""In its awards year with competitorsThe African Queen (1951),A Place in the Sun (1951),An American in Paris (1951), andA Streetcar Named Desire (1951)that received most of the accolades and awards,The Day the Earth Stood Stilldid not receive any nominations - not unusual for a sci-fi film.As she screamed, panicked and fled from the front of the house, she was flooded by the bright headlights of a pickup truck driven by another fugitive, although at first, she possibly thought he was another threatening mugger.For the last eight hours." As a honeymooner, she smiled: "I""m having a lovely time."Their private train car was deposited on a side track in he midst of a dusty windstorm with tumbleweeds blowing about in he remote, utterly-flat Texas town of Benedict, named after Bick""s family.Maria is warned by the harsh disciplinarian that she is "twelfth in a long line of governesses" who have attempted o look after the mother-less von Trapp children: ".