 John Schlesinger (qv) envisioned a cast of Al Pacino (qv),  Julie Christie (I) (qv) and Laurence Olivier (qv). Pacino has  said that the only actress he had ever wanted to work with was  Christie, who he claimed was "the most poetic of actresses".  Producer Robert Evans (I) (qv), who disparaged Pacino as "The  Midget" when Francis Ford Coppola (qv) wanted him for  _Godfather, The (1972)_ (qv) and had thought of firing him during  the early shooting of the now