there are portions of it where you're watching peter finch through a tv monitor in other people's housest was shot on the very first day. then a couple of days later, they shoot the big scene of him looking into camera. i'm mad as hell. they only shot one and a half takes of that speech. craig: because he was ill? >> he kind of lost his mojo. he gave one huge performance of it. it took a lot out of him. sidney lumet, the director said let's go again. they get about a minute into the second take and finch kind of says i can't go on anymore. lumet says, ok, fine. 1 1/2 takes. craig: you only have to get it on camera once, i guess. a lot of these great moments in america, you know that scene in "good fellas"? >> the tracking take. craig: it was one take. >> think how many times they had to shoot it to get it right. craig: they just did it that day. they didn't even rehearse. >> is that true? craig: no. >> you can say anything on tv and it becomes true. craig: no, you can say anything in "the "new york times" and it books true. if you say it on tv, it is just crap going out. that's all. some