Round 7: Tossup 14

A portion of Bizet’s Carmen plays over a scene in this film depicting real-life cop Vic Cianca flamboyantly conducting traffic. According to this film’s co-screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (“ESS-ter-hoss”), Michael Eisner casted its lead by asking 200 workers “which would you fuck?” after showing them photos of the three candidates, including a Yale art student who won the role. This film’s lead actress came up with a shot in which the protagonist removes her bra from under her shirt. The younger daughter reenacts a sequence from this film for the parents’ anniversary near the end of (*) Dogtooth. On this film’s poster, a sagging oversized gray sweatshirt exposes the left shoulder of its protagonist, who works as a welder. (-5[1])This Adrian Lyne film was the first (10[1])produced by the duo of Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and was heavily marketed on MTV. For 10 points, Giorgio Moroder composed “Maniac” and Irene Cara’s “What a Feeling” for what 1983 film starring Jennifer Beals (0[1])as a dancer? ■END■

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