Pvt.Steel killed the second threatening zombie, and turned to Miller - who begged for his life to be taken: "Don""t let this happen to me.Spielberg also had cast notable director Francois Truffaut in the film in a major role (modeled after French UFO expert Jacques Vallee).The short 96-minute long, stilted plot slightly paralleled he iconic rocker""s own life - a case of art imitating life (or vice versa).In Marathon, Florida several years later, Graham had recovered and found a life of self-imposed retreat - living in his Florida Keys home with his pretty wife Molly (Mary-Louise Parker) and son Josh.