There was a great effort made to have the source novel by Canadian author Michael Ondaatje filmed as a Canadian movie. In January 1993, Toronto-based Rhombus Media offered Ondaatje $250,000 for the screen rights to his novel, with Atom Egoyan slated to direct the movie. The reaction by Ondaatje's camp was positive, with Ondaatje's New York City agent telling Rhombus that the screen rights were open to consideration. However, shortly afterwards, American producer Saul Zaentz gave Ondaatje an offer that was far more lucrative, and Zaentz got the film rights very quickly. Rhombus didn't find out that the rights to the novel had been sold and that production on the movie was underway until four months later when they saw an announcement at the Cannes Film Festival. Later, upon seeing the finished film, Egoyan commented, "I don't think I would have done it any better, just differently. I would have made it with a lot less money. And I don't know, quite honestly, if my adaptation would have been anywhere near as successful a commercial breakthrough as the one that was made."
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