dr. jevago or lawrence of arabia they would not know how to market.say the star of the picture has never been in a film before. peter otoule. it's all english actors almost all english actors and none of the other actors are stars. there's no explosion or car chases. >> yeah, that kind of thing. no aliens nothing. no cows in the sky. so they wouldn't know what to do. >> reporter: vance tried to work with fox studios on the english patient but he says fox and all the other big studios just didn't get it. >> they wanted to recast scott thomas who is just magnificent in the picture. they wanted a star. an american star. a name, they didn't care about acting ability they wanted a name. and they backed out. and we were just left out hung out to dry. >> reporter: so a panicked vance left his actors behind while for months he tried to scrounge up money. in the meantime, a smaller group put up the money and he put up 11 million of his own. his first millions came from the music world for example queen's clear water was on fantasy records. more money comes in