Movieline on Tuesday dropped by a benefit in Tribeca for Scenarios USA , a non-profit that promotes writing and filmmaking among under-served teens. A handful of the kids wind up working with professional directors (including Michael Apted, Tamara Jenkins, Griffin Dunne and others) to bring their stories to the screen. And just as dinner was getting underway, in walked Doug Liman, who sits on Scenarios’ board and had collaborated on the program’s first short film — He Said, She Said — in 1999. But just as important for him at the moment: He’s preparing to send one of Cannes’ most anticipated films — the Valerie Plame thriller Fair Game — to the festival, where it will screen in competition. Liman took a moment to talk it over with Movieline.
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EXCLUSIVE: Doug Liman on Fair Game: ‘It’s a Really Great Movie’
