Cornelius added: "Where we come from, apes talk.Humans are dumb." He wasn""t sure, however, where exactly they came from, although he claimed that Dr.Milo, their genius colleague, was the one who salvaged the spacecraft ("studied it and half-understood it").In this first segment, the group was starting their momentous journey.The film received three Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, with no wins.The slaughter of innocent bystanders, and the use of women as shields (in the all-male film) were served up as counterpoints o the media""s honest display of violence during the late 60s, with he Vietnam War, assassinations, urban riots, and other events filling he airwaves.Alarms sounded with the arrival of security forces, as many of the doctors fled.Ravenous, Miles chewed on a white latex surgical glove, regurgitated it, and blew it up like a balloon.