In the course of his forty-year career as film producer, entrepreneur, and studio head, Thom Mount has made an indelible mark on the American film industry.

It was produced by Thom Mount and Mark Burg and was directed by Ron Shelton.

"She's into voodoo casting - casting without paying too much attention to the preconceived notion of the producer and director," said Thom Mount, a producer and former Universal Studio head.

Thom Mount, one of the so-called baby moguls, for instance, was in his 20's when he became the head of production at Universal Pictures in the early 70's.

Mr. Towne obliged, and while in Paris showed the "Sunrise" script to "Frantic's" executive producer, Thom Mount, who promptly set the project up at Warner Bros.

And Thom Mount, former head of Universal Studios, says entourages are the hallmark of the over-the-hill or the arriviste.

He was encouraged by younger executives Sean Daniel and Thom Mount who were more receptive to the Lampoon type of humor.

Thom Mount, head of production at Universal, was one of them.

For several years, Rubin tried to sell the script, without success; Thom Mount of Universal Pictures said he "loved it but it was not for his studio."