The project began in 1982 when Sir Ridley Scott met writer Howard Franklin at a social gathering and listened to the screenwriter describe an idea for a screenplay called "Someone to Watch Over Me". Scott recalled: "He described it in length and in great detail. It sounded like a great idea of exactly the scale and focus that I was looking for. It was a very personal story, and I think I gravitated to it because of that.". At the time, Scott was working with a Frenchman named Thierry de Ganay. The pair had been collaborators on advertising projects for a number of years and Scott invited de Ganay aboard as producer. "I liked the subject very much", said de Ganay, "and felt that it completely corresponded with the tastes and special sensitivities of Ridley Scott. Howard Franklin manages to illustrate the persistence of the class system in the United States but his interest and his intentions are timeless".

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