Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)This noisy fourth film, set in Washington DC, was a summer blockbuster replete with non-stop gun battles, chase scenes, car crashes, and explosions.It is a nitty-gritty, unflinching treatment of a true mobster story about three violent "wiseguys" [Mafia slang for 'gangsters'], enhanced by the Italian-American director's own experience of his upbringing in Little Italy."Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)With no Academy Awards Oscar nominations.With a production budget of $35 million, and box-office gross receipts of $145 million (domestic) and $322 million (worldwide).I wish you'd stop prying and trying to find things out.I wish you were dead - no I don't mean that.That was silly and unkind.But I wish you'd stop talking.Her wish is fulfilled when Dolly stops talking and allows Laura to close her eyes until they approach their destination, affording her a chance to express her profound sadness and suffering in a concealed, inner monologue.