Liz immediately explores the adjoining parlor room where Mike follows:Liz: What""s this room? I forgot my compass." To which the younger, bull-headed Oliver defiantly asks: "What offends you more, Father, that she""s Catholic, or poor?" He ultimately responds: "Father, you don""t know the time of day.I look out my window,And what do I see?I see a bird, Way up in a tree,I want to be Free, Free, Free,I want to be free,Like the bird in the tree.The subtle film""s slogan proclaimed:"Getting there is half he fun.Being there is all of it."The film was directed by Hal Ashby (already known forHarold and Maude (1971),The Last Detail (1973),Shampoo (1975),Bound for Glory (1976),and the acclaimed Vietnam war filmComing Home (1978))...It would be madness to reject it." The proposal was soundly rejected, however (as the Praetor announced that Shinzon and his followers would be "sent back to that black rock they came from!").