OR THE CITY."
I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT.
WHAT A NIGHT FOR DETROIT LAST
NIGHT AT THE FOX.
IT WAS THE HOLLYWOOD PREMIER FOR
THE MOVIE RIGHT HERE AT THE FOX
THEATRE.
AND IT WAS A VERY, VERY EXCITING
EVENT!
SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES.
THE GREAT THING WAS THAT WAS SO
EXCITING FOR ME, THIS IS THE
FIRST EVER HOLLYWOOD PREMIER AT
THE FOX AND THE VENUE WAS
PACKED!
THIS PICTURE DOESN'T DO IT
JUSTICE.
ALL THE STARS WERE HERE.
THERE'S ME.
>> Jason: RIGHT ON CUE.
>> Tati: THE VENUE IS SO
BEAUTIFUL!
THE VENUE WAS GORGEOUS.
ANTHONY MACKY RIGHT HERE WITH
THE LOCAL 4 MIC RIG THERE AND
THEN KATHRYN BIGELOW WHO MADE IT
ALL HAPPEN.
SHE TALKED ABOUT HER PASSION IN
WANTING TO MAKE THIS FILM AND IT
WAS A BIG DEAL.
AND HERE'S VIDEO FROM THE RED
CARPET.
ALL OF THE STARS WERE IN
ATTENDANCE FOR THE PREMIER.
SHE CALLED THEM OUT WHILE SHE
WAS SAYING HER HELLOs, AND HER
INTRODUCTIONS.
AND THEY WERE SITTING AMONG THE
REGULAR FOLKS.
THE ENERGY DOWNTOWN WAS ELECTRIC
AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE
FOX, LIKE I SAID.
AND THE RECOGNITION GIVEN TO
DETROIT.
>> Jason: LET'S LISTEN HERE.
>> I FEEL HONORED TO TELL THIS
STORY.
IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY THAT
NEEDS TO BE TOLD, NEEDS TO BE
SEEN AND IT NEEDS TO SEE THE
LIGHT OF DAY.
>> I THINK IT SAYS A LOT THAT
THIS MOVIE NOT ONLY PREMIERED IN
DETROIT BUT AT THE FOX THEATRE.
THIS THEATER IS A THING OF
LEGEND, NOT ONLY IN DETROIT BUT
IN AMERICA.
THERE'S SOME GREAT NAMES THAT
HAVE WALKED AND PERFORMED IN
THESE HALLOWED WALLS.
>> WE'RE STILL HAVING THE SAME
CONVERSATIONS.
IN 25 YEARS, WE COULD BE HAVING
THE SAME CONVERSATIONS.
SO A MOVIE LIKE THIS GIVES
PERSPECTIVE AND CATALYST FOR
CHANGE.
>> Jason: IT'S WEIRD TO HEAR HIM
TALK WITH HIS NATIVE ACCEPT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jason: YOU WERE THERE.
>> YES, SO NICE TO SEE HOLLYWOOD
IN DETROIT AND SEE THE TURN-OUT
FOR THIS MOVIE.
AN KID
ATHRYN BIGELOW BEING THERE.
AND YOU WERE PULLED IN.
YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE ACTUALLY
THERE.
THAT WAS GREAT.
AND SOMETHING ELSE NEAT, WHEN
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
PEOPLE ACROSS STAGE, LARRY REED,
THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER FROM
THE DRAMATICS, WAS AT THE
ALGIERS MOTEL.
AND THEY WERE GOING ON STAGE AT
THE FOX AFTER MARTHA REEVES, BUT
IT GOT CANCELED.
BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EMPTY
AUDIENCE.
AND HE CAME OUT AND GOT THE
APPLAUSE ON STAGE AT THE FOX
FROM ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT HE
MISSED OUT ON 50 YEARS AGO.
>> Tati: WOULD YOU SAY IT'S A
TOUGH MOVIE TO WATCH?
>> IT IS.
IT'S ONE LIKE YOU SAID IS SCARY.
IT IS VERY INTENSE.
BUT IT SHOWS WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED BACK THEN.
A LOT OF US WHO GREW UP IN THE
CITY OR PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WERE LED TO BELIEVE
DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THIS SHOWS
YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
>> Tati: AND THE MOVIE WAS SO
WELL MADE, SO WELL MADE, I
REALLY DID FEEL LIKE I WAS
WATCHING SOMETHING MADE IN THE
1960s, NOT SOMETHING NEW AND
CONTEMPORARY BUT --
>> Jason: AND THE FACT THEY
DIDN'T GO T TORONTO TO FILM IT.
THEY DID IT HERE.
>> AND KATHRYN BIGEL IS MAKING
A COMMITMENT TO DETROIT AND SAID
SHE WILL BE BACK HERE IN THE
FUTURE.
>> Tati: SO WHAT RETHEY SHOOTING
THIS?
IT HAD TO BE DONE HERE, A GREAT
MOVIE.
AND A GREAT CONVERSATION STARTER
FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND
ANALYZE.
IT WILL BE --
>> Chuck: AND IT'S ROLLED OUT
NOW, RIGHT?
>> A SOFT OPENING THIS WEEKEND
BUT NEXT WEEKEND IS THE BIG ONE
AND I'LL HAVE MY INTERVIEWS AND
PHOTOS.
THERE'S ME IN FRONT OF THE BIG
DETROIT SIGN ON THE RED CARPET.
>> Chuck: YOU ALWAYS TAKE THE T.
>> Tati: THEY'RE TELLING ME IN
MY EAR, A LOT OF THE MOVIE WAS
SHOT IN BOSTON.
>> Jason: IT WAS NOT SHOT HERE?
>> CERTAIN PARTS WERE BUT OTHER
PARTS WEREN'T.
>> Jason: ONE MORE TIME?
OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
>> THEY HAD THE MURALS ALL OVER
TOWN AND THEY TOOK THE PEOPLE
FROM OUT OF TOWN AROUND DETROIT
TO SEE THE MURAL DISPLAY, SO
THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE, AND MORE
FROM THE RED CARPET.
SOME OF THE CAST MEMBERS DOWN
THERE.
>> Chuck: WHO WAS ABLE TO
ATTEND?
WHO ARE ALL THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE
OF THE MEDIA?
>> CITY OFFICIALS.
>> Chuck: INVITE-ONLY OBVIOUSLY.
>> IT WAS LIKE A CLASS REUNION.
I'M WALKING PAST PEOPLE I'VE
WORKED AND KNOWN.
>> Tati: HE COULDN'T GET BUT 10
STEPS BEFORE THEY WERE STOPPING
HIM.
>> AND I HAVE TO SAY HELLO TO
SHARON AT THE FOX THEATRE.
SHE WATCHES THE SHOW EVERY
MORNING.
>> Tati: RIGHT AT THE FRONT?
HEY, SHARON!
[LAUGHTER]
>> Tati: SHE WAS A SWEETHEART.
>> A GREAT TIME LAST NIGHT AND
ALL MY FRIENDS FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY LOVED IT, LOVED DETROIT,
AND HAD A GREAT TIME!