Allen described the film""s plot as a combination of his previous two films,Interiors (1978)andAnnie Hall (1977).Kirk was beamed aboard the Bird of Prey, where Klingon General Korrd had convinced junior officer Captain Klaa to personally apologize to Kirk for his unauthorized Klingon attack; an unusual reception was held onboard the Klingon ship for the crews of both vessels, and the film ended with another campfire scene back at Yosemite National Park.One day, he begs to go out on a fishing trip with Manuel and is taken along.Manuel gives him fishing advice: "That fish, he have meeting down below.He tell other fish there something not so funny going on." Manuel""s young helper catches a big halibut:My leetle feesh catch feesh beeger than he is...Manuel and hees leetle feesh, they beat everybody.We make fisherman out of you, huh lettle feesh?But Manuel teaches him a lesson and puts the halibut back in the sea, when he learns that his "lettle feesh" has cheated (fouled the troll line of other fishermen) in order to win.After Kayla told the angered Victor: "He""s using us," he attempted to kill Kayla by strangling her ("How about this time you die for real? Your little mind games don""t work on me"), and her screams alerted Logan to return in rage - and he struggled against Victor and was about to take his head off.The film""s poster promised:The Screen Dares to Open the Strange and Savage Pages of a Shocking Best-Seller!The film was nominated for seven Academy Award nominations and received four major accolades: director Billy Wilder scored a double-win, both as Best Director (Wilder""s second directorial nomination and his first Oscar win), and co-writer of the Best Screenplay (his fifth screenwriting nomination and first win).