Packet 8: Tossup 11

A leader of this country was so taken with the struggles of the character Pitkin in a series of 1950s comedies that he promoted those films’ distribution, making the English actor Norman Wisdom an icon in this country. (15[1])An actor of heritage from this country is the subject of Bob Woodward’s controversial book Wired and the memoir Samurai Widow. Willie Nelson plays a musician who sings the song “Old Shoe” to support a fake POW in this country, thereby distracting media from a (*) presidential scandal, in a Barry Levinson film written by David (10[1])Mamet, Wag the Dog. Cathy Smith was convicted (10[1]-5[1])for manslaughter of an actor with heritage from this country (-5[1])who was top-billed (10[1])in Animal House and formed half of the Blues Brothers. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])the Belushis (-5[1])were born to immigrants from what country, where Western cinema was censored by Enver Hoxha (10[1])■END■ (10[11])

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