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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. (-5[1])Robert Towne wrote the screenplay for this film, in which a pair of glasses is discovered at the bottom of a saltwater koi pond. In this film, an elderly tycoon repeatedly mispronounces the name of a man with 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 film, a private eye who discovers a conspiracy to divert the water supply in 1930s Los Angeles is told “Forget it, Jake.” For 10 points, (10[1])Roman Polanski directed what neo-noir film titled for (-5[1])an ethnic enclave? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Chinatown
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MitchPenn State ALehigh47-5
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ARutgers C9110
Greta HongBard AJohns Hopkins B13410
Thomas FlexerPenn State BRutgers A142-5
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns Hopkins AHaverford A14510
Olin BoseColumbia BPrinceton A14610
Vincent ZhangPenn BRowan A14610
Alex WongRutgers APenn State B14610
WillLehighPenn State A14610