Packet 7: Tossup 6

The protagonist of a film by this director provides a bartender with a list of ingredients for an incredibly alcoholic cocktail called the “Alaskan Polar Bear Heater.” This director’s childhood poverty led him to donate thousands of socks to charity after vowing (15[1])to never wear a pair twice in adulthood. It’s not James Grey, but partially-true yet widespread beliefs about this American director include that he invented video assist and is viewed as a visionary (*) auteur in France. In 2025, (10[2])a Swedish actor (10[1])revealed he stole a workprint of a film that (10[1])this director notoriously buried (10[1])due to controversy (10[1])over (10[1])its (10[1])setting (10[1])in a concentration camp. (10[2])This Nobel Peace (10[1])Prize-nominated advocate (10[1])for muscular dystrophy directed The Day the Clown Cried and essentially played himself (10[1])in Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy. For 10 points, name this director and star of The Nutty Professor. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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