Nebo alone.The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) presented the film with seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Color Cinematography (Loyal Griggs), Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Color Costume Design (Edith Head), Best Sound Recording, and Best Film Editing, and it won only a single Academy Award - Best Special Effects (John Fulton).When the film won its nomination for the Best Screenplay Oscar, director Kramer boasted: "At least we beat the blacklist.Edward Nygma chose a new name and costume for himself, a skin-tight green bodysuit covered with question marks, and was known as The Riddler (rejected name choices included The Puzzler and Captain Kill).The deranged deck-hand wielding a large knife, fleeing from McCulloch with a flare gun, was axed in the back(# 12 death)(off-screen).