some of them, steven spielberg new wyler so they came in with their new knowledge and appreciation.really well done in the book and it was not only to connect them but to make sure that on one hand, you know, we had this epic story of world war ii and on the other, we had those five very specific stories, very personal, so it was sort of the back and forth balance between the personal and emotional on the world stage. charlie: this began as a way to honor your father? >> it did. my father was a world war ii veteran. he died when i was young. i wanted to apologize for the fact that i did not listen to his war stories very much. it was scary to me the idea that someone would leave his family and go overseas to, you know, fight for his life and his country, so of course as i got interestedmore in world history, i regretted not pay more attention to him, ,o for my father and uncles this is my way of trying to reopen the conversation. charlie: how did you choose which director for which director? >> that's a great question. we had a lot of thoughts. we did not want to think, who is the m

some of them, steven spielberg knew wyler, so they came in with their new knowledge and appreciation. your challenge was to connect them all? >> yes. if was really well done in the book and it was not only to connect them but to make sure that on one hand, you know, we had this epic story of world war ii> . on the other, we had those five very specific stories, very personal, so it was sort of the back and forth balance between the personal and emotional on the world stage. charlie: and how that change their lives. >> how they change their lives. charlie: this began as a way to honor your father? >> it did. my father was a world war ii veteran. he died when i was young. there was also a way to apologize to him posthumously. i want to apologize for the fact that i did not listen to his war stories very much. it was scary to me the idea that someone would leave his family and go overseas to, you know, fight for his life and his country, and of course as i got older and more interested in world history, i regretted not pay more attention to him, so for my father and my three uncles who w

. >> we are trying to figure out a very innovative way to tell the story, and it was steven spielbergou know, "let us try to think of a very interesting way of telling those stories and, you know, who better than directors to talk about directors?" so then came the search for five directors to speak for the five guys, and it was great. we had a very short list. everybody sort of organically was available. it worked out. charlie: what were they charged with? >> they were charged with being interviewed in the same way you are interviewing me right now, but they had to come in with a lot of knowledge. they had already the book, even before we approached them, you know. and they also did a lot of research. mark wrote scripts for each of the episodes and i would highlight exactly if steven spielberg came in to talk about william wyler or the things pertaining to william weiler, so they were prepared, but they were so familiar with the movies, so familiar with their lives. some of them, steven spielberg new william weiler, so they came in with their new knowledge and appreciation. charlie:

some of them, you know, steven spielberg knew wyler.wn knowledge and their own appreciation. >> rose. >> rose: the movies were in part propaganda. >> yes, they were, they were. that was part of the task that the government gave these-- these five film makers, to silent war not only to, sell the war not only to the american public, but to soldiers who were 18 and 19 years old and who were coming in and really didn't know the reason we were in the war in t just to give them a reason, but to excite them, to inflame their patriotism, and capra was very, very good at doing that. >> rose: did any of them have resistance to that at all? >> i think they all wanted to serve their country. capra had the most directly propagandistic assignment. for the other four, they thought what they were going to do was travel the world to wherever the battle fronts were and document the war, you know, just to bring the truth of the war home to the public. so i think sometimes their impulses as film makers to tell a great story, and their impulses as patriots

directed by a then-relatively unknown, steven spielberg, jaws caused an international sensation and gaveo the summer blockbuster. "merchant seamen yesterday harpooned a great white shark 10 miles off the southern california coast pulling it in after a three hour battle. the15 foot shark weighted 2,400 pounds. that's big but nothing like the man made 25 foot 6,000-pounder now scaring the daylights out of movie goers watching 'jaws' this summer." on june 20, 1975, moviegoers were introduced to a new kind of terror and its name was jaws. "everybody out of the water." "none of man's fantasies of evil can compare with the reality of jaws." "most historians would agree that jaws was the first summer blockbuster. other movies had been released in the summer but jaws was the first movie that really sort of caught the country's and the world's attention and it sort of forever changed the strategy about how to release big movies." jaws opened in 466 theaters across the country. - "just before that, there was a huge campaign in terms of publicity on television and print ads, the iconic poster, and

dyan cannon and michael jackson and steven spielberg used to be at all the laker games.on and kareem abdul-jabbar days? you go to a clipper game, you see like the cast of "that's my momma." (audience laughing) you see like marlon jackson and todd bridges in the front row. (audience laughing) it was so bad, anybody remember the old sports arena? - [audience] yeah. - it was in such bad condition, i'll never forget, i went to a game once and it was raining real hard that night and once side of the floor was flooded. they played a pro half-court game. (audience laughing) i paid $65 that night to see some brothers play "horse." (audience laughing) - tess, what's the worst breakup you've had? - oh god, the worst breakup. i think this, yeah, the dude left me just a note on the bathroom mirror, "die bitch, die," i think that was. (audience laughing) - the girl wants you to go out with her, she'll give you the sign. she'll just go "hey!" (audience laughing) she'll give you the quick sign, but if they don't want you to go out, it's like, that's it, done. - know what works when you

some veteran film—makers, like steven spielberg, are daunted by the new technology, saying it takes controling the audience more choice on where to look. the advent of virtual reality has given film makers a new storytelling vocabulary that is distinct from cinema. eric darnel, the director of the madagascar animation franchise, brought rainbow crow to tribeca this year. it's a retelling of a native american folktale. to him, virtual reality is a medium in its own right. coming from the film world, and i've directed a number of films, i sort of thought, easy, this is going to be no big deal. i've done this for 25 years. but i got humble really quick when i got into vr. i realised that it's just not the same. it just feels different. it looks different. audiences respond to it in different ways. you know, if you sit in a movie theatre and a character turns and looks at the camera, i don't really feel like they're looking at me. they call that breaking the fourth wall. in vr, there are no walls. that's a pretty amazing experience for audiences. this whole space is in such a period of flux. we

to broadcast, it could not have been faked, even i think with a full hollywood crew and with steven spielbergit was incredibly graphic. and those kids were not acting, those ones who i saw pictures of, suffocated to death in the back of pick—ups, with foa m death in the back of pick—ups, with foam coming out of them mouths, and they're foam coming out of them mouths, and they‘ re eyes, foam coming out of them mouths, and they're eyes, showing signs of people suffering from exactly that, the experts say. jeremy bowen, the bbc‘s middle east tadic —— middle east editor, thank you very much. on saturday, north korea celebrates the anniversary of the birth of its founder, kim il—sung. it's known as the day of the sun. foreign journalists have been invited — though their every move is decided for them. he was right — the big event turned out to be the north korean leader opening a street. john sudworth was there as well. people are coming in their thousands. you can see the senior army officers, people are carrying balloons and flowers, all here to celebrate the opening of this new development. but

but i feel, i felt, you know, intimidated. >> really impressive. >> she worked with steven spielberg.t. >> that was her first movie out of gate "the color purple." she was phenomenal. >> if acting was baseball, she landed on the third base, probably thought she hit a triple with that first movie "the color purple." i guess she is intimidated by the big stars, oscar winner, reese witherspoon. >> being perfectionist is, you never feel you are good enough. she has a little bit of that. >>> next to shia lebouf our favorite hollywood rebel. found a way to like his wounds after selling a few tickets to his last movie. a new stunt in the name of art. >> he has done these before. this was our favorite. his three-day nonstop live streaming of him watching his own films here in new york city. what is he up to now? well, shia spending a month alone in a cabin in finland. but wait, before you start celebrating, he can still communicate with us. >> whew! >> he can do so with text from visitors to museum there in helsinki. >> for a time yesterday there was a live stream of him in the cabin. that wa

. >> had steven spielberg over there and stayed in the lincoln bedroom and made a film later. this picture, would we put it back up? there we are, a white trash mt. rushmore, i love it. look at them. that's perfect. one thing i admire about governor palin honestly, she has spoken out when she has been the target of vicious sexism from the left and good for her. she's defended her children when they have been attacked and she herself has been. kind of unfortunate she's buddying up with nugent. he's a rocker and i won't get all gassed up about it, he has said the most vile things about hillary you can't say, obviously words you can't repeat on cnn. when those things have been said about sarah palin and they have it was outrageous then, i wish she would hold her friends to the same standard. >> i remember the night before the election they were all there watching that rally and they had bruce springsteen and jon bon jovi. you can bet if hillary clinton had been elected they would be in front of the white house. >> the question is in front of the portrait. >> little yanking of cha

stev steven spielberg and scott harrison ford will be returning for that one.n of lion king will debut july of 2019. disney is the parent company of abc. >> well, it seems renters today care more about their smart pones than clean clothes. a survey found that 34% of respondents ranked wi-fi access as the most important feature for apartment living. 25% said high speed internet was number one. just 13% of those surveyed said having a washer and dryer in the apartment was the most critical factor. >> cleanliness not important. >> right. >> to some, clearly. you might want the washer instead of the wi-fi if you buy nordstrom's newest jeans. check it ut 0. the retailer selling fake muddy jeans for $425. >> what? yeah, yeah, definitely a bargain. nordstrom's says the jeans come with a caked on muddy coating that shows you're not afraid to get down and dirty. the former star of dirty jobs is also chiming in saying, the jeans are a costume for wealthy people who see work as ironic, not iconic. >> not the first time that nordstrom has gotten grief for some unusual item

like closingg counters and face it steven spielberg built this john wren the modern fictional worldu have others who are not only irresponsible with the paranormal activity but they also make interesting moviese ti and documentaries and those projects are all about what makes you uncomfortable dealing with phenomenon the idea that the center of the battle between the skeptics and it makes people really uncomfortable because they think one thing but then they talk to the of the side i find that super interesting because ultimately we have to come to terms with their ownse believe system and the amazing thing withso television there is a gentle way into the subjects and they sparking interest in the nonfiction world. >> explain hollywood how can two people option the same? >> 18 up.eam up. and then the content is created moving forward even with operation paper clip that is brad pitt moonves brad pitt's company and then they teamed up so lot of times and the pentagon brain " you have j.j. a brahms working with warner brothers .area 51, a.m. 51 negative area 51 is from the one that co-

steven spielberg is directing and harrison ford is back as "indy." be nearly 78-years-old when the film opens. (james) and i'm tracking your morning forecast. what to expect as you head out the door right after the break. ( mark ) and... a man's mistake in traffic court could now lead to jail time. we'll explain up ahead. . we're coming up on 6:45... here's a quick look at the top stories we're following this morning... police are still looking for dozens of teenagers who robbed passengers on bart. it happened last saturday at the coliseum station in oakland. bart managers say they can't release surveillance video because the robbers appear to be juveniles. ( darya ) there are major security concerns as conservative commentator ann coulter gets ready to speak at u-c berkeley. the event was cancelled by the university and rescheduled but coulter says she still plans to speak tomorrow. one of two student groups behind ann coulter's u-c berkeley speech is now backing out.( mark ) and breaking news....the seattle seahawks have agreed to trade running bac

steven spielberg is directing and harrison ford is back as "indy."l be nearly 78-years-old when the film opens. (james) tracking your morning forecast. details coming up. ( averi ) and police are looking for a man who exposed himself near a preschool. i will have the details in a live report. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. (mark)(darya) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (james)we're starting off this morning with dry conditions, for the most part. there is a chance we could catch a sprinkle before the day is done, so bring the umbrella just in case. let's head outside and show you what conditions are like ri

spielberg, and in steven, his company has bought the rights to this. >> together with blumhouse, so youtwo power houses of cultural influence, and i think that's what's great. i think, again, i would say going back to this is a book, this is a story, this is a subject about the reach else of knowledge, and i think that's important personally, politically, societally, culturally, i think that's what television is amazing at doing. i think that the idea of discounting anything, being such a firm skeptic and also one of the problems i have with skeptics is that they tend to kind of make people feel intellectually inferior. if they even broach this subject. i find that unuseful. i think that tv is a great way into that world for many people because they can feel comfortable in a narrative, and then they can begin to create their own ideas about things. >> i think i know what you mean when you say unuseful, but what do you mean by that? >> it is insulting. i mean it is insulting. i don't want anyone to insult my intelligence, and i'm sure many people feel the same wayand . and so people butt