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'On the Big Screen'

Aired November 14, 2003 - 10:50   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Lots of yelling, lots of ships, lots of explosions. That's coming from Russell Crowe's new film, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." He is hoping the sea epic will sail to the top of the box office this weekend, but it is facing some stiff competition. We called on our own master and commander of the movie world, Russ Leatherman, also known as Mr. Moviefone, with our weekend movie preview.
Russ, good morning.

RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": Hey, happy Friday, Miss Kagan.

KAGAN: Well, thank you so much.

What do you think about this movie, "Master and Commander?"

LEATHERMAN: Well, this is a big budget action-adventure movie for grown-ups, I think. It's funny because the studio, it seems like they are sort of trying to sell it as a "Pirates of the Caribbean," lots of battle sequences, lots of adventure. It's really not that. There are a couple of really very cool battle sequences, and I like the fact that they are using real stunts and not a bunch of CGI effects, but it's more a story about him, about the guys on his ship. As you probably know, he play a British commander who is chasing around A French ship, that is also chasing him around. And there are a couple, like I said, really fantastic battle sequences. But the story is more about him and the characters on the ship.

Paul Betny (ph) stars as the medical doctor on the ship and their relationship, and what it's like being on the boat. So if you're looking for nonstop action adventure, probably not the movie. But if you can deal with the more sort of subtle stuff in the character development and all of that, it's in a pretty amazing movie, and he's an amazing actor. But you sort of have to have a taste for it.

KAGAN: Yes. OK, let's move on.

LEATHERMAN: You clearly don't.

KAGAN: Next. Although there's some women here who really love that bad boy part of Russell Crowe that they will be going to that. Let's move on.

Let's talk about "Looney Tunes." We have a clip, let's watch.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: What's up, doc?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: Well that was a quick clip.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Yes, he always comes back. I just tell them how much I need him. We hug, we cry, I drop something heavy on him, I laugh.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: The duck is history, OK? I'm trying to be nice, but I was brought in to leverage your synergy, and I'm not going to let you or some wacky duck.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Daffy.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: Wacky, daffy, nutty fruitcake, crispy over rice. It doesn't matter.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Well, these matter, and this. And they say we get Daffy back, right, boys?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: Very cute. Bugs bunny, Jenna Elfman. I'm reminded of "Roger Rabbit" by seeing the humans and the cartoons interact.

LEATHERMAN: By the way, I'm not convinced that it works. I'm not convinced you can put 2-D characters with humans and really have anything that's even sort of believable in cartoon world, because the characters are sort of looking off in Never Neverland and you don't know what's happening. I sat in a theater of 300 prepubescent kids, and even they couldn't focus on this movie. I saw it. I have no idea what the movie is about, the plot of the movie. It's really just gag after gag after gag after gag. So I think the little kids, you know, it might keep their interest just because it moves so fast, but it's not like "Elf," where you can take the kids and really love the movie with them, and it's for all ages. I think the younger kids are going to like this movie. I don't know about the adults.

KAGAN: So if you need a kids movie, stick to "Elf," which we talked about last week.

LEATHERMAN: Absolutely.

KAGAN: Another one that is coming out, Tupac, about Tupac Shakur.

LEATHERMAN: Tupac Shakur, This is another documentary. I think this is the third one. This one is authorize by his mother. She co- produced it, and it is really sort of a fascinating story, because if you can listen in the background, you actually hear him sort of narrating it himself, and he sort of talks about the fact he knew he was going to die when, et cetera, et cetera. I thought it was pretty fascinating. I didn't know that much about the guy, but it really kind shows what his life was about, why he became what he became. And I thought it was a fascinating character study. So if you get a chance, go check it out. You'll probably like its.

KAGAN: OK. Appreciate the tip.

LEATHERMAN: OK. So have a great weekend, Daryn. Go see some movies.

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Aired November 14, 2003 - 10:50   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Lots of yelling, lots of ships, lots of explosions. That's coming from Russell Crowe's new film, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." He is hoping the sea epic will sail to the top of the box office this weekend, but it is facing some stiff competition. We called on our own master and commander of the movie world, Russ Leatherman, also known as Mr. Moviefone, with our weekend movie preview.
Russ, good morning.

RUSS LEATHERMAN, "MR. MOVIEFONE": Hey, happy Friday, Miss Kagan.

KAGAN: Well, thank you so much.

What do you think about this movie, "Master and Commander?"

LEATHERMAN: Well, this is a big budget action-adventure movie for grown-ups, I think. It's funny because the studio, it seems like they are sort of trying to sell it as a "Pirates of the Caribbean," lots of battle sequences, lots of adventure. It's really not that. There are a couple of really very cool battle sequences, and I like the fact that they are using real stunts and not a bunch of CGI effects, but it's more a story about him, about the guys on his ship. As you probably know, he play a British commander who is chasing around A French ship, that is also chasing him around. And there are a couple, like I said, really fantastic battle sequences. But the story is more about him and the characters on the ship.

Paul Betny (ph) stars as the medical doctor on the ship and their relationship, and what it's like being on the boat. So if you're looking for nonstop action adventure, probably not the movie. But if you can deal with the more sort of subtle stuff in the character development and all of that, it's in a pretty amazing movie, and he's an amazing actor. But you sort of have to have a taste for it.

KAGAN: Yes. OK, let's move on.

LEATHERMAN: You clearly don't.

KAGAN: Next. Although there's some women here who really love that bad boy part of Russell Crowe that they will be going to that. Let's move on.

Let's talk about "Looney Tunes." We have a clip, let's watch.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: What's up, doc?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: Well that was a quick clip.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Yes, he always comes back. I just tell them how much I need him. We hug, we cry, I drop something heavy on him, I laugh.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: The duck is history, OK? I'm trying to be nice, but I was brought in to leverage your synergy, and I'm not going to let you or some wacky duck.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Daffy.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: Wacky, daffy, nutty fruitcake, crispy over rice. It doesn't matter.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Well, these matter, and this. And they say we get Daffy back, right, boys?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: Very cute. Bugs bunny, Jenna Elfman. I'm reminded of "Roger Rabbit" by seeing the humans and the cartoons interact.

LEATHERMAN: By the way, I'm not convinced that it works. I'm not convinced you can put 2-D characters with humans and really have anything that's even sort of believable in cartoon world, because the characters are sort of looking off in Never Neverland and you don't know what's happening. I sat in a theater of 300 prepubescent kids, and even they couldn't focus on this movie. I saw it. I have no idea what the movie is about, the plot of the movie. It's really just gag after gag after gag after gag. So I think the little kids, you know, it might keep their interest just because it moves so fast, but it's not like "Elf," where you can take the kids and really love the movie with them, and it's for all ages. I think the younger kids are going to like this movie. I don't know about the adults.

KAGAN: So if you need a kids movie, stick to "Elf," which we talked about last week.

LEATHERMAN: Absolutely.

KAGAN: Another one that is coming out, Tupac, about Tupac Shakur.

LEATHERMAN: Tupac Shakur, This is another documentary. I think this is the third one. This one is authorize by his mother. She co- produced it, and it is really sort of a fascinating story, because if you can listen in the background, you actually hear him sort of narrating it himself, and he sort of talks about the fact he knew he was going to die when, et cetera, et cetera. I thought it was pretty fascinating. I didn't know that much about the guy, but it really kind shows what his life was about, why he became what he became. And I thought it was a fascinating character study. So if you get a chance, go check it out. You'll probably like its.

KAGAN: OK. Appreciate the tip.

LEATHERMAN: OK. So have a great weekend, Daryn. Go see some movies.

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