Then Oliver got attacked by gay groups over his portrayal of gay characters in JFK and said, 'I just can't go into another project and go through that again.

There are so many psychological and deep ramifications to this story -- that's why Neil and I were attracted to it. Like (Storyline's 'Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'), this is not just another biopic.

We feel like we've been dating New Line on 'Hairspray' and we are ready to get married. We want to make a very diverse slate of films for them.

The door is now open for discussion. More studios will consider them (movie musicals), but it doesn't mean they are going to rush out and make those movies. But at least there's consideration.

This is a story about friendship, about this amazing relationship between two guys who were so brilliant together but couldn't be together because of their incompatibility as people,

His reputation, in terms of going into the editing room and working on the pictures himself, was much less with this picture.