i want to go to something clint eastwood said about a scene in the movie. one of the things clint eastwood has said is he thinks there's a lot about this movie that is an anti-war movie, including he keeps stressing the sacrifices that families make. one of the sacrifices they make is, in some sense, they lose that soldier who went off to war, even when he comes back. he or she comes back, because they can come back in a q>4béí+aumatized condition or in a damaged condition that makes them not quite available. so here is the scene of bradley cooper talking to a military psychiatrist. let's watch this. >> would you be surprised if i hold you the navy has credited you with over 160 kills. do you ever think that you might have seen things or done some things over there that you wish you hadn't? >> oh, that's not me, no. >> what's not you? >> i was just protecting my guys. they were trying to kill our soldiers, and i'm willing to meet my creator and answer for every shot that i took. the thing that haunts me are all the guys that i couldn't save. >> here's what

says it to bradley cooper and clint eastwood. >> somehow, i don't think clint was so worried.he was trying to get at it. >> the conversation, the fact that bradley cooper cared that much. if i had to guess, he is probably a hollywood liberal who doesn't like me to much. >> i don't know. this was a passion project. he put on 40 pounds and things like that. there has been criticism from the left about this movie. and he blasted them, he said this is not about debating the war, this is about a character portrait, a man and a woman and men and women who serve in the arm snooe and it's like lone survivor, these guys really cared. bradley cooper telling the father i want to get this right for you. let me go to bradley cooper telling daily beast he hopes the american sniper sheds light on what the men and women have to go through in service every day. he says if it's not this movie, i hope another movie will come out that will shed light on the fact of what our men and women have to go through. it's not a discussion about war. it's a discussion about the reality and the violent peopl

every pound but he bulked up and gained 40 pounds. >> he said he spoke to clint eastwood and said i'm going to gain weight, clint is like it's up to you. he's like i think i should, clint is like do whatever he want. he said clint has an interesting way he districts. just turn the camera on and start rolling and doesn't say go. so it just catches you in natural moments you see in this movie. >> that to me is what kind of struck me in the whole thing. the hard part is imagine the life of a sniper. i'm not and bradley kwooper playing chris conner. does he shoot a young kid and a woman? in a burqua? and you don't get the answer right away. that is how it starts. he's being told your call. your, you know he's got to make this decision. is what the woman is passing to that kid something that is going to be used to kill american troops? that is everything you would think hollywood would want real life drama. decision-making. you know? you're on the edge of your seat. >> you are. the movie is suspenseful but so real latable. if you're watching and don't know someone that served overseas and

american sniper is directed by clint eastwood. it stars bradley cooper as a navy seal who was the deadliest gunman in u.s. history. we spoke to eastwood about the film. >> bradley cooper in american sniper. >> watching the convoy. >> i'm not a guy who is fond of the war in iraq. i'm always sympathetic to veterans and people who are forced to go do the job whatever them are around the aspects of it are. >> he is one who trouble always on to down. >> do you have a savior complex qu? >> i did not try to make it the greatest deed in the world any more than i did a movie unforgiven, based upon someone who was haunted by the deeds that were despicable. >> it is a hell of a thing killing a man. you take away all he has. all he will ever have. >> there is a constant theme of exploring violence and the place it has. do you have a target? >> no. it is important and what it does to people and what it constantly does now -- >> you have any concerns that it will become more difficult to do in the future? >> i doubt it. it is sad. people are out

he gained 40 pounds. >> he said he spoke to clint eastwood and said i'm going to gain weight don't you, it's up to you. do whatever you want. he said clint has a really interesting way he districts. he's just turn the camera on and he doesn't say go. so it's just catching you in natural moments. you see that in this movie. >> yeah. that is what kind of struck me in the whole thing the hard part imagine the life of a sniper. i'm going to tell you how the movie opens but not going to give it away. movie opens with bradley cooper playing chris kyle. looking through a scope. and he's got to make a decision. does he shoot a young kid and woman? and you don't get the answer right away. that is how it starts. and he's being told your call. you know? he's got to make the decision is what the woman passing to that kid something that is going to be used to kill american troops? that is everything that you would think hollywood wants. real life. drama. decision making. you know? you're on the edge of your seat. >> you are. the movie is suspenseful. also so relatable. if you're watching this film,

but it's due to guys like bradley cooper completely committed to this project and brought on clint eastwoodat other man to do this kind of movie so well. >> clint got criticized at the republican convention but that's not what he really does. this is what he does. he does movies and he's great at it. it's funny what father's said wayne to me, i'll open up the gates of hell. >> somehow i don't think clint was that worried. i get what he was trying to get at. >> but the conversation the fact that bradley cooper cared that much. he's probably a hollywood liberal and doesn't like me too much. >> i don't know. this was a real passion project for him. he gained 40 plus pounds and all of that and there's been some criticism from the left about this movie and he blasted them the other night saying this is not about debating the war. this is about a character portrait, a man, and the men and women that serve and their families. >> it's like "lone survivor." they cared. bradley cooper saying i want to get this right for you. >> it comes across on the screen. >> let me talk about bradley cooper saying

"bbc news," shanghai. >>> he may be 84 but clint eastwood is showing no signs going into retirement. he just finished his latest film "american sniper" and we managed to get an exclusive interview with the star in los angeles. >> reporter: bradley cooper as mill tarry marksman chris kyle in the movie "sniper". >> i have a military age edd male watching the convoy. >> reporter: by oscar winning director, clint eastwood. >> anotheri'm not a guy fond of the war in iraq but always sympathetic to veterans and people who are forced to do do the job, whether it's -- whatever morality aspects of it are. one of those guys that trouble always hunted down. >> you have some sort of savior complex? >> i just want to get the bad guys but if i can't see them i can't shoot them. >> all these guys they know your name and feel invincible with you up there. >> i didn't try to make it that that was the greatest deed in the world any more than i did a movie "unforgiven," based upon somebody who was haunted by having the deeds he had done that were despicable. >> it's a hell of a thing, killing a man. you

clint eastwood is.did. >> jimmy: and he's the greatest. [ laughter ] >> he did, yeah. >> jimmy: how is clint eastwood doing? [ laughter ] is he good? is he doing good? >> he's great. he's good. >> jimmy: he was on our show. he's hysterical. >> yeah, came on for "jersey boys." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's right, he did. you remember that. he came on for "jersey boys." and he's 84 -- 84 years old. >> he's 84. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: 84 years old, man. >> oh, shoot. >> jimmy: and still -- >> he's amazing. [ laughter ] he's built up. >> jimmy: he's a stud. he came on, i was afraid of him. he's just like a manly man. alpha male. >> yeah. >> jimmy: is he like that when he's directing as well? [ laughter ] >> he's like -- he's like -- what would you say? what would you say he's like? what would you say he's like? >> i would say he's like -- he's cool, man. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he certainly is. he certainly is. that's well put. well put. >> he's like, oh, he's a jazz musician. he is. >> jimmy: of course he is

sure clint eastwood wanted to make a western. that's the way they talk about movies.e development discussions of movies, they very rarely talk about how accurate we need to make this movie, there's never a prize awarded in hollywood for the movie that is most accurate most faithful to history. >> and just to quote bradley cooper about the movie he wrote, it's not a political discussion about war even it's a discussion about the reality, his point of view. and the realities that people are coming home and we have to take care of them. that focuses on the ptsd aspect and that is a reality we have to deal with about our veterans and do a lot of reporting on that. clint eastwood wrote at the producers guild award breakfast, the biggest anti-war statementny film can make is to show what war does to the people who have to go back into civilian life like chris kyle did. there's that aspect. to challenge the film as you and your guest did last night in a very interesting conversation is not to challenge the heroism of those soldiers who were snipers and are snipers and involv

and i think clint eastwood holds a lot of weight in this. the fact that he chose this, he didn't just make a movie that pro-war, he didn't just make a war movie, he made a movie about the struggles of a warrior and their family. and i think, you know, hollywood needs to really look at that. here's the main thing though you know honor exists in all of us and we are at battle with honor. when you do honorable things you're humbled inside. but when you battle against honor and disrespect people who uphold good things, when your head hits the pillow at night, you know that. and so these types of people tend to have more chatter in everything that they do because they're trying to hide the fact that they're not honorable people. michael moore, seth rogen, you know, seth rogen goes out and makes a movie about killing a world leader and then turns around when the entire country is rallying around him and defiles the thing that actually wins his freedom. i think these people -- neil: yeah. kyle provided the opportunity to do whatever whatever these

. >>> director clint eastwood's movie "american sniper" is a box office record holder. the true story of the most deadly military sharpshooter in u.s. history as he struggles to return to a normal life. on thursday it picked up six oscar nominations including best picture and best actor for star bradley cooper. "american sniper" earned $90 million this week general. analysts say it performed like a summer blockbuster because of the word of mouth and the nomination. >>> new movies the wedding reiner and padding ton were second and third, and selma was in the top five. >>> if you're a movie fan, mark oscar sunday on your calendar. it's february 22nd and it is right here on abc7 news. your oscar station and since we're talking about movies, little fun fact for you here. clint eastwood shot a movie scene in our news room -- remember this? >> i wasn't here. i'm not that old. >> you were alive. in 1988, crime thriller "the dead pool." >> indicateil will be at the ♪ >>> coming up today on "intelligence for your life," it's time to grow some serious brain cells and amp up your

matt, which is more irresponsible, clint eastwood's approach to "american sniper" or rolling stone's to the u.v. rape story? >> we got that story wrong. >> larry: that's pretty 100. nick, as a sniper, do you think lee harvey oswalt did it? >> i don't think he was by himself. (applause) >> larry: there's no way i'm arguing with a sniper. would you go to a shooting range with a vet with ptsd? >> absolutely. (applause) would you come with me? >> larry: if you asked. okay. >> larry: sabrina, i think it's well known you're canadian and a lesbian. >> why are you outing me in front of all these people? >> larry: it's an epic combo platter. >> it really is. >> larry: imagine there are two terrorists. one is about to blow up a roomful of canadians and the other is about to blow up a roomful of lesbians -- >> whoo! >> larry: hold on! you're a sniper and you only have one bullet, which terrorist do you take out? >> oh, my goodness! >> larry: keep it 100. you know i'm still making money in canada, so i'm going to have to say i'm saving canada. >> larry: what? saving canada? >> i'm already marrie

. >>> director clint eastwood's movie "american sniper" is a box office record holder.he most deadly military sharpshooter in u.s. history as he struggles to return to a normal life. on thursday it picked up six oscar nominations including best picture and best actor for star bradley cooper. "american sniper" earned $90 million this week general. analysts say it performed like a summer blockbuster because of the word of mouth and the nomination. >>> new movies the wedding reiner and padding ton were second and third, and selma was in the top five. >>> if you're a movie fan, mark oscar sunday on your calendar. it's february 22nd and it is right here on abc7 news. your oscar station and since we're talking about movies, little fun fact for you here. clint eastwood shot a movie scene in our news room -- remember this? >> i wasn't here. i'm not that old. >> you were alive. in 1988, crime thriller "the dead pool." >> indicateil will be at the okay buddy what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... but apple cinnamon is my favorit

the clint eastwood empty chair thing was the big night. they made mitt romney's warm up act one of biggest, weirdest, thing that's has happened on prime time television in front of millions of people. the entire season that year, the herman cane's, the michelle bacman's, now they decided what to do for 2016 is to change everything for 2016. they said there will be far fewer debates, maybe half of the number of last time. they will try to choose moderators for those that are friendly to the conservative cause. they moved up their entire primary calendar, they will have to choose a nominee faster so the other guys have to clear the stage sooner and it cannot drag out. they already announced all of that stuff. now today republicans announced one more big change, and it has to do with that disastrous clint eastwood convention, his home in the chair, that was at the republican national convention in tampa on august 30th. august and september is typically when they hold their conventions now. the democratic one was a week later. in mod erp times

it's a sad situation for mankind. >> reporter: clint eastwood will take some time out. b brks bbc hollywood. >>> foreign substance ss on board the international space station has forced them to abandon some areas. they had to move to the russian question. it is under control now and all three americans j russians hand i italians are save. nasa has not commented. >>> in the next half hour seems an electrifying trip so far. pope francis in sri lanka with the mooted changing after last week's shocked shooting. do stay with us here on gmt. see you again in a few minutes. [container door opening] ♪ what makes it an suv is what you can get into it. ♪ [container door closing] what makes it an nx is what you can get out of it. ♪ introducing the first-ever lexus nx turbo and hybrid. once you go beyond utility there's no going back. push your enterprise and you can move the world. ♪ ♪ but to get from the old way to the new you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how to make your enterprise more agile, borderless and secure. hp helps business move on all

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clint eastwood was he cool. >> he's such a dude. >> jimmy: he's a stud right? >> he's a stud. he like looked at me -- >> and i'm pregnant. and every morning he was like, "morning fatty." [ laughter ] he's like -- there's nothing like clint eastwood calling you fat. >> jimmy: he's such a good guy. but this one was like -- man i -- the opening scene of you in this film, it reminded me of "top gun," where tom cruise and kelly mcgillis, where he goes up to her and they're all trying to sing, "you lost that lovin' feeling." >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> that's your first appearance of you and i'm like, oh, that's sienna right there." and just -- i took, i didn't know it was you for a second. so good, charming and cool, and i just -- and this is a real person you're playing? >> keep it coming. >> jimmy: i know, i'm sorry. i'm laying it on too thick. i'm laying it on too thick. but i haven't seen you in -- no this is -- i mean, you're playing a real person. >> yeah a real person who's an amazing, amazing cool woman. and it's a really sad story, but we had a lot of fun. i mean i know you ha

it has to do with that disastrous clint eastwood convention that they held the last time around.lint eastwood's moment in the sun with that chair, that took place at the republican national convention in tampa on august 30th. the republican convention that year was the very end of august august 27th to august 30th. august and september are typically when the parties hold their conventions now. the democratic convention that year was in charlotte a week later. democratic convention was september 3rd through september 6th. in modern times conventions are almost always held in august and september. but republicans have just announced that for 2016 their convention will not be held in september or august it will be held july 18th to the 21st in beautiful cleveland, ohio. july, more than a month earlier, than they held it in 2012. the democrats haven't set a date yet for their convention, but we're told that the democratic convention will likely be sometime in late august. that's because the other big thing that's happening that summer is the olympic games in rio. so you put all the t

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rogen couldn't hold clint eastwood's jockstrap. >> mike moore tweeted that and started to walk it back this afternoon and said i never mentioned chris kyle or "american sniper." he tweeted what he said on the day or day after "american sniper" was released. >> of course he was making it in direct reference to that. this is a guy that recklessly shoots from the hip every time he runs his mouth. he is an ignorant individual. it will probably only help to serve more people want to see the film. once again good job. this reminds me in a way the hollywood reaction to like the passion of the christ, people were so surprised that people would show out in droves, in large numbers to be able to support a biblical fill. it was compelling story telling. if anybody bothers to watch this film they understand that this shows the complexities of war and that it is not clean and easy, that there are constant choices to make and a split second decision that can effect how you think about your morality and ethics and integrity for the rest of your life. that is why it is compelling. >> they both went ou

. >> reporter: "american sniper" bears the intimate details clint eastwood is known for. >> clint was right there for that moment. >> reporter: next to you? >> when i was on that gun, he was right there. sort of talking and that's the way it was shooting the whole movie. clint was there all the time. >> reporter: for all the intensity on screen cooper and east the wood shared moments off it. like the director wondering if his star should actually lift the 400 pounds you see in this scene eight times. >> he just said do you really have to lift that weight? >> i said yeah yeah it will be fine. don't pull anything. >> reporter: cooper gained 50 pounds for "american sniper" and trained with a dialect coach to get that texas twang. >> you said thing with thin. you wouldn't do saturday, sunday, you know it's very interesting. it's almost like learning a foreign language. >> reporter: you stayed in character the whole time? even, like talking to your girlfriend? >> yeah, god bless her. yes, yes. >> reporter: cooper's girlfriend is 23-year-old british model and actress suki waterhouse. though

clint eastwood, as you noted says it is.does reopen the argument there is more to what goes on with this nation than the left would like to purport. there is more about the nature of that war in particular that was important, that people don't want to have discussed. and this brings in the humanity of this dynamic, the value of it for some people, the importance for others and for others in fact yeah some of the heart break and trouble. >> what is the liberal narrative this destroys. >> that america is evil. >> who says that is the liberal america that america is evil. >> war is shallow. >> war is wrong. >> not necessarily. the end result of -- >> went there under false pretenses. >> no, actually we didn't. >> simply say liberal america is america is evil is absurd. >> when you think about michael moore. >> i don't agree with michael moore. and most people don't. michael moore don't represent most leftist. >> i think they do. that is what americans hear and what they see is this notion that everything that america does is ba

but bradley cooper -- do you agree that bradley cooper and clint eastwood have done nothing wrong?> i'm not -- we're not trying to say that they've done anything wrong. >> do you agree that the film "american sniper" has done nothing wrong? >> well, we don't know that. >> right. so you're not addlleging that it has. >> no. what we're saying is we're getting e-mails making that connection. and we're asking the two the actor and director to say, hey, this is wrong. >> going to be an uphill battle. uphill battle if you want to shut down all hateful speech.ó:zpr(t&háhp &hc% take it, trust me from somebody in my position. i got to go. >> we're not trying to shut it down. >> i got it. you don't want it to translate from angry speech to angry action. i think everybody agrees on that one. thank you for being here tonight. all the best sir. we've got live pictures in now from boston where not a car is moving on beacon hill. normally a busy spot at this time of night. up next, why it may be thursday before folks are going to be able to dig out from what happens tonight. plus, the crowd went

içgvçç would first like to say i absolute clint eastwood and bradley cooper for paying tribute to suchrves it. i think that what clint eastwood did was a beautiful film. >> he didn't get a best director nomination out of this. >> that's too bad. but he got a best film. >> the flip side is that this has brought even more attention to movie than it would have gotten. >> that's a good thing: so it's turning on the progressive elitists. they're upset an©'oqyd;w3b: their point of view is being turned on its heels right now. this film is doing so well because it is a patriotic film film about loving your country and about this man who loved humanity and even though he was a sniper he did it to save lives. >> your views jibe with most americans who -- many who have loved the film. not all tea party nuts as howard dean was saying. in the hollywood community and in that lap, how are you thought of? >> how aim thought of? i÷ó z really don't care. i don't care what they think of me. because i have to stand up for what i believe in. and i believe in our country, and i believe in our veterans, and

too bad clint eastwood gets vietnam and iraq confused in his story telling. we have a real role in this world, a moral role. i was disturbed by the movie. i sat there in the movie theater with my wife over the weekend and thought this just underscores how many lives we have ruined because of doing something that was terribly wrong. there is some historical reference to this as well about possibly doing something wrong. i kept hearing senator robert bird's voice in my head through the rest of the night. a month before we went into iraq, senator bird went to the senate floor and asked this country did we understand the consequences of what we were going to do. did we understand that this could possibly change policy forever and change the world? that's what he said. check it out. it's an amazing speech on the senate floor a month before we went into iraq. we ruined a lot of lives. it's very sad, and the fight goes on. nobody has any real answers on what the hell america ought to do right now. tonight's question will the movie "american sniper" make americans re

. >> clint eastwood's american sniper received 6 nominations. birdman, boyhood the grand budapest hotel selma whiplash, the theory of everything also got nominations. gone girl, the lego movie and jennifer aniston in her role in cake. the awards will be presented next month. >>> now a remarkable phone call, their dog that was stolen 3 years ago was found in the east bay. the family and their beloved dog will be reunited. how the dog was found and the reunion tonight. thanks for making ktvu your choice for news. you can follow us on twitter and facebook and we're always here for you online at ktvu.com. have a good day. >>> up next on "eco company." >> life without electricity. in some parts of the world, people face that challenge every day. >> we can start from the ground up and really provide these people with fundamental access to energy and power. >> students working to bring sustainable power to african villages. >>> then a power station in the ocean? high school students floating a new idea for creating electricity. >> it's an aquatic gener

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inspired by a lot of nonfiction. >> at the same time though there's challenge with this movie, and clint eastwoodbout it being a character study in part trying to make the movie to a partisan football. he said this is supposed to be a nuanced character study of chris kyle. eastwood has said more broadly it's an anti-war film but i understand the desire to say it's a character study. the problem is that eastwood and his writer turned chris kyle more as a stand-in for everyone that fought iraq. to promote the movie, they needed to say that it's biography, a character study, that it's psychological. but to make the movie work at all, they needed to sand off what made chris kyle unique and turned him into a generic stand-in. >> courtney, would you rattle off some of the major inconsistencyies with the known truth that the movie presents? and i invite that not to in any way attack the movie, but just to let audiences know what they're seeing. they're seeing what they might still find to be a highly enjoyable, dramatic experience from start to finish. but there's a bunch of stuff that they should not t