The Other Side of the Wind various reasons. These included John Huston (who was by then terminally ill with emphysemia and was unable to breathe without oxygen tubes), Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Clint Eastwood and George Lucas. Lucas reportedly claimed to be baffled by the footage, saying he didn't know what to do with it, and that it was too avant-garde for a commercial audience. Kodar subsequently accused both Eastwood and Stone of plagiarism from the film, citing Eastwood's performance in "White Hunter Black Heart" (1990) as a copy of John Huston's, including one line of dialogue ("I'm Marvin P. Fassbender." "Of course you are."), and
Fate Is the Hunter (film) adjacent 20th Century Fox Studios. Releasing a film about aircraft accidents, especially done in the melodramatic manner that the film employed, led to a curious reception from both critics and public. Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times," simply called it, "a stupid, annoying film". "Fate Is the Hunter" was nominated for a 1964 Academy Award in Best Cinematography (Black-and-white). An excerpt from the film was used in the 1980 comedy film "Airplane!" The film is also mentioned in the 1995 "JAG" episode "Pilot Error"; the protagonist, who is the lead investigator in a mishap, relates the film's plot to