after the film went into wider release in january 1964, southern was the subject of considerable media coverage, and was erroneously given primary credit for the screenplay, a misperception he did little to correct. this reportedly angered both kubrick—who was notorious for his unwillingness to share writing credits—and peter george, who penned a complaint to "life" magazine in response to a lavish photo essay on southern published in the may 8, 1964, edition. stung by the article's assertion that southern was responsible for turning the formerly "serious script" into an "original irreverent satirical film", george pointed out that he and kubrick had been working together on the script for ten months, whereas southern was only "briefly employed (november 16–december 28, 1962) to do some additional writing."