Packet 2: Tossup 6

19 years after being grounded for shoplifting this author’s novel The Switch, a director adapted its sequel. In an adaptation of a novel by this author, a couple (15[1])flirt by discussing Faye Dunaway’s roles in Bonnie and Clyde, Network, and Three Days of the Condor while trapped in a car trunk. (15[1])An adaptation of a novel (-5[1])by this author (15[1])cuts from a shot (15[1])of a man (15[1])approaching an airport locker filled with cash to one of Harvey Keitel playing him on a Penny Marshall movie set. (15[1])One should never use the phrases “suddenly” or “all hell (15[1])broke loose” (-5[1])or open with weather, according to this author’s “10 (*) rules” for writing. (-5[1])In a novel (-5[1])by this author, (-5[1])a scream queen forms (-5[1])a film production team with Miami loan shark “Chili” Palmer. (10[1])Michael Keaton played an FBI agent created by this author in both the first Clooney-Soderbergh film and a 1997 adaptation of his novel Rum Punch. For 10 points, name this author of the crime novels that inspired Out of Sight, Jackie Brown, and Get Shorty. ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

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