Uncle Ray: Am I such a ba
 

“It was very unexpected at my age to be in a music video.." (CW)
"I’ve done a couple of musical movies and when I was young I was a dancer in shows.  I guess Spike knew about that. It was very quick to shoot. We shot it all in one night in the lobby of a hotel [Marriott Hotel] in downtown Los Angeles shortly before Christmas in 2000.” (CW)
Walken liked the idea so much he did not want money for his part in the video.

 

Vincent: Are those opti

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http://www.walkenworks.com/weapon.html
www.popmatters.com/music/videos/f/fatboyslim-weapon.shtml

Weapon of Choice-Link
 

 

 
       
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   "Dance is a purer form of expression than most types of acting. It`s non-verbal and I definitely prefer non-verbal. I`ve learned how to deal with words, but I´d much prefer not to have to say anything. It must have been great in the silent movie days. (...) (CW)  


     


Weapon Of Choice-Interview 2003

Find out how Christopher felt when he was introduced to Hollywood legends, Fred Astaire and Gene
 Kelly and Christopher talks about his involvement with the video for Fatboy Slim's Weapon Of Choice
   video, directed by Spike Jonze:

  
Videos
 

 MTV Video Music Awards, held at the Metropolitan Opera House at
Lincoln Center in New York City, 9/6/01

 

The "Weapon of Choice" video won six MTV awards in 2001; as one of the video's MTV "Moonmen" was for Best Choreography, Walken became a Video Music Award winner. The clip was also cited as the best video of all time in April 2002, in a list of the top 100 videos of all time that was compiled from a music industry survey by music TV channel VH1.

 

   

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