Packet 4: Tossup 9

An indie filmmaker from this state cast Joshua Burge as the lead (15[1])of his underground black (15[1])comedies Ape, Buzzard, Relaxer, and Vulcanizadora. In a 1989 documentary set in this home state of Joel Potrykus, (-5[1])rich people pay unemployed people to be human statues for a Great (-5[1])Gatsby-themed party. The set of a 1978 film about workers in this state was plagued by fights among its three stars: Yaphet Kotto, Harvey Keitel, and Richard Pryor. (15[2])This state (15[1])is the setting of Blue Collar, the first film directed by its native son Paul Schrader. (-5[1])A 1959 (15[1])film set in this state stars the (*) lawyer Joseph N. Welch as a judge and has a jazz score by Duke (10[1])Ellington. An Italian-American flautist named Carmine gave his son born in this state a middle name to honor his employer. A criminal trial in this state (10[1])forms the plot of Otto Preminger’s drama Anatomy of a Murder. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, Michael (10[1])Moore’s film Roger & Me is about what state’s workers being laid off by (10[1])General Motors (10[1])in Flint? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Michigan [or MI] (Carmine Coppola was working for Ford when Francis Ford Coppola was born.)
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TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Spec Script - Canada2025-06-212100%0%50%171.50
2025 Spec Script - Online 12025-06-2110100%50%30%102.60
2025 Spec Script - Online 22025-06-213100%33%0%123.33