“After directing the minor successes of PREDATOR and DIE HARD we thought John McTiernan had earned the opportunity to helm a Starcke picture and our next project, DEFEKTOR GENERAL (1990), seemed like a good fit. To our surprise and great disappointment he declined, saying the time had passed for Cold War thrillers and a picture about a Soviet defector wouldn’t play. In any case, he was unavailable, having already committed to direct something called THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER.” — from TALL, STARCKE, AND HANDSOME by Martin Wellbrock
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