Packet 11: Tossup 2

A film song about this genre states that “I” stands for “item” and “O” stands for “orchestra” (15[1])and features the phrase “zindagi mera gaana.” That film about this genre features Bappi Lahiri’s song “Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja” (15[1])and catapulted Mithun (15[1])Chakraborthy to worldwide fame. (15[1])This genre is named (15[1])in the title of a film featuring a two-minute rant about how The Lady and the Tramp “programs women to adore jerks.” A film about this genre was based on an article by British writer Nik Cohn that he later revealed was entirely (*) fabricated. David Shire re-arranged Modest Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain in this genre for a film in which Bobby, who stresses about marrying his pregnant girlfriend, climbs the cables of the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge. (10[1])That film features a business (10[2])named after 2001: A Space Odyssey where this genre is embraced by paint store worker Tony Manero. (10[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this musical genre of (10[1])the soundtrack (10[1])to Saturday Night Fever. ■END■ (10[1])

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