![“I tried the independent route, spending a couple of years attempting to put together a film [Ronald Roose] and I had cowritten entitled Spoils, a film noirish piece, set during the waning days of World War II and involving two officers of the German occupation — male and female — who discover the German crown jewels in the basement of the castle where they’ve been billeted and decide to steal them. Bruce Greenwood and Linda Fiorentino were to have been our leads. A wild, true story, our script came heartbreakingly close to filming (we were ten days out) when the money disappeared, and I was obliged to fly home from Germany on air miles. The world of independent cinema is rough.”
Excerpt from The View from the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood, by Nicholas Meyer. Spoils would eventually see the light of day as The Hessen Affair, made by the same Belgian production company, and starring Billy Zane and Lyne Renée.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lahrqabb9J1qz8mh5o1_500.jpg)
“I tried the independent route, spending a couple of years attempting to put together a film [Ronald Roose] and I had cowritten entitled Spoils, a film noirish piece, set during the waning days of World War II and involving two officers of the German occupation — male and female — who discover the German crown jewels in the basement of the castle where they’ve been billeted and decide to steal them. Bruce Greenwood and Linda Fiorentino were to have been our leads. A wild, true story, our script came heartbreakingly close to filming (we were ten days out) when the money disappeared, and I was obliged to fly home from Germany on air miles. The world of independent cinema is rough.”
Excerpt from The View from the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood, by Nicholas Meyer. Spoils would eventually see the light of day as The Hessen Affair, made by the same Belgian production company, and starring Billy Zane and Lyne Renée.
