David McCloskey

The first priority is office space.

Seidel says, okay, that's easy.

Hollywood production companies are constantly forming and dissolving, and the rental market is built for short-term leases.

The mob, in fact, the mafia,

routinely launders money in this era through Hollywood by opening and closing production companies, sometimes weekly.

There's been no shortage of office space.

And it's not abnormal in 1980 for someone to just start a production company.

Are they cousins of the candy...

The sweet shops off Oxford Street that are money laundering fronts.

And it takes about an hour to find office space.

So there's a location called Sunset Gower Studios.

It's independent, but it's on the old Columbia Pictures lot.

And they've got space opening up the next day.

Gordon.

And specifically, these were offices that had recently been vacated by Michael Douglas, who had just finished producing The China Syndrome.

So they've got three offices and a reception room.

Mendez says, great, if it was good enough for Michael Douglas, it's good enough for us.

So on Saturday morning, Mendez, Chambers, and Seidel drive down for a look at the office.

receptionist slides the word Studio 6 Productions onto a placard, slips it into a slot of the front door.

There you go.