Making An Impact

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If Leder has her way, she'll again pay tribute to her dad with her next project: Sentimental Journey, the true story of how Paul met his wife, Etyl, while liberating a concentration camp as a soldier in Patton's army. "He wrote the script years ago and could never get it made," she says quietly. "It wasn't easy for him. And it's not going to be easy for us."

Why? Because DreamWorks, with whom Leder has an exclusive contract, has already passed on making this biographical drama. And even if Deep Impact proves more successful than the studio's other releases to date--none of which have topped $62 million at the U.S. box office--Leder doubts it will make Sentimental Journey any more attractive. The studio will, however, let her take it elsewhere. "I haven't found a home for it yet," she says, shrugging. "But I'll get it made. I have faith that I will."

If she can't accomplish that at the studio for which she's toiled so diligently these past 30 months, well, so be it. After months of contemplating humanity's demise in Deep Impact, she realizes it's "just a little setback." It's not the end of the world.

Originally posted May 08, 1998 Published in issue #431 May 08, 1998 Order article reprints

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