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Footage, a blessing in disguise. an amazing testament to them, too, how scientifically accurate -- >> that hay documented it. it is a fascinating film. congratulations. you and your team should be really proud. >> thank you. >> i hope every one of you watching watches it on cnn thursday night. good to be with you. thank you. as i said, follow the battle for sue from the black hills to the lake shore of chicago. don't miss "dinosaur 13" only right here on cnn thursday night. 9:00 eastern. we're back in just a moment.

Paleotology. we came about this story written in a book, peter larson and co-author wrote. i was reading it while we were on the road. so peter was actually just one scientist that we were going to interview and after reading the book and meeting him, we decided to kind of shift focus and just go right -- >> then pete r larcer larson, a scientist who discovered sue, along with sue who's she named after, is described in the film as being in love with the dinosaur. i mean, what struck me was how personal this was for them. to find something so huge in terms of its significance to the history of ...

Very interested in the personal relationship that somebody could have with, in this case, a dinosaur. >> fossils. >> it became a love affair that lasted, you know, still lasts to this day two decades, you know, after her discovery. >> what has been the -- i know -- well, first of all, most people haven't seen it yet. i got a sneak peek. it's airing on cnn thursday night at 9:00 p.m. but from those -- you did screen it at the field museum in chicago where sue now stands. they paid $7.6 million for sue. what was the reaction at the museum? >> it was -- it was universally positive. everyone there...

Of circle around and figure out like, can i make money on idea, is there theatrical at all? >> isn't this a great time to be a filmmaker? there are different ways to distribute film. >> exactly. with more and more technology, filmmakers are able to do things they weren't able to do before. a great example of this is "dinosaur 13" where todd miller auctioned the rights to a book by peter larsen, a paleontologist. and he said he felt every bit of intrigue when reading it as jurassic park or indiana jones. >> i bring up cnn. it's interesting to see television networks coming here, trying to do de...