Although Marlon Brando in one of his central and early roles (his fifth screen role) portrays a stunning, brooding, nomadic character with a contempt for conformity, the film lacked Academy Award nominations."[Debra""s voice-over described how this first night of shooting was "the night when everything changed.Violet Venable.]As they emerged outdoors, she continued to memorialize her adored but deceased son Sebastian.She described him as charismatic and with a poetic nature: ("All poets, whatever age they may seem to others, die young.Directed by Brian De Palma, with his typical characteristics - Hitchcockian suspense and tension.With no Academy Awards Oscar nominations.Nominated for one Razzie Award: Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million.The only character that appeared on the TV show, good-guy Jim Phelps, turned out to be the villain in the film.