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- [Narrator] One word can
have a lot of meanings.

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Hollywood is one of those words.

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The word "Hollywood" first meant a place.

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It was geography.

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It started as a planned community

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outside of Los Angeles, California.

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Developed by H. J. Whitley, who
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and Harvey Wilcox and his wife Daieda.

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Harvey was a seasoned Kansas
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and a Republican bigwig who
came West with his new wife

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to finish his life in golden California.

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When he first came to Hollywood,

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Harvey was 51 and his new wife was 21,

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starting a marital
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until the present day.

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So both Whitely and the Wilcoxes

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claimed to have founded Hollywood.

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H. J. Whitley liked to be called
the "father of Hollywood."

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While Daeida Wilcox,

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especially after her
elderly husband's death,

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claimed the title of the
"mother of Hollywood."

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It is not known if the mother
and father ever got together.

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Eventually a place that was
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of sobriety and genteel country living,

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became known for exactly the opposite.

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The word "Hollywood"
grew to mean everything

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about the American
motion picture industry.

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The word was used to
mean whatever you thought

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about the movies and the
people who made them.

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You could say "Hollywood loves sequels"

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or "Hollywood is full of perverts"

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or "Hollywood hates America."

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People would nod in agreement.

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They still do.

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The word "Hollywood"
also means an attitude,

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one not widely admired,

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such as "Bert has gone Hollywood,

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he doesn't have time
for the little people."

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For some reason, I actually
live in Hollywood, the place.

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I didn't plan it, but
here I am in an apartment

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near Paramount Pictures

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and next door to Raleigh Studios,

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which is said to be the
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motion picture studio in the world.

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Although now they make
streaming shows here,

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which I guess is the same thing, sorta.

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It doesn't matter much
how the name came to be.

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Hollywood has always
been about making money

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or at least the illusion of doing so.

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Whitley Wilcox did quite
well, but the real truth

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is that for all the people that
flock here, year after year,

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making money is the one thing

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that generally doesn't happen to them.

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The magic spell the
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all over the world has
always fascinated me.

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And that spell has
always gone hand in hand

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with an irresistible attraction to fame.

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And beyond that, an obsession
some people have to be famous.

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That obsession doesn't always end well.

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Sometimes it feels like
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is the Achilles heel
of the American Dream.

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Way back in 1990, I
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about these things.

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The idea was to take a small
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on a road trip, talking
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that had a passion for movies.

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And to end the film in Los Angeles,

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at the 63rd Academy Awards.

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I planned to add classic
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to comment on and collide with

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the documentary footage we shot.

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I called the film "Tinsel."

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Unfortunately it was
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that undermined the release of the film.

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The cost of licensing the footage

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was many times the financial
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I thought the classic movie clips

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were an essential part of the film,

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and because of the money it
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the movie was shelved.

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Years later, the film lab that
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and sound went out of business

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and all the original film elements

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were tossed in the local landfill.

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A long time after that,

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the only copy of the film was found

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in an old videotape format
that no one uses today.

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Beyond the big 1990s hair,
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it showed a Hollywood that was both

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completely different from
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oddly similar.

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What we didn't know back
then was that there was a law

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called Fair Use that dealt
with this very problem.

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The law was first passed in the 1970s

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and allowed small amounts of media

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that was still under
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in new works for commentary or criticism.

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And in those passing years,
the Fair Use law evolved,

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to allow the inclusion
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in documentary films like this,

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for comment and criticism.

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That law allowed the
film to finally be seen.

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So I decided to revisit Tinsel,

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to dust it off and see what
this time capsule looked like

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from the viewpoint of the 21st Century.

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So here, 30 years later,

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is Tinsel: The Lost Film About Hollywood.

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- I was in college when I
went to see "Little Big Man."

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And there's a scene
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a peaceful Indian village

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and you see a soldier take aim

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at a woman who's running away
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And he shoots and you see the,

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obviously the bullet has
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and the mother, you see the blood spurt.

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And just at that moment, the
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and it was absolutely
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at that one moment... and a child,

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a small child in the theater said,

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"Mommy, they shot the baby."

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And it was... it was stunning.

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- Well, when I was 10 years old,

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I saw "A Star Is Born" and I
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singing her heart out

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and I figured that's what I want to do.

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I've always wanted to act, you know,

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ever since I was two and,

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"A Star Is Born" just
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- [Announcer] In Bayonne, New Jersey,

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public school number
three welcomes Sandra Dee.

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An emotion charged
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who went on to Hollywood fame
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Sandra and her relatives have
a joyous, but tearful reunion

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in the course of the school's
special assembly program.

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(upbeat music)

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Sandra Dee completely
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Local girl makes good is big news.

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- Oh, I'd just play, I'd watch
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do characters and stuff
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And when I was older and
I'd say, "Hey, I want these,

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you know, these characters to
come alive and everything."

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So that's what I wanted to do.

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- The story I'm writing, it
should be made into a movie

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because it shows not only
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a nuclear war would have on the country

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and the people surrounding it,

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but it also shows what life
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Who would survive and who wouldn't

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and the effects it would
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on the ground and the
land and the ocean...

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- Acting is all I've ever wanted to do

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and that's all I will ever want to do

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and I'll become famous
so I can make movies

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and I can go up there and
be on the silver screen.

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- It's just celluloid.

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It's just celluloid with some dye on it

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and they shoot a light through it.

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And it's an illusion, it's still pictures.

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They don't really move.

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I mean, it's, all this
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I still think about how remarkable it is

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that you can throw these images on a wall

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and people sit there and, and you,

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you fall into that world and you,

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you take that stuff to
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and you feel for these things and you,

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you wonder what's going to happen next.

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And if it's a good movie, when it's over,

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you want to know more.

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You want to go back and visit them again.

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- [Man On phone] Well it's
the biggest thing since radio

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and I'm letting you in
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Oh Mary, Mary!

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- I'm here.

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- [Man] Will you tell that guy

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I'm giving him the chance of
a lifetime, did you hear it?

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The of a lifetime!

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- He says it's a chance of lifetime.

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(phone hitting floor)

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- Now you listen to me.

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I don't want any plastic and I
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and I don't want to get
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you understand that?

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I want to do what I want to do.

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And you're, and you're...

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- George, George, George.

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- Well, I think that a movie
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it's a wonderful thing.

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So if you hear anybody
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They would say "I had a good cry."

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That release, release of tension, renewal.

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It's a psychological bath.

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And personally, I cry at the
no smoking ordinance, you know.

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- Some people say,

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"Well, how can there be music
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or a band in the middle of the desert?"

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And I would say, "What does it matter?"

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It's, music comes sweeping in

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and the performers start to sing and dance

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and I just want to be up
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And just, it's sweeps me away.

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- It's everything we want,
our fantasies, our fears

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they're up there.

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They're right in front of us.

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We don't like to talk
about them, there they are.

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- Has to have a great protagonist
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and a great story adventure line.

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- I like movies with, you know, action.

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Movies, every now and then,
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- I guess when it keeps
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and you want to keep
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and not want to stop it
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- I was always more in my
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No sad stories, movies.

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I love to have a love story.

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- Frog Men.

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I think I saw that around 12 times

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when I was around 10 years old.

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I remember they used to fall
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And I used to think that was great.

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- When I was a child, I guess "Bambi"

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and all that kind of stuff,
but it was all miracle stuff.

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- But there've been moments
like where I'll catch a scene

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and I'll just go.

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(sighing)

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- A dark theater with
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something happening upfront.

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And the entire group
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at the same moment.

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(dramatic music)

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- Everyone has two businesses,
their own and showbiz.

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There's something that's so
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that everybody wants to be part of it.

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And of course everyone is part
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the reacting half of the equation.

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- Well, I remember one
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in a movie called the,

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The Little Big Horn and
he was playing a commander

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of the U.S cavalry troop.

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And at the very beginning of the movie,

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he gave the famous charge of the cavalry,

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(screaming)

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and he took about eight
arrows right in the heart.

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(dramatic music)

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They dragged him underneath the tree

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and he laid there for
the entire movie dying

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while the men came up and
talked to him like this

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and after about half the film,

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people were laughing and jeering at him.

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It felt pretty bizarre.

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- So the very act of watching movies

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makes you have a fantasy about
being in them or making them,

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or being around them,

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which is why the old adage of
everybody has two businesses,

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their own and showbiz, is true,

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because participating and
going into the darkened theater

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means a suspension of disbelief

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and an investment in a fantasy story,

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which just almost as a shadow idea

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brings you into the idea "I
could have made it better.

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I wouldn't have had the
guy go through that door

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knowing the killer was on the other side."

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You know, whatever the thing is

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and suddenly you're rewriting the script.

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And then people think, "Well,
these Hollywood people,

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they don't really know what
they're doing, I could do it.

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I'll write a script."

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- My story is about a, a boy,

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a next door neighbor that
goes to feed a neighbor's cat.

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- My movie is called "Tube Lube."

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Call it a blend between "Nine to Five"

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and "The Other Side of the Mountain."

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- My movie is kind of a
science fiction thriller

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and it starts out with
the man on the porch

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saying goodbye to his date.

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- It's sort of a cross
between "Beetlejuice"

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and "Amityville Horror."

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- My movie's sort of
a Star Trek from hell.

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- This script is about unembodied spirits

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that are just searching.

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- It's kind of a cross between
"Diner" and "Fandango."

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- Love found, love lost, love found again.

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That holds the whole movie together.

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- He does this just for
his own satisfaction.

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He likes to see small
animals and things squirm.

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He, he likes pain.

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- We intersperse this or interphase it

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with the local celebrities.

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- And together they bring their own lives

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back into fulfillment.

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- And it all comes together and it ends up

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in a ball of flame and
crashes through the house,

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out into the crowd that's
gathered in the front yard

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and the preacher that's holding the Bible

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goes up in smoke and, oh it's just a,

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it's a mess.

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- Has a lot of irony in it, a real...

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lot of irony.

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- Well, I'm in a rental
business, I rent movies.

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It's a farming community.

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And in my point of view,

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I think they should have
more down-to-earth movies.

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Down where the people are... a real story

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- [Director] But you just told me

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those movies don't rent.

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- Yeah, but it might not rent,
but this is what I'd like.

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Now, if they want to rent movies,

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they have violence and guts

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and wherever you get an arm
cut off every three seconds

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in a movie or somebody's gets shot off.

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That's the kind of movies
everybody wants to see

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and that's what they want to rent.

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- The video industry does real well here

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simply because there is no
other form of entertainment.

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- We are employed here in the store.

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We, rent every type of movie
from kiddy films to porno.

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(laughing)

327
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- Well, we're, we're
trying to find something

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that we can all sit down
and watch as a family.

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And hopefully it will be
entertaining, humorous,

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maybe something educational even.

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So that the kids can all
learn something by it.

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Or we can enjoy it and not have
to spend a whole lot of time

333
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about saying, "Well, you guys
better watch this later."

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- [Director] If someone
gave you a bunch of money

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and said, "Make a horror movie,"
what would make it about?

336
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- I would make it about,

337
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I don't know, something
with whips and chains

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and knives and stuff like that.

339
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- [Director] Do you think
we're going to see it?

340
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- Well, I don't know.

341
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Yeah, probably.

342
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- [Director] Okay...

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( brassy music stinger)

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- [Narrator] The reason
Hollywood became so famous

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is that by the end of the first
decade of the 20th century,

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almost the entire American
motion picture industry

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was located in this small town.

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The very first Hollywood
movie studio was here.

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On the Northwest corner
of Sunset Boulevard

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and Gower Street.

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There was a tavern on this corner

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called the Blondeau Tavern.

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Now it is a sushi
restaurant and a coffee shop

354
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and no one seems to be aware
of what was started here.

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When the residents of Hollywood voted

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to make the town alcohol free,

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the tavern was suddenly out of business.

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The owners leased the building
to producer Al Christie

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and the Nestor Film
Company in October 1911.

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They had just arrived from New Jersey

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where the American film
industry had started

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near the Edison Laboratories.

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So the first Hollywood
studio was born in a barroom

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and grew from there.

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Within a few years, the town
was packed with film producers

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taking advantage of the sunshine,

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and a quirk in California
law that helped them

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avoid paying royalties
to the motion picture

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patent companies back East.

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The sunshine in California was important

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because it was what made movies possible.

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Those early film stocks
were extremely slow,

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which means they required a
lot of light to make an image,

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so the early movie sets had no roof,

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so the sun could light the scene.

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That's why early movies
are all lit with the same

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bland overhead light, as
if every building in 1916

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had a glass roof.

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So it turns out the
corner of Sunset and Gower

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was like the "Cradle of Civilization"

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in terms of Hollywood movies.

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Across the street from Nestor

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is where Universal Pictures started.

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Where this Denny's is now.

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Columbia Pictures was
at the same intersection

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for many years.

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Now its old studios are called
the Sunset Gower Studios.

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The Warner Brothers built
stages and fancy offices

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a few blocks away at Van Ness and Sunset,

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where the Netflix Hollywood
offices are today.

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Fox Studio was here on
Western Avenue at Sunset

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and expanded across the street
here, where McDonald's is now.

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The Walt Disney Studios were
here in this little storefront

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at Vermont and Kingswell,

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before they moved to Hyperion Avenue

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00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:46,539
where this grocery store stands today.

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About a hundred years later,

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Disney owns Fox and Star
Wars and Marvel and Pixar,

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and anything else they want
to buy that is still for sale.

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This corner, just west of Vine street,

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at the intersection of
Lillian Way and Eleanor

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may be the most important
in Hollywood history

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in terms of fostering legendary films.

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Metro Studios first set
up shop here in 1915,

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founded by future
super-mogul, Louie B Mayer

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and the forgotten Richard Roland.

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Metro would later evolve
into the mega-studio MGM.

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In 1916, after signing with Mutual,

409
00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,839
Charlie Chaplin set up his studio here

410
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at the original Metro lot.

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He was the highest paid person
in the world at the time,

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making more than $15 million
a year in today's money.

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He made "he Floor Walker",
"The Fireman", "The Vagabond",

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and nine other shorts here
before building his own studio

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on farmland here on La Brea Avenue.

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It's now the Jim Henson
Studio and at the gate,

417
00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:51,869
Kermit the Frog stands guard,

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wearing the Little Tramp's clothes

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00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:56,699
and sporting Charlie
Chaplin's trademark bowler hat

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and cane.

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Back at Chaplin's previous studio,

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there was a new tenant starting
in 1920, Buster Keaton.

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He did his best work here.

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10 features and nine
shorts in only eight years.

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Years ago, people put a
plaque here honoring Keaton,

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00:20:16,850 --> 00:20:19,429
but it was on the wrong corner.

427
00:20:19,430 --> 00:20:22,069
More recently, Keaton
fans placed this plaque

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on the correct corner,
also honoring Chaplin.

429
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In all my years of walking
and driving by this corner,

430
00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:31,350
I've never seen anyone looking at it.

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About a mile to the southeast,
RKO and Paramount Pictures

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both set up separate studios on Melrose.

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Eventually, Paramount
Pictures absorbed the RKO lot

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when they bought it from Lucille Ball

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who had renamed it Desilu Studios.

436
00:20:51,660 --> 00:20:55,069
However, no one ever bothered
to remove the old RKO globe,

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00:20:55,070 --> 00:20:56,669
which perched on the top of a stage

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at the corner of Melrose and Gower.

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It sits there still today,
mystifying tourists.

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Paramount is the only Hollywood studio

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that has stayed in place
since the early days,

442
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on Hollywood's southern boundary,

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backed up against the Hollywood Cemetery.

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There you will find the
"Father of Hollywood",

445
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H. J. Whitley interred,

446
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along with his rival "Father
of Hollywood", Harvey Wilcox,

447
00:21:19,140 --> 00:21:21,109
and the man who leased the Blondeau Tavern

448
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all those years ago, Al Christie.

449
00:21:24,390 --> 00:21:28,163
As well as most of the people
that made Hollywood, Hollywood.

450
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Today, the original gate at
Paramount Studios still stands.

451
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It's called the Bronson Gate
and it looks the same as it did

452
00:21:38,150 --> 00:21:41,139
when William Holden walked
towards it in "Sunset Boulevard"

453
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in 1950.

454
00:21:53,070 --> 00:21:53,903
- Wannabes.

455
00:21:53,904 --> 00:21:55,546
Well, my first advice
to wannabes would be,

456
00:21:55,547 --> 00:21:57,599
"Listen to your mother
and become a doctor."

457
00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:01,089
- My movie is a story of two friends

458
00:22:01,090 --> 00:22:03,569
who meet through telepathic time travel.

459
00:22:03,570 --> 00:22:06,479
- It's about a, a woman
who is dressed as a man,

460
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,219
goes and saves the town, you know,

461
00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:10,149
along the lines of "High Noon" almost.

462
00:22:10,150 --> 00:22:11,389
- I like talking.

463
00:22:11,390 --> 00:22:12,799
So it makes sense that I like to write

464
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other people talking also.

465
00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,479
- It's something that will draw them in.

466
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It'll bring tears, it'll bring suspense.

467
00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:21,159
It'll bring comedy, it'll
bring total enthusiasm.

468
00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:22,599
- I don't, I don't really
have a favorite scene

469
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,559
since I think it's all very good.

470
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,929
- And it'll be one of those
movies where you see the TV ad

471
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and the people are clapping
their hands and raving about it.

472
00:22:30,530 --> 00:22:33,119
- It goes from here,
right to the keyboard.

473
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:36,559
I just think it all out, I
can see it as it's happening.

474
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:37,560
So it just...

475
00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:39,999
Just, it comes on out.

476
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,600
- There's a greater number
of people going to films.

477
00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,429
However, I don't know if they're going

478
00:22:45,430 --> 00:22:47,029
for the right reasons.

479
00:22:47,030 --> 00:22:48,799
- Well, all I can say is
I would love to be able

480
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,523
to go to a party and say that
I work in the movie business.

481
00:22:51,524 --> 00:22:54,107
(upbeat music)

482
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,304
- What goes through my mind is

483
00:23:00,305 --> 00:23:02,464
that I hope it's going to
be a big hit in Hollywood,

484
00:23:02,465 --> 00:23:03,298
that's what goes through my mind.

485
00:23:03,299 --> 00:23:05,969
I'm going to keep my bank manager happy.

486
00:23:05,970 --> 00:23:07,969
Because why do we write?

487
00:23:07,970 --> 00:23:10,619
Professional writers,
like Dr. Johnson said,

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00:23:10,620 --> 00:23:12,409
we write to make money.

489
00:23:12,410 --> 00:23:15,024
Writers are spinners of dreams

490
00:23:15,025 --> 00:23:18,209
and movies are all about dreams.

491
00:23:18,210 --> 00:23:22,509
And we hope that a lot of
people come and see our dream.

492
00:23:22,510 --> 00:23:25,249
- If the public demand to,

493
00:23:25,250 --> 00:23:28,190
to see you and have you as,

494
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:30,503
for entertainment,

495
00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:33,083
that's equal fame.

496
00:23:34,290 --> 00:23:37,029
And there is many of
them here in this city.

497
00:23:37,030 --> 00:23:40,719
Of course, it's very
exciting that people come in

498
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,369
and rushing in and the
bodyguard and the security

499
00:23:43,370 --> 00:23:45,109
usually try to keep them away

500
00:23:45,110 --> 00:23:47,689
but that's part of the game.

501
00:23:47,690 --> 00:23:48,929
You know, they like it.

502
00:23:48,930 --> 00:23:51,919
Although the they, you know,
pretend that they don't.

503
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,663
Once you have fame, money
will come, you know, with it.

504
00:23:57,210 --> 00:23:59,106
And, answering your question, yes,

505
00:23:59,107 --> 00:24:01,414
I'd like to have fame first.

506
00:24:01,415 --> 00:24:03,049
- [Director] Would you
marry someone very famous

507
00:24:03,050 --> 00:24:04,050
or very rich?

508
00:24:05,470 --> 00:24:06,430
- Famous.

509
00:24:06,431 --> 00:24:07,443
- [Director] Why's that?

510
00:24:08,340 --> 00:24:09,879
- So then you both could be famous

511
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:14,880
and then you'd both be recognized.

512
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,609
- [Announcer] Oh, here lies
the most glamorous city

513
00:24:16,610 --> 00:24:17,443
on Earth.

514
00:24:17,444 --> 00:24:19,119
Hollywood, California.

515
00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:20,936
A city where men and
women skyrocket to fame

516
00:24:20,937 --> 00:24:22,719
or plunge to oblivion.

517
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,109
What happens in the glamour of
such famous gathering places

518
00:24:25,110 --> 00:24:26,599
as the Ambassador pool.

519
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,369
The Trocadero on the gold
coast of the film city.

520
00:24:29,370 --> 00:24:31,749
At the Brown Derby
where famous stars meet.

521
00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:34,139
Or in the gay setting of Santa Anita Park.

522
00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:36,569
It's all part of fantastic Hollywood,

523
00:24:36,570 --> 00:24:38,309
Hollywood at playtime.

524
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:40,609
Here behind the walls of
Selznick International Studio,

525
00:24:40,610 --> 00:24:42,292
we see Hollywood at work.

526
00:24:42,293 --> 00:24:44,765
A new Janet Gaynor is in the making.

527
00:24:44,766 --> 00:24:47,349
(upbeat music)

528
00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:50,169
- It's all who you know.

529
00:24:50,170 --> 00:24:52,239
It's who you know and where you go.

530
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,369
That is the Hollywood mystique.

531
00:24:54,370 --> 00:24:57,710
And I'll tell you what is actually behind

532
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,309
the Hollywood mystique is,

533
00:25:00,310 --> 00:25:03,189
it's the glamour, the fame,

534
00:25:03,190 --> 00:25:06,679
it's the, you know, just
your, it's the fame.

535
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,989
I think people just go kind
of "crazy," quote, unquote,

536
00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:12,919
over the fame and the glamour.

537
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:14,509
- You see what my life is like Louella?

538
00:25:14,510 --> 00:25:15,659
Not a minute to myself.

539
00:25:15,660 --> 00:25:18,489
I work, I slave and what do I get?

540
00:25:18,490 --> 00:25:20,729
Money, money, money!

541
00:25:20,730 --> 00:25:22,393
A ridiculous fortune!

542
00:25:23,350 --> 00:25:25,449
Oh, I do hope you'll tell every girl

543
00:25:25,450 --> 00:25:26,799
to stay out of pictures.

544
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,899
- My dear, I've been
telling them that for years,

545
00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:31,479
but the glamour of Hollywood's too strong.

546
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,689
- But, uh... as I was saying,

547
00:25:33,690 --> 00:25:38,023
I would not mind doing a
little acting, you know and,

548
00:25:39,630 --> 00:25:42,273
you know, any kind of acting, you know.

549
00:25:45,130 --> 00:25:47,599
Sounds really nice as
long as it's, you know,

550
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:48,590
within reason.

551
00:25:48,591 --> 00:25:50,529
I don't, I do not do pornography.

552
00:25:50,530 --> 00:25:51,536
I will NOT do porn.

553
00:25:51,537 --> 00:25:54,119
- But I think what really pushes everybody

554
00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:55,729
is it's some of your self,

555
00:25:55,730 --> 00:25:58,429
self-satisfaction especially
me being an athlete

556
00:25:58,430 --> 00:25:59,969
at one time and you're
always used to being

557
00:25:59,970 --> 00:26:01,009
in the limelight.

558
00:26:01,010 --> 00:26:03,769
And so I still want to stay
in that particular limelight.

559
00:26:03,770 --> 00:26:05,909
And that's what generates
me usually to push forward.

560
00:26:05,910 --> 00:26:07,776
It's not the money or the
glory or anything like that.

561
00:26:07,777 --> 00:26:10,149
It's just the self-satisfaction.

562
00:26:10,150 --> 00:26:11,100
- [Director] Oh, that's a good answer.

563
00:26:11,101 --> 00:26:13,619
- Sex sells, you know, sex sells,

564
00:26:13,620 --> 00:26:17,743
but I'm not really interested
in the sexuality of,

565
00:26:20,189 --> 00:26:21,389
in the sexuality of, you know.

566
00:26:25,079 --> 00:26:28,579
- Well, I'm an aspiring young musician,

567
00:26:28,580 --> 00:26:30,099
just like everybody else in this town.

568
00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:33,419
I'm aspiring to be a part of
the entertainment industry.

569
00:26:33,420 --> 00:26:35,959
- He told me that they were doing a movie

570
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,849
called the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

571
00:26:37,850 --> 00:26:40,549
We got to go down on the field and then

572
00:26:40,550 --> 00:26:43,899
go out into the parking lot,
stomp on all these tomatoes

573
00:26:43,900 --> 00:26:45,419
that were out there.

574
00:26:45,420 --> 00:26:48,899
And they did a pan shot and
I, and they got my face in it.

575
00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:51,939
So now when I see my, I can see myself,

576
00:26:51,940 --> 00:26:53,989
I say, "Hey, that's really neat."

577
00:26:53,990 --> 00:26:56,789
You know, I finally got to be in a movie.

578
00:26:56,790 --> 00:26:59,859
- My first entree into the
business was loading trucks.

579
00:26:59,860 --> 00:27:02,999
- Sweeping sets at 35 bucks a
day, or less than that even.

580
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,479
- Anything, at that
point was like, you know,

581
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,239
I couldn't get a job if I
had a fist full of hundreds.

582
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:08,449
- Stay their kid.

583
00:27:08,450 --> 00:27:09,370
You better take another one Joel.

584
00:27:09,371 --> 00:27:11,329
Look, Bowers, take your hat off.

585
00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:13,081
And be waving it.

586
00:27:13,082 --> 00:27:14,589
And smile, give us a big smile.

587
00:27:14,590 --> 00:27:16,109
One of those, "Hello, California,

588
00:27:16,110 --> 00:27:17,899
I'm tickled to death to be here!"

589
00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:20,029
You can't tell, you might like it.

590
00:27:20,030 --> 00:27:22,169
- It's not as it appears.

591
00:27:22,170 --> 00:27:24,469
It's a city like any other city.

592
00:27:24,470 --> 00:27:26,249
There are people out there
that'll take your eye out

593
00:27:26,250 --> 00:27:28,789
and eat it for an olive if
they had an opportunity.

594
00:27:28,790 --> 00:27:30,142
- I don't know I don't think there is

595
00:27:30,143 --> 00:27:32,759
a real Hollywood anymore
except in the minds

596
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,389
of a lot of agents.

597
00:27:34,390 --> 00:27:37,039
- This is a town in which a
six point earthquake can hit

598
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:38,349
and everybody goes right back to work

599
00:27:38,350 --> 00:27:40,239
like nothing happened.

600
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,279
This is Los Angeles.

601
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,269
And that by the way, is why LA is so weird

602
00:27:43,270 --> 00:27:45,929
because the earth moves
here on a regular basis.

603
00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:47,729
And there's nothing solid
to base your life on.

604
00:27:47,730 --> 00:27:49,999
There is no solid ground in Los Angeles.

605
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,075
- You can't tell, you
never know who's who, okay?

606
00:27:54,076 --> 00:27:57,719
You never know who's who and
the interesting part about it

607
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,199
is, you know, some people
are real and some people are,

608
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:05,933
you know, fake, two faced and I'm real.

609
00:28:07,060 --> 00:28:08,619
- I've never taken orders from anyone.

610
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:10,809
As long as I live, I'll never
take orders from anyone.

611
00:28:10,810 --> 00:28:13,179
I'm young and strong and
nothing can touch me.

612
00:28:13,180 --> 00:28:15,879
- You never know when the person

613
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,902
who was sitting next to
you, who's out of work today

614
00:28:17,903 --> 00:28:21,129
will be the studio executive of tomorrow.

615
00:28:21,130 --> 00:28:22,869
That's how fickle this
wonderful businesses is.

616
00:28:22,870 --> 00:28:24,879
In the mornings of course, for breakfast,

617
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,639
we're in one of the best
places, the Bel Age hotel has a,

618
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,079
a pretty hot little spot
down in their coffee shop.

619
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,679
You can see the, the
wheeler dealers of Paramount

620
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,319
usually down in the Bel Age
hotel, and then if you hop

621
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,969
a couple of blocks away to
Hugo's on Santa Monica Boulevard

622
00:28:38,970 --> 00:28:41,459
you usually see, half
the people out of work,

623
00:28:41,460 --> 00:28:42,539
half the people in work.

624
00:28:42,540 --> 00:28:44,529
The people out of work trying
to hire the people in work,

625
00:28:44,530 --> 00:28:46,389
you know, and walking past their tables

626
00:28:46,390 --> 00:28:49,609
and trying to get in
between some conversations,

627
00:28:49,610 --> 00:28:50,530
trying to hear who's doing what.

628
00:28:50,531 --> 00:28:53,619
When the sun starts setting
here, we have the Le Domes,

629
00:28:53,620 --> 00:28:57,039
the Spagos, the Chinois,
the 72 Market Street,

630
00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,699
the West Beach Cafe.

631
00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:01,499
First of all, you have
to know the maitre d'.

632
00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:03,469
You have to know somebody in
order to get a reservation

633
00:29:03,470 --> 00:29:05,199
in one of these places to begin with.

634
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,589
And then once you're there, you want,

635
00:29:07,590 --> 00:29:08,460
you want to get up a lot.

636
00:29:08,461 --> 00:29:09,509
You want to be going to the bathroom,

637
00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:10,649
want to be going to the phone.

638
00:29:10,650 --> 00:29:12,449
I usually try to get my
secretary to call me there

639
00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:13,489
once or twice, you know.

640
00:29:13,490 --> 00:29:15,859
It's Mr. Scheffer, you know,
and then they call you over

641
00:29:15,860 --> 00:29:17,559
and it's like, everybody
knows you're at least working,

642
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,549
at least you've got something going on

643
00:29:19,550 --> 00:29:21,209
and that helps, that helps a lot.

644
00:29:21,210 --> 00:29:24,549
And then if you're really
good and you do it well,

645
00:29:24,550 --> 00:29:26,709
you pay the, you pay the, the valet guy

646
00:29:26,710 --> 00:29:28,099
to come in and mention how you Rolls

647
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:29,149
was just hit out in the lot.

648
00:29:29,150 --> 00:29:30,999
You know, "Mr. Sheffer with
the Rolls, would you please?"

649
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,359
You know, and that usually
gets some people knowing that,

650
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:34,193
that you're working.

651
00:29:34,194 --> 00:29:36,759
And if you create the
illusion that you're working,

652
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,139
people for some reason or
another, give you projects,

653
00:29:39,140 --> 00:29:40,747
give you stuff to do.

654
00:29:40,748 --> 00:29:43,498
(dramatic music)

655
00:29:48,690 --> 00:29:49,769
- My name is Paul Heppert.

656
00:29:49,770 --> 00:29:52,599
I came down here from
Chicago, with my wife, Tammy

657
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,489
and my son, Christopher and
Stacy, my daughter, Stacy.

658
00:29:55,490 --> 00:29:57,149
And we're here at Universal Studios.

659
00:29:57,150 --> 00:29:59,269
And we're having a great time here.

660
00:29:59,270 --> 00:30:04,239
Exploring the, innards of movie-making.

661
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,309
- This is a place where you get to see

662
00:30:07,310 --> 00:30:09,859
behind the scenes of movies

663
00:30:09,860 --> 00:30:12,619
and what special effects are.

664
00:30:12,620 --> 00:30:13,819
- I dunno, it's real exciting.

665
00:30:13,820 --> 00:30:15,929
It makes me get the bug, you know,

666
00:30:15,930 --> 00:30:18,003
to want to get in front of a camera.

667
00:30:20,020 --> 00:30:21,386
You see people running around and,

668
00:30:21,387 --> 00:30:23,689
and there's a lot of
people that are famous

669
00:30:23,690 --> 00:30:24,523
that you might not know.

670
00:30:24,524 --> 00:30:26,299
And you're always looking
at people wondering,

671
00:30:26,300 --> 00:30:28,149
is that a person? Is that a person?

672
00:30:28,150 --> 00:30:30,494
- [Announcer] The Change of
Habit has starred Elvis Presley-

673
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:33,817
- Elvis Presley and this, and this family!

674
00:30:33,818 --> 00:30:34,703
- [Announcer] Thoroughly Modern Millie,

675
00:30:34,704 --> 00:30:36,158
also starred Julie Andrews...

676
00:30:36,159 --> 00:30:38,085
- Oh, it's neat, isn't it?

677
00:30:38,086 --> 00:30:39,882
- Yeah, but it's old, very very old.

678
00:30:39,883 --> 00:30:42,409
- It looks very very old.
- It is!

679
00:30:42,410 --> 00:30:44,649
- It's not really, it's only a facade.

680
00:30:44,650 --> 00:30:46,643
That means a fake front.

681
00:30:46,644 --> 00:30:47,811
A false front.

682
00:30:48,714 --> 00:30:52,169
- Like, you know how they
draw clouds on a picture?

683
00:30:52,170 --> 00:30:53,959
And they put it up on the wall.

684
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,559
Well, they do that and then it looks real.

685
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:58,029
- [Director] Was this what
you thought it would be like?

686
00:30:58,030 --> 00:30:59,180
How people make movies?

687
00:31:00,630 --> 00:31:02,123
- Yeah, sorta.

688
00:31:02,124 --> 00:31:04,457
(screaming)

689
00:31:05,525 --> 00:31:08,262
(loud sounds)

690
00:31:08,263 --> 00:31:10,349
(screaming)

691
00:31:10,350 --> 00:31:11,363
- It's pretty sick.

692
00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:15,833
The most of the part is just killing.

693
00:31:16,930 --> 00:31:20,049
Some have stories to them and some don't.

694
00:31:20,050 --> 00:31:21,409
- [Director] Do you think
these movies should be made

695
00:31:21,410 --> 00:31:22,799
and kids like you should see them?

696
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:23,919
- No.

697
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,170
(laughing)

698
00:31:29,225 --> 00:31:32,298
(screaming)

699
00:31:32,299 --> 00:31:35,132
(dramatic noises)

700
00:31:45,290 --> 00:31:46,539
- Here we are in Hollywood folks.

701
00:31:46,540 --> 00:31:48,649
We're going to be taking a
tour of the stars' homes today.

702
00:31:48,650 --> 00:31:50,319
We'll be going along Hollywood Boulevard,

703
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,929
show you The Walk of Fame,
take you up the Sunset Strip,

704
00:31:52,930 --> 00:31:55,429
show you where some of the
rock stars hang out from.

705
00:31:55,430 --> 00:31:56,819
And then we're going to
go up to the pink beauty

706
00:31:56,820 --> 00:31:58,339
of the Beverly Hills hotel.

707
00:31:58,340 --> 00:32:00,729
Maybe we could have tea with
Nancy and Ronnie up in Bel Air,

708
00:32:00,730 --> 00:32:02,509
and we'll bring it back
down along Rodeo Drive

709
00:32:02,510 --> 00:32:03,779
and show her where all the stars shop

710
00:32:03,780 --> 00:32:06,619
and then show you the
Hollywood sign up on Mount Lee.

711
00:32:06,620 --> 00:32:08,009
We're going to have a good old time today!

712
00:32:08,010 --> 00:32:09,789
Here on the right hand side,

713
00:32:09,790 --> 00:32:11,569
where all the stars put their
handprints and footprints

714
00:32:11,570 --> 00:32:14,609
and autographs, that's the
Chinese Theater right there.

715
00:32:14,610 --> 00:32:16,479
Y'all heard about Lana
Turner getting discovered at

716
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,299
Schwab's pharmacy a long time ago,

717
00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:19,263
they tore it down four months ago

718
00:32:19,264 --> 00:32:21,809
here on the left on the green walkways.

719
00:32:21,810 --> 00:32:23,859
That's where Schwab's pharmacy was.

720
00:32:23,860 --> 00:32:25,939
After Lana Turner got
discovered there years ago,

721
00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:28,149
I stood out there for
about 35 years myself,

722
00:32:28,150 --> 00:32:30,369
here on the Sunset Strip, looking good.

723
00:32:30,370 --> 00:32:32,529
Going down to the Comedy
Store where Arsenio Hall

724
00:32:32,530 --> 00:32:33,979
does his monologue a lot.

725
00:32:33,980 --> 00:32:36,439
If you want lunch today
for $75 without wine

726
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,439
here on the left, Le Dome restaurant.

727
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,099
What are they serving for $75?

728
00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:42,261
I have no idea, that's Le Dome.

729
00:32:42,262 --> 00:32:44,319
Here on the left hand side,
Nicky Blair's restaurant,

730
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:45,153
the green awning...

731
00:32:45,154 --> 00:32:46,819
Sylvester Stallone having
spaghetti and meatballs

732
00:32:46,820 --> 00:32:48,279
at Nicky's last Saturday night.

733
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,449
30 people watching Sylvester Stallone eat.

734
00:32:50,450 --> 00:32:51,450
Guy can't even eat anymore.

735
00:32:51,451 --> 00:32:53,059
I've got to show you the Spago Restaurant.

736
00:32:53,060 --> 00:32:55,089
A lot of stars at Spago's every night.

737
00:32:55,090 --> 00:32:57,109
Opens at five tonight, no
problem getting the bar.

738
00:32:57,110 --> 00:32:59,579
Three weeks reservation
for a table for dinner.

739
00:32:59,580 --> 00:33:01,599
Next house I'm gonna be showing
you, a lot of controversy

740
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,329
around here about three
years ago, she moved out,

741
00:33:03,330 --> 00:33:04,979
had a big house built on Mulholland drive.

742
00:33:04,980 --> 00:33:06,239
Her ex husband wouldn't
get out of the house

743
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,200
for the life of him.

744
00:33:07,201 --> 00:33:09,049
Well, they started boarding
up the windows and the doors.

745
00:33:09,050 --> 00:33:10,909
He finally jumped out at the last minute.

746
00:33:10,910 --> 00:33:12,239
You know her as Alexis...

747
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,359
Joan Collins.

748
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,049
Here on the left hand side,
she passed away 10 months ago.

749
00:33:16,050 --> 00:33:17,569
We all loved Lucy, didn't we folks?

750
00:33:17,570 --> 00:33:19,099
Lucille Ball's house here in the left.

751
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:20,849
Her husband, Gary Morton's
car in the driveway.

752
00:33:20,850 --> 00:33:23,289
See it says "Gary M" on
the license plate there.

753
00:33:23,290 --> 00:33:24,399
Lucille Ball.

754
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,019
Now on the day that
Lucille Ball passed away,

755
00:33:26,020 --> 00:33:28,019
there were about 300 people
standing across the street

756
00:33:28,020 --> 00:33:29,259
just looking over our Lucy's house.

757
00:33:29,260 --> 00:33:30,299
She was a wonderful lady.

758
00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:32,139
The rooms you see up on the
right with the black shutters,

759
00:33:32,140 --> 00:33:33,529
that was Lucille ball's makeup room.

760
00:33:33,530 --> 00:33:34,909
In the afternoon, you'd see Lucy up there

761
00:33:34,910 --> 00:33:36,139
fixing her red curls.

762
00:33:36,140 --> 00:33:37,789
She used to walk in
front of the house a lot

763
00:33:37,790 --> 00:33:38,623
and talk to people.

764
00:33:38,624 --> 00:33:40,119
We really miss Lucille Ball.

765
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,569
Next door to Gregory Peck,
this guy isn't friendly at all.

766
00:33:42,570 --> 00:33:44,939
You see the razor wire
up above the barbed wire.

767
00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:47,019
Rod Steward folks, rockstar.

768
00:33:47,020 --> 00:33:49,639
Rod Steward's house right
here on the left hand side.

769
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:50,699
Now we're out here about a month ago,

770
00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:51,533
talking about the house.

771
00:33:51,534 --> 00:33:53,069
All of a sudden Rod
Stewart came driving out

772
00:33:53,070 --> 00:33:54,067
and his white Ferrari tested the roads

773
00:33:54,068 --> 00:33:55,336
and we all smiled and said hello,

774
00:33:55,337 --> 00:33:56,320
"Hi Rod, how you doing?"

775
00:33:56,321 --> 00:33:57,749
He just covered up his face with his hands

776
00:33:57,750 --> 00:33:58,700
and rolled down the street.

777
00:33:58,701 --> 00:34:00,669
Well, I guess if we were
all worth 150 million bucks,

778
00:34:00,670 --> 00:34:02,179
we wouldn't have to say hello either, huh?

779
00:34:02,180 --> 00:34:04,586
What a bimbo, Rod Stewart!

780
00:34:04,587 --> 00:34:06,379
$65 million shopping mall.

781
00:34:06,380 --> 00:34:08,209
The Rodeo Collection here
on the right hand side.

782
00:34:08,210 --> 00:34:09,399
Remember Nick Goldie run around and there

783
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:10,759
looking for his dog in a movie?

784
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,569
That's the Rodeo Collection right there.

785
00:34:13,570 --> 00:34:14,729
Melanie Griffith coming out the other day,

786
00:34:14,730 --> 00:34:15,856
smiled and said hello.

787
00:34:15,857 --> 00:34:17,879
And down the Rodeo, left hand side ladies,

788
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,399
the way called Bijan Perfume.

789
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:21,509
Going to have to have an appointment

790
00:34:21,510 --> 00:34:22,786
to get into Bijan's today.

791
00:34:22,787 --> 00:34:23,839
Now who's just in the Rolls Royce?

792
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:24,849
Another local drug dealer?

793
00:34:24,850 --> 00:34:25,850
Nice car pal.

794
00:34:27,170 --> 00:34:29,143
- You got lots of stuff in here.

795
00:34:30,225 --> 00:34:32,179
Oh Stacy, look at this dress!

796
00:34:32,180 --> 00:34:34,883
Let's see who is, who wore this dress.

797
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,109
Oh, Michelle Pfeiffer.

798
00:34:38,110 --> 00:34:40,229
Oh, can I pick this up? I wonder.

799
00:34:40,230 --> 00:34:41,263
Look at this, Paul.

800
00:34:42,983 --> 00:34:44,233
How much is it?

801
00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:46,749
It's $600 honey!

802
00:34:46,750 --> 00:34:48,679
- These are people that
we see in the theaters

803
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,139
and on television that we get, you know,

804
00:34:51,140 --> 00:34:53,179
that people get close to and
they want to know better.

805
00:34:53,180 --> 00:34:55,969
It's the whole, it's the
whole myth, the whole image,

806
00:34:55,970 --> 00:34:59,299
the whole feeling of glitz and glamor

807
00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:01,439
and all that other stuff that
they want to be a part of,

808
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,347
or at least be close to.

809
00:35:03,348 --> 00:35:05,036
- Oh, Joan Collins.

810
00:35:05,037 --> 00:35:08,999
Oh, size four, Joan Collins
fits into a size four!

811
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,943
She looks bigger than that doesn't she?

812
00:35:11,839 --> 00:35:12,986
- [Kid] Mom, look here.

813
00:35:12,987 --> 00:35:15,569
There's a person from "Moonlighting."

814
00:35:15,570 --> 00:35:16,570
- That's right!

815
00:35:17,399 --> 00:35:18,839
That's Sybil Shepherd.

816
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,426
This is her dress.

817
00:35:20,427 --> 00:35:22,069
$800, look at that.

818
00:35:22,070 --> 00:35:24,069
No way would I be able to wear that, huh?

819
00:35:24,070 --> 00:35:28,433
- We have Priscilla Presley,
Farrah Fawcett, Mary Hart,

820
00:35:29,340 --> 00:35:30,210
Prince.

821
00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:31,899
We have a gown that Michelle Pfeiffer wore

822
00:35:31,900 --> 00:35:33,069
in the "Baker Boys."

823
00:35:33,070 --> 00:35:35,629
They just love it, they
get to touch it and feel it

824
00:35:35,630 --> 00:35:40,549
and take home a piece of
clothing or jewelry or shoes,

825
00:35:40,550 --> 00:35:42,639
any kind of accessories
that we sell here and,

826
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,959
and show it to their friend.

827
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:46,209
- I think it would be neat to,

828
00:35:46,210 --> 00:35:50,656
to buy, BUY something and take it home.

829
00:35:50,657 --> 00:35:52,069
And you can take a piece of,

830
00:35:52,070 --> 00:35:54,217
take a piece of Hollywood home with you.

831
00:35:54,218 --> 00:35:56,849
- [Director] Do you feel like
some people's fame might,

832
00:35:56,850 --> 00:35:58,406
I know it doesn't actually
rub off on the clothes...

833
00:35:58,407 --> 00:35:59,320
- Yes it does!

834
00:35:59,321 --> 00:36:01,809
Oh yes, it does, it
rubs off of the clothes.

835
00:36:01,810 --> 00:36:02,810
It sure does.

836
00:36:02,811 --> 00:36:05,558
It rubs off on the clothes
and it rubs off on the people.

837
00:36:05,559 --> 00:36:07,739
- Well I'd find a little
bit of pride of ownership,

838
00:36:07,740 --> 00:36:11,189
knowing that you've owned maybe
Jack Nicholson's boots or-

839
00:36:11,190 --> 00:36:12,869
- They've got George Michael's boots on,

840
00:36:12,870 --> 00:36:15,009
I would love you if you just
wear George Michael's boots.

841
00:36:15,010 --> 00:36:15,843
- No thanks.

842
00:36:15,844 --> 00:36:18,629
- You know, this is Cinema
Collectors, we're in Hollywood.

843
00:36:18,630 --> 00:36:20,019
We're a movie collectors store.

844
00:36:20,020 --> 00:36:23,629
We sell photos, posters, magazines, books,

845
00:36:23,630 --> 00:36:26,329
just about anything a
movie fan would want.

846
00:36:26,330 --> 00:36:29,539
- And I don't understand quite
what people do with them all

847
00:36:29,540 --> 00:36:32,189
after all these years, but
they sure collect them.

848
00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:33,569
- Everybody in the movie could be dead,

849
00:36:33,570 --> 00:36:36,369
but they're alive just that
one, one time you watch it.

850
00:36:36,370 --> 00:36:38,859
They're always going to
be there and that's magic.

851
00:36:38,860 --> 00:36:43,209
- Well, I guess Marilyn,
Bogart, James Bond,

852
00:36:43,210 --> 00:36:44,799
I don't know, whoever's
new and hot at the moment

853
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,029
usually too.

854
00:36:46,030 --> 00:36:46,990
- [Director] It's almost like it's hard

855
00:36:46,991 --> 00:36:48,629
to take Marilyn Monroe as a person anymore

856
00:36:48,630 --> 00:36:50,513
because we see her image everywhere.

857
00:36:53,060 --> 00:36:54,316
- [Man] Yeah, I guess so, I don't know.

858
00:36:54,317 --> 00:36:56,523
I just look at them as pictures, I guess.

859
00:36:57,950 --> 00:36:59,589
- [Announcer] One of the most famous stars

860
00:36:59,590 --> 00:37:02,909
in Hollywood history is dead at 36.

861
00:37:02,910 --> 00:37:04,909
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in bed,

862
00:37:04,910 --> 00:37:07,459
under circumstances that
were in tragic contrast

863
00:37:07,460 --> 00:37:10,139
to her glamorous career as a comic talent.

864
00:37:10,140 --> 00:37:12,909
She never let her personal
feelings interfere with her job.

865
00:37:12,910 --> 00:37:14,899
And she was the idol of the GIs,

866
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,873
the animation of foxhole dreams.

867
00:37:17,950 --> 00:37:21,579
- She never died, she never died.

868
00:37:21,580 --> 00:37:25,989
I think she just became more famous.

869
00:37:25,990 --> 00:37:27,409
You know, I think it'd be,

870
00:37:27,410 --> 00:37:30,779
I don't think it meant to
be for her to live that old

871
00:37:30,780 --> 00:37:32,109
because people remember her

872
00:37:32,110 --> 00:37:34,689
for her young, beautiful self.

873
00:37:34,690 --> 00:37:36,479
She's like Elvis, you know, Elvis.

874
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:40,099
When he started getting older,
he kind of started, you know,

875
00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:42,209
- [Director] Well, do you
think about getting older?

876
00:37:42,210 --> 00:37:45,139
- I am, I'm planning
to grow old gracefully.

877
00:37:45,140 --> 00:37:46,389
Yes I am.

878
00:37:46,390 --> 00:37:48,979
And, and it feels good.

879
00:37:48,980 --> 00:37:51,749
And, and you know, so I don't,

880
00:37:51,750 --> 00:37:53,569
I think I'm going to die young as well,

881
00:37:53,570 --> 00:37:56,513
but not as young as that, maybe 60.

882
00:37:57,630 --> 00:37:59,289
75.

883
00:37:59,290 --> 00:38:00,123
80.
(laughing)

884
00:38:00,124 --> 00:38:03,319
- You know, this area
is pretty office-like

885
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:07,619
and it's the only peaceful
place around here.

886
00:38:07,620 --> 00:38:09,309
- [Director] Do you see a
lot of tourists come in here?

887
00:38:09,310 --> 00:38:10,143
- [Natalie] All the time.

888
00:38:10,144 --> 00:38:11,839
- [Director] And what do
they, what do they do?

889
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,979
- Mainly they stop and see Marilyn Monroe.

890
00:38:13,980 --> 00:38:17,210
But I'm not from here,
I'm from Caracas and

891
00:38:18,660 --> 00:38:20,639
down there my name is quite unusual

892
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,939
because my name is Natalie.

893
00:38:22,940 --> 00:38:25,946
So since I was a little
kid, I always had to say,

894
00:38:25,947 --> 00:38:27,939
"Well, you know, Natalie,
like Natalie Wood."

895
00:38:27,940 --> 00:38:30,689
And they would say, "Oh
okay, now we know your name."

896
00:38:30,690 --> 00:38:32,902
But one day I came down.

897
00:38:32,903 --> 00:38:35,249
Actually, it was the first
time I came down to have my,

898
00:38:35,250 --> 00:38:36,283
my lunch here.

899
00:38:37,210 --> 00:38:40,509
And I was sitting on one of the benches

900
00:38:40,510 --> 00:38:43,069
and I saw there's tomb
with a lot of flowers.

901
00:38:43,070 --> 00:38:46,089
So I just, you know, walked
by and stopped to see

902
00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:48,529
who the person was buried there.

903
00:38:48,530 --> 00:38:52,819
And I was quite surprised to
see that it was Natalie Wood.

904
00:38:52,820 --> 00:38:55,370
So I said, "Oh, there you
are, I finally meet you."

905
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:01,600
- Look at that.

906
00:39:03,110 --> 00:39:05,529
See Chris, you know who that is?

907
00:39:05,530 --> 00:39:07,499
Do you see Ed Begley Jr. on anything else?

908
00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:09,813
Oh, here he comes, here
he comes you guys...

909
00:39:12,718 --> 00:39:15,311
Look at that, he just
looks like a normal person.

910
00:39:15,312 --> 00:39:17,297
- That can't be real.

911
00:39:17,298 --> 00:39:19,348
- I don't know, but I'm getting pictures.

912
00:39:23,330 --> 00:39:24,190
Do you remember Ron?

913
00:39:24,191 --> 00:39:25,839
You know who Ron Howard is?

914
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:26,909
Richie Cunningham.

915
00:39:26,910 --> 00:39:28,203
What's, what's his show?

916
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:30,529
"Happy Days?"

917
00:39:30,530 --> 00:39:33,239
I know, I know...

918
00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:36,159
Wait, I'll try and get
them both in the same shot.

919
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:37,613
No, he's standing by a tree.

920
00:39:40,290 --> 00:39:41,290
Oh my God!

921
00:39:43,570 --> 00:39:44,670
I got a real good one.

922
00:39:47,030 --> 00:39:48,769
I can't believe it takes this many people.

923
00:39:48,770 --> 00:39:50,409
There's so many people here.

924
00:39:50,410 --> 00:39:53,609
I mean, there's people running
around and people with lights

925
00:39:53,610 --> 00:39:57,439
and the big spotlights and
people sitting on the curbs

926
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:58,300
and everything.

927
00:39:58,301 --> 00:40:00,033
This is great, this is great!

928
00:40:01,225 --> 00:40:02,058
And look it in the neighborhood,

929
00:40:02,059 --> 00:40:03,908
nobody's looking out their
windows, this is just normal.

930
00:40:03,909 --> 00:40:06,009
- It's like an everyday
occurrence over here, you know?

931
00:40:06,010 --> 00:40:07,010
It's unbelievable.

932
00:40:07,860 --> 00:40:10,447
Like I'd be out here just hanging around.

933
00:40:11,868 --> 00:40:12,701
It's fantastic.

934
00:40:12,702 --> 00:40:15,373
- I could spit on Ron Howard
right now, he's so close.

935
00:40:16,353 --> 00:40:17,609
- The time you ever get
to see him back home

936
00:40:17,610 --> 00:40:18,676
is when he's on TV.

937
00:40:18,677 --> 00:40:20,365
- Now it seems too hard.

938
00:40:20,366 --> 00:40:21,635
I thought it'd be really easy

939
00:40:21,636 --> 00:40:23,769
but now it seems too hard.

940
00:40:23,770 --> 00:40:24,630
- It's amazing.

941
00:40:24,631 --> 00:40:26,879
It's a lot more than it looks on TV.

942
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:28,539
I'll tell you that right now.

943
00:40:28,540 --> 00:40:31,513
You can see all the
work that's put into it.

944
00:40:32,370 --> 00:40:34,949
Time after time it takes to
get one scene done right.

945
00:40:34,950 --> 00:40:36,913
It takes a lot of patience.

946
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:40,709
It's fantastic though.

947
00:40:40,710 --> 00:40:43,599
It really is, just to get
this far with everything.

948
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,833
It's just, see behind the scenes.

949
00:40:46,890 --> 00:40:49,239
It's really, no words
can describe it, really.

950
00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:52,229
- A lot of people get paid a
lot of money, never to grow up.

951
00:40:52,230 --> 00:40:53,533
I mean, this can be fun.

952
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:58,279
It can be really hard work,
but it really can be fun.

953
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:02,099
- The taste of the glamour
is when you're working on a,

954
00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:04,230
on a movie and you're on location

955
00:41:05,140 --> 00:41:08,419
and the people who are on
the outside looking in,

956
00:41:08,420 --> 00:41:11,599
here are curious about
what it's all about and,

957
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,709
and you know that at the
end, whatever you're doing,

958
00:41:15,710 --> 00:41:17,709
whether it's getting up
at 4:30 in the morning

959
00:41:17,710 --> 00:41:22,259
or working 16 hour days, you're
getting up to be in a picture

960
00:41:22,260 --> 00:41:24,359
on the screen and millions
of people are gonna see,

961
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,219
and your name's going to
be in credits at the end,

962
00:41:26,220 --> 00:41:27,053
that's the glamour.

963
00:41:27,054 --> 00:41:30,199
A lot of people are going
to get to see your name and,

964
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:31,519
and you want that.

965
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,192
It's just something, I don't what it is

966
00:41:33,193 --> 00:41:35,069
that makes people want it but I want it,

967
00:41:35,070 --> 00:41:35,987
I like it.

968
00:41:35,988 --> 00:41:39,439
- 'Cause I don't care how
much mud or shit you stood in

969
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,489
or how miserable you were.

970
00:41:41,490 --> 00:41:43,569
You get all cleaned up
and you put your suit on

971
00:41:43,570 --> 00:41:45,956
or whatever it is and you go
to the premiere and you say,

972
00:41:45,957 --> 00:41:48,489
"Hey, that's my picture up there."

973
00:41:48,490 --> 00:41:52,069
And there may be 300 people
who are sitting in there

974
00:41:52,070 --> 00:41:53,719
saying "Hey, that's my picture."

975
00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:55,829
'Cause every person
believes it's their picture

976
00:41:55,830 --> 00:41:56,810
and rightfully it is.

977
00:41:56,811 --> 00:41:59,089
Because everyone, that's
a collaborative effort.

978
00:41:59,090 --> 00:42:00,989
That movie came about because of everyone,

979
00:42:00,990 --> 00:42:01,973
not because of one person.

980
00:42:01,974 --> 00:42:04,473
It's a lot of fun and it's permanent.

981
00:42:05,410 --> 00:42:06,679
It's permanent, it's forever.

982
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,119
- [Announcer] The world
premiere of "The War Lord."

983
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,209
A new Universal Pictures production

984
00:42:11,210 --> 00:42:13,539
that weaves the love
story of a Norman knight

985
00:42:13,540 --> 00:42:16,439
and a village girl against
a background of violence

986
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,889
and warfare during the dark ages.

987
00:42:18,890 --> 00:42:20,439
To come back to the present,

988
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,889
have you ever seen a
prettier billboard setting?

989
00:42:22,890 --> 00:42:23,800
- [Director] Tell me what you learned

990
00:42:23,801 --> 00:42:26,439
on your trip here to
Hollywood, about movies.

991
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:27,443
What did you learn?

992
00:42:30,228 --> 00:42:31,999
- That they're fake!

993
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,519
- You get the see stars and directors

994
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:36,749
who just pass by you and

995
00:42:36,750 --> 00:42:38,069
well like, and they look at you

996
00:42:38,070 --> 00:42:40,559
like you're a regular person
that just fits on a set

997
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:42,044
somewhere along the line.

998
00:42:42,045 --> 00:42:44,759
- I don't think it's all as
glamorous as it may seem.

999
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,316
It's, it seems to be a lot of hard work.

1000
00:42:46,317 --> 00:42:49,429
I've seen a lot of hustling
and a lot of running around

1001
00:42:49,430 --> 00:42:51,359
and a lot of things,

1002
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,729
a lot of things depend on
timing and the right light

1003
00:42:54,730 --> 00:42:57,529
and all the, you know,
everything's gotta be perfect.

1004
00:42:57,530 --> 00:42:59,813
And I think that that's,

1005
00:42:59,814 --> 00:43:03,069
I think that that's just
a little too much work

1006
00:43:03,070 --> 00:43:05,099
and that the glamour is there,

1007
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:06,119
but I don't think it's glamour.

1008
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,873
Everybody has to go home
by themselves at night.

1009
00:43:10,490 --> 00:43:12,589
- [Narrator] One thing I like
about this old neighborhood

1010
00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:14,813
is all the ghosts of old Hollywood.

1011
00:43:16,150 --> 00:43:19,193
All the spirits of past
productions swirling in the air.

1012
00:43:20,725 --> 00:43:21,779
In the early silent days,

1013
00:43:21,780 --> 00:43:23,609
they just shot wherever they wanted.

1014
00:43:23,610 --> 00:43:25,469
No permits were needed.

1015
00:43:25,470 --> 00:43:28,169
Hollywood was mostly made
up of the occasional cottage

1016
00:43:28,170 --> 00:43:30,869
surrounded by empty lots and dirt streets.

1017
00:43:30,870 --> 00:43:32,533
It was like a free backlot.

1018
00:43:36,670 --> 00:43:40,129
Back in 1914, the Fiction
Player's Film Company

1019
00:43:40,130 --> 00:43:42,649
from New York, bought a farm right here,

1020
00:43:42,650 --> 00:43:44,729
where Raleigh Studios stands today.

1021
00:43:44,730 --> 00:43:46,349
And they built a stage.

1022
00:43:46,350 --> 00:43:48,579
Everyone from Douglas Fairbanks' "Zorro",

1023
00:43:48,580 --> 00:43:50,879
to "The Adventures of
Superman", to "Gunsmoke",

1024
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,833
to "Whatever Happened to
Baby Jane" were shot here.

1025
00:43:54,940 --> 00:43:56,639
Now Netflix has rented the whole place

1026
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,949
to use as their personal Hollywood studio.

1027
00:43:58,950 --> 00:44:01,123
And I guess as a billboard as well.

1028
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,149
But this corner here, Melrose and Bronson,

1029
00:44:05,150 --> 00:44:07,269
has a special meaning for me.

1030
00:44:07,270 --> 00:44:09,436
I found an old photo in a
book showing Mary Pickford

1031
00:44:09,437 --> 00:44:13,279
and her mother standing on
this corner back in 1915.

1032
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,839
It was just a split second in time.

1033
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,219
The setting sun casting
long shadows behind them

1034
00:44:18,220 --> 00:44:19,809
as they looked west.

1035
00:44:19,810 --> 00:44:21,479
Mary and her mother not even aware

1036
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:23,729
the photo was being taken.

1037
00:44:23,730 --> 00:44:25,499
The man on the right in the sunglasses

1038
00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:28,849
was director Alan Dwan, who
must've had one of the longest

1039
00:44:28,850 --> 00:44:30,969
directing careers in Hollywood history.

1040
00:44:30,970 --> 00:44:34,549
Directing films from 1911 to 1961.

1041
00:44:34,550 --> 00:44:37,199
At the time of this photo, he
was directing Mary Pickford

1042
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,709
in A Girl of Yesterday.

1043
00:44:39,710 --> 00:44:41,969
That movie is now lost.

1044
00:44:41,970 --> 00:44:43,923
No one alive has ever seen it.

1045
00:44:45,060 --> 00:44:46,640
Pickford was 23 years old

1046
00:44:47,620 --> 00:44:50,370
and the biggest movie star
in the world at that moment.

1047
00:44:52,420 --> 00:44:54,179
They are all gone now.

1048
00:44:54,180 --> 00:44:58,417
The trees, the grass, the
buildings, the people.

1049
00:45:05,650 --> 00:45:08,059
13 years later, Mary
Pickford was a central figure

1050
00:45:08,060 --> 00:45:10,899
in the establishment of
the first Academy Awards.

1051
00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:13,469
The very first awards were
held here at this hotel,

1052
00:45:13,470 --> 00:45:16,039
near the Chinese theater
on Hollywood Boulevard.

1053
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,529
She won the best actress
award herself the next year

1054
00:45:18,530 --> 00:45:21,429
for Coquette, her first talkie.

1055
00:45:21,430 --> 00:45:24,483
Still playing a teenager, at age 37.

1056
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,031
- I told ya, I told you
everything don't ask me!

1057
00:45:28,032 --> 00:45:29,749
Daddy... Daddy...

1058
00:45:29,750 --> 00:45:31,633
- No, no, try and compose yourself.

1059
00:45:33,110 --> 00:45:34,809
- [Bob Hope] Good evening
ladies and gentlemen.

1060
00:45:34,810 --> 00:45:36,356
Welcome to "Suspense."

1061
00:45:36,357 --> 00:45:38,607
(laughter)

1062
00:45:45,586 --> 00:45:47,599
- We're here to watch the Academy Award-

1063
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:48,829
- Rehearsals.
- Rehearsals.

1064
00:45:48,830 --> 00:45:50,079
- To see the stars.
- The stars.

1065
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:52,430
- They don't come dressed
up like they used to.

1066
00:45:53,778 --> 00:45:56,527
This is my 29th year for
coming to take pictures

1067
00:45:56,528 --> 00:45:58,303
of the stars as they go in.

1068
00:45:59,270 --> 00:46:02,109
One year, Angie Dickinson
came here and she talked to us

1069
00:46:02,110 --> 00:46:03,799
for a real long time.

1070
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:05,739
Gave a lot of autographs.

1071
00:46:05,740 --> 00:46:07,029
Mickey Rooney.

1072
00:46:07,030 --> 00:46:09,359
And I think my biggest
thrill on coming here

1073
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,313
was seeing Laurence Olivier.

1074
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,769
He doesn't stop and give
autographs, but he stood,

1075
00:46:15,770 --> 00:46:17,793
you know, so people could take pictures.

1076
00:46:20,629 --> 00:46:22,936
- This is Jessica Lange's autograph.

1077
00:46:22,937 --> 00:46:24,319
- [Director] Was she easy
to get, was she nice?

1078
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:25,669
- Yeah, she's really nice.

1079
00:46:25,670 --> 00:46:28,169
- [Director] Tell me what
else you have in the book.

1080
00:46:28,170 --> 00:46:29,599
- Okay, turn the page.

1081
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,669
- We got, these are all
the people that showed up.

1082
00:46:32,670 --> 00:46:34,082
We put what time they showed up.

1083
00:46:34,083 --> 00:46:35,679
- What they're wearing.

1084
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:37,209
What kind of limo they came in.

1085
00:46:37,210 --> 00:46:38,519
- [Director] And what are the stars for?

1086
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:39,723
- Their personalities.

1087
00:46:40,570 --> 00:46:42,399
- One star is "rude and impolite,"

1088
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,069
they just ignored everybody.

1089
00:46:44,070 --> 00:46:47,849
Two stars is "they smiled,"
but they still ignored us.

1090
00:46:47,850 --> 00:46:50,849
Three stars is "polite
and some autographs."

1091
00:46:50,850 --> 00:46:53,528
And four stars was,
they were the, I put the

1092
00:46:53,529 --> 00:46:54,879
- "Ultimate star."
- "Ultimate star"

1093
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:56,959
because they signed anybody they can get.

1094
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:59,589
- [Director] So who rated 4 stars?

1095
00:46:59,590 --> 00:47:03,208
- Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Diana Ross and Jessica Lange.

1096
00:47:03,209 --> 00:47:04,759
- [Director] Who will
get the worst so far?

1097
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:06,639
- Michelle Pfeiffer definitely.

1098
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:08,677
She, she was very rude.

1099
00:47:08,678 --> 00:47:11,261
(percussive music)

1100
00:47:56,550 --> 00:47:59,549
- We're in Beverly Hills, California.

1101
00:47:59,550 --> 00:48:01,699
The capital of the entertainment industry.

1102
00:48:01,700 --> 00:48:03,429
And right here is CAA,

1103
00:48:03,430 --> 00:48:06,839
which is an agency, that's
having a party tonight with,

1104
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:08,357
for Jane Fonda.

1105
00:48:08,358 --> 00:48:11,289
And I'm here to park cars.

1106
00:48:11,290 --> 00:48:13,599
We're a very social town.

1107
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:15,189
There's parties every night of the week.

1108
00:48:15,190 --> 00:48:17,649
People say, "Oh, what are, I
know you're busy on Saturday

1109
00:48:17,650 --> 00:48:20,069
and Friday or Sunday,
what do you do Tuesday?

1110
00:48:20,070 --> 00:48:21,919
I'll do six or seven parties.

1111
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,559
So every night of the week,

1112
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:27,299
and I'm not saying, well,
every night of the week

1113
00:48:27,300 --> 00:48:28,369
and here!

1114
00:48:28,370 --> 00:48:30,429
Look at this man right here!

1115
00:48:30,430 --> 00:48:33,333
This is, we go back
when I was parking cars.

1116
00:48:36,830 --> 00:48:38,006
- How are you?
- I'm wonderful.

1117
00:48:38,007 --> 00:48:40,199
- How you doing?
- I'm doing real well.

1118
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:41,200
- The best.

1119
00:48:44,580 --> 00:48:48,079
- That's what this has done for my life.

1120
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:51,709
People like him, who are celebrities.

1121
00:48:51,710 --> 00:48:53,529
And that's how nice it's been.

1122
00:48:53,530 --> 00:48:57,809
That's, the entertainment
industry has been so good to me.

1123
00:48:57,810 --> 00:48:59,819
And they're all now my friends.

1124
00:48:59,820 --> 00:49:01,929
Well not all, no.

1125
00:49:01,930 --> 00:49:03,269
But a lot of them.

1126
00:49:03,270 --> 00:49:04,929
- Well it's 7:05 on Sunday night.

1127
00:49:04,930 --> 00:49:08,589
We're at the bleachers for the Oscars.

1128
00:49:08,590 --> 00:49:10,199
Starting to get a good crowd here now.

1129
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,139
I've been coming for about six years

1130
00:49:12,140 --> 00:49:16,399
and just pretty much get
out of work for a day.

1131
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,069
- Well, I'm a photographer.

1132
00:49:18,070 --> 00:49:20,815
This is my seventh Academy Awards.

1133
00:49:20,816 --> 00:49:23,399
What kind of has become a tradition for me

1134
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,729
is I have pictures of the celebrities

1135
00:49:25,730 --> 00:49:27,469
and I've been coming in the stands

1136
00:49:27,470 --> 00:49:29,419
and kind of letting people buy pictures

1137
00:49:29,420 --> 00:49:30,879
of the different celebrities.

1138
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:33,379
People stay out, we all
bring food and share food

1139
00:49:33,380 --> 00:49:36,819
and share blankets and tell
jokes and sing along songs.

1140
00:49:36,820 --> 00:49:38,379
So, you know, we stay.

1141
00:49:38,380 --> 00:49:39,919
It's become kind of a group thing.

1142
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:42,059
- I come from Italy and
it's the second time

1143
00:49:42,060 --> 00:49:43,724
coming up for the Academy Awards.

1144
00:49:43,725 --> 00:49:45,969
And I came here just for, for a while,

1145
00:49:45,970 --> 00:49:47,969
just five days for the Academy Awards.

1146
00:49:47,970 --> 00:49:49,929
That's so crazy you know.
(laughing)

1147
00:49:49,930 --> 00:49:52,719
- We've been here since about
eight o'clock this morning.

1148
00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:54,609
We're from Huntington Beach, California.

1149
00:49:54,610 --> 00:49:55,849
We're native Californians.

1150
00:49:55,850 --> 00:49:58,709
And this is the first
time we've ever done this.

1151
00:49:58,710 --> 00:50:00,549
And these are my children.
- Something crazy like this!

1152
00:50:00,550 --> 00:50:02,310
- Yeah, something crazy like this!

1153
00:50:03,421 --> 00:50:04,254
- [Director] So who do
you want to see the most

1154
00:50:04,255 --> 00:50:05,759
in the stars?

1155
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:07,319
- Michelle Pfeiffer.
(laughing)

1156
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:08,869
- Tom Cruise.

1157
00:50:08,870 --> 00:50:10,319
- Jack Nicholson.
- And Jack Nicholson.

1158
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:11,837
- Tom Cruise!
- Tom Cruise!

1159
00:50:11,838 --> 00:50:13,799
- Tom Cruise!
(laughing)

1160
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,019
- I came here last year
when it was at the Shrine.

1161
00:50:16,020 --> 00:50:18,359
I came for the sole purpose
of seeing Tom Cruise.

1162
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:19,629
- [Director] And how was he?

1163
00:50:19,630 --> 00:50:20,529
- He was cute

1164
00:50:20,530 --> 00:50:22,209
(laughing)

1165
00:50:22,210 --> 00:50:24,299
He was cute and everybody
knows I love him and they all,

1166
00:50:24,300 --> 00:50:25,479
it's a big joke.

1167
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:26,699
- Look at the guy, you know,

1168
00:50:26,700 --> 00:50:28,749
if we could both look like
Tom Cruise, hey, right?

1169
00:50:28,750 --> 00:50:30,099
We'd both be happier.

1170
00:50:30,100 --> 00:50:32,759
But anyway, no Tom Cruise
and I have some pictures

1171
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,929
of New Kids On The Block for
the 15-and-under age group.

1172
00:50:35,930 --> 00:50:37,109
- There is a lot of responsibility

1173
00:50:37,110 --> 00:50:38,222
that goes with being famous.

1174
00:50:38,223 --> 00:50:39,559
And there's a lot of
responsibility that goes

1175
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,519
with being a human being.

1176
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,713
And I think the fact that,

1177
00:50:46,090 --> 00:50:47,449
that you are being made famous,

1178
00:50:47,450 --> 00:50:49,139
you're being made famous by the people,

1179
00:50:49,140 --> 00:50:50,229
they make you famous.

1180
00:50:50,230 --> 00:50:52,459
Nobody else makes you famous,
the people make you famous.

1181
00:50:52,460 --> 00:50:56,129
- But they have to believe that it's,

1182
00:50:56,130 --> 00:50:58,019
it's not real completely.

1183
00:50:58,020 --> 00:51:01,379
That the spotlight may be gone

1184
00:51:01,380 --> 00:51:04,969
from their aurora later.

1185
00:51:04,970 --> 00:51:07,779
You know, they're hot
at one time, may not be.

1186
00:51:07,780 --> 00:51:10,849
And they shouldn't really
believe in that image

1187
00:51:10,850 --> 00:51:12,029
that they're gods.

1188
00:51:12,030 --> 00:51:14,399
You see that some stars do

1189
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:16,159
and they, they run away from us.

1190
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,799
They think they're bigger than they are.

1191
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,519
On screen they are, you see,

1192
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:23,989
but in real life, they are not.

1193
00:51:23,990 --> 00:51:26,149
- [Announcer] Hollywood's
biggest night of the year.

1194
00:51:26,150 --> 00:51:28,963
The Academy Award ceremonies
at the Pantages Theater.

1195
00:51:29,809 --> 00:51:32,559
(applause)

1196
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:35,059
Returning to Hollywood
after 10 years absence,

1197
00:51:35,060 --> 00:51:37,459
Ingrid Bergman attracts an
extra measure of attention

1198
00:51:37,460 --> 00:51:40,399
among the dazzling roster
of luminaries on hand.

1199
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:42,409
Janet Lee and Tony Curtis are others

1200
00:51:42,410 --> 00:51:44,796
of the hundreds of stars
and celebrities present

1201
00:51:44,797 --> 00:51:47,103
for Hollywood's own
accolade to it's finest.

1202
00:51:50,469 --> 00:51:53,052
(upbeat music)

1203
00:52:02,887 --> 00:52:05,459
- It was a little cool last night.

1204
00:52:05,460 --> 00:52:06,293
Wasn't too bad.

1205
00:52:06,294 --> 00:52:08,453
Once you get inside
the bag, it wasn't bad.

1206
00:52:10,150 --> 00:52:11,999
People walking by.

1207
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,039
Bumping me and stuff, they dropped,

1208
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:15,549
like, coolers on my feet

1209
00:52:15,550 --> 00:52:17,889
'cause they're hanging off the side.

1210
00:52:17,890 --> 00:52:19,499
Then the lights, they turn on the lights

1211
00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:22,549
at three in the morning and
spotlights right on you.

1212
00:52:22,550 --> 00:52:24,996
- I'm from Brazil.
- And I'm from Italy.

1213
00:52:24,997 --> 00:52:25,830
- [Interviewer] And
what are you doing here

1214
00:52:25,831 --> 00:52:27,319
at the Academy Awards?

1215
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:28,956
- Okay, I wanna see Tom Cruise.

1216
00:52:28,957 --> 00:52:30,124
- [Director] That's the
only reason you came?

1217
00:52:30,125 --> 00:52:31,679
- Yeah.

1218
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:33,029
- Tom Cruise.

1219
00:52:33,030 --> 00:52:34,655
- [Director] Why's that?

1220
00:52:34,656 --> 00:52:35,489
- 'Cause he's awesome.

1221
00:52:35,490 --> 00:52:36,549
- He's a great actor.

1222
00:52:36,550 --> 00:52:38,069
He should get Best Actor.

1223
00:52:38,070 --> 00:52:41,423
- I'd take him to my prom.
(laughing)

1224
00:52:43,117 --> 00:52:44,244
- [Director] And then what?

1225
00:52:44,245 --> 00:52:46,295
What would happen when
you walk in with him?

1226
00:52:47,691 --> 00:52:49,433
- I would just go, "Hi everyone."

1227
00:52:49,434 --> 00:52:51,001
(laughing)

1228
00:52:51,002 --> 00:52:52,002
You know Tom?

1229
00:52:52,700 --> 00:52:56,623
- We come down here and
expect, and we see the fans,

1230
00:52:57,540 --> 00:52:59,793
you know, the actors and them go by but,

1231
00:53:00,770 --> 00:53:05,219
it's really the fans that
make the whole thing.

1232
00:53:05,220 --> 00:53:06,636
- I'd really like to talk to him.

1233
00:53:06,637 --> 00:53:10,099
And find out if he is really
as wonderful as I think he is

1234
00:53:10,100 --> 00:53:12,803
and make sure he's not a real jerk.

1235
00:53:14,660 --> 00:53:18,043
- Oh, it's getting so excited
because you know that the,

1236
00:53:18,900 --> 00:53:19,919
all the limos,

1237
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:21,999
all the limousines are
gonna come rolling through

1238
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:24,523
and then all the actors
and actresses get out.

1239
00:53:26,180 --> 00:53:29,329
The excitement is just
something, because you know that

1240
00:53:29,330 --> 00:53:32,969
there's the chance for
them to win the Oscars

1241
00:53:32,970 --> 00:53:36,609
is such an incredible opportunity.

1242
00:53:36,610 --> 00:53:39,129
- Everybody's waiting for the
stars to come and everything

1243
00:53:39,130 --> 00:53:40,879
and it's just real exciting

1244
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:43,099
'cause everybody's all
nervous inside and everything.

1245
00:53:43,100 --> 00:53:44,729
Not knowing what's gonna happen.

1246
00:53:44,730 --> 00:53:47,313
(tribal music)

1247
00:55:19,477 --> 00:55:21,810
(screaming)

1248
00:55:31,373 --> 00:55:32,894
- Thank you for coming.

1249
00:55:32,895 --> 00:55:34,728
- Congratulations Tom.

1250
00:55:36,407 --> 00:55:39,157
(fans screaming)

1251
00:55:44,900 --> 00:55:49,469
- This is the party that
really is the, I don't know.

1252
00:55:49,470 --> 00:55:51,629
I understand it's tougher
to get to this party

1253
00:55:51,630 --> 00:55:53,449
than it is actually to get to the Oscars.

1254
00:55:53,450 --> 00:55:55,789
But Mr. Lozar sometimes
knows as Swifty Lozar

1255
00:55:55,790 --> 00:55:58,519
is an agent and he's
been giving these parties

1256
00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:00,909
for many years at the Bistro before

1257
00:56:00,910 --> 00:56:04,099
and now at Spago's and

1258
00:56:04,100 --> 00:56:05,659
everybody will be here tonight.

1259
00:56:05,660 --> 00:56:07,123
I'm all jittery, you know.

1260
00:56:08,660 --> 00:56:10,813
It's Oscar Night, you know, and it's,

1261
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:14,909
I'm performing, if I may say, you know,

1262
00:56:14,910 --> 00:56:16,669
I'm doing my thing and I'm parking cars

1263
00:56:16,670 --> 00:56:19,579
and I'm orchestrating
all the top celebrities,

1264
00:56:19,580 --> 00:56:23,379
all the top studio heads,
every one of 'em are here.

1265
00:56:23,380 --> 00:56:25,762
So I have to make sure that
their car is taken care of.

1266
00:56:25,763 --> 00:56:28,199
That their limousine is brought up to them

1267
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:30,379
and there can't be any mistakes.

1268
00:56:30,380 --> 00:56:33,519
And it's, it's tough,
but that's why I'm here.

1269
00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:35,899
- It's like a national holiday
in Los Angeles, I think.

1270
00:56:35,900 --> 00:56:37,139
It's kind of like one of those things.

1271
00:56:37,140 --> 00:56:39,416
Everything kind of stops
and everybody gets into it.

1272
00:56:39,417 --> 00:56:41,049
And it's kind of like one of those,

1273
00:56:41,050 --> 00:56:42,679
I don't know it's kind of like
a community sort of thing.

1274
00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:45,179
It's close as community
as Los Angeles gets.

1275
00:56:45,180 --> 00:56:46,439
- This is worldwide.

1276
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:47,509
This is a billion people.

1277
00:56:47,510 --> 00:56:50,459
This is, everybody is
involved with Oscars.

1278
00:56:50,460 --> 00:56:52,949
Movies are all over the world.

1279
00:56:52,950 --> 00:56:54,719
Mardi Gras is nice for the South,

1280
00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:56,509
but Oscars is the world and this is it.

1281
00:56:56,510 --> 00:56:58,416
And this is the party to be at.

1282
00:56:58,417 --> 00:57:00,559
- [Announcer] The whole world loves Oscar

1283
00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:02,399
and the whole world loves parties.

1284
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:05,773
But the Oscar party to
be at was at Spargo.

1285
00:57:06,900 --> 00:57:09,799
- The host of the star studded
affair is literary agent

1286
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:12,479
Irving "Swifty" Lazar.

1287
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:15,382
- Why do you think this
party has become so big?

1288
00:57:15,383 --> 00:57:17,829
- I think it 'cause they get in free.

1289
00:57:17,830 --> 00:57:20,279
- Okay, just stay on with us.

1290
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:21,959
- [Voice] I'll stay on with you dude.

1291
00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:22,960
- Okay.

1292
00:57:23,790 --> 00:57:26,689
Don't say, don't use the F
word, we have guests here.

1293
00:57:26,690 --> 00:57:28,479
- You think you've seen it.

1294
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:30,619
Because you know, you think
your blitz-out on Oscar,

1295
00:57:30,620 --> 00:57:32,388
but I mean, I was glued.

1296
00:57:32,389 --> 00:57:35,716
- I think it's one of the
best shows that we've done.

1297
00:57:35,717 --> 00:57:38,039
- Hi, I'm John Tesh.
- And I'm Mary Hart.

1298
00:57:38,040 --> 00:57:40,339
Comedian Billy Crystal got great reviews

1299
00:57:40,340 --> 00:57:42,519
for his Oscar hosting chores Monday night.

1300
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:44,489
Crystal's jokes were wide-ranging.

1301
00:57:44,490 --> 00:57:47,399
Few were spared and some were offended.

1302
00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:50,669
Actually, it sounds like
we're referring to the jokes.

1303
00:57:50,670 --> 00:57:51,883
Were wide ranging.

1304
00:57:52,894 --> 00:57:56,096
- "Few people were spared."
- Yeah, we have to say so.

1305
00:57:56,097 --> 00:57:58,479
- "Few people were spared
and some were even offended."

1306
00:57:58,480 --> 00:57:59,480
Put in an "even."

1307
00:58:01,090 --> 00:58:03,129
- Her style on stage is sexy and sensual,

1308
00:58:03,130 --> 00:58:05,249
but off stage Lola Falana is one star

1309
00:58:05,250 --> 00:58:08,759
who practices what she
preaches and that's celibacy.

1310
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:11,879
Jean Wolfe takes a look at
Lola's unconventional lifestyle

1311
00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:13,743
and her battle with the tabloids.

1312
00:58:15,350 --> 00:58:16,969
Wow.

1313
00:58:16,970 --> 00:58:19,079
This footnote, Falana says she's flattered

1314
00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:21,549
by tabloid reports that
Webster star Emmanuel Lewis

1315
00:58:21,550 --> 00:58:23,019
has a crush on her,

1316
00:58:23,020 --> 00:58:25,299
but Lola says, even if
they're true, right now,

1317
00:58:25,300 --> 00:58:27,109
there's no room for a man in her life.

1318
00:58:27,110 --> 00:58:28,929
By the way, if you don't
believe this story,

1319
00:58:28,930 --> 00:58:31,433
dial 1-900...
(laughing)

1320
00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,019
- Well, you know, I called
Dana just two days ago

1321
00:58:35,020 --> 00:58:36,109
and complained about the old one

1322
00:58:36,110 --> 00:58:37,560
and now we have this new one.

1323
00:58:40,097 --> 00:58:41,739
- They're going to do
their solarization first

1324
00:58:41,740 --> 00:58:43,366
and then we'll go.

1325
00:58:43,367 --> 00:58:45,184
Give you time to eat that now.

1326
00:58:45,185 --> 00:58:46,120
(buzzer beeping)

1327
00:58:46,170 --> 00:58:47,170
- Standby!

1328
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:53,003
Five, four, three, two.

1329
00:58:53,900 --> 00:58:55,779
- Thanks Lisa, on our
Inside Story tomorrow,

1330
00:58:55,780 --> 00:58:58,789
actress Margo Hemingway,
whose talents have been shown.

1331
00:58:58,790 --> 00:58:59,859
- Well, I'm sorry, what's the Lisa piece

1332
00:58:59,860 --> 00:59:01,199
we're coming out of?

1333
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:03,689
- The piece was just uh, Robin Harris.

1334
00:59:03,690 --> 00:59:05,199
Here we come, "cause a commotion."

1335
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:06,776
- [Margo] I did it to cause a commotion...

1336
00:59:06,777 --> 00:59:09,609
- Margo Hemingway bears all for Playboy.

1337
00:59:09,610 --> 00:59:11,009
That's the Inside Story tomorrow

1338
00:59:11,010 --> 00:59:13,105
here on Entertainment Tonight.

1339
00:59:13,106 --> 00:59:15,689
(synth music)

1340
00:59:17,210 --> 00:59:18,190
- [Mary Hart] Coming up next,

1341
00:59:18,191 --> 00:59:21,409
Lola Falana, the sexy
star sets the record.

1342
00:59:21,410 --> 00:59:23,553
No way is she going to become a nun.

1343
00:59:25,040 --> 00:59:26,229
- I think when it gets down to it,

1344
00:59:26,230 --> 00:59:29,079
as much as people want to know
about the personal details

1345
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:30,459
of stars lives,

1346
00:59:30,460 --> 00:59:34,029
they also want the illusion
because they want that man

1347
00:59:34,030 --> 00:59:36,759
or that woman to have an existence

1348
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:38,790
that's totally different from theirs.

1349
00:59:38,791 --> 00:59:39,624
- And what you'll see here is that we deal

1350
00:59:39,625 --> 00:59:41,359
with maybe four cameraman and a director

1351
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:42,529
who's not even in this room,

1352
00:59:42,530 --> 00:59:44,009
he's in the other room.

1353
00:59:44,010 --> 00:59:45,492
So you really, you don't
think of, I don't anyway.

1354
00:59:45,493 --> 00:59:47,419
I don't think about what's out there.

1355
00:59:47,420 --> 00:59:50,003
- [Floor Manager] Five, four, three.

1356
00:59:52,750 --> 00:59:54,569
- Oscar host Billy Crystal's jokes

1357
00:59:54,570 --> 00:59:57,379
were heard around the world,
but not everyone laughed.

1358
00:59:57,380 --> 00:59:59,249
This is Entertainment
Tonight for Wednesday,

1359
00:59:59,250 --> 01:00:01,683
March 28th, 1990.

1360
01:00:02,700 --> 01:00:04,992
- That's a buy, set for the walk-on.

1361
01:00:04,993 --> 01:00:09,347
Five, four, three, two,
- March 28, 1990.

1362
01:00:09,348 --> 01:00:11,931
(theme music)

1363
01:00:22,210 --> 01:00:25,043
- Hi everybody, I'm John Tesh.
- And I'm Mary Hart.

1364
01:00:25,044 --> 01:00:28,489
- Oh, Leonard Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy, Ron...

1365
01:00:28,490 --> 01:00:29,490
Oh, never mind, got it.

1366
01:00:30,650 --> 01:00:32,089
Two, one.

1367
01:00:32,090 --> 01:00:33,840
- Up music, stand by dissolve one.

1368
01:00:36,220 --> 01:00:37,220
Stop, cue.

1369
01:00:38,280 --> 01:00:41,229
Stand by playback, BT 13,

1370
01:00:41,230 --> 01:00:42,679
ADO first, 13 here okay.

1371
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:44,909
- However, fans will
never forget the role.

1372
01:00:44,910 --> 01:00:48,259
- ADO roll, mirage, track.

1373
01:00:48,260 --> 01:00:49,093
- And then all of a sudden one day,

1374
01:00:49,094 --> 01:00:51,099
I was on the phone with my mother.

1375
01:00:51,100 --> 01:00:53,959
It was about two years after
I'd, I'd been on the air.

1376
01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:55,159
And she said, "Gosh!"

1377
01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:56,899
She said, "Raiders Of
The Lost Ark" grossed

1378
01:00:56,900 --> 01:00:58,909
so much money at the box office!"

1379
01:00:58,910 --> 01:01:01,719
And I knew right then and there

1380
01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:05,189
that we had the potential
to become an institution

1381
01:01:05,190 --> 01:01:08,749
in the business because my
mother, who was from mid-America,

1382
01:01:08,750 --> 01:01:10,639
was quoting me box office figures.

1383
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,359
And you know, even using the lingo.

1384
01:01:13,360 --> 01:01:15,949
- In taking people inside
and behind the scenes,

1385
01:01:15,950 --> 01:01:20,139
that's what, that's what
perpetuates the fascination and,

1386
01:01:20,140 --> 01:01:22,356
and the myth and the, and the,

1387
01:01:22,357 --> 01:01:26,339
and the things that people
want to think about Hollywood,

1388
01:01:26,340 --> 01:01:28,019
or think about show business,

1389
01:01:28,020 --> 01:01:30,629
because we show them just enough

1390
01:01:30,630 --> 01:01:34,415
to make them want to
believe and they do believe.

1391
01:01:34,416 --> 01:01:36,999
(rock music)

1392
01:01:50,770 --> 01:01:52,459
- Screenplays might be the easiest way

1393
01:01:52,460 --> 01:01:53,736
to break into the film industry.

1394
01:01:53,737 --> 01:01:55,509
You read quite frequently about people

1395
01:01:55,510 --> 01:01:57,159
that write their first script and sell it

1396
01:01:57,160 --> 01:01:58,779
for half a million dollars. It's a

1397
01:01:58,780 --> 01:02:01,719
gateway into being in movies
and making a lot of money.

1398
01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:03,679
- What I do is I register material

1399
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:05,659
that's been sent in through the mail

1400
01:02:05,660 --> 01:02:08,529
and I review the material
and try to determine

1401
01:02:08,530 --> 01:02:11,349
whether it's a screenplay or a teleplay.

1402
01:02:11,350 --> 01:02:13,359
A dead giveaway is when
you see foul language

1403
01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:14,929
so you know it's not for television.

1404
01:02:14,930 --> 01:02:17,069
You know it's not for CBS or ABC or NBC.

1405
01:02:17,070 --> 01:02:18,359
You know it's for theatrical release.

1406
01:02:18,360 --> 01:02:19,363
You see over here.

1407
01:02:20,230 --> 01:02:22,859
I'd say is about a good
month's worth of material

1408
01:02:22,860 --> 01:02:24,639
that's coming through the mail.

1409
01:02:24,640 --> 01:02:25,740
And it comes in from

1410
01:02:27,860 --> 01:02:28,860
Florida,

1411
01:02:29,820 --> 01:02:30,820
Washington,

1412
01:02:31,800 --> 01:02:33,939
California of course,

1413
01:02:33,940 --> 01:02:36,113
France, Mexico,

1414
01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:37,913
all over the world.

1415
01:02:37,914 --> 01:02:39,689
They'll send in a script
and they'll call back

1416
01:02:39,690 --> 01:02:42,419
two days later and say, "Well,
have you sold my script?"

1417
01:02:42,420 --> 01:02:43,859
And we tell them, "No,
that's not our job."

1418
01:02:43,860 --> 01:02:46,210
We're just a legal
depository of their scripts.

1419
01:02:47,450 --> 01:02:49,319
- [Director] But do you
think that you say it nicely?

1420
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:51,170
- Oh, I see it as nicely as I can.

1421
01:02:51,171 --> 01:02:52,770
- [Director] But the 50th
time you get that question...

1422
01:02:52,771 --> 01:02:54,831
- Sure, after a while,
it just becomes rote,

1423
01:02:54,832 --> 01:02:56,449
but you still have to
have a smile in your voice

1424
01:02:56,450 --> 01:02:59,279
'cause these are, as my father said to me,

1425
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:02,279
no matter how unrealistic
a person's dreams may seem,

1426
01:03:02,280 --> 01:03:04,229
it's their dreams and
you should respect them.

1427
01:03:04,230 --> 01:03:06,319
- So you have to pitch to somebody,

1428
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:09,469
a producer or a story editor
who usually has 50,000 things

1429
01:03:09,470 --> 01:03:10,303
on his mind.

1430
01:03:10,304 --> 01:03:12,069
His attention span is, you know,

1431
01:03:12,070 --> 01:03:14,739
like that of a jack rabbit
on angel-dust anyway.

1432
01:03:14,740 --> 01:03:17,099
And you're trying to hold his attention

1433
01:03:17,100 --> 01:03:19,829
by selling him a story that's better

1434
01:03:19,830 --> 01:03:21,689
than the other 50 stories he's heard today

1435
01:03:21,690 --> 01:03:23,559
and which are all jumbled
up in notes on his desk.

1436
01:03:23,560 --> 01:03:25,929
- I'm hit and miss on pitching because,

1437
01:03:25,930 --> 01:03:27,299
I mean, one of the reasons I'm a writer

1438
01:03:27,300 --> 01:03:29,419
and not a performer is I'm, I get nervous.

1439
01:03:29,420 --> 01:03:31,919
I, you know, and, and it depends too,

1440
01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:33,519
'cause it's, it's a
little bit like tennis.

1441
01:03:33,520 --> 01:03:36,349
If you're pitching to an idiot,
you're going to break out.

1442
01:03:36,350 --> 01:03:37,489
You can see it.

1443
01:03:37,490 --> 01:03:39,369
They look like they smell something bad

1444
01:03:39,370 --> 01:03:40,449
when you're telling them the story,

1445
01:03:40,450 --> 01:03:41,283
they started going like this.

1446
01:03:41,284 --> 01:03:42,869
- And then you go in and,

1447
01:03:42,870 --> 01:03:44,469
and you look at somebody's face

1448
01:03:44,470 --> 01:03:46,489
and you realize they're
not going to get it,

1449
01:03:46,490 --> 01:03:49,309
but you still have to be
enthusiastic and try to sell it

1450
01:03:49,310 --> 01:03:50,310
and you kinda just see their,

1451
01:03:50,311 --> 01:03:52,299
a lot of times you just kind
of see their eyeballs roll back

1452
01:03:52,300 --> 01:03:54,026
or they pick up a phone
call or they'll say like,

1453
01:03:54,027 --> 01:03:55,269
"Hold that idea."

1454
01:03:55,270 --> 01:03:58,289
- You literally get like two sentences in.

1455
01:03:58,290 --> 01:04:00,289
And the guy goes, "No, no,
no, we're not doing that.

1456
01:04:00,290 --> 01:04:01,123
What else do you got?"

1457
01:04:01,124 --> 01:04:02,559
You know, and, and you just,

1458
01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:05,159
you want to run, to leap out the window

1459
01:04:05,160 --> 01:04:06,719
or something at that point.

1460
01:04:06,720 --> 01:04:08,986
- The first fellow we pitched it to said,

1461
01:04:08,987 --> 01:04:10,539
"Wait, wait, stop, stop right there.

1462
01:04:10,540 --> 01:04:12,779
Everyone on earth dies, who cares?

1463
01:04:12,780 --> 01:04:14,399
Go on to the next story."

1464
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:16,699
We thought, you know, bad idea.

1465
01:04:16,700 --> 01:04:18,449
Later on that day, we get
to that part of the story

1466
01:04:18,450 --> 01:04:21,069
he says, "That's fabulous,
everyone on earth dies.

1467
01:04:21,070 --> 01:04:23,149
How important these people's lives become

1468
01:04:23,150 --> 01:04:25,819
just what a great idea, go on, go on!"

1469
01:04:25,820 --> 01:04:29,009
Now, the important thing
to remember is both of them

1470
01:04:29,010 --> 01:04:32,449
were probably mistaken,
somewhere in the middle.

1471
01:04:32,450 --> 01:04:34,459
You know, there was the truth

1472
01:04:34,460 --> 01:04:37,829
and it's very easy to get
swayed by their title,

1473
01:04:37,830 --> 01:04:40,209
by the fact that you know that their shoes

1474
01:04:40,210 --> 01:04:42,229
cost more than you made last month.

1475
01:04:42,230 --> 01:04:45,329
- There's a lot of great
writers who are nervous wrecks

1476
01:04:45,330 --> 01:04:47,459
and can't pitch to save their life.

1477
01:04:47,460 --> 01:04:49,149
- 'Cause most people become writers

1478
01:04:49,150 --> 01:04:52,166
because they're very shy,
quiet, retiring people

1479
01:04:52,167 --> 01:04:54,449
and they like to hunch
behind their word processors

1480
01:04:54,450 --> 01:04:55,443
and just type and tell their stories,

1481
01:04:55,444 --> 01:04:58,319
they don't like to get
out in the limelight.

1482
01:04:58,320 --> 01:05:01,379
And yet when you sell the
story, you've got a, you know,

1483
01:05:01,380 --> 01:05:03,149
it's a show, you got to put it on.

1484
01:05:03,150 --> 01:05:05,519
You got to say, "And this
happens, an the dam breaks!"

1485
01:05:05,520 --> 01:05:06,729
- No other business or,

1486
01:05:06,730 --> 01:05:09,879
are business decisions
have such massive scale

1487
01:05:09,880 --> 01:05:12,969
and importance made on, you know, the,

1488
01:05:12,970 --> 01:05:15,359
the whims of, if the guy had a bad lunch

1489
01:05:15,360 --> 01:05:17,519
or he got in a car accident that day,

1490
01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:19,072
you're out of there, forget it.

1491
01:05:19,073 --> 01:05:20,329
- All right, Gilles,
you've got five minutes.

1492
01:05:20,330 --> 01:05:22,189
What's your story about?

1493
01:05:22,190 --> 01:05:23,629
- It's about a baseball
player, a rookie shortstop,

1494
01:05:23,630 --> 01:05:26,119
that's batting 347.

1495
01:05:26,120 --> 01:05:27,759
Poor kid was once mixed up in a holdup,

1496
01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:29,289
but he's trying to go straight,

1497
01:05:29,290 --> 01:05:31,539
except there's a bunch of
gamblers that won't let him.

1498
01:05:31,540 --> 01:05:32,819
- So they tell the poor kid,

1499
01:05:32,820 --> 01:05:35,009
he's got to throw the
World Series or else, huh?

1500
01:05:35,010 --> 01:05:36,149
- More or less, except for the end.

1501
01:05:36,150 --> 01:05:37,769
I've got a gimmick that's real good.

1502
01:05:37,770 --> 01:05:38,849
- You got a title?

1503
01:05:38,850 --> 01:05:41,089
- "Bases Loaded," there's
a 40 page outline.

1504
01:05:41,090 --> 01:05:42,030
- Call Readers Department.

1505
01:05:42,031 --> 01:05:44,130
Find out what they have on "Bases Loaded."

1506
01:05:46,430 --> 01:05:48,529
- They're pretty hot about it over 20th,

1507
01:05:48,530 --> 01:05:49,839
except I think Zanuck's all wet.

1508
01:05:49,840 --> 01:05:52,409
Can you see Tye Powers as a shortstop?

1509
01:05:52,410 --> 01:05:53,449
You got the best man for it

1510
01:05:53,450 --> 01:05:55,099
right here in this lot, Alan Ladd.

1511
01:05:55,100 --> 01:05:57,046
Good change of pace for Ladd.

1512
01:05:57,047 --> 01:05:58,939
And there's another thing,
it's pretty simple to shoot,

1513
01:05:58,940 --> 01:06:00,809
lot's of outdoors stuff.

1514
01:06:00,810 --> 01:06:02,701
I bet you could make the whole
thing for under a million.

1515
01:06:02,702 --> 01:06:04,529
(burping)
- Excuse me.

1516
01:06:04,530 --> 01:06:06,239
- We are commercial writers.

1517
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:08,519
We enjoy, we enjoy going to the movies.

1518
01:06:08,520 --> 01:06:10,469
We see probably three
or four movies a week

1519
01:06:10,470 --> 01:06:12,479
and we like what's out there, you know.

1520
01:06:12,480 --> 01:06:13,313
And we,

1521
01:06:13,314 --> 01:06:14,339
and so we know what's out there

1522
01:06:14,340 --> 01:06:15,739
and we write to the market.

1523
01:06:15,740 --> 01:06:18,699
- But, no, no... that sounds,

1524
01:06:18,700 --> 01:06:19,889
it sounds like we're writing down.

1525
01:06:19,890 --> 01:06:22,039
I mean, we're trying to
write the good stuff.

1526
01:06:22,040 --> 01:06:24,069
We're trying to write stuff
that we think is intelligent

1527
01:06:24,070 --> 01:06:27,409
and funny and vaguely
sophisticated, you know.

1528
01:06:27,410 --> 01:06:29,599
Whether it turns out that
way is something else,

1529
01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:33,309
but, we're not, we're not
writing down to the marketplace.

1530
01:06:33,310 --> 01:06:34,197
We're not writing, we're not saying,

1531
01:06:34,198 --> 01:06:35,439
"Oh, this is going to be commercial.

1532
01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:36,449
Someone's going to want to buy this."

1533
01:06:36,450 --> 01:06:37,509
We've never done that.

1534
01:06:37,510 --> 01:06:39,809
We've always said, "This
would make a great movie.

1535
01:06:39,810 --> 01:06:40,939
This is a funny premise.

1536
01:06:40,940 --> 01:06:42,169
This is an interesting character."

1537
01:06:42,170 --> 01:06:43,509
And you go from there.

1538
01:06:43,510 --> 01:06:46,256
- I guess I don't consider the
marketplace "down," you know.

1539
01:06:46,257 --> 01:06:47,867
I like going to see movies.

1540
01:06:47,868 --> 01:06:49,159
- Even thought most movies are terrible.

1541
01:06:49,160 --> 01:06:51,829
- Sure, but I like, I still,
I still go see them anyway.

1542
01:06:51,830 --> 01:06:53,019
- Yes.

1543
01:06:53,020 --> 01:06:54,709
- The reality is,

1544
01:06:54,710 --> 01:06:57,593
is that good ideas are a dime a dozen.

1545
01:06:58,780 --> 01:07:02,929
Great ideas and concepts
are hard to come by.

1546
01:07:02,930 --> 01:07:04,156
And so the currency that we deal with,

1547
01:07:04,157 --> 01:07:06,779
are great concepts, great ideas.

1548
01:07:06,780 --> 01:07:08,029
- The "Big Idea."

1549
01:07:08,030 --> 01:07:10,239
I mean, most of our stuff
has been pretty high concept

1550
01:07:10,240 --> 01:07:11,719
and I think basically, you know,

1551
01:07:11,720 --> 01:07:12,859
we've-
- But in a good way.

1552
01:07:12,860 --> 01:07:15,679
- In a very good way.
(laughing)

1553
01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:17,149
- That can sound like crap
if you're not careful.

1554
01:07:17,150 --> 01:07:18,118
- Sure.

1555
01:07:18,119 --> 01:07:19,209
- Yeah, I'm a trip and who's to blame?

1556
01:07:19,210 --> 01:07:21,859
My father, a swell start you gave me!

1557
01:07:21,860 --> 01:07:23,869
Ever since I was 14, what's it been?

1558
01:07:23,870 --> 01:07:26,439
Nothing but men, dirty rotten men!

1559
01:07:26,440 --> 01:07:28,059
And you're lower than any off them!

1560
01:07:28,060 --> 01:07:30,889
I'll hate you as long as I live!

1561
01:07:30,890 --> 01:07:32,253
- Well, it's a disease.

1562
01:07:33,390 --> 01:07:35,399
It's truly an addictive industry.

1563
01:07:35,400 --> 01:07:37,509
And you really have to
love what you're doing

1564
01:07:37,510 --> 01:07:41,119
to deal with a lot of the
rejection and the headaches

1565
01:07:41,120 --> 01:07:44,633
and the screwing around
with money that goes on.

1566
01:07:45,500 --> 01:07:46,919
The half-truths.

1567
01:07:46,920 --> 01:07:49,959
- It's too hard to get
in the movie business

1568
01:07:49,960 --> 01:07:53,009
and as a struggling filmmaker or writer

1569
01:07:53,010 --> 01:07:55,889
or director or actor,

1570
01:07:55,890 --> 01:07:59,769
you have no idea if it's
going to take five years,

1571
01:07:59,770 --> 01:08:02,229
10 years, 20 years.

1572
01:08:02,230 --> 01:08:04,838
- It's not bragging to say
that my television programs

1573
01:08:04,839 --> 01:08:09,269
have been seen by more people
than ever saw Shakespeare.

1574
01:08:09,270 --> 01:08:11,049
And it's a really weird
thing to think about.

1575
01:08:11,050 --> 01:08:12,969
Certainly while Shakespeare was alive

1576
01:08:12,970 --> 01:08:15,129
and I in no way compare
myself to Shakespeare,

1577
01:08:15,130 --> 01:08:19,829
but I've had more power to
affect minds than he has had.

1578
01:08:19,830 --> 01:08:21,779
And that is a really scary
thing to think about.

1579
01:08:21,780 --> 01:08:25,099
- Once when I was a reader many years ago

1580
01:08:25,100 --> 01:08:27,439
for Mike Medavoy, who just
became the head of Tri-Star,

1581
01:08:27,440 --> 01:08:29,173
has been ahead of Orion for years,

1582
01:08:30,090 --> 01:08:33,549
I was sitting in this cubby
hole and I had tons of scripts

1583
01:08:33,550 --> 01:08:34,383
to read out.

1584
01:08:34,384 --> 01:08:38,719
I had just gotten hired, and I
was my first job, way behind.

1585
01:08:38,720 --> 01:08:41,619
And I pulled a script
out from the "slush pile"

1586
01:08:41,620 --> 01:08:42,849
and I had these rules,

1587
01:08:42,850 --> 01:08:44,689
like I'd never read two scripts in a row

1588
01:08:44,690 --> 01:08:46,829
that had yellow covers and you know,

1589
01:08:46,830 --> 01:08:49,229
just, mounds of this stuff.

1590
01:08:49,230 --> 01:08:51,189
And I started reading it.

1591
01:08:51,190 --> 01:08:52,579
And at first it said,

1592
01:08:52,580 --> 01:08:54,699
it looked like it was going
to be an action picture.

1593
01:08:54,700 --> 01:08:55,533
And then I started reading it

1594
01:08:55,534 --> 01:08:57,459
and then it took this other twist.

1595
01:08:57,460 --> 01:08:58,889
And then I kept reading it and twisted

1596
01:08:58,890 --> 01:09:00,116
and it went this way and it went that way

1597
01:09:00,117 --> 01:09:01,869
and it went the other way.

1598
01:09:01,870 --> 01:09:04,736
And finally, I got to the end and I said,

1599
01:09:04,737 --> 01:09:08,519
"Holy crap, I have just read
the Great American Screenplay.

1600
01:09:08,520 --> 01:09:09,719
And I was 23 years old

1601
01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:11,449
and I think it was probably
the eighth screenplay

1602
01:09:11,450 --> 01:09:14,519
I'd ever read, but I was
convinced it was great.

1603
01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:16,256
And I went running down the
hall to Mike and I said,

1604
01:09:16,257 --> 01:09:19,179
"Mike, Mike, this is the
Great American Screenplay.

1605
01:09:19,180 --> 01:09:21,369
This is the greatest script ever written!"

1606
01:09:21,370 --> 01:09:24,969
And he said, "Give me two
pages on it and leave."

1607
01:09:24,970 --> 01:09:28,379
So I went back and wrote
up my little synopsis

1608
01:09:28,380 --> 01:09:29,237
and I went running back.

1609
01:09:29,238 --> 01:09:30,399
"Well Mike, this is the greatest,

1610
01:09:30,400 --> 01:09:33,119
this is going to win the
Academy Award, Mike, Mike!"

1611
01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:35,979
And he read the two
pages and he said to me,

1612
01:09:35,980 --> 01:09:37,486
he looked up, he said,

1613
01:09:37,487 --> 01:09:39,279
"Is this as good as you say it is?

1614
01:09:39,280 --> 01:09:42,269
Because I'm about to call
a studio and sell it.

1615
01:09:42,270 --> 01:09:45,169
And if I send it over
there and I'm embarrassed

1616
01:09:45,170 --> 01:09:47,379
because it isn't the great
Great American Screenplay,

1617
01:09:47,380 --> 01:09:50,129
I'm going to fire your ass
right out of this office.

1618
01:09:50,130 --> 01:09:51,359
How good is it?"

1619
01:09:51,360 --> 01:09:53,433
I went, gulped,

1620
01:09:54,527 --> 01:09:56,907
"It's the Great American Screenplay Mike."

1621
01:09:57,920 --> 01:09:59,549
And by the end of the week,

1622
01:09:59,550 --> 01:10:02,783
it had Redford and Newman
and it was "The Sting".

1623
01:10:04,830 --> 01:10:08,789
- I wrote the first draft of "Rambo."

1624
01:10:08,790 --> 01:10:09,809
And I just did it.

1625
01:10:09,810 --> 01:10:12,279
I was, I was living on dog food
at the time and I, you know,

1626
01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:15,689
I needed a gig and I wanted to finish

1627
01:10:15,690 --> 01:10:17,679
a spec script I was writing.

1628
01:10:17,680 --> 01:10:20,330
And, you know, they called,
Stallone called me in and

1629
01:10:21,760 --> 01:10:23,939
they had this idea about
what they should do

1630
01:10:23,940 --> 01:10:25,916
in the sequel to "First Blood" and I said,

1631
01:10:25,917 --> 01:10:30,917
"Well, how about if maybe
he searches for POWs

1632
01:10:31,100 --> 01:10:33,639
in Southeast Asia and back in Vietnam?

1633
01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:35,649
He said, "Great, let's do it."

1634
01:10:35,650 --> 01:10:37,149
- It's a mindset that says

1635
01:10:37,150 --> 01:10:40,099
that this gross, unnatural
act of making movies.

1636
01:10:40,100 --> 01:10:41,369
And it indeed is that, you know,

1637
01:10:41,370 --> 01:10:46,099
making a feature film is,
you're trying to make Nature,

1638
01:10:46,100 --> 01:10:49,339
turn handsprings in reverse order.

1639
01:10:49,340 --> 01:10:53,049
You're trying to fight
against natural forces

1640
01:10:53,050 --> 01:10:57,009
to get a script rendered onto a screen.

1641
01:10:57,010 --> 01:11:00,719
And to me that takes not
only skills and talents

1642
01:11:00,720 --> 01:11:02,949
and experience,

1643
01:11:02,950 --> 01:11:06,219
but it takes an attitude that really isn't

1644
01:11:06,220 --> 01:11:08,223
part of a lot of people's makeup, it's,

1645
01:11:09,480 --> 01:11:13,679
it's kinda like why Super
Dave keeps going into a wall

1646
01:11:13,680 --> 01:11:14,513
every now and then.

1647
01:11:14,514 --> 01:11:19,079
It's a combination of
Evel Knievel and Job.

1648
01:11:19,080 --> 01:11:21,279
- It's like, it's like
almost like having an affair.

1649
01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:23,389
You know, you go in, it's like intense.

1650
01:11:23,390 --> 01:11:24,979
Everything is like, the colors are bright.

1651
01:11:24,980 --> 01:11:26,719
Everything is really happening.

1652
01:11:26,720 --> 01:11:28,949
It's beautiful, and then you come out,

1653
01:11:28,950 --> 01:11:31,539
you have this fruition and then it's over.

1654
01:11:31,540 --> 01:11:33,319
And you're sad when it's
over, but in another way,

1655
01:11:33,320 --> 01:11:35,519
the intensity that you had doing it,

1656
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:37,289
you'll never have again without the film.

1657
01:11:37,290 --> 01:11:39,903
- I got out of the,

1658
01:11:40,980 --> 01:11:43,659
the writing game for a
while to become an agent

1659
01:11:43,660 --> 01:11:46,899
'cause I thought, "Oh, I'd
never, I'd never make it."

1660
01:11:46,900 --> 01:11:48,850
And fortunately, I gave it another try.

1661
01:11:49,930 --> 01:11:52,289
I don't think anybody
would trade this business.

1662
01:11:52,290 --> 01:11:55,149
- Well, there's no,
there's nothing else to do,

1663
01:11:55,150 --> 01:11:56,992
but to continue trying.

1664
01:11:56,993 --> 01:11:58,859
And you can do it on any scale you want,

1665
01:11:58,860 --> 01:12:02,209
but you, there's no alternative,

1666
01:12:02,210 --> 01:12:05,279
unless you want to give up
being that kind of person.

1667
01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:09,089
- It builds up and builds up
all the, the plots build up,

1668
01:12:09,090 --> 01:12:14,090
the conclusion, big
climaxing, good ending.

1669
01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:17,429
And they don't want something
that ends on a bad ending,

1670
01:12:17,430 --> 01:12:19,643
they want something that ends good.

1671
01:12:19,644 --> 01:12:21,779
Like the good guy wins, or

1672
01:12:21,780 --> 01:12:24,280
like in Rocky, where the
good guy wins at the end.

1673
01:12:26,480 --> 01:12:30,869
- I always, I think people
want what I always wanted,

1674
01:12:30,870 --> 01:12:33,710
which was something,
not just escape because

1675
01:12:34,940 --> 01:12:37,319
escape only goes so far, you
still have to face reality,

1676
01:12:37,320 --> 01:12:40,453
but there's something that
illuminates reality in some way.

1677
01:12:44,410 --> 01:12:46,409
"High Hoon," Gary Cooper,

1678
01:12:46,410 --> 01:12:48,210
how many people have ever, have ever

1679
01:12:49,230 --> 01:12:50,240
been faced with

1680
01:12:52,410 --> 01:12:54,379
some kind of terrible decision, and

1681
01:12:54,380 --> 01:12:56,099
and you know, they think of Gary Cooper

1682
01:12:56,100 --> 01:12:59,099
and that kind of, puts
starch in their backs.

1683
01:12:59,100 --> 01:13:02,039
Which is not to say, which
is that to overvalue movies.

1684
01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:03,159
I mean, they're just movies

1685
01:13:03,160 --> 01:13:04,789
and you still have to make
the decisions on your own,

1686
01:13:04,790 --> 01:13:06,369
but there's still, there's
something about it.

1687
01:13:06,370 --> 01:13:08,869
You can think back and say,
"Yeah, I was Gary Cooper or

1688
01:13:08,870 --> 01:13:10,671
God, I should have been Gary Cooper."

1689
01:13:10,672 --> 01:13:13,505
(old lullaby)

1690
01:13:34,592 --> 01:13:38,751
- [Director] Why do you think
people like movies so much?

1691
01:13:38,752 --> 01:13:42,126
- Because there's nothing else to do.

1692
01:13:42,127 --> 01:13:45,039
- [Narrator] So the question
is all these years later,

1693
01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:46,283
what has changed?

1694
01:13:49,010 --> 01:13:51,079
In 1990, no one had mobile phones,

1695
01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:53,489
much less powerful
networked mini-computers

1696
01:13:53,490 --> 01:13:54,490
in their pockets.

1697
01:13:55,420 --> 01:13:58,020
There were no social networks,
no instant messaging.

1698
01:13:59,610 --> 01:14:03,299
Today, Narcissism and
the Cult of Celebrity

1699
01:14:03,300 --> 01:14:06,329
are the twin testicles of the Apocalypse.

1700
01:14:06,330 --> 01:14:08,889
They taint every bit of media
that flows into our eyes

1701
01:14:08,890 --> 01:14:12,109
from the multiple screens
we feast on daily.

1702
01:14:12,110 --> 01:14:14,919
They dominate modern society
like the Medieval Church

1703
01:14:14,920 --> 01:14:16,693
dominated the Dark Ages.

1704
01:14:17,930 --> 01:14:21,079
Today it seems everyone is a narcissist.

1705
01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:23,649
And everyone is a
celebrity, or they can be

1706
01:14:23,650 --> 01:14:24,903
in some small way.

1707
01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:30,239
Today, your average 12 year
old has more posed photographs

1708
01:14:30,240 --> 01:14:33,059
taken of them and broadcast
to the world in a year

1709
01:14:33,060 --> 01:14:35,479
than Marilyn Monroe did in her lifetime.

1710
01:14:35,480 --> 01:14:36,883
More by multiples.

1711
01:14:38,080 --> 01:14:40,669
It is estimated that by the
end of the second decade

1712
01:14:40,670 --> 01:14:42,689
of the 21st century,

1713
01:14:42,690 --> 01:14:45,119
more than one and a half
trillion photographs

1714
01:14:45,120 --> 01:14:46,849
will be made each year.

1715
01:14:46,850 --> 01:14:50,289
That's 125 billion photos a month.

1716
01:14:50,290 --> 01:14:52,319
And a very large portion of those photos

1717
01:14:52,320 --> 01:14:56,013
are of the photographer's
favorite subject, themselves.

1718
01:15:01,270 --> 01:15:04,089
If this is the Second Dark Age,

1719
01:15:04,090 --> 01:15:07,799
then Celebrities are the Saints
and Royalty merged together.

1720
01:15:07,800 --> 01:15:10,809
And every Average Joe
is just a viral hit away

1721
01:15:10,810 --> 01:15:12,113
from joining that club.

1722
01:15:13,040 --> 01:15:16,649
Back in 1990, there were
clearly two classes of humans,

1723
01:15:16,650 --> 01:15:20,249
the celebrities and the rest
of us sitting in the stands,

1724
01:15:20,250 --> 01:15:21,713
hoping to catch a glimpse.

1725
01:15:23,070 --> 01:15:25,973
There was no question of who
was famous and who wasn't.

1726
01:15:27,370 --> 01:15:30,919
And when a regular person saw
a Celebrity God in the flesh,

1727
01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:32,743
it was something of a miracle.

1728
01:15:34,140 --> 01:15:35,839
Today we know when some celebrities

1729
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:37,349
have a good bowel movement

1730
01:15:37,350 --> 01:15:39,900
because we get pinged with
their update on Twitter.

1731
01:15:40,850 --> 01:15:44,689
In 1990, HBO and Showtime ruled
the premium cable business.

1732
01:15:44,690 --> 01:15:47,529
The other media options were
going to a movie theater,

1733
01:15:47,530 --> 01:15:50,323
running a video cassette
or watching broadcast TV.

1734
01:15:51,240 --> 01:15:52,989
In this age, we are flooded with

1735
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what seems to be an infinite amount

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of media options and platforms.

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From high-budget
corporate media franchises

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to no-budget content
made on mobile phones.

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But what about the power
of movies themselves?

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I don't think anyone
has tried to measure it,

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but the movies do appear
to deeply affect people.

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Movies give us a shorthand language

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and also form the fabric of our worldview.

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Many people opt to watch the
same movie over and over again,

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digging into it deeper and deeper,

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an option first made available
to us as the video cassette,

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but infinitely easier
in our digital world.

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We still want to share movies
that are important to us

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with people that matter to us.

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And although the experience of
seeing movies in a dark room

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with hundreds of strangers
feels under attack,

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it seems unlikely to ever go away.

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But then again, this
art form is still young

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and anything can happen.

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(1920's music)