There were a number of notables for the 96-minute film:It was Allen""s first directed black and white film, and his ninth feature film (his previous films were, in chronological order:What""s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966),Take the Money and Run (1969),Bananas (1971), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask (1972),Sleeper (1973), Love and Death (1975),Annie Hall (1977), andInteriors (1978).Cross evaded capture and death by shooting down the drone with his high-powered sniper rifle.After surgically removing a tracking beacon device (or vital signs transmitter) in his right side, Cross planted it in the stomach of a wild wolf that he had trapped, to misguide a second drone attack and fake his death." Joe planned to return with seven other banned players on his White Sox team who also sorely missed the game ("It would really mean a lot to them").But then their romantic interlude was interrupted by Wade""s voice-over:Here""s the thing.Life is an endless series of rain wrecks with only brief commercial-like breaks of happiness.This had been the ultimate commercial break.Which meant it was ime to return to our regularly scheduled program.Wade suddenly collapsed when he passed out, and he awoke in a doctor""s office where a diagnosis of terminal, late-stage cancer was delivered to him by an oncologist."]Plot SynopsisThe Boy""s Departure From Great Bend To the City:In the opening sequence set in 1922, the naive Boy (Harold Lloyd) appeared behind vertical bars and a ""noose"" - presumably imprisoning jail bars and a hanging rope before a gallows execution with a cleric present, but he was actually at a train station - a clever visual gag or trick.