hello, i m john lithgow. welcome to american cinema. some people say the star is the greatest invention of american cinema. american films have to have big names in bright lights. in the old days of the studio system, there was a structure for developing stars. they were owned, body and soul, signed to long-term contracts. a powerful publicity machine, run by the studio, they could reach an audience of millions. but that alone did not guarantee success. the problem for the studio was to find the one personna out of many possible characters to boost an actor to stardom. humphrey bogart, for instance, played as a cheap hood before he was recast and ultimately immortalized as rick in casablanca. stars today are still a unique match of individual flair and audience aspiration. with the studio collapse, stars catapulted to power and became the most bankable commodities in hollywood, who can often determine whether or not a film is made. in this program, narrated by kathleen tu
and by: and the annual financial support of: hello, i m john lithgow. welcome to american cinema. some people say the star is the greatest invention of american cinema. american films have to have big names in bright lights. in the old days of the studio system, there was a structure for developing stars. they were owned, body and soul, signed to long-term contracts. a powerful publicity machine, run by the studio, they could reach an audience of millions. but that alone did not guarantee success. the problem for the studio was to find the one personna out of many possible characters to boost an actor to stardom. humphrey bogart, for instance, played as a cheap hood before he was recast and ultimately immortalized as rick in casablanca. stars today are still a unique match of individual flair and audience aspiration. with the studio collapse, stars catapulted to power and became the most bankable commodities in hollywood, who can often determine whether or not a film is m
robinson, apparently tired, punched fairly well and rocked jake right to his heels. come on, ray. a director and actor finds a story at the right time in the right place. and out comes this amazing combination of cinematic virility and absolute fear. it s like watching an animal. raging bull is a great title. the film fulfills the promise. the reality of the boxing and the great slow motion, all of the black and white gore, the violence of the flush bulbs going off. when he designed the movie, marty purely, he didn t pickup a clutch on the film. there s no clutch. hey, ray, you never went down, ray. you never got me down, ray. it s a boxing movie for people who don t like boxing. because it s really not about that. it s about this man who was based on a real person who is really at war with himself. come on. harder. harder. i didn t really understand boxing, but the character was interesting. he was just so contraire, as they say. he was
what do you stand for? robinson apparently tired and rocked jake lamotta. a director, an actor find a story at the right time in the right place. out comes this amazing combination of cinematic verility and absolute fear. it s like watching an animal. i think raging bull is a great title. the film fulfills the promise. the reality of the boxing and the great slow motion and all of the black and white gore and the flashbulbs. when he designed the movie, mardi didn t put a clutch on the film. there s no clutch. hey, never got down. he never got me down. raging bull is a boxing movie for people who don t like boxing. it s not about that. it s about this man, jake lamotta, based on a real person who is at war with himself. harder. harder. i didn t understand boxing. the character was interesting. he was just so contraire as they say. evers just so difficult. what are you trying to prove? what does it prove? bob de niro, he s not afraid of the negative cha
downtown truckee on top of the foot and a half they got yesterday, and we could see another foot and a half today. in texas, the largest wildfire in state history expands, scorching everything in its path. [ siren ] also tonight, the united states begins dropping food into gaza, desperate for humanitarian aid. reporter: i m imtiaz tyab in tel aviv. global outrage is only growing after palestinians were killed scrambling for food this week, prompting rare american intervention. russia launches new deadly drone strikes as ukraine struggles to fight back. donald trump rallies supporters today. we ve been on a rocket to the republican nomination. as he faces a critical moment of financial truth. and later, fur and fiction. therapy dogs unleashing confidence in young readers, especially kids maybe struggling with reading. doing it to a dog, it feels good. this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. sechlt sechlt sechlt sechlt sechlt sechlt s