ʃlˈɛsɪŋɚ wʌz ˈeɪbəl tʊ əbtˈeɪn ðə fˈaɪnæns tə mˌeɪk jˈæŋks wˌɪtʃ wʌzɐ pˈɜːsənəl pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt bɪkˈʌz ʌvðə faɪnˈænʃəl səksˈɛs ʌv hɪz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɪks səspˈɛns fˈɪlm mˈæɹəθˌɑːn mˈæn.
Schlesinger was able to obtain the finance to make Yanks - which was a personal project - because of the financial success of his 1976 suspense film Marathon Man.