production, Tim Burton (I) (qv) was offered the  chance to direct the movie, but declined because he was already in  production with _Edward Scissorhands (1990)_ (qv). His longtime  collaborator Danny Elfman (qv) was called back from vacation in  Hawaii to provide the film with an emergency score. Elfman described  working with Warren Beatty (qv) saying "Warren was insane".