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Fresh Air, Ravi Shankar, Vince Vaughn, Gene Hackman
- Narrated by: Terry Gross
- Length: 35 mins
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Summary
Musician Ravi Shankar, actors Vince Vaughn and Gene Hackman on this edition of Fresh Air. Today, we learned that former Beatle George Harrison has died. Ravi Shankar, the world's leading sitar player. In 1999 he published his autobiography, Ravi Shankar: Raga Mala. The book was edited and introduced by his friend George Harrison. He'll discuss his relationship with Harrison and how Harrison helped introduce the sitar to western audiences. Actor Vince Vaughn teamed up again with Swingers costar John Favreau in the movie, Made. The movie, written and directed by Favreau, follows two aspiring boxers who concoct a money-laundering scheme. It's just come out on video and DVD. Vaughn has appeared in several movies including Swingers, The Lost World, the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and The Cell. Actor Gene Hackman is the star of the films Bonnie and Clyde, The French Connection, The Conversation, and Unforgiven. He's now starring in two films, with a third about to come out: Heist, Behind Enemy Lines and The Royal Tannenbaums which will be released December 14th. (Original Broadcast Dates: November 17, 1999, July 16, 2001, and November 15, 1999.