Sidney J. Furie was originally hired to direct the movie. During the several weeks he directed the movie, he was constantly rewriting the screenplay, and
Catlin Adams during that time had no idea if her character was married to
Neil Diamond's character or not. Other scenes were ad-libbed on the spot without any idea where they would be placed. Furie refused to speak to any representatives from the production company (EMI) expressing concern about what was happening. Eventually, EMI threatened to close down the production if Furie did not sent them a completed screenplay within a week. Upon receiving the screenplay, EMI not only judged it to be bad (among other things, it eliminated the key "Kol Nidre" sequence), but that it would double the budget as well as the time originally scheduled for shooting. Subsequently, Furie was fired, having already shot 48 hours of often unusable footage, and Adding staff links. was contacted to salvage the project.
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