[Soon after, psychotic-acting Falcone was moved to Arkham Asylum and placed on suicide watch.] When Batman questioned Gordon""s two-timing corrupt partner Flass (Mark Boone Junior) about what was hidden in one of the crated drug shipments, he learned the drop-off point was in the Narrows section of Gotham - it was suspected that a prototype weapon had been stolen (by the Scarecrow) from Wayne Enterprises.The investigation of a routine story by a detective uncovers secrets under many layers, facades, red herrings, and networks of corruption, conspiracy and deception.It was also memorable for the cameo appearances of real-life journalists-reporters (Elmer Davis, H.V.Kaltenborn, Drew Pearson, and Gabriel Heater) playing themselves.The entire film was a precursor o Spielberg""sClose Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)andE.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and to John Carpenter""sStarman (1984).Director Brad Bird""s animated Cold War fableThe Iron Giant (1999), set in the 1950s, was about another peace-loving giant robot from outer space and its friendship with a young boy, who were sought by a paranoid government agent.Andrews.The Generaldisplays marvelous technical and structural perfection, playful comic inventiveness and realistic romance, and non-chalant graceful, fluid athleticism on the part of Keaton - the Great Stone Face.