"It's taking a lot longer than expected," Adams squeaked to The Crimson yesterday in her baby doll voice. Robed in a diaphanous garment of fuchsia and pale green, Adams strolled along the river with her co-star, whispering sweet nothings steeped with philosophical meaning, while she implored the clouds to break.

Assistant Director David A. MacLeod said that Alan experiences a family emergency and "has to throw a basketball game for money. His girlfriend's father is a Mafia member and eventually he becomes tortured by guilt."

MacLeod hinted, however, that the film would have somewhat of a happy ending.

Toback, besides writing the screenplay for Harvard Man, also modeled some of the film after his own experiences at the College. As an editor of the Harvard Advocate and resident of Leverett House, Toback eventually started doing drugs every day before he "flipped out on acid at 19."

"This actual event triggered the idea for the movie," he said. "It was the worst and the best experience of my life."

According to Toback, "It's much better that I have been through that than not. The perspective can give me a big edge and is responsible for all of my success in life."

"Many of my artistically inclined friends at Harvard have not fulfilled themselves," he said. "I would never have gotten here if I wasn't set apart in a fundamental way."