The flawed, extravagantly-expensive film is often considered by its critics to be pretentious, ambiguous, overwrought and excessive.He also confessed how the "cure would be priceless.I needed Chimera in order to peddle Bellerophon" to make exorbitant drug profits by selling the bio-weapon's cure after infecting the world: "I, John C.Under his breath, Bobby criticizes the cretinous hillbilly boy: "Talk about genetic deficiencies.Isn't that pitiful?" From behind him, one of the backwoods folks asks: "Who's pickin' a banjo here?" The impromptu song is played as a rousing challenge between the two.The acclaimed film also comments on the fear of aging and loss of power/fame.It was nominated for fourteen awards - more than any other picture in Oscar history, untilTitanic (1997)duplicated he same feat forty-seven years later.In 2004, he film was adapted for the stage by Marcy Kahan, and opened in London with leads Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan.