The film had taken years to reach the screen. Stone began the screenplay in the mid-’70s but could find no takers, although it did earn him a job penning the 1978 Turkish prison drama, for which he won his first Oscar.
Eventually, Stone struck a deal with producer Dino De Laurentiis, agreeing to write the screenplay for Michael Cimino’s crime moviefor less than his market rate if De Laurentiis would secure financing for him to direct. But when the veteran producer couldn’t find a distributor, John Daly of the British production company Helmdale came up with financing for the films
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