steven spielberg, francis ford coppola, brian depalma.hough their early work was not mainstream hollywood, their later work would ultimately represent what hollywood did bes with works like "e.t.," "the godfather," and "the untouchables," blockbusters. we are going to look at a band of filakers who thought they could change the world, anthey did. "the film scho generation." (whizzing of rockets) (music playing) (screams) don't try it. buddy, look, the lady obviously doesn't wa -- look, creep, you wa a knuckle sandwich? (narrator) in the beginning, however, only two things distinguished them from old hollywood. they have beards, and they almost all went to film school. (steven spielberg) i never went to film school. but when i went to royce hall one day to see a film festival of combined ucla and usc student films, that's when i first saw george lucas's work, thx 1138, and i met george that day and i realized there was an entire generation coming out of nyu, usc, ucla and i was kind of an orphan, abandoned in long beach, at a college that

steven spielberg, francis ford coppola, brian depalma.hough their early work was not mainstream hollywood, their later work would ultimately represent what hollywood did best, with works like "e.t.," "the godfather," and "the untouchables," blockbusters. we are going to look at a band of filmmakers who thought they could change the world, and they did. "the film school generation." (whizzing of rockets) (music playing) (screams) don't try it. buddy, look, the lady obviously doesn't want -- look, creep, you want a knuckle sandwich? (narrator) in the beginning, however, only two things distinguished them from old hollywood. they have beards, and they almost all went to film school. (steven spielberg) i never went to film school. but when i went to royce hall one day to see a film festival of combined ucla and usc student films, that's when i first saw george lucas's work, thx 1138, and i met george that day and i realized there was an entire generation coming out of nyu, usc, ucla and i was kind of an orphan, abandoned in long beach, at a c

i'm chuck coppola, angela miles is off today. in today's first look: an earnings boost. stocks ended the session higher yesterday, after traders received positive earnings news from alcoa. the major indicies ended the day in the green. the dow up 48 points, s&p up 9, and nasdaq ending up 18 points. gold was up a dollar, oil, up 10 cents. sources say jc penney ceo ron johnson is out! jcp shares jumped 11% in after hours trading after cnbc reported that johnson will leave the company. interim ceo mike ullman will takeover the role. taking flight. united airlines will fly boeing's 787 dreamliner in a trip from denver to houston on may 31st. it is the first airline that will do so since the faa grounded the aircraft back in january. confirmed! the senate has confirmed former wall street prosecutor mary jo white to head the securities and exchange commission. let's jump on in and take a look at the markets with doug rothschild of performance trust investment. doug, you follow the bond market...it was a miserable jobs report friday---what kind of bond action did you see after

so the next time you come to los angeles, i hope you will see on the lot francis coppola sitting in the lubitsch building thinking about what he's doing and i love the idea that francis is there because he built the place with "the godfather" and then you will see j. j. abrahms posting starr truck as we're quickly getting it out and and you'll see brad pitt editing "world war z" with his people. >> rose: so they're all on the lot working. >> the idea is that they're all with us and we're trying to make sure that we're nurturing their ideas. we also buy scripts and we buy books and we do the best we can in terms of developing on our own. but i think it's just about taking a look at the best in talent, trying to find fertile that they're interested in and working together would-to-make it everything it can be. >> do you have somebody you desperately want to work for you? either an actor or director. >> i've been very fortunate. i'd be in -- there's nobody that i can think of that i can say i'm desperate to work with. i'm desperate to work with all of them. the next picture we're working s

the great make coppolas that has grown here in phoenix and los angeles, all those areas would not be here if we do not pay attention to the importance of using fabric for any more sustainable way. that has been a huge challenge. we can look to what did not work, but we can also look to what did work and what is working now and what kind of changes we can make. i think it is going to be a for river watersheds throughout the world. >> for more of a mission on book tv -- c-span recent visit to mesa, arizona and the many other cities, go to c-span.org / local content. >> up next, author and journalist amy goodman, host and executive producer of international radio program democracy now talks about war, politics, and grass-roots activism. the new york times best selling author has written or co-written five books, including the exception to the rulers, standing up to the madness, and that's what c-span release, the silent majority. >> host: amy goodman, in your first book, the exception to your rulers you right, and you are quoting the "washington post," that amy goodman is the journalist

they said, uil you do something about the demand in america,coppola -- in you will not affect things much here. not going tome is stop transporting it, because there's so much profit to be made. until we get a better control of the demand in this country, the supplies going to be there because there's so much money involved. to answer your question, we're getting a very low return on investment. of thehe front page boston globe right now is this -- let's go to john in herndon, va., a democrat. caller: good morning, c-span. thank you for taking my call. i am a muslim myself, and i think you touched on a very ayha not all of the muslims are not terrorists. you realize there are always idiot out there who use the name of the muslims and they do some kind of idiotic things like this. you say one very clearly. there's a problem with the internet. these kids -- someone, somewhere brainwashed these kids and tell them that if you kill innocent people, you will do something good for the muslims. that is the number-one issue. someone has to look into this internet, because there are a lot of p