▁Barry ▁as ▁Gre asy ▁ ▁Ger ry ▁D ug gan ▁as ▁Len ' s ▁father ▁ ▁Production ▁Phil ▁No y ce ▁showed ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁film ▁Cast or ▁and ▁Pol l ux ▁to ▁David ▁El f ick , ▁a ▁magazine ▁publish er ▁who ▁had ▁made ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁successful ▁sur f ▁mov ies . ▁El f ick , ▁along ▁with ▁Mike ▁Mol loy ▁and ▁Philippe ▁M ora ▁had ▁been ▁discuss ing ▁making ▁a ▁film ▁about ▁news re el ▁cam er amen ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁who ▁worked ▁for ▁such ▁companies ▁as ▁Mov iet one ▁and ▁C ines ound ▁Produ ctions . ▁ ▁El f ick ▁h ired ▁Bob ▁Ell is ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁screen play ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁adm ired ▁The ▁Leg end ▁of ▁King ▁O ' Mal ley . ▁Ell is ▁says ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁first ▁draft ▁with ▁Howard ▁Rub ie , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁former ▁cam er aman ▁for ▁C ines ound ▁and ▁thought ▁he ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁direct ▁it . ▁Anne ▁Bro oks bank ▁later ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁script . ▁No y ce ▁was ▁then ▁h ired ▁as ▁director ▁and ▁worked ▁with ▁Ell is . ▁Ell is ▁fell ▁out ▁with ▁No y ce ▁and ▁demanded ▁his ▁name ▁be ▁taken ▁off ▁the ▁cred its . ▁Ell is : ▁There ▁was ▁some ▁n ons ense ▁about ▁how ▁long ▁it ▁was ; ▁we ' d ▁set ▁it ▁out , ▁one ▁short ▁scene ▁per ▁page ▁and ▁it ▁finally ▁came ▁out ▁about