Round 7: Tossup 6

The protagonist of a film by this director provides a bartender with a list of ingredients for an incredibly alcoholic cocktail called the “Alaskan Polar Bear Heater.” This director’s childhood poverty led him to donate thousands of socks to charity after vowing to never wear a pair twice in adulthood. It’s not James Grey, but partially-true yet widespread beliefs about this American director include that he invented video assist and is viewed as a visionary (*) auteur in France. In 2025, (10[1])a Swedish actor revealed he stole a workprint of a film that this director notoriously buried due to controversy over (10[1])its setting in a concentration camp. This Nobel Peace Prize-nominated advocate for muscular dystrophy directed The Day the Clown Cried and essentially played himself in Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy. For 10 points, name this director and star of The Nutty Professor. ■END■

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