He recalled how late Texas filmmaker L.M.
These two said: Come to us and well do it but youll have $5m.
They told us, We cant do a movie for less that $5m.
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I was like, Alright, he recounted.
Then it was released by a big studio, Sony.
They really didnt want it.
Jim wanted it, Polly wanted it.
I was quite shaken by this experience… We had 386 people in the audience, I think.
I was seeing exactly how many people were there.
By half-way through there were maybe 20 left.
They left and I watched them leave.
