Bannon's War Room - WarRoom Battleground EP 1037： Live From The Red Carpet For The Premiere Of 'Young Washington'

00:00:01.000 From Nashville, Tennessee, we're live on the red carpet for the world premiere of Young Washington from Angel Studios.

00:00:07.000 This tremendous movie tells the story of George Washington before he was a general or our president.

00:00:13.000 He faced crushing failures, near-death experiences, and pivotal moments that forged his courage and leadership.

00:00:23.000 What happened, Washington?

00:00:25.000 All those bullet holes in your jacket.

00:00:31.000 How are you alive?

00:00:33.000 I don't know.

00:00:39.000 You have no military service.

00:00:46.000 You are a boy. 1.00

00:00:50.000 You are not British, yet they send you to speak for them. 1.00

00:00:54.000 So that when you fail, they'll have someone to blame. 0.97

00:01:00.000 Young Washington, you lost in the new world.

00:01:07.880 Who does own this land, if not the one who has the will to tame it?

00:01:17.360 You do not want to start a war.

00:01:19.720 What do we do?

00:01:24.840 We fight!

00:01:25.840 Hold your ground!

00:01:40.000 There needs no retreats!

00:01:42.940 What are you called?

00:01:51.160 My name is George Washington.

00:01:52.800 This is the young Washington red carpet premiere

00:01:55.700 live on Real America's Voice, and it starts right now.

00:02:03.040 Welcome to our live coverage of the Young Washington premiere live in Nashville, Tennessee.

00:02:08.540 I'm Beau Davidson. It's great to be with you. Thanks for watching. Over the next hour,

00:02:11.980 we're going to learn all about this wonderful, wonderful, impactful movie called Young Washington

00:02:16.860 from our good friends at Angel Studios. And of course, you know the Angel guys. They've made

00:02:20.980 some phenomenal movies all the way back to Sound of Freedom with Jim Caviezel, a movie that really

00:02:25.200 rock the world. Of course, we know that Angel Studios is also a studio that has been changing

00:02:29.560 the landscape of Hollywood. No longer do the Hollywood insiders get to control what you see.

00:02:35.300 In fact, they've created something called a guild, in which if you join that guild,

00:02:39.040 you can decide what Angel Studios releases. It's all done on a scoring system. The better the score

00:02:44.520 that a film or TV series gets, the more likely Angel it is to put it out. Young Washington has

00:02:49.280 been many years in the making. It's directed by John Irwin. Many of you will know that name from

00:02:53.400 I Can Only Imagine, American Underdog.

00:02:55.500 And of course, you saw the trailer

00:02:56.620 and there's some really familiar faces in there

00:02:58.420 from Mary Louise Parker to Kelsey Grammer.

00:03:00.400 But let me kind of give you the lay of the land

00:03:01.840 of what Young Washington is all about

00:03:03.540 because it's a different type of film

00:03:05.020 from what we've seen in the past.

00:03:06.740 Young Washington tells the story

00:03:08.240 of George Washington's formative years

00:03:10.440 before the presidency,

00:03:12.240 focusing on the experiences

00:03:13.300 that shaped America's first president.

00:03:15.820 The film is scheduled for nationwide theatrical release

00:03:18.040 on July 3rd, appropriate for our 250th birthday.

00:03:21.260 And the film features a notable cast.

00:03:23.060 And this is some of the folks I was mentioning earlier, including William Franklin Miller, Ben Kingsley, Kelsey Grammer, Mary Louise Parker, and Andy Serkis.

00:03:30.840 And Angel Studios is positioning this as one of the marquee theatrical releases heading into America's 250th anniversary celebrations.

00:03:37.860 You know, we're all getting ready for that.

00:03:39.460 We've got fireworks coming up.

00:03:40.820 There's a big rally tomorrow in the National Mall.

00:03:43.120 You've got the Great American State Fair coming up.

00:03:45.180 Some really, really wonderful things that are happening.

00:03:47.260 I just think it's a great time to be alive in our country.

00:03:50.460 Let me tell you about the Angel Guild and kind of the special promotion that Angel is offering to you, our viewer.

00:03:55.380 If you join the Angel Guild today, all you got to do is go to angel.com slash rav,

00:03:59.340 and you can take advantage of our special offer and become a premium member for the lowest price of the season.

00:04:05.460 And here's what you'll get.

00:04:06.380 You'll get two free tickets to see Young Washington in the theaters this Independence Day.

00:04:10.680 And you can be a part of making this film the number one movie in America for our nation's 250th birthday.

00:04:16.480 And you want to make sure that you join the Angel Guild because you will help support Angel Studios, tell the stories America was built on, was founded on.

00:04:24.880 No apologies, no rewriting, no reconstructionist history, just the truth of who we are as Americans.

00:04:31.500 And Angel's curated library of films and shows honor this country instead of tearing it down.

00:04:35.940 We all know that Hollywood has had a tendency in these revisionist stories to try to tear the country down, to sow division, to sow discord.

00:04:42.660 But we're doing a very special America's 250th limited time offer where you can get a monthly premium Angel membership for just $15 a month.

00:04:52.000 That's cheap, folks. $15 a month. You can't even go to a movie for $15 a month.

00:04:55.860 And all you've got to do to join is go to angel.com slash rav to join right now.

00:05:00.180 And many of you, of course, that are watching Real America's Voice, you know that I'm no stranger to this.

00:05:03.560 I've kind of been a conduit and a liaison to Angel, kind of ushering their products and their content into our audience

00:05:09.340 because it's important that we uplift who they are and what they represent.

00:05:13.640 I've been to events in the past for Angel Studios,

00:05:16.280 and their whole moniker is we want to tell stories that amplify light,

00:05:20.520 and that's what we're doing today.

00:05:21.860 We've got Benny Ray Harmony on the ground, on the scene,

00:05:24.500 at the red carpet in Nashville, Tennessee.

00:05:26.560 We want to go to her now.

00:05:27.940 Benny, it's so great to see you.

00:05:29.180 I know that you've got to be psyched and stoked for this premiere,

00:05:31.920 and I think you've got some screenwriters of the movie with you.

00:05:34.820 But first of all, just give us a lay of the land

00:05:36.620 of what it's like in Nashville, Tennessee right now.

00:05:39.340 Yeah, Beau, no, it is incredible.

00:05:42.520 We are here on site at Belmont University, here inside the Fishers Performing Arts Center.

00:05:48.300 And you can't see it, but on the other side of the camera, there are ballroom dancers,

00:05:52.780 there are performances happening, and it's a very lively atmosphere.

00:05:56.360 Now, Nashville is known for its arts and for its creative energy,

00:05:59.320 and so that is what it feels like here.

00:06:01.580 And, yeah, we have Dietrich and Tom Provost right here behind me or with me.

00:06:06.180 They are the screenwriters of this amazing film.

00:06:09.340 And so, guys, I want to get your input on this.

00:06:11.640 Tell us what it was like putting this film together and just give us the overview.

00:06:17.160 Well, it's really exciting to look at George Washington's life when he's young.

00:06:20.880 There's so many things that happened in his life nobody knows about.

00:06:23.960 And so one of the things we love about writing the movie is when you go see the movie,

00:06:27.920 you're going to learn so much about this great man and why he became great.

00:06:32.080 And I think there's a lot of misconceptions about George Washington's journey.

00:06:36.100 You know, when he started, he was 21, but by the time he was president, he was 57 years old.

00:06:41.560 What was it like putting together these scenes, putting together, making sure you didn't leave anything out?

00:06:46.780 Yeah, you know, it was really great to envision him as a young kid going through a lot of tragedy and misery,

00:06:53.520 having a pretty rough life, a lot of challenges in life, overcoming them.

00:06:57.400 Our director, John Irwin, would often say, think about, you know, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenants.

00:07:02.240 think about Tarzan. Like he was a man out in the wild, a young kid trying to find himself. And

00:07:06.980 that's a part of George Washington that I think people haven't seen before. Yeah. And how do you

00:07:11.440 think the actors really brought these characters to life? Is it what you expected? A hundred percent.

00:07:16.360 And I just have to say this movie lives or dies on George and we have great actors. Sir Ben Kingsley,

00:07:21.720 Indy Circus, but William who plays George is going to be a big star. He is awesome. Absolutely. It's

00:07:28.020 brilliant. You know, it's one thing to write a story, to forge a character on the page, to then

00:07:31.940 have characters like this bring it to life. It's just exceptional. And tell us a little bit about

00:07:36.320 Angel Studios. How have they supported this and really helped bring this to life? Well,

00:07:40.700 they're wonderful. They put up money. They've been helping with the marketing and they have

00:07:44.820 this wonderful program, obviously Pay It Forward, where any of us can donate money so that

00:07:49.540 underprivileged children can go out and see the movie. What are you most looking forward to about

00:07:53.680 tonight? Tell us what's in store. You know, to share this movie finally a few years later with

00:07:58.880 This audience, these people, all of you, it's kind of magical because, again, you write it in isolation, the two of us with John Irwin.

00:08:05.780 Now it's a thing.

00:08:06.860 It's a movie.

00:08:07.400 We hope that all of America gets to enjoy this on July 3rd and 4th.

00:08:11.080 Gentlemen, thank you so much and wishing you all the success of this movie.

00:08:14.520 And we are so excited to watch it.

00:08:16.000 Of course.

00:08:18.020 But, Beau, this young Washington, I mean, tells this story that is so monumental.

00:08:23.160 and the leadership, I really want to touch on that

00:08:25.880 because it goes through his trials and tribulations

00:08:28.980 and, you know, creating the Frisian Indian War

00:08:32.220 and how he used those hardships that he had

00:08:34.820 and, you know, the obstacles.

00:08:37.000 We all go through those obstacles,

00:08:38.340 so it really ties back and relates to everybody's life

00:08:41.260 and how over the years you continue to get better

00:08:43.700 and you learn the better ways

00:08:44.980 and you become the leader that you were meant to be.

00:08:47.000 So we're really, really looking forward to this, though.

00:08:49.940 Yeah, and what I love, Benny, about the trailer

00:08:52.020 or one of the trailers that I've seen

00:08:53.300 because they released a couple of the very last words

00:08:55.600 that someone says are prove them wrong.

00:08:58.400 And I love that because you think about stories of adversity

00:09:01.080 and our founding fathers, obviously,

00:09:03.080 and the unbelievable odds that they had to overcome

00:09:05.740 to become our founding fathers.

00:09:07.320 We know them as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson,

00:09:10.100 George Washington, all these wonderful men

00:09:12.700 who shaped this country.

00:09:14.220 And it's so important.

00:09:15.260 But the thing about it is,

00:09:15.960 is they did this all in the face of doubt,

00:09:18.600 in the face of adversity,

00:09:19.780 of overcoming ridiculous odds to become who they were.

00:09:23.480 And I think that's what's so unique, Benny,

00:09:24.840 and you touched on it with the screenwriters,

00:09:26.480 is this tells the story of young George Washington.

00:09:29.220 This is not the George Washington we know

00:09:31.080 that's on our currency and that we can quote.

00:09:33.920 This is the George Washington that's 21 years old

00:09:36.320 who goes to the British Army and says,

00:09:38.200 I want to serve, and he can't do it.

00:09:39.960 They won't let him.

00:09:42.080 America is this landscape, this unsettled landscape,

00:09:46.280 and George Washington has to come in and forge his own path, has to forge his own fate.

00:09:51.860 And I think that's what audiences are really going to take away from this.

00:09:54.320 And of course, here I'm saying it like I'm like I've written it or directed,

00:09:56.760 but I just feel like it's such a compelling story to know how a young boy became our first president.

00:10:05.240 And I love the prove them wrong, Bo, because, you know, like I said, you know, in your life,

00:10:10.980 you go through so many things and you're faced with things that should break you,

00:10:15.340 that a lot of people are scared that those moments will break you.

00:10:18.600 And in that moment, you know, when he's in battle and he's facing these,

00:10:22.380 he decides not to give up and he continues to come back

00:10:25.680 and he continues to show leadership.

00:10:28.160 And so I think we can all take something from that.

00:10:30.120 And speaking to those screenwriters and, you know,

00:10:32.280 them feeling those emotions while they're writing them.

00:10:34.700 And as men who were once young men, they know that better than anyone.

00:10:38.540 And so I'm just, I'm so excited.

00:10:40.440 I mean, when you watch that trailer, which we've played, you get chills.

00:10:44.220 Your whole body, your hair stands up because it's so powerful and emotional and the founding of America in general.

00:10:52.960 But also getting to tie that into just being a young man and being young, it's truly incredible.

00:10:58.800 And I think so many people not only can learn life lessons, which I'm really excited to talk to some of these young actors like the actor that plays George Washington in this, William Franklin Miller, because he's only 22 years old.

00:11:10.040 And so I'm excited to pick his brain on, you know, what's the biggest lesson he learned while filming this.

00:11:15.220 So it's going to be really incredible.

00:11:17.160 Yeah, let's go over some of the cast of this because there are some pretty star-studded names.

00:11:21.240 And I had not heard of William Franklin Miller, but, of course, he's someone that's new on this.

00:11:24.800 And you heard the screenwriter say he's going to be a big star, which I think is probably true.

00:11:28.500 The director is John Irwin.

00:11:29.620 Of course, we know him from I Can Only Imagine, House of David, which has been a humongous success on Amazon Prime.

00:11:35.080 He also directed American Underdog.

00:11:36.560 His brother, Andrew Irwin, I interviewed a couple months ago because he had I Can Only Imagine 2 come out, which is a great film.

00:11:42.180 The writers, of course, you just mentioned, John Irwin, Diedrich Hustraton, and Tom Provost.

00:11:46.080 William Franklin Minner in the lead character of Washington.

00:11:49.100 Andy Serkis as Edward Braddock.

00:11:51.600 Ben Kingsley, of course, amazing actor, as Robert Denwitty.

00:11:55.520 We've got Mary Louise Parker as Mary Washington.

00:11:58.160 And Kelsey Grammer, whom everybody loves from Frasier, of course, as Lord Fairfax.

00:12:02.260 What a wonderful cast, I think, Benny, of people that they've put together.

00:12:06.140 And this is what I'm seeing, Benny. What I'm seeing about Angel Studios is that they continue to develop and bring in high, high-level A-star names.

00:12:14.800 These are not, I hate to say it, but third and fourth-rate actors that happen to get thrown into a film.

00:12:19.820 We're talking about some very, very large names that have had a long Hollywood career saying, you know what?

00:12:25.420 I want to be a part of something. I want to be a part of something bigger than me that actually tells the story, the true story of America.

00:12:31.600 They've collected a wonderful assemblage of actors, Benny.

00:12:36.140 No, and I mean, you look at Kelsey Grammer, who that's who, you know, a lot of people are talking about.

00:12:41.440 He's been in, what, over 150 films.

00:12:43.860 He has six Emmy Awards, you know, Mary Louise Parker.

00:12:47.400 But then you also have those up-and-coming rising actors.

00:12:50.900 And I think Angel does such a great job of bringing all those types together.

00:12:55.220 You know, like you said, it's not just the up-and-coming actors,

00:12:58.080 but you have the seasoned ones that, in a way, these younger actors can look up to.

00:13:03.240 And to see the different types of shows that, you know, these people have acted in and the different characters that they have played.

00:13:12.420 I mean, Mia Rogers, one of hers was one of her most recent shows was about the sex lives of young women, basically.

00:13:20.640 And so just getting to see how they bring the different cultures and the different generations together.

00:13:26.400 And I was talking to my dad and I said, I was like, who's this Kelsey Graham?

00:13:30.040 And when we were on Eric Bowling today, I said the same thing.

00:13:32.980 i said i don't want to age you but i didn't really know who a lot of these actors were uh and so just

00:13:38.480 getting to kind of learn about them myself and and how how their energy and their spirit never dies

00:13:44.340 and how they've created such amazing films and also to our viewers out there you know you'll see

00:13:49.340 some of these actors in this movie and you'll be like wait a minute i recognize them from you know

00:13:54.400 there's this one uh show and it's called money plane i think and i think kelsey grammar's in

00:13:58.940 that. So there's some of those actors where you're just, you don't really realize it,

00:14:03.040 but then you look at them and you're like, wait a minute, I recognize you. And yeah,

00:14:06.780 in today's society and in this culture, it's really amazing that some of these major actors

00:14:11.180 from Hollywood are getting involved with Angel Studios and getting involved in films that

00:14:14.580 actually make a difference and celebrating the 250th anniversary. Yeah. And it's so interesting.

00:14:20.000 You mentioned Kelsey Grammer, Benny, because at the Kennedy Center Honors, which were held

00:14:23.720 end of last year, Kelsey Grammer was there. He presented and Kelsey's an amazing guy. He

00:14:27.840 actually went to school right down the road from me here at a Pinecrest school, which is an amazing,

00:14:32.340 wonderful school. But Kelsey experienced a lot of personal tragedy. And I asked him about

00:14:36.860 how he overcame that tragedy because it was devastating to him. And I mentioned the loss

00:14:40.680 of my father. And it's interesting when there's a loss in your life, how you can kind of empathize

00:14:45.440 with someone else. But at the same time, as humans, we have to understand that personal tragedy

00:14:50.940 forges us. It forges us in fire. And if you look at the character of George Washington,

00:14:55.740 at the person, the actor, that is Kelsey Grammer, overcoming all odds as well, to become Kelsey

00:15:01.360 Grammer and have such an amazing run with the series Frasier, among many, many other films

00:15:05.320 and TV series that he's done. It's so awesome, I think, to see how an actor is able to bring

00:15:11.080 their own experiences into a role. So I'm sure Kelsey brought his own personal tragedy into

00:15:16.700 this story, as he probably does many, many roles that he's played. But I just thought it was an

00:15:20.840 interesting tidbit about Kelsey, that if you don't know this about him, that he really did

00:15:24.840 to come from a story of a personal tragedy,

00:15:27.500 as many people have, and they rose to the occasion.

00:15:29.840 They rose like Icarus,

00:15:31.040 and they were able to ascend into their own fate,

00:15:33.180 the very way that our own first president did so.

00:15:35.480 We wanna take a quick break,

00:15:36.520 but I just wanna set the scene for everyone right now.

00:15:38.480 We are at the live world premiere of Young Washington

00:15:42.120 from Angel Studios right there

00:15:43.460 in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee.

00:15:44.520 Couldn't be in a better place.

00:15:45.900 Let's take a quick break,

00:15:46.820 and we will be right back with more.

00:15:49.040 This is the Young Washington red carpet premiere,

00:15:51.940 live on Real America's Voice.

00:15:54.840 My name is George Washington.

00:16:04.840 This is the Young Washington Red Carpet Premiere.

00:16:07.840 Live on Real America's Voice.

00:16:13.840 What happened Washington?

00:16:15.840 All those bullet holes in your jacket.

00:16:21.840 How are you alive?

00:16:23.840 I don't know.

00:16:29.840 You have no military service.

00:16:35.840 You are a boy. 1.00

00:16:39.840 You are not British, yet they send you to speak for them. 1.00

00:16:44.840 So that when you fail, they'll have someone to blame. 0.98

00:16:49.840 blame young washington you lost in the new world who does own this land if not the one who has the

00:17:02.320 will to tame it you do not want to start a war what do we do we fight

00:17:19.840 What are you called?

00:17:41.960 My name is George Washington.

00:17:43.680 help us make this the number one movie on america's 250th pre-order tickets at angel.com

00:17:53.960 slash 250 exclusively in theaters july 3rd and welcome back to the red carpet world premiere of

00:18:00.380 young washington on the ground in nashville tennessee we've got benny ray harmony i'm bo

00:18:04.760 davidson thank you for watching us being with us this hour is so unique because we have the ability

00:18:09.060 to step inside and see what a red carpet premiere

00:18:11.500 is actually like.

00:18:13.220 Benny Harmony was interviewing the screenwriters

00:18:14.940 of this wonderful film just a few moments ago.

00:18:17.420 And of course, this film premieres on July 3rd.

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00:19:03.880 Benny, I know you're there on the scene of the red carpet

00:19:06.780 and you're probably seeing some actors come in.

00:19:08.320 First of all, I want to lay the land for people

00:19:11.260 in terms of an experience that Angel Studios creates.

00:19:14.840 What's interesting to me,

00:19:15.760 and I've been to a couple of Angel premieres,

00:19:17.560 is that it's not just a movie.

00:19:19.240 It's not a typical red carpet premiere.

00:19:21.100 There are other ancillary things going around

00:19:23.340 that really set the scene and set the tone.

00:19:26.260 And I'll give you an example.

00:19:27.680 The Wingfeather Saga,

00:19:28.940 which I believe is in its third or fourth season now,

00:19:31.320 when I went to Nashville for that,

00:19:32.620 in the same place that you are right now,

00:19:34.660 there were people dressed up in characters

00:19:36.720 and costumes they had different uh they had the whole world of of the wing feather saga set there

00:19:42.740 so that when kids came in they could identify with their favorite characters and be able to talk in

00:19:47.300 the same language that the character spoke i thought it was so unique and at the time i didn't

00:19:51.140 have children and now that i do it's like i get it like it totally clicks so benny as we were

00:19:56.000 talking about earlier you said there was ballroom dancing going on it seems to me benny that as i

00:20:00.460 look at the the the the schedule here they had a grand arrival at four eastern they had a check-in

00:20:05.180 And they had a ballroom exhibition, dance instruction, and performance by Extreme Ballroom, which I think we have some B-roll of.

00:20:10.680 So tell us, Benny, about what you saw when you came in, because this is not a typical red carpet premiere.

00:20:19.840 Give me one second. Yeah.

00:20:21.500 No, Beau, I think we have some production people coming to speak to you here in just a second.

00:20:26.260 But to lay the land, the dress code was 18th century colonial.

00:20:31.100 So you could dress up in your favorite character.

00:20:33.160 You could dress up in ballroom glam.

00:20:34.840 You could dress up red carpet glam.

00:20:36.880 Everyone is very glammed here is all that I will say.

00:20:41.080 And actually right now on the dance floor, they have pulled people from the crowd, you know, guests that bought tickets.

00:20:48.180 And they're teaching them how to dance.

00:20:50.660 So they had the Extreme Dance Company come in and all the amazing ballroom dancers were going all around the floor.

00:20:57.500 And let me just say, I wish I could dance like that.

00:21:00.140 but we're going to need to find someone to teach me how to do those moves

00:21:03.720 because I think that could be my party trick.

00:21:06.060 But it's truly incredible.

00:21:08.300 I mean, I just love looking at you have men with George Washington wigs on.

00:21:13.620 You have the straight coats.

00:21:15.160 I mean, you have everything.

00:21:16.900 And I wish we could get a shot.

00:21:18.180 Maybe I could figure out a way to get you guys some content to show the guests dancing.

00:21:22.800 It's truly, it's really cool.

00:21:24.700 Can we flip it around, Brandon?

00:21:26.260 Let's flip it around.

00:21:27.240 Here, this is what's going on right now. 0.73

00:21:28.200 we have the guests learning how to ballroom dance. Oh, look at that. Yeah, absolutely.

00:21:36.140 But see, this is what I mean, Benny. I mean, this is why premieres for Angel Studios are not your

00:21:40.280 typical just run-of-the-mill premiere. There's a whole experience that's associated with, like I

00:21:44.720 said, when I've been out to Provo, Utah, where Angel Studios is, or I've been to various premieres

00:21:49.260 like the Wingfeather Saga, they create a whole world for the environment you're stepping into.

00:21:53.860 It's not just like, oh, welcome to the premiere. You know, here's your ticket. Here's your seat.

00:21:57.700 sit down. It is an, it's a complete, and I'm going to use the word experience. And you think

00:22:01.640 about experiential marketing and how people are immersive, even entertainment. That's what I see

00:22:07.300 with what Angel Studios is doing, because they want you to invest in the characters. And I think

00:22:11.100 that now that we're in the 250th year, the birthday year of our country, there's so much

00:22:16.480 nostalgia. There's so much pride. You know, you had the UFC fight recently, Benny, you had flag

00:22:21.700 day. You had the Army's 251st birthday. You had the flyover. We've got the National Mall. There's

00:22:27.720 a big rally tomorrow. You've got the Great American State Fair. You've got Team USA,

00:22:32.560 the men's national team, kicking tail on the World Cup stage. There's just so much to be

00:22:37.520 proud of. And I got to say this too, Benny, I don't know if you've caught it, but looking at

00:22:41.000 how foreigners, especially Europeans, are coming and experiencing in the United States right now,

00:22:45.580 they've basically been lied to about our country. They thought that, you know, we're terrible people,

00:22:49.620 we're racist, we're fascist because Donald Trump is president. All this BS they've been told and 0.91

00:22:53.520 they get here and they're like, what? Walmart? Chick-fil-A? Ranch dressing? They love it. Well,

00:22:59.560 Benny, I know you've got someone there to speak to, so go ahead and tell us who you have there

00:23:02.440 as a guest. Yeah, well, first introduce yourself. Tell us about yourself. My name is David Hunt. I'm

00:23:09.840 the chief content officer and the co-founder of 2521 Entertainment who helped co-produce this

00:23:14.580 film. So tell us a little bit about the production behind the scenes. What went into creating this

00:23:20.080 young Washington film? Well, it's pretty monumental. You know, we have the we know our first president

00:23:26.040 and the head of the Continental Army. That story fairly well as Americans. But most Americans have

00:23:31.160 no idea that he was a what happened when he was a young man full of failure, full of doubt, full

00:23:37.260 of not knowing what his path was going to be. And that's really an incredible story. And 100 plus

00:23:43.440 years of american film we've never told that story yet so we all thought this was you know

00:23:48.680 quite a monumental story worth telling especially on our 250th birthday of this greatest country on

00:23:53.900 earth and uh so we pulled together an amazing team of uh actors uh josh erwin who's an incredible

00:24:01.000 director who's done uh you know i can only imagine and lots of films that people in our space have

00:24:07.540 responded to quite well and so we got this great package together and then we had to uh somehow

00:24:12.500 create the Revolutionary War, which is a lot harder than you think. Those guns don't really

00:24:17.540 shoot as often as well as you think. They misfire a lot, at least ours did. So there's a lot of

00:24:24.360 trials and travails, but ultimately when we all pulled it together, I think we showed how this

00:24:31.760 man who, before he was a statue, was a man. And there's a lot of lessons to learn, especially for

00:24:37.700 young people, young people trying to find their way, that failure is a good thing if you take it

00:24:42.300 the right way and no one exemplifies that more than george washington who uh king george his

00:24:47.180 opponent uh at one point said if he uh steps down as the first president which he said he was going

00:24:53.020 to he'd be the greatest man who ever lived and he did and he and he was one of the greatest men that

00:24:57.480 ever lived so we're excited to tell this story and so that's that's one of the things we've been

00:25:01.560 talking about the whole show is the lessons learned throughout this film and as a 21 year old kid

00:25:07.540 you know he didn't become president till he was 57 years old and there were so many years in

00:25:11.780 between that really formed him into the man that he that became our first president um so i guess

00:25:17.100 tell us a little bit you know young people watching this film i i really hope with this

00:25:22.100 being the 250th anniversary and and seeing such an amazing character like william franklin miller

00:25:27.420 playing george what do you hope that these young people take from this in today's society and

00:25:32.940 generation we have a society now that values quick things things that seem easy uh nothing that's

00:25:40.000 worth having, or not nothing, but almost nothing that's worth having is easy. And certainly the

00:25:46.340 things that Washington built in himself, it took time to craft himself. You don't just step out

00:25:51.840 and become a man of the character that he had and the ability he had. That was years of intention

00:25:57.740 putting in how to mold himself into that. And I think young people have to, you need to look at

00:26:02.780 people that you admire, look at even people, fictional people, it doesn't matter. As long as

00:26:07.680 have a model you can look at and try to craft yourself into that person over time uh you can

00:26:14.160 do amazing things with just little tiny what's amazing what i got with uh little bits of uh

00:26:20.140 daily habit that build up into something much bigger over time and i guess the other thing i

00:26:24.180 would say is taking a cue from george washington is to lean into your failures in fact if you're

00:26:29.820 not failing a lot you're you're standing still uh you should wonder what did i fail at today

00:26:36.420 What did I fail at this week?

00:26:37.960 You should have something on that list because if you're not failing, you're not trying.

00:26:42.620 And failure is a good thing.

00:26:43.660 It teaches us how to endure and things to get better at next time.

00:26:49.380 And so lean into failure.

00:26:50.600 It's a wonderful thing.

00:26:51.340 Don't think that because you failed at something, that's the end.

00:26:54.060 It wasn't the end for George.

00:26:55.740 George Washington started a war on accident, which we see in this film.

00:27:01.700 He had a disastrous military defeat.

00:27:05.520 Many, many issues, but it was learning from those issues

00:27:09.360 and coming back and keeping on is what made him who he was.

00:27:13.160 And, sir, I got one final question, and it's going to be a fun one, okay?

00:27:17.240 One word to describe this film before we get to see the preview tonight.

00:27:21.380 Daring.

00:27:22.280 I'd say daring not only in this production, but daring in Washington's character.

00:27:26.660 He was not a shrinking violet.

00:27:28.720 He was a bold, bold man, and I think daring sums him up very well, honestly.

00:27:32.640 Well, thank you so much, and thank you.

00:27:34.300 We're so excited to see all the work you guys have put in this film.

00:27:36.580 Appreciate it. Thank you very much.

00:27:38.680 Well, Beau, you heard it right there.

00:27:41.240 Leadership, daring, that's what he said, the one word to describe this film

00:27:45.840 and the bold man that George Washington was from such a young age.

00:27:49.960 Yeah, David Gates, some real golden nuggets there of wisdom, I would say.

00:27:53.400 How you fail, how a person responds to failure is so critical.

00:27:57.100 I studied Abraham Lincoln.

00:27:59.460 I made a speech about him as a young kid, and I realized how much he had failed, how

00:28:03.480 many things had come his way that were inopportune and unfortunate.

00:28:06.880 And the same is true of George Washington.

00:28:08.360 So I think something that David was saying that I think should impress young people out

00:28:12.520 there, Benny, that you were so astute to ask is, how do you fail and fail better?

00:28:16.480 Because you're going to have a string of failures.

00:28:18.140 Nothing is going to be perfect.

00:28:19.440 People that we know that are successful, they had a string of failures before they got there.

00:28:23.740 So I think it's important to take that away from the story, and I think audiences will.

00:28:26.880 Let's learn a lot more about George Washington as the boy who became our first president.

00:28:32.000 More when we get back from the premiere of Young Washington in Nashville, Tennessee.

00:28:36.120 This is the Young Washington Red Carpet Premiere, live on Real America's Voice.

00:28:48.220 My name is George Washington.

00:28:50.160 This is the Young Washington Red Carpet Premiere, live on Real America's Voice.

00:28:55.840 Welcome back to our coverage of the Young Washington premiere in Nashville, Tennessee.

00:29:00.540 Bo Davidson here with you in the Anchor's Chair and Benny Harmony on the ground on the red carpet in Nashville, Tennessee.

00:29:05.640 Benny, I know that you've got someone with you there, so we want to get right to you.

00:29:10.320 Yeah, we do.

00:29:11.500 We are here with John Foss, who plays George Washington's older brother.

00:29:15.840 You play Lawrence Washington.

00:29:18.900 So tell us a little bit about this character and how monumental he is in George's young life.

00:29:23.420 So when George's father, Augustine, passed away, George was only 11, and of course he was left without a father figure, and Lawrence comes into the picture. Lawrence is about 14 years elder of George, and he comes in and takes young George under his wing, and basically acts as that father figure, the older brother, the mentor that George needs at this time in his life.

00:29:45.720 And so that mentorship, I think a lot of people can probably take something from that.

00:29:50.400 And I'm really excited for everyone to see this film just because of that and that family aspect.

00:29:55.260 You know, George was so young and dealing with so many things.

00:29:58.300 What were some of the biggest lessons you feel your character gave George in those moments?

00:30:02.880 Well, so George, young George, was destined to become a tenant farmer.

00:30:06.420 But because of Lawrence, who was serving, he served in His Majesty's Navy.

00:30:11.160 He came back to Virginia to lead a regiment of volunteers. 0.96

00:30:14.980 and he also was kind of this, he was part of the gentry class

00:30:19.240 and so George saw in Lawrence someone that he wanted to become like 0.89

00:30:22.940 and so, but he couldn't, George didn't have all of those kind of

00:30:26.960 privileges that Lawrence had, so George had to really struggle and fight for those

00:30:30.940 and Lawrence saw it and in this film we kind of tell that story, part of

00:30:35.160 the story is where Lawrence was able to teach him how to navigate society

00:30:39.120 he was able to teach George how to become a gentleman

00:30:42.320 And so all of these kinds of things, all of these attributes, George adopted because of his older brother.

00:30:48.420 And for our viewers, if you could summarize this movie in one word, what do you want them to know?

00:30:55.760 Entertaining. This movie is entertaining.

00:30:58.660 Entertaining. You heard it here from George's older brother.

00:31:02.160 Well, John, thank you so much. And we are so looking forward to watching this.

00:31:05.660 Thank you so much.

00:31:06.360 Of course. Have a great night.

00:31:07.500 Thank you. You too. Enjoy the film.

00:31:08.720 Well, you guys heard it there. You know, life is all about the mentorship. Life is all about

00:31:14.620 those lessons that you learn, Beau. We've been talking about this all show. And I think George's

00:31:19.580 older brother right there just told us exactly what we've been talking about.

00:31:23.940 Yeah. And it's so interesting to learn, Benny, about the story of George Washington and how his

00:31:27.680 older brothers who kind of came in. And as he said, he was destined pretty much, it sounds like,

00:31:31.700 for an agrarian type of future. But when someone encourages you to rise above your station in life,

00:31:38.200 when there's someone there that says, you know what, you're bigger than this. You can do better

00:31:41.820 than this. You don't have to accept the status quo. We wouldn't even be talking about George

00:31:46.400 Washington if it weren't for probably his older brother. George Washington would not be on our

00:31:51.300 lips when we're talking about the 250th birthday that we're having right now. And, you know,

00:31:55.740 Benny, I've seen the musical Hamilton. And of course, I think that started this kind of nostalgia

00:32:00.640 in founding fathers. And they did it in a very, very unique way through hip hop and rap and the

00:32:05.740 way that it was presented that Lin-Manuel Miranda, the way he did this. And of course, now I think

00:32:10.100 this has just kind of encouraged a whole new nostalgia in our founding fathers. But Benny,

00:32:13.760 I just think it's interesting that some of these people, these young boys, so many of them were so

00:32:19.200 young that founded our nation, realized there was a destiny. There was a fate. There was something

00:32:23.780 larger than them in life that they said, I want to do something better. When really the crown was

00:32:28.440 saying, no, you don't. You need to be kept down. This is what you're supposed to do in life. You're

00:32:32.240 not going to be there. You're a colony. This will not happen. And as we think about our nation's

00:32:36.340 founding, I think young people out there, Benny, especially even me when I was younger, you don't

00:32:40.080 think about that. Like I went to Colonial Williamsburg. I saw the people in the garb

00:32:43.500 and everything. I was like, this is kind of silly. But if you really put yourself in the position of 0.91

00:32:46.840 a young George Washington, 21 years old, it opens your mind to a whole new world.

00:32:53.100 No, absolutely, Beau. And I, you know, I think that throughout this entire night and all the

00:32:57.980 guests we're going to speak to, they're all going to touch on those different subjects. And

00:33:01.680 and just how, in general, this touches so many different people.

00:33:05.560 We actually have another guest waiting, so come on up here.

00:33:09.540 Introduce yourself to us.

00:33:10.960 Oh, great. I'm Diana Lucas, and I'm up for my very first Emmy Award.

00:33:15.500 I hope there'll be more, but the first one.

00:33:17.640 And for producer of The Bay.

00:33:20.660 Tell us a little bit about putting together a film

00:33:24.520 and really what goes into the production of it.

00:33:26.840 Oh, it's a huge logistics.

00:33:29.100 You have to have one major producer, and he pulls everything together that we put together.

00:33:35.880 I was in charge of the music.

00:33:38.620 And things were not, you know, public domain, and you had to get people making charts.

00:33:44.480 And tell us a little bit about Angel Studios.

00:33:46.960 You know, why are you here tonight and celebrating this incredible company?

00:33:50.760 Oh, I am so glad they're doing this.

00:33:52.880 George Washington, you can believe it.

00:33:54.480 You can take the whole family.

00:33:55.840 George Washington turned down being nominated for king or prime minister he said come up with it

00:34:03.240 they came up with president he was shot 25 times and the American Indian said we're sharpshooters

00:34:11.820 I came to see you before I died because I wanted to see the man that great spirit wanted to live

00:34:19.220 you know what are you most what are you most excited to see in this film and also you know

00:34:26.520 it's the 250th anniversary of america how does that tie into this oh it's the building of an

00:34:33.280 entirely new government not just mayflower compact but one man one vote and no nonsense it's just

00:34:41.040 it's a miracle it happened thank you so much we're looking forward to just seeing all your

00:34:47.120 work and everything you do. Yes. Have a great night. Of course. Well, you heard that though.

00:34:54.380 Yes. Yes. Thanks, Benny. That was wonderful. And before we go to break, we do want to tell you

00:34:57.640 about another project of angels. You know, they just have a whole slate of films and series that

00:35:01.320 are coming out that are really amazing that you're going to want to pay attention to. Hidden war is

00:35:05.280 now streaming on angel and it takes viewers inside one of the most important fights happening in the

00:35:10.080 world today. We all know it, the battle against child trafficking. The documentary follows Tim

00:35:14.980 Ballard and his team as an investigation that begins in war-torn Ukraine uncovers a trafficking

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00:35:30.620 global crisis, start streaming Hidden War on Angel today. And again, all you got to do is go to

00:35:35.760 angel.com slash JS and watch now. And with that, we'll take a short break. Oh, we're going to go

00:35:42.140 a break, but we're going to go back to Benny Harmony. She's got another guest for us. Benny,

00:35:45.200 who have you got? Wait, are you talking to me, Bo? Yes, I see you've got another guest. They

00:35:54.140 were telling us that you have someone else there to speak to us. Do we have that?

00:35:59.940 Not yet, but we will. So just stay tuned right after this break.

00:36:03.480 Okay. Sorry about that, Benny. We will take a short break and we will be right back.

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00:41:11.340 My name is George Washington.

00:41:13.380 This is the Young Washington Red Carpet Premier, live on Real America's Voice.

00:41:18.860 Welcome back to our live coverage of the Young Washington world premiere in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee,

00:41:24.360 a town that I know and I love.

00:41:25.880 I lived there for about 10 years.

00:41:27.580 We've got Benny Ray Harmony on the ground, on the red carpet, in fact,

00:41:30.460 and she's got someone with her right now, I believe an actor who's in the film.

00:41:33.180 Benny, who do you have?

00:41:36.240 Yeah, Bo, we have Angus.

00:41:38.780 Let me read his full name.

00:41:41.040 Angus Castledowdy.

00:41:42.180 He plays David Friss in the film Young Washington.

00:41:45.140 And now he told me David is one of George's good mates.

00:41:49.300 So we're going to talk a little bit about that.

00:41:50.740 So tell us a little bit about this film.

00:41:52.960 And you had actually mentioned it was a little difficult to film.

00:41:56.140 Talk to us about this.

00:41:57.180 I mean, the film itself, I mean, the story, you know, we see George from when he's a young age.

00:42:04.640 And he's just fighting to be recognized, I think.

00:42:08.860 And he goes into these dangerous situations.

00:42:12.440 He throws himself into them.

00:42:13.820 and uh he takes the people he cares about the most along with him because they're the people

00:42:18.600 he trusts um and so the nature of filming that was that we were thrown into these difficult

00:42:23.860 situations but we had an amazing experience like the the group of us that all played friends and

00:42:29.700 and uh like we formed a real brotherhood we were out in ireland we came out two weeks early

00:42:36.680 we bonded over stunt training and horse riding and then before we knew it we were in the depths

00:42:43.100 filming and i know like one of the big things a big takeaway to take from the film is this

00:42:49.060 theme of brotherhood the way he george closes the film is by saying that the thing that's worth

00:42:56.900 fighting for is his men and we like we created this like metaphysical symbiotic brotherhood

00:43:06.180 relationship offset all of us we became really close offset and um it doesn't matter what we

00:43:12.980 were going through whilst we were filming it we put all that to one side we had each other's backs

00:43:17.440 and so like i want people who watch the film to feel that brotherhood come off the screen but also

00:43:23.160 know that like a real relationship was born off it i love that and i think that that's a big you

00:43:28.740 know that's a big part of the film too is that family aspect and the mentorship but so you're

00:43:33.160 originally from london correct i am yeah yeah yeah so i want to ask you since you know america

00:43:37.900 is coming up on its 250th anniversary did you learn anything while you were filming did it

00:43:45.300 change your perspective on america at all or the founding of america um or just kind of how you view

00:43:51.060 this country in general yeah i mean i i knew very little about the time period before i even uh read

00:43:59.560 the script so i learned a lot from reading the script itself and then when i was preparing for

00:44:05.100 the role um me and fergal we were playing these brothers who were these it was just described as

00:44:11.600 wild men they're just wild men and so i was doing a lot of reading on the period and uh i was actually

00:44:17.340 listening to a podcast that was talking about um frontier men like a hundred years later

00:44:23.800 and they were described as ungovernable so after that i'll be honest i put the books down and just

00:44:32.200 when, well, I'll just become ungovernable.

00:44:35.720 But I already had a deep love and respect for America,

00:44:40.120 and the film has sort of made me more patriotic

00:44:43.980 for a country that I'm not part of.

00:44:46.820 So I feel somewhat adopted in that way,

00:44:50.100 but, yeah, no, if anything,

00:44:52.960 it just deepened a love that I already had for the country.

00:44:55.300 And then I want to finish with one fun question, okay?

00:44:57.460 You said you and the members of the cast

00:44:59.400 really developed great relationships throughout this.

00:45:02.200 Who in the cast could actually, would be the best in 18th century world, like in that craziness?

00:45:10.040 Who out of the people you work with, who could actually do it in the survival?

00:45:14.060 I would say Fergal Geraghty maybe stepped immediately out of an 18th century world and turned up in 2026.

00:45:24.600 And we're still working out how to put him back into ice to send him back.

00:45:28.580 Well, you heard it here, folks, Angus. Thank you so much. We are so looking forward to

00:45:33.820 see David in this film and just watch you come alive. So thank you so much.

00:45:37.440 Have a lovely rest of you.

00:45:38.220 Of course, you too.

00:45:39.900 Well, you heard that, Bo. This is amazing. One of George Washington's greatest friends.

00:45:45.120 And just everything he said, I think it'll touch a lot of people.

00:45:49.460 Yeah, and something I took away from that, and I hope that viewers at home would take

00:45:53.080 away from it, is this notion of brotherhood. As he said it, Benny, what I thought of, well,

00:45:57.200 of course, you know, being a performer and a singer is, and crown thy good with brotherhood

00:46:01.100 from sea to shining sea. Those are the words that have been forged in our songs from the American

00:46:06.920 Songbook. And something I think that stands out to me right now at this moment in our history,

00:46:11.400 Benny, is the fact that we should come together. We do see a sort of camaraderie in terms of our

00:46:17.760 250th birthday that I think is unique. You see it certainly when Team USA plays on the soccer field

00:46:22.200 because we're not even supposed to be that great. And here we are competing on the world stage.

00:46:25.700 I'll admit I've got Team USA Thief. There's no question about it. I've been watching it avidly.

00:46:30.140 But I think that when you look at the political environment that we've been in, Benny, of division,

00:46:34.820 of racial division, of tension, of things that are completely unnecessary from factors outside

00:46:38.660 of our control, and some of them that are designed to divide us, that it's nice to have a story

00:46:43.560 that shows us not only the true history of George Washington, but that notion of camaraderie and

00:46:49.400 brotherhood, the brotherhood that defines us, that sets us apart from other nations. Because if it

00:46:54.560 weren't for that brotherhood, if those gentlemen, those soldiers did not come together and forge

00:46:59.740 this pact, there is no United States of America. And I think that we just, we have to think about

00:47:05.320 that and reflect upon it because people don't think about it that often, Benny. I think it's

00:47:08.380 just a unique part of this story. No, absolutely. And Bo, the other thing I loved that he said is

00:47:16.060 it brought him a renowned patriotism for a country that he's not even from. And I think with

00:47:21.460 everything happening in America. We've seen the World Cup, you know, we're seeing all these

00:47:26.120 foreigners come into America. And when he said that, it almost kind of made me tear up a little

00:47:30.600 bit because, you know, America is so beautiful and it has the greatest patriotic people and

00:47:36.480 welcoming people. And so for him to feel that through this film by, you know, by being a part

00:47:41.380 of playing a character that was so instrumental to American history, I think it gives us a lot

00:47:47.280 of hope. And I hope that viewers at home feel that same way. Yeah. And I'll just say this too,

00:47:51.920 before we go to break, just a little anecdote is I got the chance to visit Fort McHenry

00:47:55.460 in Baltimore. And that's of course where Francis Scott Key wrote star Spangled Banner and having

00:48:00.120 sung it so many times, it's like, you forget about the history of it. But when you realize

00:48:03.660 that the lyrics of that, what they actually meant, the bombs bursting in air, and then you see the

00:48:08.080 flag. And if the flag was still standing, that meant that the U S was still alive. Uh, it, it,

00:48:12.900 it really just emboldened me. I mean, it touched my heart. And I think that's what a story like

00:48:16.840 Young Washington is going to do. So make sure that you go see this film. And the way to do that,

00:48:22.120 of course, is to join the Angel Guild. Just 15 bucks a month right now, folks. You can't even

00:48:26.000 go to a movie for 15 bucks. So I would say that's an amazing value. Angel.com slash rap. We'll take

00:48:31.000 a short break and we'll be right back with more of the Young Washington premiere live on the red

00:48:35.420 carpet from Nashville, Tennessee. Be right back. This is the Young Washington red carpet premiere

00:48:40.400 live on Real America's Voice.

00:48:46.840 My name is George Washington.

00:48:51.340 This is the Young Washington Red Carpet Premiere, live on Real America's Voice.

00:48:57.580 Welcome back. Real America's Voice, Bo Davidson here with our live coverage of the Young Washington

00:49:02.640 World Premiere in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee. We've got Benny Ray Harmony on

00:49:06.760 the ground. Benny, she's been interviewing a lot of the folks that are coming across

00:49:10.300 the red carpet right now. And Benny, I know that you have, I believe, an actress joining

00:49:13.460 you right now. Tell us who you have.

00:49:16.840 Yes, I do, Beau. I have the beautiful Mia Rogers, who plays Sally, in the film of Young Washington.

00:49:23.800 And, I mean, first of all, look at how gorgeous she is. I mean, we need to know, where is the outfit from?

00:49:29.400 I'm wearing Mimi today.

00:49:30.600 Okay, okay. We need to get into this film.

00:49:33.800 So, tell us a little bit about your character, and what viewers can expect.

00:49:38.700 I play Sally Carey, who is an old childhood friend of George Washington's.

00:49:45.280 She grew up next to him.

00:49:46.600 They were in different kind of class sets,

00:49:48.200 but they knew each other through George's older brother, Lawrence.

00:49:52.340 She was part of one of the most affluent families at the time in Virginia in the 1700s.

00:49:58.040 She was the oldest of four daughters.

00:50:00.380 She had a lot of pressure on her shoulders, but she was amazing.

00:50:03.280 She was incredibly educated, quick-witted.

00:50:05.060 She's a real force to be reckoned with.

00:50:07.580 And so, Young Washington, we've been speaking to a lot of the actors

00:50:11.140 and about the lessons that this film has taught them.

00:50:14.160 I want to touch on, you're the first woman I've spoken to that's in this film.

00:50:18.880 Tell us a little bit about, you know, we live in a very, I would say, a society that is a lot different than 1700 society for women.

00:50:29.960 Tell us what it was like embodying that character that was more traditional as compared to in today's society.

00:50:37.420 I think it's an interesting question.

00:50:38.880 And I think obviously women throughout time have always faced adversity, whether it was in 1700s or the 2026 that we're in now.

00:50:47.320 Very different spectrum of issues. 0.85

00:50:49.980 But at the same time, I think there's such a story in this film where it's about Sally and George's relationship from the get go was never going to happen due to that status and need for just like conforming.

00:51:05.120 which I think is something that women to this day still have to grapple with.

00:51:09.780 And I think for her it was a story about survival.

00:51:12.620 She couldn't be with the one that she wanted to be with

00:51:14.980 because she had to think about her family and the wider scope around her.

00:51:19.060 George was conquering battlefields,

00:51:20.320 but she had to conquer her own inner turmoil of sacrifice with her family,

00:51:24.980 with her love, you know.

00:51:27.240 There's a whole broad array of things. 1.00

00:51:28.760 The duality of women. 1.00

00:51:30.080 Exactly, exactly.

00:51:31.640 But I think it's a really important story,

00:51:33.840 and I'm very glad that I got to be a part to tell it.

00:51:36.900 And for our viewers,

00:51:38.240 what is one word you would use to describe this film?

00:51:41.140 Oh, my God.

00:51:42.280 I'm putting you on the spot.

00:51:43.200 Not, oh, my God.

00:51:46.300 A roller coaster?

00:51:47.520 Roller coaster. 0.99

00:51:48.720 We'll go with that.

00:51:49.860 Mia, do you have any final words for us

00:51:51.820 just as we head into the theater to see this incredible film?

00:51:54.980 It just means so much to me,

00:51:56.040 and I'm so glad that everybody is here to celebrate,

00:51:58.240 and we're going to watch it together.

00:51:59.900 It's my first time tonight, so I'm feeling really excited.

00:52:02.620 Well, Mia, thank you so much.

00:52:03.840 And I cannot wait to see the film.

00:52:05.380 You too.

00:52:05.920 Have a nice day.

00:52:06.480 Thank you.

00:52:07.820 Well, Beau, I mean, how about her energy and just her spirit in general?

00:52:11.940 I'm so excited to see her on the big screen.

00:52:15.260 Yeah, absolutely, Benny.

00:52:16.080 And I think that as you've talked to each of the actors and actresses and the writers

00:52:19.800 and some of the producers who've made this film possible,

00:52:22.500 some of the themes that just, you know, keep standing out to me are adversity, brotherhood,

00:52:27.660 resilience, rising above your station, defying odds, learning how to fail so many times.

00:52:33.160 and then you finally find success at the end of it.

00:52:35.760 And even George Washington was a man

00:52:37.040 that obviously had to craft himself.

00:52:38.840 He was forged in fire, forged in death,

00:52:41.320 forged in all the things that came his way

00:52:43.520 that he had to defy to become the president that he became,

00:52:46.660 as you astutely mentioned, in his 50s.

00:52:48.400 But this story is the story of George Washington

00:52:50.360 when he was in his 20s, which I think is so interesting.

00:52:53.100 And of course, a star-studded Caspany,

00:52:54.940 and I don't know if any of them 1.00

00:52:55.960 will be coming down the red carpet there soon,

00:52:57.660 but you've got William Franklin Miller, Ben Kingsley,

00:52:59.940 Kelsey Grammer, Mary Louise Parker, Andy Serkis,

00:53:02.860 a really star-studded cast. And we just want to also acknowledge our good friends at Angel because

00:53:07.120 they've done such a great job of putting this film together, of bringing stories, Benny, that

00:53:11.700 amplify light. So I know we've only got about a minute and 30 seconds left, but just give us

00:53:15.240 kind of a final wrap-up of what you're seeing there at the young Washington red carpet. And I

00:53:19.680 hope you get to see the film if you get to stay around for it. But I think it's going to be a

00:53:23.180 film that's going to really explode and do some amazing things for patriotism in this country.

00:53:27.120 no absolutely bow and i think the biggest thing that we're seeing is just the patriotism you know

00:53:34.140 they they had the dancers play american soldier and they were dancing to it and and being in

00:53:39.040 nashville tennessee you've been here many times you you know there's this feeling of of god country

00:53:45.360 and family and i think that that also is really tapped into this room tonight and you know i look

00:53:50.340 up at the walls and there's american flags everywhere and so i think we just going forward

00:53:56.160 I think hearing from these actors about what this film meant to them, I hope it encourages and brings hope to the younger generation,

00:54:03.600 just to all those generations that are watching it, that you can love this country and that adverse, adverse, I can't get that word right right now, Beau.

00:54:12.680 But obstacles, challenges, it all happens for a reason, just like George Washington had.

00:54:18.720 Just keep going and, you know, have hope and it'll happen.

00:54:22.360 Yeah, and Benny, and knowing your story

00:54:24.020 and probably you knowing a little bit of mine,

00:54:25.540 you know, I think we all have to overcome obstacles

00:54:27.280 in our life, and so we've been through them.

00:54:29.180 We've been through trials and tribulations,

00:54:30.740 but George Washington can be an inspiration.

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