# Anyone else remember the alternate ending to "Big"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [April 16, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864 "2002-04-16T02:03:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/200 "2014-02-21T22:40:35Z")

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Surprise level upon seeing two “Join Date: Feb 2014” - zero.

> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> Since no one appears to have ever followed up on this, although I am certain Unca Cece and any number of well-connected Dopers could do so easily… I have today written to Tom Hanks, Penny Marshall and Gary Ross to get a definitive answer to the question. I would expect at least staff replies from all three. Will post, of course.

That is very cool of you! (And won’t do a lick of good, but will justify my fury at the future posters, so thanks for that!)

> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> No.

And now I’m picturing **Czarcasm** as [Michael Caine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkRw2GAxRo&t=0m15s). 😃

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