 The producers, one of them being director Kevin Reynolds (I) (qv)  longtime friend, Kevin Costner (qv), took over the editing of the  film, going to the extent of physically locking the original editor  Peter Boyle (II) (qv) out of the editing suite. However they were  contractually, obliged under Directors Guild rules, to show their  cut to Reynolds. He was less than impressed with what theyd done to  his film.