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sam rockwell is next. stay with us. sam rockwell is the talented actor whose credits include "iron man 2". a scene from 'conviction". >> after that, if i even get that far. >>these things can take a long time. i might be 80 before and i don't know if i will find the answers. you have to promise me, you just have to. yourself to kill ever again. if you do -- don't. >> all these things take liberties here in there. this movie is based on a true story. >> you would be surprised how much this stuff is true in conviction. it challenges you -- it is daunting to play real person. you are lucky to capture the essence by getting an accent or you do the best you can, do the homework and see how it goes. >tavis: the story line is? >> it is about betty waters and her brother. she becomes a lawyer, gets her ged and goes to law school. it took for 12 years to get her brother, her only client out of prison. >> that is pretty amazing. tavis: a lot of dedication and you have to believe in this person. she had to get a ged to begin with.

to reverse the murder >> and sam rockwell is from daly city. and her own love is for her brother, and she is trying to reverse the charge of murder. and she is perfectly cast for this, and sampled one. and also, a walk on the moon. and win, 3.5, it definitely going to hear about that, conviction! and tomsgroupcruises.com >> and maybe some armchair traveling. >> thank you. and still ahead on kron 4 news this weekend, halloween costume a give a way and we will tell you all about it when we come back. >> and live look house side it walnut creek. headlights, we will be right back with overcast conditions. >> pansies in a perfot pot,

hillary swank and sam rockwell are here with the real life sister, about the brother she never gave up on and a dozen men with horror stories of their own. here to tell us what happened to them here on a special edition of "larry king live." good evening. hilary swank, the actress who is a two-time academy award winner, plays betty ann waters in "conviction." the real betty ann waters is -- here also. she went to law school to get her brother out of prison. sam rockwell plays kenneth waters, betty ann's brother who spent 18 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. and tony goldwyn who directed "conviction." this terrific movie, it opens october 15. such stories aren't just the subject of movies. joining us here in los angeles and in dallas, are 12 men all wrongfully convicted of crimes, jailed and ultimately freed. the dallas county district attorney who plays the central role in their new lives is with us too, and they'll be watching along with you. we'll hear some of their stories a little later in the hour. let's first take a look at a scene from "conviction." >> this is what

sam rockwell plays kenneth waters, betty ann's brother who spent 18 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. and tony goldwyn, who direct the "conviction." this terrific movie, it opens october 15th. such stories aren't just the subject of movies. joining us here in los angeles and in dallas, are 12 men all wrongfully convicted of crimes, jailed and ultimately freed. the dallas county district attorney who plays the central role in their new lives is with us too, and they'll be watching along with you. we'll hear some of their stories a little later in the hour. let's first take a look at a scene from "conviction." >> this is what i'm going to do. all right? i'm going to stop by trying to go a d.a. after i finally take the ged test and after that if i even get that far, and there's no guarantee i'll even get in. i'll apply to law school. but it's going to take a long time, kenny, a really long time, and i might be 80 years old before i finally become a lawyer, an even then i still don't know if i'm going to fine the answers, but you just have to promise me, you just have to, t

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sam rockwell, hillary swank. >> the best. >> jimmy: she puts herself through law school to get her brother. i'm one of his ex-girlfriends who helps put him in jail. and it's the biggest transformation i've ever made on screen. it was a really intense role. >> jimmy: yeah, i mean, look -- look how pretty you are now, and then look at you in the movie. look at this. [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: wow. holy moly. look at those teeth. that's some ugly teeth there. wild. >> i think that i just scared myself. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: well done, man. >> wow. >> jimmy: well done. that's you, yeah. >> that's good stuff. >> jimmy: that's well done. they did a good job. >> i actually -- they had fake teeth made for me, and we went to the toronto film festival, and i had just gotten a root canal, actually, a couple days before. so, and i'm in pain and i have to, you know, promote the movie. and these journalists who just saw the movie, they kept saying, "so how's your teeth?" and i was like, "oh, my gosh. how does he know about my root canal?" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they had no idea. yeah. >> i'm smar

at 9:00 on "larry king live," hillary swank and sam rockwell talk about the new film "conviction." the schools and now online. why do kids do it and what can be done to put an end to it? a special report you cannot miss. cnn beginning tonight at 10:00 eastern time. >>> all right. in news from politics, there's some buzz about hillary clinton becoming president obama's running mate come 2012. appearing last night on "john king usa" reporter bob woodward talked about the possibility of vice president biden switching positions with the u.s. secretary of state. >> it's on the table. and, some of hillary clinton's advisers see it as a real responsibility in 2012. president obama needs some of the women, latinos, retirees that she did so well with during the 2008 primaries. and so, they switched jobs. >> not so fast says white house senior adviser david axelrod telling "washington post," quote, there's absolutely nothing to it. >>> so that sound heard out of washington last night was not president's poll numbers but instead his seal falling. watch this. >> engineering and math. we cannot

a determined sister that will do anything to reverse the murder >> and sam rockwell is from daly citythe charge of murder. and she is perfectly cast for this, and sampled one. and also, a walk on the moon. and win, 3.5, it definitely going to hear about that, conviction! and tomsgroupcruises.com >> and maybe some armchair traveling. >> thank you. and still ahead on kron 4 news this weekend, halloween costume a give a way and we will tell you all about it when we come back. >> and live look house side it walnut creek. headlights, we will be right back with overcast conditions. >> pansies in a perfot pot, . henry's garden.. ♪ >> perfect, look at these. pansies >> these are far from perfect! >> okay.. there is seed forming, and even as snails, slugs. >> and look at foilage, light green. hungry. and the acid test. to put that right in the middle. it stands right out. >> now they're perfect! >> and we're doing a segment on planting the perfect pansie pot planting a perfect pansy pot. the point is to have these perfect, to meet some great soil because unlike organic. and drains well. and-th

. >> we have got hillary swank here as well as sam rockwell, they're going to be starring in a new movie prison for a crime he did not commit. >>> and we have got a hearty family meal. the aroma is splendid. lamb shank. >>> before we go any further, can we say hello to tena elliott? tena is the latest contestant to be voted off the ranch on "biggest loser." careful what you wish for. because you said, you know what? i want to get out of this ranch, and they got you out. are you sorry you said that? >> no, i think it was the best place for me at that point to go home. i think it was. i had learned a lot on the ranch. i felt like i had gotten enough. and being on the ranch enabled me to continue when i got home. i think people don't realize how tough emotionally it is on the show. the physical journey, obviously, we see that, but the emotional journey, being away from your family and your support system is -- it was a little more difficult than what i expected. >> you used the tools wisely because you started at the ranch at 263 pounds, you look fantastic. how much have you lost. >> i've l