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Prior to [Ned Beatty]'s introduction, a retrospective reel showcased highlights from Beatty's film and television career, including clips from such feature films as Deliverance (1972), Superman (1978), 1941 (1979) and Network (1976) - for which he received an Academy Award as best supporting actor - to notable small-screen appearances on M*A*S*H, The Rockford Files and Homicide, on which he was a regular for the first few seasons.

[Dale Pollock] asked Beatty about the many filmmakers he's worked with over a 35-year film career, including John Boorman, Sidney Lumet, Steven Spielberg, screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky and John Huston, with whom he made The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) and Wise Blood (1979).

Beatty described Huston as "a wondrous man ... it's not like talking to God, but it's so close!" Regarding his debut film, Deliverance (1972), in which his character undergoes an unforgettably vivid sexual assault, Beatty said: "The whole 'Squeal Like a Pig' thing ... came from guess who."