Big Night. The two brothers, after having perhaps a family-destroying night, sit in the kitchen and eat breakfast together. They’re still family. Life still goes on.
The Blues Brothers
Everybody on the old cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Bet Closing Credits Ever
Karen Black, crouching by the front door with a giant knife in her hand, waiting for her mother to arrive. Then she smiles, baring her sharp, animal fangs.
For anyone who isn’t familiar, the made for tv movie is Trilogy of Terror.
What was it? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that movie, which I really liked.
And the eyes have it!!! The most horrifying movie ending ever. :eek::eek:
Ooo, good one.
I appreciated the (original) ending of The Descent: pull out, the last light is extinguished, into darkness.
“In the hours following Honora’s murder, a police search of the Rieper house unearthed Pauline’s diaries. This resulted in her immediate arrest for the murder of her mother. Juliet was arrested and charged with murder the following day. After Pauline’s arrest it was discovered that Honora and Herbert Rieper had never married. Pauline was therefore charged under her mother’s maiden name of Parker. In August 1954, a plea of insanity was rejected by the jury in the Christchurch Supreme Court trial, and Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme were found guilty of murder. Too young for the death penalty, they were sent to separate prisons to be ‘Detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure.’ Juliet was released in November, 1959 and immediately left New Zealand to join her mother overseas. Pauline was released two weeks later but remained in New Zealand on parole until 1965. It was a condition of their release that they never meet again.”
My recollection, which could be wrong as it has been over 25 years since I saw the film, and I’m at work so I can’t look for the clip on-line, was that the last sentence was either on its own card, or appeared after a gap following the other text. Really emphasized the utter futility and stupidity of the girls’ tragic actions, which they undertook so as not to be separated by their parents.
From Sweet Smell of Success, which I feel I must “spoil”:
Susie Hunsecker, walking forthrightly out into the morning sun of a new New York City day, a packed bag in hand, off to reunite with her boyfriend and in so doing escape the clutches of her clinging, and well-deservedly broken, brother.
As a bit of trivia, the reasonWayne cradles his arm like he does is as a tribute to his old friend Harry Carey, Sr., who often held a similar pose. 
Walkabout - The Girl’s husband coming home and telling her the ‘exciting’ news about his job and her with a far off look imagining what could have been. Then the credits rolling over the shot of her and her brother’s school clothes on sticks. One of the most beautiful endings to a great film.
Knife in the Water - The husband and wife in the car sitting at the crossroads literally and figuratively.
At the end of Drive, he… drives off into the night.
A simple yet oh-so-brilliant ending to one of my fave RP flicks. Neat jazz score in it too.
Ok not the final scene, but next-to-final one, so give me a mulligan on this because seriously - this 7-minute tracking shot, from The Passenger, is ridiculous.
Quite fascinating lowdown on “the shot”, from wiki
(I’d recommend checking out the first link before seeing how Antonioni pulled off the amazingly sneaky shot)
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screw it - that whole last paragraph needed to be bolded
Great thread.
QUOTE=snfaulkner;22093583]The final scene of The Thing. MacReady and Childs staring each other down and sharing the scotch.
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I was going to post both of these.
Two more good picks.
I see this one differently. To me the original TTOP123 was a terrific and somewhat disturbing thriller that was undermined by far too many humorous one-liners. All the “light moments” kept yanking me out of the picture, and Matthau’s face in the doorway immediately after “gesundheit” struck me as the wrongest note possible for the fadeout.
Of course this hasn’t kept me from watching the film repeatedly since I saw it first-run in the theater - it’s been in my VHS > DVD library forever.
I think I remember reading, back in the 60’s, that those last four words were in the original film but were cut at the last minute.
Just another final shot to offer:
Taxi Driver - Travis Bickle finishes dropping off Betsy at her building and drives off in his cab. He looks in the rear view mirror a time or two as she walks into the building and continues driving. Then a few moments later, the saxophone playing in the soundtrack is interrupted for a brief moment as Travis’s eyes dart back to the rear view mirror almost in a panic. Then, he continues driving on.
Maybe it’s just a final hallucination as he’s bleeding out in the fleabag hotel after the big shootout?
Thank you Moviemogul and** Chockfull**
The Mission, both the pre-credits shot, and the post-credits shot. (This was long before post-credit stingers became common.)
The Portuguese and Spanish teamed up to destroy the mission. Both the pacifist priest (Jeremy Irons) and the warlike priest (Robert De Niro) are dead meat. The Native Americans dig through the rubble to get a few belongings, before heading off to the jungle. One of them salvages one item from western civilization that he thought was worth keeping: a musical instrument.
Young Sherlock Holmes. Throughout the film, we are introduced to Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade. Throughout the closing credits, one side of the screen shows a horse-drawn sleigh travelling along a snowy road. After the credits, it pulls up to a hotel. The movie’s villain, who apparently did not die in the film’s climax, checks in and signs the register, using his new alias: Moriarty.
Shane riding into the Tetons, while Joey tries to call him back.
Two more.
Seven Samurai - The mounds and swords of the four fallen samurai, including Kikuchiyo.
Oldboy - Dae Su’s smile turned grimace.