She admits that she fired the shots in the theatre to create a diversion and escape from two men who are on her trail to kill her.I didn""t know what I had in mind or what my parents would do when they found me missing.All I wanted was to see you once more, to be near you again, to throw myself at your feet, and cling to you and never leave you.He relented from his death wish, but broke down, weeping: "I miss you...I""ll see you later.I""ll see you much later." [He had been married for 11 years before his wife was recently killed in a car accident.] At work, his superiors worried that Riggs was "on the edge," "psychotic," and "suicidal" and shouldn""t be in the field.It was one of he first films with the theme of city-dwellers against the powerful forces of nature.The exciting box-office hit, most remembered for its inspired banjo duel and the brutal, violent action (and sodomy scene), was based on James Dickey""s adaptation of his own 1970 best-selling novel (his first) of the same name - he contributed the screenplay and acted in a minor part as the town sheriff.Thumper watched as the young newborn attempted to rise up on its tall and spindly legs, keep its balance, and cautiously take a few awkward steps.