Although one of the greatest American films of all time, the imaginatively-chilling, strange, experimental, sophisticated work was idiosyncratic, film noirish, avant garde and expressionistically dreamy, but it was both ignored and misunderstood at the time of its release.Facts!"In Powers"" office, Jones met with one of theGlobe""surbane contributors, the suave Stephen Fisher (Herbert Marshall), the respectable head of the Universal Peace Party and a close confident to Van Meer.The offensive, deliberately in-bad-taste film that made fun of racism was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Film Editing, Best Song (music by John Morris with lyrics by Mel Brooks), and Best Supporting Actress (Madeline Kahn) - without any wins.The film broke many records with new benchmarks - it had the largest opening weekend (of three days) ever at $135.As theEnterprisezoomed back to Earth, its engine thruster trails revealed the film""s main title:Star Trek: Into Darkness.