. >> well, yeah, but i thought it looked like my father, lloyd bridges -- >> many years ago. -- thisds can watch. looks like it has the newberry stamp award on there. my dad's up for it and, you know -- >> stephen: did you make it? well -- >> stephen: your dad passed away many years ago. >> we made the video version of it. >> stephen: okay. and you may see it at some point in time. we do this past-future thing. you never know how it might work out. >> he's trying to find it, it's in his garage someplace. >> stephen: are there a lot of old films of yours you don't know where they are? (laughter) my kids love this book. this book has been read millions and millions of times. it's assigned in schools. is that a badge of honor that it's assigned in schools or, when you hear that, you go, oh, my god! don't make them read it! >> when i hear some kids by email who say, tell me all the simile and metaphors in the book, i need it by thursday -- i hate that. >> stephen: is it a metaphor for something? a few people out there know the story of the giver -- obviously, i do -- (laughter) -- tell t

originally wanted to direct my father, lloyd bridges, in the film. cover and i saw this grizzled guy. >> reporter: what's it like to step into those shoes and be the giver? >> i turned into that grizzled guy on the cover of the book. i look more and more like me. i could do that part. >> reporter: meryl streep gives a wicked performance as the chief elder, enforcing the society's strict rules. >> you must know that jonas has become dangerous. >> reporter: katie holmes plays a brain-washed mother, whose character seems chillingly processed. >> your injection levels are extremely low. i can correct this. >> reporter: taylor swift makes a cameo. in this video, the singer, who is known for her blonde trusses, is unrecognizable, here in this brown wig. >> she's the one they're all talking about. ♪ on my fingers >> she was wonderful in the part. we jammed a little bit between scenes. broke out our guitars and sang a bit. >> reporter: jeff bridges plays the giver, the only person in society, who holds memories of pain. but he begins to question the rules, a

after, 18 years ago, and i was looking for a prog to direct my -- a project to direct my dad, lloyd bridges>> charlie: yeah. and i saw this wonderful cover when i was looking through a catalog of kids back because i wanted my kids to see the movie and i came across this with the grizzled guy on the cover and newberry award stamp and i thought, this looks interesting. i loved it as a kid but as an adult piece of literature, i was knocked out. i find out, my kids said, we know that book! we studied that book in school there's lesson plans we study. and i get more excited and i thought, this will be a cinch to get off the ground. then i find, as you said, no, it's on the list of banned books as well, which further excited me because i like movies that have a little danger and edge. >> charlie: you do. but it proved to be quite difficult in that controversy stopped us from getting this film made for 18 years, and also i must say that the world that lois created is an amazing one and a lot of the story takes place in jonas' mind so the challenge was how do we get that into a screenplay that fina

. >> yeah, i originally wanted to direct my father, lloyd bridges in this movie. of kid's books and i came across this wonderful grizzled guy on the cover of one with a newbury awards stamp. and i said, "my dad can play that guy." >> jimmy: ah! >> and i was all excited because it's so -- well -- well loved. you know, it's taught in schools. and you know, millions of copies -- >> jimmy: yeah, i remember reading that book. >> but it's also on the banned books list. >> jimmy: is it banned as well? >> so it was tough, man, getting it going. and now 18 years -- >> jimmy: i know. unbelievable, right? >> and i'm the grizzled guy now. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: kind of perfect, right? it's kind of great, yeah. but you actually tried to make it with home movies with your dad. >> not try, we did! we made the entire book. >> jimmy: you did? >> we shot the whole book -- >> jimmy: on a vhs camera? >> well, we have beta or whatever the hell it was back then. [ laughter ] you know, bud cort? >> jimmy: bud cort, harold dumont? >> oh, harold dumont. he narrated the whole thing. >> jim

originally his father lloyd bridges he wanted his father to play the role.e movie itself is a dark story. idea that it is a society that essentially is living insaneness. there is no feelings. no emotions. no memories. jeff bridges character hold all of the memories in the past and will give them to this young boy named jonas. and, i know the book was written in nine 36789 you cannot fault it for not being original. but as years passed we have seen similar films coming out. it reminds me of diverge event meets pleasantville where it was all in black and white and turns color at times. you cannot help but not think about those elements. it takes you out of the movie. the story again was written in nine 36789 you cannot fault it. it is still on your mine. overall film, i thought jeff bridges was great. merrill streep was great. i felt very blank. i wanted to be blown away by it. this whole idea of becoming emotional should have had a more impact at the the end of the movie. it didn't blow me away. i gave it two and a half out of 56789 if you loved the book, bu

he originally wanted to create a role for his father lloyd bridges and jeff filled in the role as oners, the memory giver. it is the society where all the bad memories have been washed away, everyone is completely equal. there is no love, there is no emotion. and all beneath the surface there is grizzly realities that our hero comes to discover. the premiere was monday night at the zigfeld theater. we caught up with the author and ask what is it about the story that resonates with so many people and what is the one memory they cannot live without. >> every generation has iconic literature. for me it was catcher in the rye published when i was 14 years old 1951. i think there is an anti-establishment element to this book, a call to young people not to settle for -- or to see through the hypocrisy of the older generation. >> the story deals with memories. is there one memory in your young life you cannot live without? >> good holidays with my family. i'm jewish. we like to eat a lot, like to get together. i have a big family. i like to be with anyone. >> the movie has a great cast of up

the reason i wanted to direct, my dad, lloyd bridges and me in the film, i thought it would be easy toes were sold. it's taught in schools and so forth. i found it was pretty controversial, actually. also on the list of banned books. so it's got a lot of spin to it. it took 18 years to finally get up there, but i'm so glad it did. >> in a way, it's actually perfect for its time right now. right now we've had "the hunger games" and "divergent," futuristic setting. you were into this before it was cool. >> that's right. a lot of the cast wasn't even born. there's a wonderful actress, odea rush. she wasn't even born. i'm glad we waited so she could be in it. >> ultimately, as you mentioned, you were hoping you could direct your own father in the role of the giver. he passed away, now you're in this role. >> i started to look like the grizzled old guy on the cover of the book. we have a great director, phillip moise who is great. >> could you see a sequel? >> lois lowery has written sequels. we'll see. >> something you would want to be involved. >> i don't think the giver is involved in th

lloyd, huge land owner. for those of you who live around here, when you go to chesapeake they bridge, towards the eastern shore, he owned thousands of acres. big slaveowning family, as was the key family. as we will see later, slavery becomes a big issue and francis scott key's life. he married polly lloyd, and they had two children. he was a young lawyer in frederick, and then they moved to washington, d.c., in 1805. they moved to a house on bridge street in georgetown, the main east-west street in georgetown. their house is on the river, and it's not there anymore. there is a park called francis scott key park. if you come over the key bridge, which is named after francis scott key, and surprisingly, there is a park -- if you turn right onto m street, there is a park. that's not where the house was. the house was to the left of the bridge because it was turned down in 1947 to make way for the entrance ramp onto the whitehurst freeway. the national park service founded by that time, and the park service was going to rebuild the house, so they put the brakes and the logs and everything on the other side where