One of them opens his umbrella to compare its size o the mushroom, but the umbrella suddenly takes root and transforms itself into a mushroom and soon grows to gigantic proportions.Nathan promised: "As much as you like.Just ake me back there."Inside the compound, Max met the colonists"" idealistic and patriarchal leader and visionary Papagallo (Mike Preston), and requested the fuel promised by Nathan: "He said if l brought him back, you""d give me some gas.The Hustons (John and father Walter) received the film""s hree Academy Awards - out of four nominations: Best Supporting Actor (Walter Huston with his sole Oscar win after three previous losses), Best Director (John Huston), and Best Screenplay (John Huston).She believed the humans were not dumb: "They can be taught to live with us as equals," she claimed.She decided to buy both Leo and "wild" Daena to work as slaves in her own household, in order to save their lives and prove her point."Finally, Bud is able to enter the vestibule of his own building, climb the stairs to his apartment, and find his key left under the mat.