Give it to me!") - to escape, Frodo vanished momentarily when he put the ring on his finger.In contrast, Aragorn refused to take the Ring from Frodo when he had the opportunity and pledged his steadfast allegiance.They are separated and Pran is forced to remain when Schanberg and other American journalists and Westerners evacuate to escape a life-threatening situation in occupied-Cambodia during the fall of Phnom Penh in 1975.He dreaded the thought of "being stared and pointed at as though I were a freak." A second premiere was held a week later in London, and then a third premiere - a "glamorous" event held in Hollywood (at Grauman's Chinese Theatre) where both Paulette Goddard and Chaplin were in attendance.What remains of the film was directed by the ambitious, extravagant, stubborn and independent-minded Erich Von Stroheim - he spent nine months shooting the film and a total of fifteen months writing and editing it (from 1923-1924).With epic qualities, it had more than 50 speaking roles and 2,400 extras.The film currently remains the box-office (domestic) champ with a gross revenue of $1.89billion(adjusted for inflation).Various elements in the original novel had to be eliminated, and some characters, scenes, and events were either truncated, dropped, or modified:Scarlett's first two children (Wade Hampton and Ella Lorena) were eliminatedIn the novel, Charles Hamilton was in love with Honey Wilkes prior to falling in love with Scarlett; in the film, he was in love with India WilkesRhett's scenes (and confessions) about being a blockade runner were minimized or cut outthe novel's love scenes (in particular, the "Paddock Scene") were more low-keythe character of the Atlanta prostitute Belle Watling was sanitized (and Rhett's finding of solace with Belle - after Scarlett vowed not to have any more children following Bonnie's birth), was also down-playedany episodes or mention of the Ku Klux Klan were droppedRhett's contempt for Ashley was softenedRhett's last words in the novel: "My dear, I don't give a damn.