Packet 1: Tossup 1

The Guardian fired Richard Roud for a review of this film consisting of the single word, “No.” A farmer who lent land for this film’s set got angry that it disrupted his cows’ milking schedule, (-5[1])so he used a pitchfork to destroy the plastic tubes that filled a water body made for the opening shot. (-5[1])Legendarily, both Joan Didion and Pauline Kael were fired as critics for panning this film. (-5[2])Speakers were hidden in trees to sync sound for this film’s opening shot, during whose filming (-5[1])the lead actress was often knocked over by (*) drafts from a helicopter. (10[3])The puppeteers Bill and Cora Baird performed a sequence in this film depicting marionette (10[1])goats. This film is credited with saving (10[1])20th Century Fox, (10[2])since it broke Gone (10[1])With the Wind’s record for all-time highest gross. (10[2])For 10 points, during the making of what film did Christopher Plummer (10[1])dislike working with Julie Andrews? (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

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