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Question about the bar scene

posted 17 years ago by SteveResin
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Hi!
I watched this for the first time in years last night and enjoyed it, but I have a question. When Frank is drowning his sorrows in the bar, the camera pans around the room and on the wall are several pictures depicting disasters or miserable scenes. The first is the San Francisco earthquake (I think), then the Titanic and so on...then finally the last picture is of a man. This is obviously a gag but being British I didn't recognise him. Who is he and whats the joke with him?

"John 3:16"

[–] Ermod2 17 years ago

It's been a while since I've seen it, but I think the picture was of Michael Dukakis? He was the Democrat party's presidential candidate in 1988 and the movie spoofs the pessimism of the Democrat party realizing that Dukakis was a poor choice in hindsight. ( He lost to the first George Bush )

[–] SteveResin 17 years ago

Thanks for the reply, makes sense now.
Cheers bud.

"John 3:16"

[–] bjane 17 years ago

Hi all! What other pictures did anyone catch at that bar? As mentioned above there was the Titanic, the San Francisco earthquake, Michael Dukakis. There was also the Hindenburg disaster, Neville Chamberlain announcing "Peace in our time" just before WWII... What else - I always think I should be able to catch more but haven't so far (after seeing the film many times).

[–] infiltrator800 17 years ago

There was also Mr. Rogers

[–] stevenackerman69 17 years ago

The man was Michael Dukakis, who ran for the Presidency in 1988, but didn't win. He lost to the senior George Bush, and not by a stupid recount either.

[–] captchas-1 16 years ago

I seem to remember a picture of Neville Chamberlain holding the agreement he negotiated with Adolf Hitler.

--- CHAS