 How many times do I have to say it? More coffee, and more goddamned smoke! I want this whole area filled in. And I want some blue lights over there, but not too close to the camera or the actors will be visible." |
 "Uh, Mike? It's been three days and we still can't find those extras... maybe we should try turning off the dry ice?" |
 The extras were found after the smoke finally cleared weeks later. They had been living under the burned-out shell of a Spyder convertible, subsisting on discarded coffee from the director's chair. Under the "untouchable" clause of the Mann's contract, he could not be sued for emotional distress. |