The policeman turns back to offer help and leaves the criminal to escape.Holding onto the creaking and collapsing gutter, the hanging man is frozen by his fear of heights (acrophobia)." He received regular requests to play "Misty" - he Erroll Garner jazz classic, from the same "groupie" - his # 1 fan - seductive listener/fan Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter).Therefore, an unyielding Hunsecker has denied any column space to Sidney""s pandering attempts at publicity, and has exiled or banished Sidney from his sight.[Note:There are five birthdays in the film (in order): (1) the Dawn of Man himself; (2) Dr.Floyd""s daughter; (3) Astronaut Frank (his parents sing him Happy Birthday via radio); (4) computer HAL""s "operational" birthday; (5) the Birth of the Starchild.The attacks are mysteriously related to the mother and son relationship in the film - anger (and fears of abandonment or being left lonely) of the jealous, initially hostile mother come o the surface when her bachelor son brings home an attractive young woman.