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Milchan says that sidney pollack also spied for israel. speak speak tongue. >> translator: sidney was my partner in exports, in aerospace, planes, all kinds of things. with license. he had to decide what he is willing and what he is not. many things he said no. many things he said yes. >> reporter: so it's unclear at this stage if milchan broke any laws in the u.s. and, if so, will the administration pursue charges for illegally obtaining and exporting classified documents or materials jon? but it is literally right out of a movie. jon: it sure is. what a story. william la jeunesse, thanks. je...

Tricking his own agent into believing that he is a woman. >> wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. >> i'm new in town, and i'm awfully lonely, i wonder if you wouldn't mind buying me lunch. >> my favorite -- how are you? >> last time he got me a job -- >> swear to god? >> god, i begged you to get therapy. >> jesus christ. >> the agent was played flawlessly by the oscar winning director, sidney pollack, who was actually nominated for the director. jessica lange won the best actress for a supporting role. the brilliant terry garr was

Right now. ♪ on the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again ♪ ♪ the life i love is making music with my friends ♪ >> larry: of all the willie nelson songs, is "on the road again" the most famous? >> maybe so. either "on the road again," "crazy," or "night life." >> larry: "crazy" ain't bad either. he loves that song, ross perot's theme. "on the road again" is on commercials. did that come to you. what's the story of the writing of that song? >> i was on a plane with sidney pollack and jerry satsberg, and we were talking about doing the movie "honeysuckle rose." and we were...

He loves that song. "on the road again" is on commercials. did that come to you -- what's the story of the writing of that song? >> i was on a plane with sidney pollack and jerry satsberg, and we were talking about doing the movie "honeysuckle rose." and we were talking about a song. and they said, can you come up with a song for the movie? and i said, oh, you mean something about on the road again, on the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again? yeah. but where's the melody? i said, oh, well, i'll find one. so i went to the studio pretty much with just that in my mind. it was an ...

The most famous song? >> maybe so. i mean, "on the road again," "crazy" or "night life." >> larry: "crazy" ain't bad either. he loves that song, ross perot's theme. what is the story of the "on the road again?" . >> i was on a plane with sidney pollack and jerry satsberg, and we were talking about doing the movie "honeysuckle rose." we were talking about a song. they said can you come up with a song for the movie? and i said you mean something about being on the road again, on the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again? yeah, but where is the melody? i said i'll find one. i went ...