When he answered "Simon""s" phone call without McClane present, the terrorist reprimanded: "The rules applied to both of you.The beast was stirred from its slumber by the thrush opening a nut on a rock.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)A fantasy film from Warner Bros.(New Line) - the first of a three part trilogy of epicHobbitfilms, adapted from J.R.R.Tolkien""s beloved fantasy novel about Middle Earth, first published in 1937.It has inspired many other fantasy tales, including the author""s ownThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy.Guillermo del Toro was originally hired to direct, but dropped out, so Peter Jackson (producer and co-writer) took the job.The ambassador requested help from the US President to hunt Captain Ramius down and kill him -- this led to the orders that Captain Mancuso was to receive.On a whim and in front of his wife, he proposed to purchase Varinia (due to his liking her "spirit") for 2,000 sesterces, and Batiatus agreed to have his steward escort her to Rome the next day.She had actually been cremated in Mexico.She lived long enough to see that Judgment Day didn""t occur in August of 1997.The three escaped the cemetery when surrounded by a SWAT team and the T-X in hot pursuit, in a bullet-riddled hearse driven by the Terminator.