Germ.), was indirectly inspired by Joseph Conrad""s 1902 novellaHeart of Darkness (about a steamer journey up a river into the Congo and African jungle - and into the darkest reaches of the human psyche), and also was derived from Michael Herr""s 1977 non-fiction account of the Vietnam War,Dispatches.This is my fault.This has o stop.This isn""t the way.You know what they""re capable of.Please come home.If you come home, I""ll protect you."Caesar: (embracing Will and whispering in his ear) "Caesar is home."Will: "Okay.Caesar is home.Go."Caesar scampered up to the top of a tall redwood - his example was followed by many of the other apes.S."Woody" Van Dyke), and Best Adapted Screenplay (husband-and-wife screenwriting partnership Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, also authors ofNaughty Marietta (1935),It""s A Wonderful Life (1946),Easter Parade (1948),Father of the Bride (1950), andThe Diary of Anne Frank (1959)), it was up against stiff competition from the Oscar-sweeping filmIt Happened One Night (1934), and went away empty-handed.Lockwood: Oh, he""s mad.He""s like a madman.He seized me by the collar and dragged me out.You see, I had a dream.I thought I heard a voice calling.I reached out to close the shutter and something touched me, something cold and clinging like an icy hand.It opened with a washed out B/W/color sequence of contemptuous, undefeated heavyweight champion boxer Mason "The Line" Dixon (Antonio Tarver) quickly knocking out another opponent, and being blamed for the "decline" of the entire sport, with fans booing and pelting him with ice, presumably because he had easily risen through the ranks by only fighting patsies and bums.