1:07:01
And I said, yeah, Sly. He said, "You know,
Bob, I don't think I wanna do the picture."
1:07:07
So I said, I don't quite understand.
I mean, we have a contract.
1:07:11
"You don't understand, Bob. I don't like
the script." I said, well, you worked on it.
1:07:16
I said, what is it, Sly? He said,
"I'm not getting paid enough for it."
1:07:21
To make a very long story short, and a very
long conversation, rather bitter, short...
1:07:26
...he backed away. Now, here I have 400
of the top buyers in the world...
1:07:33
...and I have no star,
and I have a half a script.
1:07:36
I said, ladies and gentlemen,
I'm going to show you a poster.
1:07:40
But I wanna tell you that the film
will not be any better than the poster.
1:07:44
So if you don't like the poster,
please don't buy the film.
1:07:49
And I unraveled a poster, which I had
worked on for eight months with two artists.
1:07:55
And I said, this is the poster.
1:07:58
And I passed it around, and they all
looked at it. And it says the whole story:
1:08:04
"Its violence startled the world..."
1:08:07
No, "Its violence startled the nation,
and its music startled the world."
1:08:12
And they all looked at the poster,
and I said, that's the picture.
1:08:16
So one fellow from Switzerland says,
"Who's gonna star in the film?"
1:08:21
I said, sir, I won't let you
have the picture.
1:08:59
On August 28, 1983,
principal photography commenced.