joining us. >> for all of us here, we appreciate your time, right now on jimmy kimmel, >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live," with guest host, samuel l. jackson. and now, here's samuel l. jackson. welcome to "jimmy kimmel live!" i'm your guest host, samuel l. jackson. in case you don't know, the l is for "leave me the -- alone." i have a special honor tonight: i am this show's very last guest host of the year. jimmy has spent all summer fishing, but it's time for him to come back. right now the disney swat team's pulling his ass out of a lake. funny thing about jimmy, for years, he has been trying to weasel his way into my vacations with magic johnson.

so much so that he even photoshopped himself into our vacation photos and showed them on this very program. for real. i mean, this is the behavior of a sick, sad individual. there's a guy on this show named pat who wasted eight hours of his life putting these together. missed his daughter's high school graduation! okay, so jimmy begs me to take him on vacation, then he goes away for the whole summer. does he invite me? nope. instead he asks me to cover his shift. like we work together at the -- cheesecake factory. but hey, i'm happy to be working at all. everything is strange right now. we started this year thinking the election was going to be the craziest thing to happen in 2020. now batman has the damn coronavirus! the whole entertainment industry is upside down right now. movies are being delayed. theaters are mostly closed.

but some people are still going to them. tom cruise went to a movie theater in london, but that's different. because he does all his own stunts. [ cough ] they wouldn't let me drive a cab in "die hard with a vengeance." you think they're letting that little bitch jump out of a plane? hey where's guillermo? >> guillermo: i'm right here! >> when was the last time you went to a movie theater and saw a movie? what'd you see? >> guillermo: i saw "sonic." >> oh, the hedge hog. is that about the coked up little groundhog or was that don jr.? >> guillermo: that was the hedge hog. >> do you have a favorite movie of mine?

>> guillermo: "snakes on a plane." >> wasn't it nice when the scariest thing about going on a plane was a snake jumping out of the toilet? simpler times. a lot has changed over the past six months. back then i was worried about figuring out what tiktok is. now i'm worried about a pandemic, an election, natural disasters, white supremacy, and still trying to figure out what the hell tiktok is. i'm not on tiktok, but i saw this on there. yet another person apparently thinks their dog looks like me, and well --i'll let you be the judge. >> say what again, say what again, i dare you, i double [ bleep ] you. >> one of the writers here wanted me to call that "pup fiction." his name is josh halloway and i fired his ass. executive decision. okay, i'd like to get serious for a minute. today, as i'm sure you know is the 19th anniversary of a very somber moment in american history, the morning of september 11th, 2001 when

donald trump went on tv and claimed he had the new tallest building in downtown manhattan. it's also the 7th anniversary of the day when he tweeted this. "i would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, september 11th." you gotta hand it to him he always knows the wrong thing to say. i mean, we found out he called u.s. soldiers "losers and suckers," that he intentionally downplayed the coronavirus even though he knew how bad it was. plus, he encouraged his supporters to vote twice, which is a felony. and said protesters are using soup cans as weapons and that was just in the past week! who could still be voting for this guy after all the stuff that's gone down on his watch? well, i guess this is who. this guy was at trump's rally in michigan last night. and had this very scientific

reason for not wearing a mask. >> why are you guys not wearing masks? >> i have one with moe. it's my prerogative. >> why not wear one to stay safe. >> very a hard time hearing people when they talk. >> you can hear me right now. >> i can hear you. >> you can't hear people when you're wearing a mask? are you shoving it in your ears? "it's my prerogative." that may be the first time a trump supporter has quoted bobby brown. ♪ it's my prerogative >> come on! the fact of the matter is, donald trump is dangerous for this country. in fact his campaign ads even come with disclaimers now. ♪ >> it's time to vote for a proven leader. it's team to usher in a new era of american pride. it's time to reelect donald j. trump.

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♪ welcome back to "jimmy kimmel live!" i'm samuel l. jackson. by the way, california is experiencing some of its worst wildfires in the history of the state right now. so if you'd like to support the brave first responders out there fighting them please consider

giving to the entertainment industry foundation's fire relief fund. when things are bad do some good. coming up on the show, her album is called "ugh, those feels again," music from snoh aalegra is on the way. i also want to mention i have a docu-series premiering on epix this monday called "enslaved" that's about the history of the slave trade. it's really good so check that out as well. when i met my first guest tonight he wasn't even old enough to shave. now, all these years later he's starring in his own blockbuster movie with a beard. the chris nolan-directed science fiction adventure "tenet." >> you're not shooting the bullet. you're catching it. >> whoa. >> to do what i do, i need some idea of the threat we face. >> inverted. someone's manufacturing them in the future.

>> all i have for you is a tenet. >> "tenet" is in theaters where theaters are open, please welcome john david washington. what's up, bro? >> what's up? >> i'm good. how many years would you say you and i have known each other? >> i mean, my whole life. >> your whole life. >> at least 30. >> okay. all right. and, during all that time that we've spent together, i've instilled knowledge, and, what? experience and understanding, is that true? >> untrue. knowledge, experience and definitely some understanding, indeed, yes, definitely. >> so now you, your dad and i have just one thing in common. we've all worked for speak lee. now, when you were working for

spike, did he ever say not the way denzel would say it"? [ laughter ] >> oh, man! you caught me off guard. no, i can honestly say no. he never said that. he never said that. >> never? >> never said that. he gave me great stories about how y'all get down and how y'all operate and how y'all would ad lib and not listen to him, but he never said that, what you said, yeah. >> okay, all right, now you really live in brooklyn. and since the pandemic has happened, you've had it to come back home. so you're living in the house again, right? >> well, technically, actually, not anymore, but i was, i was, yes. >> oh, really? >> yeah. >> okay, when the pandemic was raging, you were back at home. >> i was in the crib, yes. >> and you were in your old room? >> yes, uncle sam, i was.

>> so did that feel like those old television shows where the kid graduated from college and then he ends up coming back home? but you're not a burden on your parents, because you actually got a job and career and stuff, so, you were just there like, but you still had to do chores, right? because i know denzel likes some order in the house. >> i can't believe we're doing this right now on jimmy kimmel. >> what's your chore? >> yeah, yes, there was a chore or two, yes. >> what's your chore? >> my chore was to make sure i'm, i'm down for dinner in time. >> that's not a chore. that's not a chore. a chore is like, you know, sweeping the driveway, taking the garbage out, something, you know? something legit that earns your keep. >> how about cooking? cooking. >> i know you cook. >> yes. >> you're the grill master. >> exactly. >> i know you're the grill

master. >> thank you. >> you got mad, mad grill skills, i got to say that. >> thank you. >> now we're going to talk about this movie "tenet", how much are you actually allowed to say about it? >> yeah, man, warner bros., they're watching me right now, so i gotta be careful. they're always saying, they're always watching. but what i can say, it is a globe trotting spy thriller, action-packed, nolan genre. it's something -- >> i'm going to get to that globe trottin' part in just a moment. i have a story in a moment. a sly story. so how many people in your family have actually seen the movie so far? >> all six of us have, yeah, my mom, dad, brothers ancestord sis >> after you did the movie, did you get critiqued, and did they ask you, what the hell's going on? >> critiqued is an interesting

word. we definitely went back home and discussed it the entire weekend. they loved it, and there was "what the hell is going on" moments for sure. so emma, our producer, chris's wife, made me this banana bread, and she made, technically, she made it for my mom and siblings, she dngts make it for me. so we were eating her banana bread and discussing the film. and with every bite we seemed to gain more context in the movie as we started to reflect on it. and they got it pretty quickly. >> awesome. [ bleep ] if i had known i'd come over if i'd known banana bread was involved, i'd have gone. i am kind of insulted by all of that. this team last year, we were at cookie and magic birthday party in st. tropez, and she was coming to visit you, but we didn't know where you were. nobody would tell us where the location was. so i had to make underground

calls to figure out where you were and she had to figure out how you got to that place on the planet. so that whole globe trotting thing is true. before i let you go, the one thing i really want to know is, your character is called thepra. >> pro ttagonist. >> so if it had to come down it and we really need to know, protagonist or equalizer? who can kick who's ass? >> okay, because, because of the rules of inversion i'd say protagonist. because of the rules of inversion. >> uh-huh. >> you know, there's a sci-fi element that we have that equalizer didn't have that i think gives him the edge. >> so you hittin' us with a riddle many so now we got to go to the movie and make up our own minds about whether equalizer can kick your ass or not.

>> yes, uncle sam. >> oh, come on, j.d. i'm really disappointed that football season is starting and i'm not going to get to watch you ball out again this year. i got to watch real football instead of your football. we're going to miss you. >> yeah. >> thank you, man, and good luck with this movie, and it's really been an honor to interview you. >> this has been fun, a dream come true. thank you. >> see how easy it was? >> i didn't know what was happening. >> you were that worried about what's going to come out of my mouth? >> yes, sir! [ laughter ] ♪ >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes benz, the best or nothing. ugh the yard ♪ ♪ family, all four seasons ♪ family, well bless your heart ♪ ♪ family, all in this together ♪ ♪ family, we're taking a chance ♪

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right now, at this defining moment in america. ♪ we gonna be all right >> with so much on the line, from abc news, my america, your america, our america. this is "turning point." tonight. >> i am vanessa guillen. >> i am vanessa. the ft. hood soldier murdered on her own base. new details about the investigation. one family's demand for justice. >> my sister was a human too! she deserves respect. >> their fight for lasting change in the military, and what the secretary of the army has to say. >> will there ever be justice for vanessa guillen? >> now reporting, john