I think perhaps Mr. Newton has had enough, don't you?

[papaverite]

Thomas Jerome Newton: We'd have probably done the same to you, if you'd come 'round our place.

[Mr. Newton hiccups, drops his glass, and slides forward in an alcoholic stupor]

Waiter: I think perhaps Mr. Newton has had enough, don't you?

Nathan Bryce: I think... perhaps... you're right.

[Roll the soundtrack: "Stardust," performed by Artie Shaw]

[Mr. Newton is now slumped forward, his hat creating a background for the credits]

[So, roll the credits...]



*From Nicolas Roeg's brilliant cinematic adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel, "The Man Who Fell to Earth."