wrote the script, making major changes to character  and dialogue from J.D. Zeik (qv)s original. There was a dispute  between the studio, the director and the WGA over the credit, with  MGM and the WGA insisting that Zeik be given story credit and  billing over Mamet. They wouldnt back down and so Mamet asked that  his name either be removed or placed under a pseudonym. The credits  of the film now read as "Story by J.D. Zeik (qv). Screenplay by  J.D. Zeik (qv) and Richard Wiesz".