Packet 1: Tossup 15

The Criterion edition of Lasse Hällstrom’s (“LASS-eh HAL-strum’s”) My Life as a Dog comes with an essay by this author, who often said it was his favorite movie. This author liked a TV special on the Marx Brothers so much that he began a lifelong friendship (-5[1])with its creator, Curb Your Enthusiasm director Robert B. Weide. A book by this author recounts a conversation in which a movie producer asked him, “why don’t you write an anti-glacier book instead?” (15[2])This author once helped his (*) nephew write an essay (10[1])on one of his own books but received a failing grade, an incident that inspired his cameo (10[2])in Rodney Dangerfield’s (10[1])movie (10[1])Back to School. This author highly praised George Roy Hill’s film of his best-known novel, in which Valerie Perrine played the adult film actress Montana (-5[1])Wildhack. (10[4])For (10[1])10 points, (10[3])a documentary subtitled Unstuck in Time is about what author of Slaughterhouse-Five? ■END■ (10[2])

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