A family disembarked (later identified as the Hammens, with son Joey) at the curb.A taxi driver, later identified as Ted Striker (Robert Hays), haphazardly pulled onto the terminal""s curb and ran into the building, as he told his next passenger fare (Howard Jarvis, known in California politics for limiting spending - specifically, lowering California""s property taxes by supporting the notorious Proposition 13) who sat in the taxi""s back seat: "I""ll be back in a minute" - the meter was set to run as he abandoned his cab.He turned and offered an open invitation to all of them to visit his home in the Shire:If any of you are ever passing Bag End, uh, tea is at 4.[The interior of the courtroom in the film is an almost-identical copy of the Monroe County Courthouse hat existed in author Harper Lee""s hometown of Monroeville, Alabama."In the next scene, the camera pans across from a decorated army uniform to a twin bed covered with books (Marco is portrayed as a voracious reader of the following books - "Diseases of Horses," "Ulysses," "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "The Trial," "Wall Street: Men and Money," "Enemies of the State," and others ).