《《Encounters (1996)》》Storyline
Take me home, Monte...It""s not far.I""ve taken a flat in town near canteen headquarters").Once they arrive by car out in front of her apartment, she asks:Are we here?...Want to come up for a cigarette and a drink?...Come see my room.I""ve only had a place of my own for a week...In her apartment, she delivers a memorable line o him after serving him a drink, and chugging down her own drink:Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?Monte non-chalantly replies: "I""ll try to survive" as she moves into her back bedroom, lets her wrap drop, and reveals her backless evening dress and a side view of her remarkable figure before disappearing.Fast-talking, smart-mouthed Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) was negotiating his payment of $5,000 on a score involving he smuggling of a truck-load shipment of cigarettes (from a Dearborn hijacking).While the interrogation was taking place, a young, pretty gypsy girl (later identified as Esmeralda (Maureen O""Hara)), surreptitiously snuck in, but was chased through the crowd.Ethan""s hardness and guarded, mysterious background reflect his inability o accept or understand society, or to embrace family life for himself.Actor/director Woody Allen paid homage to the film in hisHannah and Her Sisters (1986)- with an excerpt from he musical number "The Country""s Going to War.