It""s not so different now.It""s time again.In the end, we don""t decide these things, you know.The planets do.They""re in alignment, and it""s time again.The world""s going to change tonight, Doctor.I""m glad you""ll be able to watch it.And...happy Halloween."Cochran left the room, after placing a skeletal latex mask on Dr.Challis"" head.Dr.Challis kicked his feet through the television set, escaped from his straps, and found a way out of the cell through a small vented passageway, at about 8:11 pm.In the next brightly-lit scene, transitioned by Bannion reading theKenport Newsnewspaper, he is seen enjoying a peaceful home life - in a scene of domestic tranquility.They are concerned about the treacherous and villainous "clever dog" chieftain named Mohammed Khan.On the border, impulsive and insubordinate Scotch-Canadian, Lt.Alan McGregor (Gary Cooper) orders counter-fire from machine guns to retaliate against sniping enemy Afridi fire, after the fall of his commanding officer Col.Gay Nineties bourgeois couples dressed in elegant ballroom gowns and suits waltz dizzingly ogether as the "Merry Widow Waltz" plays.The film""s poster promised:The Screen Dares to Open the Strange and Savage Pages of a Shocking Best-Seller!The film was nominated for seven Academy Award nominations and received four major accolades: director Billy Wilder scored a double-win, both as Best Director (Wilder""s second directorial nomination and his first Oscar win), and co-writer of the Best Screenplay (his fifth screenwriting nomination and first win).