>>> WELCOME BACK. IF YOU EVER JUST WANTED TO DROP
EVERYTHING, ESCAPE YOUR TROUBLES
AND TAKE A ROAD TRIP, IN THE NEW MOVIE "THE LEISURE SEEKER" THATW
MOVIE "THE LEISURE SEEKER" THAT BECOMES A REALITY FOR A COUPLE
FREE-THINKING REBELS, DAME HELEN
MIRREN AND DONALD SUTHERLAND.
THEY PLAY A COUPLE GRAPPLING WITH THE AGE OF ILLNESS.LING
WITH THE AGE OF ILLNESS. TAKE A LOOK.
>> YOURE READING ERNEST
HEMINGWAY.
HEMINGWAY.
>> YES.
SHORT STORIES. YOU KNOW, I START A SENTENCE.
AND BY THE TIME I GET TO THE END
OF IT, I CANT --
>> YOU DONT KNOW HOW IT
STARTED.
STARTED.
>> DAME HELEN AND DONALD, GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU.D, GOOD
MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU. THAT WAS A SERIOUS CLIP.
BUT THIS MOVIE HAS EVERYTHING IN
IT.
YOU GUYS ARE ON THE ROAD IN AN R.V.GUYS ARE ON THE ROAD IN AN
R.V.
WE DECIDED TO DECK THE PLACE OUT FOR YOU.ED TO DECK THE PLACE OUT
FOR YOU.
>> THIS IS EXACTLY LIKE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. >> ITS SPECTACULAR.
>> YOU PLAY A PAIR OF
WHITE-HAIRED REBELS.
WHITE-HAIRED REBELS. YOURE ON THE ROAD.
YOURE PLAYING THESE INDEPENDENT
FOLKS.
FOLKS.
DESCRIBE THIS ROLE. THIS ISNT YOUR TYPICAL
GRANDMOTHERLY ROLE.
GRANDMOTHERLY ROLE. DESCRIBE THAT FOR US.
>> THIS IS A COUPLE WHO HAVE
GONE THROUGH HAVING FAMILIES.
THEIR KIDS ARE GROWN UP.
THEY HAVE GRANDKIDS.
THEYRE GROWING UP. AND THEYRE BOTH STRUGGLING WITH
MAJOR PHYSICAL AILMENTS.
AND SO, THEY DECIDE TO TAKE
THEIR FINAL ROAD TRIP AS A
COUPLE.
COUPLE.
THEY TOOK ROAD TRIPS IN THE
PAST.
THEYVE STILL GOT THE SAME R.V. THAT THEY HAD.OT THE SAME R.V.
THAT THEY HAD. THEIR FIRST R.V.
THEY STILL HAVE IT.
ITS FROM THE 70s.
SO, THEY DECIDE TO TAKE A TRIP
IN THIS R.V.
AND ITS THE ULTIMATE BUCKET
LIST, I GUESS KIND OF THING.
ITS A FINAL TRIP FOR THE TWO OF
THEM.
THEM.
AND THEY ARE CONFRONTING THESE MAJOR MEDICAL ISSUES.ING THESE
MAJOR MEDICAL ISSUES. BUT THE FILM IS COMEDIC.
ITS LOOKED AT WITH A VERY SORT
OF HIGH LEVEL OF COMEDY.
>> I LIKE HOW YOU DESCRIBED IT.
YOU DESCRIBED IT AS, I THINK IM
RIGHT, THE PURSUIT OF DIGNITY.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT,
DONALD.
DONALD.
>> ME?
TELL YOU ABOUT THE PURSUIT OF DIGNITY? ABOUT THE PURSUIT OF
DIGNITY?
THATS WHAT IVE BEEN PURSUING MY WHOLE LIFE AND NEVER FOUND
IT.
IT.
>> YOURE AN ACTOR.
ACTORS HAVE NEVER DIGNIFIED.
>> THEY WANTED TO BE TOGETHER. >> YEAH.WANTED TO BE TOGETHER.
>> YEAH.
>> TO FULFILL A DREAM OF HIS, WHICH WAS TO GO TO HEMINGWAYS
HOUSE IN KEY WEST, WHICH WAS
PRETTY DISAPPOINTING FOR THEM,
BOTH OF THEM.
BUT JUST, HE HAD A COUPLE OF --
HE HAD A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS.
HE COULDNT REMEMBER SOME STUFF.
>> THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN YOU TWO
IS UNDENIABLE.
IS UNDENIABLE. IF I WERE JUST WATCHING THIS
THING, I WOULD THINK A LOT OF IT
SEEMS LIKE IT WAS YOU TWO
AD-LIBBING, IMPROVISING, HAVING
FUN.
FUN.
>> WE DID.
WE IMPROVISED. >> SHE DID, I DIDNT.
I STUCK STRAIGHT TO THE SCRIPT.
>> YOURE SUCH A LIAR.
HE JUST MAKES THIS STUFF UP.
>> I LOVE HER TO DEATH.
>> THIS ISNT THE FIRST TIME
YOUVE WORKED TOGETHER, RIGHT?
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST FILM
YOU WORKED TOGETHER?
IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
>> IT WAS.
IT WAS "BETH HUNE."
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE
CLIPS?
CLIPS?
>> THATS WHERE I HIT YOU.
YOURE GOING TO SEE IT. THE HAT FLIES OFF. IT.
THE HAT FLIES OFF. IT WAS TERRIBLE.
I WAS SO TECHNICALLY IDIOTIC.
I HIT HIM SO HARD, IT WAS,
REALLY, I WAS SO EMBARRASSED.
>> HOW COME IT TOOK 30 YEARS FOR
YOU TO WORK TOGETHER AGAIN?
>> SHE HIT ME REALLY HARD.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. HE SAID, NO, FOR THE NEXT 30
YEARS.
YEARS.
TAKE HER OFF THE LIST.
>> WOW. HELEN, YOUVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT
OF A REBEL ANYWAY.
>> HER?
>> HER?
COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY. >> YOU WERE AHEAD OF HOLLYWOOD.
JUST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOUR
PERSONALITY AND SPEAKING OUT,
WHEN I THINK A LOT OF WOMEN
DIDNT, YOU JUST SORT OF WENT IN
THE DRIVERS SEAT AND DID IT ANY
WAY YOU WANTED.
>> I GUESS.
THE TROUBLE IS, IF PEOPLE ARENT LISTENING, IT WASNT MATTER HOWT
LISTENING, IT WASNT MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TALK.
IF THE CULTURE IS SUCH THAT
PEOPLE WONT LISTEN, YOU KNOW,
YOURE JUST TALKING INTO THE
VOID.
VOID.
NOTHING COMES BACK AT YOU. >> THATS REALLY SMART.YOU.
>> THATS REALLY SMART. >> YOU NEED THE CULTURE TO
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
AND I THINK, IN MY WISDOM OF OLD AGE, IVE COME TO UNDERSTANDF OLD
AGE, IVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT PEOPLE ASCRIBE TO
NATURE IS ACTUALLY CULTURAL.
AND THE CULTURE CAN CHANGE.
THEY MAKE IT OUT AS IF ITS
NATURE.
NATURE.
THATS JUST HOW WE ARE AS HUMAN
BEINGS.
ITS NATURAL.
NO.
ITS NOT.
>> DO YOU FEEL THAT CHANGE? DO YOU FEEL ITS HAPPENING??
DO YOU FEEL ITS HAPPENING? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU GUYS ARE SUCH FUN.
AND THIS MOVIE IS A LOT OF FUN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING