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. >>> WELCOME BACK TO GREAT DAY
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. THE FILM THE HIGHWAY MEN TELLS
THE UNTOLD STORY OF
THE TEXAS RANGERS WHO BROUGHT
DOWN THE CRIMINALS
KNOWN AS BONNIE AND CLYDE.
>> HERE IS A SNEAK PEEK.
>> WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO
ABOUT THEM
ABOUT THEM >> WE WILL CAPTURE THEM.
WRITE THAT DOWN AND UNDER LINE
IT TWICE.
IT TWICE.
IT TWICE. >> THERE'S ONLY ONE MAN WHO
CAN TAKE THEM DOWN.
>> I WILL COME BACK.
>> YOU GOT ROOM FOR ONE MORE
.
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. >> GET
. >> GET IN.
>> THIS IS 1934.
GANGSTERS, YOU PUT COWBOYS ON
THEM
THEM
THEM >>
THEM >> TEXAS RANGERS.
>> JOINING US NOW IS THE
DIRECTOR, JOHN LEE HANCOCK
AND THE SCREENWRITER.
WELCOME TO GREAT DAY
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING STORY.
WANT WANT TO START WITH YOU.
YOU STARTED ON THE PROJECT MORE
THAN 12 YEARS AGO.
YOU ORIGINALLY HAD TWO OTHER
LEADING MEN IN MIND.
>> WE DID.
ACTUALLY JOHN WROTE IT 16 YEARS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. I
AGO. I HAVE ONLY BEEN INVOLVED 13.
I'M THE NEWCOMER.
WHEN I CAME ON BOARD ROBERT
REDFORD AND PAUL NEWMAN
WERE ATTACHED.
WERE ATTACHED. ROB'S HEALTH WAS DECLINING SO
HE WOULDN'TBE ABLE TO
DO IT.
DO IT.
DO IT. IT
DO IT. IT ALMOST CAME TOGETHER SEVERAL
TIMES BUT NOW IT
CAME TOGETHER THE RIGHT WAY.
>> WOODY HARRELSON AND KEVIN
COSTNER.
COSTNER.
COSTNER. THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME DOING
A MOVIE TOGETHER
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> YOU WOULD THINK WE HAVE
SEEN THEM BECAUSE THEY
ARE SO GOOD TOGETHER.
WE HAVE HEARD THE STORY OF
BONNIE AND CLYDE.
YOU WANTED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT
TAKE ON THIS.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. YES.
YES.
YES. WE
YES. WE FLIPPED THE PERSPECTIVE ON
THE LEGEND AND GOING
BACK TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION,
THEY BECAME
THEY BECAME ROMANTICIZED, ROBIN HOOD
FIGURES BECAUSE PEOPLE --
THEY WANTED TO READ ABOUT
SPORTS HEROES AND FLASHY
GANGSTERS AND THIS IMAGINE WAS
PROJECTED ONTO THEM.
WHEN I DID RESEARCH, THEY WERE
-- KILLERS, ON THE
RUN AND THEY HAD KILLED TEN
POLICE OFFICERS, THREE
CIVILIANS AND THEY WEREN'T
STOPPING.
STOPPING.
STOPPING. THE STORY OF THE LOVERS ON THE
RUN HAS JUST BEEN
SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN RETOLD
AND REVISITED AND
CONTINUES TO PASSIONATE.
INTEREST THEM.
INTEREST THEM. NOBODY EXPLORED WHO THE LAWMEN
WERE AND WHO WAS
GOING ON WITH THEM, THE
TERRIBLE GIFT THEY HAD OF
BEING MANHUNTERS FROM ANOTHER
ERA WHO WERE FINALLY
THE ONLY ONES TO STOP THEM.
I RESEARCHED THE STORY OF TEXAS
RANGER, TRACKED DOWN
HIS SON WHO WAS STILL ALIVE TO
GET HIS BLESSING TO
TELL THAT SIDE OF THE STORY.
>> THEY ARE THE ONES THAT
SHOULD BE CELEBRATED,
INSTEAD ITS BEEN BONNIE AND
CLYDE.
CLYDE.
CLYDE. EVEN IF YOU HEARD THE STORY AND
SEE THE MOVIE.
JUST THE FAN QUOTE OF BONNIE
AND CLYDE.
AND CLYDE. >> YOU HEAR ABOUT THEM AS
BEING DEPRESSION ERA
HEROS WHO STICK IT TO THE MAN
BUT THESE TWO GUYS WHO
WOODY AND KEVIN PLAY, THEY COME
OUT OF RETIREMENT TO
GO CATCH THEM.
TELL US ABOUT THEM.
>> JAY EDGAR HOOVER; HAD BEEN
CHASING THEM FOR TWO
YEARS TO NO AVAIL.
WHEN FRANK HIT THE ROAD, THE
STORY WAS OVER 102 DAYS
LATER.
LATER.
LATER. >>
LATER. >> KATHY BATES IS IN IT.
SHE IS KATHY BATES.
>> HER NAME IS MA FERGUSON AND
SHE IS THE GOVERNOR.
I'M THINKING WHAT A STRONG
WOMAN.
WOMAN.
WOMAN. A
WOMAN. A STRONG MOVIE.
>> SHE IS THE BEST.
I TALKED TO KATHY.
WE WERE DOING THE BLIND SIDE
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. I TALKED TO HER ABOUT THIS ROLE
IN THIS MOVIE.
SO, WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT
IT WAS BEING MADE I
GOT A CALL FROM KATHY WHO SAID
HOW IS MY PART
I SAID IT'S GOOD.
I'M GOING TO CALL YOU NEXT
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. >>
WEEK. >> HOW IS MY PART.
>> MA FERGUSON WAS SUCH A
COLORFUL CHARACTER IN
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. THE FIRST LADY GOVERNOR OF
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. SHE WAS JUST A FORCE TO BE
RECKONED WITH.
RECKONED WITH. SHE COLLIDED THE TEXAS RANGERS
AT THAT TIME.
IT'S REALLY AN INTERESTING
DYNAMIC THAT WE EXPLORED.
>> I LOVE THAT THIS -- THIS IS
IN LIMITED THEATERS
BUT IT'S GOING IT BE ON
NETFLIX.
NETFLIX.
NETFLIX. WHAT WAS THE DECISION KIND OF
BEHIND INSTEAD OF
HAVING THIS BIG THEATER OPENING
BUT GETTING NETFLIX
AS THE THING NOW
THE STREAMING IS THE THING NOW
>> FIRST AND FOR MOST WE
WOULDN'T BE HERE BUT FOR
NETFLIX.
NETFLIX.
NETFLIX. NETFLIX SAID YES.
WE ANSWERED THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I THINK IT'S ALSO KIND OF GREAT
THAT WE HAD IN
LIMITED THEATERS OPENING LAST
WEEKEND, WIDER THIS
WEEKEND, THERE IS A THEATER
EXPERIENCE AS WELL FOR
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. NOT
THIS. NOT UNLIKE IT'S THE ROMA MODEL.
IT'S ALSO EXCITING IN THE 29th
THAT PEOPLE IN DC,
PEOPLE IN MY HOMETOWN OF TEXAS
CITY, TEXAS AND
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN -- IN
MEXICO CAN ALL WATCH IT
AT THE SAME TIME.
>> AND SHOULD BE TWEETING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOCIAL MEDIA. >> TURN THE SURROUND SOUND ON.
>> YOU SPENT TIME TRAVELING
THROUGH TEXAS.
THROUGH TEXAS. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> THIS FILM HAS -- PARTS IN
TEXAS AND OTHER
NEIGHBORING STATES.
NEIGHBORING STATES. >> LOUISIANA.
>> LOUISIANA. >> LOUISIANA.
>> LOUISIANA. YOU REALLY KNOW THE
BATTLEGROUND THAT HAPPENS.
>> WE -- JOHN LEE AND COMPANY
FILMED ON THE EXACT
ROAD, EXACT SPOT WHERE THE
AMBUSH HAPPENED.
AMBUSH HAPPENED. IT WAS SO CHILLING TO BE THERE
AT THAT SPOT.
YOU SEE IT, IT'S EXACTLY WHERE
IT HAPPENED.
IT HAPPENED. >> NOW YOU HAVE TO SEE IT.
MAKE SURE YOU