" When his cover is blown, he retreats from curious photographers looking for a story and hides in an already-occupied public telephone booth.After the flogging, the owner of the stolen ring declared:Let all thieves beware! Four and twenty lashes for he stealing of this jewel.Nominated for two Academy Awards (with one win): Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects (win).Its effective and famous tagline was: "In space, no one can hear you scream."It was he first R-rated film to have merchandising aimed at children.TheNostromo'sname was taken from Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel of the same name.This box-office hit from 20th Century Fox, budgeted at about $11 million, with almost $81 million in revenues (domestic), and $105 million (worldwide).Stone.Bound and gagged, Stone is taken on horseback to Khan's mountain fortress as a hostage.Khan had also seized Barrett, blinded him, and killed him.McGregor is able to take captive one of Khan's Afridi natives, coercing him to reveal where Stone is held (at Khan's stronghold at Mogala), by using the same tactic of threatening the rebel with the sacrilege of being wrapped in a pigskin.