This celebrity goo was created by player Samir Mehta.
Scott Hardie provided the gooed image, category, and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Samir, and wrote the explanation.

publication date: Thursday, July 16, 2015 (part of Summer 2015)

category: Movies

clue: If the director of Eraserhead knocked up the director of Aliens, would their kid make crazy time travel movies? Step inside a box and find out.

explanation: Steven Soderbergh famously suggested that Carruth was the illegitimate offspring of James Cameron and David Lynch. Carruth's breakout success as a filmmaker was Primer, a film about time travel. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, and Aaron Shurtleff


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