He raised an ancient sacrificial ceremonial dagger over Evelyn: "With your death, Anck-su-namun shall live...They won""t pay their taxes in a rational resentment of Rome...then there""s religion.I""ll tell you, they""re drunk with religion, smash the statues of our gods, even those of the Emperor." Doris arrived to drag Susan away, who exclaimed to her mother that ""Santa"" was "a nice old man, and those whiskers are real, too.It was Stone""ssecondcareer Oscar - he had won earlier for his screenplay forMidnight Express (1978).Stone became the first Vietnam veteran to direct a major motion picture about the Vietnam War, AND to win an Oscar for Best Director.The Pevensie group spied upon Lord Miraz"" army and war machine at Beruna as it prepared for war (the enemy was building catapults and other implements of warfare).