In the bridge as wind and rain pummeled the bridge window, Jason removed a rusty harpoon from the wall.The film""s screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky transformed his own original teleplay into a successful major motion picture - and the modest film remains one of the best examples of the cinematization of a television play.It was also a celebration of life in the 1980s (following the Reagan Presidency), after so much hardship in the decades that had come before (marred by the Watergate affair, the many assassinations in the 1960s, and the drawn-out Vietnam War).Behold, a lovely maid I see.Rags cannot hide her gentle grace.Alas, she is more fair than thee.Queen: Alas for her, reveal her name.Mirror: Lips red as the rose.Hair black as ebony.Skin white as snow.To the Wicked Queen""s horror, her worst fear is confirmed.She realizes the mirror has described her scullery maid, Snow White.Snow White, dressed in rags, but cheerful despite her misfortune at the hands of a mean and hateful stepmother, scrubs he steps next to the garden.