Round 10: Tossup 3

This film’s director cast a debutant actor after assuming he could speak Dutch, but fired him when he overheard him laughing at a dirty joke. This film’s composer David Mansfield cameos in it as a rollerskating violinist. Steven Bach’s book about this film, Final Cut, (15[1])recounts how its director (15[1])had PAs design an irrigation system to keep a field’s grass green for a scene in which it is drenched red by a battle’s bloodshed. This film’s director allegedly held a gun to Tom Noonan’s face, which contributed (15[1])to its crew calling him (*) “Ayatollah.” The stipulation that SAG productions must have an American Humane member on set stems from this film’s cockfights and alleged horse killings. (10[1])Willem (10[1])Dafoe debuted in this film, which stars Isabelle Huppert (“oo-PAIR”) as “Cattle Kate” (10[1])Ellen Watson. (10[1])This 1980 film’s budget ballooned to 44 million, (10[1])to the chagrin of (-5[1])Transamerica. For 10 points, United Artists capsized due to the flop of what epic western directed by Michael Cimino? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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