But there was no obituary because the day that I died was also the day I started to live.But that comes later."The setting was a big city, where Patience Phillips (Halle Berry) worked in an art department job ("the practical version of my passion") as a graphic designer of ads for beauty cream.As he dangled there in mid-air over the side, he dropped his knife, as she told him:"I knew you""d come for me sooner or later.] Expressing his basic human rights and impulses, the protagonist protests against heavy-handed rules about watching the World Series, and illegally stages both a fishing trip and a drinking party in the ward - leading o his own paralyzing lobotomy.The other seven nominations included three Best Actor nominations (Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, and Franchot Tone, who split the vote and gave the award to Victor McLaglen forThe Informer) - a unique accomplishment (although Tone""s performance was more like a supporting role, but the awards category hadn""t been created yet), Best Director (Frank Lloyd), Best Screenplay (Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman and Carey Wilson), Best Film Editing (Margaret Booth), and Best Score.That evening, a private catered dinner party (prepared by her chef) was hurriedly set up in Marie""s Wayland Hotel suite, where she planned to graciously entertain the exclusively-invited guests with piano playing (by Mr.