Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid This one got the Thelma and Louise treatment. A lot of critics were disgusted that she needed to change herself and look more like a Claire-type girl in order to fully win Andrew's affection. After three weeks of resisting, she gave in and filmed the ending that was released. Of course, the scene also might be showing how change has limitsālike with the way Brian doesn't wind up with either of the girls and has to write the essay by himself. Highmore and Volk were spotted shooting on location at the following day. Once Neville realizes this and gives the female back, the rest of the mob backs off and Neville realizes that the infected just see him as a murderer of their kind.
The script went through multiple rewrites, and multiple finales were written up. The Allison makeover part of the movie is pretty controversial, and it's worth delving into. The original ending was kept for the Japanese release of the film, however. Those last five minutes really made the whole movie work. That's in keeping with the off-Broadway ending, which is what the movie was based on. When it became clear how expensive it would be to create, the scene was scrapped.
Secrets are shed in between playful banter and sweet whispers that do become poignant for the audience to understand character motive and development. Almost Friends may not be the most riveting story to come out of indie cinema, but the honest realism about friendship and uncertainty touches a nerve in the heart of a quaint New Orleans town and also that of this critic. The way it ends now is with Butch and Sundance leaving the house with guns a'blazing, and we hear return fire. Fatal Attraction Audiences were bored to tears by the original ending, in which Dan is charged with murder while an Alex voice-over confesses suicide. Everyone lives happily ever after. Now, four days before her 28th birthday, O'Neil announces that he's marrying a gorgeous 20-year-old named Kimberly Cameron Diaz. Rocky then uses the cash to help Adrian open a pet store.
And Brian gets the pleasureā¦ of writing an essay. Return of the Jedi , the first version of the script included the death of Han Solo during a raid on an Imperial base. The Butterfly Effect In the theatrical ending, Evan travels back in time to prevent himself from growing up with his childhood sweetheart. So, that's the climaxābut there's still a bunch of important summing-up and realization stuff that still needs to happen. But if it is about how she needs to change for Andrew, then it does sort of undercut the message of the movie, this newfound acceptance of different kinds of people. I can see your face.
His life takes an unpredictable turn however, when he finds himself falling for local barista Amber Odeya Rush. The character was expanded and new sympathetic scenes between him and Julianne were added. But we don't actually see anyone die, leaving the ending slightly more ambiguous than the , where Paul Newman and Robert Redford got to test their acting chops on a gruesome death scene. The final version ends with Julianne giving up on her quest to ruin the wedding of best friend Michael and bride Kimmy. So we had to come up with something that pleased the studio, but that was acceptable to the audience. Through this premise, creator Jake Goldberger skillfully matures the coming-of-age genre into a relatable piece with adult themes that elevates this seemingly sweet indie comedy, Almost Friends, into a poignant story of trying to navigate oneself when the biggest of roadblocks are present.
Martha responds by stabbing Veronica in the stomach and calling her Heather. Strangelove The ending to this one is so iconic it's almost impossible to fathom it ending any other way. Claire gives one of her diamond earrings to Bender, and Allison takes Andrew's athletic patch from his letter jacket as a token. Those last five minutes really made the whole movie work. With conflict after conflict piling on, will Charlie reach his tipping point or will he finally find the path forward? Bad audience reaction prompted a change to the ending we know now: the famous bathtub shooting.
The Bourne Identity Poor Jason Bourne could have had a happy ending with Marie until they inevitably killed her at the beginning of the sequel, anyway. Strangelove miraculously regaining the ability to walk just as the Doomsday Machine activates and detonates nuclear bombs across the world. Marshall said it made his granddaughter much happier. Jake Goldberger is directing the film from his own screenplay, while Alex Ginzburg and Tony Lee would be producing the film through Let It Play, with Jim Young producing through Animus Films. Charlie Highmore is a young man adrift. But test audiences hate it.
You can see what could have been above. Even if he's on the losing end, romantically, he gets to express the deeper truth they've all realized. As you probably know, the updated ending is a wee bit more hopefulāwe see their car drive off the cliff, but not the aftermath. To make Julianne more empathetic to the audience ā while still giving the studio a happy ending for Roberts ā Hogan and team expanded the character of George. I Am Legend Another hopeful ending here.
At least Charlie has Heather Rita Volk to tell his troubles to. Hogan revealed to that the classic 1997 romantic comedy had a completely different ending ā that nobody liked. Hear Jon Cryer talk about the original ending in the clip above. As his mother gushes about his once brilliant talent for cooking, his abandonment of his career and education sees him spending his days as an assistant manager at a revival movie theater. Clerks Depressingly, Clerks originally ended with Dante getting shot and killed by a robber. Thelma and Louise Only a tiny tweak here, but a fairly significant oneāthe showed Thelma and Louise's car tumbling all the way to the canyon floor, no doubt getting pulverized in the process.