The Other Side of the Wind various reasons. These included John Huston (who was by then terminally ill with emphysemia and was unable to breathe without oxygen tubes), Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Clint Eastwood and George Lucas. Lucas reportedly claimed to be baffled by the footage, saying he didn't know what to do with it, and that it was too avant-garde for a commercial audience. Kodar subsequently accused both Eastwood and Stone of plagiarism from the film, citing Eastwood's performance in "White Hunter Black Heart" (1990) as a copy of John Huston's, including one line of dialogue ("I'm Marvin P. Fassbender." "Of course you are."), and
Clint Eastwood in the 1950s Brinks robbery that would mark the debut of actor Sal Mineo. Director Joseph Pevney was not impressed by his acting and rejected him for any role. Later he tried out for "Brigadoon", "The Constant Nymph", "Bengal Brigade" and "The Seven Year Itch" in May 1954, "Sign of the Pagan" (June), "Smoke Signal" (August) and "Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops" (September), all without success. Eastwood was eventually given a minor role by director Jack Arnold in the film "Revenge of the Creature", a film set in the Amazon jungle, which was the sequel to "The Creature from the Black