Maybe 5 months into a movie the producer has had a few clunkers at the box office and tells his current director "Gotta need a happy ending" or any story of examples of producers and/or studio heads insisting on changing a story regardless of what a director says.
Many times, a director has an actor in mind, while the movie studio have their preferences. That happens all the time; but some directors are receptive and I'm curious of the directors who were strongly against a decision, but who's names are still attached movie (and not fired/quit). I'm talking about directors who did NOT get their way and who were vocal about it.
Orson Welles said RKO changed the ending while he was in Brazil of "The Magnificent Ambersons", a movie I didn't care for, but I wonder (since it was just on TCM) "Would his ending change the story?"
Many times, a director has an actor in mind, while the movie studio have their preferences. That happens all the time; but some directors are receptive and I'm curious of the directors who were strongly against a decision, but who's names are still attached movie (and not fired/quit). I'm talking about directors who did NOT get their way and who were vocal about it.
Orson Welles said RKO changed the ending while he was in Brazil of "The Magnificent Ambersons", a movie I didn't care for, but I wonder (since it was just on TCM) "Would his ending change the story?"
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