Although the film was nominated for four Academy Awards nominations (without recognition for director Scorsese, screenwriter Paul Schrader, or cinematographer Michael Chapman): Best Picture, Best Actor (Robert De Niro), Best Supporting Actress (Jodie Foster), and Best Original Score (Bernard Herrmann, nominated posthumously -- Herrmann passed away shortly after completing his work in this film) - all were unrewarded.After 33 years, he distress signal from the ancient scout ship activated by Kal-El in the Arctic alerted Zod to his earthly location, and hey set off to find Kal-El and to seek revenge.They discussed deserting their forces, knowing it would only get worse, after being sickened by the bloodthirsty, rogue behavior of some of their fellow team members: "I could run right tonight.Plot SynopsisIn the film's plot, 20 year-old alcoholic ex-prostitute Anna "Christie" Christofferson (or Gustafson) (24 year-old Greta Garbo), a world-weary and ailing, man-hating Swedish-American, returned home to New York after a long absence (including being raised since the age of 5 on a Minnesota farm by abusive relatives and working in a St.