If you watched The Simpsons then you've heard James Earl Jones's great version as well.
I was substitute teaching a class of 5th graders. For some reason I mentioned “The Raven” to them. I was surprised that not a single one of them had ever heard of it.
I told them I wished I could read it to them. One of the kids was smarter than me and told me the library probably had it. After a few minutes he came back with it.
While I was reading it to them, I realized many of the words were way above their comprehension. As it turned out it didn’t matter. When I finished, the kids spontaneously began to applaud.
"it needs more cowbell"
I was surprised to find that he is a childhood friend of Lidia Bastianich and that they worked in a bakery together as kids
Walken always leaves an Impression ,
Not sure what kind it Is !
I expected better from him ... weak performance
Lenore is a very interesting character in mid-19th century popular literature, one of the first great horror poems. Every treatment of her afterward had a slightly different take and most of them were pretty good. Joachim Raff wrote his best symphony around her. When I think of that flaming specter that was her lover rising on horseback from the grave, I think of Walken's character in Sleepy Hollow. Happy Halloween...
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
There are a few lines in “The Raven” that are genius.
“And each separate, dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.”
“Vainly I had thought to borrow from my books surcease of sorrow.”
“And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain ...”