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In a film by this director, the song “Strong as I Am” plays as a serial killer tells a blind woman that “Francis is gone forever.” The lead actor learned safe-cracking for a film by this director with an electronic score by Tangerine Dream. In 2022, Meg Gardiner and this director wrote a novel as a sequel to one of his films. This director of Manhunter and Thief pioneered digital cameras on a film whose silver-haired antagonist asks, “yo homie, is that my briefcase?” before killing men who mugged a taxi driver. A showdown near an airport ends a three-hour epic by this showrunner of Miami Vice. That 1991 film by this director, known for its (-5[1])realistic gunfire between bank robbers and LAPD officers, stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. (10[1])For 10 points, name this director of the neo-noir crime films Collateral and Heat. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Michael Mann [or Michael Kenneth Mann] (The novel is Heat 2.)
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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
California2025-02-013100%33%109.00
Florida2025-02-01333%67%43.00
Great Lakes2025-02-0160%83%
North2025-02-01367%33%74.00
Overflow2025-02-01520%20%73.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-0120%100%
South Central2025-02-01250%50%130.00
Southeast2025-02-01425%50%145.00
UK2025-02-011070%10%91.86
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01850%50%115.00
Upstate NY2025-02-0130%33%