![]() It got to the point where when I met with them, I could tell by their body language and their eyes. Never saw two guys who disagreed so much. Herbeck: I thought, “I’m there for a month, max.” Right? I was wrong. Herbeck flies to Northhampton, Mass., to get the Turtles creators’ blessing on the script treatment. On June 13, 1988, Gray sends a memo to Golden Harvest owner Raymond Chow, who greenlights the project at $3 million. The Turtles with Jim Henson and director Steve Barron. We can make this movie for peanuts in Hong Kong.” This is nothing more than four of our Chinese stuntmen in rubber suits. Gray: I said in a lightbulb moment, “Wait a minute. Tom had gotten up from the table, basically saying, “You guys are crazy.” Then it kind of clicked. Bobby, myself and Tom, somewhere in Westwood. Just have a lunch with him.”ĭawson: We had lunch together. Finally, he said, “Just do me a favor will you? Kim is coming in from Orlando. This is not going to work.” But Bobby persisted over three or four months. Tom Gray, Golden Harvest head of production, 1984-98: I said, “I don’t want anything to do with this. I go to Tom Gray and we have a drink after work and I pitch it to him. Bobby Herbeck, screenwriter: I’m writing a movie for Golden Harvest at the time and think they would be perfect for this, because we need martial arts guys.
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