"A little affair is being given by Mary T.Jenkins, unmarried sister of the autocratic industrial overlord -" An elaborate ballroom is filled with gentlemen and women dressed in formal evening clothes.Breathlessly, Wonderly tells them about Thursby""s violent endencies: "Oh, but you must be careful.I""m deathly afraid of him.What he might do.She""s so young and he""s bringing her here from New York for such a serious...Mightn""t he...Mightn""t he do something o her?" She believes he is a "dangerous man" who wouldn""t stop at anything - he might even kill her sister.She made him become what he always wanted to be - a lover, a hero, a rich man...and a killer!Laugh, Cry, and Dream...There were varying dates given for the film (1980 and 1981), due to a number of factors:it was filmed in 1979it was shown at the Venice Film Festival in late August-early September 1980it was then released in France, Italy and Germany in 1980its first US showing was April 2, 1981 at the Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Filmex)its official US premiere was April 3, 1981, with nationwide showings beginning a week laterThe film was praised at the time by the Academy of Motion Pictures with five major nominations: Best Picture, Best Director (Malle), Best Actor (Lancaster with his fourth and last career nomination), Best Actress (Sarandon with her first nomination), and Best Original Screenplay (John Guare), but went away empty-handed.He declares: "All five of ""em hit me at once."In the memorable restaurant-ordering scene, he enters he Cozy Corner Cafe, a greasy-spoon restaurant served by a fat, obnoxious waitress Tiny (Jody Gilbert).Tomorrow is the sixth day of November, and the day after that is November seventh.And you know what day that is, don""t you? November seventh is your 20th birthday.Baby Doll: Ain""t that sweet of you to remember.Where""s my birthday present?Archie (leeringly): Oh, you""ll get your birthday present, providin"" you haven""t forgotten the agreement between us, which comes due on that day.