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
David Valdes David Valdes David Valdes (born August 12, 1950, in Los Angeles) is an American film producer known for working in the western genre and collaborating with Clint Eastwood. Valdes first started out his career as an assistant director for films like "Oh, God! Book II", "The Outsiders" and "Tightrope", (which he also had a minor role in). He became good friends with Eastwood after "Tightrope" and soon Valdes was promoted to associate producer/assistant director on 1985's "Pale Rider". He went on as producer and production manager on other Eastwood films like "The Dead Pool", "Bird", "Pink Cadillac", "White Hunter Black