Packet 7: Tossup 6

In this film, the adagio from Arcangelo Corelli’s Christmas Concerto plays over a shot of a man remarking “I just needed to stretch my legs.” This film includes several diegetic renditions of Boccherini’s Night Music of the Streets (-5[1])of Madrid by two characters who have an argument climaxing with the line (15[1])“we do not have (15[1])time for your damn hobbies, sir!” Many iris shots in this film depict fauna like iguanas, fur seals, and flightless cormorants. In this film, a man who (15[1])looks at a mirror to pull a bullet from his own abdomen during (*) self-surgery (10[1])is told a joke with the punchline “you must always choose the lesser of two (10[1])weevils.” (10[1])This (10[1])first feature film to shoot in the Galápagos Islands forgoes mention of women (10[1])like Diana Villiers from its literary source. In this 2002 film, a man nicknamed (10[1])“Lucky Jack” pursues the Acheron during the Napoleonic Wars. For 10 points, (10[2])Patrick O’Brian’s (10[1])Aubrey–Maturin (10[1])novels about the Royal Navy inspired what Peter Weir film starring (10[1])Russell Crowe? ■END■ (10[1])

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