time will tell. and mississippi s governor is under fire. 200 pardons in his final days. new information on who was set free and what these convicted killers are now allowed to do. we also understand that these are unconditional pardons, which means that their constitutional rights are restored. we re going to find out a little bit more about that. apparently, they re going to be able to vote and own guns. 2011 was so last year because 2012 got some stocks on a tear. the dow climbing to the highest level since july. what the what? we re going to figure all this out with christine romans in just a few moments. and the death of actress natalie wood, who died back in 19 1981. was she killed? new this morning, what police found since they reopened this investigation two months ago. that woo hoo you heard at the top of the news cast, could be sounding like the power train for mitt romney as he heads to the next stop. i wonder if this is going to be a sweep. is south caro
That it s going to be a big hit there or larry: do your films generally do better out of the country? better foreign. europe, japan, asia and all that. larry: why? well, all films do. there s more people. larry: and they like action and they like they re very attracted to the american named movie star, right? i think so. this is film mecca here, so larry: are you a film fan in. i am. larry: you watch movies? not so much anymore but i used to. i used to watch them a lot more then than now larry: why? they re jaded. they don t have the same magic. i know the tricks. reporter: when you watch a film load, you say, i would have liked to have played that? you don t watch as i watch? yeah. it s a different kind of watch. now, sometimes you re watching for the strings and looking up the sleeves and going, wow, that s pretty interesting how they achieved that.
i don t have it on me, okay? i wasn t driving, okay? i was walking. what do i need, a walking license now? let s just shoot him. get out of the way! i m going to do it. we can make it look like suicide. get out of the way! video camera. i m still going to do it. get out of the way? get out of here? not that way, this way! over there, go! larry: my guest is mel gibson. he stars in warner brother s conspiracy theory. this could be one of the big ones. what was your the turning point in the mel gibson career of all the films? what was it that we all said now we know you? i m not sure. but i think i think perhaps maybe when i started making american kind of action films like the lethal weapon thing. that s about 11, 12 years ago. larry: before that, you made what, mad max? oh, i did those early on. larry: so you were kind of a cult person then, right? yeah, big in asia. larry: that s what i mean.
run now! larry: my guest is mel gibson. he stars in warner brother s conspiracy theory. this could be one of the big ones. what was your the turning point in the mel gibson career of all the films? what was it that we all said now we know you? i m not sure. but i think i think perhaps maybe when i started making american kind of action films like the lethal weapon thing. that s about 11, 12 years ago. larry: before that, you made what, mad max ? oh, i did those early on. larry: so you were kind of a cult person then, right? yeah, big in asia. larry: that s what i mean. you were known, but not box office america. yeah, no, not necessarily. larry: how did lethal weapon come about? well, it was donner sitting around thinking, who will we get to play this guy? and they sent me the script. i don t know what went on before that. but i certainly got the pages and i liked it. and i had taken about a year off and decided to put on a hair shirt and wrap barbed wire
You never know. you know, i never presume these things that it s going to be a big hit. larry: do your films generally do well out of country? better foreign than better in europe and japan and asia than all of larry: why? all films do. there s more people. larry: and they like action and they like they re very attractive to the american name movie star, right? i think so. this is film mecca here. larry: are you a film fan? i am. larry: you watch movies? yeah. not so much anymore, but i used to. i used to watch them a lot more than i do now. larry: why? i don t know, i guess i m kind of jaded a little bit when i watch them now. they don t have the same sort of magic they used to have. because i know all the tricks. i ve looked up the sleeves and i can see the strings moving. larry: when you watch a film, though, do you say i would have i would like to have played that or i would have done that this way? you don t watch as i watch? yeah, it s a differ