"In Vegas, Vanessa and Powers shared a casino hotel room only to "keep up the context that we""re a married couple on vacation," although he joked: "Shall we shag now, or shall we shag later?" When they both unpacked, her gun was three times larger than his, and he reached for his penis-enlarger pump - although again claimed it wasn""t his.Shelby: (To McPherson) I suppose you""ve heard losers whine before, especially in your profession, eh?To conclude his questions, McPherson asks Shelby to identify the classical pieces of music that were played at the Friday concert [BrahmsFirstand Beethoven""sNinth, later substituted with Sibelius], and whether Shelby has the key to Miss Hunt""s country house.No ship named theD.M.S.Caineever existed, and there was never any instance of a U.S.Navy captain relieved of command at sea under Articles 184-186:There has never been a mutiny in a ship of the United States Navy.Plot SynopsisThe film opens with an upward-scrolling preface or itle-card disclaimer - to waylay expected fears that the film (considered unsuitable for the big-screen) would cause resentment (and possibly cause it to be banned for its offensive nature) because of its caricatured portrayal of a degenerate revivalist religious figure:"We believe that certain aspects of Revivalism can bear examination -- that the conduct of some revivalists makes a mockery of the traditional beliefs and practices of organized Christianity! We believe that everyone has a right to worship according o his conscience, but --Freedom of Religion is not license to abuse the faith of the people! However, due to the highly controversial nature of this film, we strongly urge you to prevent impressionable children from seeing it!"After the opening credits with a stark and stylized image of a tilted cross (and then a more traditional wooden cross casting a long dark shadow), a close-up of the first textual page of Sinclair Lewis"" novel is then portrayed, beginning with the first paragraph: "Chapter 1 - Elmer Gantry was drunk.