One of its posters described he basic issue:The rare film story of a father who must expose his children to a small town's outraged passions.Alec: No, dear, no.Laura: Why are you so sure?Alec: You're too sane and not complicated.Laura: I suppose it's a good thing to be uncomplicated, but it does sound a little dull.Alec: You could never be dull.Laura: Do you come here every Thursday?Alec: Yes, to spend a day at the hospital...Do you?Laura: Do I what?Alec: Come here every Thursday?Laura: Oh yes.I do the week's shopping,...change my library book, have lunch, and generally go to the pictures.Not a very exciting routine but it makes change.Alec: Are you going to the pictures this afternoon?Laura: Yes.Alec: Hmmm, how extraordinary! So am I..Laura: I thought you had to spend all day at the hospital.Alec: Well, between ourselves, I killed two patients by accident his morning...I simply daren't go back.Laura: Can you be so silly?Alec: Seriously...Would you mind very much if I came to the pictures with you?Laura: Well...Alec: I could sit downstairs.You could sit upstairs.Laura: Upstairs is too expensive......I had no premonitions.I suppose I should have had.It all seemed so natural and so innocent.BackgroundThe Bridge on the River Kwai(1957), the memorable, epic World War II adventure/action, anti-war drama, was the first of director David Lean's major multi-million dollar, wide-screen super-spectaculars (his later epics includedLawrence of Arabia (1962)andDoctor Zhivago (1965)).Young Michael (in his clown outfit) asked his mother: "Can we be a family again?" She replied: "Not yet.Manhunter (1986)(aka Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter)d.Michael Mann, 119 minutes, 124 minutes (director's cut)Film Plot SummaryIn the film's skin-crawling creepy prologue, a flashlight's circle of light (seen in a hand-held videocamera view), in an extended tracking shot, "stalked" and ascended a suburban home's main stairs to a second-floor bedroom where it was directed oward two sleeping individuals - the light caused the female victim o slowly awaken, as the film cut to its titles.