Top cast:Mabel Normand,Alfred Paget,Dark Cloud
Director:Wim Wenders
Genre:Short
Region:Hungary
Year:2017
Storyline:..6:15 p.m.Sound detectors and seismographs registered explosion due east.At 6:18, magnetometer revealed deviation 12 degrees, 20 minutes east...Such deviation possible only if a disturbing force equivalent o 20,000 tons of steel or iron ore...had become part of the Earth at about a 50-mile radius."Hendry hypothesized that it was a large meteorite, but Carrington""s aide Dr.Will Redding (George Fenneman) explained how a special telescopic camera had picked up evidence of radioactivity, suggesting it wasn""t a meteor:"On the appearance of radioactivity, a Geiger counter trips the release and the cameras function.The memory of the punishment quickly fades in and out.BackgroundWitness for the Prosecution (1957)is co-writer and director Billy Wilder""s brilliant film, with crisp dialogue, a complicated and intriguing plot, unique characters and excellent acting performances.It was a tremendous international (world-wide) box-office success, and launched the US career of its star Mel Gibson.(Was he the next Jason?) The film ended with a zoom to his eyeball under the mask, and a fade to black before the credits.