George Lucas was originally set to direct the film from a screenplay by John Milius, of which Lucas had a hand in the early development of the script. Lucas' initial plan was to shoot the movie as a fake documentary on-location in South Vietnam while the war was still in progress. Francis Ford Coppola, who was to be the executive producer, tried to get the film made as part of a production deal with Warner Brothers. The deal fell through, and Coppola went on to direct "Il padrino (1972)." By the time both men were powerful enough to get the film made, Saigon had fallen, and Lucas was busy making "Guerre stellari (1977)." Milius had no interest in directing the film. Lucas gave Coppola his blessing to direct the film. However, Coppola and Lucas's friendship was strained for a number of years due to Lucas unable to direct the film.

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