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Jump from the bridge?

posted 13 years ago by bothpartiessuck
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I LOVE this flick, but there is one point that went over my head -- perhaps because I was sleep-deprived when I watched it.

The newspaper headline about the jump from the bridge and that the body narrowly missed a boat. How did that then compel Andy to suspect Ed? That was much later than that Sat. night when Ed was on the bridge after he dumped Frazier's body so I don't get why that was a lightbulb moment for Andy. I.e., who jumped, and how was it relevant?

[–] tsrts 12 years ago

I think it reminded him of the conversation he had with the cop who told him he saw his brother on the bridge.

[–] bo-ulrich-2 12 years ago

Andy sees the paper with the graphics. Somebody has thrown something -himself- from the bridge and ALMOST hit the boat. What if someone has tossed something - a revolver- from the bridge and that ACTUALLY hit the boat?

[–] MsELLERYqueen2 12 years ago

As others here have said, that picture made him remember that his brother was seen on the bridge.

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[–] liscarkat (18381) 6 years ago

bo-ulrich-2 has it right. It made him think about the gun being tossed off and landing in a boat.