Altman""s cast included four actresses (Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black and Kathy Bates) who were also directed by Altman in the Broadway production.The film was heavily influenced by the historic late-1973 to 1974 oil crisis, when the members of OPEC (Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries) declared an oil embargo and prices shot up 400%." She accepted his request for a date to the school""s annual Homecoming Dance.On the evening of the dance, after prepping with Aunt May, he was driven to Liz""s home to pick her up, where her father answered the doorbell - it was Adrian Toomes! After her mother Doris (Garcelle Beauvais) took some photographs of the couple - with Peter exhibiting extreme nervousness, they were chauffeured to the dance by her father." However, they also found that Oxley had been taken away by men with guns a few weeks earlier, although he had drawn pictures on the walls of his cell.