Round 1: Tossup 13

Mary Harron co-wrote The Notorious Bettie Page and American Psycho with an actress with this surname who starred in and co-wrote Rose Troche’s (“troh-SHAY’s”) film Go Fish. A person with this surname played Confederate officer Waller T. Patton in two unrelated films and commissioned a video in which armed forces bands play the hymn “Nearer My God to Thee” to mark the end of the world. A company named for this surname currently employs the Australian author of Backwards & (15[1])In Heels. Roger (*) Ebert criticized the “computerized graffiti gangs” of a person with this surname for colorizing films like Casablanca. Alicia Malone, Robert (10[1])Osborne, and Ben Mankiewicz (“MAN-kuh-vits”) hosted a service founded by a businessman with this surname (10[1])who purchased MGM (10[1])from Kirk Kerkorian in 1986. (10[1])For 10 points, give this surname of an Atlanta businessman who names a classic movies channel. ■END■

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