..And how large are your ranches?" Mr.Lynnton was compelled to answer for the modest, unboasting Mr.Benedict: "Mr.Benedict""s Reata is one of the largest of them all." Karfrey exclaimed his amazement, and kept pressing for a specific figure: "Oh, really! Well, just how large is that?"Bick eventually revealed Reata""s exact size: "Oh, it""s, it""s one of the biggest.Later during the party, Michael exhibited how he was an aging bachelor adept at picking up women.He tried to engage with one of the attractive female guests named Patty: "You an actress? You have a terrific face.[Note: The irony of Wood""s film role here was that her accidental drowning death in 1981, off of her yacht named theSplendour, was pre-figured by the shocking bathtub scene and an attempted suicidal drowning scene at the reservoir.His assaultive unhinging is first paired with a longing to connect with a blonde goddess office worker (Shepherd), and then with an attempt to rescue/liberate a young 12-year old prostitute named Iris (Foster) from her predatory pimp "Sport" (Keitel) and her awdry, streetwalking life.Whatever he has done or wherever he has been, he doesn""t want o manufacture a massive lie:Well, I""m gonna be tanned and Lucy""s not gonna be embarrassed.