He was preparing to seek his fortune by traveling o the big city from the rural town of Great Bend, promising to send for his fiancee - the Girl (Mildred Davis, Lloyd""s future real-life wife - this was thelasttime he worked with her as his leading lady in a film) after he had ""made good"" with fame and fortune.modern science.Lang""s ambitious, big-budgetMetropoliswas in production for almost two years (at ten times the expense of the average Hollywood production of the time).They notified Haddonfield to warn of Myers"" possible threat.The camera panned over the bulletin board contents as the credits were played.Other headlines, filling in the back history of Michael Myers, read:"Local Boy, Age 6, Kills Sister With Knife""Child Murderer Sent to State Hospital""Dr.One of the film""s posters exclaimed:"IT EXPLODES IN THE NO-MAN""S LAND NO PICTURE EVER DARED CROSS BEFORE!"It also describes the film thusly: "Now the screen blasts open the bombshell story of a Colonel who led his regiment into hell and back - while heir maddened General waited for them - with a firing squad.Nominated for two Academy Awards (with one win): Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects (win).Its effective and famous tagline was: "In space, no one can hear you scream."It was he first R-rated film to have merchandising aimed at children.TheNostromo""sname was taken from Joseph Conrad""s 1904 novel of the same name.This box-office hit from 20th Century Fox, budgeted at about $11 million, with almost $81 million in revenues (domestic), and $105 million (worldwide).