FJ-HRN-2656

A02 HRN-2656
In: 11.28.50 Out: 11.29.24
Sound Bite: Derek Luke & Michael Ealy & Laz Alonso & Omar Benson Miller
Laz – I had no idea of the physiological aspect of the war you know what I mean, these guys weren’t just fighting a battle overseas but they were also fighting a battle back at home and they had this ? being pumped uh constantly reminding him what goes on at home while they’re on the battle field, supposedly going after the enemy and uhm you know its just something that really lets you know how mentally strong they must have been to be able to inspite of what’s going on back at home, still defend it with pride.

A04. HRN-2656
In: 11.30.21 Out: 11.32.27
Sound Bite – What’s it like to work with Spike
Omar Benson Miller – Um I think that this particular story um the book Miracle at St. Anne and the film Miracle at St. Anne I think that it was if this is possible bigger than Spike Lee and I think that all of us felt honored that Spike chose us to be in the film, for each and every character to represent what each character represents but I also think that, Michael said it earlier is that it is very fitting that the most important filmmaker in African American History was someone to tell was thee person to tell this story which is a hugely important story on a historical, moral, political, even economic level. (talking)
Michael Ealy – You know what though I can honestly say that you know and I think I can speak on behalf of all of us in this moment, I don’t think we ever felt like Spike was a fish out of water in Italy, like the movie never seemed too big for him he was still like, get the crane, let’s go, I mean he was still like you would have thought he was shooting a movie in New York he didn’t he wasn’t overwhelmed by it so that gave us a sense of confidence in him that just you know allowed us to trust him in certain ways.
Laz Alonso- Also you look at movies that Spike has done in the past I mean he’s always been able to capture the essence of different cultures and different cultural differences and show their differences but also show how they’re really all the same, and I think you know outside of the language barrier that he had to overcome with an Italian crew and working with German actors and Italian actors uh you know he really wasn’t I couldn’t imagine anybody who could tell a multi-cultural story better than Spike. Because he’s been doing it his whole career.