Packet 6: Tossup 22

This film cuts to a woman shedding a single tear after its protagonist tells an older man to “lay down and die by yourself … just like that.” The author of this film’s source novel used his profits to get drunk in Mexico while writing The Man Who Fell to Earth. (0[1]-5[1])In this film, a bartender who only says “check” is played by the subject of Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta. In her last scene, this film’s heroine uses lipstick to write “perverted, twisted, crippled” on (15[1])a mirror. Rudolf Wanderone’s (-5[1])claim to have inspired one of this film’s characters was disputed by its technical advisor, (*) Willie Mosconi. This film’s director Robert Rossen (10[2])often used wide shots to capture (10[1])the movements of a comedian nicknamed “The Great One.” In this 1961 adaptation of (10[1])the debut novel by Walter Tevis, a Californian (10[1])goes to Chicago to challenge Minnesota Fats, (10[1])who is played by (10[1])Jackie Gleason. (10[2])For 10 points, Scorsese’s The Color of Money is the sequel to what film starring (10[1])Paul Newman (10[1])as a pool shark? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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