]The film received only two Academy Awards nominations without winning any Oscars: Best B/W Cinematography (Joseph Walker) in preliminary balloting, and Best Special Effects (Roy Davidson and Edwin C...in every way" after so many years.One is a Roman, one is a Jew.Messala realizes it will be a difficult province to govern and asks for Ben-Hur""s help and advice.Ben-Hur is opposed to Roman domination and suggests: "Withdraw your legions.Give us our freedom." But Messala cannot - he is second in command to the new governor who will arrive in a few days with two more legions.The reverberating sounds of the alien creature and shaking bushes attract the attention of the men.The man with the keys (and the others) swing around and shine their flashlights toward the direction of the sounds, forcing he squealing alien to attempt to rush back toward the alien spacecraft with the men in quick pursuit.They wanted to send him to an asylum, but his daddy said no Radley was going to any asylum.So they locked him up in the basement of the courthouse till he nearly died of the damp, and his daddy brought him back home.