Complex sentence: Allen wrote the novel "Just Tell Me What You Want!" in 1969, with the idea of turning it into a screenplay, and after having trouble getting together a production, Allen sent it to Sidney Lumet who surprisingly wanted to do it.
Split into simpler sentences: Allen wrote the novel "Just Tell Me What You Want!" in 1969, with the idea of turning it into a screenplay. After having trouble getting together a production, Allen sent it to Sidney Lumet, who surprisingly wanted to do it.