The Leonard Lopate Show

Anthony Hopkins on "Slipstream"

Academy Award-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins has played a faithful butler, a disgraced president, and a brilliant serial killer; but his latest film draws its inspiration from his own life. He talks to Leonard about writing, directing, starring, and composing the score for "Slipstream," a dark comedy about an aging screenwriter whose worlds collide when his fictional characters start to turn up in his real life.

"Slipstream" opens today nationwide. Watch the trailer and learn about theaters and show times here.

Weigh in: What's your favorite Anthony Hopkins role?

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Alison Eastwood on "Rails and Ties"

Alison Eastwood makes her directing debut with “Rails and Ties," a film starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden as a couple at a crossroads. When a woman commits suicide by parking her car in the path of an oncoming train, the train's engineer (Bacon) and his wife (Harden) are left to deal with the consequences, including a young son’s anger about his mother’s death.

"Rails and Ties" opens today nationwide. Watch the trailer and learn about theaters and show times here.

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Ending Slavery

There are an estimated 27 million people held in slavery worldwide, producing $13 billion in goods and services. In his book, Ending Slavery, Kevin Bales provides a six-point plan for eradicating forced labor on both a local and a global level.

Purchase Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves at amazon.com.

Visit Free the Slaves online.

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