A Shiva lingam (possibly one of the five lost Sankara stones "with magical properties") had been stolen from their shrine, and the village had been under a curse of famine and misery ever since.Easy Ridersurprisingly, was an extremely successful, low-budget (about $365,000), counter-cultural, independent film for he alternative youth/cult market - one of the first of its kind hat was an enormous financial success, eventually grossing $60 million worldwide.He vowed to remain silent (and that neither he nor his wife would leave the planet), but prepared a space-craft in his lab, with the knowledge of his wife Lara (Susannah York), to launch their infant son Kal-El (wrapped in a red, blue, and yellow blanket) toward distant Earth where there was primitive life.He cannot afford to pay the feed bill when the Sheriff (Robert Middlemass) simultaneously arrives to collect." He was interrupted when British Ministries"" Basil Exposition (Michael York) informed him that his father had been kidnapped -afterthe knighting ceremony.