I’m sure that mike had many guys working for him, but Steve grumette pulled the cable under the floor of the stage at MGM and I made the arrangements with MGM labor relations because there was no union position for the job at the time. No one had ever done it before. So this person, who I’m sure got a credit, just like mike, oversaw the video distribution that we installed and that Steve ran while I was in Florida doing “Jaws 3D.” It’s so long ago that I can’t remember if Godbout used the name compupro or not. But they were machines that Steve and I got from Godbout and got the boards for and modified the refresh rate to 24 FPS. Steve and I and another engineer worked with a panavision camera, in Steve’s living room, and an oscilliscope to determine which of the accessory pins strobed on a new frame. We built a box to shift the phase of the video boards to match that strobe which was driven by the process projectors. Mike wasn’t even on the picture at the time.
Frankly I find it rather pathetic that you choose to make such a big issue out of a simple rememberance of things past. Your assertions to the contrary seem overarching and hostile. I don’t know what it is that you think you are protecting. Perhaps your connection with the picture is all you have left in your life that has any meaning. I feel sorry for you, but for the fact that you’re calling me a liar.
After 30 some years in the picture business, you’re the first person who’s ever questioned my integrity. And you choose to do so from quite a distance.