Question

In this film, a man points and angrily yells “Okay, Paul!” after being called by a buzzer. During its five-year production, this film was financed by Sissy Spacek and her husband, the director’s childhood friend Jack Fisk. A woman in this film has a seizure while sitting on a couch during a scene pervaded by the sound of puppies suckling loudly at their mother. A man in this film recounts how he regained the use of his arm by rubbing it each day, before asking a guest to (*) carve some very tiny chickens. A woman with bloated cheeks (10[1])sings the song “In Heaven” (10[1])in this film, which opens (10[1])as the Man in the Planet pulls a lever, releasing a sperm-like creature from the protagonist’s mouth. In this film, a man played (10[1])by Jack Nance with extremely tall hair raises his alien-like (10[1])baby (10[1])in a desolate industrial city. For 10 points, name this experimental 1977 film by David Lynch. ■END■

ANSWER: Eraserhead
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tanis Nielsenpurdoobie brothersOh the Missouri9710
Ned TagtmeierChicago A Minus Minus2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind10210
Taylor HarveyCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline>:310710
Matt BollingerBHSUNobodaddy but you13010
John MarvinChicago Bmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)14010
Dylan MinarikNoli Me TangerineMichigan14110

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Stanford03/09/2024Y2100%0%0%133.50
2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%0%0%119.50
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y6100%0%0%123.67
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%132.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%0%50%133.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%0%115.33
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%0%0%116.00