Four of the five directors of the Best Film nominees in 1947 were nominated for Best Director, but notMiracle""sdirector George Seaton.When the man was leaving, Dollarhyde repeatedly shot him point-blank, and then the schizophrenic psychopath announced that "Francis is gone forever" when Reba opened the door.First Voyage or ""Movie"" ofSullivan""s Travels:After getting them to agree to a compromise, Sullivan begins walking down a country road and soon gets a sweaty job (in exchange for food and lodging) at an isolated farmhouse.Others hat swept across movie screens in the late 70""s and 80s to illustrate he ""hellish"", futile conditions of bloody Vietnam War combat included:the Oscar-winning documentaryHearts and Minds (1974)Francis Ford Coppola""sApocalypse Now (1979)Oliver Stone""sPlatoon (1986)Stanley Kubrick""sFull Metal Jacket (1987)John Irvin""sHamburger Hill (1987)Oliver Stone""sBorn on the Fourth of July (1989)Brian De Palma""sCasualties of War (1989)This film received nine Academy Award nominations (including Best Actor (Robert De Niro), Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Best Cinematography (by Vilmos Zsigmond - who had just filmed Spielberg""sClose Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)), and Best Original Screenplay), and won five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Walken), Best Director, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing.