(todd mccarthy) if your film is something like "daughters of the dust," which is a very particular, special to make outside the system, because as soon as hollywood gets involved, they're going to want more of a story, they're going to want name actors. they're going to want some kind of a really strong narrative. and that's not the kind of film she was interested in making. when i'm pitching a story to a hollywood executive, it's usually a male. and men tend to want to see and hear male drama stories and coming of age stories of young boys. (julie dash) i think a lot of the films that we've seen recently from african-american male directors are doing well because these executives were able to role-play when they read the stories. and it's kind of like "national geographic" to them, and they can watch these films and role-play for two hours and walk out of the theatre and feel safe because they know, phew, that wasn't my life. i never had too much trouble making a dollar. never needed nobody to help me do that. i can't stand still... (julie dash) when i pitch stories to them, i'm pitching s

todd mccarthy, hollywood reported "said "sordid goings on in 1969."ir corliss said "in a film show -- the paperboy has a pulse, the paperboy revels in the lure of the lurid. this adaptation of pete dexter's novel barges into that mythical land the american south, takes root in the sins of the flesh and the soul and digs deep down and dirty." >> yeah, we do. we dig deep, down and dirty. >> rose: it's said nicole kidman called you up and said she had to have this part. >> yes, only if she did her own makeup. and she put on 15 pounds. >> rose: so you told her put on 15 pounds and put on your own makeup? >> she had to to understand this woman and to sit with people -- women that had men in prison. so she sat with a group of women that wrote men in prison, one of which was my sister and she sat with the these women and --. >> rose: to understand what they're about? >> yeah, their psyche. what makes them tick. >> rose: what's the story? >> the story is of a murder investigation that takes place in florida and a coming of age kid. the kid is zac efron. 20. c

todd. >>> coming up, pants on fire. mary mccarthynce said of her rival, every word she writes is a lie including "and" and "the." well, the same could almost be said of mitt romney and his new tv ads in ohio about who would do more for the auto industry. he or president obama? you see the price of desperation here, dishonesty. and the campaign's response to universal criticism? they just keep running it. >>> also, did climate change have something to do with hurricane sandy? freak storms happen all the time, but this is precisely the kind of event that scientists have been predicting to us for years. >>> and why would an eisenhower endorse a democrat for president? well, susan eisenhower comes here to talk about it. she's endorsing president obama -- again. >>> and let me finish tonight with this question, does anyone really have a grip on who mitt romney is? this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ cheeping ] [ male announcer ] you hear that? that's the sound of car insurance companies these days. here a cheap, there a cheap, e

todd. nothing nasty. no poison in the water here. coming up, pants on fire, the writer mary mccarthy once said of her rival, lillian helmand, every world she writes is a lie including "and" and "the." the same could be said of mitt romney about his new ads in ohio. you see the price of desperation here, dishonesty. the campaign crisis to the criticism? they keep running it. >>> did climate change have something to do with hurricane sandy? freak storms happen all the time but this is precisely the kind of event scientists have been predicting to us for years. >>> why would an eisenhower endorse democrat for president? susan eisenhower comes here to talk about. she's endorsing president obama again. >>> does anyone really have a grip on who mitt romney is? this is "hardball," the place for politics. allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and pr