Round 5: Tossup 3

Give the common title form of these films using “X” as a placeholder, such as “The Portrait of the Artist as a Young X”; naming any of the films is also acceptable. In a film titled in this form, a eyepatched man missing an arm and a leg shoots a doll to smithereens at a pier in a rage. Czech filmmaker Ivan Passer directed that “sunshine noir” film titled in this form, in which the title alcoholic Vietnam vet, played by John Heard, investigates a murder witnessed by Richard Bone, played by Jeff Bridges. In a film titled in this form, red neon lights shine on the protagonist as he knocks a villain down the stairs of a bar after saying “if I ever see you again, you die; just like that.” The protagonist of that film titled in this form senses (15[1])a surprise attack behind him by looking into the (*) sunglasses of a man holding a pool ball. In both the opening and closing scenes of that film titled in this form, the camera rotates upside down to depict the protagonist being wheeled on a stretcher, after he is shot by Benny Blanco during a chase through Grand Central Terminal. For 10 points, give this title form of a Brian De Palma film about Puerto Rican gangsters. ■END■ (0[2])

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