Article: `Love Affair' Controversy - Who Is Real Director?

HOLLYWOOD Glenn Gordon Caron, director of the soon-to-be-released Warren Beatty-Annette Bening movie "Love Affair," has heard the buzz going around Hollywood, and it bothers him.

The rumor for weeks has been that Beatty - not Caron - really directed the film.

"I'm the director of this film," Caron insisted in an interview. "Under scrutiny, the rumors fall apart."

Yet as the Warner Bros.' release heads toward its Oct. 21 opening, it has become increasingly clear that "Love Affair" is not quite Caron's movie.

Not only did Beatty produce, co-write (with Robert Towne) and star in the movie (with his actress wife Bening), he was given the "final cut" over the director in the editing room ...

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