10-16 Friday ShowBiz News Segment

Well, Ben Affleck says that he wants you to see Digger because the future of Hollywood depends on it.

[laughs]

He said everybody wants to count the money, what it lost or whatever.

To me, I just think if you punish movies that take risks, guess what you're going to get? A bunch of crappy homogenized movies.

He added that it is a pretty ambitious, interesting movie made by interesting people who have talent.

Digger also has a fan in Neil Young, who calls it the best film I have ever seen.

He said, "I do not view this film as a commercial venture.

Rather, it, it is an artful film of our times.

The things that are said in Digger are a direct reflection of today's political and social world." Several other celebrities have spoken up for Digger as well, including Anne Hathaway.

But you can't really trust Anne Hathaway, 'cause she's starring with Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder 2, so she may just be speaking up for her buddy.

Mm-hmm.

One celebrity-

Interesting

... who did not like the movie is Brad Copeland.

Yeah.

He went and saw Digger.

Uh, did not think it was very good.

So-

I mean-

... you can do with that what you want

... it's, I mean, you know, people are gonna watch that at some point because of all the hype and go, "Oh, yeah, I see what they were saying now.

It wasn't very good." I mean, they put a lot of effort into it, you know, the, the makeup-

Yeah, I'd probably stream it

...

the changes and all the different...

Well, Ben Affleck says that he wants you to see Digger because the future of Hollywood depends on it.

[laughs]

He said everybody wants to count the money, what it lost or whatever.

To me, I just think if you punish movies that take risks, guess what you're going to get? A bunch of crappy homogenized movies.

He added that it is a pretty ambitious, interesting movie made by interesting people who have talent.

Digger also has a fan in Neil Young, who calls it the best film I have ever seen.

He said, "I do not view this film as a commercial venture.

Rather, it, it is an artful film of our times.

The things that are said in Digger are a direct reflection of today's political and social world." Several other celebrities have spoken up for Digger as well, including Anne Hathaway.

But you can't really trust Anne Hathaway, 'cause she's starring with Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder 2, so she may just be speaking up for her buddy.

Mm-hmm.

One celebrity-

Interesting

... who did not like the movie is Brad Copeland.

Yeah.

He went and saw Digger.

Uh, did not think it was very good.

So-

I mean-

... you can do with that what you want

... it's, I mean, you know, people are gonna watch that at some point because of all the hype and go, "Oh, yeah, I see what they were saying now.

It wasn't very good." I mean, they put a lot of effort into it, you know, the, the makeup-

Yeah, I'd probably stream it

...

the changes and all the different...