Round 1: Tossup 10

A shot in this film depicts the glowing white headlight of a helicopter emerging from the clouds at dusk before it lands on a beach. In this favorite film of Al Gore, two men give the name “Trudy” to a rabbit they nearly ran over. Before each match at St. James’ Park, Newcastle United play “Going Home,” the closing theme of this film’s score by Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler. In this film by the director of Gregory’s Girl, a polyglot falls in love with a scientist whose webbed toes and skill at diving imply that she may be a mermaid. This film’s protagonist shouts “it’s red all over!” while drunkenly stargazing on behalf of his boss, whom he repeatedly calls from a red (*) telephone box. Peter Capaldi plays a quirky guy in this 1983 Bill Forsyth film, in which the oil (10[1])tycoon Happer sends Mac to negotiate the purchase of the seaside town of Furness. For 10 points, Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster starred in what film about an American’s time in Scotland? ■END■ (0[2])

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