Packet 2: Tossup 1

This film’s protagonist mistakenly thinks New Year’s Eve is a Christian holiday while having dinner with a woman played by Rudy Giuliani’s ex-wife, Donna Hanover. This film introduces a character played by James Carville in a scene that ends with a close-up on a nametag reading “Hello, my name is Charles Keating.” Norm Macdonald cameos in this film as a reporter (15[1])to whom this film’s title character gives a tape (15[1])of John DeLorean’s (-5[1])arrest for cocaine trafficking. In this film, dialogue between Antonin (*) Scalia and a lawyer played by Edward Norton was taken verbatim from the transcript (10[1])of its protagonist’s Supreme Court case against Jerry Falwell. (10[2]-5[2])Starring in this film (10[1])as Althea, (10[2])the wife of the founder of Hustler magazine, (10[1])helped (10[1])Courtney (10[1])Love (10[1])quit drugs. For 10 points, (10[1])name this Miloš Forman (10[1])biopic starring Woody Harrelson (10[1])as a pornographer. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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