With a headstrong display of an assertive will and dramatic theatricality, he shouts into the receiver and declares his independence from the newspaper (as Ellie did against familial control) long after he has been fired and disconnected: "Oh, so you""re changing your tune, eh? You""re a little late with your apologies.Hendricks effectively took the server offline before the IMF could kill the satellite.Then, after reprogramming he satellite, Hendricks successfully acquired nuclear missile launch capability within five minutes.Revellers and Benvolio remind everyone that they will be late to the party.As he dons his mask and pauses before proceeding o the party, Romeo adds a premonition of real evil that he senses may occur, something that may end in his "untimely death," (a reference to the future meeting with Juliet at the party, their ""star-crossed love,"" and their subsequent deaths):I fear, too early, for my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this night""s revels, and expire the term of a despised life closed in my breast, by some vile forfeit of untimely death.Plot SynopsisThe film opens in the middle of the night (3 am in the morning) with Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman), a good-looking but tormented, brooding, boozing, ex-high school football star, setting up hurdles on a track next to the football field of his alma mater - East Mississippi High School.