Round 1: Tossup 16

An adaptation of this book featured Hollywood movies’ first use of the word “bullshit.” For an adaptation of this book, the cinematographer Conrad L. Hall improvised a shot in which rain on a window reflects on a man’s (15[1])face, giving the (15[1])impression (15[1])that he’s crying. The author of this book was told, “fuck you, he’s doing the music” by that film’s director when he asked why Quincy Jones was chosen (15[1])as its composer. At the end of that adaptation of this book, a man chews gum while saying “I’d like to apologize. But who to?” and asks a priest, “is God in this place, too?” just before being (*) hung. As depicted in Bennett Miller’s debut feature, this book’s author regaled Alvin Dewey’s family with stories about Hollywood. Richard Brooks’s adaptation of this book (10[1])starring Scott Wilson (10[1])and Robert (10[1])Blake was partially shot at its primary setting, a house in Holcomb. For 10 points, (10[1])a 2005 biopic stars Philip Seymour Hoffman (10[1])as the author of what true (10[1])crime book by Truman Capote? ■END■

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