ang lee brings "life of pi" to life on the big screen. >> that's just one of the best movies of the years down. this has oscar potential for ang lee. >> reporter: telling the tale of a ship wrecked indian boy, stranded on a boat with a bengal tiger. >> this is a really good film. and i feel like that's an understatement. >> reporter: and a different kind of adventure. the remake of 1984's "red dawn" starring chris hemsworth. >> they messed with the wrong family. >> the bad guy in this movie is north korea. the problem is, when they shot it, it was china. they changed it because they didn't want to offend the chinese government because they do a lot of business in china. >> reporter: then, there's the animated "rise of the guardians," starring everyone's favorites. >> santa clause, tooth fairy, sandman, and the easter kangaroo. >> i'm a bunny. >> reporter: alec baldwin. and jude law lend their voices. and opening today, one master portraying another. anthony hopkins stars in "hitchcock." helen mirren stars as hitchcock's wife. >> i promised mother i wouldn't tell. >> how good is anthony h

the director ang lee is trusting you without any audition.st given you a responsibility of introducing the firm, you know, present, the film to the audience, and then concluding it. and now it's up to you right up to the moment. it will i be able to rise up to the occasion? >> rose: you obviously thought that didn't you? that he'd be all to rise up to the occasion. >> i didn't have enough time. everything every day from the moment i landed in taiwan, every day was very-- it was like the moment-- the only thing i could do if i was not working was sleep. and that's the only thing i wanted to do. because, you know, i had to learn so many things. i knew nothing. i was-- i was nothing. and i had to learn all these different things-- i had to become pi, and i had to become pi really quickly. at that point i walk think of that. i'm like i'm just going to listen to everybody and do what they tell me to do and things will be okay. that's all i did. and slowly it just-- i just got so consumed in the whole thing and, you know, it was-- for me, it was ju

i think this has serious oscar potential for ang lee. >> telling the tale of a shipwrecked indian boyd on a boat with a bengal tiger. >> wow, i feel like this is a very good film and i feel that's anund understatement. >> reporter: and a different kind of adventure. remake of 1984s "red dawn" starring chris hemsworth. >> the bad guy in the movie is north korea. the problem is when they shot it, it was china. they changed it because they didn't want to offend the chinese government because they do a lot of business in china. >> reporter: then there's the animated "rise of the guardians, starring everyone's favorites. >> santa claus, tooth fairy. >> reporter: alec baldwin and jude law lend their voices. and opening tomorrow, one master portraying another. anthony hopkins, hitchcock's making of psycho, and helen miren co-stars as hitchcock's wife, alma. >> i promised mother i wouldn't tell. >> oh. >> is there anything anthony hopkins cannot do? that looks great. that may be the one i check out. >> great casting. >> absolutely here. and we were talking about our favorite holiday movies ea

. > > "life of pi," that's an ang lee film. he does beautiful films. love "sense and sensibility." great film. > > great film. he's made a number of great films: "brokeback mountain;" "hulk," which i like a lot; "crouching tiger, hidden dragon," obviously. this one i am hearing a lot of great things about the visuals, but not so much about the dramatics. so, we'll see how it does. > > and "hitchcock." do we see the real hitchcock? > > you see a better hitchcock than you did on hbo's "the girl," actually. i think it's a fun movie. the adult movie that people are going to want to see that weekend is "silver linings playbook," which is going to be a big oscar player. i think jennifer lawrence in the film is actually going to win the best actress award for this movie. it's opening limited this week, it's going to open wide over thanksgiving. people should check that out. it's really great. > > we have a lot to look forward to. > > very much. this is a good month still. > > still good numbers coming in, and this one is just going to cap it off. > > i think

for director ang lee, the experience of translating the best-selling novel to the screen required a leap of faith. >> it is a journey, as a test of the strength of our faith, of how firm we believe in it. i think that has to be the number one thing i took from the experience. >> reporter: in some ways, the story of young piscine patel, known as pi, defies belief from the start. the son of a zoo keeper, the boy is raised hindu but also practices christianity and islam, to the disappointment of his father. >> you cannot follow three different religions at the same time, piscine. >> why not? >> because believing in everything at the same time is the same as not believing in anything at all. listen, instead of leaping from one religion to the next, why not start with reason. in a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe than the religion has in 10,000. >> science can teach us more about what is out there, but not what is in here. >> i much rather have you believe in something i don't agree with than to accept everything blindly, and that begins with think

. >> the director ang lee brings the life of pi to the screen. a coming of age story about a zookeeper's son who survive as shipwreck and left alone with a tiger on a boat. the life of pi is rated pg. >>> anthony hopkins is alfred hitchcock in a movie about the director. it is set during psycho in 1959. >> more anger. it follows his relationship with his wife and partner played by healen mirren. >> kill her off after 30 minutes. >> and it is rated pg 13. >> there he is, jack frost. >> santa. wow. >>> in rise of the -- rise of the guardians he teams up with the heroes of the children's imagination. they're on a mission to keep an evil spirit from taking over the world. rise of the guardians is pg. for now showing. >>> all right we'll take break here at 6:27. next the latest from glide memorial as can you see. volunteers now working to get all the dinners ready for the crowds that are expected to arrive. we'll get the latest next. @ñ >>> it is 6:30 here. what weather and the roads are looking like this morning. >>> good morning and happy thanksgivi

director ang lee brings the book life of pi to life on the big screen. >> one of the best of the years down i think this has serious oscar potential for lee. >> reporter: telling the tale of a shipwrecked indian boy stranded on a boat with a bengal tiger. >> this is a really good film. >> reporter: a different kind of adventure remake of 1984's red dawn. >> they messed with the wrong family. >> the bad guy is north korea. the problem is with when they shot it, it was china. they changed it because they didn't want to offend the chinese government, because they do a lot of business in china. >> reporter: then there's the animated rise of the guardian, starring everyone's favorite. alec baldwin and jude law. lend their voices. opening today, one master portraying another, hopkins stars in hitchcock centered on the making of psycho, helen mirren co-stars as hitchcock's wife. >> i promised mother i wouldn't tell. >> he does a great hitchcock that was brandi hitt reporting. >>> it is not jut black friday, it is orange and black friday this morning at 10:00, the giants begin selling individ

ang lee directed this movie, oscar-winning director and he picked you.tories like this and it makes me think, if you're an actor, you should never bring your actor with you, because it seems like the sibling that doesn't care is the one that gets it. now, is your brother happy that you got the part? >> he's been good about the whole thing. well, i was the kind of kid who hadn't really done anything, ever. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and, you know, it was a bad situation and i was all lost, and didn't know what to do. and, yeah -- >> jimmy: did you get the sandwich that he promised you? >> no, no. >> jimmy: you didn't? >> no. well, i went in for subway and i walked out with pi, so -- >> jimmy: you got dessert first. wow. is this your first time in the united states? being here? >> no. >> jimmy: you've been here before. >> fifth time. >> jimmy: oh, fifth time. you travel a lot. when was your first time. >> awhile back. >> jimmy: how old were you? >> 18. >> jimmy: oh, okay. all right. how old are you now? >> 19. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you are a stewardess? what's go

but director ang lee's life of pi is ravishingly strange, mysterious and sad.ale told by a middle-aged man named pi about his younger self and the hundreds of days on the sea after a ship wreck that kills his family and most of the animalsen route from india to zoos in north america. it's a promise that will make us believe in god. but do we believe in pi? i won't reveal any secrets, but the look of the scenes on that life boat tells you much. it isn't real. but it isn't fake. it's in between. transdentally in between. in a realm in which the colors grow a little more brightly and the sea is a mirror in which clouds above mingle with fish below. it's in 3-d in some theaters. i don't care if you're sick of the surcharge and it gives you headaches, see it like that and be drawn into its unique reality. >> i would have died by now. reporter: that tiger, because of a bureaucratic mix-up, has the human name richard parker. but it isn't... hold on, i need to say this way -- anthropomorphasized. however much it learns to tolerate pi, it's an animal. awesome and deadly

. >> life of pie, ang lee's movie. wonderful comedy drama. niro, they could win. >> reporter: thinks oscar voters may double down on 007. >> now with sky fall, people are starting to talk about james bond being in the best picture race which i think is a good possibility of happening. >> reporter: if sky fall gets the best picture nod, it would be a first for the bond movie but the recognition may not end there. >> javier bardem is unbelievable in sky fall. also, judy dench was a favorite. >> reporter: but the oscar race is far from set. some possible contenders haven't even opened yet. >> robbed from universalists coming up. >> reporter: russell crowe. everybody is looking at that one, the other rivals are looking at it like i hope it's not good. >> reporter: are there any individual performances that really jump out at you? >> one of the tightest best actor races i've seen in years already. there's anthony hopkins as alfred hitchcock in hitchcock. nails hitchcock. daniel dae louis as abraham lincoln. >> reporter: could be competition from b

. >> reporter: director ang lee brings life of pie to the big screen.rvives a shipwreck and is alive on a boat with a fierce tiger. rated pg. anthony hopkins takes on the rol alfred hitchcock during the making of his ground-breaking thriller, psycho, during 1989. and follows his relationship with his wife and partner, played by helen merem. also starring scarlet johannson, hitchcock is rated pg 13. in rise of the guardians, jack frost teams up with a heroes of children's imaginations, including santa claus and the easter bunny. they're on a mission to keep an evil spirit from taking over the world. rise of the guardians is rated pg. for now showing, i'm nick valencia. >> and a quick check here in the bay area weather forecast. looks pretty nice for the next several days. beautiful this afternoon, in the 60s with sunshine. warmer for tomorrow, upper 60s. even warmer for saturday and sunday with highs near 70 degrees. morning lows in the 40s for the coldest inland spots and 50s around the bay. looks like mild weather for next week as well. next chance of

there is a film opening today which i think is worth seeing which is "life of pi" hi is directed by ang lee lifeboat with a young boy who has survived a massive shipwreck. and it is the most spectacular film i think i have ever seen as far as special effects go. >> john: this is in 3-d? >> it is and it's really unbelievable. it is the best 3-d i have ever seen. the spirituality side of things gets some hollywood sappy treatment. so i wouldn't go if that's what you loved about the book. i would go for the visual enjoyment of this film. and the story of survival. this is a similar kind of story of someone having to do whatever it takes and it's so beautiful. >> john: i'm dieing to see it. it looks great. have you had a chance to see "lincoln" yet? >> i have. i have. and it's as good as everyone says. daniel lee lewis is remarkable. he brings lincoln into your own head, and brings the man alive, and the whole film is tinted with the sadness of what we all know is to come just a few days after the film ends in his life and it is just a remarkable film, and remarkable performance. >> john: i can