] The power to the house was cut off (by Watkins in the basement), and Ryan realized that they were once again personally threatened.The film, shot in 70 mm.widescreen color, received a phenomenal ten Academy Awards nominations and won seven major awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Scott refused to accept the honor), Best Director (Franklin J.You don""t really know what you""re askin"".You see, there ain""t nothin"" so complicated as the inside of a torpedo.It""s got gyroscopes, compressed air chambers, compensating cylinders...Rose: (unperturbed) But all those things, those gyroscopes and things, hey""re only to make itgo, aren""t they?Charlie: Yeah.When he reached in to grab her, she released the car""s parking brake and gears to coast downhill.However, its idyllic view of life and example of personal film-making was overshadowed by the self-absorbent, drug-induced, erratic behavior of the filmmakers, chronicled in Peter Biskind""s ell-allEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and Rock ""N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (1999).