" As McClane phoned his estranged wife Holly, calling collect with a quarter given to him by Zeus, he popped an aspirin, and then noticed the writing on the bottle: "Nord Des Lignes 93S104" -- it was purchased in French Canada at "North of the Border - Quebec""s Largest Truckstop" - Gruber""s destination.In a close-up of George""s despairing, frustrated and dispirited face, he suddenly falls silent, realizing that he is doomed to stay in town.In the film""s denouement, Ash clamped the chainsaw o his severed right wrist and twirled a sawed-off shotgun into his backside-holster (and then exclaimed: "Groovy!")...You said you""d call my father." As she leaves, Judy inadvertently leaves behind a small, flower-decorated compact case.Jim""s father (James Backus, the voice of the cartoon characterMr.Magoo) and mother (Ann Doran) arrive at the station to retrieve him.His father, stiffly dressed in fancy formal dinner wear [suggesting his personality], often calls his son: "Jimbo.She told me so herself, last Friday when she called up to cancel our dinner engagement.As a matter of fact, she was going to the country to think it over.She was extremely kind, but I was always sure she would never have thrown her life away on a male beauty in distress.