I was waiting for this to come up. Some things just never go away, do they?
Well, the colon is pretty long and convoluted so maybe the poor little fella is still lost in there.

It's an assylum seeker, don'tcha know.

I think Gere is nothing more than a stupid actor seeking to look like more than a stupid actor. Compare him to the late actor Jimmy Stewart who flew planes in WWII. Gere is not nearly the Man Jimmy Stewart was.