Coppola says, "You don't know what you're talking about. Did you hear that audience? They went crazy for this. What's wrong with you? How much money did you put into this picture? You don't even have a million dollars in this picture, do you? What do you have? About $900,000 at the most?

 Tannen says, "Yeah, about that much."

 Coppola whips out his checkbook and says, "I'll buy this movie from you right now and take it over. I'll write you a check for $900,000." (Which he didn't have.)

Tannen backed off and the film was released the way Lucas made it.