jim macpherson, and many others. we kicked around so many subjects. the highlight of the meeting for me and this is, i don't want to undersell it but it was extraordinary experience. the highlight came when both tony and steven spielberg were asked by us -- though we didn't ask any questions until the very end. we have waited until there might be a third mail but we were ultimately disappointed. we said, how would you film the gettysburg address that would be different from say gregory peck's presentation and the blue and grey or sam waters whispering at the railroad station and gore vidal's lincoln and they went on this flight of imagination, a camera back at the end of the crowd leaves falling from the trees in november,, wind up scaring the word and not everyone paying attention. and only then, maybe at at the last minute would there be a huge close-up of lincoln's face and you hear the word. this made it all worthwhile. rather than listening to each other because we just heard the difference between a screenwriter and the director and mere chronic