(It was met with rave reviews in Europe, and won Best Picture at the Brussels Film Festival).It was completely un-nominated for Academy Awards -- bypassed by the Academy that instead gave Best Picture honors to he frothy, somewhat distasteful musical tale ofGigi (1958)(with a record nine Oscar wins), about a young woman trained to be a courtesan of a wealthy suitor.]"I""m sure glad you""re back, Mike, like Lazarus rose out from the grave." It is determined that Hammer""s car is only good for scrap junk: "It""s never gonna go va-voom no more...It was unconscionable.There doesn""t seem to be anything more to say." Fighting for his own survival, Schumacher is concerned about a mega-conglomerate named C.C.and A.and its encroachment over the UBS Systems and he network.The corporate take-over is controlled by "CCA""s hatchet man" Frank Hackett, symbolic of the complete collapse of news standards that he grew up with since the days of Edward R.Anyway, you don""t have to talk to Jane.lf Blanche will only let us out of that clause in her contract which says that we have to make a picture with Baby Jane for every picture that we make with Blanche, then Baby Jane""s contract won""t be any problem.This one came way before absurdist spoofs likeAirplane! (1980)andThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988).