1.  He was the original director of many big hits, including Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar.

2.  But Price Waterhouse say they are confident the original directors can run Dale at a profit.

3.  Arau took over the miniseries project recently when the original director, Herbert Ross, dropped out because of illness.

4.  Belated retakes found original director Robert Young busy with another project, so Fred Schepisi was called in to helm the additional footage.

5.  But Merrill Brockway and Emile Ardolino, the original directors of the series, argued that better direction and editing would solve the problems.

6.  But when its original director abandoned the project in pre-production, leaving stars Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil in the lurch, Leconte came to its rescue.

7.  Calley recalled that Nichols was the original director of the Broadway version of the French film, but left after disagreements with the producer, Allan Carr.

8.  For an original director, in this case Nikolaus Lehnhoff, to hand off a revival, even such an important one as this, is hardly unprecedented.

9.  Frankenheimer was brought to the project after the original director was fired by New Line Cinema.

10.  Frankenheimer replaced the original director, Richard Stanley, who was fired three days into the shoot and later sneaked back on the set wearing a disguise.