ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z bjˈuːt wˈɜːkt ˌɔn tˈuː fˈɪlmz wˌɪtʃ wɜː nˈɛvɚ kəmplˈiːɾᵻd: ɐn ˌædæptˈeɪʃən ʌv θˈoːɹntən wˈaɪldɚz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi tˈuː plˈeɪ ðə skˈɪn ʌv ˌaʊɚ tˈiːθ, ænd ɐ fˈɪlm ɐbˌaʊt wˈɔlt wˈɪtmən wɪððə wˈɜːkɪŋ tˈaɪɾəl ˌaʊɾəv ðə kɹˈeɪdəl ˈɛndləsli ɹˈɑːkɪŋ.
In the 1960s and 1970s Bute worked on two films which were never completed: an adaptation of Thornton Wilder's 1942 play The Skin of Our Teeth, and a film about Walt Whitman with the working title Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking.