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That's because your brand is different. The 27 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: challenges you face in your life are different. So stop 28 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: reading other people's success stories and start writing your own. 29 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: I'm telling you the truth. Now. You can be motivated 30 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: by their success because their stories can offer direction and 31 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: help you reach your goals through your planning and committed effort. 32 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: And effort has to be number one. My guests the 33 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations have that same passion and they share 34 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: their information when we talk about their career motivation, what 35 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: they are promoting, how they live a balance life, and 36 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: their secrets to success. The show is for you, about you, 37 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: and will help you. My next guest is a longtime 38 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: relationship back in the Los Angeles. My next test is 39 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: a former senior vice president marketing for Atlantic Records. Now 40 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: he is the president of Will Packer Productions and is 41 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: responsible for developing and overseeing productions on all film projects 42 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: through the company's first Look deal with Universal as a 43 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: producer his films that grows more than eight hundred million 44 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: dollars at the box office. Today, he's on the show 45 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: to Day to talk about his career and his new movie, 46 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: The Photograph. Please welcome the money making conversations, my man, 47 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: James Lopez Rashan. Thanks for having me, brother, Well, well, 48 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: thank you. I know you're busy because this promotion week, 49 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: another movie, another another line of promotion. This is great. 50 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: Got no wheels out there, so I see you getting 51 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: out there a lot more promoting projects. Is that part 52 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: of the growth of James Lopez. Yeah. You know, I've 53 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: been told several times in the past that I need 54 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: to get out there a little bit more, you know. 55 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 1: You know me, brother, I'm I'm when it comes to 56 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: promoting and publicity and doing the press. I like to 57 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: stay behind the scenes and be quiet. But I've been 58 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: told that I need to let the people know what 59 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: I do and and uh that I definitely have an 60 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: inspiring story to tell and that uh, you know that 61 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: I provided an example for some folks, so I kind 62 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: of have decided not to be as selfish. They talk 63 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: about my story a little bit because it might be helpful. 64 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: It really is helpful. That's what the format of money 65 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: making Conversation is all about. I started in twenty seventeen, 66 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: uh and it was supposed to only last six weeks. 67 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: And then I realized that through the conversations and bringing 68 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: a different type of people I had on the show 69 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: and version was just people I know, And then all 70 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: of a sudden, now it's just individuals in the industry 71 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: to realize I have such a positive, uh you know, 72 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: format that allow them to tell their story. And also 73 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: it's really about helping people. And when we talk about 74 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: helping people, you know, I have to talk about my 75 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: relationship with you, and you know you you and when 76 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: I was with Steve Harvey, you know, you broke it 77 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: our first ring tone deal. And I gotta say that 78 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: because you know that that was a skill that you 79 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: have and had, you know, because I didn't know you, 80 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: but you had a lickability and use a professional And 81 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: I remember when Steve said, should be signed this deal? 82 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: I said, yeah, yeah, James, things a little I trust 83 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: him and for me to say that, it's a lot 84 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: because that means that you understand the value of communicating 85 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: the honesty of the deal and also the value of 86 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: a relationship. I'm sure you've been told that a lot 87 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: over the years, correct, James, Yeah, you know. I I've 88 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: been told that that. I'm a kind of a no 89 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: nonsense type of guy. And I think a lot of 90 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: people take my load to me. My my, y'all's quiet. 91 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: They take my quiet demeanor as a sign that maybe 92 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: that I might be angry or maybe I'm not really 93 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: trying to mess with folks. It's not that at all. 94 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: It's it's that I'm constantly thinking. I'm constantly observing the room. 95 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: And you know, I believe that if you don't have 96 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: something additive to say in the moment, just don't say it. 97 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: But when you do have something to say, it carries 98 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: more weight. So that's just the way I operate in life. Um, 99 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: And I'm you know, I admitted Rashan, I'm a little 100 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: bit socially awkward to you. That's why I quiet. Well, 101 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: I would tell you something, man, you know, I've been 102 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: around your lot, you know. And and then because you know, 103 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: it was in the music business, so yet always are artist. 104 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: That's how we connected. And uh, and that's what you 105 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: told me A Rashan t I making a lot of 106 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: money on these rain tones. Y'all probably want to look 107 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: into that. And so you understood that that rain tongs 108 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: are popular back there, there was a lot of way 109 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: that it was a quick way just using your voice 110 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: and ring tones and people are buying them. And then 111 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: but of course all things change, and all things you 112 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: have to make a transition. And at the time he 113 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: was the senior vice president marketing for Atlantic Records. What 114 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: did that job entail? Well, back then, you know, I 115 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: was largely responsible for the urban roster of artists signed 116 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: to Atlantic Records. So artists like t I, Fat Joe, Fabulous, Trick, 117 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: Daddy Trenim, M c Elliott, Sean, Paul Naview's little brother, 118 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: and the list goes on and on. So I was 119 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: responsible for the imaging, packaging and bringing to market those artists, 120 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,239 Speaker 1: whether it be album packaging, whether it be promotional touring, 121 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: put it together their stage show, award show performances, all 122 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: the way up to like you know, music video production. 123 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: I was kind of like, um, what a quarterback into 124 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: a football team. Is what I was in the building 125 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: Atlantic Records when it came to that particular artists, kind 126 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: of like an in house manager. I wasn't the artist manager, 127 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: but I was the person mostly all in their life 128 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: and in that project within the company, um and kind 129 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: of like leading the company's charged to bring that album 130 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: or that artist to the marketplace. That's what I was 131 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: absolutely So then in your intro, I make this statement 132 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: as a producer. As a producer, his films about his career. 133 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: During his career have exceeded eight hundred million dollars at 134 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: the box office. Now, that's from music to film, which 135 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: we know. I can't say they're similar because they're different 136 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: because once visual you know though you might say music 137 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: videos or visual, but that's not a movie or a film. 138 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: That's a beginning, middle of the end. That's casting, that's 139 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: being at the right publicity, being at the right moment. 140 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: How did you make that transition, because I remember you 141 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: made it. I told Steve at the time, I said, 142 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: my boy doing films now. And I really was happy 143 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: because I know that that that you know, music was changing, 144 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: you know, record stores were dying out, you know, a 145 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: lot more into pinion thought process was being put into 146 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: how you released labels. Did you make a decision looking 147 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: at the industry, or you said, hey, I really want 148 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: to do film. It was it was a combination of both. 149 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: To be honest with you, I'd always had the passion 150 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: for film and television, To be honest with you, Rashaan, 151 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: early on in my life in my career, I just 152 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: didn't think it was possible for brothers to be honest, 153 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: you know, like coming I'm a boy from Houston, Texas 154 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: and so like to be involved in film intelligence. There 155 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 1: was no examples for us going up in Houston. There 156 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: was no one I could point to and said you 157 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: could do that. Like I knew obviously we all know 158 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: of actors and directors, um you know, like the Spike 159 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: Leaves and John Singleton's and you know, being in college 160 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: and watching those guys do their things. But I knew 161 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna be bad. I had no idea what 162 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 1: the producer did. I didn't know that there were people 163 00:08:55,480 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: behind the scenes, predominantly caucases, that were behind you movies. 164 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: So I just took the natural route into music because 165 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: there were several examples uh that that we as black 166 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: man could point to and say Okay, well Russell Simmons 167 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: did it, and this one did it and that one 168 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: did it. I could do that, I could be that. 169 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: But once I got into the music business and got 170 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 1: in and was more immersed in the culture of entertainment 171 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: and meeting different types of executives and then getting involved 172 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: in soundtracks. In the music business, I started interacting with 173 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: studio executives and producers, and then I started to get 174 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: exposed to the possibilities of where where I wanted my 175 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: life to go. So it was it was in the 176 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: mid two thousands, I would say two thousand and four, 177 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: two thousand and five when I consciously made the decisions 178 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: that this is what I want to do next, and 179 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna work my tail off to get there. Let 180 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: me in there. I remember you start telling me you 181 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: were writing scripts at that time. Well, I was coming 182 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: up with pitchers and decks for ideas and when I 183 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: look when I look back at them, they were terrible. 184 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: But you had You had energy. Had I had the 185 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: energy and what I was doing with conceptualizing projects as well. 186 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: And that's that's where my strength lies, is coming up 187 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: with concepts or or discussing with other creatives, concepts, concepts 188 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: for movies and then bringing them to the marketplace, figuring 189 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: it out, you know, finding writers. I think it directed 190 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: starting starting projects from scratch. But yeah, I made that 191 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: decision in two thousand five, and it took me five years. 192 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: It took me five years of networking, of reading tons 193 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: and tons of scripts and kind of building up my 194 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,599 Speaker 1: chops so that when I got the opportunity, I was 195 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: reading and until five years later. Correct, correct, Yeah, I 196 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: was hired by gentleman name Quinn Colepepper who gave me 197 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: a shot. I had done a soundtrack at Screen James 198 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: when I was in Atlantic, and that's how I built 199 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: my relationship with him. And then I got even closer 200 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: to him on the set of Takers. Uh p. I 201 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,599 Speaker 1: introduced me to Quint again on the set of Takers. 202 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: And that is the evening that I'm at will for 203 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 1: the first time. My mouth producing party. Now eight hundred 204 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: million dollars When I say that, what runs through your mind? 205 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: At the box office? Um? Eight million dollars. Now here's 206 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 1: a lesson for your listening audience. Box office numbers are 207 00:11:53,720 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: great if you have a piece of ownership. I don't 208 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: have a piece of ownership at any of that eight 209 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: million dollars. That's what my movies made. I didn't own 210 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: those movies, and studios owners movies. When you've got brothers 211 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: like Tyler who owned their films and they get a 212 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: majority of that dollar that comes back for every single 213 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: dollar that goes out, he's getting a large percent of 214 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: that money coming back to me. And that's what we 215 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 1: got to strive as people to work towards. As the ownership. 216 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: We are formidable, we are peace when it comes to 217 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: creating content and in providing entertainment for the audiences, we 218 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: create culture. But we have to start having a stake 219 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: and ownership in that culture. And right now that is 220 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: what Will and I are striving towards is more ownership 221 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: of our catalogs um but you know none. Nevertheless, it 222 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: is impressive that so many people haven't enjoyed our films, 223 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: but we and well you know where the company is headed. 224 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: And building up that library of titles. Ownership or that 225 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: library is a goal and also diversifying what we do. 226 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: Um the movie that's coming out this weekend, it is 227 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: our first drama. Like it is a romance drama, It's 228 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: not a romantic comedy. It's not a comedy, it's not 229 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: a thriller. Is a straight up adult black love romance. 230 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: And that's something new for us as a company. And 231 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: we're working hard to make sure that we diversify the 232 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: types of movies that we're making so that we're not 233 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: just eating off of comedy, but off of everything. Right, 234 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: I tell you, I'm talking to James Lopez. He's the 235 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: president of Will Packer Production. Has a new movie out 236 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: this weekend called The Photograph. We'll come back. We're getting 237 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: more details because and had a movie out here like this, 238 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: like this Love Jones, Bart Lorenz, Tayne alone. 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Now he's um breaking down information about my listeners, 284 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: about about the art of the deal and being a 285 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: bigger player in the deal. More importantly, he's on the 286 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: show to day to talk about his new movie. Like 287 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: he told before we went to break he said, they've 288 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: diversifying the portfolio, moving out of the comedy laden drama 289 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: where they've had so much success into a romantic drama. 290 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: What really pushed this envelope beside a great script and 291 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: opportunity to diverse diversify your portfolio, I think the reason 292 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: why we sparked to the photograph. First of all, I 293 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: started off, yes, with a great script, like Sella McGee 294 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: wrote a beautiful project. Um, she is also a director 295 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: of This is a very personal project for her, and 296 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: we wanted to jump on board and help her fulfill 297 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: her vision and bring this screen. So we're very proud 298 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: of being a part of this. But um, we just 299 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: felt like it's been such a long time since the 300 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: core African American audience has received a love story. Um, 301 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: and you mentioned Love Jones. You know, that was twenty 302 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: plus years ago. So we love Okay, Sven and you know, 303 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: we we just felt like it was time to make 304 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: another black love story that wasn't based around trauma. You know. Unfortunately, Um, 305 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of great films that are 306 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: created and cater to the African American audience, but when 307 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 1: it comes to love, there's always a betrayal or out 308 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: of wed like child or somebody got killed, stalker. And 309 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: you know this is straight just two black folks loving 310 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: each other or trying to figure out love, iould say, 311 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: But it also is about generations. It's about UM gets 312 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: to raise character who has just lost her mother and 313 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: through a series of letters, is finding out more about 314 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: the woman her mother was and the mistakes and love 315 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: that her mother may have made, and to make sure 316 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: that she's not going to repeat the same mistakes her 317 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 1: mother made. So we are watching When you watch the film, 318 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: you're watching two stories separated by thirty years. So it's 319 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: about generational love as well. And it's very movie and touching. 320 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: UM And and you know, I think, uh, I think 321 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: folks will enjoy it. It's a great date night. It's 322 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: a perfect perfect date that the movie is coming out 323 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 1: on Valentine's Day. It's a long weekend, so you know, 324 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 1: everyone listening to take your special someone to go check 325 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: this out because you're gonna love it. And the music 326 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: is phenomenal. Absolutely, um, it has to be another another 327 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: fellow Houston native Robert glasper uh the score awesome, congratulations, 328 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: you know were getting out that spread that way you 329 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 1: know the beauty of listening to you talk, James. First 330 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: of all, you sound just the same, You sound just 331 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: as uh, you know, you give our information. Uh. That's 332 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: what always impressed me about you is that you're informative 333 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: and you and you really know how to hit all 334 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: of the right deal points of the conversation. But one 335 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,479 Speaker 1: thing I always liked abuy Will because when I did 336 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: the first movie with him, Think like a Man, he 337 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: always knew how to select talent that was on the 338 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: rise about the pop. He was always good at that. 339 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: You look at this movies, he always gets that talent 340 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: right when he's about to because he does that really well. 341 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: And like in that case it was it was Kevin Hard. 342 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: I knew about Kevin Hard, and I know when we 343 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: sold the movie Steve and Steve Harming. I sold the 344 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: movie to screen James with just Clint and he was 345 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: because I told Will Know. At first I said, no, Will, Am, 346 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: I gonna do the movie with you? And then he 347 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: brought in Clinton. Then they came down to Dallas and 348 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: we rode around on Steve's property. Convinced me and hey, 349 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,959 Speaker 1: this is the right people. We got the right idea. 350 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 1: We will we will make this, make this be a 351 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: winning And then he said, I said, who goes? Who's 352 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: gonna do the lead? He said Karen Hard. I said 353 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: Kevin Hard. He said, he's he's about to break. Man, 354 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: He's he's about to break. He's about to do that. 355 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: And so I turned on. I look over the two 356 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: stars that are at the top of your list. Here 357 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: he'sa Ray and the key Stanfield. Yeah, okay, now Stanford, 358 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: let's could it go back a little bit the Atlantic series. Okay, 359 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: that's when I first discovered him, and I went and 360 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: I was telling my friend right here, this dude is talented. 361 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: D Yeah. I mean, you know mckith thought, you know, 362 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: he wasn't get out as well. Um, he was in 363 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: Uncut Gems with Adam Sandler that that had a nice 364 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: run a couple of months ago. Keith been mckith has 365 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:23,719 Speaker 1: been working. He's been working. He has been working, I mean, 366 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: but but all platforms, all platforms. Oh yes, yes, he 367 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: has been working. And obviously you know he's used to 368 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,359 Speaker 1: used to raise the queen, like you know, creating the 369 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: show Insecure for HBO and all the things that she's 370 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: been doing. Um, but we yeah, we we take pride 371 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: on on you know, making sure that in every one 372 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: of our movies we have, um, people who are about 373 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: the pop or or or or have have recently come 374 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: on the scene. In this particular one, I think you 375 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 1: guys are gonna really enjoy an actress by the name 376 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: of Schante Adams. She played Ray's mother in the past 377 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: thirty years in the past. And when I tell you 378 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: this girl put his work, her performance is amazing. Um, 379 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: your listeners may or may not know her from a 380 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: Netflix movie on the rapper Rocksman Shante. It was a 381 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: Netflix movie called Roxman Roxton. Remember that played the Roxanne 382 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: in that movie in our Netflix Um, and she is 383 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: just an incredible performer and she does such a beautiful 384 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: job of racing this in this song. So let me 385 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 1: ask you this. Let me ask you this because your 386 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: producer on the movie. What exactly does a producer do 387 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: on this especialist particular movie with the photograph? Well, I'll 388 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: tell you my role in this one. Um. When when 389 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: Will and I first started producing together, Um, before I 390 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: joined the company, he took the meet it was star 391 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: regarding this particular project. She had not written it yet, 392 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: it was just a treatment. And UM, when I joined 393 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: the company, which was like a year later. She had 394 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: written the script and it was floating around town and uh, 395 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 1: I've read it. And I was like, oh man, we 396 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: need to be doing this movie. This this could be 397 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: this generation. And I said, word for it. This could 398 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: be this generations love Jones. We should be making this movie. 399 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: So I go to Will. I'm like, I read the photographs. 400 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: I know you took a meeting with her about a 401 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 1: year ago, but you should read this script. It's really good. 402 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: He read it. He was like, I agree. I said, 403 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: we need to take this into universal and fright for 404 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: it and set it up. So we did. They brought 405 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 1: the script and we spent the next year and alfter 406 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: two years developing it from several drafts and got it 407 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 1: to the point where we got the student of the 408 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 1: dream like this now. Um. So, during that process and 409 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: producer and working with the writer to hone in on 410 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: the script, get it to the you know, get it, 411 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: get it, addressing notes, getting it ready to share with cast. 412 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: We talked about cast, who's available in the time frame 413 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: that we want to shoot the film. You know, who 414 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: who do we think would have the best chemistry. You 415 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: go through that process, you know, I'm you know, I'm 416 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: hiring a line producer who comes up with the schedule 417 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: and budget. We're making decisions about where we're going to 418 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 1: shoot the film. You know, the New York plays a 419 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: character in the film, so we you know that it 420 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: was a filmmaker's vision to shoot the film in New 421 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: York and not a lot of films shoots here. Um, 422 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: and you know, so we we won that battle. Then 423 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: then it's about putting the crew together. You know who's 424 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: going to be the director of photography, is going to 425 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: be the cost and designer. You know who's going to 426 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: be the production designer, who's gonna help cast the movie? 427 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: The casting right there, so we you know, you put 428 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 1: all those people together, get them approved, get them on 429 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: on the team, and you start building your crew to 430 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 1: execute this script all the time while you're sharing the 431 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: script with agents and managers to get the casting want. 432 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: Once you get through all that, you go into pre production. 433 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: Pre production on this film was eight weeks and in 434 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: that eight week time period, you're scouting your building sets 435 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: if you needed. You know, the cost and designer is 436 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: showing options for the characters. You have your director photography, 437 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: who's building their crew their camera operators with the lighting 438 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 1: is gonna look like your story boarding, shot listing. So 439 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: much goes into it before you start, and then you're 440 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: on set. We shot this movie over seven weeks six 441 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: which we're in uh New York in one week and 442 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: muse in and then you go into post production, which 443 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 1: is a twenty two week period where you're editing your 444 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 1: sound mixing. During that time period, our director, she has expressed, um, 445 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: the desire to have Robert Glass for score the film. 446 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: So without her knowing, I went off and got Robert Glass. 447 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: You know, I got ahold of them. We had a meeting. 448 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: I'm like, look with you ashtown boys, let's do this. 449 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: I took him to the studio. Robert had never scored 450 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 1: a movie. Um, So I convinced the studio, hey, give 451 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 1: this brother shot. Um, he's the world over now, jazz musicians, 452 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: you could scored it. He could scored his music. He 453 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,400 Speaker 1: could score this film with his eyes. Um. And then 454 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: I know want the studio approved. And then I haven't 455 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: sit down with Sella and they worked out the vision 456 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: for what she wanted the sound to be in this movie. Um, 457 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: and now we're here. That is producing, my man, that's 458 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: a journey. A lot of people needed to hear for 459 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: the first time on my show because the shooting period 460 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 1: is just seven weeks. You know, pre was a and 461 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: post pre was eight and then post was twenty two. 462 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: That was thirty weeks, and then there was almost two 463 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 1: and a half years to get it approved. And when 464 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: you first when you first walked was introduced to it. 465 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,239 Speaker 1: She didn't even have a script. She said, she had 466 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: her treatment our concept. So so there's a lot of 467 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: trust in that process to get to the point that 468 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: we see the movie photograph. But I don't want to 469 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: link on the process. There's a couple of there's more 470 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: people in this movie. My Man coortinately advances in this 471 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,199 Speaker 1: movie where I love even though there was a drama, 472 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,160 Speaker 1: you got my Man, A Little Real who everybody old 473 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: some get out. One of the funniest comics. One of 474 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,640 Speaker 1: the has a specialized last November that was outstanding called 475 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 1: Little Real Man. He plays mckith brother in this movie. 476 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: And then uh, and then and LOOKI he's funny too. 477 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: And so then you have Issa Ray, who I saw 478 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: a little and I became a bigger fan. I actually 479 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: became a bigger fan of her in the movie Little 480 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: that you guys also did and did very well at 481 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: the box office. I think last May and uh, and 482 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: it's playing right now. If you don't know, it just 483 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:32,439 Speaker 1: goes it's it's on pay per view. Is also view 484 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: video on the Man yet to HBO. Little And So 485 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: when you when you see a movie like this being 486 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: put out there, you still have a little touch of 487 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: I think that you know you can you can bring 488 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: You're not trying to do a comedy movie, but you 489 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: do have guys who can bring that comedy moment just 490 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: to break the ice. Correct, Yeah, correct, there's moments where 491 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: you know, the audience, we break the ices. It's not 492 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: a drama all the way through. Um. So every every 493 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: once in a while you'll get a chuckle, you'll get 494 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: a laugh in the right places. Um. But it does 495 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: tug at the heart string. There's another actor I want 496 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: to bring up who's in there. There's two of them actually, Um, 497 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: Calvin Harris Jr. Who the audience may not be familiar 498 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: with the name, but you are familiar with his face. 499 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: He this young brother is I see, I feel it 500 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: is going to be up for Academy Award one day. 501 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: He is. He's done phenomenal work in so many other 502 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: movies this past two years. But he's working literally nonstuff. 503 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: I believe the photograph whether it's fifth movie that he 504 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: shot in twenty twenty nineteen. Sorry, Um, he did five 505 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 1: movies last year. Um. He's in a movie called Ways, 506 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 1: He's in another movie called Rise, He's in a movie 507 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: called Loose opposite. Uh, I'll tell miss Spencer. But he's 508 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: just a phenomenal young actor. He's in the movie Jasmin 509 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: sepas Jones within the movie, and so is my boy 510 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: Rob Morgan. Right, I don't know if I don't know 511 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: if you've seen Just Mercy, but Rob, if y'all seen it, Robbert, 512 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: the one that went to the electric chair. Oh yeah, 513 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: oh yeah, when they when when you were planing all 514 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: the the let him know that they were with him, 515 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: let him know he wasn't he was not down there 516 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: by himself. It's a very good movie. There was a 517 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 1: powerful moment that movie. Yeah, that brother has some powerful 518 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: moments in our movie. Um read emotional uh moment. Well, 519 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: you know my biggest takeaway when I listened to your 520 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: projects and watch your project again, congratulations graduations, Will and 521 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: Will know I've been a fan before he brought any 522 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: movie project to him, to me, to Steve and all 523 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: just start promoting on our radio show for mat And 524 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 1: that's why I kind of I built this format to 525 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: be able to have power, to be able to put 526 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 1: another layer of information, not only about the people who 527 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: are who are starting in front of the cameras behind 528 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: the camera, but you guys all have stories, you know, Sam, 529 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: Let's say with Sammy State University is proud of what 530 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: you're doing. Four years playing football over there before you 531 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: roll out to l A, had realized that you can 532 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: your dreams can't be possible. And then this movie again, 533 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: the photograph. I want to call my friend because of 534 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: the fact that I trusted him and we've we've known 535 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: each other over years and I followed him and he's 536 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: followed by my success. And we were on the phone 537 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 1: that they just talk about another great moment, a great 538 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: moment in our lives where we're about to, you know, 539 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: set a different pattern for what the movie could be. 540 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 1: I know that they always project have they put a 541 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: projection on what the box office? Maybe this weekend? Yeah, 542 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: I don't even like to talk about it. Now, don't 543 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: talk about, don't talk about don't talk about this. Don't talk, 544 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 1: don't all. I don't wanted to do well, and I 545 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: want I want our folks to come out and support 546 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: and really talk about this film. And I want them 547 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 1: walking out with a greater sense of love for who 548 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: they're with, who they want to be with. But also 549 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: I think a lesson that's learned from this film is 550 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 1: we learned how to love from our parents. And when 551 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 1: you watch the film and you're watching the Parallel Stories 552 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 1: thirty years apart um, you know, we pick up a 553 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: lot of positive things from our parents as well as negative. 554 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: And we learned how to love because we've watched them love, 555 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 1: and that's what this movie is talking about. That's a 556 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: beautiful to statement again starting the East Array or man 557 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: uh Keith Stanfield. It's called the Photograph. It's coming out 558 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: this weekend for all you couples out there, for all 559 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: you people who want to sit down and hold hands 560 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: as we can. This is the movie to watch. James Lopez, 561 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: thanks for coming to much show, talking about your talking 562 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: about your pass and talking about your future. My friend, 563 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: eight hundred million dollars in counting, because they're gonna start 564 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: counting this weekend. 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