all my ideas were counter to what they wanted. they wanted to shoot the picture in, uh, st. louis, and they wanted the script to be set in the '70's, which is when it was gonna be made, because if you make the movie in normal time, like if we make a movie today, all the cars can be the same. >> yeah. >> the hairstyles can be the same, the wardrobe can be the same, the props can be. if you make a period picture, you're adding a lot, a big layer of cost. and st. louis wasn't new york, which is where the book was set. so, first thing i said is, i wanna shoot it in new york, and i wanna shoot it 1945, in the period of the book. and it's very important that it be shot at period. and then they said, "who is this kid? what does he think, it's crazy. we're - we're gonna make the movie for two million dollars. uh, what's it gonna cost if we try to go to new york?"