Packet 1: Tossup 20

A shot by this director tracks a group of policemen frantically trying to break a series of speakers blasting the song “Hasta Siempre.” The end credits of a film (-5[1])by this director are prefaced by a list (15[1])including Mark Twain, the Beatles, mini-skirts, and men with long hair. (15[2])This director fictionalized the lives (15[1])of Artur London and Dan Mitrione in the films (15[1])The Confession and State of Siege. A monologue (15[3])analogizing (15[2])“isms” to mold infections is delivered in an opening scene by this director preceded by a ballsy disclaimer asserting that its resemblance to real events is (*) “DELIBERATE.” (10[1])A newsreader announces the fates of the protagonists in the pessimistic ending to that film by this director, which inspired the documentary-style camerawork of The French Connection. This director of Missing used a slogan meaning (10[1])“he lives” to title a 1969 (10[1])film that lambasted his home country’s military junta. For 10 points, the political thriller Z (10[1])is the magnum opus of what director from Greece? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Costa-Gavras [or Konstantinos Gavras; or Kostas Gavras; reject “Romain Gavras”]
<AP, France> | Spec-Script_01
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Spec Script - Canada2025-06-212100%50%0%111.50
2025 Spec Script - Online 12025-06-2110100%80%0%68.60
2025 Spec Script - Online 22025-06-21367%0%33%147.50
2025 Spec Script - VCU2025-06-211100%100%0%69.00