Very good film and then the tacked on quick, happy ending, both at the lighthouse and in Spain.
Any explanation as to why this occurred?
Did the Brits get a different version than the Yanks?
A better ending would be the Triffids overruning the earth with a few survivors looking on.
"Without mercy, a man is not a human being." Sansho the Bailiff, 1954
The ending was tagged on in post production (voice over narration is always a good clue that soemthing went wrong with the film) after the original cut of the film was deemed not to have enough "useable footage" (to quote Freddie Francis).
Basically, director Sekely made a mess of the film and the salvageable footage came to only about an hour long when it was viewed. Consequently, an entire new sub-plot was written (all of the lighthouse stuff) and this was filmed several months later by Freddie Francis. Howard Keel had already returned to the USA and wasn't available for re-shoots. That's why the lighthouse footage doesn't interact with anything else and you also get the silly idea that triffids attacking a lighthouse are vulnerable to salt water - none of this was in the book or the original script of the film.
You can read all about this in Bernard Gordon's book.
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Good backdrop.
Thank you for your thoughts.
"Without mercy, a man is not a human being." Sansho the Bailiff, 1954
> also get the silly idea that triffids attacking a lighthouse are vulnerable to salt water
That's not so silly. Salt will damage many plants.
I was thinking that myself at the beginning of the film when I was contemplating how to easily and cheaply kill off a bunch of plants.
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So what was the original ending going to be?
shareTypical Limey cynicism. Why can't there be a happy ending?
Typical Limey cynicism.
Why can't there be a happy ending?
When I was a child in the 60's I loved British shows and movies. They had dark endings a lot of the times and that was a contrast to living happily ever after in American film and TV. You never knew what you were gonna get with a Brit film or TV. Also they talked funny. 💂👏
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