David Addington, Chief of Staff, office of Vice President Dick Cheney
John Landis, film director, National Lampoon's Animal House, Trading Places, Three Amigos
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And we assume they've been separated because........?
Posted by: shawn | August 09, 2008 at 01:35 AM
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.
Posted by: Futura II | August 09, 2008 at 03:39 PM
Leone, not Leon, of course.
Posted by: Futura II | August 09, 2008 at 03:41 PM
...not to mention, Landis directed Innocent Blood. DUN DUN DUN!
Posted by: Dan Coyle | August 09, 2008 at 05:37 PM
I guess they're both implicated in the deaths of innocent civilians.
Posted by: Lord Henry | August 09, 2008 at 06:25 PM
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...
Posted by: Glenn Kenny | August 09, 2008 at 06:37 PM
Addison looks more like a bearded Marvin Hamlisch, if you ask me: http://daytonphilharmonic.com/images/uploaded/DPO_MarvinHamlisch.jpg
Posted by: Bill C | August 09, 2008 at 08:21 PM
Oh Come on, Vic Morrow was NEVER innocent...
Posted by: Dan Coyle | August 09, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Ouch! What'd Landis ever do to you, dear host?
Posted by: Dan | August 10, 2008 at 01:03 AM
It may seem obvious that Addington is more incompetent, but if you think that you've probably never seen Beverly Hills Cop III...
Posted by: Scott Lemieux | August 10, 2008 at 01:13 PM
Dan: you haven't seen Landis' last couple movies, have you?
Posted by: Dan Coyle | August 12, 2008 at 10:47 AM