Does it look like Broadway?' " The producers turned back to Mr. Zaks, who has won four Tony Awards, including one in 1992 for directing "Guys and Dolls".
"The picture was finished in the spring of 2000," said Brian Koppelman, who wrote, produced and directed "Knockaround Guys" with his longtime partner David Levien, "but I've been reading that it's five years old.
Mr. Zaks said he had refused to do the show without Mr. Lane, whom he had directed in "Guys and Dolls," "Laughter on the 23d Floor," "A Funny Thing" and a reading of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Assassins".
But those are movies directed by guys about women.
"I realized that if you just changed things a little bit, there could be this tremendous potential for PC makers to level the playing field and compete against the direct guys".
At the time of our joint conversation, Norman just had finished directing Tough Guys Don't Dance.
John Edwards is a direct guy, and in any given conversation with him you can actually feel how busy he is.
"I'm a very salty guy, I'm a very direct guy, and I run at about 100 miles per hour.
"We met up for a coffee and although Eddie is a direct guy, when we asked him about England Japanan had just been knocked out of the World Cup – he became noncommittal, talking about great resources and an incredible player pool.
