Round 7: Tossup 13

An on-the-nose shot by a director with this first name depicts a Christmas tree ornament to represent the Hollywood “bauble.” An author with this first name discussed how an allergic reaction to a whooping cough shot as a child left the title director permanently hairless in his book Mike Nichols: A Life. (15[1])That author with this first name recounted anecdotes about Rex Harrison on the set of Doctor Dolittle in a book that climaxes at Oscars night in 1968. The magnum opus of a director with this first name is the 15 hour-long documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey. The Netflix documentary series (*) Five Came Back is based on a book by a journalist with this first name who wrote Pictures (-5[1])at a Revolution and is the husband of Tony Kushner. The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex and the BFI Classics book on The Exorcist are by a longtime Observer critic with this first name who hosted a BBC radio show with Simon Mayo. For 10 points, give this first name of the critic Kermode. ■END■ (0[2])

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