The film was entirely shot on location in New York City.The exploitational film was initially released in mid-December of 1977 with an R-rating, but then to make the film available to younger audiences and also for television, the dark film was re-edited (mostly by editing out six minutes of footage) and released with a PG rating in March of 1979, without the coarse language and explicit sex scenes (such as Stephanie""s attempted rape and he topless dancer).When he emerged, she slammed on the brakes, propelling him through the windshield and onto the ground...So his friend says to him, ""Hey, why don""t you do it like the Chinese do?"" So he says, ""How do the Chinese do it?"" And the guy says, ""Well, the Chinese, first they screw a little bit, then they stop, then they go and read a little Confucius, come back, screw a little bit more, then they stop again, go back and they screw a little bit.Again, he waves the vehicle past while engrossed in studying his map.But instead of going around, the intense lightsrise straight uplike a rocket above his truck.The first indication that something isn""t right occurs when his flashlight catches sight across the road of a row of rattling, jiggling mailboxes moving back and forth like they were in an earthquake." In her suite while speaking to Dr.Hasslein and drinking Grape Juice Plus, she became intoxicated.He secretly tape-recorded their conversation as he further questioned her about the gorillas"" war, and how she witnessed the Earth""s destruction from their spaceship window: "We saw bright, white blinding light.