happened, they said, actually, it went off without a hitch. it was flawless. you couldn't do a movie. >> unfortunately, the much bigger mission of that period was the big disaster. which was the attempt to free the american hostages. >> the true story was the canadian version, and that was dull as hell. the american version was fun. >> it's the ultimate reality, the bigger reality was horrendous disaster on every count. >> so why are movies still -- you know, we've been talking about how the great stories are not being told on television. and yet movies had -- hollywood had its biggest bx office year, and people are still transfixed. this is one of those few events. and they're getting fewer and fewer every year, but this is one of those events where most -- a lot of america still stops and gets in front of the tv set and watches. why? >> well, i think first of all, they're great stories told by terrific storytellers, but we're