it also stars susan sarandon and john goodman and was directed by barry levinson.hey joined me earlier. barry, why did you want to make a film about dr. kevorkian? >> the character, first and foremost. when i read the draft, i thought the character was interesting, the characterses around it. his core group was very interesting. >> what did you learn about what he had done? >> i think it's more complicated than what i saw because i only saw the snippets of it. in other words, to watch that ten-year period from the time he began until the time he was sent to prison is an amazing journey of a man coming up against the system and ultimately a man that could not be intimidated in that way as a sense as jack has said that he knew eventually he would be imprisoned. >> was prison hard for you? >> no. when you're not a criminal, it's easy. >> you were in solitary confinement for a time. >> just for protection. for about, oh, maybe four or five months, something like that. i got one hour a day free to make phone calls or walk the yard. the other 23 hours i was in a cell. >>