Transcript: Interview: Director Antoine Fuqua discusses his latest film, "Tears of the Sun"

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Interview: Director Antoine Fuqua discusses his latest film, "Tears of the Sun"

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The 2001 movie "Training Day" provided the vehicle for Denzel Washington to capture his first best actor Academy Award. Washington had previously taken home an Oscar for best supporting actor. It could be argued that, because Washington was already an established star, that the best actor statuette didn't boost his career as much as it would for someone unknown. However, the award and the morality tale about one very crooked cop did help to catapult its director, Antoine Fuqua, to ...

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