I also shortened the ending, but the American distributor wanted me to keep the original.

"The Icelandic distributor wants to come back to the place where I contracted it for our premiere there."

However, foreign distributors wanted as much Shakespeare in the film as possible.

"Every distributor wants to find the best promotional mix away from traditional media and get a far greater bang for their buck," Mr. Cuban said.

American distributors Paramount wanted Robert Redford to play the lead.

Out of political reasons no Turkish distributor wanted to distribute the film.

"And the distributors wanted 400,000 this time."

However, Kee's Tank game had been so successful that the distributors wanted to buy the game even without an exclusivity agreement.

Eventually Dionnet learned that the distributor didn't want to release the license because of its commercial failure in Japan.

But those same distributors and retailers want the wineries - most of which are in California - prosecuted if they ship the wines themselves.