Devastating new Clinton campaign ad compares Trump to movie bullies – including Back To The Future’s Biff Tannen
A NEW campaign video released by Hillary Clinton has compared Donald Trump to a number of movie bullies.
The ad, which was released in the US on Monday, plays the Republican nominee's speeches over movie extracts, including a clip of Biff Tannen from Back To The Future, played by Thomas F Wilson.
He appears a number of times in the ad and the adult version of his character, according to screenwriter Bob Gale, is said to have been inspired by Trump.
In the clip, the billionaire's words appear to echo the bullies, as the characters say their victims are fat, or order them to sit down, and then insult their intelligence.a
He is also compared to Mean Girls character Regina George, who is played by Rachel McAdams.
The clip starts with a definition of the word bully which is flashed up on the screen: "a blustering, overbearing person who puts down or intimidates others."
Biff Tannen is seen slapping Marty McFly's dad George.
According to screenwriter Gale, Tannen, who beomes a billionaire in Back To The Future 2, was based on Trump.
He told the : "We thought about it when we made the movie! Are you kidding?
"You watch Part II again and there's a scene where Marty confronts Biff in his office and there's a huge portrait of Biff on the wall behind Biff, and there's one moment where Biff kind of stands up and he takes exactly the same pose as the portrait? Yeah."
The ad is designed to try and draw parallels between Trump and bullies who have appeared in the movies.
The Mean Girls character of Regina George is seen saying in the video: "You're so stupid."
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Then Trump flashes up speaking: "How stupid are the people in the country?"
Other films featured include The Karate Kid and The Christmas Story.
Trump has been the but of a number of jokes the last few days - Emily Blunt and Alec Baldwin starred in a sketch on Saturday Night Live, and the billionaire businessman also appeared in Family Guy, where his "locker room talk" comments are mocked.
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