He commanded an army of penguins to attack with dynamite strapped to their backs ("Forward, march.The liberation of Gotham has begun"), and held Shreck captive in a giant bird cage above the sewer lake.Although Marlon Brando in one of his central and early roles (his fifth screen role) portrays a stunning, brooding, nomadic character with a contempt for conformity, the film lacked Academy Award nominations.This great trashy melodrama featured he bizarre (and sole) pairing of two legendary -- and rival -- screen legends in a gothic Grand Guignol horror film of crazed sibling rivalry." He then proposed hat the stone could be used as a peace-keeping bargaining chip with Thorin: "Now, Thorin values this stone above all else.