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By Cmaster2 February 6, 2002 11:43 AM
CBS has acquired rights to dramatic, never-broadcast footage of the Sept. 11 attack on New York's World Trade Center -- shot by two French brothers who were on the scene -- that will be turned into a two-hour special to be broadcast March 10.
Filmmaker Jules Naudet was at the New York site working on a documentary about the brotherhood of New York firefighters when the attacks took place; his brother, Gedeon, arrived later with additional members of the Ladder 1 firefighters. Their footage, which includes 45 minutes of rescue efforts from inside one of the towers before it collapsed, is thought to be the only known video of the plane that hit the first tower and has been hotly sought by other networks, including ABC and HBO.
CBS declined to say how much it paid for the rights, but Jim Wiatt, president and co-chief executive officer of the William Morris Agency, which made the deal, said there was no bidding war and that "the intent was to pay for the cost of the film and donate money to firemen. This is not a money-making project."
The footage landed at CBS, he said, at the suggestion of Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, who was advising the brothers because of a personal relationship. Carter will be an executive producer of the TV project, and the magazine will run an interview with the Naudets in March.
The broadcast will be a joint effort of CBS' news and entertainment divisions. Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of CBS News' "48 Hours," is also one of the executive producers, along with the brothers.
Zirinsky said it isn't an official CBS News production because the brothers wanted it to be a fund-raiser and as such "does not fit under the CBS News umbrella."
There will be no dramatized moments, she said, as had been discussed at other networks.
The producers are drawing from the full 140 hours of footage shot by the brothers to craft what Zirinsky called "a kind of witness to history, a camera at ground zero." A snippet of the footage was released at the time of the attacks, but the rest of it has never before been seen publicly.
The deal represents CBS' second prime-time entertainment project related to the Sept. 11 attacks, following confirmed plans for a two-hour movie from author-filmmaker Lawrence Schiller that will document events surrounding United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed that day in rural Pennsylvania. CBS officials were also pitched a comedy series with a Sept. 11 plot line (a couple united after their spouses died in the attacks), but that project has since fizzled.
The Naudet brothers and firefighter James Hanlon, another executive producer, will donate proceeds from the production to the Uniformed Firefighters Assn. Scholarship Fund. The project is also expected to include an appeal to the public for donations.
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Not appealing to me 
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Posted by 100% AMERICAN (hellskitchen_@hotmail.com) on February 6, 2002 12:08 PM
I can no loner see the Twin Towers from my building, and twice a day 6 days a week on my commute over the GW, I am constantly reminded of the attack due to the near naked skyline of downtown Manhattan. Everytime I see it, every single time, I feel violated. Some may be interested in this documentry. Personally I don't want to think about it for a long time.
RE: Not appealing to me reply
Posted by Jet Li (Wushu@hotmail.com) on February 6, 2002 12:13 PM
Save the drama for Power Trip's Mama, the are lots of people who will want to see it. Not just terrorists, but also warlords the world over, and people that only read about the event. Hiyaaa!
RE: Not appealing to me reply
Posted by Wild Girl! (SallyK@FordModels.com) on February 6, 2002 12:32 PM
Loud & Clear!
Regarding the above picture.
That picture is being made into a statue that will reside somewhere in the attacked area, however the city is trying to change the statue, so that instead of it being the 3 firemen that actually did it, it will have a white, a black, and a latino firefighter instead, how fuken jayed is that!!
also, y r u pretending 2 b Jet Li?
RE: Not appealing to me reply
Posted by Jet Li (Wushu@hotmail.com) on February 6, 2002 12:35 PM
I am Jet Li babycakes! Why don't you take your top off.
RE: Understood, but... reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 6, 2002 2:39 PM
I hear what your say 100%, but for most people in the U.S., let alone the world, this will be a most thought provoking documentry, and thus has the potential to be a huge money maker hopefully to mend the carnage the attack rendered. I live in Oregon, but I know exactly how you feel. I have friends all over the world who only know of the WTC disaster through the newspapers and news shows, they will all be excited to see what happened. It's part of history now, and if we do not understand our history, then we are condemed to repeat it.
RE: Understood, but... reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 6, 2002 2:43 PM
I sincerely doubt that CBS intends to give the proceeds of the documentry away. If they do, it will be a first. I also imagine that many other documentry's will follow. I'm going surfing.
RE: Agreed reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 6, 2002 2:50 PM
I know how u feel 100%, I feel the exact same way, but I live in D.C.
I did not lose any one I knew in the attack, but it tears me up inside whenever I'm in the area, 2 of my buddies re-enlisted a few weeks ago for similiar feelings. Yet, I think CBS should make this documentry, and as long as it does not air too late, I will definetly watch it with my whole family, as should any concerned parent anywhere in the world. I'm looking forward to it, and hope that it's done without anything being held back due to ratings.
G.S.
RE: Jet Li Says reply
Posted by Jet Li (Wushu@hotmail.com) on February 6, 2002 3:04 PM
Karate Man Bruise on the Inside!
RE: Jet Li Says reply
Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 6, 2002 3:07 PM
A wound that'll never heal. Ratings help?
RE: Skullfire's face paint reply
Posted by Jet Li (Wushu@hotmail.com) on February 6, 2002 3:59 PM
All wounds heal my South American friend, but they must be nurtured by delicate young fingers, and youthful breath. Hiyaa!
RE: Skullfire's face paint reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 7, 2002 3:18 AM
I'm sure I've already seen that footage of the first plane hitting, it's the one where there's a firefighter opening a manhole or something and then they look up and see the plane hit.
Show me the Money! reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 7, 2002 9:40 AM
Yeah right this is not a money making project. Im sure its not. It took long enough for them to release it. Good marketing strategy. Now they are asking for donations. I thought all this mourning sh*t was over?
Well, Ive got to admit USA sure know how to milk money out of the public.
God Bless America!
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by Jet Li (Wushu@hotmail.com) on February 7, 2002 11:26 AM
Good one Saddam. Hiyaa!
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 7, 2002 4:33 PM
Tears and blood can be turn on to money in USA.
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 7, 2002 9:37 PM
Hes right though. I'd like to know how much money CBS is really making from this and how much of it they are going to donate.
This will be a multi-million dollar episode with almost the whole world watching it. I seriously doubt they are going to donate that many millions to the tragedy.
And why did they wait so long to release this footage? Really sounds a little sus. But I guess thats the way everything is done these days.
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 8, 2002 2:50 AM
I swear I've already seen that footage of the first plane flying into the tower, it's the one where there's a firefighter opening a manhole or something and then they all look up and see the plane hit.
Jet Li reply
Posted by Kenneth (Kenneth@Kenneth.com) on February 11, 2002 9:24 AM
Jet Li -- your posts/replys make no sense whatsoever. What gives?
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 15, 2002 1:02 AM
America are Pussies!
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 15, 2002 2:29 AM
Is that North or South?
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 15, 2002 7:56 AM
Don't forget the Center.
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 18, 2002 7:39 AM
The world trade centre?
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 18, 2002 9:29 AM
Probably too.
RE: Not appealing to me reply
Posted by FredHater (fred_hater@hotmail.com) on February 18, 2002 1:43 PM
What no asians? Why do the yellow men always get the short end of the stick.
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 19, 2002 1:35 AM
Yes, there WERE two.
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 20, 2002 10:19 PM
Bin Laden doesn't like NY postcards.
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 24, 2002 9:45 AM
100% American: Who gives a f*ck how you feel? There are plenty of people who I know who have died because of terrorism and because of America's sly and greedy ways. Get over it you pussy and if you really want to do something about join the army you patriotic pussy.
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on February 26, 2002 12:44 PM
Where is 100% American, anyway?
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 1, 2002 8:57 AM
Hes hiding behind another alias like Jet Li, or RED or some randome shemp. I think hes a little hurt with all the hate posts hes been getting. Poor Bugger. Hes just a dikhead anyhway... screw him.
RE: Show me the Money! reply
Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on March 1, 2002 3:16 PM
Another one bites the dust.
twin towers reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 11, 2002 9:42 AM
I was wondering if the footage has been made to the public that you purchased the rights to of the twin towers.
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