When asked about the location of Vulcan Ambassador Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and the year, Robau claimed he was unfamiliar with him, causing Nero to murder Robau in a rage.In a small adjoining back bedroom (with a prominent crucifix on the wall), he came upon elderly Mama Minosa (Frances Dominguez) with her back to the door.As the killer approached, she laid in a coffin (the one that Michael had earlier dug up in the cemetery) ready to accept death.]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.Upstanding Harlem shopowner Zeus Carver (Samuel L.Jackson) reluctantly rescued him from certain harm ("You are about to have a very bad day"), when he grabbed McClane's gun (taped to his back) and held off angry young Harlem residents, although he suffered a knife-slashed arm.