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The Mark Simone Show

Hour 2

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3694 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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0:00.0

Mr. New York, Mark Simone, on W-O-R.

0:07.3

Hey, with us right now, this is one of the greatest actors, one of our best actors, and he's done everything from, of course, Prince of the City to Blood Bloods, to the new film, the great Alaskan race, great new film and one of our most brilliant actors.

0:21.8

Treat Williams, how you doing?

0:23.7

How are you?

0:24.6

You are a great actor.

0:25.6

Forget that, De Niro.

0:26.7

You are a great actor.

0:30.0

You got a gift.

0:32.8

No, you really.

0:34.6

You do.

0:36.0

I know, I'm talking to these two younger people, and they said, the good fellow's greatest. I said, go watch Prince of the City. And they both called me like two days later. This is the greatest film we've ever seen. We've watched it three times. Oh, that's nice. That's a long day. It's a three-hour, 15-minute movie. Phenomenal. So in the, this, and what a range you have? See, that's the other thing about that, De Niro. It's the same character in every film. You play a range of people from Chicago Fire to the Congressman, the Blue Bloods. So tell us about the new movie, The Great Alaskan Race. I love that film.

1:12.5

It's turned out really beautifully.

1:14.0

It's so gorgeously shot.

1:16.6

You know, it's really exciting now in film.

1:19.6

It used to cost, to get these big, big movie shots. It used to cost $60,000, $80,000 for the helicopter to get these extraordinary shots.

1:25.5

And now you bring in a drone, and you can make a small budget film look really big. I never thought about that. It looks like Lawrence of Arabia. It's so cool. I never thought about that. You're right. Those drones save a... No, no. The only way we got all these extraordinary shots of being out in the wilderness and, you know, miles of snow.

1:45.3

To have a guy with his little drone up there, says, okay, let's get the shot of him on the dog sled.

1:50.3

And it really makes young filmmakers, it gives them an opportunity to make David Lean-type films.

1:57.0

Yeah. So they can afford it.

1:58.5

Treat Williams, aren't you a pilot? I mean, you were even a flight instructor. So doesn't that bother you these drones? I am a flight instructor, and I'm a commercial pilot. Yep, both helicopters and airplanes. So these drones could put you guys... I put two different planes yesterday. These drones could put a lot of you guys out of work. Oh, that's okay. I like traveling. Drones can't go very far. I can come see you guys.

2:19.9

That's true. I can travel. So what is it about flying? Is it the, I mean, obviously it's the thrill of the view, all that stuff, but it's just kind of being alone up there by yourself, right?

2:29.2

Well, I also think it's a very specific skill and to have to be honored enough to be able to take something

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