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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.
