 Part of the reason why the production ran into lot of problems was  due to the climate in Rome. Most scenes in Rome could only be shot  at night. When the new regime at Columbia took over, producer  Arnon Milchan (qv), whom Gilliam worked with on  _Brazil (1985)_ (qv), was fired. To this day, Gilliam blames the  late Dawn Steel (I) (qv), former Columbia Pictures president for  burying the film.