David Addington, Chief of Staff, office of Vice President Dick Cheney
John Landis, film director, National Lampoon’s Animal House, Trading Places, Three Amigos
A homage to "Separated at Birth?"
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And we assume they’ve been separated because.….…?
John Landis’ magazine stand crucifixtion by hail of gunfire during the LAX shootout at the end of Into the Night is a strange way of saying I’m sorry. I would put the set piece up against the best of Leon, Woo, Peckinpah or Tarantino.
Leone, not Leon, of course.
…not to mention, Landis directed Innocent Blood. DUN DUN DUN!
I guess they’re both implicated in the deaths of innocent civilians.
To be honest, I was mostly struck by what I took for an uncanny physical resemblance. Just like me to not pay sufficient attention to subtext…
Addison looks more like a bearded Marvin Hamlisch, if you ask me: http://daytonphilharmonic.com/images/uploaded/DPO_MarvinHamlisch.jpg
Oh Come on, Vic Morrow was NEVER innocent…
Ouch! What’d Landis ever do to you, dear host?
It may seem obvious that Addington is more incompetent, but if you think that you’ve probably never seen Beverly Hills Cop III…
Dan: you haven’t seen Landis’ last couple movies, have you?