you know, that's always the director's, you know, greatest task, right?

Hold the tone.

If you hold the tone and the performances are solid, the audience will have a path.

Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Director's Guild of America.

Today's episode takes us behind the scenes of director Tom McCarthy's new drama, Stillwater.

Mr. McCarthy's film tells the story of Bill, an unemployed oil rig roughneck who flies to

Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is imprisoned for a murder she claimed

she did not commit. Eager to regain her trust, Bill embarks on a mission to exonerate Allison, despite language

barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system. In addition to Stillwater,

Mr. McCarthy's other directorial credits include the feature films The Station Agent, The Coppler,

and Timmy Failure mistakes were made, and episodes of 13 reasons why. He was nominated for the

DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement and Theatrical Feature Film for his 2015 film Spotlight.

Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Mr. McCarthy spoke

with fellow director Scott Cooper

about filming Stillwater.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

Good evening.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for coming out tonight.

I said to Tom, I said, wow, I'll be surprised if anyone's here.

And what a great turnout. Thank you guys for

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