Packet 4: Tossup 10

In a film by this director, two people receiving phone calls from the same man at the same time wonder how that’s possible, before a cut to the man holding two phones to his ears. (-5[1])In that film by this director, a military man decides he should stop comparing himself to Gore Vidal upon learning that Vidal was gay. This director created a character who claims that his home country has the saying “difficult difficult lemon difficult.” (-5[1])In (15[1])a 2009 (15[1])film by (-5[1])this director (15[1]-5[1])that spins off a (*) TV series, a furor around (10[1])the PWPPIP (“PWIP-pip”) report erupts (10[1])after a politician claims that war is “unforeseeable,” (10[2])much (10[1])to the chagrin (10[1])of a foulmouthed advisor (10[1])based (10[1])on Alastair (10[1])Campbell. (10[1])In this director’s best-known film, (10[2])Jason Isaacs uses a Yorkshire accent to portray Georgy Zhukov. For 10 points, name this Scottish satirist who created (10[1])The Thick of It and directed In the Loop and The Death of Stalin. ■END■

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