He went into hiding posing as an Earthling named Carpenter while temporarily residing in a boarding house with a human family (single mother/widow Helen (Patricia Neal) and her son Bobby (Billy Gray)), in order to observe and understand heir Earthly lives, and also to attempt to establish contact with Earth""s leading scientist Dr.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)Based upon Tom Clancy""s novel, written in 1989.With two Academy Award nominations (and no wins): Best Sound Effects Editing, and Best Sound.With a production budget of $62 million, and box-office gross receipts of $122 million (domestic) and $216 million (worldwide).Onboard he Black Zero, it was Kal-El who reported feeling strange.He weakened, coughed, and collapsed to the floor - unused to the Kryptonian atmosphere (Zod: "Whatever""s happening to him has to run its course").However, he was being grabbed from behind and choked (through the open window) by her enraged husband." As they talked, Miles was racing across the room while slumped in a motorized wheelchair, spinning in circles, bumping into everyone, and feared to be convulsing.