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captioning funded by cbs and ford. we go further, so you can. >> bill whitaker: the mexican marines have been trying for months to capture el chapo when an intelligence brief led them to the world's most dangerous drug lord's final party. >> for an incredibly savvy clever almost a criminal genius,
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ultimately was done in by very simple tastes. >> whitaker: what do you mean? >> tacos, tequila and chicas. >> listen, a lot has happened. i am in the custody of these people. >> leslie stahl: when warren weinstein was kidnapped in pakistan, the ordeal his wife elaine went through over the next several years revealed the level of desperation so many american families have experienced in trying to get their loved ones freed from terrorist groups. >>love you. >.stahl: were you prepared for this? >> how could you be prepared for this? you can't. >> i never had held life and death in my hands and i'm telling you i held his life in my hands. >> you're going to fix it... now! >> steve kroft: michael fassbender and kate winslet are both up for oscars. >> fix it! >> what the? >>kroft: not because they are great actors, but because they had demanding roles in a very unusual movie that allowed them
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>> tell me what's wrong with you this morning. >> i just knew that it was going to be electric to be in a room with michael fassbender and danny boyle and i promise you, it absolutely was. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm bill whitaker. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." (baseball on tv in background) with heart failure, danger is always on the rise.
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story about el chapo- whose real name is joaquin guzman. our first story came when he wass on the we told you then that el chapo- shorty'- was on forbes list of billionaires and reputation for his worldwide smuggling empire, his ruthless brutality and most of all, for his daring getaways-- like theabout last year- - when he vanished from a maximum security mexican prison through one of his trademark escape tunnels.erview with actor sean penn, who met guzman at a hideaway last fall. after el chapo's stunning prison break, many thought he'd never get caught again. but he was. how?re about to see. where in the pantheon of drugs, does el
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>> peter vincent: el chapo resides at the very top of that hierarchy.nt was a senior official and legal adviser of both the justice department and homeland security during the international manhunt for guzman.ng escape last summer, el chapo became almost delusional. what precipitated his downfall?me drunk on his own wine. he started to believe the hype that he was special, that he was he was something truly magical. and he became so incredibly he was untouchable. >> whitaker: jim dinkins agrees. as chief of homeland security investigations, he was part oforce that nabbed el chapo in 2014. >> jim dinkins: he knew how he
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right. he had all the cards in his hand to go off into the sunset and to learn from his mistake.elp himself, and he remained in the public eye. >> whitaker: after his first escape from prison in 2001,peared from sight for 13 years. but not this time. >> dinkins: here he gets out of prison, and he's on the road- place having, you know, drinks, and this place, you know-- with his family members. >> whitaker: he invited seantress kate del castillo to come in to see him. >> dinkins: yeah. >> whitaker: did mexican law enforcement know that these twoo see el chapo? >> dinkins: oh, absolutely. they knew that sh-- where sean was going to go, when he was going to land. they knew right away.hey know? because they were listening in on the cartel's communications,
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mexican and u.s. law enforcementsk force that caught el chapo the last time. they were tracking not just guzman, but everyone in his inner circle, including his cook. lieutenants contacted, including sean penn. did he become sloppy? >> dinkins: definitely. there was more sightings of him in the last six months thanten years of before he was captured in 2014. >> whitaker: after he escaped the last time, you told us that you were not confident that he again. >> dinkins: yeah. >> whitaker: that el chapo had become a smarter criminal. did you overestimate his intelligence?d. here he had over a year in prison, i presumed he was using that same amount of time to think about how he was going to of his life. >> whitaker: mexican officials told us that only twenty days after his escape, the marines picked up on guzman's trail.ed an even smaller team of mexican marines, a search bloc, and they focused
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that was capturing el chapohey absolutely could. their first opportunity came in early october, just days after sean penn's visit.ey waited because they didn't want the american actor caught in the cross fire. a team of marines approached one of el chapo's mountain tope road, while another group of commandos flew in by helicopter. so what went wrong on that october mission? understand it, despite all of el chapo guzman's bravado of being a macho, very powerful man, he was running with a child in his arms.hield. a baby as a shield? vincent: that's the only way that one can rationally see it.in, el chapo got away. in early december, intelligence led the marines to this house in
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wiretap intercepts talked about a visit planned by "grandma and aunt"- - code names for el chapont- -known as "cholo ivan". the marines watched the house for a month as painters and construction crews came and went. thursday, january seventh, "grandma" finally showed up. an assault force quickly moved that evening, someone in the house called out for a large order of tacos and this armoredup the food. chapo was having a party. >> vincent: for an incrediblya criminal genius that el chapo guzman was, he ultimately was done in by very simple tastes. >> whitaker: what do you mean?uila, and chicas. >> whitaker: at 4:40 a.m. in the
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began battering down the gate of chapo's safe house. we've concealed the identities of the commando leaders for their safety.slated ): so when we first knock on the door of this house, the shooting started.gun battle erupted. the first marine through the door was shot in the arm.deotape. it's very intense. >> alpha( translated ): chapo's people inside the house wereunds, grenades. so it was like a war zone.es moved methodically through the house. chapo's henchmen retreated up the stairs.one gunman lay dead.
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prisoner and the commandosn closet covered with full-length mirrors. up the stairs, the marines find two women, one of them the cook,om floor. outside the house, more commandos fought it out with gunmen who fled across the roof tops.e were five cartel members dead and six in custody. but once again, chapo- - withed. a couple of days later, the marines took us to the safehouse in los mochis in an armed convoy.e the gate, a pool of blood where the marine was shot. sangre. blood. and inside the door, more pock- marked with bullet holes and the scars of exploding shrapnel. and remember that walk in closet?den door. behind the secret door, the entrance to one of el chapo's
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it's connected to a network ofs. it was 45 minutes before they found chapo's escape route andes gave >> alpha( translated ): we intensified the search inside the tunnels, opening the manhole covers, and inserting people in- - in those sewers.n it started raining, hard. >> bravo( translated ): after 20 minutes of rain, we thought then in the ( bleep ) in the sewers because of the high level of the water. >> whitaker: so he popped up out ): that was his only option. >> whitaker: this is where he came out.le cover. house, straight down that road there. look carefully at this securitye gas station across the street.
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ee chapo and cholo ivan climbing out of the sewer. and then in this cell phone video, you can see them carjack speed away. the fugitives got only three blocks before the jetta broke down.d car, a red ford focus, but only a couple of miles out of town that car broke down. emergency center got two reports of hijacked vehicles. on the highway out of town, the marines found the ford alreadyuck. but no sign of chapo or his lieutenant. they had been picked up by the federal police and taken to a nearby motel.oing in the backseat of the police car? >> alpha( translated ): they weren't talking. they were relaxed. but they looked confused.ows why the federal police took chapo to
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but peter vincent has a theory.hapo undoubtedly said, "one, you let me go now and i will make you wealthier beyond your wild imaginations.oose to decline my most generous offer, i am notut i am going to rape and kill your wife and your daughters and i'm going to torture your sons." >> whitaker: he has behaved like that in the past?aved like that virtually his entire criminal career. >> whitaker: bribes and threats. >> vincent: bribes and threats, bribes and bullets.mexican marines showed up, realized what was going on and took control of the situation. flown to mexico city for booking. he was paraded before reporters and returned to altiplano, the he
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>> vincent: this time, he is rotated from cell to cell to cell.lated every 15 minutes, through whatever cell he happens to be occupying on that particular day. >> whitaker: the u.s. justicen extradited, brought here to face charges for his crimes. seven separate jurisdictions,icago and san diego, all want to put el chapo on trial. juan pedro badillo is a lawyert: el chapo. he warns extradition can be a lengthy process. ole extradition legal proceedings will go on? >> juan pedro badillo ( translated ): ten, 15, 20 years perhaps.ne or two years. >> vincent: el chapo guzman knows that, if he is ultimately
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him.n after chapo's arrest, the u.s.-mexico task force captured another two dozen sinaloa cartel members.n incredibly powerful message to current kingpins, to future narco-traffickers that you mayay hide but ultimately this multinational force will track you down from the highest mountains or the deepest, darkest jungles, or through theowns and cities anywhere in the world, and bring you to justice. >> cbs money watch update >> glor: good evening. apple has until friday to respond to a federal judge's order to unlock an iphone belonging to one of the sanrists. china has replaced its top
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tt0w!tx#hi!!el (6^0 tt0w!tx#hi!!ed (0\t tt0w!tx#hi%!kzx-z,< tt0w!tx#hi%!n-x-/e0 >> lesley stahl: three days before american aid worker warren weinstein was scheduled to return home from pakistan, he age for the next three and a half years, during which time a delicate negotiation took place to secure his release. been at least 80 americans taken hostage by terrorist groups. many of the families negotiate the details of those talks are mostly kept secret. but "60 minutes" has obtained
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case that reveal the desperation of a hostage family under that kind of stress. pakistan as a contractor with the u.s. government working to help poor families improve their lives. th were not led by the government but by weinstein's then-68-year- old wife, who lived thousands of maryland. >> warren weinstein: listen, a lot has happened. i am in custody of these people. i think we have to trust them.0-year-old warren weinstein was kidnapped at gunpoint in august, 2011, he was dragged, bleeding, from his his wife elaine would not know if he was alive for seven months., she got a call from the kidnappers. they put warren on the phone. >> elaine weinstein: the first thing he said to me was, "i'mu."
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i did this to you. >> elaine weinstein: don't say anything. don't say that. >> warren weinstein: okay. >> elaine weinstein: we miss to get you safe. tell them not to touch you, to take care of you. he's gone.s to me, not, "get me the hell out of here," but, "i'm sorry i did this to you."ill never forget. >> stahl: they'd been married for 46 years, had two daughters and two grandchildren. warren often lived abroaddoing economic development work in places like burundi and cameroon, learning the local language and adopting th country. they were not wealthy, and when the kidnappers demanded $4 million for his release, she was shocked. that? >> elaine weinstein: no. >> stahl: could you come close? >> elaine weinstein: no.
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it's my husband's life. >> stahl: elaine contacted the f.b.i., which sent a team of negotiators that advised her to$4 million ransom demand by starting low. she says they suggested $250.ein: what do i know about negotiating with these people? i don't have a clue. they told me this is what you should do. i >> stahl: so instead, her first counter proposal was $21,820. back in chat messages: "no, it is not possible. it is very low. it look like you don't want to free warren."ring these exchanges, was walking a fine line. paying ransom demands that could be used to fund terroristsfederal offense.
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for a citizen like you to give money to a terrorist. >> elaine weinstein: right.i. was facilitating it? >> elaine weinstein: yes. >> stahl: now how-- how does that happen? >> elaine weinstein: the f.b.i. said to me in the beginning, "it you to pay a ransom for your husband. but nobody has ever been prosecuted for that." >> stahl: elaine had hired angotiation firm that was working with the f.b.i. to advise her. >> elaine weinstein: as far as i was concerned, give them the money.'t we just give them the money?" >> stahl: all of it? >> elaine weinstein: yeah, i'm-- "hey, give them the money. let's get this over with. give them the money."t that simple. before turning over any money, elaine was told to get confirmation that warren was still alive.roof of life." she wanted a detail that only warren would know. they wrote back in brokenwarren: "i look
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elaine had no idea what the message meant. >> elaine weinstein: and thend, "dime sime, dime, dim sum!" i said, "oh my god, that's warren." he said we're gonna have dim sum, every sunday that he wasr dim sum. sometimes saturday and sunday. >> stahl: chinese food. >> elaine weinstein: yeah, that was the proof of life. because nobody else couldese little things. >> stahl: whenever elaine talked to the kidnappers, she'd follow notes like these from the f.b.i.: time to talk next time? or can i email you?" "we both have goals. i need to know warren is okay."ere getting impatient. they messaged: "if you send the money, we free him. if you not sending the money, soe send you the death video of warren." elaine wrote back: "please do
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the kidnappers then upped theren himself call and urge her to pay the money. >> warren weinstein: elaine, what they told me all along is unless they get all the money,g to deliver me. >> stahl: to make sure the kidnappers didn't keep upping the ransom demand, she took the to answer warren that day: >> elaine weinstein: it's very dangerous to give them the money, warren. we won't have anything left.give them our entire life savings. they'll keep asking for money until we have nothing left to give them. and i don't thin >> warren weinstein: the guy i'm with is saying if you give him the money, i think they'll bring me to islamabad. >> eric lebson: she delivered deliver, even though she was listening to her husband in captivity being prodded to ask her to do something different. i don't . >> stahl: eric lebson worked on president obama's national
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pakistan. he and his company levick volunteered to help elaine during the negotiations. >> lebson: this is an olderg by herself, dealing with this stress, and taking phone calls at 3:00 in the morning from kidnappers holding her husband.e hostage team show that the calls would come in waves. on one night, the records show, the kidnappers called elaine 18e and six in the morning. >> elaine weinstein: on my mind all the time was, "you keep it together. your husband's life is in your hands."t on for almost four years. >> elaine weinstein: yeah. >> stahl: daily pressure? >> elaine weinstein: yeah. >> stahl: the kidnappers ineed to $243,000. but the most important part of the process was how to make the
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the f.b.i. and her private negotiators disagreed and she had to decide what to do. >> elaine weinstein: the thinge last word. can you imagine? my word is the last word? i have to decide what to do. >> stahl: were y >> elaine weinstein: how could you be prepared for this? >> stahl: you can't. >> elaine weinstein: i never held life and death in my hands. and i'm telling you, i held his life in my hands.ghtmares. >> elaine weinstein: yeah. >> stahl: every decision. did i make the right decision? >> elaine weinstein: right. again, you asked about publicity. >> stahl: yeahell, some said, "shout it from the rooftops." and some people said, "shh, don't tell anybody."s not just my team. this is also people weighing in, friends, family, calling me.do this? and why didn't you do that?"
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follow the f.b.i.'s recommendation and pay the ransom in installments.r the last of three payments was delivered in front of this mosque in peshawar, warren would be delivered to a nearby hotelmuslim woman wearing a black burka. but after the money was given, warren was not returned.ein: and now they wanted more. >> stahl: so they got almost all. >> elaine weinstein: almost all the money and i got no warren.ein: my name is warren weinstein. >> stahl: over time, she watched her husband deteriorate in publicly released videos on al qaeda websites.aggard; elaine would notice he had lost a tooth. >>warren weinstein: we may never see each other again. >> stahl: she came to realize a different group who didn't want money, they wanted prisoners
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but the u.s. government has aing with terrorists, which has left many hostage families feeling abandoned. still, she went to see top u.s.ing secretary of state john kerry and deputy national security advisor lisa monaco to ask for help. >> elaine weinstein: do something.gest country in the entire world, do something. and they did nothing. worrying about another threat to warren: u.s. drone strikes. because the kidnappers were calling her from public phones,ved that warren was being held in north waziristan, a prime target area for the strikes.onaco of her fears in january 2014. >> stahl: she had the foresight uld affect her husband?
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she said, "we believe warren is in north waziristan. please make sure you don't accidentally kill him." what happened. >> president obama: i want to express our grieve and condolences to the families ofican, dr. warren weinstein and an italian giovanni laporto, who wered in a u.s. counter terrorism operation. >> stahl: the president said that after hundreds of hours of it was determined that it housed only terrorists. it wasn't until after the strike that they realized warren andage were also there. c.i.a. director john brennan and lisa monaco went to elaine'slain to the family what happened, a meeting that has not been disclosed until now. >> elaine weinstein: it was
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first day. >> stahl: and you articulated this? >> elaine weinstein: yeah, i did. to the people that we said, "don't do this."cknowledged that they did it and they-- they goofed. >> stahl: so how did lisa monaco react? >> elaine weinstein: shery. she grabbed a tissue and she said "i know." >> stahl: the president called took full responsibility for the death of her husband. as a final indignity, the kidnappers asked for money forhich the u.s. government refused to pay for fear that kidnappers would start killing hostages and ransoming the corpses.k. >> stahl: the sound of warren's voice on audio tapes... >> warren weinstein: elaine, i wanted to let you know that i'm okay.months after his death, is excruciating for
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as is looking at the videos. >> warren weinstein: please give them that no matter what happens, i love them very much. i've always been proud of them and always will be. love you. >> stahl: you didn't even look--warren that they put out. >> elaine weinstein: i saw them once. >> stahl: that was it. too distressing? >> elaine weinstein: very painful.i'll look at them again and say, "this is all i have left." but unh-uh, not now. >> stahl: how are you now?ein: trying to go on with my life.married to him. >> stahl: the white house, f.b.i. and c.i.a. declined our request for comment. warren weinstein's death was made public, the f.b.i. created an interagency unit to work on share
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the academy awards are next sunday night, but it's possible now to make one prediction: the broadcast will last about three hours and up by acceptance speeches and thank yous. that's because all movies are collaborations in which many people deserve credit, even if.
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be "steve jobs," a complex and cautionary character study ofhat generated critical acclaim, disappointing receipts at the box office, and two of the best performances of the year. kate winslet are both up for oscars, not just because they are great actors but because they had very demanding roles in a veryowed them to show just how good they really are. and that would not have happened without screenwriter aaron sorkin and director danny boyle.or a given clock rate, a power pc chip is twice as fast as a pentium two chip. >> kroft: it was by every measure a unique and ambitiousinner workings of a recently deceased genius. someone who saw the future, and built it by breathing life into defining how it would be used, and selling the idea to the american public.reminds you of a friendly face, but the
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it's warm, and it's playful, and it needs to say hello. >> kroft: unlike many hollywoodsn't built around a star. it was built around a massive theatrical script from academy award-winning screenwiter aaronhen placed in the hands of academy award winning director danny boyle, on the left. >> danny boyle: everybody knows aaron sorkin's scripts.of lines. there's a huge amount of interchange. you got to do a lot of learning to be able to get it up to pace. >> kroft: to begin with, therees of dialogue, nearly twice the size of an average script. a drama in three acts that takes place backstage at threeches spanning 14 years in steve jobs' life. it is two hours of talk.orous conversation and adversarial confrontation. >> jobs: you had three weeks. the universe was created in a third of that time. omeday you'll have to tell us how you
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>> boyle: can i just see you? >> kroft: it was the director's job to bring action and movementwhich read like the sound of steve jobs' mind. >> jobs: everyone, everyone,iting for the mac. >> boyle: it's this-- this tormented mind and what's involved in the process, as-- he saw it, of changing the world, you know.world back then. and-- and how do you do that? and it's that fevered mind. >> jobs: we're there? >> hertzfeld: i need more time. >> jobs: you can't have it.inutes! >> kroft: when it came to casting the lead, boyle thought there was only a tiny number of people who could pull off the complicated and demanding role. in landing someone who looked like steve jobs than finding a convince people he was steve jobs. >> jobs: two most significantcentury: the allies win the war and this. >> kroft: he decided on michael fassbender, the rising irishurname and a work ethic like the man he was picked to play.
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jobsian approach, i think. he's so focused andhe way he does the work. >> kroft: is this the most complicated thing you've ever done? >> michael fassbender: it's the hardest thing i've ever done. >> kroft: fassbender had beenn quentin tarantino's "inglorious basterds." >> lt. archie hicox: well if this is it old boy, i hope you don't mind if i go out speaking the kings.eceived an academy award nomination for his supporting role in "12 years a slave." his range runs from macbeth: >> macbeth: so foul and fair a day i have not seen.neto, the villian in the "x-men" action franchise. but "steve jobs" was going to be different. >> fassbender: it was like an action piece in words. ( laughs ) you know--o exploding cars. >> fassbender: no. ( laughs ) >> kroft: no sex. >> fassbender: nope. >> kroft: not ev-- any romance. ( laughs ) >> fassbender: mmmm. so, i was, like, "perfect. this is gonna be great." ( laughter ) yeah, it was just-- it was such an unusual piece of writing.
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huge-- one of the big shakespeare's, like a lear or-- >> fassbender: yeah. >> boyle: --a hamlet. or, you know, it's like a mountain to climb. first heard that the steve jobs movie was casting not from her agent or producer scott rudin, but from her hair and make up person while shooting a film in australia.t knew that it was going to be electric to be in a room with michael fassbender and danny boyle. and i honestly promise you, it absolutely was. has one oscar already to go with six nominations, can have just about any role in hollywood she wants. >> joanna hoffman: we're out of time. floor. >> kroft: but no one seemed to be thinking about her for this one, the part of apple marketing whiz joanna hoffman, who was one of the few people who could handle steve jobs.nt to do this movie. you sought out the role? >> winslet: i-- i offered my-- offered my services and-- let ithey be interested in casting completely against type and considering the blonde english woman to play the dark-haired polish armenian, ( laughs )
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>> kroft: with some wit and an iphone, she managed to get their attention.m a little bit of a nudge. and i-- i put a dark-haired wig on myself and some glasses and made myself look as much like the real joanna hoffman as i possibly could.d sent it to scott rudin, and-- it seemed to do the trick. and danny boyle came to australia and we had a meeting. and he asked me to play the role.kate winslet arrived in san francisco to begin shooting, she and the rest of the cast had read the script and realized they weree: a fast paced drama that unfolds in hallways, on staircases and in dressing rooms.er was a composite of the strong women in jobs' life, found it all a bit terrifying. >> kroft: why terrifying? >> winslet: terrifying because and it flows. there's a rhythm to it.hat has to feel entirely accidental and
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and the only way to really honor that and respect those words is to not forget them. that's the hardest part. >> hoffman: start 15 minutes late so avie can recompile. just at least give us a fighting chance. >> jobs: jesus christ, how many times have we had this conversation? >> jobs: we're not starting late ever, we're not ever starting late. >> winslet: because if you forget even one word, one line, or you pause for just too longo remember what comes next, the whole thing unravels. >> kroft: danny boyle, who spent years directing at the royal court theatre in london, knew actors were up against and got the studio to agree to a costly six weeks of rehearsal. the cast would learn one act atm it in sequence. >> boyle: i couldn't see any other way that the actors would be able to control this beast, this huge beast of thisary dialogue that he'd written as a way into this man's mind. and i thought the only way the
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own it, which is the key, iit down and letting us rehearse. >> winslet: we rehearsed the first scene-- well, act, first scene. t it down. and then we went and filmed it. and then filming would stop, and we would go back and we would shoot-- we would rehearse the second part. and tht that. and then filming would stop again. and so there's this crew on rehearse again for another 12 days. and then we'd go back in and shoot.onto the set, we were already on performance number 50, because we had been doing it for two weeks straight.who had by far the most lines, saw steve jobs as a great man and a flawed human being.nglorious control freak. >> jobs: what size shirt do you wear? >> man: me? >> jobs: does anyone know what size shirt he wears? does anyone know what size shirt i wear? >> hoffman: does anyone know where th >> jobs: the disk fits in your pocket. >> hoffman: does it have to be a white shirt, is blue ok? >> jobs: no.
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the disk is blue.ite. >> kroft: a brilliant motivator and recruiter of talent. >> jobs: that was cool! >> kroft: who could be an unreasonable boss, an indifferent father and an unreliable friend.: you know when people used to ask me what the difference was between me and steve jobs, i would say steve was the big picture guy and i liked the solid work bench.t the difference is now, i say steve's an ( bleep ). >> kroft: he's not a very sympathetic character. ( laughs ) i-- yeah, i don't-- i find him to be. i think, you know, when you have such strong convictions and a with-- that goes with it, and a sharp tongue and, you know-- elements of cruelty perhaps, you know, it's-ross as-- as maybe a bit harsh for people to take onboard. i think he was an extraordinary person. ved our lives.
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character. >> kroft: unpleasant? unsociable?eah, unsociable, i would say. yeah. you know i suppose, approaching t really something that i want to set out to play, you know. i can't really play unpleasant. but if somebody said, "playack of patience, who's very-- you know, got a very strong vision-- is unrelenting in that vision, yourhaps with emotional connection," now i'm going somewhere. now i can start putting together something. >> kroft: fassbender believesncies may have been a convenient way of putting distance between himself and other people, a way of managing their judgements and expectations of him.ou want people to dislike you? >> jobs: i don't want people to dislike me. i'm in dislike me.
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little difference to job's widow who was unhappy with her husband's portrayal. apple refused to cooperate with the project.called it opportunistic. for the most part, the cast and danny boyle shrugged it off. >> boyle: his importance to our can't ignore him. you have to write as much right about these guys. and not just him, there are many, many ot-- other figures that are turning the world around, literally overnight.on, it felt like it was important to tell a story. there is a steve that apple would like to actually present to the public. they have a character, steve, keep that story going. and it's very important that writers challenge that occasionally and not just trust their parent companies to tell them.has always had an aversion to that kind of power. a working class guy with no discernible ego, he joined the directors after winning an academy award for "slumdog millionaire," and
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directing the elaborate openingolympics in london. then he became very famous for turning down a knighthood from the court of queen elizabeth.ered a knighthood. boyle: yes, i was. but that, it's not really the-- it's not my cup of tea, really. i feel very, i d-- i feel verynd it difficult enough being called "mr. boyle," which as i age i'm increasingly called. ( laughter ) i find that hard enough, anyway.e, i-- i wouldn't be comfortable with. >> kroft: did you know this was in the works? did you know this was coming? or did your name just appear on this list? >> boyle: no, no. ( laughter ) >> kroft: and you just told 'em flat out. >> boyle: yeah. and i-- and you get another phone call to see if you'd change your mind. ( laughter )rets. >> boyle: n-- well-- no, no. not-- not-- not-- not at all, no. ( laughs ) absolutely not.chael fassbender or kate winslet win an oscar next sunday, mr. boyle will likely be one of the first people thanked along with aaron
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year. they all share some disappointment that more people haven't seen "steve jobs," but they all say it's getting harder and harder to get people out offrom their t.v.s, premium cable and on demand services which is the marketplace "steve jobs" is nowfind a brand new audience. >> winslet: it was an amazing experience. i honestly couldn't have cared less if no one ever saw this film, because it was such an amazing experience to be a part of.any reasons as an actor that i can-- i can march onward in my life and go, stake in the ground, "i'm proud of that."nouncer: can the steve jobs movie be both truth and fiction? go to 60minutesovertime.com. e shooting, burning, pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pain, these feet served my country, carried the weight of a family,ter down the aisle. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. p so i talked to my doctor and
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