Before its release by Universal International Pictures, some scenes were reshot, and the film was edited, cut and bastardized without his full approval, while he was out of town working on another project.Unbelievably, the soundtrack was completely ignored by the Academy, causing a critical outcry and leading to the extremely unlikely Oscar win by the next year""s inferior disco filmThank God It""s Friday (1978)""s for "Last Dance" (sung by Donna Summer).When Mortimer finishes the call, he absent-mindedly pours himself a glass and is about to drink the potion himself until it slowly dawns on him:Martha: Mortimer, ah, ah, ah, ah!Mortimer: Darling, don""t ""ah, ah, ah, ah." When he caught up to Ellen, he apologized for clumsily asking about her father during dinner conversation, and she accepted.