She moves closer to the street musicians on bongos, hoping that their chatter will be inaudible to anyone else.Frank Fitts (Chris Cooper).His father was an angry, conservative, Nazi-loving, paranoid and bigoted man who feared - "This country is going straight to hell" (his first words).There""s a nice view from this window - of the front lawn, and a good place for you to do your writing.There was an intensive investigation but his murder case went unsolved.]The other starring role belonged to a modern day, B-movie hack screenwriter/narrator (William Holden, although Montgomery Clift was once considered for the role) who spoke beyond the grave as a phantom narrator.Four days I was up here, me and he snakes, playin"" mah-jong, takin"" tea, watching, thinking: ""How was I gonna get in and get the gas? Day and night, it""s pumpin"".