How much did the film change during editing?
WH: Not much because we really did not have much footage anyway. It seemed like my crew tried to talk me out of the madness to shoot the whole sequence and weave in and out, but I never covered myself, I only shot the real necessities, and that is why shooting days were over at 2pm or 3pm and to days under schedule and 2.6 Million dollars under budget. But a pleasant or funny result of this is that Avi Lerner, the main financier, the producer (who did the last Rambo), wants to marry me now. CG: This originally thought of as a potential franchise – with a cop in a different city… WH: That is a misunderstanding about the title. One of the producers, Edward Pressman, owned the rights for the title and I immediately said this will haunt the film it will lead to misunderstandings. And I immediately started to battle for a different title, at that came up: Port of Call New Orleans, so if you want to do a franchise, do Port of Call Detroit, Port of Call Oakland, Port of Call Huston, Port of
