jason reitman is here. congratulations to you as well. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> hugh is australian.ted to capture? >> that draws an australian and canadian. just a little perspective. look, i'm like everyone here, i wake up and i wonder, you know, how the heck did we get here? i think we're all feeling that these days no matter what you believe in and what side you're on, and in this story, beyond it being kind of an entertaining thriller, it felt like there were seeds in 1987 that took us to 2018. >> you see that and you almost look at the way that gary hart handled things back then and you think, boy, that's almost quaint. that's not what would happen today. >> it's amazing how quick things have changed and there's something that the author of the book we adapted, identified about that moment, the birth of the 24-hour news cycle, and kind of the beginning of the conversation about gender and the beginning of the conversation about what is a public life, what is a private life that all came to a head in this one week. >> meanwhile as time goes by, you just celebrated a big birthday