Packet 6: Tossup 14

The poster of a film by this director pairs photos of the actors Leonard Frey and Robert La Tourneaux (“toor-NOH”) with the phrases “today is Harold’s birthday” and “this is his present.” (-5[1])The protagonist of a film by this director is randomly slapped by a Black man who wears nothing but a cowboy hat and jockstrap. (15[2])The first use of the “C”-word in mainstream American cinema was (15[1])in this director’s adaptation (-5[1])of Mart Crowley’s play The Boys in the (*) Band. (10[3])This director once said “I don’t give (10[1])a flying fuck into a rolling donut” (10[1])upon hearing of an (10[1])actor’s theory for why the protagonist looks into the camera in the final shot of a 1980 film inspired by the “bag murders.” The title (10[1])of that film by this director is a double entendre for police patrol (10[1])and searching for casual sex. For (10[1])10 points, New (10[1])York’s gay (10[1])community heavily (10[1])protested what director’s Al Pacino vehicle Cruising? ■END■ (0[3])

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