The film won four Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Director, Cinematography (Pasqualino De Santis), and Costume Design (Danilo Donati), winning two Oscars - Best Cinematography and Costume Design.Vince refused the clerk""s insistence that he should be tipped: "Well, I""m startin"" a new custom: no tip.Both Shrek and Fiona ate their meals at an empty table.After telling Shrek that Fiona""s overheard talk about a hideous and ugly beast wasn""t referring to him, Donkey convinced Shrek to quickly travel to DuLoc (before her marriage), riding on the back of Dragon, to tell her his feelings.]:Gittes: I don""t want to drop it.I""d better talk o your husband about this.Mrs.Mulwray: Why? What on earth for? Hollis seems to think you""re aninnocentman.Gittes: Well, I""ve been accused of a lot of things before, Mrs.Mulwray, but never that.Look.Somebody""s gone to a lot of trouble here and lawsuit or no lawsuit, I intend to find out.I""m not supposed to be the one who""s caught with his pants down.So unless it""s a problem, I""d like to talk to your husband.Mrs.Mulwray: Why should it be a problem?Gittes: May I speak frankly, Mrs.Mulwray?Mrs.Mulwray: Only if you can, Mr.Gittes.Gittes: Well, that little girlfriend.She was pretty in a cheap sort of a way, of course.She""s disappeared.Maybe they disappeared together.Mrs.Mulwray: Suppose they did.How does that affect you?Gittes: It""s nothing personal, Mrs.Mulwray.Mrs.Mulwray: It""sverypersonal.It couldn""t bemorepersonal.Is this a business or an obsession with you?[Gittes is led on his quest, now by thesecondMrs.Mulwray.] She sends Gittes to look for Hollis at Oak Pass or Stone Canyon Reservoirs, where he frequently wanders during his lunchtimes.[The beginning and ending scenes of the film are symmetrically patterned after each other - the young couple are also surrounded by a busload of passengers, but remain isolated and impassive.