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A wordless sequence in this film shows an official through binoculars as he stands in a riverbed and in a rearview mirror as he parks by the ocean. This film opens on a retro Paramount logo in sepia set to a “Love Theme” for trumpet by Jerry Goldsmith. Robert Towne wrote the screenplay for this film, in which a pair of glasses (10[1])is discovered at the bottom of a saltwater koi pond. In this film, an elderly tycoon repeatedly mispronounces (10[1])the name of a man with a cut nose as “Mr. Gits.” (10[1])Between slaps (-5[1])in this film, a widow calls a girl “my daughter, my sister, my daughter!” (10[1])In this film, a private eye who discovers a conspiracy to divert the water supply (10[1])in 1930s Los Angeles is (-5[1])told “Forget it, Jake.” For 10 points, Roman Polanski directed what neo-noir film titled for an ethnic enclave? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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