The skillful film won six Oscars: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders), Best Director (Joseph L.The film was entirely shot on location in New York City.The exploitational film was initially released in mid-December of 1977 with an R-rating, but then to make the film available to younger audiences and also for television, the dark film was re-edited (mostly by editing out six minutes of footage) and released with a PG rating in March of 1979, without the coarse language and explicit sex scenes (such as Stephanie""s attempted rape and he topless dancer).In the struggle, Carol""s leg was broken by Khan when he stomped on it, and Marcus - who was about to activate the ship""s auto-destruct sequence, had his skull crushed between Khan""s bare hands as he snarled: "You should have let me sleep.Whaddya feel like doin"" tonight?"" Then we wind up sittin"" around your house with a couple of cans of beer watchin"" theHit Paradeon television." Terry attempts to shrug off the steady stream of insults:Terry: I see that in addition to your other charms, you have that insolence generated by an inferior upbringing.