Round 8: Tossup 11

A leader of this country was so taken with the struggles of the character Pitkin in a series of 1950s comedies that he promoted those films’ distribution, making the English actor Norman Wisdom an icon in this country. An actor of heritage from this country is the subject of Bob Woodward’s controversial book Wired and the memoir Samurai Widow. Willie Nelson plays a musician who sings the song “Old Shoe” to support a fake POW in this country, thereby distracting media from a (*) presidential scandal, in a Barry Levinson film written by David Mamet, Wag the Dog. Cathy Smith was convicted for manslaughter of an actor with heritage from this country who was top-billed (10[1])in Animal House and formed half of the Blues Brothers. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, the Belushis were born to immigrants from what country, where Western cinema was censored by Enver Hoxha (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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