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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 (10[1])set to a “Love Theme” for trumpet by Jerry Goldsmith. (10[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 (10[1])repeatedly mispronounces the name of a man with a cut nose as (10[1])“Mr. Gits.” 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 (10[1])to divert the water supply (10[1])in 1930s Los Angeles is told (10[1])“Forget it, Jake.” For 10 points, Roman Polanski directed what neo-noir film titled for an ethnic enclave? ■END■ (10[2])

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