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The camera pulls away from him, shot from behind, before the closing credits.BackgroundManhattan(1979) was an acclaimed, mature, B/W masterpiece enhanced by a George Gershwin score (performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta), telling about infidelity, entangling romances and situations, and the comings-and-goings of self-absorbed, mostly-dishonest, glib, intellectual Manhattanites.They weremaking lovewhile hat young boy drowned.His name was Jason.I was working the day that it happened.Preparing mealshere.I was the cook.(She grabbed Alice""s arms with both hands) Jason should""ve been watched.Every minute! He was -- He wasn""t a very good swimmer.We can go now, dear."It was then revealed, as she flash-backed to the day of the drowning over two decades earlier, that she was the camp""s cook and the young boy""s mother.[There is a remarkable resemblance between Disneyland""s ""Jungle Cruise"" attraction and this film.A 1977 TV remake starred Warren Oates and Mariette Hartley.In 1987, Hepburn wrote a pungent account of her experiences during the shoot in her first book,The Making of the African Queen, or How I Went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind.The happiness boys are on a rampage.Headquarters is givin"" ""em a push...Stay away from he boulevard, especially at night....Go home, Dix, stay home.Don""t get your flag at half-mast.Remember, you still got ol"" Gus." He also promises to loan $1,000 to Handley (and maybe more) so he can pay Cobby off, and continue gambling.