Round 6: Tossup 22

This film cuts to a woman shedding a single tear after its protagonist tells an older man to “lay down and die by yourself … just like that.” The author of this film’s source novel used his profits to get drunk in Mexico while writing The Man Who Fell to Earth. In this film, a bartender who only says “check” is played by the subject of Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta. In her last scene, this film’s heroine uses lipstick to write “perverted, twisted, crippled” on a mirror. Rudolf Wanderone’s claim to have inspired one of this film’s characters was disputed by its technical advisor, (*) Willie Mosconi. This film’s director Robert Rossen often used wide shots to capture the movements of a comedian nicknamed “The Great One.” In this 1961 adaptation of the debut novel by Walter Tevis, a Californian goes to Chicago to challenge Minnesota Fats, (10[1])who is played by Jackie Gleason. (10[1])For 10 points, Scorsese’s The Color of Money is the sequel to what film starring Paul Newman (10[1])as a pool shark? ■END■

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