Victor: You mean changed as a result of his work?Waldman: Yes, his work, his insane ambition to create life.Graham was thrown to the floor where he laid unconscious, as Dollarhyde extinguished his home""s lights with shotgun blasts and killed a number of officers who attempted to enter the house.He becomes a national figure, and causes the spread of ""John Doe Clubs"" across the country.The benevolent, empowering fraud is eventually uncovered (and opposed by corrupting, unscrupulous political influences), and Doe is forced to publicly admit the charade.George C.Scott became thefirstactor to decline his Oscar nomination for the film - in protest of fellow actors"" practice of campaigning for awards, calling the awards demeaning and self-serving.