hello, is this maury povich? oh, well, who the hell are you? oh.end. he has a deformity. i think he'd be perfect for your show. great! his condition? ah, he has a condition called "chin-ball-alitis". yes, his balls actually hang from his chin. [snickering] shut up, you guys. yes, yes, of course, he's very upset about it. yes, he cries all the time. miserable, uh-huh. you wa-- really? - what? - dude, they say they'll fly him out the day after tomorrow. - awesome! - cool!

>> i got a bad feeling. >> you always got a bad feeling. >> martha: maury povich joins me now, executiveunning daytime talk show host. to have you with us tonight, it's an area of history that i love. thanks for being here. >> it's good to be with you, martha. >> martha: what made you want to tell this story? >> well, i think more than anything else it's about -- it doesn't matter whether it's world war ii or vietnam or iraq or afghanistan, these are four young kids. they are drafted. you know, these are not volunteers, these are drafted. they are young teenagers, they are in their early 20s and have to go on this mission. they don't know whether they're coming back and all of the emotion that soldiers feel calm out in this movie whether it be fear, whether it be danger, whether it be the unknown, and this italian peasant that leads them up this mountain, they don't know whether these four americans or his four germans and this unknown play is a big part in the movie and it's a great -- it's a great look at what soldiers have to go through day after day when they are put in harm's way. >