Robert Lippert had been impressed by Jack Nicholson's Thunder Island so gave Nicholson and his friends Monte Hellman and John Hackett $160,000 and $400 a week salary to make two films on location in the Philippines.
Robert Lippert, impressed by Jack Nicholson's "Thunder Island," provided Nicholson and his associates Monte Hellman and John Hackett with $160,000 and a weekly salary of $400 to create two films on location in the Philippines.