On Butch Cassidy, for example, the original material was purchased by Fox for Paul Monash. Monash was the producer of the film. Then, when Paul Newman was signed, along came John Foreman. Foreman had been Newman’s agent for years, had left the agency to become his business partner. In order to get Newman, guess what happened? Foreman became the “producer” and Monash suddenly was “executive producer.” And what was their contribution to the film? I still haven’t the foggiest, because Butch was directed by George Roy Hill, and on a George Roy Hill film, George is the giant ape.
