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Morgan Freeman talks Dolphin Tales and pitches his new pig movie to BlackTree TV

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[BlackTree TV - Orlando, FL] Award winning journalist Shawn Edwards catches up with Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman to talk about his new movie apos;Dolphin Taleapos;. MORGAN FREEMAN (Dr. Cameron McCarthy) won an Academy Award? for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Clint Eastwood?s ?Million Dollar Baby,? for which he also won a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award? and received a Golden Globe nomination. In 2009, he reunited with Eastwood to star in the director?s true-life drama ?Invictus,? on which Freeman also served as an executive producer under his Revelations Entertainment banner. For his portrayal of Nelson Mandela in the film, Freeman garnered Oscar?, Golden Globe and Critics? Choice Award nominations, and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor. Freeman has been honored with three additional Oscar? nominations, the first for his chilling performance in the 1987 drama ?Street Smart,? which also brought him Los 20 Angeles Film Critics, New York Film Critics, and National Society of Film Critics Awards, and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He earned his second Oscar? nomination and won Golden Globe and National Board of Review Awards for Best Actor for the 1989 film ?Driving Miss Daisy,? in which he recreated his award-winning off-Broadway role. He gained his third Oscar? nod, as well as Golden Globe and SAG Award? nominations, for his performance in Frank Darabont?s 1994 drama ?The Shawshank Redemption.? Among his many other accolades, Freeman was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2008. Next summer, Freeman stars in Christopher Nolan?s ?The Dark Knight Rises,? reprising his role from the blockbusters ?Batman Begins? and ?The Dark Knight.? His upcoming films also include Rob Reiner?s ?Summer at Dog Dave?s.? His long list of film credits also includes ?RED?; Reiner?s ?The Bucket List,? opposite Jack Nicholson; Robert Benton?s ?Feast of Love?; Ben Affleck?s ?Gone Baby Gone?; Lasse Hallstro?m?s ?An Unfinished Life?; the Jet Li actioner ?Unleashed?; the comedy ?Bruce Almighty? and its sequel, ?Evan Almighty?; ?The Sum of All Fears?; ?Along Came a Spider?; ?Nurse Betty?; ?Deep Impact?; Steven Spielberg?s ?Amistad?; ?Kiss the Girls?; David Fincher?s ?Se7en?; ?Glory?; ?Lean on Me?; ?Harry Son,? directed by and starring Paul Newman; and ?Brubaker.? He also lent his distinctive voice to such projects as Spielberg?s ?War of the Worlds? and the Oscar?-winning documentary ?March of the Penguins.? In 1993, Freeman made his directorial debut on ?Bopha!? and soon after formed Revelations Entertainment. Other Revelations productions include ?Levity,? ?Under Suspicion,? ?Mutiny,? ?Along Came a Spider,? ?Feast of Love,? ?10 Items or Less? and ?Maiden Heist.? Blacktree is at all the hottest events on the planet (award shows, movie premieres and press junkets, fashion shows, etc.) and now BLACKTREE ON TV brings stars to YOU on Soul of the South! Watch Full episodes below, and tune in! WEEKDAYS | 5:30 – 6:00pm, 1-1:30am WEEKENDS | 5 – 6:00pm Sat & Sun (CST)

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