"In Austria at Dressler""s home, he plotted with the other conspirators regarding the shipment and detonation of the bomb...They""re inventing new Terminators, new ways of killing us.Skynet is planning something big.But the Resistance is planning something bigger.This is John Connor.If you""re listening to this, you are the Resistance."After jump-starting a vehicle at the observatory, Marcus"" dangerous plan (as opposed to Kyle""s idea to join up with Resistance forces to the East), was to travel north, even though the machines controlled the entire northern sector up to San Francisco.The whimsical revisionist Western film, with the new "M" rating (for mature), although varying considerably in tone and mood, did so by imitating the styles of other cultish outlaw films, including director Arthur Penn""sBonnie and Clyde (1967), and the balletic graceful shootouts of Sam Peckinpah""sThe Wild Bunch (1969).The astrological name Scorpio, and the killer""s taunting with coded, written notes were just a few of the similarities between the film""s account and the real case.Academy Award Nominations (no win): Best Makeup.With a production budget of $185 million, with box-office gross receipts of $158.9 million (domestic) and $343.5 million (worldwide).BackgroundSuddenly, Last Summer(1959) is director Joseph L.Mankiewicz"" compelling adaptation by Gore Vidal of Tennessee Williams"" 1958 Southern drama-one act play.