guys like michael mann would be always punch you in the gut. everything else everyone was doing but it would have truth in it. >> you want your own wife kidnapped. >> yeah. >> i think "fargo" is a perfect movie in every way. the screenplay is perfect. the execution of it is perfect. the performances are absolutely perfect. >> geez. >> it was written for me. i got excited. they said joel came home from work and started working on something. there's a part for you. >> we got a shooting. these folks drive by. there's a high speed pursuit, ends here and then this excuse type deal. >> joel and ethan's scripts are publishable, would of literature. for example, the scene in fargo where march is interrogating the the two strippers. >> hey, they said they were going to the twin cities. >> oh, yeah. >> yeah, is that useful to you? >> oh, you betcha, yeah. >> yeah. >> it was punctuated and written in the rhythm that we played it. and it's beautiful. >> and the oscar goes to ethan and joel coen for fargo. >> the oscar goes to frances mcdormand in "fargo."

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you, michael mann, al pacino.sk. this is a classic. people love this movie. what do you remember about making this? >> well, it was hard work. a lot of work. michael mann is a guy who really is a stickler for detail and certain things. and he would have you do things more and more than, say, the normal or typical situation. but you knew that something was special about why he was doing it, what he was doing. it created a certain feeling that, you know, you knew it was going to be something. >> stephen: how many takes are we talking? >> 125. no, i'm kidding ( laughter ). >> stephen: well, evidently, kubrick would do that. >> that, i heard. a normal amount of takes, but certain things just very careful about how to-- it was all good. it was all as it should be. >> stephen: what count a director to be giving you as an actor? some people say just let me do my thing. >> well, they should-- they give you what you want. they've hired you, first of all, so already, they know what you can basically give them. and then, you

michael mann, thank you so much. i'm sure we'll see you again soon. >>> protesters at a new jersey golf club owned by president trump, 9/11 families, upset first because it's a saudi-backed event, and now also because of what trump said in his own defense that simply isn't true. >>> you're watching "chris cress -- "chris jansing reports." "ch. a . but congress has a historic opportunity to deliver relief, by passing a bill to let medicare negotiate lower drug prices and put money back in the pockets of seniors. 87% of americans support the plan, and applaud the senators who are standing up to big pharma. let's make history. vote yes to let medicare negotiate lower drug prices. >>> outrage this morning from families of 9/11 victims. they went to new jersey to protest at former president donald trump's golf club which is hosting a controversial tournament this weekend less than 50 miles from ground zero. their anger only multiplied when trump tried to defend himself. nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez has m

michael mann fan and so, they had al pacino and robert de niro and we got them backstage for, like, 20 did he say >> jimmy: he said two words. [ laughter ] he said, "yep" and "nope." yep. >> we got a couple of paragraphs from him. you know, i don't -- i'm not sure because i've interviewed him a bunch of times, and honestly -- well, he was on "the today show" a couple of weeks ago talking about the tribeca film festival. and here's hoda and here's savanna and they're saying, "bob, bob, bob, ask jane ask jane ask jane writes for who runs it with him. and so, i do all this homework i do all this stuff. and i just say, "please, please, talk to me." and i got lucky. >> jimmy: yeah, you've been doing this for 50 years. is that true almost 50 years? >> so, i graduated college in 1973. i went to central college in iowa to play football. but i messed around with a a college radio station, and i got a job doing color commentary on girls' high school basketball games at the local radio station, daytime station. and those local veterinarian and i would take his pickup out to see these girl high sc

michael mann lived jamaica a lopez portillo of mexico i think order bayer of costa rica carlos andrus paris of venezuela and all of them had been young communists in high school with castro and they'd all become democrats and will allies of the united states. and so when i tracked a few of them down. they all said we can get this done you don't worry about this. let us handle this. see and sure enough. it went smoothly. and nobody in the state department ever had a clue. and the night after the treaty was signed. will stay in the same hotel. and president carter called me and said how many of those guys that helped you with castro? or in this hotel i said most of them. he said can you gather them in your room around 11 o'clock tonight? and i said sure. and he said i'd like to thank them personally. so i rounded up a half a dozen presidents and they were sitting around and it was really like. one it was very religious. because they realized that they done something together. that was so to unthinkable without jimmy carter. and they might have saved western hemisphere. but that's sort o

. >> reporter: and with tuesday weld in michael mann's "thief." >> which is a real loss to the planet reporter: caan would get what's coming in stephen king's bleakly funny "misery." >> whatever you're thinking of doing, please don't do it. >> reporter: helping kathy bates win an oscar and he would be the perfect complement to will ferrell's cheerful "elf" in the comedy that's become a holiday favorite. >> who sent this christmas gram? >> what's a christmas gram? i want one. >> reporter: so many paying tribute after news of his passing at the age of 82 from as yet undisclosed causes. his "godfather" co-star al pacino calling him a fictional brother and my lifelong friend. barbra streisand, with whom he starred in "funny lady," tweeting, i'm so sorry to hear about jimmy. he was so talented. and billy dee williams, teammates and friends till the end, r.i.p., jimmy. on social media, caan's family grateful for the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences from fans who treasured caan's driven dynamic to his approach. >> i can't take it easy. to me i enjoy working. >> reporter: no one c