He was contracted to direct a remake of "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962) by MGM, but then Marlon Brando was cast as Fletcher Christian, and problems with the mock "Bounty" and the weather at the locations caused delays. Brando had insisted on creative control, and the two men argued incessantly. Reed left at a relatively early stage of production and was replaced by Lewis Milestone. "The Agony and the Ecstasy" (1965), made in the United States, was a box-office failure, and was the last film over which Reed also served as producer. "Oliver!" (1968), made at Shepperton in Surrey, was financially backed by Columbia, and won the Academy Award for Best Director. "The movie may have been over-produced but it seemed everyone liked it that way", writes Thomas Hischak.