. >> and we have people on the stan stand, and we have david and lee and elijah and i was about to sayse kelly, but it is elijah kelly. >> and you have written me the beautiful e-mail. >> and i did, i sent it to him on oscar morning, because i felt like that this movie had been overlooked and i was really kind of upset by it. >> well, i think that the fact that we started, and i think that harvey weinstein said it last night on "piers" that starting in august it was a gamble and that is a long time to keep the movie in the minds of the academy and certainly in the minds of the public, but what is exciting and i think that we are all so pleased about is that the movie was so well received by the public, and not just in america, but seen around the world and this movie has been well received which is very hard to do for a movie with all african-american cast, and predominantly african-american cast. >> and even a drama. a drama is hard to sustain and get that kind of money, and so it is very exciting. >> and can i tell you something, because with all of the star power here, elijah stole