Academy Award Nominations (2): Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects.Set-pieces:the battle between Partisans and Imperial troops in the streets of Jedha, the Test holocaust-like destruction of Jedha City by the Death Star, the Alliance Squadron Attack on the Research Facility Platform on Eadu, and the climactic space and ground Battle at Scarif at the Citadel Tower compound during an attempt to steal the Death Star""s original schematic data plans.The Indian Copy Boy (casually nicknamed "Geronimo" - reflecting Tatum""s continuing bigoted attitude and insensitivity after a full year), brought Tatum his take-out lunch - and he derogatorily called it a "mess...") threaten all flying assignments: "The only way inland from here is through a deep pass...It""s 14,000 feet at the low spot.Wind and clouds make it a bad place." Bonnie marvels at the miracle of aviation when Joe takes off in the single-engine plane, but Geoff is spiteful of her reaction:Bonnie: Oh, it""s the most wonderful thing I""ve ever seen.Mrs.Loomis: That""s a relief.Deanie: Mom...is it so terrible to have those feelings about a boy?Mrs.Loomis: No nice girl does.Deanie: Doesn""t she?Mrs.Loomis: No, no nice girl.A prudish Mrs.Loomis asserts that women don""t enjoy sex or have sexual urges, and that they dutifully have sex with their husbands only to have children.And it is the right of the people that they shall not be deprived of hope.BackgroundAmerican Beauty(1999) is a tragic, absurdist, satirical and dark domestic tale - and thedebutfeature film of British-London theatrical-stage director Sam Mendes.