Top cast:Charles Inslee,Marion Leonard,George Gebhardt
Director:Andrzej Zulawski
Genre:Short
Region:Denmark
Year:2004
Storyline:Batman described how she wasn't dead: "We found her, restored her.She's still frozen alive waiting for you to find a cure." He appealed to Freeze (aka Dr.Victor Fries) for the cure he had earlier developed for Macgregor's Syndrome Stage 1 to save another life - the life of Batman's butler Alfred, who was also suffering and dying from early stages of the disease.The recipient would be announced after an oral exam-interview.Peter was stunned by the abrupt announcement, but before the two could really discuss it, Peter sensed something occurring in the direction of Times Square.After three days of continuous activity and a visit to Buckingham Palace, Ann flew to Amsterdam, where her Highness dedicated the new International Aid Building and christened an ocean liner.We just sort of go along and nothing happens.We're in a terrible rut.It's been on my mind for months.What's gonna be our future?Father: (consoling) Oh, come now, Charlie, things aren't as bad as hat.The bank gave me a raise last January.Charlie: Money.How can you talk about money when I'm talking about souls? We eat and sleep and that's about all.We don't even have any real conversations.We just talk...Father:...and work.Charlie: Yes, poor mother, she works like a dog, just like a dog...When she comes back, it will be the same thing.Dinner, then dishes, then bed.I don't see how she stands it.You know, she's really a wonderful woman.I mean, she's not just a mother.And I think we ought to do something for her.Don't you think we should?Father: Yeah.What were you thinking of doing for her?Charlie: Oh, nothing I supppose.I guess we'll just have to wait for a miracle - or something...I don't believe in good intentions anymore.All I'm waiting for now is a miracle.Suddenly, Charlie's spinsterish, talkative and oblivious mother Emma Newton (Patricia Collinge) [Emma was the name of Hitchcock's mother - she died in England during filming] makes a dramatic appearance at the bedroom door, speaking her first words [and foreshadowing an "accident" that will occur later in the film]: "Those back stairs are steep.