sold. Vortex made the idea more attractive by awarding nearly everyone with a share of Vortex’s potential profits, ranging from .25 to six percent (similar to mortgage points). Due to a miscommunication among Vortex and the others, the cast and crew were not informed that Vortex owned only fifty percent of the film, thereby making their points worth half of the assumed value.
The crew had exceeded the original ,000 budget for the film during the editing process, which, by that time, had amounted to a total of 0,000. Pie in the Sky (P.I.T.S.) donated ,532 in exchange for 19 percent of Vortex’s 50 percent share of the profits. That left Henkel and Hooper with 45 percent of Vortex between them, and the remaining 36 percent divided among 20 cast and crew members. Warren Skaaren made a deal as an equal partner with Hooper and Henkel, along with a 15 percent share of