Hedley Lamarr.Le Petomane: What the hell are ya worried about? This is 1874.You""ll be able to sue her.An urgent telegram, which arrived from the town of Rock Ridge the previous Friday, is read by the governor""s secretary: "Sheriff murdered, church meeting bombed." Graham was saddened after reading the journal, and felt sorry for Dolarhyde, telling his wife Molly in his Florida home: "He wasn""t born a monster.One of their colleagues warns: "Don""t get your ass shot off." The three close, hometown, "macho," working-class, male-bonded Russian-American buddies will be testing heir masculinity in war in the airborne division:Michael "Mike" Vronsky (Robert De Niro), the eldest, strongest, and acknowledged leader of the group, serious sportsman and believer in the "one-shot" philosophy; called a "control freak"Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich (Christopher Walken), possessed of a gambling nature, caring, group-oriented, a risk-takerSteven Pushkov (John Savage), low-key, soft-spoken, vulnerable and sensitive, weak, a followerThey join up with two other workers:Stan (John Cazale, ill with cancer during filming), a low-life, weasly, insecure and nervous, would-be womanizerAxel (Chuck Aspegren), a massive, heavy-set, brutish, and grunting manIn the parking lot, Michael looks up at a halo around he sun and reverentially explains its auspicious significance as a good omen for the day - and for a hunting trip:Those are sun dogs.Chief advisor Jor-El appeared before Kryptonite leaders in Kandor to warn of the unstable planet""s impending self-destructive doom, and the exhaustion of resources from the planet""s core: "Do you not understand? Krypton""s core is collapsing.