""In its awards year with competitorsThe African Queen (1951),A Place in the Sun (1951),An American in Paris (1951), andA Streetcar Named Desire (1951)that received most of the accolades and awards,The Day the Earth Stood Stilldid not receive any nominations - not unusual for a sci-fi film.He admitted to her that he realized she was disdainful of him:Of course you don""t like me.I""m a cripple.However, Philip contemplated marriage with Mildred and told his school friends about his reasoning: "Because I""m so in love with her.A masked Michael broke free, emerged from the van""s back door, and with a broken shard of glass crudely sawed through the neck of the hapless assistant Scott and beheaded him(# 2 death).Vicki continued to battle against ""Jason"" with the shotgun and with a thick BBQ skewer pole, but the tables were turned on her.