 The movie was supposed be directed by Peter Bogdanovich (qv) and  star Cybill Shepherd (qv), his girlfriend at the time. When  Shepherd was replaced by Ali MacGraw (qv). Bogdanovich left the  project and was replaced with Sam Peckinpah (qv). MacGraw then  fell in love with costar Steve McQueen (I) (qv) and broke up with  her husband, Paramount production executive Robert Evans (I) (qv).