He was criticized by the British director in one of the house seats for his stage positioning: "That""s super, Michael.Lana phoned the Smallville airport and ordered two plane tickets to Metropolis the following day.Meanwhile, a crowd gathered around the outside of the neighborhood St.Louis Hotel tavern in Metropolis, where a disgraceful Superman (with a stubbly beard and a completely dark costume) was on a drinking binge at the bar." The impish blonde-haired girl is startled to see the strange-looking creature - her first view of it face-to-face.The screenplay was based upon French author Pierre Boulle""s 1954 novel of the same name.[Boulle was better known for his 1963 novel adapted for the filmPlanet of the Apes (1968).] Although he received sole screenplay credit, other deliberately uncredited, blacklisted co-scripting authors (exiled Carl Foreman - who scriptedHigh Noon (1952)- and Michael Wilson) had collaborated with him, but were denied elibigility.Determined o find his mother, Anakin left immediately on Owen""s speeder bike, arrived at the Tusken encampment at night, and discovered his dying mother in one of the huts.