▁New ▁Orleans , ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁on ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁River . ▁ ▁Charles ▁B . ▁Griff ith ▁had ▁made ▁a ▁popular ▁film ▁for ▁Roger ▁C orm an ' s ▁New ▁World ▁Pictures ▁called ▁E at ▁My ▁D ust ! ▁( 1 9 7 6 ). ▁C orm an ▁wanted ▁Griff ith ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁follow ▁up ▁called ▁Car ▁Wars ▁using ▁st unt ▁foot age ▁from ▁five ▁old ▁New ▁World ▁films . ▁Griff ith ▁wrote ▁a ▁script ▁which ▁he ▁later ▁called ▁Wh am ▁B am , ▁Mer ci , ▁Madame , ▁which ▁he ▁says ▁C orm an ▁rejected . ▁However ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁later ▁he ▁react iv ated ▁the ▁project . ▁He ▁called ▁again ▁and ▁offered ▁me ▁a ▁lot ▁more ▁money ▁than ▁he ▁ever ▁had ▁before . ▁I ▁guess ▁I ▁got ▁fl atter ed , ▁and ▁I ▁went ▁ahead ▁and ▁did ▁it . ▁He ▁had ▁Max ▁Apple ▁in ▁Texas ▁go ▁ahead ▁and ▁write ▁a ▁script ▁around ▁all ▁the ▁w re cks ▁and ▁ch ases . ▁But ▁Max ▁wasn ' t ▁allowed ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁foot age . ▁It ▁was ▁too ▁expensive ▁to ▁rent ▁a ▁Movie ola ▁and ▁send ▁Max ▁prints ▁or ▁anything ▁else , ▁so ▁he ▁had ▁only ▁vague ▁descri ptions ▁written ▁down ▁on ▁what ▁the ▁st un ts ▁were — and ▁nothing ▁worked . ▁So ▁I ▁made ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁changes ▁in ▁it , ▁and ▁that ▁made ▁Roger ▁angry . ▁He ▁tried ▁to ▁cut ▁it ▁just ▁to ▁the ▁action ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁pictures , ▁but ▁he ▁couldn ' t , ▁because ▁he