However, 1939 was a banner year for great films, so its sole award went to Lewis R.Foster for his original story - originally a novel titledThe Gentleman from Montana.In 1940, Stewart was awarded the Best Actor Oscar for his lesser role inThe Philadelphia Story (1940), often considered a consolation prize for his loss in this year.The New Burnham Neighbors - Homophobic Colonel Fitts:In the Fitts home, the recently-moved in neighbors, Ricky was eating breakfast before school with his withdrawn, nearly-comatose mother Barbara (Allison Janney) and retired, ramrod-strict Marine Corps officer father Col.In he Oval Office, the President met with retired military scientist Colonel William Stryker (Brian Cox), a power-mad covert government operative whose main genocidal objective was to destroy every mutant on Earth.Marty""s widowed, boozing mother was Biff""s marital partner (with breast enhancement cosmetic surgery!) after their marriage in 1973, and an abusive Biff was displeased with all of Lorraine""s kids, calling them "one big, happy jailbird family.They both attended a briefing before the President""s National Security Advisor Jeffrey Pelt (Richard Jordan) and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where Ryan presented slides and warned how the newly-equippedRed Octobercould be rendered undetectable to the US"" SOSUS warning nets in the Atlantic.