alternate endings
I saw the movie on satellite. Apparantly the DVD has two alternate endings. Can anyone tell me what they were?
shareOne ending is closer to the novel's ending. The other is also closer to the novel's ending, but has a short flashback.
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Right, Charlie dies in both alternate endings. In the first one it ends with him just laying there and in the second, there's a flashback to Vic, Charlie and Renata in the club. She leaves the 2 of them sitting at the bar and they talk about running off with some money.
DVD also has a pretty funny outtake of Thornton playing the restaurant scene as his character from Sling Blade.
I personally prefer the 1st alternate ending (without the silly flashback) to the actual ending itself. The film just gets progressively bleaker and it just feels right to have Charlie die, alone, in the end.
shareI agree. That's what I thought happened in the official ending. But there his head popped up. If this were an indie, low-budget art film the death ending would've stuck, I'm sure. Leave it to the executives to sugarcoat every film that sifts through Hollywood's pan.
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Well, you know a lot of endings are changed because the test audiences didn't like them, not because of what executives wanted to do. If people don't like the ending they won't see it or tell other people to see it and then the movie loses money.
Blame the "Lowest Common Denominator," the majority of American society loves its American Idol, pointless gossip about their favorite movie stars and cheesy Steven Spielberg endings. Such is life.
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well, maybe he did die in the official ending. his head popped up and he really was "in heaven", just like he told his drunk friend (presumably having died earlier) in the back seat of the car. heaven was having gotten away with 2 million dollars and the only person who was an actual friend.
shareIn the original ending, he's still alive. Without a doubt. Cause the camper just knocks him down to the ground.
In the alternates the camper knocks him down and crushes him also.