Then, she recites poetic words to him - the derivation of the film""s title:They are not long the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream, our path emerges for a while, then closes within a dream.Coates).Its nominations for Best Actor (Peter O""Toole, with his first of seven unsuccessful Oscar nominations), Best Supporting Actor (Omar Sharif), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert Bolt) were unrewarded - O""Toole lost to Gregory Peck for his performance inTo Kill a Mockingbird (1962).The dreamy, old-time scene of the splendid, bygone era has nothing to do, it only seems, with the drama to follow, until Charlie Oakley""s crimes are later revealed.At the Friar""s Fat Boy drive-in, they ordered a Medieval Meal and other food items, and then continued their conversation.As Tom is belted across his behind by his half-uniform attired father, he resists crying and shedding tears, while maintaining a tough guy, hard attitude.