Packet 7: Tossup 14

A portion of Bizet’s Carmen plays over a scene in this film depicting real-life cop Vic Cianca flamboyantly conducting traffic. According to this film’s co-screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (“ESS-ter-hoss”), Michael Eisner casted its lead by asking 200 workers “which would you fuck?” (-5[1])after showing them (15[1])photos of the three candidates, (-5[1])including a Yale art student who won the role. This film’s lead actress came up with a shot (15[1])in which the protagonist (-5[2])removes her bra from under her shirt. (-5[1])The younger daughter reenacts a (15[1])sequence from this film for the parents’ anniversary near the end of (*) Dogtooth. (-5[1])On this film’s poster, a sagging oversized gray sweatshirt exposes the left shoulder of its protagonist, who works as a welder. (10[1]-5[1])This Adrian Lyne film was the first (10[1])produced by the duo of Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (10[1])and was heavily marketed on MTV. For 10 points, Giorgio Moroder composed “Maniac” and Irene Cara’s (10[2])“What a Feeling” (10[1])for what 1983 film starring Jennifer Beals (0[1])as a dancer? ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

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