>> i would say there's three -- >> rose: alexander payne for sure. >> kazan, hitchcock, alexander payne. the others quentin i would think would be there but i worked for three hours for him on django so i didn't have much to see. jack as a director was absolutely fabulous. >> rose: what is jack going to do? will he continue to act? >> he's sharp as a tack! he gets it. who could sit through this pathetic laker team this year and he's there every night and they play in the gym, that's all. that was the wonderful thing about cannes. when we went to cannes i'd never been in a gym as big as cannes. that's 2,000 plus people watching a movie that you're in. >> rose: you've never been in a gym that big? >> i call them gyms. movie theaters, palaces. i just -- the wonderful thing about cannes for me was the explosiveness of the reaction the minute the movie start and alexander and i were next to each other and we looked at each other and we said "they got it and they're reading subtitles." so we said maybe at home they'll even get it more but they got it over there which made paramount realize th

from director alexander payne. alexander payne has made six movies, but this is... the first time he doesn't have a screenwriting credit. [man] and, aaron and kevin battle... over which film is best: "let me in" versus "let the right one in." why can't people just appreciate international filmmaking? they can, and i love international filmmaking. yeah, okay, so then why did this need to be made? [man] all right here... on "just seen it." ♪ ♪♪ has a history of selfishness and greed. -i owe you. -yes, you do. [man] when he descends into the world of drug trafficking, he finds himself in over his head. if you're not in, you need to tell me. why? because you don't know someone 'til you know what they want. [man] not knowing who to trust may cost him everything. -how bad is it? -i'd say pretty bad. [man] in "the counselor." hi, i'm zorianna. -i'm salim. -and i'm sean. next up is "the counselor," directed by ridley scott... and written by cormac mccarthy. we've all just seen it. zorianna, counsel me on this movie. okay, well, the screenplay was written by cormac mcc

payne, who directed "the descendants" with a performance by bruce dern as this older guy who thinks he's won a million dollars. he got one of those sweepstakes letters. and he goes back to collect the money with his son and they stop off in his hometown in nebraska. it's just a wonderful movie about family, about memory, about parents and children. it's got some melancholy parts, but it's really in the end a very kind of warm and satisfying movie. the performances are terrific. it's beautiful to look at. it's black and white, which is rare. >> i tell you, i always take your advice. >> i hope i don't let you sgloun thanks very much. >> that's a wrap of things for me, everybody. i'm alex witt. catch me each weekend from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern on saturdays and sundays. thomas roberts is up next. >> hi, alex. i want to go see a movie now. i want to see "catching fire" and go buy big bulk paper towels. that's it. >> okay. >> it's a big list, right? >> you go ahead and do that, i'll do the movie. >> thanks. >>> the agenda next hour, a deadline is coming from president obama. ready or n

really good movie directed by alexander payne who i think is one of our best filmmakers. >> so spielberg had that criticism a while back. everyone's making blockbusters and cg and everything else. is that changing at all now >> well, i don't know if it's changing. it's hard to figure out what's going on in the movie business but it does seem to happen that every spring and summer, people are complaining about the blockbusters and sequels and all the action movies and grown-up people are just more curious audience members do a lot to go and see. but then in the fall -- this happened last year you know when there was spielberg's own "lincoln" and "django" and "argo." this fall we have a ton of really interesting, good movies of all different kinds to see, from "gravity" to "12 years a slave" to "nebraska." so, it does seem like it's possible. i think it's hard sometimes for these movies to find a big enough audience. i think that's really the challenge. they do seem to get made. >> i surrender that i'll ever see a romantic comedy in the theater any time soon, but i want to ask you about th

he's currently starring in critically acclaimed new film by alexander payne called "nebraska" which is in select theaters nationwide. say hello to our buddy, will forte, everybody. ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: orville willis forte iv welcome back to our show. >> that's right. i got to say, i'm so happy for you and congrats on this new movie "nebraska" that you're in. you're amazing in it, dude. >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: you know we're fans of you here -- [ applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: you killed it. you killed it. so good, the critics are loving it. it's -- it's a family story. >> yes. >> jimmy: "nebraska." you're very close with your family. >> yes. >> jimmy: you've brought out pictures of your family before. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and tonight you brought -- you said that you -- back stage your mom is very close to you, your mom googles you all the time. >> she loves checking -- like on an hourly basis she will check in on what is out there about me. >> jimmy: yeah. she will google anything. >> yeah. >> jimmy: about you. and she left you a voicemail and you brought the voicema

payne. it's a good holiday movie because it's about a family coming together in this little town in nebraska. kind of reluctantly. also a father-son story with a terrific performance by bruce dern as this guy starting to lose it a little bit. an aging nebraskaen who lives in montana who thinks he won one of those sweepstakes. he got one of those letters that says you may have won a million dollars. he persuades his son to drive him to pick up the money, and they stop in his hometown along the way where memories and faces from the past pop up. >> we have a clip, where bruce dern is going to claim the money that he insists he won. >> listen to me, you didn't win anything. it's a complete scam. you have to stop this, okay? >> i'm running out of time. >> you don't even have a suitcase. >> i'm not staying there. >> dad, i can't let you go. >> none of your business. >> yes, it is. i'm your son. >> then why don't you take me? >> i can't just drop everything and drive to lincoln, nebraska. >> what e