*

Efrem: AND WELCOME TO

"STUDIO 5."

THOSE STORIES ARE AHEAD AS

WE KICK OFF THIS WEEK'S

RUNDOWN OF THE FIVE BEST

HEADLINES IN UPLIFTING

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.

HERE ARE YOUR FIRST TWO.

> AT NUMBER FIVE...

*

Efrem: AS FANS WAIT

FOR LE CRAE'S NEW ALBUM TO

BE RELEASED THIS SUMMER,

HE IS OFFERING INSPIRATION

FROM HIS OWN LIFE.

IN THIS INSTAGRAM POST, LE

CRAE REMINDS FANS, GOD'S

GOT YOU.

I REMEMBER I LOST MY

JOB.

I LOST THE WOMAN I LOVED.

AND THEN MY CAR FLIPPED

OVER THREE TIMES ON THE

HIGHWAY, AND I SHOULD HAVE

LOST MY LIFE, BUT I ONLY

LOST MY CAR.

SO NO JOB, NO CAR, NO

WOMAN.

AND I FELT LIKE I WAS IN

THE WORST PLACE IN MY

LIFE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY

FEAR CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE

YOU FEAR GOD TO LOOK.

AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS

THAT HAPPENED TO ME

HAPPENED FOR A REASON.

IT HAPPENED TO BUILD

SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME.

TO BUILD ENDURANCE, TO

BUILD RESILIENCE, TO MAKE

ME THE PERSON I AM TODAY.

I REALIZE I'M NOT MY

CIRCUMSTANCES.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M

BIGGER THAN MY

CIRCUMSTANCES.

I'M A CHILD OF GOD.

I AM MADE IN HIS IMAGE AND

HIS LIKENESS.

AND HE IS THE CREATOR OF

ALL CREATION.

WHY AM I WORRIED ABOUT

THESE THINGS?

HE'S GOT IT.

Efrem: BY THE WAY,

YOU CAN READ ALL BOYER LE

CRAE'S COME UP IN HIS

GRIPPING BOOK "UNASHAMED."

*

Efrem: AT NUMBER

FOUR...

GOD, GIVE ME A SIGN OR

I HAVE TO GIVE UP.

I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.

Efrem: POP STAR KESHA

RETURNS TO THE MUSIC THEME

WITH AN ANTHEM ABOUT

PRAYER.

* LET'S HOPE YOU'RE

SOMEWHERE PRAYING *

* PRAYING

* I HOPE YOUR SOUL IS

CHANGING *

Efrem: THIS SINGLE

COMES AHEAD OF HER FULL

ALBUM RELEASE TITLED

"RAINBOW," AND FOLLOWS A

STINT IN REHAB FOR AN

EATING DISORDER,

DEPRESSION, A YEAR'S LONG

LEGAL BATTLE TO BE

RELEASED FROM HER CONTRACT

WITH SONY, AND CLAIMS

SHE'D BEEN ABUSED.

* I'M PROUD OF WHO I AM

*

NO MORE MONSTERS *

Efrem: THAT'S A LOOK

AT NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER

FOUR IN TODAY'S COUNTDOWN.

WE HAVE MORE TO COME.

THIS WEEK WE WANT TO

PAY A VISIT TO RECORDING

ARTIST JONATHAN

McREYNOLDS.

HIS FOUNDATION IS ON TRACK

TO SEND MORE PEOPLE TO

COLLEGE WITH SOME

MUCH-NEEDED SCHOLARSHIP

MONEY.

HE IS SITTING DOWN WITH US

THIS WEEK FOR "STUDIO

5's" INTERVIEW.

* YOU CAN'T CATCH A BIRD

WHILE IT'S FLYING IN THE

AIR *

* NO, YOU'VE GOT TO WAIT

UNTIL IT COMES TO THE

GROUND *

Efrem: IT DOESN'T

MATTER IF HE'S IN THE

RECORDING STUDIO...

* THE DEVIL HAS GOT TO

WAIT UNTIL WE COME DOWN *

Efrem: ...PERFORMING

IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE,

OR TEACHING MUSIC AT

CHICAGO'S COLUMBIA

UNIVERSITY, JONATHAN

McREYNOLDS STAYS HIGH.

* SO I'LL STAY HIGH, NO

COMING DOWN *

Efrem: "STAY HIGH" IS

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS

FROM JONATHAN'S STAGE TWO

ALBUM.

IT IS INSPIRED BY A SERMON

HE RECALLS HEARING AND

GUIDES HIS WAY OF LIVING.

GOD HAS BUILT US TO FLY

AND SAY UP THERE.

WE'RE NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT

FLY FOR A SECOND AND THEN

COME DOWN ON THE GROUND

WHERE WE'RE IN DANGER FOR

BEING ENSNARED BY LIFE'S

TEMPTATIONS AND THE

DEVIL'S PLANS AND PLOYS

AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.

STAY HIGH.

STAY IN THE TREES LIKE AN

EAGLE.

Efrem: SO YOU GREW UP

IN THE CHURCH.

UH-HUH.

Efrem: DO YOU THINK

THE CHURCH HAS DONE A GOOD

JOB OF STAYING RELEVANT?

YEAH.

FIRST OF ALL, I THINK

THERE ARE BELIEV PEOPLE WHO HAVE

NOT WORKED HARD ENOUGH TO

STAY RELEVANT, AND PEOPLE

WHO HAVE WORKED TOO HARD

TO STAY RELEVANT.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE

STUCK IN THEIR TRADITIONS,

AND STUCK IN THEIR WAYS,

AND THEY START TO VIEW

NORMAL EVOLUTIONS OF

CULTURE, NORMAL CHANGES IN

MUSIC -- THESE ARE CHANGES

IN MUSIC THAT HAVE

HAPPENED SINCE FOREVER,

OKAY?

AND THEY LOOK AT THOSE AS

DEMONIC.

AND THEY'RE, LIKE, OH, NO,

WE DON'T WANT TO GO OVER

THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO STAY WITH

OUR HYMNS AND OUR ORGANS

AND THINGS WE'RE USED TO.

AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE

WHO HAVE GONE OVERBOARD

AND BELIEVE THAT REACHING

THE YOUTH IS WORLDLY.

AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY

THE TRUTH, EITHER.

IT IS INCUMBENT UPON EVERY

GENERATION OF THE BODY OF

CHRIST TO EXPRESS THEIR

FEELINGS, TO PURSUE GOD IN

THEIR OWN WAY WITH THEIR

OWN LANGUAGE, WITH THEIR

OWN CULTURAL POT THAT THEY

ARE EATING FROM.

AND THAT IS WHAT IS GOING

TO EASILY AND NATURALLY

INVITE PEOPLE OF MY

GENERATION.

I THINK PEOPLE EITHER

DON'T TRY HARD ENOUGH, OR

THEY JUST TRY WAY TOO

HARD.

IF YOU HAVE A 25-YEAR-OLD

UP THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO

ATTRACT 25-YEAR-OLDS, AS

SIMPLE AS THAT.

Efrem: FOR YOUR

MUSIC, YOU'RE NOT JUST

APPEALING TO CHRISTIANS.

NICKI MINAJ IS A FAN.

I'VE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE IN

THE SECULAR WORLD WHO ARE

FANS OF YOUR MUSIC.

IS IT INTENTIONAL?

ARE YOU TRYING TO REACH --

NO.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

I'M ONLY PREACHING WHAT

I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN.

WHEN YOU ARE JUST

YOURSELF, YOU ATTRACT

PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF.

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER

IS -- AND CHRISTIANS MIGHT

NOT AGREE OR BE READY TO

ACCEPT, BUT THE BODY OF

CHRIST IS IN A LOT OF

DIFFERENT PLACES.

THEY MAY NOT BE FULLY

MANIFESTED OR FULLY

CONVINCED, BUT I DO

BELIEVE GOD HAS CALLED A

LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

THEY MAY NOT ALL BE IN

CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING.

NICKI MINAJ, FROM WHAT I

KNOW, IS A CHRISTIAN.

AND I JUST DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR

HEARTS ARE, BUT THE BOTTOM

LINE IS WHEN YOU JUST BE

YOURSELF, PEOPLE WILL SEE

YOU BE YOURSELF.

MICHELLE SAID SOMETHING --

SHE IS ANOTHER R & B

ARTIST, AND SHE STARTED IN

CHURCH.

AND SHE SONG WITH DONNIE

McCLURKIN, AND SHE IS A

PRAISE AND WORSHIP LEADER

LIKE YOU.

AND SHE SAID, AFTER SEEING

ME, I DIDN'T KNOW

CHRISTIAN ARTISTS COULD BE

THAT HUMAN.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS

RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THE

PROBLEM IS PEOPLE HAVE

ALWAYS EQUATED R & B AND

SOUL MUSIC AND COUNTRY, I

GUESS, WITH HUMANITY.

AND CHRISTIANITY, THAT'S

SOME KIND OF SUPER HERO

THING WE CAN'T ATTAIN.

EITHER WE HAVE IT OR WE

DON'T.

AND THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH.

WE'RE ALL HUMANS.

WE ALL HAVE THE SAME FRAL

FRALATIES AND ISSUES.

BUT WE JUST ADDRESS IT

DIFFERENTLY.

Efrem: WHAT IS NEXT

FOR YOU?

DO YOU HAVE A DESIRE FOR

ACTING?

IT IS HARD FOR ME TO

SAY I HAVE A DESIRE FOR

IT, BECAUSE I DON'T, BUT I

ALSO DON'T WANT TO CUT THE

POSSIBILITY OFF.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW AT

THIS POINT.

I'M TRAVELLING VERY

REGULARLY.

I'M TEACHING AT COLUMBIA

STILL, AND I ABSOLUTELY

LOVE THAT.

IF I COULD TEACH MORE, I

WOULD.

*

* PUSHING PUSHING PUSHING

TO BE SOMEONE *

SOMEONE *

Efrem: HE IS

INSPIRING OTHERS WITH HIS

FOUNDATION, ALAHU NATION.

THERE IS A CHARACTER IN

JOB NAMED ALAHU, AND

ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, HE

WAS A YOUNG GUY WHO KIND

OF SAT BACK AND LISTENED

TO THE OLDER GUYS TALK.

AND JOB, WHAT ARE YOU

DOING?

YOU MUST HAVE DONE

SOMETHING WRONG.

AT THE END OF IT, HE WAS

KIND OF UPSET.

I'VE LISTENED TO YOU OLD

FOLKS TALK, THINKING THAT

WISDOM AND AGE WERE ALWAYS

DIRECTLY PROPORTIONATE.

I LISTENED TO YOU ASSUMING

THAT ONLY THE AGED

UNDERSTAND WHAT IS LIKE.

BUT NOW I REALIZE THAT

WISDOM COMES FROM THE

BREATH OF THE ALMIGHTY.

YOUNG FOLKS DON'T HAVE TO

HIT ROCK BOTTOM TO KNOW

WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS

HORRIBLE.

SO THAT'S THIS WHOLE

NON-PROFIT THAT IS AIMED

AT SPREADING THE WORD OF

GOD.

*

ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN WOULD

AND HOPE SOMEONE WATCHING

WILL BE INSPIRED *

Efrem: IN ADDITION TO

HANDING OUT THOUSANDS OF

DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIP

MONEY, HE IS AT WORK ON

NEW MUSIC.

WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON

THE PROJECT'S RELEASE.

> STILL AHEAD...

* HALLELUJAH

Efrem: ADAM AGEY

TALKS MINISTRY IN HAITI.

WE TAKE CARE OF ABOUT A

HUNDRED ORPHANED AND

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "STUDIO 5."

IT IS TIME NOW FOR NUMBER

THREE AND NUMBER TWO IN

THIS WEEK'S COUNTDOWN IN

THE BEST OF UPLIFTING

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.

TAKE A LOOK.

> AT NUMBER THREE...

READY?

I'M READY.

WHAT?

Efrem: "DUCK

DYNASTY'S" SADIE ROBERTSON

IS KEEPING BUSY, FOLLOWING

THE END OF THE POPULAR

SHOW.

IN THIS INSTAGRAM POST,

SHE ANNOUNCED SHE'LL BE

LEADING WEDNESDAY WORD, A

MID-WEEK BIBLE STUDY, WITH

ONLINE FANS.

THERE IS A VERSE IN

PROVERBS THAT TALKS ABOUT

KNOWING WHAT TO OVERLOOK.

AND I WAS, LIKE, OOH,

OKAY.

YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT TO

OVERLOOK SOMETIMES.

Efrem: AT NUMBER

TWO...

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR

WHAT SORT OF FANTASIES

YOU'RE PLAYING OFF AS

TRUTH TODAY.

Efrem: MOVE OVER

"YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS".

WE'RE TRYING A

CHRISTIAN SOAP OPERA.

WE THINK IT IS THE FIRST

TIME EVER.

Efrem: PUREFLIX

ANNOUNCES IT IS ADDING A

SOAP OPERA TO ITS DIGITAL

LINEUP.

IT WILL STAR DONNA MILLS,

ANTONIO SABATO, JR., AND

WINK MARTINDALE.

I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE IT

FRESH WHEN IT COMES OUT

THIS FALL.

BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE

THAT ALL OF OUR STORIES

HAVE DRAMA IN THEM.

Efrem: PUREFLIX BROKE

THE NEWS ON "PURE TALK,"

IT'S TALK SHOW IN

PARTNERSHIP WITH "FAITH

WIRE."

> WITH THOSE TWO BEHIND

US, ONLY ONE MORE HEADLINE

REMAINS IN THE COUNTDOWN.

WE'LL GET TO IT IN JUST A

MINUTE.

> THIS BOOK, "GOD BLESS

THE BROKEN ROAD," IS SOON

TO BE A MOVIE.

BUT A SURPRISE MEMBER OF

THE CAST MAY BE ADAM AGEY.

THIS NEW PROJECT, ADAM'S

MUSIC, AND HIS WORK IN

HAITI, MAKES HIM THIS

WEEK'S "STUDIO 5" ONE TO

WATCH.

*

* HALLELUJAH

*

* HALLELUJAH, AMEN

Efrem: HOW DO YOU GO

FROM BEING IN THE AUDIENCE

WATCHING TO BEING ON STAGE

SINGING?

WELL, I HAD A BAND

CALLED "STELLER CART" FOR

MANY YEARS.

AND I WAS FRIENDS WITH

SOME OF THE GUYS.

AND IT IS WELL-DOCUMENTED

THAT I GREW UP STEALING

ALL OF MARK'S MOVES AND WE

COVERED SOME OF THEIR

TUNES.

WHEN THEY DECIDED TO RAMP

THE BAND BACK UP TO RAISE

SOME MONEY FOR HAITI, HE

GAVE ME A CALL.

AND HE SAID, WHAT WOULD

YOU THINK ABOUT JOINING

THE BAND.

SO I WAS, LIKE, WOW!

I ASKED MY WIFE, CAN I BE

IN "AUDIO ADRENALIN," AND

SHE SAID ABSOLUTELY

BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE

MINISTRY.

* I LOVE TO HEAR THE SONG

OF CREATION *

* THE WIND AND THE RHYTHM

OF THE RAIN *

Efrem: IT IS

BEAUTIFUL, IT'S THINGS

THATHE THINGS THATYOU DO.

I HAVE A REAL BIG HEART

TOR HAITI.

I'VE BEEN THERE AT LEAST

SEVEN TIMES.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT

COUNTRY AND THE WORK YOU

GUYS ARE DOING AND WHY?

IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE.

I NEVER FORGET THE FIRST

TIME I FLEW IN.

IT IS JUST GORGEOUS, THIS

GORGEOUS CARIBBEAN ISLAND

NATION OUT THERE.

AND YOU'RE IN THE CITY,

AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF

PORT-AU-PRINCE.

AND WHEN WE WERE DRIVING

THROUGH, JUST SEEING

POVERTY LIKE I'VE NEVER

SEEN BEFORE.

IT DOESN'T EXIST LIKE THAT

IN THE STATES.

THERE IS TRASH PILED UP

SIX FEET HIGH IN THE

CANALS.

UNBELIEVABLE LIVING

CONDITIONS.

AND THEN SEEING THE KIDS,

AS WE WERE DRIVING ON THE

ROAD -- JUST THE LOOKS

OWNER THEIR FACES.

IT WAS JUST KIND OF THIS

BLANK STARE OF

HOPELESSNESS.

AND THAT VERSUS WHEN WE

PULLED INTO THE GATES AT

THE HANDS AND FEET

PROJECT, AND THE KIDS RUN

OUT WITH ARMS SPREAD WIDE

AND SMILING EAR TO EAR AND

SO EXCITED ABOUT LIFE.

Efrem: TELL PEOPLE

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

AT THE HANDS AND FEET

PROJECT, WE HAVE TWO

CHILDREN'S VILLAGES, AND

ALSO WE HAVE A NEW PROJECT

THAT WE JUST COMPLETED

CALLED A CONDO, WHICH IS A

MISSIONS GUEST VILLAGE.

WE TAKE CARE OF ABOUT 100

ORPHANED AND ABANDONED

KIDS.

Efrem: IT IS NICE TO

KNOW YOUR MUSIC IS HELPING

TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE GET TO TOUR ALL OVER

THE WORLD IN FRONT OF

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE.

AND TO JUST PLAY MUSIC

WOULD BE SUCH A WASTE.

TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE

WORLD ABOUT THE NEED IN

HAITI ESPECIALLY, BUT JUST

OVERALL THERE ARE SO MANY

PEOPLE IN NEED, AND TO

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET

OUT AND MAKE A DIFFERENT.

Efrem: "GOD BLESS THE

BROKEN ROAD," AND I'VE GOT

THE NOVEL BEFORE ME, AND

NOW IT IS A MAJOR MOTION

PICTURE.

YES.

Efrem: AND I

UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A HAND

IN IT?

I MAKE MY ACTING DEBUT

IN THIS MOVIE.

OUR SONG WAS IN "GOD'S NOT

DEAD 2," AND I WAS AT THE

PARTY RELEASE IN L.A., AND

I HAPPENED TO BE TALKING

TO THE DIRECTOR.

AND AS I WAS WALKING OUT

THE DOOR, I WAS, LIKE, IF

YOU EVER NEED AN EXTRA IN

A MOVIE, LET ME KNOW.

AND HE WAS, LIKE, ARE YOU

SERIOUS?

AND I WAS, LIKE, YEAH,

MAN, JUST CALL ME.

AND SO A COUPLE OF MONTHS

LATER, HE TEXTED ME, AND

HE SAID, WERE YOU SERIOUS

ABOUT WANTING TO BE IN THE

MOVIES?

AND I THOUGHT, I'LL TRY

IT.

AND HE SAID, HOW WOULD YOU

FEEL ABOUT PLAYING A

SOLDIER IN THE BACKGROUND,

AND I WAS, LIKE, I CAN

STAND IN THE BACKGROUND

AND BE A SOLDIER.

AND THEN AS WE GET CLOSER,

HE WAS HOW WOULD YOU FEEL

ABOUT A SPEAKING PART?

AND I'M SURE, WHY NOT.

I'M PROBABLY IN THE MOVIE

FOR THREE MINUTES, BUT IT

WAS AWESOME.

WE SHOT FOR TWO DAYS.

AND I JUST MET SOME

AMAZING, AMAZING PEOPLE.

Efrem: WELL, THANK

YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

Efrem: JOINING ADAM

IN THIS FILM "GOD BLESS

THE BROKEN ROAD," IS

LADAINIAN TOMLINSON.

IT IS HIS FIRST FILM ROLE.

HE PLAYS A PASTOR TRYING

TO HELP A MOTHER IN

DISTRESS AND A DISABLED

VETERAN.

Efrem: UP NEXT ON

"STUDIO 5," YOUR FIRST

LOOK AT "DUNKER."

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN BRINGS A

REAL-LIFE WAR STORY TO THE

BIG SCREEN.

THE STORY DOES NOT END

Efrem: WELCOME BACK

BACK TO "STUDIO 5."

WITHOUT ANYMORE DELAY,

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS

WEEK'S NUMBER ONE HEADLINE

IN THE WORLD OF UPLIFTING

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.

NOW FOR NUMBER ONE...

THE FIRST POEM I DID

WAS A LOVE POEM.

I SHOWED IT TO A FEW

PEOPLE.

THEY THOUGHT I STOLE IT

OFF THE INTERNET.

AND I THOUGHT, DAM, THIS

MUST BE GOOD IF THEY

THOUGHT I STOLE IT OFF THE

INTERNET.

Efrem: DONTE PARK

USES HIS WRITING AND

POETRY TO RISE ABOVE A

DEADLY TURF WAR IN HIS

HOME TOWN IN RICHMOND,

CALIFORNIA.

* THERE ARE CENTURIES OF

MY PEOPLE'S MISERIES *

Efrem: CLARK'S STORY

IS NOW THE FOCUS OF A

POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY WITH

THE SUPPORT OF HIP-HOP AND

SPOKEN WORD PIONEER

RUSSELL SIMMONS.

Efrem: I'LL START

WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE

SENT THIS FILM AND I

UNDERSTAND YOU LOVED IT

IMMEDIATELY.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THIS

FILM?

I LOOK AT POETRY AS ONE

OF THE BETTER ANGLES OF

HIP-HOP.

ALTHOUGH ALL OF THIS IS

GREAT AND EXPRESSIVE AND

INNOVATIVE, BUT THIS

PARTICULAR THING APPEALED

TO ME, AS A WAY TO GET THE

VOICELESS TO SAY

SOMETHING, AND A WAY TO

GET THE VOICES TO HEAR

THEMSELVES.

Efrem: "ROMEO IS

BLEEDING" APPEARS IN NEW

YORK CITY LATER THIS WEEK

AND WIDERRIE WIDER RELEASE ON

JULY 28th.

> THE SUMMER MOVIE

SEASON CONTINUES TO HEAT

UP, AND THE NEXT FILM YOU

MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IS AN

EPIC ACTION THRILLER,

"DUNKIRK."

YOU CAN PRACTICALLY SEE

IT FROM HERE.

THERE ARE 400,000 MEN

TRAPPED IN ONE PLACE ON A

BEACH, THEIR BACKS TO THE

SEA.

THE ENEMY CLOSING IN ALL

AROUND THEM.

AND IT IS JUST A MATTER OF

TIME BEFORE THEY FACE

SURRENDER OR ANNIHILATION.

THE FACT THAT THEIR STORY

DOES NOT END IN EITHER

SURRENDER OR ANNIHILATION

IS WHAT MAKES IT ONE OF

THE GREATEST STORIES IN

HUMAN HISTORY.

Efrem: "DUNKIRK" IS

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S FIRST

FILM, BASED ON A TRUE

STORY, WITH LIMITED

COMPUTER-GENERATED SPECIAL

EFFECTS, AND ACTORS THE

SAME AGE AS THE WORLD WAR

II SOLDIERS.

NOLAN SETS OUT TO RECREATE

THE HISTORIC BATTLE AS

CLOSE TO REALITY AS

POSSIBLE.

THE TRADITIONAL THING

IN HOLLYWOOD MOVIES IS TO

CAST 28-YEAR-OLDS,

29-YEAR-OLDS, AND PRETEND

THEIR YOUNGER.

THIS MOVIE CASTS PEOPLE OF

THE RIGHT AGE.

WE WANTED KIDS WHO WOULD

EXPERIENCE THESE EVENTS

THE WAY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE

AT THE TIME.

IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR

US TO FIND INTERESTING,

FRESH FACES TO DO THAT.

Efrem: THE YOUNG

ACTORS, INCLUDING HARRY

STYLES IN HIS ACTING

DEBUT, TALK ABOUT THEIR

EXPERIENCE ONSET IN THIS

EPIC WAR FILM.

I WAS COMING ON TO THE

BEACH, AND THERE WERE,

LIKE, 1300 OTHERS, AND

FIRING OVERHEAD, STORIES

IN THE BACKGROUND, AND

BEACHES AND SANDBAGS AND

TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING, AND

THERE WERE EXPLOSIONS

GOING OFF IN THE SAND.

IT WAS JUST SO REAL.

YOU CAN NEVER REALLY PUT

YOURSELF THERE, BUT THAT

IS, I THINK, THE CLOSEST

YOU CAN COME.

SO VULNERABLE FROM EVER

ASPECT.

SITTING DUCKS ON THE

BEACH.

SITTING DUCKS ON THE

WATER.

SITTING DUCKS IN THE AIR.

YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO

SHIELD YOU.

IT'S NOT PRETEND THERE

IS AN EXPLOSION OVER

THERE, IT IS ACTUALLY

GOING ON.

ANY REACTIONS YOU HAVE ARE

A RESPONSE TO WHAT IS

GOING ON AROUND YOU.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS

THINKING ABOUT ACTING

BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS

THERE FOR YOU.

WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS

FLYING AROUND YOU.

I WAS UP IN THE AIR

WITH THE SPITFIRE, AND

THEY STRUCK THE iMAX TO

THE WING OF THE PLANE I

WAS IN, AND THEY FLEW OVER

THE CHANNEL WITH

THE iMAX CAMERA ON THE

WING.

THE THING WITH

THE iMAX IS IT IS SO

EPIC.

AND THAT'S WITH CHRIS'

FILMS.

HE CAPTURES THAT HUGE,

VAST PICTURE, WHICH JUST

SUCKS YOU IN LIKE A BLACK

HOLE.

WE WON'T BE DOING THE

STORY JUSTICE IF WE DID

ANYTHING ELSE.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE

THING ABOUT WORKING WITH

CHRIS?

HE LEADS BY EXAMPLE, SO

MUCH.

HE IS THE FIRST ONE THERE

AND THE LAST ONE TO LEAVE.

VERY PRESENT.

VERY HANDS ON.

YOU COULD HEAR THE

DIRECTOR SHOUTING THE

DIRECTION ABOUT THREE

MILES AWAY IN A TENT,

USUALLY, BUT CHRIS IS

THERE THE WHOLE TIME.

HE WOULD COME IN AND DID

LITERALLY WHAT WAS NEEDED.

THIS HUGE SETS AND REAL

SPITFIRES AND WARSHIPS

AROUND YOU AND ALL OF THE

EXTRAS --

IT'S SCALE WAS

ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE.

IT IS LIKE AN EPIC

SUSPENCE THRILLER BASED

WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF AN

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.

IT DOESN'T GIVE THE

AUDIENCE TIME TO THINK.

THEY'RE PLUNGED STRAIGHT

IN THIS WORLD AND YOU'RE

KIND OF SWEPT AMONG IT.

YOU CAN SEE THIS WORLD

THROUGH THEIR EYES AND

EARS.

AND THAT STORY REALLY

NEEDS TO BE TOLD.

IT IS A FILM OF

SURVIVAL AND PANIC.

IT IS BREATHLESS.

I THINK IT WILL BE

BLOODY BRILLIANT.

Efrem: "DUNKIRK" HITS

AMERICAN THEATERS

JULY 21st.

> STILL AHEAD ON "STUDIO

5"...

I REALIZED THAT THAT IS

WHAT GOD HAD BEEN TRAINING

ME FOR.

Efrem: THE MOMENT

Efrem: AND WE ARE

BACK IN "STUDIO 5" WITH A

LOOK AHEAD FOR WHAT WE'RE

WORKING ON TO BRING YOU

NEXT WEEK.

NOW I SEE WHY YOU

WANTED TO BE ALONE.

REALLY?

YOU'RE GOING TO THROW AWAY

AN ENTIRE YEAR OF SOBRIETY

BECAUSE OF ONE BAD NIGHT?

AND FOR A BOX OF WINE?

Efrem: VANESSA

WILLIAMS OPENS UP AND

SHARES THE HEART OF HER

LATEST ACTING ROLE.

> PLUS...SHE IS BREAKING

NEWS ON WHEN SHE IS

DROPPING SOME NEW MUSIC.

Efrem: AND THAT IS

JUST ONE STORY FROM NEXT

WEEK'S RUNDOWN.

HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR

THAT.

> FOR NOW, I'M GIVING

THE FINAL WORD TO AN EYE

DOCTOR AND FILM-MAKER,

DAVID EVANS.

"STUDIO 5" WAS RECENTLY

ONSET IN MEMPHIS FOR THE

MAKING OF DAVID'S NEXT

FILM "INDIVISIBLE," AND

THERE IS WHERE HE SHARES

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PASSION

MEETS PURPOSE.

BEING AN EYE DOCTOR IS

CERTAINLY A PASSION OF

MINE.

BUT YEARS AGO, WHEN I SAT

IN A THEATER WATCHING

"FIRE-PROOF," AND MY

MENTORS, WHO I CONSIDER TO

BE THE KENDRICK BROTHERS,

WATCHING A MOVIE THAT

TOUCHED ME IN A WAY I'D

NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE

IN A MOVIE THEATER.

AND AFTER 15 YEARS OF

DOING THIS PASSION PLAY, I

REALIZED THAT THAT IS WHAT

GOD HAD BEEN TRAINING ME

FOR.

AND SO I TOLD MY WIFE THAT

NIGHT IN THE THEATER, I

SAID, THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS

BEEN TRAINING US TO DO.

AND SO NOW, YEARS LATER,

WE HAVE A STORY THAT WE

KNOW WILL TOUCH MILITARY

LIVES.

Efrem: THANKS, DAVID

EVANS.

THAT IS AN AWESOME WORD.

WE'LL BE SURE TO KEEP YOU

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