He was in the midst of negotiations for the release of the four Chinese prisoners, one of whom was his brother.The highly-praised film, although not a box-office success, was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Ralph Richardson), and Best B/W Cinematography, and won four Oscars: Best Actress (Olivia de Havilland, with her second Best Actress Oscar), Best B/W Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Dramatic Score, and Best B/W Costume Design.Later as Clark was watching news reports of continued violence and war on Earth, he assured his mother that he had buried the space capsule.From the start of the picture, its clever screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose (based on a story by Merian C.