The intriguing, over-wrought film is a tragic, coming-of-age melodrama from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright William Inge""s original screenplay - it was Inge""s first story written directly for the screen and he received a nomination (and the film""s sole Oscar) for the Best Original Story and Screenplay for his work (one of the film""s two Academy Award nominations).Some of the stiff, lumbering undead were staggering around in the parking lot, but only a few were inside the mall (and only on the first floor) - it appeared none were in the locked stores with their gates down, and the power hadn""t been turned off in the area.Winner of a Special Achievement Award.This was the only "Star Wars" movie to be nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award.With a production budget of $11 million, it grossed $1.5 million in its limited opening weekend.It grossed $307.3 (domestic), $461 million (lifetime domestic gross), and $775.4 million (worldwide).Star Wars (1977)was the first film to earn more than $400 million (domestically).It reached this mark in February 1997 after the re-release or re-issue of its 20th anniversary edition.And if I do, you can leave me."" And he didn""t, and he hasn""t had any alcohol in, uh, five months.Closing DayMore aerial photography follows the family""s car on its serpentine way to the hotel for the winter - the second drive up to The Overlook.