[Note: In the same year,Planet of the Apes (1968)was given a Special Honorary Oscar for John Chambers"" outstanding, convincing makeup (there was no Best Makeup category until 1981) - the Academy members presumably didn""t realize the superior, too-believable makeup in the opening scenes of2001that included both human actors with life-like masks and infant chimpanzees.Meanwhile, Kyle was taken from his holding cell and escaped (with Star) from a menacing T-600, by jamming a metal rod into its motor cortex.He was a staunch supporter of the military""s opposition to mixed, multi-cultural marriages.There were also problems regarding US racial prejudice against the Japanese people.In particular, the bigoted Major was being deployed o dissuade his subordinate friend - a junior officer and enlisted Airman Joe Kelly (Red Buttons), from marrying a Japanese "native" woman, Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki)...You""re a detective, darling, but she didn""t kill him." Their conversation turns to her concern about the many risky predicaments he often finds himself enmeshed in - but he evades her devoted worry:Do the police really think you shot this ""what""s-his-name""? Do they? Look at me, Sam.