That""s what it is.They""re f--kin"" you with the cell phone.They love when you get cut off.Ya know why, huh? You know why? Because when you call back, which they know you""re gonna do, they charge you for that f--kin"" first minute again at that high rate.Wyler had been an ""extras"" director on the set of DeMille""s original film in the silent era.MGM""sBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), featuring a cast of 125,000, cost about $4 million to make after shooting began on location in Italy, in 1923, and starred silent screen idols Ramon Novarro and Francis X.He heard her voice calling his name and had visions - were they mind tricks of his own? After blasting the water with his optic powers (he had removed his protective ruby glasses), the shockwaves created a small whirlpool, and the deceased Jean was conjured up out of it from a strange, bright blinding light.Co-writer Antonioni worked with the great Italian poet and writer Tonino Guerra (and English playwright Edward Bond for the English dialogue), and the two based their script upon Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar""s short storyThe Devil""s Drool (aka Las babas del diablo).A voice-over narrator at the end of the film stated:"The management of this theatre suggests that for the greater entertainment of your friends who have not yet seen the picture, you will not divulge to anyone the secret of he ending ofWitness For the Prosecution.