‘One Life’ director on the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton; Iger triumphs in Disney proxy fight

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni take a quick look at Ari Emanuel-led Endeavor going private, and the banter partners break down the outcome of the long battle between Nelson Peltz and Disney.

Plus, on this special episode of The Business, Kim Masters speaks to director James Hawes about his film One Life, which tells the story of Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved more than 600 children, including Masters’ own mother, from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Hawes talks about how after years as a television director, he found his feature directorial debut in One Life, and Masters shares her deeply personal family stories connected to Winton’s rescue efforts.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.
0:05.6	When director James Hawes set out to make one life a film about Sir Nicholas Winton,
0:10.3	who saved more than 600 children from the Nazis,
0:13.8	he was dealing with a subject of special interest to me,
0:16.5	because among those children was my mother.
0:19.3	This is a film about the triumph of human spirit,
0:22.3	and it is eventually uplifting because of, frankly, Kim,
0:26.6	people like you who are out there now wouldn't otherwise be,
0:29.7	and this story will now be part of my life,
0:32.3	writ through me like a stick of rock for the rest of my being.
0:35.2	Haas joins me in this special episode of the business dedicated to the story of Nicholas
0:40.1	Winton, or Nikki, as he was called, during his long life.
0:43.9	But first we banter.
0:45.3	Stick around.
0:46.0	It's the business from KCRW.
0:49.1	I am joined by my partner in banter, Matt Bellany.
0:52.2	Hello, Matt.
0:52.8	Hi there.
0:53.7	So, I'm just going to
0:55.1	quickly mention the developments with Endeavor before we move to the Bob Eiger and Nelson
1:00.7	helps of it all. Endeavor is now being taken private by Silver Lake. It is clear that they've
1:06.8	created a situation where the door is open for Ari Emanuel's long-time partner, Patrick
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