Film audiences expected to see the two brought together and reconciled - eventually - in the resolution of the conflict.Adam Stanton (Shepperd Strudwick) - a close childhood friend of Jack's.At one of many fancy social occasions, a formal dinner, discussion flares over the direction of Jack's troubled career choice and conflicting political viewpoints regarding Willie Stark's populist message.The film was not recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in any of its award categories." He told her to sit with legs crossed on an outdoor slab of rock, as he defined the Force for her - the energy between the light and dark sides:The Force is not a power you have.What remains of the film was directed by the ambitious, extravagant, stubborn and independent-minded Erich Von Stroheim - he spent nine months shooting the film and a total of fifteen months writing and editing it (from 1923-1924).