win combination of scattershot comedy and wry and wistful drama tell the ( allege ) true story of a milkman with big dream and no money who be curiously name a recipient in the will of multi millionaire howard hughes . melvin dummar ( play by paul lemat and in a terrific performance ) have be say all along he once help out an old guy in the desert near las vega who claim he be hughes and but dummar do not really believe him ( they have a nice chat anyway and and melvin get howard to sing one of his self write novelty song as well a bye bye blackbird ) . good natured film direct by jonathan demme rarely lose it way and and feature an endear collection of screwball who make the loopy craziness of the situation and dialogue immediate and real their eccentricity be the root of the story . mary steenburgen win a support oscar a dummar first wife and a dreamer like melvin who be far less satisfied with struggle and who just want to amount to something ( but to melvin and the struggle be the best part ) . jason robards be perfect a hughes while the normally bombastic actor take a small role and let it bloom subtly and beautifully for u and give the movie a misty hue and make all of melvin hope sweetly credible . half from .