have released 23 films that have been nominated for 17 academy awards including such films as "charlie wilson's war," "the kite runner," "syriana," and "good night, good luck" about civil liberties in the press. we've also won oscars twice for the documentary "the cove" and "for an inconvenient truth" several years ago. the film "countdown to zero" started about three years ago when i had returned from a trip to the middle east. it seemed that everybody was talking about iran and the nuclear weapons. but the bigger issues of nuclear accidents and nuclear terrorism were largely off the radar so much like we had done with climate change, we wanted to do a film about nuclear weapons to get it back on the public agenda. and as it happened, one of my first calls was to lawrence bender who we had worked together on "an inconvenient truth." and he pointed me to matt brown and bruce of "global zero." and quickly we all agreed to do a film together. for participate, the film is just part of a major pub lake wariness campaign that we are launching in partnership with global zero. the campaign will be a c

third, charlie wilson on 1 degree of separation because i knew somebody who knew him and helped him comeand that shows we have been involved in afghanistan along time ago before the recent 9/11 report or anything else. the question i was going to asked is about women. >> about what? >> about women in the middle east. i feel strongly on women's rights. my mother in egypt was demonstrating in the 1920's for women's rights but have a great notice now. [inaudible] i was on my way to kuwait and on my way and i found -- i met american engineers from texas who at that time was so, usian and was flying to iraq but have to fly to kuwait and then i met him on the way back he was there to fix the offshore rigs that have been damaged by the iranians. he came back and was so amazed how liberated the iraqi women were. he had the iraqi woman that engineer in blue jeans and t-shirts in front of him. simbel iraq is not any more like that and so while we might have fixed some things, we have damaged a lot of other things. >> very good question. >> and they were? >> we have women, tora bora, and the langua

third, charlie wilson on one degree of separation from him so i know someone who helped him. in afghanistan for long time ago before the 9/11 or anything else. the question i'm going to ask is about women. >> about what? >> about women. i feel very strongly for women's rights. another was in egypt in the 1920's or in the oil strikes. [inaudible] i was on my way to kuwait to visit and i was there for a week. on my way in, i found that i had met an american engineer from texas who from the time of saddam hussein and he was flying to iraq, but he couldn't. he had to fly from kuwait and their commute to iraq. and i met him on the way back. he was there to fix what had been damaged by the iranian. and he came back. he was sort of amazed on how liberated the iraqi women were. he had an iraqi woman engineer in blue jeans and t-shirt going in front of him up and down. so while we might have fixed some things, we have really [inaudible] other things. >> we have women, tora bora and the language. the language, to the good question because the reality is there weren't a lot of dari spea

have been nominated for 17 academy awards including such films as charlie -- such films as "charlie wilson's war." we have also won oscars twice. the film, "countdown to zero," started a year ago. everyone was talking about terrorism, but nuclear weapons was off the radar. like we had done with climate change, we wanted to do a film about nuclear-weapons to get it back on the public agenda. as it happened, one of my first calls was to lawrence bender who i had worked with. he pointed me to matt brown and bruce blair. very quickly, we all agreed to do a film together. the film is part of a major public awareness campaign that we are launching in partnership with global zero. it will be a coalition of 50 or so online coalitions. by the end of the year, we expect several million people will see the film either yen -- either in the theaters, or on tv. it will be the biggest public awareness campaign about nuclear-weapons since the 1980's. i am sure you will agree, the timing could not be better. thank you for coming here today. i will now turn it over to the film's producer, lawrence bender to s