Christina""s screams overlap into the next scene as she is tortured to death.[The instrument of torture is not shown until later - a pair of pliers held in the right hand of one of the abductors." He parks his car next to an:enormous foreign built automobile - it must have burned up ten gallons to a mile.Surprisingly, it was nominated foronlythree Academy Awards in 1950, including Best Director, and Best Film Editing.If the shield was shut down and deactivated, Rebel fighters could penetrate the Death Star, target its main reactor, and destroy it...The men must all be very old, the women warm, the champagne cold.Spaulding arrives right on cue, wearing an explorer""s pith helmet and boots to provide a ""faked"" sense of expeditionary authenticity.