constant drunken antics make life difficult for everyone. Finally, Krieger and Nakamuri corner Annie, Thorpe, the Duke and the Duchess in a hotel room, where the assassin makes one last attempt on the Duke's life. As he draws his gun, Nakamuri points his camera at the assassin. A bullet fires from the "camera" and the two shoot each other dead. Krieger points his sword at Annie's throat demanding to have the map, whereupon Thorpe tells him the map is hidden in a locket on the Duchess's dog's collar. Krieger runs out of the hotel front door after the dog, which runs onto the movie studio lot where it, Krieger, and the pursuing crowd of Munchkin actors disrupt the filming of Gone With The Wind. Krieger gets the locket and tries to get away in a vintage bus, with Sweet pursuing him in a horse-drawn carriage. The chase ends as the two crash. Sweet wakes up back in Kansas. As in The Wizard of Oz, the whole story was a dream, populated by characters based on the other homeless people in the shelter. A bus full of little people pulls up to take Sweet to Hollywood. Cast Production Fred Bauer, Steve Rash and Ed Cohen had previously made The Buddy Holly Story together. In November 1979 the filmmakers announced they had signed a deal with the newly formed Orion Pictures to make the movie with Chevy Chase to star. Production was delayed due to an impending actors strike. "The heart of the film is that no person's dream is too big or too small," said Bauer. "This is America where you can do whatever you want." Cohen said "we've taken something that really happened and turned it into entertainment." The production marked the first film role of several actors, including Phil Fondacaro and Debbie Lee Carrington. Jerry Maren, who played the small role of Smokey in this film, had previously played a member of the Lollipop Guild in The Wizard of Oz. Some location filming occurred at the Culver Hotel, where the actors playing Munchkins had actually stayed during the production of The Wizard of Oz. Filming took over four months. Various reasons were given including the lack of acting experience among the little people, and Chase's depression following the death of Douglas Kenney (something Chase denied). Reception The film was a box office disappointment grossing $8.3 million in its initial