They all turned him down because they were not confident in the prospects of a three-hour film about drugs, according to Gaghan.
They finally followed through almost 30 years later, with a three-hour film directed by Peter Jackson.
But like Parker himself, this nearly three-hour film does a great deal of wandering.
But this would have meant making a three-hour film costing anywhere from $50 million to $60 million.
The three-hour film will be on one cassette with larger hubs to hold it all.
Miramax will in effect be taking a three-hour film with a 200-page script and turning it into a serial.
He's made a three-hour film that leaves you wanting more".
Fox executives panicked, and suggested an hour of specific cuts from the three-hour film.
According to actor Gregory Hines, a three-hour film was shot during rehearsals.
