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Film Director John Boorman.

John Boorman directed the new film the The General, based on the life of the notorious Irish thief and gangster Martin Cahill. Cahill stole about 60 million dollars in a series of ingenioius robberies he masterminded in the 1980's. Boorman has directed many other films including Deliverance, Point Blank, Hope and Glory, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, and Beyond Rangoon.

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Other segments from the episode on January 4, 1999

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 4, 1999: Interview with John Boorman; Interview with Jon Voigt.

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