Richard Attenborough attempting to get the project made for 18 years. He directed the screen version of the musical "A Chorus Line" (1985) and the anti-apartheid drama "Cry Freedom" (1987). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director for both films. His later films as director and producer include "Chaplin" (1992) starring Robert Downey Jr., as Charlie Chaplin and "Shadowlands" (1993), based on the relationship between C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham (the star of the latter was Anthony Hopkins, who had appeared in four previous films for Attenborough: "Young Winston", "A Bridge Too Far", "Magic" and "Chaplin"). Between
David Tomblin "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade". During production of "Return of the Jedi", Tomblin directed "Return of the Ewok", a short, never-finished film about Warwick Davis who played the Ewok Wicket W. Warrick. Tomblin later worked with Kershner again when Kershner directed 1983's "Never Say Never Again", and with Spielberg on "Empire of the Sun". Tomblin often maintained multi-film working relationships with directors. He worked with Richard Donner on "The Omen", "Superman" and those parts of "Superman II" directed by Donner. With Richard Attenborough, Tomblin worked on Attenborough's major multinational productions "A Bridge Too Far", "Gandhi", "Cry Freedom" and "Chaplin".