e., organic foods were now considered unhealthy).Allen""s sole sci-fi film was loosely based upon H.G.Wells"" rewritten dystopian 1910 novel "The Sleeper Awakes" (based on Wells"" own earlier serialization "When the Sleeper Wakes" from 1898-1899).In a similar camera movement (only reversed), when Willie steps up next to Mary on her father""s boat, the camera pans up and to the left to reveal Bill, Sr, shouting from his steering room toward his son to return to his own boat.She denied mocking him by laughing at him for being so enamoured and lovesick with her.Hans told her of the frequent ridicule he often faced from ""big"" people: "They don""t realize I""m a man, with the same feelings they have.The title also referred to the awakening of an uncommitted, ""sleeping"" Rip Van Winkle (or Lazarus) character to a dystopic world 200 years into the future in the year 2173, who faced being ""woken up"" emotionally and politically to aid in a revolutionary rebellion against authoritarianism (in the form of a lobotomized Leader).