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FRIEND.

>> AS FAR BACK AS I CAN

REMEMBER, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER.

>> "GOOD FELLAS" IS LIKE FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS, I’M GOING TO

KICK THE SHIT OUT OF YOU FOR 2 1/2 HOURS AND YOU’RE GOING TO

LOVE IT. >> THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY

GANGSTER MOVIES, SO MANY MOB MOVIES.

IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE THAT IN 1990 MARTIN WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE

A GANGSTER MOVIE THAT HASN’T ALREADY BEEN SAID SO MANY TIMES

AND YOU WATCH THE MOVIE AND YOU’RE, LIKE, YEAH.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU’RE LEAVING YOUR CAR?

>> WE TRY TO CAPTURE THE EXUBERANCE OF THAT WORK.

IT’S DANGEROUS AND THREATENING. BUT THEY’RE HAVING A WONDERFUL

TIME. >> IT WAS THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF

THE MOB. IT WAS THE MOB AS A JOB.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> WHAT?

>> WHAT DO YOU DO? >> I’M IN CONSTRUCTION.

>> AND THE BALANCE OF THESE TWO FAMILIES, YOUR MOB FAMILY AND

YOUR REAL FAMILY, AND THE WAY THE TWO START TO BLEED INTO EACH

OTHER. >> YOU WERE RIGHT.

YOU WERE RIGHT. >> "GOOD FELLAS" WAS BASED ON A

BOOK CALLED "WISE GUY" AND I READ IT AND SAID WHAT IF I PLAY

THIS GUY JIMMY THE GENT? >> WHAT DID I TELL YOU?

WHAT DID I TELL YOU? YOU DON’T BUY ANYTHING.

YOU HEAR ME? DON’T BUY ANYTHING.

>> IT’S A TRUE STORY AND IT IS THE NATURE OF THAT LIFESTYLE.

>> JUST A LITTLE TASTE. >> YOU HAD TO BE CLEVER ENOUGH,

LET ALONE HAVE THE AUDACITY, THE DISCRETION, BUT ALSO NOT BEING

AFRAID OF THE VIOLENCE. >> I DON’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST

HEARD. >> THIS IS FOR YOU.

>> THE DANGEROUS ENJOYMENT OF IT WHERE YOU CAN BE ENJOYING AND

SUDDENLY SOMEBODY GETS SHOT IN THE CHEST.

>> WHAT’S THE WORLD COMING TO?

>> THEN IT’S NOT FUNNY. THERE IS A PRICE.

FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. >> ALL RIGHT.

YOU ALL KNOW THE DRILL. >> IN THE ’90s, THERE’S A HOST

OF MOVIES IN WHICH PEOPLE OPERATE OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM.

WE LOVE THE IDEA OF THE OUTLAW. IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WE GO TO

THE MOVIES. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS.

>> MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, OFFICER.

>> YOU GO TO THE MOVIES TO SEE PEOPLE VIOLATE THE LAWS OF

SOCIETY. >> I’LL TAKE ONE EVER THOSE BIG

ENVELOPES AND PUT AS MANY HUNDREDS, 50s AND 20s AS YOU CAN

PACK INTO IT. >> IN THE ’90s WE WERE ROOTING

FOR THE CRIMINALS TO GET AWAY WITH IT.

WE WANTED THE BAD GUYS TO BE THE GOOD GUYS.

IT WAS REALLY AN ERA WHEN THE ANTI‐HERO WAS ON THE RISE.

>> YOU HAVE SOMETHING AGAINST ICE CUBES?

>> I LIKE ROUGH EDGES. >> AND "BASIC INSTINCT" THE

CHARACTER IS A SOCIOPATH. THEY ARE AS DANGEROUS AS THAT

CHARACTER IS. WHEN I PLAYED THE PART, I NEEDED

TO UNDERSTAND THE SOCIOPATHIC MIND AND THAT IS A VERY SCARY

THING. >> "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" I

REMEMBER WAITING FOR IT WITH BAITED BREATH TO COME OUT.

NOTHING PREPARED ME FOR HOW JONATHAN DEME SHOT WALKING TO

MEET HANNIBAL LECTER. >> THIS IS A HORROR FILM THAT IS

ALSO AN ACTOR’S PIECE. >> THIS IS TOLD BY THE CLOSEUP

MASTER OF ALL TIME. THE TENSION KEPT RISING AND

RISING. >> MOST SERIAL KILLERS KEEP

TROPHIES FROM THEIR VICTIMS. >> I DIDN’T.

>> NO. YOU ATE YOURS.

>> "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" IS ABOUT THIS ERIE DANCE BETWEEN

CLERISE AND HANNIBAL LECTER. >> TAKES THE HORROR MOVIE AND

PUT IT INTO A REAL WORLD THRILLER.

>> YOU STILL WAKE UP SOMETIMES, DON’T YOU?

WAKE UP IN THE DARK. AND HEAR THE SCREAMING OF THE

LAMB. >> YES.

>> "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" BECOMES ONE OF THREE FILMS EVER

TO WIN BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTRESS, BEST DIRECTOR, BEPTST

ADAPTED SCREEN PLAY AND THEN ANTHONY HOP KINS WINS BEST ACTOR

CAN MAYBE 16 MINUTES OF SCREEN TIME.

>> HOW COME HE DIDN’T LET YOU GO?

>> BECAUSE I DIDN’T ASK HIM. >> THE ONE THING I LOVE SO MUCH

ABOUT "THELMA AND LOUISE" IS IT’S ONE OF THE BEST LOVE

STORIES OF ALL TIMES. >> THEY GET TOGETHER AND THINGS

GO OFF THE RAIL REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.

>> SHUT UP. SHUT UP.

>> PLEASE DON’T HURT ME. >> I’LL SPATTER YOUR UGLY FACE

ALL OVER THIS NICE CAR. >> I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT

AND THE IDEA HIT ME. TWO WOMEN GO ON A SCENE OF THE

CRIME SPREE. IT WASN’T JUST THAT IDEA.

I KIND OF SAW THE WHOLE MOVIE IN ONE FLASH.

>> GOD DAMN, YOU’RE A BITCH. >> I THINK HE’S GOING TO

APOLOGIZE. >> NO, I DON’T THINK SO.

>> THIS IS AN ODYSSEY OF TWO

WOMEN ON THE LAST JOURNEY. THEY WOULD NOT KNOW IT WAS THE

LAST JOURNEY AND THEREFORE THE JOURNEY HAD TO BE MAGNIFICENT.

>> A LOT OF WOMEN LOOKED AT THIS FILM AND THOUGHT I COULD RELATE

TO THOSE WOMEN, I KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GOING THROUGH, I

UNDERSTAND THE CHOICES THEY MADE.

>> LET’S KEEP GOING. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> GO. >> THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND

THEY BOTH KNEW. >> YOU SURE?

>> IT’S KIND OF THE CULMINATION OF BOTH OF OUR LIVES AND WE HAVE

NO CHOICE. LET’S GO.

I CAN’T IMAGINE THE MOVIE WOULD HAVE HAD ANY POWER AT ALL HAD WE

NOT ENDED IT THAT WAY. >> I HAVE NO ENEMIES HERE.

>> NO? WAIT A WHILE.

>> "SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION" IS THE PERFECT PRISON FILM.

>> FOR A GOOD PRISON MOVIE, YOU NEED A WARDEN WHO IS CORRUPT.

>> I WOULDN’T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS CONTRACT.

>> YOU YOU WANT TO MAKE THE AUDIENCE FEEL LIKE THEY’RE

TRAPPED. AND THEN THERE HAS TO BE HOPE.

>> A LITTLE PAROLE REJECTION PRESENT.

>> THE AUDIENCE HAS TO HOPE FOR SOMETHING BETTER FOR THESE

CHARACTERS THAT THEY FALL FOR. >> IT’S A GREAT LOVE STORY

BETWEEN TWO MEN SPENDING 20, 30 YEARS IN PRISON GETTING TO KNOW

EACH OTHER. >> THE FUNNY THING IS ON THE

OUTSIDE I WAS AN HONEST MAN. STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW.

I HAD TO COME TO PRISON TO BE A CROOK.

>> WATCHING EACH OTHERS LIVES ROTATE THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

>> "SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION" IS ABOUT SEEKING JUSTICE IN AN

IMPERFECT WORLD AND WHEN THE CONVICTS WIN, YOU HAVE A SENSE

OF RELIEF. AND THAT SOMEHOW JUSTICE HAS

>> IN VEGAS EVERYBODY’S GOT TO WATCH EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> "CASINO" IS THE STORY OF THESE TWO MEN, JOE’S CHARACTER

AND BOB’S CHARACTER. >> LOOK AT THIS PLACE.

IT’S MADE OF MONEY. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEST PART IS?

NOBODY’S GOING TO KNOW WHAT WE’RE DOING.

>> AND POOR SHARON WHO IS THROWN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

>> WORKING FOR MARTY IS A BIG THING.

HE WAS VERY OPEN, SUPPORTIVE, ENCOURAGING, AND SO PRESENT WITH

ME. >> CAN I TRUST YOU?

ANSWER ME. CAN I TRUST YOU?

>> SHARON STONE IS IN THE GREAT TRADITION OF CRAWFORD AND THE

GREAT DIVAS AND I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO BRING OUT WHAT I NEEDED

THROUGH HER. >> WITH MARTY, BECAUSE HIS FILMS

ARE SO DARING AND THE VIOLENCE IS SO VIOLENT, AND BECAUSE

EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IS SO TRUE, YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY

WELLING TO KIND OF LET YOUR GUTS COME OUT.

>> GET OUT OF HERE. >> FINE!

>> I’M TAKING HER. >> YOU’RE NOT TAKING HER.

YOU’RE A JUNKIE. GET OUT OF HERE.

>> ULTIMATELY THEY’RE GIVEN PARADISE AND LIKE ADAM AND

>>> "APOLLO 13" WAS A REAL TURNING POINT FOR ME AND AN EYE

OPENER. I LEARNED THE POWER OF A TRUE

STORY. >> THIS IS HOUSTON.

SAY AGAIN, PLEASE? >> HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

>> JUST BELIEVING IN THE STORY. MY MANTRA WAS JUST SHOW IT.

>> WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER LEFT TO GET HOME.

>> WE KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO BE SAFE, BUT THE THING WE CARE

ABOUT IS HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE SAFE?

WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO DO TO SAVE THEM?

THAT IS WHAT’S RIVETING. >> THE ’90s BROUGHT US A NEW

LOOK AT SOME PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE WELL KNOWN STORY.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FILM "JFK" IT’S ABOUT WHAT WE CAN

TRUST AND WHO WE CAN TRUST. >> WHO BENEFITTED AND WHO HAS

THE POWER TO COVER IT UP. >> OLIVER STONE IS SAYING YOU

CAN’T TRUST ANYBODY. >> GO BACK TO THE TIME WHEN THE

NATION WAS CAPTIVATED BY THIS GAME SHOW AND IT’S THE STORY

ABOUT TRUTH AND THE PERVERSION OF TRUTH IN ENTERTAINMENT.

>> WHAT ABOUT HIM? >> I LOVE HIM.

>> PEOPLE DON’T LIKE HIM. KIDS DON’T LIKE HIM.

>> AS I KID, I LIVED THROUGH THE "QUIZ SHOW" PERIOD.

I WANTED JOHN TO PLAY HERB STINTON, THE GUY FROM THE LOWER

CLASS AREA AND HE ROSE TO FAME AND THEN CERTAIN PEOPLE WERE

GETTING TIRED OF HIM BECAUSE HE WASN’T THAT PLEASANT TO LOOK AT

BUT NO ONE COULD BEAT THE GUY. HE WAS SO SHARP.

THAT’S WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THE GUY WHY DON’T WE FIND

SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS GOOD AND WE’LL GIVE HIM THE ANSWERS.

>> GENERAL H. W. HALEK. >> YOU ARE OUR NEW CHAMPION.

>> THAT CRUELTY WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO SHOW.

THE POWER OF MONEY AND PERSONALITY.

SO TO ME THAT WAS A STORY THAT REALLY HAD TO BE TOLD.

>> WE DIDN’T LAND ON PLYMOUTH ROCK.

PLYMOUTH ROCK LANDED ON US. LANDED RIGHT ON TOP OF US.

>> "MALCOLM X" IS SPIKE LEE’S EPIC.

I THINK HE FELT A CERTAIN URGENCY IN MAKING IT.

>> SPIKE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF CASTING DENZEL WASHINGTON AT THE

PIN NABBING PINNACLE OF HIS MOVIE STARDOM.

>> DENZEL WASHINGTON IS ONE OF THE ALL‐TIME GREATS.

WHAT HE DOES IN HIS ARTISTRY PAINTING A PORTRAIT OF AN

INDIVIDUAL, IT’S ASTOUNDING. >> IF THE SO‐CALLED NEGRO IN

AMERICA WAS TRULY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, WE WOULDN’T HAVE A

RACIAL PROBLEM. IF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

WAS AUTHENTIC, WE WOULDN’T HAVE A RACIAL PROBLEM.

>> WATCHING A GUY LIKE DENZEL AS MALCOLM X, TOP OF THE GAME, IRN

INTIMIDATING IN MANY WAYS. >> WHEN WE MADE "PHILADELPHIA",

HE WAS MALCOLM ALREADY. IT WAS LIKE STARTING A MOVIE

WITH MARLON BRANDO AND JUST SEEING "THE GODFATHER" THE NIGHT

BEFORE. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?

>> I HAVE AIDS. >> "PHILADELPHIA" WAS AN

IMPORTANT FILM. >> HOW DID THEY FIND YOU OUT

HAVE THE AIDS? >> ONE OF THE PARTNERS NOTICED A

LESION ON MY FOREHEAD. >> AS HIS CHARACTER SPENDS MORE

TIME WITH TOM HANKS, HE STARTS TO SEE HIM AS MORE THAN HIS

SEXUALITY OR HIS DISEASE. >> LET’S GET IT OUT OF THE

CLASSROOM, BECAUSE THIS CASE IS NOT JUST ABOUT AIDS, IS IT?

SO LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS CASE IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC’S HATRED, OUR LOATHING, OUR FEAR OF

HOMOSEXUALS. >> HE CAN BRING THE AUDIENCE ON

THAT JOURNEY TO SAY WE DON’T NEED TO FEAR PEOPLE.

WE DON’T NEED TO DESPISE OR STIGMA

STIGMATIZE THEM. >>> MY NAME IS FOREST, FOREST

GUMPF. >> IT’S A VERY RARE THING FOR ME

TO READ A SCRIPT AND NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN.

>> "FOREST GUMP" IS A MARVELOUS LOOK ON THE HOW HISTORY HAPPENS.

IT’S A PLAY ON THE CONTINGENCY AND ACCIDENT THAT SHAPES OUR

WORLD. >> WE WERE THE FIRST AMERICAN TO

VISIT THE LAND OF CHINA IN LIKE A MILLION YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE