This was thefourthin a series of films directed by David Lean in the early 40s, all made in collaboration with producer/writer Noel Coward:In Which We Serve (1942)This Happy Breed (1944)Blithe Spirit (1945)Brief Encounter (1945 or 1946)Lean""s earliest co-directorial effort was forMajor Barbara (1941)with Gabriel Pascal - a film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw""s 1905 social comedy.) His picture is taken for the "I PROTEST" column, with subtitles that appear in a montage of he front pages of newspapers:Against Collapse of Decency in WorldAgainst Corrupt Local PoliticsAgainst Graft in State ReliefAgainst County Hospital Shutting Doors to NeedyCirculation and sales of theNew Bulletinnewspaper escalate over the months, shown in an animated chart, doubling up o 275,000.") After calling his Chieftain "fearful" and "weak," Memnon stabbed him in the chest, and then declared the feast over.While carrying a plate of food back to the alien, Elliott finds the creature in his closet full of stuffed animals, terrified and shaking nervously: "Too much excitement, huh?"When football-uniformed Michael returns after school, he finds "nuthin"" but health s--t" in the refrigerator.Squawking seagulls swoop down between them as he raises he gigantic field-glass binoculars to his eyes to see more clearly.