Outside one of the houses [the Beaumont house], a paunchy man effortlessly waters his bright-green lawn with a hose.Leeds' left big toe.Outside the department, Graham was confronted by sleazy, unethical tabloid journalist Freddie Lounds (Stephen Lang) who had covered the Lecktor case forThe National Tattlerand wrote the paperback.For an instant, a narrow beam of intense light shines down on a stop light further down the road.He nearly suffers a heart attack when his flashlight suddenly turns back on.His truck's engine, radio, and electrical system instruments all begin functioning again.He tunes in to a flood of reports about fantastic sightings and other UFO encounters:My God, it's as big as a house.]Scorsese's film was semi-autobiographical, reflected in character names - the first name of the main protagonist, Charlie, was Scorsese's father's name and his last name of Cappa was his mother's maiden name.It won the most Academy Awards for any picture sinceGone With The Wind (1939).(Its other five nominations were: Best Actor (Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster, who split the votes), Best Actress (Deborah Kerr), Best Scoring, and Best B/W Costume Design.