Transcript: Terry Gilliam Tries to Revive Dark 'Tideland''

STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
02-27-2007
Terry Gilliam Tries to Revive Dark 'Tideland''

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 10:00-11:00 AM


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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

The filmmaker Terry Gilliam found it necessary to begin his latest movie with a disclaimer.

Mr. TERRY GILLIAM (Director, "Tideland"): Hello. I'm Terry Gilliam. And I have a confession to make. Many of you are not going to like this film.

INSKEEP: Gilliam was urging people not to walk out on his movie "Tideland," an appeal that not everybody followed. In the movie, Jeff Bridges plays a father who trains his own daughter to measure out his doses of heroin.

(Soundbite from movie, "Tideland)

Mr. JEFF BRIDGES (Actor): (As ...

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