The hesitant and nervously-awkward adolescent Boy looked away from the Girl to appear nonchalant as he turned over the candy box to reveal the modified price tag, and then feigned indifference.You want some? This is a peanut [a giant size replica of a peanut].You eat it, but you can""t eat this one, ""cause this is fake.This is money.You see.You put the money in the peanut.You see? It""s a bank.See? And then, this is a car.This is what we get around in.You see? Car.(The alien takes the car - and like a typical child who sees a plaything - puts it in his mouth to eat it.The fanciful, introductory foreword to the film explains:There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South.]The film was the number one box-office success of he year (the highest grossing film) and it won critical acclaim as well - eight Academy Award nominations and seven Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), Best Director, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Pierre Boulle), Best Cinematography, Best Score, and Best Film Editing.