Connor's field-test of a squirming hydrobot at the base confirmed that they could control the signal - and the machines.Silent film star Richard Barthelmess (who had appeared in D.W.Griffith'sBroken Blossoms (1919)andWay Down East (1920)) returned to the screen in a comeback attempt after a three-year absence in the role of an ostracized and disgraced ace-flier (responsible in the past for causing the death of another aviator) who redeems and vindicates himself by flying on a dangerous mission.[Note: See Filmsite's:Sex in Cinema: 1980, andSex in Cinema: 1982.]Many asked about the origin of the film's title, and here were two explanations both unrelated to the film itself -- (1) it was the name of the dog of Hoffman's mother, and (2) as a little child, Hoffman's mother playfully threw him into the air and exclaimed his nickname: "How's my Tootsie-Wootsie?" The film's original title was more in line with the film's theme: "Would I Lie to You?"Before the project finally gained steam, it went through wo other directors (Dick Richards, Hal Ashby, and Sydney Pollack), many choices of actors/actresses (Cher, Michael Caine, and Peter Sellers) and about twenty script rewrites with numerous writers.The two were Lois Lane (Amy Adams) and her newspaper photographer Jimmy Olsen (Michael Cassidy), who sought an interview with the warlord...from the very beginning, it was the children who gave me my power.The Springwood Slasher - that's what they called me.My reign of terror was legendary.Dozens of children would fall by my blades.Then the parents of Springwood came for me, taking justice into their own hands.When I was alive, I might have been a little naughty, but after they killed me, I became something much, much worse.