Round 9: Tossup 8

In an adaptation of a work by this author, the blue-tinged climactic scenes occur in a tinfoil-covered room where the film’s montages frequently focus on the hum of a ceiling fan. At the end of a film based on another work by this author, Clarence Carter’s song “Strokin’” kicks in as a teenager announces her pregnancy while aiming a pistol. In an interview on The Ringer’s Big Picture podcast, this author discussed collecting over 10,000 Blu-rays in his basement. (15[1])Two plays by this author, one of which is titled for a policeman who forces a promiscuous woman to (*) fellate a leg of fried chicken, provided the breakthrough roles for Michael Shannon. This husband of Carrie Coon wrote the plays that William Friedkin adapted into the films Bug and Killer Joe. This author’s big-screen acting roles include Mr. Dashwood, Henry Ford II, and Lady Bird’s father. For 10 points, Meryl Streep played the matriarch of the Weston family in the film of what author’s play August: Osage County? ■END■ (0[1])

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