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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 is discovered at the bottom of (10[1])a saltwater koi pond. In this film, an elderly tycoon repeatedly (10[1])mispronounces the name of a man with a cut nose as “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 in 1930s Los Angeles (-5[1])is told (10[3])“Forget it, Jake.” For 10 points, Roman Polanski directed what neo-noir film titled for an ethnic enclave? ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

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