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This episode takes us behind the scenes of director John Lee Hancock's new crime drama, The Highwaymen.

The film concentrates on the other side of the Bonnie and Clyde saga, telling the true story of Frank Hamer and Manny Galt,

former Texas Rangers who are coaxed out of retirement to end the Barrow gang's murderous run,

when even the full force of the FBI isn't enough

to capture the nation's most notorious criminals.

In addition to the Highwaymen, Mr. Hancock's credits include the feature films The Founder,

Saving Mr. Banks, The Rookie, The Alamo, and The Blindside, and episodes of the television

series, LA Doctors and Falcone. Following a recent

screening of the film at the Harmony Gold Theater in Los Angeles, Mr. Hancock spoke with director

Lawrence Kasden about filming the highwaymen. During their conversation, Mr. Hancock discusses

why it was important to cast the right energy for the two leads,

borrowing from the lore of the Texas Rangers, and the joys and pains of making period films.

Thank you guys for coming on a lovely Sunday afternoon.

Well, I told John, when I saw this movie, I loved this movie and i you know i'm a total sucker

for anything western you've made a western before and um how do you would you call this a western

i i would i would call it a western i mean because these guys are born kind of in my mind 100 years too late.

And so there was a little bit of, to me, with these guys, the movie Lonely or the Brave, kind of that feel with Kirk Douglas and all that brought back into the fray.

Yeah.

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