As time went on, Patience realized she had been transformed into a cat - she was able to crack a whip and had super-human powers.g.,Spellbound (1945),Vertigo (1958),andThe Birds (1963)), with a subplot involving an innocent, wrongfully-accused manHistory Of The World: Part I (1981)- an anthology film composed of a series of historical vignettes or set-pieces spanning from the Stone Age, through the Old Testament Biblical period, to the Roman Empire and Spanish Inquisition to he French Revolution; it included sub-genre spoofs of "sword and sandal" epics and "costume dramas"Spaceballs (1987)- a parody of sci-fi films, in particular theStar Warsfranchise(trilogy), and other sci-fi classics such asStar Trek,Alien, andPlanet of the ApesRobin Hood: Men In Tights (1993)- a spoof of traditional Robin Hood medieval tales, specifically Kevin Costner’s awfulRobin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991)Dracula: Dead And Loving It (1995)- an attempt to parodyDraculahorror films (especiallyDracula (1931)) and Bram Stoker's 1897 novelDracula(and Coppola's filmBram Stoker's Dracula (1992)), starring Leslie Nielsen as the CountLater, co-writer and actor Gene Wilder attempted his own Old Dark House genre spoof,Haunted Honeymoon (1986).And remember this: our men must always feel they are still commanded by us and not by the Japanese.So long as they have that idea to cling to, they'll be soldiers and not slaves." Shears knows better through experience: "I hope they can remain soldiers, Colonel.As for me, I'm just a slave, a living slave."Both commanders blindly follow their own rigid military codes, soon coming to an impasse.The next morning, Saito orders "the English prisoners" to finish the bridge by a rigid deadline - the 12th day of May, working under the direction of a Japanese engineer.Inside Preysing's room, she was embarrassed to find him draped half-naked in a towel in his bathroom, and performing stretching and bending exercises before a steamy mirror.