Packet 1: Tossup 13

Mary Harron co-wrote The Notorious Bettie Page and American Psycho with an actress with this surname (15[2])who starred in and co-wrote Rose Troche’s (“troh-SHAY’s”) film Go Fish. A person with this (15[1])surname played Confederate officer Waller T. Patton (15[1])in two unrelated films and commissioned a video in which armed forces bands play the hymn “Nearer My God to Thee” to mark the end of the world. A company named for this surname currently employs the Australian author of Backwards & (15[1])In Heels. Roger (*) Ebert criticized the “computerized graffiti (-5[1])gangs” of a person with this surname for colorizing films like Casablanca. (10[1])Alicia Malone, Robert (10[1])Osborne, (10[1])and Ben Mankiewicz (“MAN-kuh-vits”) hosted a service founded by a businessman with this surname (10[3])who purchased MGM (10[1])from Kirk Kerkorian in 1986. (10[1])For 10 points, give this surname of an Atlanta businessman who names a classic movies (10[1])channel. ■END■ (10[2])

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