" When Shrek demanded the removal of the Fairytale creatures from his swamp area, Farquaad made him a deal - "Go on this quest for me, and I""ll give you your swamp back.(The same battle was frequently referred o in Renoir""sThe Grand Illusion (1937)).The protracted conflict claimed the lives of 315,000 French soldiers (calledpoilus) on the Western front.But the super-strong Myers pinned and suspended Rudy""s body on the kitchen door with three butcher knives(# 9 death).Manhunter (1986)(aka Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter)d.Michael Mann, 119 minutes, 124 minutes (director""s cut)Film Plot SummaryIn the film""s skin-crawling creepy prologue, a flashlight""s circle of light (seen in a hand-held videocamera view), in an extended tracking shot, "stalked" and ascended a suburban home""s main stairs to a second-floor bedroom where it was directed oward two sleeping individuals - the light caused the female victim o slowly awaken, as the film cut to its titles.Making matters even more difficult was the film""s romantic sub-plot regarding the King""s daughter Princess Gwendolyn (Angela Lansbury) who was being reluctantly forced into a political-marital alliance, and the use of a hypnotic spell by her evil lady-in-waiting and ambitious court witch Griselda (Mildred Natwick) to hypnotize Hawkins (or "Giacomo") into being her dashing lover.