▁der by ▁track ▁getting ▁bo o ed ▁at ▁and ▁sp it ▁at ▁every ▁week . ▁And ▁so ▁it ' s ▁kind ▁of ▁dark , ▁and ▁much ▁g ritt ier ▁and ▁different , ▁kind ▁of ▁almost ▁along ▁the ▁lines ▁of ▁Mid night ▁Cow boy . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁originally ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁at ▁Warner ▁B ros , ▁then ▁at ▁United ▁Art ists . ▁Event ually ▁Wel ch ▁divor ced ▁Curt is ▁and ▁made ▁the ▁film ▁for ▁her ▁own ▁company ▁in ▁association ▁with ▁Art ists ▁Entertainment ▁Complex ▁and ▁Le vy - G ard ner - L aven . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁part - fin anced ▁and ▁distributed ▁by ▁Metro - G old w yn - M ayer , ▁whose ▁president , ▁James ▁T . ▁A ubre y , ▁was ▁rom ant ically ▁linked ▁with ▁Wel ch ▁for ▁a ▁time . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁moving ▁from ▁studio ▁to ▁studio , ▁the ▁script ▁was ▁heavily ▁re written . ▁Sand ler ▁later ▁said ▁if ▁the ▁film ▁had ▁been ▁made ▁at ▁Warner ▁B ros , ▁" they ▁would ▁have ▁stuck ▁to " ▁the ▁original ▁conception : ▁ ▁Warner ▁Brothers ▁was ▁a ▁much ▁more ▁advent ur ous ▁studio ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁They ▁were ▁making ▁The ▁Dev ils ▁and ▁A ▁C lock work ▁Orange , ▁Performance ▁... ▁they ▁stuck ▁with ▁those ▁kinds ▁of ▁mov ies . ▁... ▁M GM ▁wanted ▁to ▁sell ▁Ra quel ▁Wel ch ▁in ▁a ▁tight ▁roll er ▁der by ▁j er sey , ▁running ▁around ▁the ▁track . ▁List en , ▁they