Stacey Snider, co-chairman of Universal Pictures (a co-production deal was struck between Universal and MGM) said on the rejection of Mamet's screenplay: "There's no way David was going to read 15 pages of our notes and then be available to work on the script day-to-day."
Stacey Snider, supredsjednica tvrtke Universal Pictures (postignut je dogovor o suprodukciji filma između holivudskih kompanija Universala i MGM-a) dala je sljedeću izjavu u vezi neprihvaćanja Mametovog scenarija: "Nije bilo šanse da će David pročitati 15 stranica naših bilješki i nakon toga biti dostupan raditi na scenariju svakoga dana."