:10:03
I've talked to enough of them.
I know what their concerns are.
:10:06
He has as much concern
about these people as you or I do...
:10:11
and nobody likes to see anybody laid off
or put in a hardship situation.
:10:16
- Have you ever talked to Roger Smith?
- Sure.
:10:19
What kind of man do you find him to be?
:10:21
A very warm man. I have...
:10:25
A warm man?
:10:27
Did I have Roger Smith judged all wrong...
:10:29
simply because he was eliminating
30,000 jobs from my hometown?
:10:34
I decided to find out.
:10:36
I wrote. I phoned. I faxed. I tried
every means of communication available...
:10:40
but nothing got me any closer to Roger.
:10:43
I was left with no choice.
:10:44
I got in the car and drove
about an hour south of Flint to Detroit...
:10:48
to the world headquarters
of General Motors.
:10:51
My mission was a simple one:
:10:53
To convince Roger Smith
to spend a day with me in Flint...
:10:55
and meet some of the people
who were losing their jobs.
:11:16
Everybody in?
:11:20
- Can I help you gentlemen and ladies?
- Yes, we're going to the 14th floor.
:11:24
- Do you have an appointment?
- No, we don't.
:11:26
- I think you need an appointment.
- To go up there?
:11:30
- How can we make one?
- You want to step out...
:11:35
- First of all, anything above...
- We came down from Flint.
:11:38
Anything above the first level here
is private property. That's off-limits.
:11:43
- This is all off-limits. It's a security area.
- This is? All right.
:11:47
Listen, who did you want to talk to?
:11:49
- I want to talk to Roger Smith.
- I'll get a PR man and we'll see.
:11:53
- What kind of movie are you making?
- It's a documentary on Flint.
:11:57
On the labor problems?
:11:59
The whole situation,
the plant shutdowns, the layoffs.