Lynnton: "Funny thing, ma'am.My neighborisa girl, Vashti Hake.Maybe there was some talk of my marrying her, but I'm not." Off-key, she replied: "It all sounds so romantic." Bick stared out at both Leslie in front of the house and War Winds in the far pasture - metaphorically linked.Franklin opted not to carry out his orders on the baby chimp, and gave the choice to Will.Will brought the chimp home and began raising him in his house.Will's father Charles Rodman (John Lithgow), a former "beloved music teacher" in SF, was suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, and required daily home health-care aid from Nurse Irena (Chelah Horsdal).Plot SynopsisGiant Lips Singing the Opening Song:The preparatory opening song "Science Fiction/Double Feature" was sung by a giant pair of oversized, disembodied blood-red female lips under the opening credits.In the prison yard, Luthor climbed up a ladder into a hot-air rescue balloon piloted by his moll girlfriend Eve Teschmacher (Valerie Perrine), but Otis (too heavy as "ballast" for the balloon) was left behind.Hoch in Ford's most beloved locale, the film handsomely captures the beauty and isolating danger of the frontier.