Packet 11: Tossup 21

In this film, a fashion designer plays a character who is told “I bet you can catch a cab, though” after lamenting that his turban has been forcibly (15[1])removed. (15[1])After a shot from the perspective of a security camera capturing an execution, this film features one of its director’s signature “double dolly” shots. This film’s antagonist says “this time, send sandwiches” after being given an answer to a riddle about the weight of currency. (-5[2])In this film, a boy quotes 50 Cent after a shot from the perspective of an ultraviolent (*) video game. Several minutes (-5[1])in this film are dedicated to the identification of a speech given by Enver (10[1])Hoxha (“HOH-jah”). The (10[1])line “therein, (10[2])as the bard would tell us, lies the rub” ends this film’s fourth wall-breaking preamble, which describes the “Who,” “What,” and “Why” and gives way (10[1])to Terence Blanchard’s remix of A.R. Rahman’s song “Chaiyya Chaiyya.” For 10 points, Denzel Washington plays an NYPD detective dealing with a bank holdup in what joint by Spike Lee? ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

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