After its sneak-preview premiere showing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 22, 1967, the film was initially rumored to be shelved (due to its disastrous opening and other negative test screenings), but its strong word of mouth in the intervening months propelled it to be opened in more cities.Baravelli (confidently): No.You""re no foolin"" me.Swordfish.Wagstaff: No, I got tired of that.I changed it.Baravelli (knocking): What""s the password now?Wagstaff: Gee, I forgot it.I""d better come outside with you.After their exchange Wagstaff goes outside, and they are both locked out, neither of them knowing the password.They bring him in for "plain drunkenness."The scene in the police station cleverly introduces he three principal characters as they are each separately hauled in for varying reasons on this late Easter night, and their paths cross.In the meantime, the Sheik exited a local pawnbrokers shop (I.Goldman & Co.) after selling the stolen gold watch for $4 dollars, and returned to the candy shop to purchase the more-expensive $3 dollar box of candy.[This is the first stage of fetal, reproductive life imagery: copulation and conception.]The first spoken words in the film occur here, about 25 minutes from the film""s beginning.Floyd is notified by the pink-uniformed Space Station attendant/receptionist that their elevator has come o its proper level:"Here you are, sir.