Adrian came outside to comfort Rocky and to tell him to let Tommy go ("It""s not worth it"), but Rocky was intensely frustrated by the whole situation."Revealing warmth under his sleazy facade, Ratso invites Joe to share the filthy condemned, East Village tenement building where he lives: "The X on the windows means the landlord can""t collect rent, which is a convenience, on account of it""s condemned.Of the seven Academy Award nominations, there were four Oscars: Goldman was awarded an Oscar for Best Story and Screenplay and Conrad Hall was honored for his cinematography.They reunited at a five-and-dime Woolworth""s Store in the fictional own of McCarthy, TX (about 60 miles from Marfa).