we knew them when. >> yeah i would like to play an army man and astronaut and cowboy. i would like to do all those things. >> a young tom hanks talking about his dreams and what he learned at skyline high school. oprah winfrey talks about her big issues. >> the whole purpose of life is to be. >> actress laura dern talks about self-discovery. >> we can spend a life constantly surprised by what comes out of our mind and what we're feeling and what we're thinking. >> the land of a thousand

celluliodty saásers. the lurking dangers of san francisco in the movies. all straight ahead on a second look. good evening and welcome to a second look. i'm julie haener. it's the season of hollywood awards. so tonight, we search the ktvu archives for interviews with some of our favorite actors in their younger days. a bay area favorite son is oscar award winning actor tom hanks. late last year he received a kennedy center honors for lifetime achievement. hanks was humble about the honor saying he thought there may have been an anomaly in the vote taking process. back in 1993, when sleepless in seattle was released bob shaw sat down with hanks to discuss the movie and what he hoped to do in the future. >> you and meg ryan are two of the most likable people. >> what does that mean? likable. >> i don't know. >> i think we're not too threatening. i think we would be good company. you know we would like to go

out with him for dinner. or it would be nice to have her over for a bar-be-que. and i would like to testify, i am pretty good dinner conversation and meg is great to have over for a bar-be-que. >> and would you like to be the village in a movie. >> oh yeah i would like to play a cowboy, and astronaut and all those things. if you ask a villain, they will say it's a blast. >> what is the one thing that men will never understand about women. >> i can't tell you over the air or tv. >> what's the category? >> well, it's got to do something with the sexual drive i suppose. they'll just never get that. >> maybe they shouldn't. >> i don't think so. >> and hanks famously got to

play those roles he wanted. and army man in saving private ryan. a cowboy in toy story and an astronaut in apollo13. hank says astronauts were his child time hero. and in impassioned speech he thanked his theater teacher at oakland skyline high school. >> on the best of days, on the best of movies, i can almost close my eyes and feel the exact same feeling i had at skyline high school. i am in a play, i'm on stage, and i sense that in the back of the room sitting on the stool taking notes is my drama

teacher mr. valentin. >> reporter: it was not the first time teacher roland was thanked by tom hanks. when hank won the oscar he thanked him. >> i had the pleasure, mr. roland hocksworth was my teacher. >> imagine being a retired drama teacher sitting at home and hearing that on oscar night. >> i didn't know what he was going to say. >> but it was okay with you. >> it was okay. >> what mr. fonsworth thought me is work in the theater can be more fun than fun. and that could have come from a chemistry teacher, about chemistry or about a drafting teacher about drafting or it could have come from a soccer coach, but i was lucky enough to have it come from mr.

fonsworth. >> he had a natural bend for comedy. that's usually the role he got. but he has a wonderful sense of timing. and great stage presence. great stage presence. he's the type of person you want to watch when they walk on the stage. >> reporter: not only did hanks present fonsworth with a lifetime achievement in education, he recalled other teachers that thought the class of 74. earlier this year, tom hank wrote a new york time editorial. hank urged support for president obama to make community college accessible

for up to 9 million americans. hanks added that his education to shabot was free and he had fond memories. >> it was really telling and moving that he mentioned specific teachers. and remembered very, very clearly the influence they had had on his life and work. >> hanks wrote he recently drove by the campus with one of his children and said that place made me what i am today. still to come on a second look. >> this movie is my life. i am this movie. >> oprah winfrey talks about her life's work. >> and actress julian moore on her first look at san francisco.

welcome back to a second look. this year the movie selma is nominated for an oscar as the best picture of the year. oprah winfrey is one of the producers. in 1998 when she visited san francisco to promote the movie beloved, winfrey talked with bob shaw about why she makes

movies. >> do you feel you have a mission in life? >> yes i feel that everyone does. and that's the whole point of life is to figure out what yours is. that is it. and my mission is this. in one way or another to inspire people to think differently about their lives and the lives that other people have led and to use that as a way to move yourself forward. to build on your history. to build on your past. to build on all that you can be. because the whole purpose of life is to be really. be. be. be the greatest human being that is possible for you in this incarnation. that's the purpose. >> and how do you find that? >> for everyone it's different. and everybody's past bob is -- everybody's path bob is different. this is my path. you're very blessed if you can figure that out. everybody has their own callings. one of my favorite books is the

soul's code. he talks about what you were meant to do. and how in some people you see it at a very early age and it has to find its own path. for me it was growing up speaking in the church. at the age of 3. i was an orator like a bona fide orator speaking in -- that's the only place i had to speak. so the fact that now i speak in front of lots of people every single day is just part of that coding. it is. >> how does this movie fit into your life? >> this movie doesn't fit into my life. this movie is my life. i am this movie. >> oh. >> okay, bob. bob is like, hello. all right. >> can i ask you a follow up question here? you're the poster? you're the -- >> no it's like, it's like asking me how this television

fits into my life. you know, television is my life. that's what i do. my life and my work and my life's work is on television. my life's work is you know being able to speak to millions of people about things that i feel passionate about. this movie doesn't kind of like fit into it. this movie is it. it's a part of to answer the question, it's a really, really good question actually. bob is going, what? it really is. this movie is a part of the flow of my life. i want doesn't fit in. it's like not compartmentalized it's all a part of the flow. it's to have everything you do be an extension of what you are. >> reporter: actress laura dern is nominated this year for her role. dern talked about the delight of playing different characters. >> you said you have a t rex?

>> uh-huh. >> in jurassic park, laura dern fights for her life while she finds herself in a dinosaur park. early on in your career you were typecast as this prim next door neighbor type. last couple of years you've been typecast as a specks siren. now you're adventure woman. >> adventure woman. that sounds kind of fun. >> it must be fun to screw around with people's perceptions of you. >> i love that. i hope i have a career filled with you know, all kinds of human behavior. all kind of different characters. it's really what interests me. i'm constantly surprised and amazed at my own self- discovery. i think you know we can spend a life constantly surprised by what comes out of our mouths and what we're feeling and what

we're thinking. so, so i certainly enjoy doing that as an actor. >> what's the first movie you've been involved in where there's going to be little dolls of you probably on toy store shelves. is that a little weird. >> it's weird and hilarious. and you have to go, this is fun. and this is different. and i'm sure the next one will be completely different and hopefully the next one will be completely different again. >> the star of wild is also up for an oscar. reese whiterspoon is nominated for best actress. she paid mornings on two a visit and spoke with ktvu's steve mcfartland. >> have you always wanted to act? >> yeah, i've been working since i was seven year old and i got my first movie when i was 14. so i've been in the business for six years. >> you enrolled in stanford last year. >> i did my first year at stanford last year and i'm planning ongoing back winter quarter because i have some movies and other things. >> i think your major is quite

admirable. >> english lit. >> english lit. >> that's great fun. >> yeah, yeah. it's fun being there and being like everybody else. >> people say you're from tennessee. so you're used to being around barnyard animals. >> yeah, i want to take off my shoes and walk around the dirt with the chickens. >> no, not even close. >> when we come back on a second look. >> the irresistible lure of san francisco for film makers. >> and a warning, what you can expect if you see a film by allen smithey.

life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day.

life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. welcome back to a second look. actress julian moore has won high praise and an oscar nomination for her work in steel alice. a professor who learns she has early alzheimer's. moored talked to shaw about coming to san francisco for the first time. >> maybe we can fool around

tonight? >> check. >> i haven't, i haven't finish the food. >> reporter: the new romantic comedy nine months stars hugh grant, julian moore, tom arnold and san francisco. >> oh, god. the best. the city is just a tremendously beautiful, wonderful place. i've never been to san francisco. so i was like, i'm going to san francisco. and i had a wonderful time. i mean it's, it's probably the most beautiful american city there is. i think. >> while filming his last movie mrs. doubtfire. columbus fell in love with the city and the bay area that he decided to move here. >> life is too short that if you can't live in a place like san francisco there's no reason to live. i love the city. it enbodies the best of new york city but it's a great

place for family to live. >> the difference between women and men. >> if you have the power to make every man in america understand one thing about women, what would it be? >> i think men don't really understand hormones. i think that is just beyond them. they really don't understand that you're sometimes at the mercy of when -- i don't know why i'm so sad. and then people get impatient because half an hour later you're like no i'm okay. i'm fine. that's the one thing i would like for them to understand. movie makers have long been drawn to san francisco with its hills made for a car chase and it's world famous landmarks. bob shaw took a look at the many movie that is have been made in the city by the bay. >> on film, san francisco seems to have more than its share of

crime and violence. hollywood has often portrayed the city as a barbaric, out of control place of crazies that wouldn't be allowed any where else. >> i'm going to set fire to san francisco. >> reporter: there's always something sinister happening under the golden gate bridge. >> this road leads under the bridge. >> according to movies, half our citizens are nut jobs or villains, the other half are cops or detectives and one group is always stalking or chasing the other. >> hold still. >> hey you. >> reporter: in 1948's lady from shanghai, the same locations viewed today don't seem nearly as gloomy everyone in an overcast day. maybe it's the music, maybe it's the lighting. but it doesn't seem to take much effort to make san

francisco look scary. even play land at the beach can give you the creeps. it's no wonder the city was alfred hitchcock's favorite. >> san francisco is the perfect city for any great catastrophe. >> yet despite all of the real and cinegraphas and chases, san

francisco seems to survive. if this apartment building at haigh looks familiar, feature the water reservoir where tennis courts are now. the it isn't a great movie but it features great shots of the city from a half century ago. including this train turn around long before the drugstore turned into the gap and tourists lined up wearing jeans and backpacks. >> when we come back on a second look. a refrigerator possessed by the devil. who would make such a film. the story of director allen smithey.

welcome back to a second look. sometimes there's a great divide between inspiration and execution in movie making. sometimes that can lead to a specific name in a film's credit. bob shaw reported on the secret of allen smithey in 1986. >> you may not know his name but in one way or another we have all been his victims. his name is allen smithey and he's made some of the worse films ever to be seen in the cineplex. >> this better be worth it. >> reporter: what you're about to see is not pretty but the

story must be told. because unless you know the shameful truth about director allen smithey you and your loved ones can be in a world of cinematic pain by a man who doesn't even exist. >> reporter: hiller knows the history of allen smithey. the guild was trying to rescue directors who had lost control of their work. >> the director's guild said if your film has really been altered so much that it is no longer your vision, and it is against your wishes, then yes, you can fake your name off. >> reporter: but the guild decided if a director wanted to drop its name from the film there was only one name that had to replace it. allen smithey.

a name that was made up by the guild. there is no allen smithee but so far he's directed 30 films. >> i think there's great moments in allen smithee films. and there's a lot of great allen smithee films. >> if you're lucky enough to have missed a lot of allen smithee films, your luck is up. the star is vanna white. we don't know why the director wanted to give allen smithee all of the credit for his film. you see that director, he's the executive producer of the picture. >> love me. please. love me. >> then there's vanna's acting. here's her big scene when she thinks her lover has been killed. >> why did he die? >> gypsy angels runs 92

minutes. vanna white has dozens and dozens of lines. not once does he manage to put the correct emphasis on a word. >> what's the difference now. >> don't you dare. >> it's just like a museum. >> right now you're probably saying no director can get a decent performance from vanna white. but in raging angels, allen smithee's name on a film that white and lad who have 10 nominations between the two of them starred. and to destroy a satanic

aparition by reciting the lord's prayer. >> thy kingdom, thy. >> the closest he got in a science fiction starting peter boyle. histon seems to think the quicker he can say his line the the quicker he can get his paycheck. he won't even let the other actor talk. or maybe he couldn't wait to get to this moment. >> hold it, you tell me you love me before you leave this room. >> i love you. >> i love you too. >> are you -- on me. >> meanwhile, in an effort to prove that his previous performances were actually restrained, jack pellence is determined to leave every

sliver of -- unchewed. >> what are you doing. >> it's the first allen smithee movie with a message. >> never let your ambitions grow bigger than your heart. >> have you done any work for these that you want to in in retrospect take your name off of. >> yes i do. >> i think you can allen smithee your parts. >> which ones? >> i don't want to go through. no there's none of my work i would like to see again. it's all so wonderful and good. >> that's it for this week's second look. i'm julie haener. thank you for watching.

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