Round 6: Tossup 14

The poster of a film by this director pairs photos of the actors Leonard Frey and Robert La Tourneaux (“toor-NOH”) with the phrases “today is Harold’s birthday” and “this is his present.” The protagonist of a film by this director is randomly slapped by a Black man who wears nothing but a cowboy hat and jockstrap. The first use of the “C”-word in mainstream American cinema was in this director’s adaptation (-5[1])of Mart Crowley’s play The Boys in the (*) Band. This director once said “I don’t give a flying fuck into a rolling donut” upon hearing of an actor’s theory for why the protagonist looks into the camera in the final shot of a 1980 film inspired by the “bag murders.” The title of that film by this director is a double entendre for police patrol and searching for casual sex. For (10[1])10 points, New York’s gay community heavily protested what director’s Al Pacino vehicle Cruising? ■END■ (0[1])

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