" If caught, the doctors and Miles would be destroyed: ("Your brain will be electronically simplified").]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.Mr.Andrews: That""s because you""ve always been a stubborn idiot.Ellie: I come from a long line of stubborn idiots.She knocks away her father""s fork (with a piece of steak on it), overturns his tray of food all over the floor, and he reacts by slapping her - she is surprised.The truck was totaled when it crumpled from the collision, actually striking a tree across from Debbie""s house.In preparation, Tony set out a new pair of white gloves (removed from a brown paper bag) and a cane (to pretend he was incapacitated).