A rebroadcast of an hour with director Martin Scorsese and actor Daniel Day-Lewis about their new film, "The Gangs of New York". The film is set in mid-19th century New York City and tells the story of the conflict between the established criminal underworld and the newer immigrant gangs (from December 5, 2002).
Segment 1: Jennifer Harbury, Human Rights Activist/Author, " Searching for Everado�? / Sen. Robert Torricelli, (D) New Jersey
Segment 2: David Foster Wallace, Author, �?A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again�? Credits: Host:Charlie Rose, Guest:Jennifer Harbury, Guest:Robert Torricelli, Guest:David Foster Wallace
An hour with two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey. He discusses his role as Lex Luthor in "Superman Returns", his career in film and his work as artistic director of The Old Vic theatre.
An hour on the life and work of Charles Darwin with James Watson, chancellor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and E.O. Wilson, professor emeritus, Harvard University.
Martin Scorcese, Filmmaker; Christiane Kubrick, Stanely Kubrick's Widow; Jan Harlan, Producer; 1 montage and 2 clips from "Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures" [Warner Brothers]; 1 clip from "Paths of Glory" [United Artists]; 2 clips from "2001: A Space Odyssey" [MGM]; 2 clips from "The Shining" [Warner Brothers]; 1 clip from "Eyes Wide Shut" [Warner Brothers]
An hour conversation with Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison about her publications "The Bluest Eye", "Sula" and "Song of Solomon". She discusses the impact of the publication of "Beloved" in 1987, her Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 and her book "Paradise", which details the social upheaval that affects a small, proud all-black town over time.
Aaron Sorkin, Creator/Executice Producer; Martin Sheen, Actor; John Spencer, Actor; Allison Janney, Actor; Richard Schiff, Actor; Bradley Whitford, Actor; 4 clips from "The West Wing" [NBC]
An hour with Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. Friedman discusses his life, his contributions to economics, the Republican Party and his view on the direction of the United States and the world in coming years.
Quentin Tarantino, Filmmaker; Career montage, trailer and 3 clips from "Kill Bill Vol. 2" [Miramax], trunk montage, clip from "Alias" & 1 clip of Uma Thurman on Charlie Rose, 10/10/03.
First, painter and sculptor Julian Schnabel discusses directorial debut with "Basquiat", a biopic about Jean-Michel Basquiat, the talented African-American painter who died at age twenty-seven. Then, musician-turned-acto r David Bowie, who plays Andy Warhol in "Basquiat", joins director Julian Schnabel to discuss the film.
Sen. Christopher Dodd, (D) Connecticut/General Chairman, Democratic National Committee//Todd Purdam, The New York Times/E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post/The Brookings Institution//David Foster Wallace, Author, Infinite Jest [Little, Brown]/Mark Leyner, Author, Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog [Vintage]/Jonathan Franzen, Author, Strong Motion [Norton]
Despite being almost completely paralyzed by ALS, Hawking
remains one of the world's foremost theoretical physicists and has contributed greatly to our understanding of the universe.
The full interview airs Friday , March 7, 2008.