One of the film""s posters carried a tagline related to the character""s rebelliousness:"The man...and the motion picture that simply do not conform."With this vivid film, director Stuart Rosenberg made one of the key films of the 1960s, a decade in which protest against established powers was a key theme.Picard was confronted by Shinzon in a final struggle during the deadly thalaron countdown, and the clone died when impaled by a spear-shaped piece of metal piping - he pulled himself along the length of the spear lodged in his torso until he was inches from Picard""s face, grabbed Picard""s neck, and spoke his final words before slumping over dead: "I""m glad we""re together now.Despite media speculation about Superman""s participation, he superhero flew to the US Capitol and arrived to testify and answer questions...it takes a lot of bullets to kill me.They left me there with five of them in my legs and my stomach.Mrs.Lampert, they knew I was still alive, but they left me there.I spent 10 months in a German prison camp with nothing to stop the pain.They left me there, Mrs.Lampert.They deserved to die...You""ve got the money now.It belongs to me.Mrs.Lampert, they knew I was still alive, but they left me there.That""s why I had to kill hem, all four of them.Please believe me, Mrs.Lampert.I""ll kill you, too.It won""t make any difference.It""s no use.You""re running out of time.I""ve come too far to turn back.I swear, I""ll kill you.The confrontation continues into an empty theatre, where ""Adam"" calculates where Bartholomew/Dyle is standing above him on the stage and is threatening to kill Reggie: ("The game is over, Mrs.Plot SynopsisThe theme and methodology of the film, consisting of a prologue, two acts and a short epilogue, is described by title cards:Our play is made up of four separate stories, laid in different periods of history, each with its own set of characters.