(It was knifed hrough the body of one of the stick-figure children in the family drawing.Loomis remarked: "Sister").They also discovered he wordSamhainscrawled in bloody capital letters on he chalkboard.Loomis explained the Celtic word:"It""s a Celtic word.""Samhain."" It means the Lord of the Dead.The end of summer.The Festival ofSamhain.October 31st."Dr.Loomis was called aside by a colleague, his assistant Nurse Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens) from the Sanitarium, and told that Dr...After all, he""s [Sean Thornton] got more right to that land than you have.Danaher: He""ll regret it till his dying day, if he lives that long.In the pub, Sean samples one of the "black beers," and offers to buy a round of drinks for everyone.But his generous offer of kinship is met with cold silence and suspicious stares - until he ""tall man"" is befriended by long white-bearded old-timer Dan Tobin (Francis Ford, director John Ford""s estranged brother).Brooks (his first directorial effort) was based on the novel of he same name by Larry McMurtry.The film, with three X""s signifying kisses below its itle, was a major Academy Award winner in 1983, with eleven nominations and five Oscars - and Brooks was atripleOscar winner! It won Best Picture, Best Actress (Shirley MacLaine - her first and sole win), Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson), Best Director, and Best Screenplay.When he suggested: "I can think of a thousand reasons why we should try again," she answered: "I""ve got about seven billion things to do.Stamp engaged in a brief struggle against Ethan, when a grenade (with the pin pulled) exploded and destroyed part of the facility - Stamp was killed by falling debris.