style communication. In a meeting to discuss ways to  reduce the budget Miller volunteered to give up his trailer because  he was always needed on the set and had no time to use it. This was  interpreted by the studio as him being a pushover, so they began to  interfere with his production requests. If he asked for 50 extras,  the studio would provide a dozen. If he asked for two cameras they  would provide one. Miller decided to fight fire with fire and  refused to shoot each scene until his production demands were met.  The studio responded by looking for a new director but were  prevented by Jack Nicholson, who supported Miller and vowed to walk  off the production if he was replaced.