The IMDb doesn't life an alternative ending, but I swear I saw a different ending, one in which Warren Beatty and Julie Christie meet after the game, chat but walk off in separatte directions. Does anyone else remember this? And it was THIS movie ... with WB, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon and the rest.
Every time I see this movie this bugs me.
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I have seen this movie a couple of dozen times, including on Cable, and Network TV and I've never seen nor heard of an alternate ending.
shareI too have seen this movie many MANY times, but cannot recall the ending of which you speak.
But speaking of the ending, does it bother anyone else that when he becomes Tom Jarrett, he really has no memory of being Joe Pendleton at all? That just seemed so unfair to me... I mean, they take Joe "out" of his body by mistake, try to find him another body, and finally they put him in Jarrett, whose number is up - yet Jarrett lives on while Pendleton is gone. I just love this movie, but that has always bothered me.
I've seen the movie about 5 times and I have only seen it with one ending.
Garciaerin, I understand your point completely and it has always bothered me too. Plus I always feel sorry for Max, who has "lost Joe" a total of three times (once as Joe, one as Leo, and once again when Tom forgets he is Joe).
Movie Ending and the Reality.
I thought Heaven Can Wait was a great movie. Heaven Can Wait has only one ending. However, there are many similarities between the movie and the reality of Los Angeles Rams football of the 1970's.
In the movie the L.A. Rams beat the Pittsburgh Steelers to win the Superbowl.
In reality Jan 1980 the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the L.A. Rams in Pasadena to win Superbowl XIV- 14
In the movie Warren Beatty's Leo Farnsworth character dies by going down a well. In reality L.A. Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom drowns off his boat in April 1979. The Rams are acquired by his wife Georgia Rosenbloom now Frontiere.
1995- Heaven Can Wait is retitled Los Angeles Can Wait as the LA Rams leave Los Angeles for St. Louis
The events that have taken place since Heaven Can Wait has left the number two television market without pro football for over 10 years.
I hear the Saints will move to LA soon possibly by 2006.
Why did the Rams move out of the Coliseum and south to Anaheim? Things were never the same once they left the Coliseum.
Hi,
I just seen bits and pieces of this version, I never saw the ending.
Peace,
Amanda
HoJohn I am respoding to this post in May 2009 and the Saints are still in New Orleans.
shareI know I'm responding to you 3 1/2 years later, but I totally agree with both of your comments. I always felt it was a complete gyp that he doesn't get to remember that he's Joe. That's so bogus. If you don't get to live out your life, then it's not your life your living.
And I always felt bad for Max, too.
I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
It makes me crazy. I always feel SO bad for Max who now isn't sure it's really Joe, or if he's just losing his mind. But something ocurred to me when I watched it this week for the 12th or so time...when Joe/Tom is interviewed after the win, he looks off into the distance while talking to Mr. Jordan. He even says "Why won't I remember" or something like that.
Most likely Max will watch the news and see the post interview game and realize he was talking to Mr. Jordan and that it really is Joe. And if he and Betty ever talk they'll compare notes.
But yes, it is totally against the idea of the movie that Joe forgets Joe's past and remembers Tom's. And Tom's family and loved ones now have a guy who is Joe's soul. Really makes no sense.
But then again, neither does the cover. Why does Joe have angel wings? He never was and never will become an angel. Beatty didn't do his homework.
I just saw this movie for the first time and I thought it was
pretty good except for the ending. And agree with you about this.
There seemed to me no reason why Joe had to have his memory taken away.
This sad ending for a fantasy-comedy caused me to have less of a postive feeling for the movie.
Also the director could have made a better movie if he had
made the two bad guys who murdered Farnworth and accuse each other
more clear cut.
This scene was much too short . Also when Betty says she
thought the story that Mrs. Farsworrh tolk about her marriage
was all lies , this line is barely heard .
And why should his old trainer be left so disspointed because
Joe in the movie has stopped being Joe.?
There was no different ending , but it would be a better movie
if there were a different ending.
I have always thought the same thing about the ending. Seems like Joe got screwed when it's all said & done.
shareIt does seem unfair, but look at it from the flip side: if he kept his memory, he would be the only person in all of existence a) that *knows* that purgatory/heaven/hell all exist and b) would have to live the rest of his life 'pretending' to be Tom Jarrett - faking 30-odd years of a life he never lived.
I think the deal is that his *soul* which is not his name and series of events in his life, but his *soul* - the good person he is, his warmth and candor--- that's the essence of what 'lives' on until he is really supposed to die years/decades later. I imagine when that times comes and as he approaches the 'hangar' and gets ready for his trip to Heaven, he'd see Mr. Jordan and realize the unique experience of having lived two lives.
JW's coach Corkle might not get it right away, but I imagined that over time he would see that Joe is still there, and he'd probably become Tom's 'new' best friend!
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. The optimism and humor shown here are just second to none. I feel like I can do anything; as long as I'm a good person all will be alright.
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Yes, I know, I said that. ;)
What a great movie. I hope no one ever tries to remake it again. There's this stupid trend nowadays to remake great movies that should be left alone ("Posiedon Adventure" - "Taking of Pelham 1,2,3" - "Flight of the Phoenix")
I also remember an ending where the main characters do not end up together...in fact this is one of the reasons why this movie stuck with me for so long. It seemed so sad that they wouldn't end up together and when I re-watched it on tv the other day I was extremely surprised to see them go for coffee together. I think what may have happened was that when I saw it on TV years ago and to fit in the time slot, they may have cut after Jarrett/Joe first speaks to the reporter in the tunnel. There is a point there where it seems that they won't be together but then of course the lights go out and he says, "There's nothing to be afraid of" and the rest is history. But if you cut before that it could appear that they were not together in the end. After typing this now, though, I'm not so sure....I seem to remember the tunnel scene being in the original and I have no idea how they could have cut after that to the same effect. Oh well, at least I'm not the only one who had a similar experience.
shareI saw this film in a sneak preview before the actual release and the ending was exactly as it is in the version that exists on the current DVD release -- which I just viewed.
shareThere is no other ending to the film. It speaks to the idea of predestination, that these two characters were meant to end up together. When Beatty says "There's nothing to be afraid of." It makes me teary every time. He MUST forget who he was, that is simply what makes the final moments so touching. That love can triumph over these seemingly insurmountable obstacles is the final brilliant theme presented in the film. It's a masterful comedy, but also very moving. The butler bringing cocoa to the closet kills me...
shareMorris, that totally how I took the ending. She sees his SOUL, he sees hers, its billiant and touching. And you notice when they walk off, they can't stop looking into each others eyes.
shareBeatty stayed true to the ending of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan". That Joe also forgets who he is in that movie. I don't like the fact that Joe forgets who he is, but I really like the concept of Bette remembering what Joe told her about giving the quarterback a chance. I also get the sense that she sees that "something special" in Tom's eyes just like Joe's. It's a nice connection for the ending. I'm ok with it.
shareIf there is it will be on the DVD for sure.
shareI'm glad you say this, because I just watched it ... and my first thought was that this was a new ending to the one I was used to. In the version I remember seeing as a teenager, it's exactly as here minus about a minute. Joe and Bette bump into each other in the tunnel, there's a moment where they both have a "haven't we met before?" thing, then go their separate ways. The end.
If that's just my memory playing tricks, it's quite spooky.
the point of the ending is joes family needs somebody if he keeps on living but the other guy has to live to so he has the memories of joe but the SOUL the ideas the passion of the title character your looks, clothes, and basckground is just details its your SOUL that matters watch the adaptation down to earth it explains this better and chris rock is hilariuos
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway
In their satire (Heaving Can Wait) Joe and Betty's cartoon likenesses split up as Joe thinks Betty's a bad tramp for trying to pick up football players the night her lover died.
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