She dove inside the coffin, and reached her arm out to her son to rescue him.As she pulled Dylan out, her dead husband""s hands grasped her face and begged: "Stay with me, Heather.It has been noted thatA Place in the Sunwas he first of director Stevens"" "American trilogy" of films - the other two films were the classic westernShane (1953)and epicGiant (1956).This provocative film did for the Vietnam War genre whatThe Godfatherdid for the gangster movie.After a three to four year wait for the notorious film (that brought other award-winning Vietnam war films to the forefront a year earlier -The Deer Hunter (1978)andComing Home (1978)), the film that was budgeted at $12-13 million was something of an extravagant, self-indulgent epic in the making that cost almost $31 million - with much of the film shot on location in the Philippines.Potter insults Bailey: "Are you running a business or a charity ward?" and young George stands up and comes to his father""s defense when Potter calls him a failure.