 Colin Welland (qv) was researching  _Twice in a Lifetime (1985)_ (qv) shortly before the Oscars  ceremony. When he entered the bar in the Pennsylvania steel town  where he was carrying out the research, the regulars would call,  "Watch your wallets, the British are coming!" This partly inspired  Colin Welland (qv)s remarks at the end of his Academy Award  acceptance speech.