Meanwhile, on the sidewalk outside of the Oscorp Building in downtown Manhattan, nerdy employee Maxwell "Max" Dillon (Jamie Foxx) was carrying an armful of blueprint rolls."Its skillful direction was provided by Lloyd Bacon, with a funny, often sardonic screenplay by Rian James and James Seymour, and the film was nominated for Best Picture.He disagrees with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it""s hard winning a war with words, gentlemen.film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, and won four, including two performance Oscars: Red Buttons (for Best Supporting Actor), and Japanese-American singer Miyoshi Umeki (in her debut film performance) (for Best Supporting Actress), plus awards for Best Art Direction and Best Sound Recording.Crouching behind a small pickup ruck, the cowering and whimpering Nick became the next victim whenIndominustossed the truck aside and he was left unprotected and exposed.