The film was nominated for three Academy Awards - Spencer Tracy was nominated for Best Actor, director John Sturges for Best Director, and Best Screenplay for Millard Kaufman.Requesting backup" - a reference to the OJ Simpson police chase, but with a real horse), (a parody of the TV showCops), and were amazed to watch footage of the arrest of Shrek and his pals by royal guards (Puss was charged with possession of catnip), and imprisonment in a dungeon.Animation expert Friz Freleng, in his unpublished memoirs, claimed that the film helped to inspire the creation of various cartoon characters:Bugs Bunny""s fast-talking personality was partially based on Oscar Shapeley (Roscoe Karns), and also related to the one mention by Gable of an imaginary hitman named ""Bugs"" in the film; (Bugs Bunny""s debut film wasPorky""s Hare Hunt (1938)); Bugs Bunny""s carrot-eating technique was based on Peter Warne (Clark Gable) and the way he talked while chewing on a carrotYosemite Sam was inspired by Alexander Andrews (Walter Connolly)Pepe LePew was inspired by King Westley (Jameson Thomas)Plot SynopsisThe film""s opening line is the question that the portly, millionaire tycoon father Alexander Andrews (Walter Connolly) asks about his angry daughter""s behavior and refusal to eat:Hunger strike, eh? How long has this been going on?On his yacht moored in the sunny waters off Florida with him is his spoiled, stubborn, devil-may-care headstrong heiress daughter Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert).The couple were in the midst of a separation during filming.] The men show contempt for his coldness: "It""s just our Raymond.Our loveable Sgt.Shaw...I""m afraid our St.Raymond, he don""t approve."During a night-time maneuver as they are led by a traitorous local interpreter named Chunjin (Henry Silva), the Americans are advised to walk in a single file line - a tactically-indefensible strategy." Astrophysicist and cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson (Himself) noted comparisons o Copernicus"" theories and Darwinian evolution, and how man""s primacy on Earth was now challenged: "And now we learn that we""re not even special in the entire universe because there is Superman.