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Rich, Michael - President and CEO
BACK TO THE FORUM. I'M NOT THE ONE YOU'LL BE APPLAUDING FOR. YOU KNOW WE HAVE PUBLIC EVENTS, PUBLIC FORUMS IN OUR HEADQUARTERS CAMPUS ABOUT ONCE ...
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| 00:01:44 |
Lynton, Michael - Chairman and CEO
SHEEN. >> FIGS OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. I DON'T DO THIS FOR A LIVE SOG YOU'RE...
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| 00:02:34 |
Nevins, David - President
THE SHOWS "HOMELAND" AND "THE QUEEN." WHERE DID THOSE COME FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE? >> "24" CAME FROM A BASIC IDEA, TWO WRITERS. JOEL SAID IT WAS...
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| 00:05:07 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
AND WENT ON TWO OR THREE WEEKS AFTER 9/11. >> IT CERTAINLY CHANGED THE WAY WE VIEWED THE SHOW. IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT ITSELF PAT RO MOIN WASN'T BORN...
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| 00:07:34 |
Nevins, David - President
IN THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED IN HIS ORIGINAL IT RATION. >> IT'S A VERY RULLCHURELLY RESSNANT STORY IN ISRAEL AND EVERYONE HAS A PERSONAL CONNECTION...
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| 00:08:58 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
OUR SECURITY? AND THESE ARE THE CHARACTERS WE CREATED TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. >> AND MICHAEL, WITH "THE QUEEN" WHAT PROMPTED THAT? DECPWHRIT CAME...
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| 00:12:16 |
Lynton, Michael - Chairman and CEO
OF. SO "THE QUEEN R QUEEN" CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE DEAL. >> WHAT DID TONY BLAIR THINK OF IT? >> NEXT QUESTION. >> I WANT TO KNOW PRESIDENT OBAMA...
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| 00:13:01 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
IS TONY BLAIR'S PERCEPTION CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THOSE FILMS OR THE QUEEN'S PERCEPTION CHANGED IN THE MINDS OF THE PUBLIC THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT "HOMELAND"...
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| 00:19:42 |
Lynton, Michael - Chairman and CEO
USED THE FILM THAT WE HAD MADE UP AS A WAY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SO IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY REVERSAL OF THINGS. >> HOWARD AND DAVID, SO WITH BOTH...
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| 00:20:03 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PARTICULARLY WITH TERISM WITH YOURSELF AND THOSE AGENCIES AND DID THEY RESPOND AT ALL TO WHAT WAS GOING ON ON IN...
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| 00:20:56 |
Nevins, David - President
WERE FANS. THEY BECAME FANS OF THE SHOW AND THEY JUST KIND OF, WE GOT CALLS FROM PEOPLE FROM THE PENTAGON AND FROM POLITICIANS. BOTH SHOWS WERE DONE...
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| 00:22:02 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MILITARY WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THESE AGENCIES WANT TO KEEP ARM'S LENGTH. AND ONCE THEY BECAME FANS -- I THINK...
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| 00:23:30 |
Lynton, Michael - Chairman and CEO
ON THE ISSUE OF TERISM IN THIS COUNTRY, "HOMELAND" AND "24" MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD AN AFFECT ON IT. TORTURE IS A VERY,
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| 00:23:45 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
VERY PROMINENT COMPONENT OF THE SHOW. AND TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU THINK THAT FILM AND THAT SHOW ENTERED INTO THE DEBATE PARTICULARLY UNDER THE BUSH...
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| 00:25:16 |
Nevins, David - President
THING. >> IT WAS A KEY ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORKER THAT JANE MAYOR WROTE AT THE HEIGHT OF "24." IT WAS A LOOK AT THE TERISM ISSUE AND ITS AFFECT ON...
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| 00:25:38 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
DONE A LOT OF STUFF IN TELEVISION POPULAR CULTURE. AND IT WAS SORT OF AN INTERESTING MOMENT FOR THE SHOW. AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER IT WAS HELPFUL OR...
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| 00:25:58 |
Nevins, David - President
PROMOTING TORTURE. THAT -- THEY SEEM TO APPROXIMATE MATE SOME SORT OF LOGICAL CONCLUSION BUT THEY DON'T. >> YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE THAT POPULAR...
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| 00:26:26 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
THE POLITICS ARE A LITTLE HARD TO FIGURE OUT. >> AS YOU SAID BEFORE, THE IDEA IF YOU CAN OFFEND EVERYBODY, YOU'VE DONE YOUR JOB. THE FACT THAT RUSH...
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| 00:26:44 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
TOO. IN "UNTHINKABLE" DID THE ISSUE OF TORTURE BECOME PART OF THE DEBATE? >> THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS ABOUT TAKING THE TICKING CLOCK SCENARIO YOU'RE...
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| 00:29:30 |
Nevins, David - President
THEY ARE TRYING TO NOT TO GET IN TROUBLE. THERE ARE AGENCIES WHO ARE BETTER ORLESS. >> I THINK MULELER BELIEVED IN THE IDEA WHICH HE SORT OF WATCHED...
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| 00:31:55 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
TO SAY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT A BUY POLAR AGENT WHO IS SLEEPING WITH AN AS LAMB I CAN RADICAL. >> IN SOME WAYS IT HIGHLIGHTS THOSE THINGS MORE IN TERMS...
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| 00:34:39 |
Lynton, Michael - Chairman and CEO
WAR WAS A DISASTER THAT NOBODY GOT. HE LEARNED SOMETHING. THAT IS AN INTERESTING GIVE AND TAKE WITH THE WHOLE THING. >> SO WE HEARD THIS AFTERNOON OR...
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| 00:35:10 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
POSITIVE EFFECT ON DIPLOMACY. HOW DO YOU THINK THE WORLD OUTSIDE VIEWING SHOWS LIKE "HOMELAND" AND "24," HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING AT ALL? >> "24"...
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| 00:35:49 |
Nevins, David - President
THINK. >> BUT IT'S SMUGGLED IN A
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| 00:35:56 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
LOT. THE ACTOR IS PERSIAN AND HAS A LOT OF CONNECTIONS IN IRAN AND HE'S BEEN TRACKING "HOMELAND" IN IRAN. >> IT IS STUNINGLY POPULAR BUT I'VE READ A...
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| 00:37:32 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
AND CULTURE HUMANIZES AND YOU CREATE SOME ESSENTIAL TRUTH ABOUT TONY BLAIR. YOU HAVE TO LOVE HIM AT SOME POINT. >> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING IN...
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| 00:37:58 |
Nevins, David - President
OF HOW YOU PORTRAY THIS KIND OF THING. >> I'M QUITE ANNOYING TO HOWARD BECAUSE I THINK I'M THE ONE PERSON KECTED TO "HOMELAND" WHO GREW UP IN D.C....
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| 00:38:39 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
THE C.I.A. IT GETS ENOUGH OF THE DETAILS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE IN THOSE SITUATIONS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I LIKE THE SHOW -- >> I THINK IT'S LESS ABOUT...
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| 00:39:38 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
IT MAKES ME GLAD IT'S NOT MY JOB JUST IMAGINING HOW TOUGH SOME OF THESE DECISIONS MUST BE MAKES YOU GRATEFUL. >> THE VERSE THAT WE SHOW IN FROST NIXON...
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| 00:42:09 |
Nevins, David - President
WILL BE WORKING ON A PIECE ABOUT MASTERS AND JOHNSON WHICH IS ABOUT REAL PEOPLE AND REAL EVENTS. >> A PIECE ABOUT MOUSE AND JOHNSON WHICH HAS NOT BEEN...
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| 00:42:51 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
MAKING WE'LL TAKE GREAT LIBERTIES WITH HISTORICAL RECORD. BUT IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING -- >> MY RULE OF THUMB IN TERMS OF PLAYING THE INDIVIDUAL...
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| 00:44:13 |
Nevins, David - President
SOMETHING WAS RECENTLY PITCHED TO ME ABOUT A VERY PROMINENT PUBLIC CONTEMPORARY FIGURES SERIES AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO DO IT. IT FELT SOMEHOW...
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| 00:45:26 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
ATTACK. >> TO DO THE OBAMA STORY WHILE HE'S IN OFFICE. >> WHICH IS WHAT YOU DID WITH TONY BLAIR. DECPWHRIT TAKES A LOT OF BALLS TO DO THAT. >> A...
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| 00:47:08 |
Q & A
ARE QUALIFIED TO PSYCH ANALYZING THEIR STUDENTS. YOU'RE STARTING TO MESS WITH PEOPLE'S PSYCHES AND HAVE YOU NO POWER TO DO IT. SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO...
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| 00:48:13 |
Nevins, David - President
NIXON AND FROST? >> WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE ON MAKING UP THINGS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES? >> I THINK THE LINE IS -- I DON'T MIND MESSING WITH HISTORY,...
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| 00:49:19 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
WORKING. >> LIKE I SAID, -- I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PETER MORGAN WHO WROTE IT BUT IN CREATING DRAMA YOU HAVE TO FIND BOTH AN ENTERTAINING...
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| 00:51:54 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
THAT'S GREAT. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CAN BE BLAMED FOR WELL, I THOUGHT THAT WAS TRUE AND IT'S NOT. IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIND THAT...
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| 00:52:53 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
NOBODY DRAWS BUT AS LONG AS YOU ARE ASKING THE QUESTIONS -- >> WE'VE NEVER ASKED THAT QUESTION. >> NEVER. >> BLAIR'S WIFE IS FAMOUSLY LEDISHES, WHERE...
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| 00:55:45 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE ABSURD, WHERE IS THAT LINE? IT'S A GRAY AREA. >> I THINK THE ANSWER TO SOMEBODY WHO WILL LOOK AT -- WATCH "24" AND SAY SEE DIDN'T...
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| 00:57:43 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
ARE PROMOTING WANTING SEXUALITY WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE? >> I FEEL MY DUTY AS AN ARTIST LIKE I SAID RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, MY ULTIMATE RESPONSE...
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| 01:00:36 |
Nevins, David - President
LBJ ON THE PHONE -- IT IS AN ARTISTIC FAILURE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. >> THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF TASTE. IS THAT AN INTERESTING ARTISTIC CHOICE? IS IT...
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| 01:06:14 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
ATN. THESE ARE ISSUES OF EDUCATION. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> RIGHT. IT IS NOW MORE OBVIOUS. >> THERE IS ONGOING BATTLE GLOBALLY. PEOPLE ARE PUTTING OUT IDEAS....
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| 01:09:33 |
Nevins, David - President
FROM SOMEONE WITH INCREDIBLE TASTE. THEY ARE BRITISH. >> I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE NOTION OF THAT BLACK PRESIDENT, ALTHOUGH HE WAS JUST A PRESIDENTIAL...
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| 01:10:11 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
THE WAY FOR BARACK OBAMA. YOU MAKE INTERESTING CHOICES. >> HE HAS A PICTURE IN HIS OFFICE -- IT IS PRESIDENT OBAMA LOOKING THIS
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| 01:10:27 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
WAY. AND THERE -- AND THEN THERE IS A PORTRAIT OF DAVID PALMER. >> BILL DID, AND THEY WILL COME. THERE -- BUILD
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| 01:10:45 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
IT, AND THEY WILL COME. IF YOU CREATE THE CONCEPT OF SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE, IT CREATES THE POSSIBILITY. THAT IS THE EXTRAORDINARY POWER...
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| 01:14:54 |
Lynton, Michael - Chairman and CEO
IS JUST A TELEVISION SHOW. >> AS THE MODERATOR, I WILL MAKE ONE COMMENT. I GREW UP IN THE NETHERLANDS. THERE ARE 19 POLITICAL PARTIES. THEY USED TO...
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| 01:16:24 |
Sheen, Michael - Actor
DOCUMENTARY FILM, TELEVISION SHOW, WHICH STANDS OUT TO YOU? >> "MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON." NO MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICS ARE, I CANNOT IMAGINE ANYONE...
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| 01:16:58 |
Gordon, Howard - Television Producer
POINT OF VIEW. I SUPPOSE THAT GETS ME EVERY TIME. >> GOOD CHOICE. >> MINE WAS "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE." IT WAS A SNAPSHOT OF AN IMAGINED AMERICA. TO THE...
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| 01:17:33 |
Nevins, David - President
WORLD, PEOPLE AT THEIR BEST. >> MY REACTION WAS OPEN " SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- WAS " SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE." I LOVE POLITICS, I LOVE THE SPORT OF FAULT --...
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| 01:18:02 |
Lynton, Michael - Chairman and CEO
I AM GOING TO CHEAT AND SAY "12 ANGRY MEN." >> ALL
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.