Transcript: Elvis Mitchell Reviews `The Saint of Fort Washington'

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SCOTT SIMON, Host: The streets of a neighborhood in New York City are backdrop for the movie, The Saint of Fort Washington. They are also the home to two men, the streets and an enormous city-operated armory which serves as a homeless shelter. The Saint of Fort Washington stars Matt Dillon as the gentle, schizophrenic Matthew, and Danny Glover is Jerry, his street-wise mentor who teaches Matthew how to do simple things like count change.

[film clip from The Saint of Fort Washington]

SIMON: Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell joins us from our studios in Los Angeles. I guess a movie had to be made about homelessness. Is this the best way to begin ...

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