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Pan WS taxis to the ext theater2. Pullout of poster3. WS red carpet arrivals4. CU Scott Glenn4. Q reporter: \"This is a story of sort of the rotten side of the military?\"5. SOT Scott Glenn: \"You...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAPTN - New York City, USA. 21st July 2003\u003cbr/\u003e1. Pan WS taxis to the ext theater\u003cbr/\u003e2. Pullout of poster\u003cbr/\u003e3. WS red carpet arrivals\u003cbr/\u003e4. CU Scott Glenn\u003cbr/\u003e4. Q reporter: \"This is a story of sort of the rotten side of the military?\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOT Scott Glenn: \"You know I didn't even see it as that. I saw it as kind of a thrilling dark, to me it was kind of like catch 22 meets Hunter Thompson. I don't make a lot of social  or philosophical judgements on films. I look at them as interesting rushes and challenging things to do as an actor...I never rooted for him and I still don't.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Clip - 'Buffalo Soldiers'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - New York City, USA. 21st July 2003\u003cbr/\u003e7. WS Joaquin Phoenix talking to reporters\u003cbr/\u003e8. Pan from Director Gregor Jordan to Joaquin taking pictures of Gregor\u003cbr/\u003e9. Pan from paparazzi to Director Gregor Jordan hugging Joaquin Phoenix and Shiek Mahmud-Bey.\u003cbr/\u003e10. Pan paparazzi to Joaquin holding camera and asking them if he is good at shooting the camera\u003cbr/\u003e11. Ws Joaquin with paparazzi\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOT Joaquin: \"I thought it would be a real challenge and that is really why I liked the film, typically our protagonists are endeared to the audience in the first few moments and they are made to be very noble or heroic. There were none of those contrivances on the film at all and I thought that that was ballsy if I may say so. And I liked the challenge of trying to play a character who is fairly reprehensible, or his actions are.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Clip - 'Buffalo  Soldiers'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - New York City, USA. 21st July 2003\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOT Joaquin: \"It's not really my job, I don't have to like a character I play, I don't have to empathise with them. I just have to come to come understanding of what motivates them  and  that is really all that I am interested in \"\u003cbr/\u003e15. ws Leon talking to Joaquin\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOT Leon: \"I thought it was a unique fun story. I didn't know 9/ 11 was going to happen. I didn't know that we would be at war. People's opinion gets really strong about things, but it is unfortunate because at the end of the day this is just entertainment, it is just art. And to see another side, the problem is that what happens now is that we have lots of military movies and they are all about the same image, which is great but you have to see the other side.This is in the past...not now you take it with a grain of salt, laugh a little, find it interesting and just keep going\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Anna Paquin with Joaquin Phoenix\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOT Anna Paquin: \"The character is really awesome. She is really independent and confident and very much someone I can respect and admire,  because she stands up for what she thinks and her own thoughts and feelings. And she doesn't let anyone else tell who who she is, which is a pretty admirable thing. I really wanted to work with the actors involved in this and the director, it was a very appealing project.\u003cbr/\u003e19. Clip - 'Buffalo Soldiers' \u003cbr/\u003eAPTN - New York City, USA. 21st July 2003\u003cbr/\u003e20. Q reporter: \"Are you worried about at all about critics saying this is not a positive portrayal of the American military?\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOT Gregor Jordan: \"Well  really I think most of the hysteria is being drummed up by people who haven't seen the film. And I think if they did see the film they would say,  hang on  a second it's not as bad as people think.  I think there are hysterical and reactionary types that will moan complain about anything,  and if you start catering to them then you are just going to be making remakes of 'Bambi' and 'Lassie Come Home'. \"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Q reporter: \"There was a lot of humor in this film...did you have to draw it out of the actors?\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOT Gregor Jordan: \" I think again I got actors that understood the humour innately. They just get the joke. If you have to explain to an actor how to time a line then it is never going to happen. In fact lot of the humour came from the performances. There were moments that weren't all that funny in the script, and the actors really found comedy there.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Clip - 'Buffalo Soldiers' \u003cbr/\u003eJOAQUIN PHOENIX was in New York Monday night (21JUL03) for the premiere of his long delayed satirical black comedy BUFFALO SOLDIERS. \u003cbr/\u003eAlthough the satirical black comedy about life on a US army base in West Germany during the 1980s was completed in 2001, Miramax declined to release it immediately after September 11th. \u003cbr/\u003eBut as American soldiers continue to face resistance in Iraq, the film, which portrays American GI's taking hard drugs and engaging in various forms of illegal activity as they attempt to stave off the boredom of the Cold War, has already caused controversy with it's poster tag line, 'Steal All You Can Steal'. \u003cbr/\u003eThe film's star, Joaquin Phoenix, appeared concerned as he got a lesson in photography from the assembled paparazzi. \u003cbr/\u003eHe then took pictures of Director Gregor Jordan upon his arrival. Co-stars Anna Paquin and Scott Glenn joined them. \u003cbr/\u003eSet on an American Army base in West Germany as the Berlin Wall is about to fall, BUFFALO SOLDIERS chronicles the exploits of military clerk Ray Elwood, played by Phoenix. Stationed on the base in the midst of peacetime with little to do, Elwood is the ultimate risk-taker dabbling in arms dealing, selling military supplies on the black market all to make his side career very lucrative. \u003cbr/\u003eJust as Elwood is about to pull off his most lucrative deal yet, a new sergeant appears. The tough Vietnam veteran is played by SCOTT GLENN and is determined to put the root out the bad elements in the company. 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