And then Jack confessed he may have switched the two cups: "It might have been the other way around." Blackbeard accused Jack of being a "trickster" and a "devil." Angelica""s hand wound healed, as the Fountain""s waters swirled around Blackbeard""s feet and rushed at him - his flesh was shredded off his skeletal frame when he perished.Reporter: Yes, sir, but about Colonel Lawrence himself?Allenby: No, no.I didn""t know him well, you know.Reporter: Uh, Mr.Bentley.You must know as much about Colonel Lawrence as anybody does.Bentley: Yes.It was my privilege to know him and to make him known to the world.He was a poet, a scholar, and a mighty warrior.(As he reporter runs off for his next interview, Bentley makes an aside o his companion.)He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum and Bailey.Another memory from one of the funeral-goers provides he framework for a giant flashback to tell the story of Lawrence""s earlier life:He had some minor function on my staff in Cairo.Rumack, who up to that time was known mostly for B-movie dramatic roles, in films likeForbidden Planet (1956)andThe Poseidon Adventure (1972).It received only one Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, and was defeated by the year""s Best Picture winnerAn American in Paris (1951)- and specifically, by Alan Jay Lerner""s script for the musical.