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Filmmaker Mike Hodges and actors Michael Caine and John Spencer on this edition of Fresh Air. Hodges debut work, the 1971 Get Carter starring Michael Caine, was hailed as the greatest British thriller ever. A new remake of Get Carter is out in theatres, starring Sylvester Stallone, with an appearance by Caine. Hodges also directed the recent film Croupier. Caine has made over 70 films, including Get Carter. Spencer plays Leo McGarry, the Chief of Staff to the President in the TV series The West Wing. The show won the coveted Peabody Award in its first season. This week it began it's second season. The show is set in the Whitehouse, and concerning a fictional democratic President and his staff. In the first season of the show, Spencer's character has had to deal with his former alcoholism becoming a matter of public scrutiny. Spencer previously was a regular on L.A. Law and began his career on The Patty Duke Show. (Original Broadcast Dates: May 16, 2000, November 17, 1992, and April 5, 2000)Want more Fresh Air?
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