It was reported that Cobalt was already en route to destroy any records of his identity, and the IMF mission to counteract him had to occur within the next 5 hours.An uncredited Nicholson wrote his own dialogue, and collaborated on the famous ending with Polanski a few days before the scene was shot.The stark anti-Western, neither a war morale-booster or entertainment picture, was critically acclaimed (after it reached its audience through television viewings) for its honest and powerful portrayal and adaptation of the original novel, but it originally failed at the box-office.[Note: Presumably, Schultz had been summoned by Toomes to the school to prevent Peter/Spider-Man from following after him.When the titles are finished, the camera tracks over to a poster on the right that reads: "IF YOU LOVE LIFE, YOU""LL LOVE FRANCE.