 60er Jahren von Howlin' Wolf eingespielt wurden, hoert.






Das von Willie Dixon verfasste "How Many More Years" in einer Live-Version aus dem Jahre 1966, war Wolfs groesster Hit im Jahre 1951. Waehrend Tourneen in Europa begann Sumlin auch eigene Aufnahmen zu machen. Ein erstes Album wurde in der ehemaligen DDR auf der volkseignenen Amiga Plattenfirma 1964 unter dem Titel "American Folk Blues" veroeffentlicht. Zwei Alben wurden fuer franzoesische Firmen eingespielt. Sumlin war auch bei der legendaeren "The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions" dabei, an der Wolf unter anderem mit Eric Clapton, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ian Stewart ein Album einspielte. Plattenboss Marshall Chess wollte urspruenglich nicht, dass Sumlin nach Europa fliegt, aber Clapton's Ultimatum, liess den Gitarristen teilnehmen.

Nach Wolfs Ableben, 1976, spielte Sumlin mit anderen Mitgliedern der Band als "The Wolf Pack" (Horde Woelfe), wurde aber in Chicago gemieden. Fuer eineinhalb Jahre, lebte Sumlin in Austin.



Erst 1987 begann er in den USA -  bei Black Top und Blind Pig, Alben unter seinem Namen zu veroeffentlichen.

Insgesamt wurde Hubert Sumlin viermal fuer einen Grammy nominiert: 1998 fuer "Tribute to Howlin' Wolf" zusammen mit Henry Gray, Calvin Jones, Sam Linden; 1999 fuer die CD "Legends" mit Pinetop Perkins und 2005 fuer sein eigenes Album "About Them Shoes" (mit Gasteinlagen von Eric Clapton, Levon Helm, James Cotton und Keith Richards). Noch im Maerz dieses Jahres erklaerte der Gitarrist gegenueber der New York Times, dass er immer noch begierg einen Grammy moechte.
Er gewann mehrere "Blues Music Awards" (ehemalige Handys), als bester Kuenstler, Instrumentalist, fuer das beste traditionelle Album und fuer seine Zusammenarbeit mit Kenny Wayne Shepherd "Live! In Chicago", das ebenfalls fuer einen Grammy nominiert war.
Nach der Veroeffentlichung von "About Them Shoes" musste Sumlin einen Teil seiner Lunge entfernen lassen, dies hinderte ihn jedoch nicht, Jahr fuer Jahr nahm er an Eric Claptons Crossroad Festival teil.

Beim Wolf Klassiker "Killing Floor" wird er hier von Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton und Robert Cray "unterstuetzt". Schaut Euch mal an, wie Clapton sich an den Links von Sumlin erfreut.



Am 6. October war Hubert ein Spezialgast beim Elvis Costello Konzert im Wellmont Theater in New Jersey, wie er dies zuvor in einer Twitter-Messages bekannt gab. Es war dies sein letzter oeffentlicher Auftritt, er spielte bei "Commit A Crime" "Hidden Charms" und "Killing Floor" mit Costello.



Ende Oktober haette Sumlin im Charleston Culture Center Theater mit den Nighthawks eine Show fuer das Radioprogramm "Mountain Stage" aufnehmen sollen. Er musste leider absagen und es war ihm auch versagt, an seiner 80. Geburtstagsfeier im Mexacali Life in Teaneck, New Jersey teilzunehmen.
Waehrend den letzten 12 Jahren wurde Hubert Sumlin von Toni Ann Mamary. gemanaget. Dank ihrer Initiative begann Sumlin seinen Status als einer der einflussreichsten Gitarristen zu kapitalisieren. Sie reichte ebenfalls eine Petition ein, dass er in die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame aufgenommen wird. Die Petition war unter anderem von Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt und Keith Richards unterschrieben. Hubert lebte mit seiner Managerin zusammen. Sie pflegte ihn waehrend seines Lungenkrebs und seiner Herzattacke. Fuer ihre Verdienste wird sie naechstes Jahr den "2012 Keeping the Blues Alive Awards" erhalten.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Blues Guitarist - Hubert Sumlin - dead at 80

Update 3/1/2012
On February, 24th several musicians hold a memorial concert "Howlin' For Hubert" in honor of Hubert Sumlin benefiting the Jazz Foundation of America at New York's "Apollo Theater" in Harlem. Among many others were also Keith Richards and harmonica player James Cotton.

Original Obituary December 4, 2011  

Blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin passed away earlier today (12/4/2011) at St. Joseph's Hospital in Wayne, New Jersey. The cause of his death was - as the Blues Foundation reported - heart failure. Sumlin was 80 years old and died in his sleep.

He is considered one of the most influential guitarists of all time. In 2003 music magazine Rolling Stone ranked him on its poll of 100 guitarists as number 65. Eight years later, they rehashed the story, but this time asked musicians to participate in the voting, Hubert Sumlin was ranked #43. Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page is quoted in the article: "I love Hubert Sumlin. He always played the right thing at the right time." According to the "Blues Foundation - The International Home of Blues Music," where Sumlin is a multiple Award winner and was inducted into the "Blues Music Hall of Fame" in 2008, Jimi Hendrix put it this way: "My favorite guitar player is Hubert Sumlin."


He was born in Greenwood, Mississippi (11/16/31), but raised in Hughes, Arkansas. He taught himself to play guitar after his mom bought him one when he was six years old. At the age of ten, he literally stumbled into Howlin' Wolf after falling through a window onto the stage where Howlin' Wolf was playing. It was the start of a life-long friendship. 

At school, he ran into a young harp player, named James Cotton; together they decided to form a band, adding a piano player and a drummer. They played juke joints, had a stint on a local radio station, and started to become a local draw.

When Howlin' Wolf moved to Chicago, he soon asked Sumlin to join him and the young guitarist moved north. Times weren't always easy, and according to the interview in "Talkin' Blues" Wolf and Sumlin split several times; at one point Sumlin even joined Wolf's biggest competitor Muddy Waters. In the interview, he also explains, how he started to play his guitar pick-less, just with his fingers.



But Sumlin always came back and would remain with Howlin' Wolf for over 20 years, until the blues legend died in 1976. It's Sumlin's slashing guitar, described in the magazine "Guitar World" as "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences, and daring rhythmic suspensions that you'll hear on classic Wolf songs like "Wang Dang Doodle," "Smokestack Lightning" and "Killing Floor" that were recorded during the 1950s and '60s.

The Willie Dixon penned "How Many More Years" live in 1966 was Howlin' Wolf's biggest hit from 1951. During tours overseas with Wolf, Hubert Sumlin started recording for foreign labels, the first being in the former German Democratic Republic, for the state-owned Amiga Records, which released "American Folk Blues" in 1964. Two albums were recorded for French labels. Sumlin was also part of the legendary "The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions" where Wolf recorded with Eric Clapton, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ian Stewart, and others. Originally label boss, Marshall Chess didn't want Sumlin to fly to Europe, but it was Clapton's ultimatum, that made Sumlin part of the recordings.

After Wolf died in 1976, Sumlin continued with several other members of the band as "The Wolf Pack" but was shunned for a while in Chicago.
For a year and a half, he lived in Austin.



It wasn't until 1987, that he started to release albums under his own name in the United States, for the Black Top and Blind Pig labels.

Over the years Hubert Sumlin has been nominated for four Grammys, in 1998 for "Tribute to Howlin' Wolf" together with Henry Gray, Calvin Jones, and Sam Linden; in 1999 for the CD "Legends" with Pinetop Perkins and in 2005 for his own album "About Them Shoes" (which had contributions by Eric Clapton, Levon Helm, James Cotton, and Keith Richards). Sumlin was still eager to win a Grammy one of these days, as he stated in an interview with the New York Times earlier this year. He did win several "Blues Music Awards" (used to be called the Handys), as best artist, instrumentalist, and best traditional album and for the collaboration with Kenny Wayne Shepherd "Live! In Chicago" which was also nominated for a Grammy.
After the release of "About Them Shoes," Sumlin had to go and remove part of his lung the same year. Fortunately, it didn't slow him down; year after year he would be part of Clapton's Crossroad Festival.

Here he joins Jimmie Vaughan and Robert Cray for the Howlin' Wolf classic "Killing Floor" - just watch how much Clapton enjoys this little get-together.



On October 6, Hubert sat in with Elvis Costello at the Wellmont Theater in New Jersey, as he announced earlier on his Twitter account. It was his last public appearance, he played "Commit A Crime," "Hidden Charms" and "Killing Floors" with Costello.



At the end of October Sumlin was supposed to be playing at the Charleston Culture Center Theater with the Nighthawks and recording for "Mountain Stage" a show for West Virginia Public Radio. Due to illness, he had to cancel and also was not able to attend a celebration of his 80th birthday at the Mexicali Life in Teaneck, New Jersey.
For the last 12 years, Hubert Sumlin was managed by Toni Ann Mamary. Due to her efforts, Sumlin began to capitalize on his stature as one of the most innovative guitarists in music. She has also entered a petition to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame signed by Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards to have him considered for induction as a sideman. Hubert actually lived with his manager, who nursed him through the trauma of his lung cancer and his heart attack. She will be one of the recipients of the "2012 Keeping the Blues Alive Awards."

Friday, December 2, 2011

RIP Bill McKinney - The Mountain Man has died

He was known for playing crazy villains in several movies, including seven with Clint Eastwood. But Bill McKinney will always be remembered as the Georgia hillbilly who made Ned Beatty “squeal like a pig” in the John Boorman movie "Deliverance."

McKinney’s Facebook page announced his death with a note that he had suffered from esophageal cancer. Bill McKinney was 80 years old.
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (9/12/31) he had a rather unsteady childhood, as he moved with his parents 12 times before joining the Navy when he was 19 during the Korean War. As he told Maxim (see below) he was once thrown into a creek in Georgia, just for being from Tennessee.

During his 4 year tenure in the Navy, part of it on a mine sweeper in Korean waters, he decided to become an actor, if he would survive the war. Supporting himself as an arborist, he attended acting school at the famous Pasadena Playhouse with class mate Dustin Hoffman. After a stint at another famous acting school, the Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, he made his debut in the B-movie "She Freak" (1967). Staring in TV series like "The Monkees," "I Dream of Jeannie" or as Lobo in "Alias Smith and Jones" kept him busy, but it wasn't until 1972, where he got the attention as a horrendous villain, when he became the Mountain Man in "Deliverance."

      

Although only credited as the “Mountain Man,” the rape scene with it's legendary saying "Squeal like a pig" cemented the film and McKinney's legacy. Co-star Burt Reynolds later wrote in his autobiography that McKinney was a bit nuts, and probably would have raped Ned Beatty for real. McKinney denied that in his Maxim article, but it seems he did enjoy his infamous minutes of movie history; his official website even carried the web-address www.squeallikeapig.com - (Update 1/13/2013 - website doesn't exist anymore.).

Film critic Leonard Maltin described McKinney in his review of the movie "Deliverance" as, "one of the most terrifying film villains in history." And yes, even more than thirty years later, man magazine Maxim named the two mountain man (the other being Herbert "Cowboy" Coward) as the top movie villains of all time. "Maxim Goes to the Movies."

Other notable directors got interested in McKinney and he normally became the villain or the outlaw - often in westerns - like John Huston's "The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean," Sam Peckinpah's "Junior Bonner," or John Wayne's last film "The Shootist."
McKinney as Dallas in "Any Which Way You Can"

In 1974 he was cast as the "crazy driver" in Michael Cimino's "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" along side Clint Eastwood. The collaboration got him into Eastwood's stock company and McKinney  would star in seven Eastwood films, most notably as Lefty Lebow in "Bronco Billy" and as Captain "Red Legs" Terrill in "The Outlaw: Josey Wales" upto 1989 "Pink Cadillac" after which Eastwood closed the Malpaso Company.

 Terrill in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"



Other notable roles included the shadowy killer, simply credited as the Parallax Assassin in Alan J. Pakula's "The Parrallax View," a State Police Captain in Sylvester Stallone's Rambo in "First Blood," a train engineer in "Back To The Future III," the head coach in "Against All Odds" and as executioner Jack Van Hay in "The Green Mile."


McKinney could also seen in many TV shows, like "Starsky And Hutch," "B.J. And The Bear," "Bret Maverick," "The Yellow Rose," "The Fall Guy," "The A-Team," "Houston Knights," "Baywatch" and "Walker, Texas Ranger" just to name a few.
In the late '90s, McKinney also started singing (his self-released pop/country album "Love Songs From [sic] Antri" could be found and purchased on his website. (2013 - non existent anymore)
Aintry, Georgia was the fictional town, where the river trip in "Deliverance" ended; McKinney also had a great sense of humor, on his facebook page, he listed his personal interests as quote "river boat trips near Antry, Georgia, Meeting new folks from out of town, hunting (rifle, no crossbows please)"; he was killed by a bow shot by Burt Reynolds in "Deliverance." The Facebook note about his death also mentioned that he just completed a Dorito's commercial two weeks before his death, that he left behind "several ex-wives" and that he had a finished autobiography looking for publishers.

(Update 1/13/2013 - there are and were some broken links I tried to fix)

"Deliverance" Schauspieler Bill McKinney verstorben

"Deliverance" - Mountain Man Bill McKinney verstarb 80jaehrig.

Bekannt wurde er als irrer Boesewicht in mehreren Filmen, darunter sieben zusammen mit Clint Eastwood. Bill McKinney wird aber immer als Georgia "Hillbilly" aus dem John Boorman Film "Deliverance" in Erinnerung bleiben, in dem er Ned Beatty vergewaltigt und ihn "wie ne Sau quietschen" laesst.

McKinneys Facebook-Seite notierte, dass der Schauspieler an Speisroehrenkrebs verstorben ist. Er war 80 Jahre alt.
Geboren wurde er in Chattanooga, Tennessee (9/12/31). Eine unstete Jugendzeit, seine Eltern zogen 12mal um, bevor er sich 19jaehrig der Navy anschloss. Wie er dem Maennermagazin Maxim (siehe unten) erzaehlte, wurde er in Georgia als Kind misshandelt und von Rabauken in einen Bach geworfen, nur weil er eben aus Tennessee war.

Waehrend den vier Jahren in der Navy, 2 davon in koreanischen Gewaessern auf einem Minensuchboot, entschloss er sich Schauspieler zu werden, sollte er den Krieg ueberleben. Mit finanziellem Rueckhalt als Baumpfleger, besuchte er die beruehmte Pasadena Playhouse mit Dustin Hoffman. Nach einem Aufenthalt in einer anderen beruehmten Schauspielschule, Lee Strasbergs Actors Studio, debutierte er im B-Film "She Freak" (1967). Rollen in Fernsehserien wie  "The Monkees", "I Dream of Jeannie" oder als Lobo in "Alias Smith and Jones" hielten ihn emsig, aber es war nicht bis 1972, als er als abscheulicher Boesewicht, als Hinterwaeldler in "Deliverance" die Achtung auf sich zog.

      

Obwohl nur als “Mountain Man” aufgefuehrt, wurde die Vergewaltigungsszene und sein legendaerer Dialog "Squeal like a pig" (Quietsch wie ne Sau) zum Vermaechtnis des Films und seiner Karriere.  cemented the film and McKinney's legacy. In seiner Autobiographie schrieb "Deliverance" Hauptdarsteller Burt Reynolds, dass McKinney verrueckt sei, und vermutlich Ned Beatty wirklich haette vergewaltigen wollen. McKinney verneinte dies in seinem Maxim Artikel, aber es scheint, dass er die beruechtigten Minuten, die Filmgeschichte schrieben genossen hat. Seine offzielle Webseite traegt die Adresse www.squeallikeapig.com.

Filmkritiker Leonard Maltin beschrieb McKinney in seiner "Deliverance" Filmrezension als "einer der Schauer erregendsten Boesewichte aller Zeiten". Sogar 30 Jahre spaeter erkor das Maennermagazin Maxim in seiner Ausgabe "Maxim Goes to the Movies" die beiden Hinterwaeldler (der andere war Herbert "Cowboy" Coward) als die schlimmsten Boesewichte aller Zeiten.

Andere Filmdirektoren wurden auf McKinney aufmerksam und meist als Schurke oder Outlaw hatte er Rollen in John Hustons "The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean", in Sam Peckinpahs "Junior Bonner" oder in John Waynes letztem Film "The Shootist."
McKinney as Dallas in "Any Which Way You Can"

1974 wurde er als "verrueckter Fahrer" fuer Michael Ciminos "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" neben Clint Eastwood verpflichtet. Dank der Zusammenarbeit wurde McKinney Mitglied von Eastwoods Filmgesellschaft und belegte in sieben Eastwood Filmen Rollen. Darunter als Lefty Lebow in "Bronco Billy" and als Captain "Red Legs" Terrill in "The Outlaw: Josey Wales" bis ins Jahr 1989 und  "Pink Cadillac". Danach wandelte Eastwood seine Filmgesellschaft Malpaso in eine reine Produktionsgesellschaft um.

Terrill in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"



Weitere erwaehnenswerte Rollen waren der obskure Attentaeter in Alan J. Pakulas "The Parrallax View",  als State Police Captain in Sylvester Stallones Rambo in "First Blood", als Lokomotivfuehrer in "Back To The Future III", als Cheftrainer in "Against All Odds" und als Henker, Jack Van Hay, in "The Green Mile".



McKinney hatte auch Rollen in mehreren TV-Serien, so etwa "Starsky And Hutch", "B.J. And The Bear", "Bret Maverick", "The Yellow Rose", "The Fall Guy", "The A-Team", "Houston Knights", "Baywatch" und "Walker, Texas Ranger".

Ende der 90er Jahre begann McKinney eine Gesangskarriere (sein selbstveroeffentlichtes Album Pop/Country Album "Love Songs From Antri" kann hier bezogen werden.
Aintry, Georgia war das fiktive Kaff, in dem die Flussfahrt in "Deliverance" enden sollte. McKinney hatte auch einen teuflischen Humor, in der Rubrik "Teile Deine Interessen" auf seiner Faceboook-Seite steht "Flussfahrten in der Naehe von Antry, Georgia; treffe gerne Auswaertige; Jagen (Gewehr, bitte keinen Pfeil und Bogen)." [Im Film "Deliverance" erschoss ihn, Burt Reynolds mit einem Pfeil.] In der Notiz zu seinem Tod steht auch, dass er vor zwei Wochen noch eine Werbung fuer Dorito's  eingespielt hatte, dass er mehrere Ex-Frauen hinterlasse und dass eine fertige Autobiographie auf einen  Verleger wartet.

RIP Bill McKinney - The Mountain Man has died

He was known for playing crazy villains in several movies, including seven with Clint Eastwood. But Bill McKinney will always be remembered as the Georgia hillbilly who made Ned Beatty “squeal like a pig” in the John Boorman movie "Deliverance."

McKinney’s Facebook page announced his death with a note that he had suffered from esophageal cancer. Bill McKinney was 80 years old.
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (9/12/31) he had a rather unsteady childhood, as he moved with his parents 12 times before joining the Navy when he was 19 during the Korean War. As he told Maxim (see below) he was once thrown into a creek in Georgia, just for being from Tennessee.

During his 4 year tenure in the Navy, part of it on a mine sweeper in Korean waters, he decided to become an actor, if he would survive the war. Supporting himself as an arborist, he attended acting school at the famous Pasadena Playhouse with class mate Dustin Hoffman. After a stint at another famous acting school, the Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, he made his debut in the B-movie "She Freak" (1967). Staring in TV series like "The Monkees," "I Dream of Jeannie" or as Lobo in "Alias Smith and Jones" kept him busy, but it wasn't until 1972, where he got the attention as a horrendous villain, when he became the Mountain Man in "Deliverance."

      

Although only credited as the “Mountain Man,” the rape scene with it's legendary saying "Squeal like a pig" cemented the film and McKinney's legacy. Co-star Burt Reynolds later wrote in his autobiography that McKinney was a bit nuts, and probably would have raped Ned Beatty for real. McKinney denied that in his Maxim article, but it seems he did enjoy his infamous minutes of movie history; his official website even carried the web-address www.squeallikeapig.com - (Update 1/13/2013 - website doesn't exist anymore.).

Film critic Leonard Maltin described McKinney in his review of the movie "Deliverance" as, "one of the most terrifying film villains in history." And yes, even more than thirty years later, man magazine Maxim named the two mountain man (the other being Herbert "Cowboy" Coward) as the top movie villains of all time. "Maxim Goes to the Movies."



Other notable directors got interested in McKinney and he normally became the villain or the outlaw - often in westerns - like John Huston's "The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean," Sam Peckinpah's "Junior Bonner," or John Wayne's last film "The Shootist."
McKinney as Dallas in "Any Which Way You Can"

In 1974 he was cast as the "crazy driver" in Michael Cimino's "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" along side Clint Eastwood. The collaboration got him into Eastwood's stock company and McKinney  would star in seven Eastwood films, most notably as Lefty Lebow in "Bronco Billy" and as Captain "Red Legs" Terrill in "The Outlaw: Josey Wales" upto 1989 "Pink Cadillac" after which Eastwood closed the Malpaso Company.

 Terrill in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"



Other notable roles included the shadowy killer, simply credited as the Parallax Assassin in Alan J. Pakula's "The Parrallax View," a State Police Captain in Sylvester Stallone's Rambo in "First Blood," a train engineer in "Back To The Future III," the head coach in "Against All Odds" and as executioner Jack Van Hay in "The Green Mile."


McKinney could also seen in many TV shows, like "Starsky And Hutch," "B.J. And The Bear," "Bret Maverick," "The Yellow Rose," "The Fall Guy," "The A-Team," "Houston Knights," "Baywatch" and "Walker, Texas Ranger" just to name a few.
In the late '90s, McKinney also started singing (his self-released pop/country album "Love Songs From [sic] Antri" could be found and purchased on his website. (2013 - non existent anymore)
Aintry, Georgia was the fictional town, where the river trip in "Deliverance" ended; McKinney also had a great sense of humor, on his facebook page, he listed his personal interests as quote "river boat trips near Antry, Georgia, Meeting new folks from out of town, hunting (rifle, no crossbows please)"; he was killed by a bow shot by Burt Reynolds in "Deliverance." The Facebook note about his death also mentioned that he just completed a Dorito's commercial two weeks before his death, that he left behind "several ex-wives" and that he had a finished autobiography looking for publishers.

(Update 1/13/2013 - there are and were some broken links I tried to fix)