" If the Resistance could turn off the signal, it would turn off the machines themselves ("We do this right, the war is over").It was denied a spot in the enlarged Best Picture category of 10 films.With its single Best Makeup win, it became the first Academy Award-winner in the history of the entireStar Trekseries.The narrator (Lee Richardson) introduces the film""s story as the camera moves in to isolate Howard Beale on the display.The tension between the two is one of unhappiness and sexual discontent - Maggie and Brick no longer share a marital bed in their passionless marriage, since he refuses to sleep with her.Plot SynopsisOpening Title Sequence and Narration:The movie""s main orchestral overture began with a trumpet fanfare followed by a title sequence created by design consultant Saul Bass, to represent the might and power of he Roman Empire.