4. "Minghella came in for a rewrite after Michael Tolkin finished his draft" In response to In response to 3 Mon Dec-07-09 07:14 AM by ZooTown74
Tolkin said the producers interviewed 14 writers before they got to him; he's a big fan of both Fellini and the stage show, so he relished working on this. He also said that if you read the shooting script, it's basically 8 1/2 with musical numbers... he also said that he was able to use this work to touch on Fellini's life, particularly his marriage to Giuletta Messina...