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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” (-5[1])for trumpet by Jerry Goldsmith. Robert Towne wrote the screenplay for this film, (10[1])in which a (10[1])pair of glasses is discovered at the bottom of a saltwater koi pond. In this film, (10[1])an elderly tycoon repeatedly mispronounces the name (10[1])of (10[1])a man with (10[1])a cut nose as “Mr. Gits.” (10[1])Between slaps in this film, a widow calls a girl “my daughter, my sister, my daughter!” In this (10[1])film, a private eye who discovers a conspiracy to divert the water supply in 1930s Los Angeles is told (10[1])“Forget it, Jake.” (10[1])For 10 points, Roman (10[1])Polanski (10[1])directed what neo-noir film titled for an ethnic enclave? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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Bob FreedmanGeorgia AGeorgia Tech C42-5
Jeffry XuGeorgia Tech BAuburn A5510
Zach TsengGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech A5810
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B7410
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia Tech D8110
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FGeorgia Tech C8210
Britton WebsterAlabama AClemson A8510
Barkot BelayEmory BAlabama A9110
Bob FreedmanGeorgia AEmory B10910
Coy MierAuburn CAuburn B12810
Will HughesAuburn AEmory A13110
Ayan GuhaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech E13510
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FClemson A13610
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech CGeorgia A14610
Malachi LedfordTusculum AAuburn C1460
Coy MierAuburn CTusculum A1460