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S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 I 2 9 Eastern Region Special Projects Documentary Series Screens Eugene Jarecki's The King Forty years after the death of the titular character, Director Eugene Jarecki's new documentary feature, The King, takes Elvis Presley's 1963 Rolls Royce on a musical road trip across America during the 2016 presidential election. Interviewing a diverse cast of citizens — both famous and not — along the way, Jarecki uses Elvis's rise and fall of as a metaphor for the country he left behind and takes a penetrating look at how the hell we got here. The King earned Jarecki a Golden Eye nomination at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Following the DGA Eastern Region Special Projects Committee's Documentary Series screening in New York on July 26, Jarecki discussed the making of the film in a conversation moderated by Director Marilyn Agrelo. A DGA member since 2009, Jarecki's credits include the feature The Opponent and the documentary The Trials of Henry Kissinger. He won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Documentary for his 2005 film Why We Fight and his 2012 film The House I Live In; and took home the Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form for his 2011 film Reagan. photo by Marcie Revens Rob Reiner discusses Shock and Awe Director Rob Reiner's new historical drama, Shock and Awe, takes us back to when the Bush-Cheney administration claimed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction to ramp up support for the invasion of Iraq. However, journalists at the Knight-Ridder news agency were skeptical of the evidence and stayed in pursuit of the real story while their colleagues mistakenly fed the American people news based on faulty and fabricated intelligence. Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on August 5, Reiner sat down with Director Jeremy Kagan to discuss the making of Shock and Awe. Reiner's other credits include the feature films This Is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, Misery, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Story of Us, The Bucket List, The Magic of Belle Isle, Being Charlie and LBJ. He is a three-time nominee for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Stand by Me (1986), When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and A Few Good Men (1992). Reiner has been a DGA member since 1974. Photo: Rob Reiner and Jeremy Kagan (moderator) discuss Shock and Awe. photo by Byron Gamarro See more detailed descriptions, additional photos and podcasts are posted online at www.dga.org. DGA Events Roundup Photo: Marilyn Agrelo (moderator) and Eugene Jarecki discuss The King. Rawson Marshall Thurber discusses Skyscraper In Director Rawson Marshall Thurber's new action-drama, Skyscraper, he reteams with his Central Intelligence star Dwayne Johnson to tell the story of a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader who now assesses security for high-rise structures. When the tallest building in the world catches fire, he finds himself framed for the deed and must use all his skills to both clear his name, and rescue his family who are trapped inside the burning building. Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on July 29, Thurber sat down with Director Joe Carnahan to discuss the making of Skyscraper. In addition to Skyscraper and the previously mentioned Central Intelligence, Thurber's credits include the feature films Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and We're the Millers; the pilot episode of the series Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television; and episodes of the series The Loop and Marry Me. Thurber has been a DGA member since 2003 and currently serves as a member of the Theatrical Creative Rights Committee. Photo: Joe Carnahan (moderator) and Rawson Marshall Thurber discuss Skyscraper. photo by Byron Gamarro