George Stevens, Jr.

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George Stevens, Jr.: President Kennedy took an interest in the

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George Stevens, Jr.: films we were making and I would receive an

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George Stevens, Jr.: occasional phone call from him.

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George Stevens, Jr.: He called me to say I think you ought to

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George Stevens, Jr.: enter that film in the Academy Awards.

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Announcer: Welcome to Story and Craft.

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Announcer: Now here's your host, Marc Preston.

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Announcer: Well, hello there.

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Marc Preston: I mean, they're all cool episodes, of

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Marc Preston: course, but this one's special.

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Marc Preston: I think I'm talking with an actual, bona

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Marc Preston: fide Hollywood legend.

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Marc Preston: His name is George Stevens Jr.

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Marc Preston: He has spent 70 years working in Hollywood

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Marc Preston: as a writer, a producer, a director.

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Marc Preston: He has done all kinds of things that are

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Marc Preston: that in and of themselves would be cool.

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Marc Preston: I mean, he founded the American Film

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Marc Preston: Institute, the AFI.

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Marc Preston: He co-created the Kennedy Center Honors.

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Marc Preston: He's consulted and been friends with

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Marc Preston: presidents all the way back to John F

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Marc Preston: Kennedy, through President Obama, who

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Marc Preston: actually appointed him to be the co-chair

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Marc Preston: of the President's Committee on the Arts

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Marc Preston: and Humanities.

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Marc Preston: He's also gotten literally so many awards.

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Marc Preston: I don't have time to list them all here,

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Marc Preston: but just generally he's won numerous Emmys,

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Marc Preston: writers Guild, peabody Awards, even got an

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Marc Preston: Oscar and an honorary Oscar for his

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Marc Preston: lifelong contributions to the film industry.

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Marc Preston: This was an absolutely wonderful chat.

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Marc Preston: I had a great time talking with George.

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Marc Preston: He's got a new book, by the way, recounting

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Marc Preston: all of the great things he's done, all the

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Marc Preston: stories he has to tell.

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Marc Preston: It is called my Place in the Sun.

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Marc Preston: It is in bookstores and on Amazon and all

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Marc Preston: that jazz.

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Marc Preston: And thank you so much again for being here.

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Marc Preston: It means a lot to me and I've been getting

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Marc Preston: some really nice messages.

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Marc Preston: Also, if I haven't had a chance to reply to

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Marc Preston: Okay, let's get after it.

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Marc Preston: Today it is Hollywood Legend Day.

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Marc Preston: It is George Stevens Junior Day, right here

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Marc Preston: on StoryandCraft.

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Marc Preston: Where are you?

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George Stevens, Jr.: joining me from today, washington DC, in my

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George Stevens, Jr.: house in Georgetown.

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Marc Preston: Now, are you from DC or did you grow up

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Marc Preston: somewhere else?

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Marc Preston: I was born in the Hollywood Hospital.

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Marc Preston: I'm a fifth generation Californian.

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Marc Preston: You know I did see something that even your

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Marc Preston: grandparents were in the industry.

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Marc Preston: Now, was this something that was sort of

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Marc Preston: destiny for you or it was always in the DNA?

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Marc Preston: Or did you have other aspirations, other

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Marc Preston: things you wanted to do when you were

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Marc Preston: coming up?

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George Stevens, Jr.: I was a great admirer of Grantl and Rice

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George Stevens, Jr.: and Red Smith.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I wanted to be a sports writer and I love

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George Stevens, Jr.: baseball and basketball and golf.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And then the year I graduated from high

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George Stevens, Jr.: school I didn't have a summer job and my

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George Stevens, Jr.: father said you can help me.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And he gave me two assignments.

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George Stevens, Jr.: One was to break down Theodore Dreiser's An

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George Stevens, Jr.: American Tragedy, parts 1 and 2, the great,

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George Stevens, Jr.: the classic novel, and put them in

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George Stevens, Jr.: notebooks, all the details, because he was

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George Stevens, Jr.: about to start the screenplay of A Place in

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George Stevens, Jr.: the Sun based on that book.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And the other was to read stuff the scripts

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George Stevens, Jr.: and books that came from Paramount that

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George Stevens, Jr.: they were proposing for movies, and it was

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George Stevens, Jr.: pretty much trickly love stories that were

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George Stevens, Jr.: not too appealing to a 17-year-old on hot

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George Stevens, Jr.: summer afternoons and one afternoon I

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George Stevens, Jr.: picked up this book and read it in the

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George Stevens, Jr.: afternoon.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I went over to see my father that night and

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George Stevens, Jr.: he was reading in bed and I held it up and

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George Stevens, Jr.: I said, dad, this is a great story, you

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George Stevens, Jr.: ought to read it.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And he said why don't you tell me the story?

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George Stevens, Jr.: And so I found myself pacing around his bed

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George Stevens, Jr.: trying to tell him the story of Shane,

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George Stevens, Jr.: which I had read in Jack Schaeffer's novel

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George Stevens, Jr.: that afternoon and I realize now that him

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George Stevens, Jr.: offering me these two assignments was a way

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George Stevens, Jr.: of letting me find out whether I had an

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George Stevens, Jr.: aptitude or an interest in his profession.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And by the next summer I was in Jackson

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George Stevens, Jr.: Hole Wyoming with the job of company clerk

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George Stevens, Jr.: on the location for the shooting of Shane.

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George Stevens, Jr.: It was my first experience on a movie.

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Marc Preston: Now, of course, your father, george Stevens

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Marc Preston: Sr.

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Marc Preston: He wasn't the first person in your family

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Marc Preston: who was in this industry.

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Marc Preston: I think it went, I believe, all the way

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Marc Preston: back, if I'm not mistaken, to your

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Marc Preston: grandparents, who I believe were actors as

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Marc Preston: well, correct?

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George Stevens, Jr.: That family history that I really

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George Stevens, Jr.: crystallized in my mind in the writing of

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George Stevens, Jr.: this book was my great-grandmother was

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George Stevens, Jr.: Georgia Woodthorpe, and she was a great

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George Stevens, Jr.: actress on the stage in San Francisco and

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George Stevens, Jr.: the youngest Ophelia to the great Edwin

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George Stevens, Jr.: Booth's Hamlet, the greatest Shakespearean

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George Stevens, Jr.: actor of all time, and her daughter was my

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George Stevens, Jr.: father's mother.

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George Stevens, Jr.: But Georgia Woodthorpe started five

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George Stevens, Jr.: generations of Stevens as in show business

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George Stevens, Jr.: and then my mother's mother, alice Howell,

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George Stevens, Jr.: was a silent film comedian and big star.

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Marc Preston: Now, of course, you had your father to

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Marc Preston: speak with I mean, when it comes to I

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Marc Preston: pretty much anything in the industry.

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Marc Preston: But considering that you had grandparents

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Marc Preston: who were also in the industry, did you have

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Marc Preston: access to them to kind of pick their brain

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Marc Preston: as well on just whatever questions you had,

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Marc Preston: or just kind of to satisfy your curiosities

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Marc Preston: about the film industry?

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George Stevens, Jr.: They were around but sadly I never spoke to

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George Stevens, Jr.: them about it.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I was really hardly conscious that they

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George Stevens, Jr.: were actors.

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George Stevens, Jr.: But an important experience for me was when

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George Stevens, Jr.: I graduated from high school again.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I was supposed to go into the Air Force and

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George Stevens, Jr.: the Korean War ended, so I had an empty

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George Stevens, Jr.: dance card and my father invited me to join

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George Stevens, Jr.: him with the two writers, and the four of

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George Stevens, Jr.: us would sit every morning and work on the

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George Stevens, Jr.: screenplay of Giant.

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George Stevens, Jr.: So I spent eight months with kind of a

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George Stevens, Jr.: master class in screenwriting, as I

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George Stevens, Jr.: listened and pitched in occasionally as

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George Stevens, Jr.: this masterful screenplay was developed

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George Stevens, Jr.: that supported a film that has really stood

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George Stevens, Jr.: the test of time.

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Marc Preston: And of course, if a memory serves, that was

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Marc Preston: a big one for Rock Hudson, correct?

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George Stevens, Jr.: It was Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor and

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George Stevens, Jr.: James Dean and you know it is a classic

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George Stevens, Jr.: that has made it through the years.

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George Stevens, Jr.: My father always kind of believed in this

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George Stevens, Jr.: idea of the test of time, that a picture is

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George Stevens, Jr.: really measured by how it lasts rather than

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George Stevens, Jr.: how fashionable it might have been in the

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George Stevens, Jr.: year it came out.

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Marc Preston: That kind of brings me to another question

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Marc Preston: I had for you, because you've had this

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Marc Preston: really uncanny opportunity, this very

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Marc Preston: unique opportunity to, from a front row

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Marc Preston: seat, to see the evolution of film in the

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Marc Preston: US.

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Marc Preston: Just in general terms, I'm curious how do

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Marc Preston: you think film has evolved?

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Marc Preston: Or really more to the point, what do you

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Marc Preston: think film means in an art form?

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Marc Preston: Just kind of generally.

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George Stevens, Jr.: Well, I would say, looking at it from here

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George Stevens, Jr.: in the United States, film is the most

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George Stevens, Jr.: wonderful messenger the United States has

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George Stevens, Jr.: had, and I think one of the reasons we were

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George Stevens, Jr.: so long thought of as a leading country in

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George Stevens, Jr.: the world was everybody was seeing American

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George Stevens, Jr.: movies.

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George Stevens, Jr.: My father, I remember him saying he was in

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George Stevens, Jr.: combat, led the combat photography during

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George Stevens, Jr.: the war in Europe, and he said that the

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George Stevens, Jr.: French people would see these GIs and they

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George Stevens, Jr.: all talked like Jimmy Stewart and Henry

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George Stevens, Jr.: Fonda and they immediately loved them.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And so we have this wonderful calling card,

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George Stevens, Jr.: not always the most salutary vision of

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George Stevens, Jr.: America, but overall for generations people

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George Stevens, Jr.: saw and understood the United States

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George Stevens, Jr.: through its movies.

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Marc Preston: You know, that's not the first time I've

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Marc Preston: heard that.

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Marc Preston: Actually, that's kind of a unique way that

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Marc Preston: I think people overseas have had insight

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Marc Preston: into American culture, without a doubt.

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Marc Preston: Now you know, of course, beyond working

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Marc Preston: with your father and spending time and

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Marc Preston: learning from him, when did you actually

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Marc Preston: start collecting a paycheck, working in

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Marc Preston: this industry and creating and doing things,

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Marc Preston: creating your own projects?

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George Stevens, Jr.: After I got out of the Air Force and I

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George Stevens, Jr.: worked on the editing of Giant with my

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George Stevens, Jr.: father and then I was kind of on the

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George Stevens, Jr.: pavement looking for work and Jack Webb,

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George Stevens, Jr.: who was the creator and star of Dragnet and

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George Stevens, Jr.: also made several movies, gave me a job as

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George Stevens, Jr.: an assistant and I started working with

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George Stevens, Jr.: Jack Webb and after about a year and a half

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George Stevens, Jr.: he said I think you ought to be a director

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George Stevens, Jr.: and he assigned a pilot for me to direct

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George Stevens, Jr.: that starred his colleague Ben Alexander,

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George Stevens, Jr.: and the pilot was never sold.

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George Stevens, Jr.: But then I started directing episodic

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George Stevens, Jr.: television for Jack Webb and then I had the

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George Stevens, Jr.: opportunity to direct Alfred Hitchcock

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George Stevens, Jr.: Presents and Peter Gunn and that was really

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George Stevens, Jr.: my start, actually at a very young age, it

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George Stevens, Jr.: was 25.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And I started directing those programs.

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Marc Preston: Now back then, were your contemporaries?

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Marc Preston: Were most of them roughly in the same age

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Marc Preston: range as you, or were the people creating

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Marc Preston: and directing and running the show?

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Marc Preston: Were they mostly people with gray hair?

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George Stevens, Jr.: Oh well, I greatly admired the friends of

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George Stevens, Jr.: I had finished working with my father as

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George Stevens, Jr.: And we sent a message to Murrow saying well,

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George Stevens, Jr.: Would you like to meet some younger people?

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George Stevens, Jr.: And the next day I got a call from Sam

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Marc Preston: Holy cow, that's 300 documentaries a year.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I mean you must have had a nice staff of

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Marc Preston: Now, for the most part.

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Marc Preston: What was your focus?

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Marc Preston: The subject matter or genre whatever have

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George Stevens, Jr.: Well, one area was putting an honest and

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George Stevens, Jr.: The images seen abroad were police dogs

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George Stevens, Jr.: And we made films.

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George Stevens, Jr.: One was called Nine from Little Rock, which

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George Stevens, Jr.: Guggenheim and told the story of these nine

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George Stevens, Jr.: Rock High and that did win the Academy

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George Stevens, Jr.: And we made another one on the March on

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George Stevens, Jr.: James Blue, and that told the story of that

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George Stevens, Jr.: wonderful day when black and white

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George Stevens, Jr.: came together to call out for jobs and

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Marc Preston: Now, of course you kind of carried that

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Marc Preston: And that kind of brings me to another point

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Marc Preston: Rather, when you were kind of coming into

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Marc Preston: I mean, Sidney Poitier is a wonderful

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George Stevens, Jr.: separate but equal, which was the story of

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George Stevens, Jr.: the desegregation of schools and the

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George Stevens, Jr.: all engineered by Thurgood Marshall.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And Sidney played Thurgood and I guess from

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George Stevens, Jr.: which was really to be very straightforward

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George Stevens, Jr.: to always take them aside.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And also in that film was Burt Lancaster,

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George Stevens, Jr.: we all got along great and we won the Emmy

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George Stevens, Jr.: for the best mini-series for separate but

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George Stevens, Jr.: equal.

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Marc Preston: Well, if I'm not mistaken, didn't you also

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Marc Preston: turn that into a stage play as well?

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George Stevens, Jr.: It's interesting, several years later I was

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George Stevens, Jr.: it's been 40 years since Raisin and the Sun,

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George Stevens, Jr.: He said I want to go back to Broadway and I

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George Stevens, Jr.: But I said how about I write a play about

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George Stevens, Jr.: And Sidney looked at me and he said that

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George Stevens, Jr.: And so I wrote the play and Sidney and I

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George Stevens, Jr.: rehearsed it in my apartment in Los Angeles

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George Stevens, Jr.: And then one day he said to me he said you

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George Stevens, Jr.: know, I'm 75 years old, I've been trying to

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George Stevens, Jr.: You know, we can do it as a movie.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And I said we've really done the movie.

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George Stevens, Jr.: So we moved on and I next did it with James

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George Stevens, Jr.: Earl Jones at the Newport Playhouse in

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George Stevens, Jr.: But James Earl in that case also had

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George Stevens, Jr.: Although he was able to do plays with

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George Stevens, Jr.: Lawrence Fishburne, who turned out to be a

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George Stevens, Jr.: perfect Thurgood, and we went to Broadway

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George Stevens, Jr.: with Thurgood and had a wonderful success,

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George Stevens, Jr.: and it's still being played around the

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Marc Preston: It's interesting in that light.

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George Stevens, Jr.: Marc Cindy and James Earl brought enormous

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George Stevens, Jr.: But it turned out that Lawrence, who was in

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George Stevens, Jr.: older Thurgood and without any change of

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George Stevens, Jr.: through to becoming the Supreme Court

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George Stevens, Jr.: So he brought a special quality to it.

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George Stevens, Jr.: It varies case by case.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I wrote and directed separate but equal.

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George Stevens, Jr.: But in other projects I write or co-write

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George Stevens, Jr.: It varies from case to case, but always one

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George Stevens, Jr.: is interested in the construction of the

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George Stevens, Jr.: story, because that's the heart of any of

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Marc Preston: Now going forward.

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Marc Preston: We're talking about the other things you've

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Marc Preston: directing the AFI, or American Film

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Marc Preston: AFI, as well as how you got involved in

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Marc Preston: helping to create it?

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George Stevens, Jr.: The AFI was established to advance the art

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George Stevens, Jr.: of film in the United States.

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George Stevens, Jr.: What that meant in those days was film

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George Stevens, Jr.: preservation and film restoration, because

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George Stevens, Jr.: half of the films that had been made were

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George Stevens, Jr.: on nitrate, all were on nitrate stock and a

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George Stevens, Jr.: great proportion of them were lost or

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George Stevens, Jr.: missing.

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George Stevens, Jr.: So, working with other archives, we did a

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George Stevens, Jr.: restoration project.

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George Stevens, Jr.: There are now 45,000 films in the AFI

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George Stevens, Jr.: collection in the Library of Congress.

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George Stevens, Jr.: Also, the advancement of filmmakers,

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George Stevens, Jr.: helping filmmakers be trained and make

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George Stevens, Jr.: their way.

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George Stevens, Jr.: We started the AFI Center for Advanced Film

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George Stevens, Jr.: Studies in Beverly Hills in 1969 at the

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George Stevens, Jr.: Greystone Mansion.

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George Stevens, Jr.: There it's now called the AFI Conservatory,

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George Stevens, Jr.: but in that first class at AFI were

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George Stevens, Jr.: Terrence Malick, Paul Schrader, Caleb

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George Stevens, Jr.: Deschanel, the great cinematographer and

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George Stevens, Jr.: the next year David Lynch.

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George Stevens, Jr.: So for 50 years the AFI Conservatory has

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George Stevens, Jr.: been a training ground for new filmmakers,

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George Stevens, Jr.: writers, directors, cinematographers,

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George Stevens, Jr.: cameramen.

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Marc Preston: Now, of course, beyond the AFI, you also

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Marc Preston: were very instrumental in getting the

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Marc Preston: Kennedy Center honors off the ground.

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Marc Preston: Can you discuss a little bit about the

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Marc Preston: genesis of that project?

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George Stevens, Jr.: The AFI.

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George Stevens, Jr.: When I was running it had its Eastern

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George Stevens, Jr.: office in the John F Kennedy Center for the

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George Stevens, Jr.: Performing Arts, which was Kennedy's

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George Stevens, Jr.: memorial, and I had done an event for AFI's

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George Stevens, Jr.: 10th anniversary for CBS television.

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George Stevens, Jr.: That was very successful and I went down

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George Stevens, Jr.: the next day and said to the head of the

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George Stevens, Jr.: Kennedy Center you ought to have your own

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George Stevens, Jr.: show.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And he said do you have any ideas?

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George Stevens, Jr.: And I said the idea is carved in marble on

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George Stevens, Jr.: the wall of this building in the words of

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George Stevens, Jr.: President Kennedy.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And President Kennedy had said I look

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George Stevens, Jr.: forward to an America that won't be afraid

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George Stevens, Jr.: of grace and beauty, that will reward

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George Stevens, Jr.: achievement in the arts the way we reward

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George Stevens, Jr.: achievement in business and statecraft.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And therein was the idea for honoring

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George Stevens, Jr.: America's finest performing artists.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And we began that and I co-wrote and

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George Stevens, Jr.: produced that for 37 years Now.

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Marc Preston: speaking of President Kennedy, you had

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Marc Preston: mentioned that you were part of a project

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Marc Preston: to shoot a documentary or some film of

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Marc Preston: Jacqueline Kennedy's trip to India.

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Marc Preston: Did you go along with the first lady on

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Marc Preston: that trip?

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George Stevens, Jr.: I didn't go on the trip, but we sent a film

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George Stevens, Jr.: crew on the trip and made the film.

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Marc Preston: Now I'm curious did you have any

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Marc Preston: relationship with, or did you interact

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Marc Preston: regularly with, the Kennedy family?

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Marc Preston: I did.

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George Stevens, Jr.: Making films for Ed Murrow.

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George Stevens, Jr.: President Kennedy took an interest in the

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George Stevens, Jr.: films we were making and I would receive an

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George Stevens, Jr.: occasional phone call from him, reacting to

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George Stevens, Jr.: one of the films we made and asking where

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George Stevens, Jr.: it was being shown and how many countries,

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George Stevens, Jr.: what languages.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And on another occasion he called about a

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George Stevens, Jr.: film called the Five Cities of June, which

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George Stevens, Jr.: included his trip to Berlin where he made

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George Stevens, Jr.: his famous Ich bin Einbrenner speech beside

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George Stevens, Jr.: the Berlin Wall in 1963.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And he called me to say I think you ought

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George Stevens, Jr.: to enter that film in the Academy Awards,

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George Stevens, Jr.: which showed kind of that President Kennedy

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George Stevens, Jr.: had all sorts of interests and appetites,

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George Stevens, Jr.: you know.

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Marc Preston: I'm thinking back to what you said about

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Marc Preston: how your father believed that films should

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Marc Preston: endure.

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Marc Preston: You know, and you've had the opportunity to

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Marc Preston: interact with a wide range of folks and

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Marc Preston: actors like Sidney Poitier.

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Marc Preston: You know the films he's in definitely

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Marc Preston: endure and even for myself I look back at

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Marc Preston: films I enjoy with, let's say, like Cary

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Marc Preston: Grant, you know, watching things he was in.

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Marc Preston: I still very much enjoy them and I think

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Marc Preston: they were, you know, great commentaries on

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Marc Preston: the time and just, I think, wonderful works

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Marc Preston: of art most certainly.

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George Stevens, Jr.: Can I tell you a story that relates to this?

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George Stevens, Jr.: In 1951 I went to the Academy Awards with

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George Stevens, Jr.: my father and I sat next to him and Joseph

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George Stevens, Jr.: L Manckowitz, a writer, producer, director,

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George Stevens, Jr.: had won last year's award and he was

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George Stevens, Jr.: presenting it and he read the nominees John

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George Stevens, Jr.: Houston, the asphalt jungle.

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George Stevens, Jr.: William Weiler, detective story.

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George Stevens, Jr.: Vincent Minnelli, an American in Paris.

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George Stevens, Jr.: Elia Kazan, a streetcar named Desire.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And George Stevens, a place in the sun

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George Stevens, Jr.: quite an array in one year.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And driving home the car, the Oscar was on

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George Stevens, Jr.: the seat between us in the car and I

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George Stevens, Jr.: remember my father looking over at me and

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George Stevens, Jr.: saying we'll have a better idea what kind

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George Stevens, Jr.: of a film this is in about 25 years.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And he was talking about the test of time.

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George Stevens, Jr.: You know he, having come from the theater,

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George Stevens, Jr.: knew the importance of art lasting, and now

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George Stevens, Jr.: he I'm certain he did not know that on that

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George Stevens, Jr.: night in 1951 he was talking to the future

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George Stevens, Jr.: founding director of the American Film

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George Stevens, Jr.: Institute, but he was giving me an idea

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George Stevens, Jr.: that was at the core of everything AFI did

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George Stevens, Jr.: the test of time when it comes to movies.

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Marc Preston: You know that's wonderful, you know that's

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Marc Preston: so true.

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Marc Preston: I mean, there are so many movies that maybe

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Marc Preston: didn't even win an award that not only

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Marc Preston: stand the test of time but become even more

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Marc Preston: appreciated as the years go on.

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Marc Preston: And you know you had mentioned the

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Marc Preston: relationship you had to the Kennedy White

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Marc Preston: House and you, from what I understand, you

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Marc Preston: had relationships with other White House

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Marc Preston: administrations.

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Marc Preston: Now you did have a relationship with the

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Marc Preston: Obama administration as well, correct?

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George Stevens, Jr.: I did.

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Marc Preston: I was a very early supporter of President

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Marc Preston: Obama and we did eight years of Kennedy

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Marc Preston: Center honors together and eight years of

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Marc Preston: another show that I did called Christmas in

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Marc Preston: Washington, so I had the pleasure of being

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Marc Preston: associated with him Now that's such a

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Marc Preston: wonderful opportunity, I mean for someone

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Marc Preston: who makes movies and creates to be able to

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Marc Preston: put some notches along the timeline, to

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Marc Preston: document American film and to be a part of

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Marc Preston: you know, to some degree being a part of

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Marc Preston: writing the creative history of the US Now

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Marc Preston: coming up.

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Marc Preston: What were you watching?

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Marc Preston: What movies or entertainment really

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Marc Preston: captivated you?

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Marc Preston: That?

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Marc Preston: you know I don't know if they necessarily

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Marc Preston: inspired you, but what did you like?

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Marc Preston: To grab some popcorn, sit down and watch

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Marc Preston: when you were coming up.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I had become acquainted with my father's

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George Stevens, Jr.: work and was admiring of the work of his

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George Stevens, Jr.: colleagues and on the waterfront and from

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George Stevens, Jr.: here to eternity, and pictures like that

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George Stevens, Jr.: were, you know, I favored the ones that

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George Stevens, Jr.: were going to be classics, although I

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George Stevens, Jr.: didn't know they were going to be classics.

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George Stevens, Jr.: But my first kind of we're looking back,

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George Stevens, Jr.: where I realized I had my first instincts

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George Stevens, Jr.: about film.

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George Stevens, Jr.: We lived in Toluca Lake in North Hollywood

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George Stevens, Jr.: and dad had a 16 millimeter projector and

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George Stevens, Jr.: he taught me to thread it when I was 12

656

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George Stevens, Jr.: years old and set up the screen on tripods

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George Stevens, Jr.: and he had prints of the movies that he'd

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George Stevens, Jr.: made.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And I'd looked at some of the Wheeler and

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George Stevens, Jr.: Woolsey comedies.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And along came in 1939, gunga Dean, a film

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George Stevens, Jr.: with Victor McLaughlin and Carrie Grant and

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George Stevens, Jr.: Douglas Fairbanks Jr, a classic adventure

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George Stevens, Jr.: comedy that took place in India.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And I would thread that movie up and I

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George Stevens, Jr.: sensed a dimension in it and at the center

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George Stevens, Jr.: of it was Gunga Dean, the water bearer, the

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George Stevens, Jr.: regimental beastie, and he wanted to be a

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George Stevens, Jr.: soldier and, you know, toward the end of

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George Stevens, Jr.: the movie he saves the regiment and then

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George Stevens, Jr.: his funeral with wonderful Alfred Newman

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George Stevens, Jr.: music playing.

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George Stevens, Jr.: They have his burial and the British

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George Stevens, Jr.: commander says you're a better man than I

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George Stevens, Jr.: am, Gunga Dean, and it was touching to a 12

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George Stevens, Jr.: year old and I think I started to develop a

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George Stevens, Jr.: sensibility for films at that time.

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Marc Preston: Now, as we kind of bring it forward a

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Marc Preston: little bit, going from the things you

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Marc Preston: enjoyed, things that inspired you and when

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Marc Preston: you developed your sensibility for what

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Marc Preston: good film was.

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Marc Preston: If we were to look at, let's say, the last

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Marc Preston: five to 10 years in theaters, what have you

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Marc Preston: liked to go see, what kind of movies, or

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Marc Preston: the performers, directors, who do you like

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Marc Preston: to watch?

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Marc Preston: What kind of films do you enjoy?

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George Stevens, Jr.: I certainly like the Christopher Nolan

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George Stevens, Jr.: films.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I loved Jane Campion's picture this year

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George Stevens, Jr.: and also I was very attracted to Will

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George Stevens, Jr.: Smith's performance and the story in the

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George Stevens, Jr.: picture about the Venus Williams and her

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George Stevens, Jr.: sister.

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George Stevens, Jr.: So there's an awful lot of fine work being

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George Stevens, Jr.: done.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I think too much of the investment in film

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George Stevens, Jr.: is being devoted to the tent poles and the

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George Stevens, Jr.: Marvel comics pictures, and so the

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George Stevens, Jr.: filmmakers who are making more original and

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George Stevens, Jr.: individual works sometimes are working with

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George Stevens, Jr.: lesser budgets in fact, always are working

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George Stevens, Jr.: with lesser budgets than my father and

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George Stevens, Jr.: David Lean and Alfred Hitchcock were.

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Marc Preston: Now I think it was Steven Spielberg, some

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Marc Preston: time ago, had said, or had alluded to

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Marc Preston: movies that will be coming out in theaters,

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Marc Preston: that there will probably be less, and the

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Marc Preston: ones that are going to show up are gonna be

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Marc Preston: the really big movies that will be in

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Marc Preston: theaters, have a little bit longer run time,

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Marc Preston: and that means less movies and theaters,

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Marc Preston: more movies being released and streaming

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Marc Preston: and for people to be able to watch at home.

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Marc Preston: Do you have an opinion as far as where

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Marc Preston: movies are released?

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Marc Preston: Do you think that there's something special

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00:33:20,225 --> 00:33:23,186

Marc Preston: about keeping more films in the theater, or

720

00:33:23,367 --> 00:33:24,592

Marc Preston: does it even make a difference?

721

00:33:24,905 --> 00:33:27,773

George Stevens, Jr.: Well, I'm torn because I love the big

722

00:33:27,834 --> 00:33:28,195

George Stevens, Jr.: screen.

723

00:33:28,885 --> 00:33:30,251

George Stevens, Jr.: That's what I was raised on.

724

00:33:31,885 --> 00:33:35,506

George Stevens, Jr.: We just did a restoration premiere that

725

00:33:35,586 --> 00:33:37,773

George Stevens, Jr.: Steven Spielberg and I presented together

726

00:33:38,645 --> 00:33:42,568

George Stevens, Jr.: at Grommins Chinese of Giant and we were

727

00:33:42,608 --> 00:33:46,704

George Stevens, Jr.: showing a film that premiered 65 years

728

00:33:46,744 --> 00:33:49,663

George Stevens, Jr.: earlier in the same theater, now with a new

729

00:33:49,683 --> 00:33:52,424

George Stevens, Jr.: audience, and Steven and I to watch this

730

00:33:52,444 --> 00:33:56,364

George Stevens, Jr.: audience respond on an IMAX screen to this

731

00:33:56,384 --> 00:33:59,802

George Stevens, Jr.: film was really kind of a proof of that

732

00:33:59,822 --> 00:34:00,485

George Stevens, Jr.: test of time.

733

00:34:00,769 --> 00:34:04,176

George Stevens, Jr.: So I like the big screen, but I also see

734

00:34:04,939 --> 00:34:07,115

George Stevens, Jr.: what streaming is doing and providing

735

00:34:07,175 --> 00:34:10,235

George Stevens, Jr.: different opportunities for independent

736

00:34:10,255 --> 00:34:12,285

George Stevens, Jr.: filmmakers and a diversity of filmmakers,

737

00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:14,245

George Stevens, Jr.: and I think that's very valuable.

738

00:34:15,430 --> 00:34:18,141

George Stevens, Jr.: So I hope that the big screen will restore

739

00:34:18,843 --> 00:34:22,518

George Stevens, Jr.: its place in our lives and that we can

740

00:34:22,558 --> 00:34:26,755

George Stevens, Jr.: continue to have the films made for

741

00:34:26,795 --> 00:34:30,493

George Stevens, Jr.: streaming and more modest budgets that give

742

00:34:30,553 --> 00:34:32,945

George Stevens, Jr.: opportunity to new filmmakers.

743

00:34:34,292 --> 00:34:36,040

Marc Preston: You know, I think there is something about

744

00:34:36,161 --> 00:34:38,055

Marc Preston: the convenience of being able to watch

745

00:34:38,173 --> 00:34:41,538

Marc Preston: something at home, the ability to see more

746

00:34:41,559 --> 00:34:47,548

Marc Preston: films, to expose more people to a film, but

747

00:34:47,568 --> 00:34:48,972

Marc Preston: there is something about that communal

748

00:34:49,033 --> 00:34:51,911

Marc Preston: experience about being in a theater, and

749

00:34:52,292 --> 00:34:55,050

Marc Preston: some movies I think are designed to be seen

750

00:34:55,672 --> 00:34:57,608

Marc Preston: and appreciated even more on a big screen,

751

00:34:57,668 --> 00:35:00,010

Marc Preston: like Top Gun I know it's kind of a popcorn

752

00:35:00,051 --> 00:35:02,212

Marc Preston: film, but anything James Cameron does.

753

00:35:02,252 --> 00:35:05,193

Marc Preston: You know the Avatar movies, you know seeing

754

00:35:05,233 --> 00:35:07,068

Marc Preston: them in a theater is.

755

00:35:07,229 --> 00:35:09,665

Marc Preston: I think it's a very cool experience and

756

00:35:09,685 --> 00:35:13,696

Marc Preston: hopefully one that holds on for some time.

757

00:35:13,785 --> 00:35:16,814

Marc Preston: Now, going forward, I'm curious about your

758

00:35:16,854 --> 00:35:20,074

Marc Preston: opinion about current trends, things that

759

00:35:20,154 --> 00:35:22,713

Marc Preston: you like or things that maybe you would

760

00:35:22,753 --> 00:35:26,869

Marc Preston: like to see change, or something that maybe

761

00:35:26,889 --> 00:35:29,007

Marc Preston: you're not a big fan of when it comes to

762

00:35:30,111 --> 00:35:32,430

Marc Preston: making films, and things you think maybe

763

00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:33,133

Marc Preston: need an update.

764

00:35:33,626 --> 00:35:35,052

George Stevens, Jr.: I'll tell you one, Marc.

765

00:35:36,946 --> 00:35:39,573

George Stevens, Jr.: I was just saying how many benefits

766

00:35:40,545 --> 00:35:45,698

George Stevens, Jr.: streaming Netflix and Disney Plus or

767

00:35:45,738 --> 00:35:50,266

George Stevens, Jr.: whatever they call it it brings, but now

768

00:35:50,828 --> 00:35:53,214

George Stevens, Jr.: they're talking about putting advertising

769

00:35:54,165 --> 00:35:56,653

George Stevens, Jr.: into Netflix and Disney Plus.

770

00:35:57,625 --> 00:36:00,493

George Stevens, Jr.: What I had to struggle against throughout

771

00:36:00,553 --> 00:36:04,072

George Stevens, Jr.: my career was advertising, the mentality of

772

00:36:04,192 --> 00:36:07,552

George Stevens, Jr.: advertising that governed the thinking of

773

00:36:07,632 --> 00:36:10,329

George Stevens, Jr.: commercial television, which was the best

774

00:36:10,389 --> 00:36:14,686

George Stevens, Jr.: place for me to do certain of my work, and

775

00:36:15,107 --> 00:36:18,087

George Stevens, Jr.: one of the blessings of streaming is that

776

00:36:18,648 --> 00:36:21,195

George Stevens, Jr.: filmmakers have been doing wonderful work

777

00:36:21,865 --> 00:36:25,374

George Stevens, Jr.: without interruption long, sometimes

778

00:36:25,815 --> 00:36:29,731

George Stevens, Jr.: 10-part dramas, and I think it's really a

779

00:36:29,791 --> 00:36:32,871

George Stevens, Jr.: danger if we're now gonna start letting the

780

00:36:32,972 --> 00:36:36,149

George Stevens, Jr.: advertising world control and influence

781

00:36:37,493 --> 00:36:38,696

George Stevens, Jr.: that form of filmmaking.

782

00:36:39,025 --> 00:36:40,750

Marc Preston: It does seem to be a more symbiotic or a

783

00:36:40,811 --> 00:36:44,011

Marc Preston: better relationship to just pay a

784

00:36:44,051 --> 00:36:46,450

Marc Preston: subscription fee than receive your

785

00:36:46,490 --> 00:36:48,806

Marc Preston: entertainment, your content, commercial

786

00:36:48,867 --> 00:36:49,248

Marc Preston: free.

787

00:36:49,268 --> 00:36:50,372

Marc Preston: That does make a lot of sense.

788

00:36:50,705 --> 00:36:52,746

George Stevens, Jr.: It took us a long way to get there and I

789

00:36:53,248 --> 00:36:54,593

George Stevens, Jr.: don't wanna see us turn back.

790

00:36:55,005 --> 00:36:55,608

Marc Preston: Absolutely.

791

00:36:56,425 --> 00:36:59,507

Marc Preston: Now talking about your new book, a Place in

792

00:36:59,527 --> 00:37:03,551

Marc Preston: the Sun, the Memoir, I'm curious what got

793

00:37:03,571 --> 00:37:04,654

Marc Preston: you to sit down and decide?

794

00:37:04,725 --> 00:37:06,412

Marc Preston: You know, I wanna write my own book.

795

00:37:06,685 --> 00:37:08,932

Marc Preston: I wanna put this together and kind of

796

00:37:09,012 --> 00:37:12,932

Marc Preston: recount stories and kind of put it all out

797

00:37:12,992 --> 00:37:14,717

Marc Preston: there for people to read.

798

00:37:14,865 --> 00:37:17,426

Marc Preston: What was the impetus for you deciding to

799

00:37:17,567 --> 00:37:18,771

Marc Preston: write A Place in the Sun?

800

00:37:19,185 --> 00:37:23,516

George Stevens, Jr.: I was aware that I lived an exceptional

801

00:37:23,597 --> 00:37:25,931

George Stevens, Jr.: life in many respects, and with me it was

802

00:37:26,893 --> 00:37:29,450

George Stevens, Jr.: mainly a question of whether I could be

803

00:37:29,511 --> 00:37:33,976

George Stevens, Jr.: successful in making it a compelling book

804

00:37:34,466 --> 00:37:37,675

George Stevens, Jr.: and with stories that interested people.

805

00:37:38,405 --> 00:37:39,308

George Stevens, Jr.: And so it was.

806

00:37:40,430 --> 00:37:45,492

George Stevens, Jr.: And writing it, I became aware that I have

807

00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:50,071

George Stevens, Jr.: lived this blessed life where I've been

808

00:37:50,111 --> 00:37:53,206

George Stevens, Jr.: involved with so many interesting and

809

00:37:53,246 --> 00:37:55,966

George Stevens, Jr.: accomplished friends and colleagues, and

810

00:37:56,528 --> 00:37:57,431

George Stevens, Jr.: the fact that they're from the

811

00:37:57,471 --> 00:38:00,330

George Stevens, Jr.: entertainment world, from government, from

812

00:38:00,390 --> 00:38:02,176

George Stevens, Jr.: politics, from sports.

813

00:38:04,526 --> 00:38:08,923

George Stevens, Jr.: There's a richness that made me wanna tell

814

00:38:08,963 --> 00:38:11,109

George Stevens, Jr.: these stories, and many of them are

815

00:38:11,571 --> 00:38:13,717

George Stevens, Jr.: revealing, about very interesting people.

816

00:38:15,186 --> 00:38:17,273

George Stevens, Jr.: So it's nice to have it between two covers

817

00:38:18,126 --> 00:38:18,246

George Stevens, Jr.: Now.

818

00:38:18,326 --> 00:38:20,032

Marc Preston: earlier you had mentioned something about

819

00:38:20,473 --> 00:38:23,230

Marc Preston: sports writing and being intrigued by

820

00:38:24,553 --> 00:38:27,747

Marc Preston: following sports and baseball, and

821

00:38:27,887 --> 00:38:30,268

Marc Preston: naturally I've gotta ask you who is your

822

00:38:30,288 --> 00:38:31,071

Marc Preston: team growing up?

823

00:38:31,306 --> 00:38:33,754

Marc Preston: I'm assuming you're a Nationals fan right

824

00:38:33,794 --> 00:38:33,954

Marc Preston: now.

825

00:38:34,426 --> 00:38:38,783

George Stevens, Jr.: Well, I grew up on the Hollywood stars in

826

00:38:38,823 --> 00:38:40,850

George Stevens, Jr.: Los Angeles that became the Brooklyn

827

00:38:40,890 --> 00:38:44,680

George Stevens, Jr.: Dodgers and, living in Washington, I've had

828

00:38:44,861 --> 00:38:46,729

George Stevens, Jr.: some very good years with the Nationals.

829

00:38:46,809 --> 00:38:51,454

George Stevens, Jr.: That seem to have ended, but we won that

830

00:38:51,514 --> 00:38:54,089

George Stevens, Jr.: Nationals the World Series and that was a

831

00:38:54,149 --> 00:38:57,551

George Stevens, Jr.: great experience for people who have been

832

00:38:57,591 --> 00:38:59,605

George Stevens, Jr.: mostly baseball starved in Washington.

833

00:38:59,828 --> 00:39:01,968

Marc Preston: Well, I'm a Texas Rangers fan, so I'm

834

00:39:02,008 --> 00:39:03,774

Marc Preston: pretty used to being disappointed.

835

00:39:05,889 --> 00:39:09,578

Marc Preston: You know, I was curious about what your

836

00:39:09,638 --> 00:39:12,893

Marc Preston: advice would be To somebody who is looking

837

00:39:13,234 --> 00:39:16,268

Marc Preston: to become a filmmaker actor or, let's say

838

00:39:16,308 --> 00:39:19,851

Marc Preston: they already are the piece of advice or

839

00:39:19,931 --> 00:39:21,395

Marc Preston: guidance that you would offer up.

840

00:39:22,825 --> 00:39:24,572

Marc Preston: I'm going back to what you mentioned about

841

00:39:24,592 --> 00:39:26,505

Marc Preston: your father and watching him on a set and

842

00:39:26,526 --> 00:39:29,345

Marc Preston: the way he interacted with the actors and

843

00:39:29,365 --> 00:39:32,508

Marc Preston: the way he treated them, and that informed

844

00:39:32,548 --> 00:39:35,649

Marc Preston: the way you approached interacting with

845

00:39:35,769 --> 00:39:36,091

Marc Preston: actors.

846

00:39:36,805 --> 00:39:38,932

Marc Preston: What piece of advice or what pieces of

847

00:39:38,993 --> 00:39:43,254

Marc Preston: advice would you think are of value to a

848

00:39:43,314 --> 00:39:47,452

Marc Preston: modern day filmmaker or an actor and how

849

00:39:47,492 --> 00:39:49,097

Marc Preston: they can best approach their career?

850

00:39:49,405 --> 00:39:53,556

George Stevens, Jr.: I would say someone who wants to make films,

851

00:39:54,425 --> 00:39:57,935

George Stevens, Jr.: to look at the great films, the classic

852

00:39:57,975 --> 00:40:00,750

George Stevens, Jr.: films and also the new films that are

853

00:40:02,334 --> 00:40:05,050

George Stevens, Jr.: carving new ground, because all of the

854

00:40:05,130 --> 00:40:07,748

George Stevens, Jr.: lessons for filmmaking, about filmmaking,

855

00:40:07,849 --> 00:40:14,117

George Stevens, Jr.: are in those films and for both actors and

856

00:40:14,157 --> 00:40:14,659

George Stevens, Jr.: directors.

857

00:40:15,205 --> 00:40:17,445

George Stevens, Jr.: You just have to believe in yourself and

858

00:40:17,485 --> 00:40:20,068

George Stevens, Jr.: keep knocking on doors, because the

859

00:40:20,128 --> 00:40:23,165

George Stevens, Jr.: resistance to getting in a position to

860

00:40:23,246 --> 00:40:26,785

George Stevens, Jr.: making films you mentioned in passing that

861

00:40:28,430 --> 00:40:32,048

George Stevens, Jr.: I had a well-known father and it was much

862

00:40:32,128 --> 00:40:34,535

George Stevens, Jr.: easier for me to get in to see Jack Webb,

863

00:40:34,965 --> 00:40:37,647

George Stevens, Jr.: who gave me my opportunity because I was

864

00:40:37,708 --> 00:40:38,450

George Stevens, Jr.: George Stevens Jr.

865

00:40:39,385 --> 00:40:44,351

George Stevens, Jr.: But whoever you are, and once I'd had that

866

00:40:44,411 --> 00:40:47,531

George Stevens, Jr.: opportunity, I was knocking on doors to try

867

00:40:47,571 --> 00:40:49,587

George Stevens, Jr.: and get the things made that I wanted to

868

00:40:49,628 --> 00:40:50,050

George Stevens, Jr.: get made.

869

00:40:50,685 --> 00:40:53,372

George Stevens, Jr.: So believe in yourself and just keep

870

00:40:53,733 --> 00:40:57,872

George Stevens, Jr.: pushing your ideas and hoping that someday

871

00:40:58,313 --> 00:41:01,149

George Stevens, Jr.: someone will open their eyes and say, yes,

872

00:41:01,229 --> 00:41:03,389

George Stevens, Jr.: we want to do that, we're going to get the

873

00:41:03,409 --> 00:41:09,725

George Stevens, Jr.: things made we're going to be in the film.

874

00:41:09,765 --> 00:41:13,494

Marc Preston: I'm curious who right now you're enjoying

875

00:41:14,356 --> 00:41:17,489

Marc Preston: watching actors New actors, established,

876

00:41:18,132 --> 00:41:22,072

Marc Preston: either one who you'd like to watch on the

877

00:41:22,092 --> 00:41:22,574

Marc Preston: big screen?

878

00:41:25,327 --> 00:41:27,126

George Stevens, Jr.: There's so many, but I don't think there's

879

00:41:27,186 --> 00:41:31,968

George Stevens, Jr.: that handful of stars, and it's interesting

880

00:41:31,988 --> 00:41:33,752

George Stevens, Jr.: because with so many independent films

881

00:41:34,293 --> 00:41:35,175

George Stevens, Jr.: there are new people.

882

00:41:36,685 --> 00:41:40,633

George Stevens, Jr.: There used to be what nine major movie

883

00:41:40,653 --> 00:41:42,437

George Stevens, Jr.: stars or the ten top movie stars.

884

00:41:43,025 --> 00:41:46,371

George Stevens, Jr.: Now it's all across the board and lesser

885

00:41:46,412 --> 00:41:50,319

George Stevens, Jr.: known people are doing great work.

886

00:41:50,926 --> 00:41:52,270

Marc Preston: Yeah, it's kind of like what you mentioned

887

00:41:52,290 --> 00:41:53,754

Marc Preston: before with streaming.

888

00:41:54,985 --> 00:41:56,309

Marc Preston: There are just simply more opportunities

889

00:41:56,469 --> 00:42:01,164

Marc Preston: for people to get projects out and it's

890

00:42:01,505 --> 00:42:03,190

Marc Preston: pretty much impossible to see everything

891

00:42:03,230 --> 00:42:04,594

Marc Preston: that's coming out now.

892

00:42:05,005 --> 00:42:08,735

Marc Preston: So there are so many great projects and I

893

00:42:08,815 --> 00:42:12,765

Marc Preston: think that it's not like the days gone by

894

00:42:13,086 --> 00:42:15,553

Marc Preston: when there were bigger barriers to getting

895

00:42:15,594 --> 00:42:16,055

Marc Preston: into film.

896

00:42:16,405 --> 00:42:18,151

Marc Preston: Now there are simply so many venues that

897

00:42:18,211 --> 00:42:21,823

Marc Preston: it's a little easier for, I think, people

898

00:42:21,843 --> 00:42:24,851

Marc Preston: to percolate up and show up on screen that

899

00:42:24,892 --> 00:42:25,714

Marc Preston: really have the talent.

900

00:42:26,945 --> 00:42:29,692

Marc Preston: Now, as far as your book goes, it's

901

00:42:29,732 --> 00:42:30,354

Marc Preston: available now.

902

00:42:30,635 --> 00:42:32,510

Marc Preston: I'm assuming it's already been released.

903

00:42:33,345 --> 00:42:35,893

Marc Preston: My place in the sun is available right now,

904

00:42:35,953 --> 00:42:36,274

Marc Preston: correct?

905

00:42:36,845 --> 00:42:36,925

Marc Preston: In?

906

00:42:36,965 --> 00:42:39,871

George Stevens, Jr.: bookstores and you can find it on the

907

00:42:39,911 --> 00:42:42,977

George Stevens, Jr.: internet and we've been having a wonderful

908

00:42:43,037 --> 00:42:43,518

George Stevens, Jr.: response.

909

00:42:44,786 --> 00:42:49,314

George Stevens, Jr.: I did an event at Politics and Pros last

910

00:42:49,335 --> 00:42:51,238

George Stevens, Jr.: Tuesday with Michael Beschloss, the great

911

00:42:51,278 --> 00:42:51,839

George Stevens, Jr.: historian.

912

00:42:52,566 --> 00:42:55,192

George Stevens, Jr.: I'm moderating it and Thomas Friedman

913

00:42:55,212 --> 00:42:55,693

George Stevens, Jr.: interviewed it.

914

00:42:56,354 --> 00:42:59,266

George Stevens, Jr.: And I'm going to be doing the 92nd Street Y

915

00:42:59,667 --> 00:43:02,312

George Stevens, Jr.: in New York with Tom Brokaw on June 5th,

916

00:43:02,713 --> 00:43:04,997

George Stevens, Jr.: which will be both in-person and virtual.

917

00:43:05,685 --> 00:43:08,593

George Stevens, Jr.: So I'm having a very good time kind of

918

00:43:08,633 --> 00:43:12,063

George Stevens, Jr.: telling these stories and getting the

919

00:43:12,103 --> 00:43:14,690

George Stevens, Jr.: reaction from people to this book that I

920

00:43:15,111 --> 00:43:16,776

George Stevens, Jr.: spent a good deal of time putting together.

921

00:43:17,186 --> 00:43:17,727

Marc Preston: You know something.

922

00:43:18,189 --> 00:43:21,760

Marc Preston: I so appreciate you taking time out to chat

923

00:43:21,821 --> 00:43:23,726

Marc Preston: with me and sharing your stories.

924

00:43:25,149 --> 00:43:28,756

Marc Preston: And as we wrap up, I always love asking my

925

00:43:28,796 --> 00:43:30,907

Marc Preston: seven questions, just kind of a little

926

00:43:30,987 --> 00:43:33,866

Marc Preston: extra get to know you and the first

927

00:43:33,926 --> 00:43:36,452

Marc Preston: question I always like to ask is what is

928

00:43:36,472 --> 00:43:37,855

Marc Preston: your favorite comfort food?

929

00:43:39,485 --> 00:43:41,870

Marc Preston: That thing that you just really enjoy just

930

00:43:42,030 --> 00:43:42,992

Marc Preston: doesn't have to be good for you.

931

00:43:43,594 --> 00:43:45,598

Marc Preston: You know what do you like to eat.

932

00:43:45,885 --> 00:43:47,612

Marc Preston: What is that kind of go-to comfort food for

933

00:43:47,652 --> 00:43:47,732

Marc Preston: you?

934

00:43:48,045 --> 00:43:51,033

George Stevens, Jr.: Yes, well, I'm trying to avoid all of that

935

00:43:51,113 --> 00:43:51,374

George Stevens, Jr.: stuff.

936

00:43:52,825 --> 00:43:58,272

George Stevens, Jr.: I guess I like a little popcorn with my

937

00:43:58,732 --> 00:43:59,233

George Stevens, Jr.: streaming.

938

00:44:01,436 --> 00:44:03,220

Marc Preston: Well, absolutely, that's still pretty

939

00:44:03,260 --> 00:44:03,661

Marc Preston: healthy.

940

00:44:03,822 --> 00:44:06,488

Marc Preston: I know that anytime I have any and I'm

941

00:44:06,528 --> 00:44:08,920

Marc Preston: watching a movie, my golden retriever finds

942

00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,987

Marc Preston: a way next to me because he always gets at

943

00:44:12,027 --> 00:44:12,837

Marc Preston: least a few kernels.

944

00:44:14,082 --> 00:44:15,850

Marc Preston: Now the next question I have for you if

945

00:44:15,870 --> 00:44:17,437

Marc Preston: you're going to sit down and have a cup of

946

00:44:17,477 --> 00:44:19,125

Marc Preston: coffee, let's say you've got three people

947

00:44:19,185 --> 00:44:21,295

Marc Preston: who are going to be sitting down having

948

00:44:21,395 --> 00:44:23,980

Marc Preston: coffee with you and it can be anybody.

949

00:44:24,621 --> 00:44:27,848

Marc Preston: Who would you like to sit down and share a

950

00:44:27,928 --> 00:44:29,498

Marc Preston: conversation with for a few hours?

951

00:44:30,020 --> 00:44:31,084

Marc Preston: Who are those three people?

952

00:44:31,456 --> 00:44:33,623

George Stevens, Jr.: Sidney Poitier, Robert Kennedy and Martin

953

00:44:33,663 --> 00:44:33,924

George Stevens, Jr.: Luther.

954

00:44:33,964 --> 00:44:34,265

Marc Preston: King.

955

00:44:34,656 --> 00:44:35,918

Marc Preston: Very good, that sounds like actually a

956

00:44:35,999 --> 00:44:38,164

Marc Preston: wonderful, wonderful conversation.

957

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Marc Preston: Now I'm curious with your time in

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Marc Preston: Washington and with John F Kennedy, did you

959

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Marc Preston: have an opportunity to spend time with or

960

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Marc Preston: converse with Robert Kennedy?

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George Stevens, Jr.: Yes, I've read a great deal in the book

962

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George Stevens, Jr.: about Robert Kennedy, who I was close to

963

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George Stevens, Jr.: and I admired greatly, and I would say that,

964

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George Stevens, Jr.: having endured the tragedy of President

965

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George Stevens, Jr.: Kennedy's murder, I think that Bobby's

966

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George Stevens, Jr.: death was of even more consequence because

967

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George Stevens, Jr.: we had survived John Kennedy assassination

968

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George Stevens, Jr.: and I really think Bobby was the person who

969

00:45:21,951 --> 00:45:23,376

George Stevens, Jr.: could have brought this country together

970

00:45:23,436 --> 00:45:29,024

George Stevens, Jr.: his comfort with working people, with

971

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George Stevens, Jr.: minorities, with young people, and he was

972

00:45:33,336 --> 00:45:37,729

George Stevens, Jr.: just such an accomplished and had great

973

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George Stevens, Jr.: ideals.

974

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Marc Preston: You know, that's so wonderful that you have

975

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Marc Preston: had the opportunity to speak with and

976

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Marc Preston: interact with a number of just really key

977

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Marc Preston: cultural political figures in history, and

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Marc Preston: I'm very much looking forward to reading

979

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Marc Preston: your book, because hearing more of these or

980

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Marc Preston: reading more about these stories has got to

981

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Marc Preston: be a real treat.

982

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Marc Preston: Now the next question I have for you and

983

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Marc Preston: this is, of course, interesting because

984

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Marc Preston: you've had the opportunity to work with

985

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Marc Preston: such a constellation of people and meet

986

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Marc Preston: them Coming up who was your celebrity crush?

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George Stevens, Jr.: I was asked this on another discussion and

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George Stevens, Jr.: having seen my first time on a sound stage

989

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George Stevens, Jr.: was at RKO when I was 12 years old, seeing

990

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George Stevens, Jr.: Irene Dunn and Carrie Grant getting on a

991

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George Stevens, Jr.: train in Penny's Aranaid.

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George Stevens, Jr.: So seeing movie stars never kind of gave

993

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George Stevens, Jr.: that rush to me, even though you know Jimmy

994

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George Stevens, Jr.: Dean, elizabeth Taylor and all these people

995

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George Stevens, Jr.: became friends.

996

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George Stevens, Jr.: And I was asked, you know, and I said I

997

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George Stevens, Jr.: didn't have a good answer for what movie

998

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George Stevens, Jr.: star affected me with that tickle on my

999

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George Stevens, Jr.: neck.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And then I came back three minutes later

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George Stevens, Jr.: and I said I will tell you who my person

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George Stevens, Jr.: for that was and it was John Fitzgerald

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George Stevens, Jr.: Kennedy.

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George Stevens, Jr.: The first time I saw him in a room up close,

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George Stevens, Jr.: it was the era of black and white

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George Stevens, Jr.: television and to see him come through the

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George Stevens, Jr.: door in black tie on a wintry night and he

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George Stevens, Jr.: just walked within three feet of me but we

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George Stevens, Jr.: didn't talk.

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George Stevens, Jr.: But that was as charismatic a figure as I

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George Stevens, Jr.: have met and Muhammad Ali is somewhere in

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George Stevens, Jr.: that class.

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Marc Preston: You know, that's such a very interesting

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Marc Preston: point.

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Marc Preston: In an era where everything on film, on

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Marc Preston: television, it's going to be black and

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Marc Preston: white, everybody you meet through there,

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Marc Preston: not only in person, but in full living

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Marc Preston: color, that it's like seeing them really

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Marc Preston: for the first time in a way.

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Marc Preston: You know, growing up in an era of color

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Marc Preston: television and film, you know, didn't it

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Marc Preston: probably is not as poignant of an

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Marc Preston: experience as you probably had a number of

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Marc Preston: times Now.

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Marc Preston: The next question is now if you're going to

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Marc Preston: go, let's say, for a full year, to a

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Marc Preston: beautiful exotic island but you don't have

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Marc Preston: internet, no streaming, and you do have a

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Marc Preston: DVD player and a CD player and you can

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Marc Preston: bring one album with you and you can bring

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Marc Preston: one movie on DVD with you, what would that

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Marc Preston: album be and what would that movie be for

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Marc Preston: you?

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George Stevens, Jr.: Well, I'm going to be alone on the island.

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George Stevens, Jr.: I think I'll bring the the, the the

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00:48:39,453 --> 00:48:42,739

George Stevens, Jr.: Lientine Prices collection of arias,

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00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,324

George Stevens, Jr.: because I think it will be very soothing

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George Stevens, Jr.: and moving.

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George Stevens, Jr.: And boy, you put one on the spot with a DVD,

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00:48:53,766 --> 00:48:55,774

George Stevens, Jr.: because it is something I want to see over

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00:48:55,814 --> 00:48:56,576

George Stevens, Jr.: and over again.

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00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,387

George Stevens, Jr.: I'm afraid that that would have to be my

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00:49:01,467 --> 00:49:02,930

George Stevens, Jr.: father's film Shane.

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00:49:04,334 --> 00:49:06,839

George Stevens, Jr.: I can watch it from beginning to end and

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00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,466

George Stevens, Jr.: never, never, not want to go back and see

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George Stevens, Jr.: it again.

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Marc Preston: Speaking of those older movies, especially

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00:49:14,244 --> 00:49:16,452

Marc Preston: when they made the transition to color,

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00:49:17,075 --> 00:49:17,898

Marc Preston: there was something about the

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00:49:17,918 --> 00:49:21,692

Marc Preston: cinematography that was unique to the era.

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00:49:21,853 --> 00:49:24,099

Marc Preston: You know, thinking of films kind of like

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00:49:25,121 --> 00:49:26,705

Marc Preston: Lawrence of Arabia, for instance.

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00:49:27,126 --> 00:49:28,856

George Stevens, Jr.: Just there was something kind of grand and

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1055

00:49:28,997 --> 00:49:32,824

George Stevens, Jr.: unique and Lawrence of Arabia would would

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1056

00:49:32,864 --> 00:49:34,488

George Stevens, Jr.: be on my list for that island.

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00:49:36,297 --> 00:49:37,580

Marc Preston: Oh, that would definitely be a good one.

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00:49:38,241 --> 00:49:41,828

Marc Preston: Now the next question I have for you is if,

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00:49:42,409 --> 00:49:45,768

Marc Preston: from the moment you wake up until you put

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00:49:45,808 --> 00:49:47,374

Marc Preston: your head down on the pillow at night, if

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1061

00:49:47,394 --> 00:49:49,559

Marc Preston: you were to define what a perfect day would

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1062

00:49:49,599 --> 00:49:52,846

Marc Preston: be for you, you know what are the component

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1063

00:49:52,907 --> 00:49:54,957

Marc Preston: parts of that perfect day.

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00:49:56,238 --> 00:49:58,742

George Stevens, Jr.: To get up to have something challenging to

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1065

00:49:58,782 --> 00:50:06,237

George Stevens, Jr.: do that I'm working on to give my best

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1066

00:50:06,358 --> 00:50:09,727

George Stevens, Jr.: effort to that through the day and at four

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1067

00:50:09,767 --> 00:50:13,517

George Stevens, Jr.: o'clock go play nine holes of golf,

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00:50:14,980 --> 00:50:18,727

George Stevens, Jr.: preferably at the national golf links in

Speaker:
1069

00:50:18,788 --> 00:50:22,495

George Stevens, Jr.: Southampton, and have dinner with my wife

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1070

00:50:22,715 --> 00:50:24,499

George Stevens, Jr.: of 57 years.

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00:50:25,340 --> 00:50:29,689

George Stevens, Jr.: The last line in my book is that I have

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1072

00:50:30,090 --> 00:50:33,636

George Stevens, Jr.: lived a glorious life in the company of a

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1073

00:50:33,696 --> 00:50:36,221

George Stevens, Jr.: woman who, in the Stevens vernacular,

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1074

00:50:36,963 --> 00:50:39,187

George Stevens, Jr.: stands the test of time with grace and

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1075

00:50:39,227 --> 00:50:42,221

George Stevens, Jr.: beauty, and having dinner with Liz is my

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1076

00:50:42,342 --> 00:50:43,405

George Stevens, Jr.: enduring prize.

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00:50:44,167 --> 00:50:44,970

Marc Preston: That is wonderful.

Speaker:
1078

00:50:45,211 --> 00:50:45,752

Marc Preston: We should all.

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1079

00:50:45,773 --> 00:50:47,418

Marc Preston: We should all be so lucky.

Speaker:
1080

00:50:49,163 --> 00:50:51,029

Marc Preston: Now the next question you use somewhat

Speaker:
1081

00:50:51,049 --> 00:50:53,838

Marc Preston: alluded to it earlier, but if you were not

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1082

00:50:53,919 --> 00:50:56,370

Marc Preston: doing what you're doing for a living and if

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1083

00:50:56,430 --> 00:50:58,999

Marc Preston: you didn't have the career you had, what

Speaker:
1084

00:50:59,681 --> 00:51:03,211

Marc Preston: would be the alternate vocation for you?

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1085

00:51:03,331 --> 00:51:04,815

Marc Preston: What would be the other thing that you

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1086

00:51:04,856 --> 00:51:06,481

Marc Preston: would have liked to have done or that you

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1087

00:51:06,501 --> 00:51:07,524

Marc Preston: would like to do for a living?

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1088

00:51:09,358 --> 00:51:09,959

George Stevens, Jr.: Well, I don't.

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1089

00:51:10,260 --> 00:51:12,164

George Stevens, Jr.: I am a person of high aspiration and I

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1090

00:51:12,224 --> 00:51:12,625

George Stevens, Jr.: don't know.

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1091

00:51:13,286 --> 00:51:15,077

George Stevens, Jr.: I certainly know I don't have the talent to

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1092

00:51:15,137 --> 00:51:19,566

George Stevens, Jr.: be a tour golfer or an opera singer.

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1093

00:51:20,968 --> 00:51:25,137

George Stevens, Jr.: So I think I would disappoint you by saying

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1094

00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:28,286

George Stevens, Jr.: I really think I found my path and I'm very

Speaker:
1095

00:51:28,386 --> 00:51:32,197

George Stevens, Jr.: fortunate that I ended up on a road where I

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1096

00:51:32,257 --> 00:51:36,827

George Stevens, Jr.: had some capacity to achieve and excel.

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1097

00:51:37,716 --> 00:51:40,642

Marc Preston: I mean, that's the goal and aspiration I

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1098

00:51:40,682 --> 00:51:42,666

Marc Preston: think we all have is to end up doing that

Speaker:
1099

00:51:42,746 --> 00:51:44,837

Marc Preston: thing, especially if we can do it for a

Speaker:
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00:51:44,877 --> 00:51:47,964

Marc Preston: living that we love and that we have an

Speaker:
1101

00:51:48,045 --> 00:51:48,746

Marc Preston: aptitude to do.

Speaker:
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00:51:49,435 --> 00:51:52,006

Marc Preston: Now the last question I have for you, going

Speaker:
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00:51:52,026 --> 00:51:53,814

Marc Preston: to make a back to the future reference.

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1104

00:51:53,874 --> 00:51:55,859

Marc Preston: Let's say you jumped into a DeLorean and

Speaker:
1105

00:51:55,879 --> 00:51:58,925

Marc Preston: you have two minutes with 16 year old you.

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1106

00:51:59,527 --> 00:52:02,100

Marc Preston: You have an opportunity to convey some

Speaker:
1107

00:52:02,281 --> 00:52:05,852

Marc Preston: advice, some wisdom, guidance to put you

Speaker:
1108

00:52:06,153 --> 00:52:07,899

Marc Preston: younger, you want a better path or to make

Speaker:
1109

00:52:07,979 --> 00:52:09,846

Marc Preston: life even a notch better.

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1110

00:52:10,528 --> 00:52:12,816

Marc Preston: What is that bit of advice you would want

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00:52:12,856 --> 00:52:15,704

Marc Preston: to offer to your 16 year old self?

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1112

00:52:16,755 --> 00:52:21,083

George Stevens, Jr.: I would have liked to have been advised in

Speaker:
1113

00:52:21,123 --> 00:52:26,233

George Stevens, Jr.: a persuasive way to concentrate more and

Speaker:
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00:52:27,014 --> 00:52:30,723

George Stevens, Jr.: study more in school and have more

Speaker:
1115

00:52:30,803 --> 00:52:31,565

George Stevens, Jr.: curiosity.

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1116

00:52:32,226 --> 00:52:35,334

George Stevens, Jr.: I developed it later, but that would have

Speaker:
1117

00:52:35,394 --> 00:52:37,138

George Stevens, Jr.: advice would have been very helpful to me

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1118

00:52:38,662 --> 00:52:40,106

George Stevens, Jr.: when I was 14.

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00:52:40,675 --> 00:52:41,177

Marc Preston: You know it's funny.

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00:52:41,218 --> 00:52:43,650

Marc Preston: I think that applies to all of us that

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00:52:43,730 --> 00:52:45,878

Marc Preston: entered into a creative field, or many of

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1122

00:52:45,979 --> 00:52:46,059

Marc Preston: us.

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00:52:47,423 --> 00:52:50,071

Marc Preston: I think the thing that makes us thrive

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1124

00:52:50,171 --> 00:52:52,457

Marc Preston: creatively isn't the thing that necessarily

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1125

00:52:52,919 --> 00:52:54,763

Marc Preston: helps an algebra class.

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00:52:55,726 --> 00:52:58,894

Marc Preston: But, george, thank you so much for taking

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1127

00:52:58,954 --> 00:53:02,161

Marc Preston: time to talk story and this has been a real

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1128

00:53:02,743 --> 00:53:03,885

Marc Preston: pleasure and treat.

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00:53:04,326 --> 00:53:07,899

Marc Preston: Without a doubt, the new book again is my

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00:53:07,959 --> 00:53:11,145

Marc Preston: Place in the Sun and I think everybody

Speaker:
1131

00:53:11,165 --> 00:53:11,786

Marc Preston: should go pick it up.

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00:53:14,155 --> 00:53:16,383

Marc Preston: I'm looking forward to being able to tap

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1133

00:53:16,463 --> 00:53:18,932

Marc Preston: into more of your history and the

Speaker:
1134

00:53:19,052 --> 00:53:22,103

Marc Preston: experiences you've had and just generally

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1135

00:53:22,204 --> 00:53:24,070

Marc Preston: kind of walk in your shoes for a brief

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00:53:24,130 --> 00:53:24,411

Marc Preston: moment.

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00:53:24,632 --> 00:53:26,879

Marc Preston: I wish you nothing but the best and best of

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00:53:26,939 --> 00:53:28,765

Marc Preston: luck with the release of your book.

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1139

00:53:29,636 --> 00:53:30,619

Marc Preston: Great Marc, my pleasure.

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00:53:33,178 --> 00:53:34,260

Marc Preston: Well, there you go.

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00:53:34,421 --> 00:53:37,750

Marc Preston: Hollywood legend George Stevens Jr.

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00:53:38,131 --> 00:53:40,477

Marc Preston: What an interesting gentleman to speak with

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00:53:40,738 --> 00:53:44,951

Marc Preston: and his new book, my Place in the Sun, well

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1144

00:53:44,991 --> 00:53:45,673

Marc Preston: worth picking up.

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00:53:46,094 --> 00:53:47,437

Marc Preston: I mean, we had what is this about?

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1146

00:53:47,477 --> 00:53:50,584

Marc Preston: An hour chatting and we only, I feel,

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1147

00:53:50,845 --> 00:53:53,077

Marc Preston: scratched the surface on the stories he has

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00:53:53,117 --> 00:53:55,823

Marc Preston: to tell Again, my Place in the Sun.

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1149

00:53:56,464 --> 00:53:58,896

Marc Preston: I'm going to be reading this because after

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00:53:58,956 --> 00:54:01,762

Marc Preston: today I've got a real appetite for the

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00:54:01,822 --> 00:54:04,848

Marc Preston: stories Mr Stevens has to tell Again.

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00:54:04,908 --> 00:54:06,550

Marc Preston: Thank you, by the way for coming and

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1153

00:54:06,590 --> 00:54:09,152

Marc Preston: checking out Story and Craft, and I've been

Speaker:
1154

00:54:09,172 --> 00:54:10,699

Marc Preston: getting some really wonderful messages.

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1155

00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:13,149

Marc Preston: I appreciate it If I have not had the

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1156

00:54:13,229 --> 00:54:16,034

Marc Preston: opportunity to reply and say thank you.

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00:54:16,219 --> 00:54:19,341

Marc Preston: In your email inbox your message is coming

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00:54:19,526 --> 00:54:20,193

Marc Preston: Hang tight.

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00:54:20,378 --> 00:54:22,173

Marc Preston: I've been getting a lot of wonderful

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00:54:22,515 --> 00:54:24,441

Marc Preston: messages about the show, so thank you.

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00:54:25,675 --> 00:54:26,980

Marc Preston: This week, another great show.

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00:54:27,583 --> 00:54:29,651

Marc Preston: I'm planning plotting and stirring up

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00:54:29,711 --> 00:54:32,642

Marc Preston: mischief All for you for what we do every

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00:54:32,702 --> 00:54:35,050

Marc Preston: week right here on Story and Craft.

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00:54:35,191 --> 00:54:36,295

Marc Preston: And, once again, the website

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Marc Preston: wwwstoryandcraftpod.com.

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Marc Preston: I still say www.

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