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Way back in 1991, Amblin Entertainment was already gunning to buy the film rights to Robert James Waller's placid romance novel "The Bridges of Madison County," which wasn't even published until 1992. Some executive knew that it would be a cash cow, and the movie adaptation entered pre-production almost immediately after Amblin scooped it up. This was to be a prestige project for a notable director. Amblin just had to find the right one. However, the project soon after entered development hell (as Entertainment Weekly revealed back in 1995), passing through the hands of multiple directors and writers, all of whom eventually dropped out.

The story goes that Clint Eastwood was asked to direct "Bridges," almost on a whim, by Warn

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