Round 11: Tossup 21

In this film, a fashion designer plays a character who is told “I bet you can catch a cab, though” after lamenting that his turban has been forcibly removed. After a shot from the perspective of a security camera capturing an execution, this film features one of its director’s signature “double dolly” shots. This film’s antagonist says “this time, send sandwiches” after being given an answer to a riddle about the weight of currency. (-5[1])In this film, a boy quotes 50 Cent after a shot from the perspective of an ultraviolent (*) video game. Several minutes in this film are dedicated to the identification of a speech given by Enver Hoxha (“HOH-jah”). The line “therein, as the bard would tell us, lies the rub” ends this film’s fourth wall-breaking preamble, which describes the “Who,” “What,” and “Why” and gives way to Terence Blanchard’s remix of A.R. Rahman’s song “Chaiyya Chaiyya.” For 10 points, Denzel Washington plays an NYPD detective dealing with a bank holdup in what joint by Spike Lee? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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