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McClane realized that he had a two-way radio from one of Stuart's downed mercenaries in the luggage area, and was capable of hearing Stuart's communications to his men.[Note: The entire film is basically told from Red's perspective, and much of the film is centered around the theme of observation, perception and seeing - especially Red's observation of the other main protagonist, Andy Dufresne.It was reported as a "hate crime." When arrested for vandalism and a felony charge of making terrorist threats, he cried out: "I work for Bruce Wayne.Embittered by film's end, he tosses his tin star into the dirt of the dishonorable frontier town.One of the film posters described the theme of the deserted, lone marshal who stubbornly insisted on delaying his newly-married life with a pacifist Quaker wife (symbolic of US isolationists) in order to stay and confront his former nemesis and paroled murderer - Frank Miller:The story of a man who was too proud to run!Another slogan claimed: ".Others hat swept across movie screens in the late 70's and 80s to illustrate he 'hellish', futile conditions of bloody Vietnam War combat included:the Oscar-winning documentaryHearts and Minds (1974)Francis Ford Coppola'sApocalypse Now (1979)Oliver Stone'sPlatoon (1986)Stanley Kubrick'sFull Metal Jacket (1987)John Irvin'sHamburger Hill (1987)Oliver Stone'sBorn on the Fourth of July (1989)Brian De Palma'sCasualties of War (1989)This film received nine Academy Award nominations (including Best Actor (Robert De Niro), Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Best Cinematography (by Vilmos Zsigmond - who had just filmed Spielberg'sClose Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)), and Best Original Screenplay), and won five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Walken), Best Director, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing.