Packet 1: Tossup 1

This writer credited his screenplay for a Tarzan movie to P. H. Vazak, his dog. A protagonist created by this screenwriter answers a phone call inquiring if he’s alone by asking “isn’t everyone?” In an expletive-ridden screenplay by this writer, a young sailor takes up chanting the Nichiren mantra “Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō.” At the end of a film written (-5[2])by this author, the protagonist murmurs “as little as possible” under his breath. (15[2])This screenwriter of The Last Detail conceived the final scene between Vito and Michael Corleone in The Godfather (15[1]-5[1])after becoming (-5[1])Hollywood’s (15[1])go-to script (*) doctor for rewriting Bonnie and Clyde. “Bad for the glass” is a crucial line in a script by this author, whose protagonist is called by Ida Sessions after a gangster (10[1])slashes his face at a reservoir. Syd Field’s book (-5[1])Screenplay (10[1])popularized the idea that the best script ever is one by this writer that ends with the line “forget it, Jake.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this screenwriter of (-5[1])Roman Polanski’s Chinatown. ■END■ (10[3]0[3])

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