Unfortunately, Warner Bros., which had a first-look deal with the film’s production company, Guber-Peters, passed. I told Peter Guber I wanted to run with Rain Man, and he said great. It was dead, so why not let me try? The script had no sex, no car chases, and no third act, but I was convinced that if we could keep the budget to $25 million, we could earn back $50 million from date-nighters and grown-ups. So I started talking up the project. Nothing in Hollywood is anything until it’s something, and the only way to make it something is with a profound display of belief. If you keep insisting
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