Bub had been spared from non-existence (and dissection), and Dr.Logan had introduced (or reacquainted him to remember past, civilized life tendencies) - he was presented with a toothbrush, a razor, a Stephen King paperback novel (Salem""s Lot), and a desk phone.[The piece is Chopin""sNocturne No.6 in G Minor, Op.15, No.3.] In a ranquil scene without dialogue, as the camera pans over each of heir faces, the realization dawns on the pensive men that they have reached a natural conclusion in their lives.Anyhow, there it is.The people are like mountain peasants everywhere - simple, independent.They work because they must, they smile when they feel like it and they""re no respecters of persons.The men are men - no better, no worse than anywhere else.The women are women.The children, children.Up on the mountain above the palace, we have our Holy Man who sits there day in and day out in all weathers."A wealthy, lonely, land-owning, raw-boned farmer (Shepard in his acting debut) of the Great Plains falls in love with the girlfriend (Adams) of a hot-headed wheat-field worker (Gere), who is masquerading as the field hand""s sister." Heather experienced another nightmare herself:The television in her bedroom suddenly clicked on with a news report (the words "Real-Life Nightmare" were imposed over the 4-fingered glove) on the deaths of two Hollywood special effects technicians working on a top-secret project for Freddy Krueger films - their brutally-slashed bodies were found in a vacant field.