>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW ALREADY
IN PROGRESS HERE AT THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER.
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACADEMY AWARD WINNER
REDEMPTION" "MYSTIC RIVER" AND "CASTLE ROCK."
HE NOW STARS IN THE NEW FILM "DARK WATERS."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," TIM ROBBINS!
♪ ♪ ♪
>> IT'S BEEN SO LONG!
>> Stephen: HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?
I KNOW I INTERVIEWED YOU ON THE OLD GIG.
>> THE OLD GIG.
THE COLBERT REPORT.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED ME WHEN I WAS
ON YOUR SHOW?
>> Stephen: NOPE.
>> LET ME REMIND YOU.
>> Stephen: THERE WERE A LOT OF GUESTS.
I'M SORRY.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION?
>> YOU SAID, "WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WORK WITH CLINT EASTWOOD AND WHY
DO YOU HATE OUR TROOPS?" >> Stephen: I REMEMBER THAT
ONE.
I THINK I MODELED EVERY ACTOR I TALKED TO AFTER THAT BASED ON
YOU.
BECAUSE I ADMIRE YOU AS AN AJTOR, BUT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE
PART OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD
LIBERAL ELITE.
>> RIGHT, YEAH.
>> Stephen: CORRUPTING OUR MINDS, WARPING OUR SPINES,
LOSING THE WAR FOR THE ALLIES.
>> I KNOW, RIGHT?
BUT YOU'VE EVOLVED.
>> Stephen: HAVE I?
I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE AGED.
I'VE AGED, I KNOW THAT.
>> SO HAVE I!
>> Stephen: NO!
>> NO WAY!
SO THE SECOND TIME I WAS ON THE SHOWUE KNOW-- I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT SHOW, WHENEVER STEPHEN WOULD
COME OUT, MAKE HIS ENTRANCE, HE WOULD HIGH-FIVE THE AUDIENCE.
>> Stephen: THE GUESTS WOULD BE SEATED AND I WOULD INJURY
BECAUSE I WAS THE GUEST.
>> AFTER YOU INTRODUCED THE GUEST.
I THOUGHT WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT?
WHY IS HE THE ONLY ONE WHO GETS TO DO THAT?
SOY-- JIM, DO YOU HAVE A CLIP OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT?
>>> Stephen: WOOOO!
>> WOOOO!
>> Stephen: WOOOO!
WOOOO!
>> WOOOO!
>> Stephen: WOOOO!
WOOOO!
( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: NICELY DONE.
I HAD FORGOTTEN.
ABOUT THAT.
I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S NICE.
WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT?
THAT TOOK, LIKE, TWO MINUTES.
WE ONLY TALKED SIX MINUTES.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TALK AFTER THAT.
>> Stephen: NOW THAT I CAN TALK TO YOU IN MY OWN VOICE, NOT
MY CHARACTER VOICE, I DO MEAN IT, I DO ADMIRE YOU AS AN
ARTIST.
BUT I HAVE TO CONFESS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN "THE SHAWSHANK
REDEMPTION."
IT'S A MAJOR HOLE IN MY CULTURAL MILIEU.
BUT I DON'T EYE DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S, LIKE, YOU'RE IN THE RAIN AT ONE POINT.
AND THEN--
I KNOW THAT PART.
THERE'S RAIN AND RITA HAYWORTH OR SOMETHING LAKE THAT THERE
NTHERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO WATCH IT WITH YOU.
>> OKAY, WE WILL.
>> Stephen:IMENT TO WATCH IT WITH YOU AND MORGAN FREEMAN.
>> OH, WOW.
YOU'RE GETTING DEMANDING NOW.
>> Stephen: I AM.
I WANT TO DO A REACTION VIDEO OF ME WATCHING IT WITH YOU GUYS.
THAT WOULD BE FUN.
>> SO I HAD HEARD A RUMOR ABOUT THIS.
>> Stephen: THAT I HADN'T SEEN IT.
>> THAT YOU HADN'T SEEN IT.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU MAD?
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
I CAME PREPARED WITH SOME QUESTIONS.
ACTUALLY, A QUIZ.
>> Stephen: "THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION" QUIZ.
IS THIS LIKE A QUIZ, WHICH PRISONER AM I FROM "THE
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION."
>> NECESSARY A PRISON.
THE QUIZ IS I'M GOING TO READ SOME LINES FROM MOVIES, AND YOU
HAVE TO TELL ME WHETHER THEY ARE LINES FROM "SHAWSHANK
REDEMPTION" OR NOT.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I PROMISE YOU, I PROMISE YOU I HAVE NOT HEARD ONE LINE FROM
"THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION."
>> OKAY, GOOD.
>> Stephen: I'VE SEEN PICTURES AND THAT'S IT.
>> THIS WILL BE GOOD THEN.
>> Stephen: IT LOOKS GOOD.
>> HERE WE GO: "HOPE IS LIKE THE SUN.
IF YOU ONLY BELIEVE IT WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL NEVER MAKE IT
THROUGH THE NIGHT."
"SHAWSHANK OR NO "SHAWSHANK?" >> Stephen: "SHAWSHANK."
>> ACTUALLY, THAT'S PRINCESS LEAH.
>> Stephen: KEEP GOING.
>> IN JUST A FEW HOURS, YOU'LL BE SITTING AROUND A CAMPFIRE
WITH ANDY, MAKING DELICIOUS HOT SCHMOS."
( LAUGHTER )
STORY?" >> YES.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
OKAY.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THAT I'VE SEEN.
I'VE SEEN THAT ONE.
>> "I GUESS I JUST MISS MY FRIEND."
>> Stephen: "SHAWSHANK."
>> VERY GOOD!
( APPLAUSE )
TO DO WITH THE TIME THAT IS GIVEN US."
>> Stephen: COME ON, THAT'S GANDOLF.
>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU'RE IN MY 'HOOD.
>> "RUNNING AIN'T FREEDOM."
>> Stephen: "SHAWSHANK."
>> ACTUALLY VIN DIESEL IN "FAST FIVE."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: IT'S A FINE LINE.
IT'S A FINE LINE, SURE, SURE.
>> "I GUESS IT COMES DOWN TO A SIMPLE CHOICE, REALLY-- GET BUSY
LIVING OR GET BUSY DYING."
>> Stephen: IS THAT "TOY STORY," TOO?
WHAT'S THAT.
>> THAT'S "SHAWSHANK."
>> Stephen: "THAT'S "SHAWSHANK."
>> YOU GOT THREE.
>> Stephen: I GOT 50%.
>> YOU WIN.
>> Stephen: I WIN?
>> YOU WIN A SCREENING WITH MORGAN FREEMAN AND TIM ROBBINS.
>> Stephen: IT'S A DEAL.
IT'S A DEAL.
( APPLAUSE )
WHAT IS IT BASED ON?
>> SO IT'S BASED ON THE WORK OF-- WHAT I FEEL IS A GENUINE
AMERICAN HERO, A LAWYER NAMED ROB BELL ON THE WHO WAS WORKING
FOR A LAW FIRM TAWLD TAFT IN CINCINNATI.
AND THIS LAW FIRM, IT WAS-- IT'S-- WHAT THEY DO IS THEY
REPRESENT CORPORATE CLIMATE CLIENTS-- CHEMICAL COMPANIES.
AND ROB WAS APPROACHED BY A FAMILY FRIEND, A FARMER, WHOSE
LAND HAD BEEN POLLUTED BY DUPONT.
AND HE ASKED ROB TO TAKE ON HIS CASE.
AND IT WAS COMPLETELY AGAINST THE CULTURE OF THAT LAW FIRM FOR
ROB TO DO IT.
I PLAY THE-- ONE OF THE MANAGING PARTNERS OF THE FIRM.
AND I AGREE WITH ROB THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS.
AND I PROVIDE THE RESOURCES OF THE FIRM FOR HIM TO INVESTIGATE.
AND WHAT WE FIND OUT IS THAT IN FACT DUPONT WAS NEGLIGENT AND IN
FACT KNEW FOR YEARS THAT THEY WERE POLLUTING THE WEST VIRGINIA
AREA AROUND WHERE THEIR PLANT WAS.
AND IN FACT, THIS-- I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER IT.
IT WAS TEFLON, WHICH MANY YEARS AGO, THEY HAD A LAWSUIT AND
REALIZED THAT TEFLON WAS ACTUALLY POISONING US, AND SO
THEY GOT RID OF TEFLON.
BUT WHAT THEY DEFENSE THEY ACTUALLY REINVENTED IT, AND IT
WENT BACK INTO THE STORES UNDER A DIFFERENT BRAND NAME.
SO THIS IS THE STORY OF ROB BLOTT'S STRUGGLE FOR 20 YEARS TO
GET JUSTICE FOR THIS FARMER IN WEST VIRGINIA.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN THE BOARD ROOM OR THE LAW OFFICE?
>> YES, IT'S WHERE-- I'VE GONE TO THE PARTNERS OF THE FIRM, AND
I'VE PRESENTED ROB'S CASE, AND WE'RE AGREEING-- WE'RE
DISCUSSING WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD TAKE ON THIS MASSIVE
LAWSUIT AGAINST DI DUPONT.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> HAS ANYONE EVEN READ THE EVIDENCE THIS MAN HAS COLLECTED,
THE WILLFULL WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE, CORRUPTION?
READ IT, AND THEN TELL ME WE SHOULD BE SITTING ON OUR ASSES.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY AMERICANS HATE LAWYERS.
IT'S THE CRAP THAT FUELS THE RALPH NADERS OF THE WORLD.
WE SHOULD WANT TO NAIL DUPONT.
ALL OF US SHOULD!
AMERICAN BUSINESS IS BETTER THAN THIS, GENTLEMEN.
AND WHEN IT'S NOT, WE SHOULD HOLD THEM TO IT.
THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD FAITH IN THE SYSTEM!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
REALLY SAY THAT?
NOW, HERE'S THE THING-- >> THAT GUY'S NAME IS TOM TERP.
HE REALLY EXISTS.
I MET HIM VIA SKYPE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF-- THIS IS WHAT WE NEED THIS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE NEED PEOPLE THAT POSSESS THE POWER TO CHANGE THINGS, TO LOOK
TO THEMSELVES AND TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT IS MORAL AND
WHAT IS NOT.
AND TO-- TO RISK AT TIMES THEIR LIVELIHOOD, THEIR INCOME TO DO
WHAT IS RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY.
( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS ).
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR BRINGING THE QUIZ.
"DARK WATERS" IS IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.
TIM ROBBINS, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MSNBC'S NICOLLE WALLACE.