Eban & Charley

Starring:Brent Fellows, Giovanni Andrade, Ellie Nicholson, Drew Zeller, Pam Munter, Ron Upton, Nolan Chard, Deanna Alexich, Jennifer Utley, Greg McMickle
Director: James Bolton
Studio: Picture This
Product Type: DVD

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This earnest drama depicts not so much a May/December relationship as a February/June affair between a 15-year-old and a 29-year-old. Eban (Brent Fellows) has come back to his former hometown of Seaside, Oregon, after being driven from Seattle by a controversy at the school where he taught. Soon he meets Charley (Giovanni Adrade), a teenager whose mother has died and whose father is a jerk, and before long they fall in love. Eban and Charley depicts a fantasy for those who like their lovers young; Eban acts with complete reserve and restraint, while Charley makes the first move and proclaims that age shouldn't matter if they love each other. The actors give extremely naturalistic performances that some viewers will find painfully tedious and others may find refreshing. The movie also features a soundtrack by Stephin Merritt of indie-pop band Magnetic Fields. --Bret Fetzer
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After his parents get divorced, and he loses his beloved mother to a drunk driver, 15-year-old Charley goes to live in a lonely seaside town with his overly strict, military-man father. During one grim Christmas break, he finds comfort in the companionship of 29-year-old Eban, a schoolteacher home visiting his folks. When Eban and Charley s friendship deepens into intimacy, both of their families condemn it and threaten to call the police. With tensions high, and the stakes even higher, Eban and Charley face the most dangerous decision of all.

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Release Date: 2002-10-22

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Over the course of nine hours, this sumptuous PBS documentary from 1984 chronicles the history of the Jewish people from biblical times through the 20th century. This is not, however, a documentary solely about Judaism; it is instead an in-depth look at the history of Jewish interaction with the world at large, a look at how Jews have shaped communities around them and how the communities around them have shaped the Jews. Host Abba Eban, who has served as foreign minister of Israel and Israeli ambassador to the U.N., is authoritative and knowledgeable in his explications. Using paintings, artifacts, modern cinematography of ancient sites, readings, and theatrical music, Eban brings drama and tension to events long past. The spanning of five millennia necessitates at times briefer detail than a viewer may like, yet it also provides a sampling of history that may provoke the viewer into seeking more information. This marvelous set should be experienced by anyone who desires a greater understanding of the Western world and the role of the Jews in shaping it. --Jenny Brown

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An illuminating survey .......2006-05-28

Abba Eban was not only the most accomplished and articulate of all Israeli diplomats, he was also a person of immense learning and intelligence. Had he wished he could have taken a different road in life and become like his close friend, Bernard Lewis, a great scholar. Instead he made a certain sacrifice and devoted his life to the cause of helping the Jewish state come into being and survive.
This nine- part series is not concentrated on Israel but rather is a survey of Jewish civilization. Eban tries to show us how Jews interacted with the surrounding world, both learning and giving to the larger native socieities. From Babylon and Egypt to the Western Civlization of the present day Eban relates a story of a small people's long journey and meetings with others.
This is an illuminating survey and will give anyone who wishes to know more about Jewish life and history a real opportunity to do so.

i wuold recemend thisto every body .......2006-05-06

ok i love history about our poeple wich is the jews and i love this movie i 1st saw this on t.v wow and it is not just arbarbs kid!!!!!!!!!!! ok u are wrong about that and it tells what you need to know

heritage .......2005-11-26

this documentry tells the story of the jews from anicent times to the present day. and yet there is no documentry that tells the story of tthe muslims even though there are several laws saying that PBS AND OTHER PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATIONS HAVE TO.there is no documentry about the arabs from PBS to date that tells the entire story of the muslims without historical inaccurcies or just being able to gave a complete history of arab culture so the shortcoming is not on the filmakers it`s on PBS`S inabilty to broadcast documentry which is the exact opposite.

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Very engrossing story of the birth of Israel and subsequent
Lightweight, and biased
An inspiring series
Not for the beginner
Wish Ezekiel Could Have Seen This!

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Release Date: 2003-06-24

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This six-part chronicle of the birth and development of the Jewish state is hosted and narrated by former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Abba Eban, who also hosted Heritage: Civilization and the Jews. Eban, who played a pivotal role in realizing the dream of a Jewish state, points out that "the series is designed to provide an essential context to an inspiring human story."

Among those featured in interviews and rare archival footage are U.S. Presidents Harry Truman and Richard Nixon, and key leaders Winston Churchill, Anwar Sadat, David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Menachem Begin, and Yitzhak Rabin. Together with Eban's firsthand testimony, this series achieves a diverse perspective of both the Arab and Israeli experience. According to Eban, Israel: A Nation Is Born is a "depiction of the turbulent and dramatic history of Israel, through the conflicts and tensions of five decades, climaxing in the brighter prospects of Arab/Israeli peace."

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Very engrossing story of the birth of Israel and subsequent.......2007-01-04

This is a very engrossing story of the birth of Israel, the subsequent ingathering of the exiles, and the development of the young country.

Lightweight, and biased.......2007-01-03

Abba Eban clearly loves his own role in history, and focuses heavily on events that he was a part of -- there's more about Israel's struggles at the U.N. in the late 1940's than, say, the '48 war. But Eban glosses over events in a rather underhanded way. For example, in describing the "Altalena" boat affair, he simply states that the specific events were deeply traumatic for Israeli society in the years to come... but I think we could stand to hear that the Haganah/Palmach actually shot at and killed Jewish Irgun fighters who were bobbing helplessly in the water, and this happened long after the Altalena had waved the white flag of surrender. In this and other ways, Eban displays a shocking bias toward the left. It simply is not honest about the events that modern-day Jews ought to know about. Because of his tendency to overload the brief chapters with diplomatic initiatives, rather than focus on other aspects of Israeli history or the conflicts as they occured on the ground, this series ends up being rather lightweight. And it lacks the emotional 'umph' that it ought to have. Cold, dry, not-so-factual.

An inspiring series.......2006-04-21

This six-part series does a great job of telling the story of the rebirth of the State of Israel. There are interviews with and footage of so many historical and political figures, such as Golda Meir, David Ben Gurion, Yitzchak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Anwar Sadat, King Hussein, Harry Truman, Abba Eban (the narrator), and Jimmy Carter. There are also interviews with Arabs living in Israel, among them Hanan Ashwari, whom I admire on one hand for her feminist work (esp. since it's not often you see such a prominent feminist in the Arab world) but also feel misgivings about because she's said a lot of anti-Israel things, as though Israel is almost 100% wrong and her own people are almost 100% right, with no gray area or just owning up to some of the basic historical facts presented in this series, instead of painting Israel as an evil monster that can do no right. It really disturbed me to see a poster of Arafat, the father of modern-day terrorism, on the wall behind her. The historical facts as presented here show the nation's miraculous rebirth, the struggle it had on its way to being reborn, all of the wars Israel has had waged against it over the years just to defend its existence (the first of which was waged against it when it had barely declared its independence), the anti-Israel bias demonstrated by the UN while at the same time turning a blind eye to terrorism and wars waged against it at every turn, the years when it has experienced peace and calm instead of constant terrorist attacks or preparations for war, what a good job it did of taking in so many immigrants (from Ethiopia, the former Soviet Union, Europe, Northern Africa, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and those who voluntarily came from Western nations as opposed to immigrating because they had no other choice), what really caused the refugee crisis among the Arabs who fled Israel in the wake of the War of Independence, political developments, and, yes, the fact that it has made some mistakes over the years. But even though the government has made some mistakes, as all governments have, it doesn't change the fact that in 70 years, it went from a sparsely-populated near-wasteland to a thriving modern nation with a huge population, many new citizens taken in and made a part of society, and saw the rebirth of Hebrew, the only language to date which has come back from the dead. I don't see how it could be called one-sided, since the historical facts and evidence support these things so strongly, contrary to the lies spun by the anti-Israel lobby. Sometimes there is only one right side. They even, as aforementioned, had a number of interviews with people who have a different perspective on things.

However, I do agree that for the uninitiated, it might seem a bit overwhelming, since it does kind of start in media res. Someone not incredibly familiar with Israeli history might indeed want a lot more background information to put it all in perspective and understand the meaning of these names, organizations, and Hebrew and Arabic terms. It might have been better had it begun in the wake of WWI instead of on the eve of WWII, since the events that happened in the interwar years were so instrumental in shaping the course of Israeli history and its struggle for rebirth. It isn't fair to assume that just because you're already intimately familiar with this material, all other viewers are too. One also wishes there were a fourth disc in the series, to cover everything that has happened since 1997, the final year covered. Still, all in all, there's a lot of great material here and it should leave the viewer wanting more, inspired to read more and to find more documentaries like this one.

Not for the beginner.......2006-02-10

I rented this DVD because of the glowing reviews here and because I wanted a better understanding of the origin of the modern problems in the Middle East. Overall, I was disappointed by this offering because it didn't give sufficient background and seemed to speak primarily to those who already had a knowledge of the subject. (It also seems to me to be *a bit* biased in Israel's favor vis-a-vis the Palestinians, but that flaw could be accepted and filtered appropriately.)

For instance, the documentary jumps right into the last Zionist Congress in 1939 (or whenever it was), but they never define what the Zionist movement is or where it came from. I know some of this from my reading, but it would be nice to have a summary here -- especially as it relates to the main players in the rest of the documentary. I wish the documentary would have at least started with WWI and the British occupation of Palestine after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, rather than picking up at WWII and mentioning some of the WWI details later. Doing so would have answered questions like, "Why are the British so important here?"

Another example is keeping track of the people, places, and organizations, which are often named in Hebrew or Arabic and are unfamiliar to the uninitiated. It made the sequence of events hard to follow because we had a hard time keeping track of who was doing what and where. Using more text on the screen, more maps, more recaps, and perhaps more English translations would have improved things greatly, methinks.

The film certainly has value, not least because it is told by a participant and first-hand observer, but it is not for those without much familiarity with the people, places, and issues at hand.

Wish Ezekiel Could Have Seen This!.......2005-01-27

This is a Classy essential documentary. Not a question of if you should buy it; but rather it is a question of why you have not already! It is worth every penny!!! It explains and puts into context the Struggle of the Jewish people against German attempts to annihilate them, their stunning post-war ascension into Statehood in spite of the British (!!!) and the resulting International Geopolitical ramifications of this.
All of this amazing history is made clear and comprehensible in a DVD that includes rarely seen, priceless interviews with Zionist supporters such as President Truman, Clark Clifford and other clips such as that of Warren Austin and to many others to list that your children will not see in our ever increasingly anti-Semitic colleges and universities.
The segment which shows the crucial reading in the UN of the United States' recognition of the Jewish Provisional Government will bring tears and chills to anyone who has even the vaguest understanding of the Ezekiel Chapter 37 Dry Bones prophecy!
It is a mesmerizing story that every Jew and Christian in America should see. A story that spans the ages...of the struggles of a people to survive against supernatural odds and rise again to power and prominence in one of the few stories on earth that can literally claim to be a struggle of Biblical proportions.

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Nothing conventional here
I almost bought it...almost
A bit disappointed
Hypocrisy and double standards rule the day!
Tries To Justify The Rape Of Children

Eban & Charley
Starring: Brent Fellows , Giovanni Andrade , Ellie Nicholson , Drew Zeller , and Pam Munter
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This earnest drama depicts not so much a May/December relationship as a February/June affair between a 15-year-old and a 29-year-old. Eban (Brent Fellows) has come back to his former hometown of Seaside, Oregon, after being driven from Seattle by a controversy at the school where he taught. Soon he meets Charley (Giovanni Adrade), a teenager whose mother has died and whose father is a jerk, and before long they fall in love. Eban and Charley depicts a fantasy for those who like their lovers young; Eban acts with complete reserve and restraint, while Charley makes the first move and proclaims that age shouldn't matter if they love each other. The actors give extremely naturalistic performances that some viewers will find painfully tedious and others may find refreshing. The movie also features a soundtrack by Stephin Merritt of indie-pop band Magnetic Fields. --Bret Fetzer

Description

After his parents get divorced, and he loses his beloved mother to a drunk driver, 15-year-old Charley goes to live in a lonely seaside town with his overly strict, military-man father. During one grim Christmas break, he finds comfort in the companionship of 29-year-old Eban, a schoolteacher home visiting his folks. When Eban and Charley s friendship deepens into intimacy, both of their families condemn it and threaten to call the police. With tensions high, and the stakes even higher, Eban and Charley face the most dangerous decision of all.

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Nothing conventional here.......2007-06-08

This was a pretty good movie. The plot was excellent. And it's nice to see something that doesn't fit into any existing mold. The part of the 15 year old was perfectly casted & acted. The 29 year old was not well casted nor acted- thus the 4 stars. He was unattractive, soft-spoken and weird. If you are looking for nudity skip this one, there's not much. Worth watching overall.

I almost bought it...almost.......2007-02-04

I almost bought the plot, but I couldn't help noticing how ugly Eban was. He screams creepy with his trashy unshaven face and tingle in his voice. Charley was certainly cute, but he was also 15. This is a very hard movie to produce in America with all the laws and stuff, and really just needs a better Eban. Not really worth it.

A bit disappointed.......2006-10-04

As a previous reviewer stated: "I wanted to like this film, I really did". I whole heartedly agree, but I found myself a bit disturbed by the execution of the plot. First of all it was not at all believable in a lot of areas. For instance, when Eban approached Charley, (well below his own age), a total stranger he was attracted to, in an empty coffee shop with plenty of other places to sit. Charley allowing him to sit there and not at all acting uncomfortable about the situation, as if they were old friends. Then Eban so boldly following up by stalking the boy the next day and approaching him again. What a deliberate set up! Then when invited to Charley's room with both having wet feet and taking off their shoes and socks, Eban shucks his pants as well, I was left feeling that this situation could not have been totally consentual. There was definately a strong attempt here to seduce a boy who was waiting to experience his first love in the shadows of his mothers death, a rotten relationship with his father and all while dealing with feelings of attraction for the same sex. While this film was slow at best, the relationship progress raced along way too fast to be believable. I suppose the best description of this movie would be about a man with a problem, who can't seem to find the will to battle his demons, so he repeats very recent illegal behavior. He is driven by his lust to seduce a troubled teen male with a lot of demons of his own and looking for a way of escape. The two throw themselves into a frenzied, forbidden relationship which in spite of a script that lacks in several ways, seems to work and has a happy ending right when their relationship is really just starting to take off.

I was impressed with the acting of Charley (Giovanni Andrade). Given the script he had to work with, I thought he done an outstanding job. For an independant film, I was not UNimpressed with the photography or audio. I will admit that I didn't hate this film. It was a daring subject, with touching moments, I just felt a little used after watching it. This COULD HAVE BEEN a whole lot better had a whole lot more thought and practical professionalism been placed into making it. A lot of unexplained things and characters. I gave it three stars because there were moments I liked in the film, but I would recommend if you decide to see it, view it with low expectations. If you don't like it, you won't be disappointed. If you do like it, it will be a pleasant surprise. This film was way over rated. This is a classic example of the old saying: "Don't judge a book (DVD) by it's cover". The leading characters were not nearly as attractive as made to appear on the jacket, and the story line was not put together well at all. I have to agree with Eban's parents on this one: "You are a pedophile son"! Love happens sometimes between people with considerable age difference, but there is a difference between falling in love under unusual circumstances, and seducing someone and arranging the situation so they will be more apt to fall in love with you, just so you can satisfy your desires. This film was billed as a story of two people who just by chance fell in love. Not at all the reality of the whole production. I was disappointed with this one.

Hypocrisy and double standards rule the day!.......2006-03-06

Take a look at some of the reviews for this film, and then compare them with the reviews for "American Beauty." What's amazing is that in the latter film, the Kevin Spacey character spends the entire movie having the hots for a high school cheerleader his daughter's age. In fact he actually gets her stripped down bare-breasted as he readies to play hide the sausage with her on the livingroom couch. Remember all the rose pedals?

So, why is it that "American Beauty" is spared all the Puritanical outrage, when it portrays a forty-something middle age man stripping down a girl minor, but this film gets trashed for having a twenty-something guy having an interest in a 15 year old teen, and there's no sexual acts or even nudity in "Eban and Charley."

It's the same hypocrisy exhibited by neanderthals such as The Today Show's Gene Shalit, who praised "American Beauty," yet referred to "Brokeback Mountain" has being a sexual predator film.

By the way, in order to educate those who aren't aware - the age of consent is just 16 in the following jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia.

Oh my Lord, that's over half the states in the Union, and also Washington DC, to boot. Just think of all the legal pederasty going on in those places, and so many of them are "red" states to boot. Such Godless behavior has to be stopped, but - of course - only between those gays and lesbians. For straights it's obviously okay, since their reheasin' for procreatin'.

Thank God I live in California where people have common sense, in more ways than one.

Tries To Justify The Rape Of Children.......2006-02-11

Why am I so angry? The filmmakers demand the viewer feel overwhelming sympathy for a recitivist serial pedophile! Regardless the sexual orientation, Eban is a child rapist and my concern can only be for his victims. Unless he's actively seeking help with his disease, I refuse to attempt to offer empathy. Were he seeking help, I might be interested in his struggle to keep his "demons" from drawing his back into his pattern of destroying the lives of future adults, and maybe even be willing to consider all the "poor me" crap about what contributed to the sexual predator becoming so damaged that he has made a career of committing psychological murder of kids for no more than a "fix" for his addiction. Be clear, matters not whether it's man on boy, man on girl, or man on puppy for all I care, it's indefensible and this filmmaker's dragged out effort to support it is loathesome.
Sadly, that's no all that's wrong with this movie.
From the moment you press "play" on this title you should begin watching another movie on another TV -- like watching two football games at once. You will need something to do for the first five minutes while nothing happens -- nothing of any consequence whatever. They should have simply shown the old couple (Eban's parents) in their living room with the Christmas tree then had Eban open the door with his key and his mom say something like "glad you could pry yourself away from Seattle long enough to spend some time with your mother." while Eban carries his luggage in.
Too heavyhanded was the relationship between Charlie and his father. The attempt to make the joke about Seattle's addiction to coffee shops fell flat with this viewer because I felt that despite his few recent years there, back in this town where he was born and raised, he'd have known full well none of it's shops served up a latte.
YET, I wish more stories this long were told using so few characters. Unfortunately, most movies have gigantic budgets and scores of relatives of the investors, director, producers, and actors who MUST be given speaking roles regardless the lack of necessity. I will point out that the girlfriend of Charlie's dad character was entirely superfluous.
I immediately assumed Eban would target the deaf boy -- not PC, but that describes the lad -- only to see he actually eyed and raped the other boy. Clearly I don't have the instincts to be a "successful" predator, which is just fine with me.
I can't be the only viewer who wonders how the boy was able to walk up to Eban's first floor bedroom window when the house from outside didn't look wide or long enough except for its bedrooms to be upstairs, plus, I thought Eban took his bags upstairs. Alas, the flick was far too detestable for me to go back and see that scene again -- and it was within that boring opening of the movie anyway.
By the way, where were Eban's folks when he was in their house raping the child? Does his mom work? Old as his dad looks, is he not retired? Details like that should have been worked out rather than the long train and cab rides, which connected up with absolutely nothing.
On a POSITIVE note -- buy yourself a copy of COME UNDONE, an excellent movie about two young lads of the same age dealing with their humanity and sexuality. It's a gay-themed movie that reaches far beyond that in many ways, I think. I reject the notion that "Eban" is in that genre -- Eban is a "Rape the Child" GENRE flick and it would be no matter what the sexual organs of the two parties were.

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Heritage - Civilization and the Jews
Starring: Abba Eban
Director: Julian Krainin , Peter Rosen , Alan Rosenthal , Eugene Marner , and Marc Siegel (IV)
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Release Date: 2001-10-30

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Winner of the coveted Peabody Award, Heritage - Civilization and the Jews is the monumental nine-part series spanning five millennia of Jewish history and culture. The series is hosted by former Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Abba Eban, who describes it as "a celebration of our common humanistic and moral heritage, explored through the mysteries of preservation, renewal, and resonance of the Jewish people." From the stony heights of Sinai to the shores of the Dead Sea, from a Greek amphitheater in Delphi to the Forum of ancient Rome, out of the ashes of concentration camps to the rebuilt cities and villages of Israel, Heritage brings to life the long and complex history of the Jews and their centuries-old interaction with the rest of Western civilization.

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i wuold recemend thisto every body .......2006-05-06

heritage .......2005-11-26

Charlie Rose with Robert Dallek; Andrea Bocelli & Lorin Maazel; Abba Eban (November 18, 2002)

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Charlie Rose with Robert Dallek; Andrea Bocelli & Lorin Maazel; Abba Eban (November 18, 2002)

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First, presidential historian Robert Dallek talks about his forthcoming biography of President John F. Kennedy, An Unfinished Life, and offers new information about Kennedy's physical health. Then, tenor Andrea Bocelli and conductor and New York Philharmonic director Loren Maazel discuss their new album, Sentimento. Finally, a segment remembering Israeli diplomat, statesman and writer Abba Eban, featuring excerpts from his interviews on the show.

Charlie Rose with Tom Friedman; Zbigniew Brzezinski; Abba Eban (November 6, 1995)

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Charlie Rose with Tom Friedman; Zbigniew Brzezinski; Abba Eban (November 6, 1995)

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In honor of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a rebroadcast of an interview from 1994, in which he discusses the Holocaust, the collapse of the Soviet empire, the end of the cold war, and the crisis in the Gulf. Second, Tom Friedman, a columnist for The New York Times and a Middle East scholar, remembers Rabin and reflects on the impact this event will have on that region. Third, Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor to President Carter, reflects on the possibility of peace in the Middle East and how it may have been delayed in light of the Rabin assasination. Fourth, Abba Eban, Former Israeli Foreign Minister, describes Dr. Henry Kissinger's talk about the transformation in the Middle East.

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Charlie Rose with Michael Metz, Michael Bloomberg & Byron Wein; Danny Glover; Abba Eban (October 27, 1997)

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Charlie Rose with Michael Metz, Michael Bloomberg & Byron Wein; Danny Glover; Abba Eban (October 27, 1997)

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Michael Metz from Oppenheimer & Co. , Michael Bloomberg from Bloomberg Ltd. and Byron Wein of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter discuss the sharp decline in the stock market. Then, Danny Glover tells Charlie about his film Switchback, which chronicles the journey of two men in the Rocky Mountains. Finally, Charlie talks to former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Abba Eban about his new documentary, On the Brink of Peace. The film focuses on the history and the current state of the peace process in the middle east.

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