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♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
WE'RE HERE WITH MR. TOM HANKS.
I JUST WANT TO LEAD WITH A FEW QUICK STATEMENTS.
THE THINGS MY WIFE EVIE AND I HAVE BEEN YELLINGT AT EACHOUT
INTEREST PAST WEEK.
READY, WANT TO START WITH UN.
>> RIGHT HARD RUNNER.
>> Stephen: RIGHT HARD RUNNER!
HEADING, ZERO NINE ONE, FULL SPREAD!
WE YELL THAT AT EACH OTHER CONSTANTLY.
NOW, THAT'S JUST A TEASER OR IF AUDIENCE.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE YELLING THAT AT EACH OTHER.
LET'S EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE YELLING THAT AT EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.
YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC NEW MOVIE CALLED "GREYHOUND" WHICH I
THOUGHT ORIGINALLY WAS ABOUT A BUS.
I THOUGHT TOM HANKS, BUS, I'M IN.
>> CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS WAS TAKEN.
WE COULDN'T USE THAT.
>> Stephen: TELL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND THE
WORLD -- BECAUSE THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL SHOW -- WHAT IT'S
ABOUT.
>> "GREYHOUND" IS ABOUT A CAPTAIN OF A DESTROYER ESCORT
THAT IS SHEPHERDING 37 SHIPS ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC AT THE
HEIGHT OF WORLD WAR , TWO FIGHTING OFF THE WEATHER, THE
NIGHT, NAZI SUBS, HORRIBLE FATIGUE, DECENT COFFEE BUT NO
HOT FOOD.
IT'S 88 MINUTES OF JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE IN THE HEAVING NORTH
ATLANTIC SOMEWHERE JUST AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II.
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
IF YOU LIKE TOM HANKS, IF YOU LIKE FIGHTING NAZIS, HOW ABOUT
TOM HANKS FIGHTING NAZIS?
OKAY?
THAT'S A WINNER.
>> FIGHTING NAZIS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ACTUALLY FIGHTING NAZIS.
YOUR TOM HANKS FIGHTING NAZIS.
>> I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU AND THE FABULOUS EVIE IN THAT
DIRECTION, SITTING ON AN APPLE CRATE -- THERE SHE IS!
ARE QUOTING SOME OF THE ARCANE AND YET THE SORT OF LIKE
PERCUSSIVE LANGUAGE OF THE MOVIE BECAUSE WHEN WE DELIVERED THE
FINAL FILM, SOME OF THE EXECUTIVES WONDERED WHAT SOME OF
THOSE THINGS MEANT, AND IF WE COULDN'T EXPLAIN THEM A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
>> Stephen: WHAT I LOVE IS THAT IT DIDN'T MATTER.
>> DIDN'T MATTER.
WHEN WE SAID -- THE SONAR GUY SAID TOO MANY SCREW NOISES.
THEY SAID, CAN YOU SAY PROPELLER INSTEAD OF SCREW NOISES?
WE SAID, WELL, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH.
WE'VE ALREADY SHOT IT SAYING SCREWS.
THEY SAID, IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD UNDERSTAND MORE OF THE
DANGER THAT IS AT STAKE IN YOUR MOVIE?
YOU MEAN, LIKE WE SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NAZI SUB OUT THERE,
SKIPPER, AND WE THINK IT MIGHT BE TRYING TO SINK US WITH A
TORPEDO.
YOU WANT LINES LIKE THAT?
WE'LL PUT THEM IN IF YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED IT.
BUT THEY BACKED OFF AND WE WERE ABLE TO JUST TO GO WITH THE --
YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING, I'LL TAKE THIS UP AND
START USING IT IN MY REAL LIFE --
>> Stephen: YEAH.
-- WHEN I SAY HARD LEFT RUDDER!
METER!
I LOVE THAT, METER!
IF YOU SAY METER!
THAT MEANS GO BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE.
>> Stephen: OH, NICE.
O YELLING THAT STUFF.
HERE'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE.
PIPING.
>> Stephen: PIPING.
THAT MEANS, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMPANY.
EXACTLY RIGHT, YEAH.
>> Stephen: IN THE CLIP WE SHOWED IN YOUR INTRO BEFORE THE
INTERVIEW STARRED, THE TORPEDO BARELY SKIMMING BY THE DESTROYER
THAT YOU'RE COMMANDING.
IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS WERE ON A SHIP ON THE WATER.
HOW MUCH OF THIS MOVIE WERE YOU ON AN ACTUAL BOAT, TOM HANKS?
>> WE SHOT ON BOARD FOR ABTWO WEEKS.
>> Stephen: OH, WOW.
THE U.S.S. KID, THAT IS IN THE TREACHEROUS WATERS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, RIGHT NEXT -- RIGHT NEXT TO ONE OF THE BETTER
SHOW BOAT CASINOS IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
>> Stephen: YOU COULD HAVE BEEN BOARDED BY RIVERBOAT
GAMBLERS!
( LAUGHTER ) BAT MASTERSON COULD HAVE COME ON
BOARD.
>> THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THEIR SILVER-TOP CANES AND TOP HATS
AND STUDIED OUR SHIPS FROM TAKING THE GEROTYPES FROM THE
OPPOSITE SHORE.
THAT SHIP WAS VERY WELL PRESERVED.
IT DOESN'T HAVE EXIT RAMPS AND FIRE DOORS.
BUT THE REST OF IT WAS SHOT ON A SOUND STAGE ON A VERY
COMPLICATED SET WITH EVERYBODY WORKING REALLY HARD IN
BATON ROUGE.
I DON'T WANT TO BLOW IT FOR YOU, BUT LUKE AND R2D2 REALLY WEREN'T
ON TATTOOINE.
>> Stephen: BACK WITH MORE TOM HANKS.