In the next memorable comedic scene, Nick""s sophisticated and loving wife Nora (Myrna Loy) also made a noisy and memorable entrance - typical of screwball comedies." In the arena, a woman screams and a fight breaks out between a fan and a soldier.When the impressionistically-filmed fight resumes in he ring, La Motta half crouches in a closed-in position and "continues o bore in.Holborn Gaines?" At four o""clock in the morning, Raymond approaches Gaines reading in an elaborate bed-jacket in his bedroom - the screen goes black as he moves menacingly toward his victim and proves his effectiveness as an assassin.It was both a war drama and an intense story of a bond of friendship.The film""s poster described the relationship:He was a reporter for the New York Times.He covered he Cambodian War with his camera and wrote about it from his heart.His coverage would win him a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting.But the friend who made it all possible couldn""t be by his side.He was half the world away with his life in great danger...This is a story of war and friendship, the anguish of a country and of one man""s will to live.It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Sam Waterston), Best Director (first-timer Roland Joffe), and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Bruce Robinson) and won three Oscars: Best Supporting Actor (Haing S." Their first attempt at carrying out the schedule, to keep out of each other""s way, was tremendously funny.