He revealed he was being paid $20,000 each night, and had saved up enough to retire and buy a Fiddler""s Green apartment.When the floor separates beneath them, they are so carried away with their hectic Charleston dancing that they don""t notice - and they plunge backwards into the pool.It was one of he first films with the theme of city-dwellers against the powerful forces of nature.The exciting box-office hit, most remembered for its inspired banjo duel and the brutal, violent action (and sodomy scene), was based on James Dickey""s adaptation of his own 1970 best-selling novel (his first) of the same name - he contributed the screenplay and acted in a minor part as the town sheriff.Caesar rode on horseback to lead the charge, as the other two groups of animals attacked from above and below.He declares: "All five of ""em hit me at once."In the memorable restaurant-ordering scene, he enters he Cozy Corner Cafe, a greasy-spoon restaurant served by a fat, obnoxious waitress Tiny (Jody Gilbert).