Set-pieces:the plane crash, the dinosaur stampede, thePteranodonattack in the aviary, the finalSpinosaurusattack on the ferry boat.Dean had starred in only three films:East of Eden (1955),Rebel Without a Cause (1955), andGiant (1956)before his death, that occurred only five-six months afterEast of Eden""srelease.Sandy points out the brick building where the singer lives on the 7th Floor.The camera pauses on the street sign.(Their attempts to investigate the underlying mystery, like amateur Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys-style sleuths, confront them with a variety of kinky, nocturnal, repellent, inhuman (insect-like) characters, an unsettling universe inside the head of the ear that is their only piece of evidence.Over a twenty-four hour period, he finds himself unwelcome and facing several ominous characters, animosity, collective guilt, hypocrisy, and bigotry.