I noticed in one scene where Royal walks out the front door of the Tenenbaum house and there is the faint sound of a helicopter flying by. Well, then he looks off of the balcony and sees Henry arriving in a taxi. Both Gene Hackman and Danny Glover were in a movie called 'Bat 21' back in 1988. Danny's character plays a pilot that comes to the rescue of Gene Hackman's character. He does this in a helicopter. It just hit me that this might have been some subtle homage or something to them being in that movie together.

that a really awesome connection. who knows it probably was some type of homage. Wes seems to like to do that in his films.