 An early incarnation of this screenplay was offered to  Paul McCartney (qv), whom the producers had learned was interested  in playing a role in a dramatic motion picture. When McCartney  passed on the film (he decided instead to star in his own  screenplay, _Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)_ (qv)) the role  of the kidnapped rock star was rewritten and Diane Lane (qv) was  cast in the part, as Ellen Aim.