From the shadows, Alex and his gang observe the preparation for the rape, and then - preferring violence to sex, challenge them o a fight on the rubbish-strewn floor with a youthful, sexual insult:"How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap, stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles, you eunich jelly hou.One of the film""s poster claimed: "ROMANCE SOARING ABOVE THE ANDES! DRAMA THUNDERING ACROSS A CONTINENT!"Producer, director, and writer Howard Hawks wrote an original short story titled "Plane Four from Barranca" in 1938 and then had screenwriter Jules Furthman create the screenplay [Note: William Rankin and Eleanore Griffin are uncredited writers] - to take advantage of the availability of Cary Grant and Jean Arthur at Columbia Studios.Kubrick deliberately reduced the pace of the narrative and expanded the rather simple plot of a domestic tragedy to over wo hours in length, created lush images within the ornate interior of the main set, added a disturbing synthesized soundtrack (selecting musical works from Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki), used a Steadicam in groundbreaking fashion, filmed most of the gothic horror in broad daylight or brightly-lit scenes, and built an unforgettable, mounting sensation of terror, ghosts, and the paranormal...It would be madness to reject it." The proposal was soundly rejected, however (as the Praetor announced that Shinzon and his followers would be "sent back to that black rock they came from!").