"Lets Make Our Own Movie!" That was a wild idea back in the days of young Mickey Rooney, but today, anyone can do it. Next time on To the Best of Our Knowledge, how digital cameras make us all directors, and why movies may never be the same. Also, screenwriter Andrew Davies talks about bringing literary classics to the silver screen - from Jane Austen to Bridget Jones.

Bart Cheever is one of the founders of D.FILM - a touring Digital Film Festival. (Check them out at www.dfilm.com.) He tells Jim Fleming that digital photography makes it possible for anyone to make professional quality films, and that shooting digitally means a huge cost savings even for major industry players like George Lucas. Also, commentator John Greenwald says computer animation makes gorgeous eye-candy but movies still need good scripts to succeed. And, screenwriter and novelist Andrew Davies tells Steve Paulson why Jane Austen is hot again, what he had to do to the "Bridget Jones's Diary" script, and how he felt when someone else adapted and filmed one of his novels. Davies' other film credits include "Emma" and "Pride and Prejudice," and he's the author of the novel on which "B.Monkey" was based.

Meg Graham is the co-author (with Alec Shuldiner) of "Corning and the Craft of Innovation." She tells Anne Strainchamps that Corning has a long tradition of nurturing innovation and accommodating eccentricity. She explains how they moved from cookware to fiber optics and tells a couple of stories about machine designer Jim Gillen. Also, Richard Manning is the author of many books including "Food's Frontier: The Next Green Revolution." Among the scientists profiled in that book is Robert Goodman, a plant pathologist at the University of Wisconsin. Manning and Goodman tell Steve Paulson that it will take extraordinary measures to feed the world's population in the next century and that genetically modified crops are a simple extension of the plant breeding that's gone on for thousands of years.

Michael Ruhlman is the author of "Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard." He tells Jim Fleming that wooden boats are alive and have souls. They inspire passion, and are easier to repair than fiberglass boats.

Books:

• Richard Manning: Food's Frontier: The Next Green Revolution (FSG)
• Michael Ruhlman: Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard (Viking)
• Margaret B.W. Graham, Alec T. Shuldiner: Corning and the Craft of Innovation (Oxford)

Music:

• Buck Owens: The Buck Owens Collection, 1959-1990 Disc One "Act Naturally" Rhino R271016
• Eliot Goldenthal: Soundtrack to "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" Sony Classical/Sony Soundtracks Performer: London Symphony Orchestra
• J.S. Bach: Clavichord Recital Tr. 8 "Courante" from J.S. Bach's French Suite No. 2 in c minor, Philips 422 349 2 Performer: Gustav Leonhardt
• Mozart: Music for Glass Harmonica: Rondo in c minor K. 617 Vox Allegretto ACD 8174 Performer: Bruno Hoffman
• Chiel Meijering: Two Men and A Lady "The Insects are Coming" RCA 60165-2-RC Performer: Amsterdam Guitar Trio
• Richard Searles: Ancient Isles "Song of the Wind" Earth Dance Music EDM 0893-2 Performer: Richard Searles, Charles Zukovsky

Distribution dates:

• week of 08/19/2001 - hour 1