Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter, and the rescue of Catherine Martin (daughter of a former US Senator from Tennessee).The windowed front door was symbolically marked with ""double-cross"" windows.He was enticed to reenter by an eager-looking, feverish-looking Matty inside, standing at the bottom of the stairs in the foyer and non-verbally beckoning him inside.Instead of the ultra-violence typical of other outlaw films, the screenplay (William Goldman""s first screenplay - he also authoredThe Great Waldo Pepper (1975)andMarathon Man (1976)) and the direction of George Roy Hill focused on the endearing mis-adventures of the bandits/heroes, using impudent slapstick comedy, conventional Western action, contemporary music, and humorous dialogue o characterize the past and irreverently poke fun at typical western film cliches." In the control room at the camp site, alarms sounded and computer monitors recorded intense shaking - officials watched as the ice cracked open and the giant ship flew away to a new location.It was a phenomenal hit - the third-highest grossing film of the summer of 1999.The film received one Academy Award Oscar nomination: Best Makeup.Also the recipient of an MTV Award for Best On-Screen Duo (Myers and Troyer) and Best Villain (Myers).