“Jaws” and “Star Wars” were New Hollywood works in that they were shot unconventionally by young directors who made their studios incredibly nervous as to whether they could deliver the promised hit, but they were also, at heart, thrill rides built to enthrall सभी उम्र। When studios realized how much freaking money was to be made off these blockbusters (“Jaws” was the highest grossing movie of all time until “Star Wars” topped it two years later), they were willing to spare no expense to duplicate these successes.

. Their controversial splitting of “The Three Musketeers” and “The Four Musketeers,” where they tried to get away with paying their actors once for two movies essentially filmed back-to-back, hastened the Salkind Clause. As such, the industry was both on guard for their unconventional practices and eager to cash in.

Did he regret it? Going off what's available in the public record, he never said. लेकिन में