Murtaugh, realizing his friend wasn""t "crazy," invited him in for Christmas turkey dinner, along with his "friend" Sam the collie - resulting in a disastrous confrontation with the Murtaugh""s family cat Burbank.The film, shot in 70 mm.widescreen color, received a phenomenal ten Academy Awards nominations and won seven major awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Scott refused to accept the honor), Best Director (Franklin J.Their two cars, Lewis"" International Scout 4 x 4 and Drew""s station wagon with canoes strapped on top, drive into the hillbilly wilderness to their odyssey""s starting point:We""re gonna leave Friday, from Atlanta.But they were unresponsive and couldn""t understand that "there""s no help coming." Ari visited Thade""s nearby encampment to submissively bow down to him ("To be with you") and to propose a trade ("Yourself for the humans").TheCalifornia Child Actor""s Bill, better known as theCoogan Law,was enacted in 1939.The child labor reform act took place after 24 year-old Jackie Coogan sued his parents (mother and stepfather) in 1938 for mismanaging and exploiting his career and spending his acquired fortune as a young star (estimated o be approximately $4 million).