ferrari. >> two objects cannot occupy the same point in space. >> byron: how he channeled the legendary head of the high-performance auto >> shooting about enzo abyron: the former marine opening up about how far he's come. >> did you dream you'd be here where you are now? >> byron: and why "ferrari" is about more than fast cars. ma, ma, ma— ( clears throat ) for fast sore throat relief, try vicks vapocool drops. with two times more menthol per drop, and powerful vicks vapors to vaporize sore throat pain. vicks vapocool drops. vaporize sore throat pain. theo's nose was cause for alarm, so dad brought puffs plus lotion to save it from harm. puffs has 50% more lotion and brings soothing relief. don't get burned by winter nose. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. america's #1 lotion tissue. ♪ >> byron: good evening. thank you for joining us. tonight in gaza, the grim milestone. 20,000 dead according to the hamas-run gaza health ministry. the war now stretching into a third month, and again the globe is fixated on the israel/hamas conflict. we wondered if looking back might give us some hope for the future in this fragile part of the world, so we

really fascinating guy, and i had the opportunity to speak with adam for nightline about playing enzo ferrari, the complicated creator of the ferrari brand. we talked about the challenges of bringing the man behind the sports car roaring to life on the big screen, and how his storied career, including his military service, led to this moment. adam driver, welcome. >> thank you so much for having me. okay so we're here to talk about your new movie, ferrari. >> you play enzo ferrari in this film, and you're also an executive producer of it as well. tell us about the film and tell us why this project means so much to you. >> initially, it was because michael mann, who directed this. i love his films, this one he'd been trying to make for something like 25 years. i love that the character himself was someone who was full of contradictions, that a lot of those contradictions aren't aren't resolved. and he's not necessarily a likable person, which i think is likability is uninteresting. playing someone who was calm on the surface. but, you know, kind of constantly had an engine going and was differ

it stars adam driver as enzo ferrari, and penelope cruz as his wife. charlotte gallagher reports.t's the story of an italian icon. two objects cannot occupy the same point in space. how the car synonymous with speed, luxury and excess was born. this film takes you back to the early days of ferrari, when the car firm and its founder enzo ferrari were in dire financial straits and struggling to stay on the road. you have perhaps a crisis of identity. the star wars and house of gucci actor adam driver takes on the role of enzo. you lift. he passes. he won, you lost. he had a great pride and in being kind of a self made person in a way, and maybe we both share a kind of manic or obsession with not not getting lazy or constantly pushing and attention to detail. director michael mann has been trying to make this film for decades. his love of ferrari dates back to the 1960s when he was a young student in london. i was standing in the rain on brompton road waiting for the bus, and somebody drove by and stopped at a light with a blue piece of sculpture that belonged in the museum of modern

. >>> then, adam driver plays enzo ferrari. he tells me movie making is all about lasting moments. >> it's a document that's going to last forever. >> and finally, marina puts her body and life on the line for her art. you could have been killed. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london and what a difference this year has made for ukraine. just last december, president zelenskyy was warmly received in a rare joint session of congress. >> our two nations are allies in this battle. and next year will be a turning point. i know it. the point when ukrainian courage and american resolve must guarantee the future of our common freedom. the freedom of people who stand for their values. >> but if this year has been a turning point, it is turning in the wrong direction. here's president zelenskyy at a press conference in kyiv sounding less than confident about continuing american support. >> talking about financial aid. we're working very hard on this. and i'm certain that the united states of america will

did you know much about enzo ferrari before you started doing this >> no. t -- in retrospect, looking back, my first intro to ferraris was from michael's "miami vice. my dad was a big "miami vice" fan. of course, he has the ferrari in that that was -- that he blew up. and that was kind of his intro to enzo at the time. they had -- they had i think a phone correspondence they may have met one time they blew up a replica car, and he's like, "why don't you have the real thing." so he -- anyway, but i knew of them as drivable works of art. but you know, growing up in indiana, or just anywhere, they were out of my price range >> seth: right [ light laughter ] you wouldn't like go out to the main road and say, like,, "let's see if we see a ferrari today. >> yeah, yeah, show me the 355 >> seth: did you -- and i did not realize that he basically -- he wanted to race cars, and he only sold them to sort of fund the racing >> yeah, he was a racer first and at this point that we find him in 1957 in this three-month period he was going bankrupt because he was more intere

all i want to start off with is saying you make a great, you look fantastic as enzo ferrari. at 60 right there. this is u.s. ferrari at 60. is it nice to know, like to play a role where you get to be you 20 years from now and go "god, i look fantastic at 60." b to a window into the future. >> stephen: you are a silver fox. you are pulling a steve carell. you just get better the older you get. what did you know about ferrari? >> adam: same as you. i didn't know anything. actually audley i was first introduced to ferrari the car from watching michael's "miami vice." michael mann, the director. the ferrari that don johnson drove. my dad was a big "miami vice" fan. >> stephen: so you notice the ferrari. >> adam: the blazer with the t-shirt. i always knew of ferraris has drivable works of art. they are not in my price range. but i didn't know anything about the man. before the movie started. i didn't know anything about it. >> stephen: the director, michael mann, as you were saying. he's got a reputation for precision onset. everything is just so. and i've seen some footage of the

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the story of carmaker enzo ferrari starring adam driver.ry revolves around his complicated personal life and how it impacts his famous automotive empire. a complex story that isn't made any easy to sort out in the film. in fact, at times it's downright confusing. the movie is at its best jury. it's re seeing sequences, but a great movie needs to be more than exciting visuals. the story always needs to be a good pace car in for ari. the story spotters not helping the solid performances of driver, open crews or shailene woodley. it's dean's list, c plus he said we couldn't compete for nation. there's also the boys in the boat. the real-life story of the 1936. u.s. olympic rowing here. you follow these working class university of washington students. >> would defy the image of the upper class competition. but sadly, in what turns out to be a pretty by the numbers, predictable sports somehow i expected more humanity and realism from its director, george clooney. there's an aura of sameness that slows down these boys in the boat. it's a dean's l

the story of carmaker enzo ferrari starring adam driver. the story revolves around his complicated personal life and how it impacts his famous automotive empire. a complex story that isn't made any easy to sort out in the film. in fact, at times it's downright confusing. the movie is at its best jury. it's re seeing sequences, but a great movie needs to be more than exciting visuals. the story always needs to be a good pace car in for ari. the story spotters not helping the solid performances of driver, open crews or shailene woodley. it's dean's list, c plus he said we couldn't compete for nation. there's also the boys in the boat. the real-life story of the 1936. u.s. olympic rowing here. you follow these working class university of washington students. >> would defy the image of the upper class competition. but sadly, in what turns out to be a pretty by the numbers, predictable sports somehow i expected more humanity and realism from its director, george clooney. there's an aura of sameness that slows down these boys in the boat. it's a

it's a room with a viewpoint that of adam driver's enzo ferrari. >> one of us are racers. >> your deadlyh death. he's built a wall to shut off emotionally. >> reporter: driver portraying an italian legend nearly two decades older than he. the embattled grief stricken demanding boss of the family business. >> that was the key to understanding who he was. that he was a racer first, someone very calm on the surface but has this constant engine going. >> you get the feeling he likes the drivers but loves the cars. >> yeah. yeah. he kind of famously seemed cold blooded, on the verge of bankruptcy because he's more interested in racing cars than being a salesman. the racing world itself is changing. death rate of drivers is 50%. it's a very tumultous time. >> tumultous, too, is his private life. a mistress and child he's hidden away. his wife laura, co-owner of the company, steeped in anger and loss, as penelope cruz attested to when she visited his real life residence. >> you could feel the deep depression that he was having for so many years. she had a difficult personality. >> but she is br

acclaimed director of "the last of the mohicans" comes a high octane ride into the world of the famed enzo ferraridy, with adam driver, penelope cruz, ferrari takes audiences through the life and legacy of the legendary automotive icon. the film's celebrated director and producer, michael mann joins us now. thank you so much for being with us. there's so much i want to talk to you about. but reading through the notes, and i was fascinated by how long these ideas take to come to life, but in this case, this actually started as a possible pip between you and sydney pollock. >> that's right, i said we're friends, sydney and i started with troy county martin, back in the 1990s, and it was -- it took a lot to get this finally to be able to start shooting it. there was something ironic about that because everything you're doing with your planning is all theory, but what's it going to be like to direct the film. when you're actually directing the film, it really is day one and everything is brand new and fresh. >> yeah, you know, the thing i love, there's so many things i love about this movie, but the t