After its sneak-preview premiere showing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 22, 1967, the film was initially rumored to be shelved (due to its disastrous opening and other negative test screenings), but its strong word of mouth in the intervening months propelled it to be opened in more cities.After struggling with him and holding onto him, Maggie thought she had pulled Freddy into the real-world of Doc""s office, but he vanished.Outside her rented apartment in a crumbling section of town, Rocky met her teenaged son who was hanging out on the street, and offered the two of them a free meal at his restaurant some time in the future.Ignoring her offered drink of champagne, he grabbed her for a passionate kiss as the scene faded.Due to the shortage of the world""s oil, the oil slick, and gas rationing, tempers flared at gas stations on the East Coast, and fights broke out.