The fire is dying down.Soon, the bare skeleton of the building will be dissolved.The gaunt rafters against the sky."The mill burns to the ground while peasants from the village cheer and endorse its destruction.Minnie (Una O'Connor), Dr.Frankenstein's high-strung, screeching housekeeper/chambermaid, exults: "I'm glad to see the Monster roasted to death before my very eyes.Wrapped in the Stars and Stripes flag, the battered Rocky took the microphone and delivered a passionate speech to the crowd, about how their mutual disdain for each other had changed during the course of the fight: "I came here tonight, and I didn't know what to expect.Actor/director Sydney Pollack's ultimate choice as the director of he comedy was a new genre for him, since his previous films were mostly serious dramas, includingThey Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Yakuza (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Bobby Deerfield (1977), The Electric Horseman (1979),andAbsence of Malice (1981)." Suffering from a mid-life crisis, Shrek was beginning to wonder if they were actually living "happily ever after," annoyed by his long-time friends, including a married Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss In Boots (Antonio Banderas).