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4. Why, Yes, That IS Jan De Bont's Wife
Jan De Bont has not had much success in Hollywood post-millemium. Even at the time, he was a psuedo-Wolfgang Petersen at best. So it's no fault of the reader that you didn't notice the photograph of his wife doubling for that of Det. Harry Temple's on his work desk.
Directors often leave little bits of personal memorabilia and trivial production design up to fate or what they have laying around. Finnish director Renny Harlin tries to include the flag of his country somewhere in every film. As we've mentioned in our coverage of Batman Forever, Dark Knight co-creator Bob Kane's wife appears in a cameo.
It's meaningless to everyone but the artist, but it's a fact worth knowing to annoy friends at social gatherings.