# OK, what's the greatest EXIT scene in a movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194 "2008-04-28T06:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/21 "2008-04-28T17:07:42Z")
“And like that :: puff:: he’s gone.” **The Ususal Suspects** That one totally rocked. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/22 "2008-04-28T17:35:29Z")
John Wayne walking out the door in _The Searchers_. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/23 "2008-04-28T17:39:27Z")
Dr. Graham walks out through the corn field in Field of Dreams. Hey Rookie! You were good. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/24 "2008-04-28T17:55:24Z")
James Cagney, White Heat ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/25 "2008-04-28T17:56:11Z")
In the Spirit of the Vanishing point film, I’ve always really liked the ending of [Devil’s Reject](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfhPxv4fKEE&feature=related) . (Violent, loud, and gory, probably not be safe for offices). But that was a really satisfying ending after watching all the non-stop horror and violence perpetrated by those characters throughout the film- it all just REALLY worked there at the ending to convey the emotions of those characters at the end of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Octalcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Octalcode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octalcode)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/26 "2008-04-28T18:06:47Z")
Crazy Larry, Dirty Mary. Didn’t see THAT coming… ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/27 "2008-04-28T20:07:26Z")
Chance the gardener (played by Peter Sellers) walking across the lake in _Being There_. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/28 "2008-04-28T21:02:25Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Bobby Peru blowing his own head off with a shotgun in _Wild At Heart_ has to be up there. [/QUOTE] I was thinking of Pvt. Pyle at the end of the first half of _Full Metal Jacket_, after stating: “I AM in a world of shit”. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/29 "2008-04-28T23:30:56Z")
My list of _Doctor Who_ regeneration scenes from the other thread could do double duty here. But I’ll go with the finale of Hitchcock’s _Notorious_: Cary Grant’s “No room, Sebastian!” as he locks the cab door, and moments later, Claude Raine’s boss politely calls from the door: “Sebastian, come in, please. We want to talk to you.” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/30 "2008-04-28T23:54:58Z")
Alida Valli’s exit scene at the end of [The Third Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es3gBldyR4k) is one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/31 "2008-04-29T00:41:31Z")
What, no love for _Thelma and Louise_? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/32 "2008-04-29T01:11:56Z")
Boromir ---
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[QUOTE=Hometownboy] …One of the best has to be Slim Pickins as Major T.J. “King” Kong".. [/QUOTE] The real (?) Kong himself went out in spectacular fashion, I’d say. (no one said they had to be human!) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/34 "2008-04-29T02:07:28Z")
_Some Like It Hot_– “Nobody’s perfect!” ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/35 "2008-04-29T02:23:32Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] The death scene of Roy Battie the replicant in _Blade Runner_. “All those moments will be lost, like tears in rain… Time to die.” [/QUOTE] Minor hijack. Gotta friend in Holland who has become friendly with Rutger Hauer. Apparently he was told to free associate, improv, what have you. Claims that speech was made up that day. Interesting. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/36 "2008-04-29T02:29:31Z")
[QUOTE=The Them] Fictional (HAH!): The Iron Giant, in the eponymous movie, whispering “Superman” as he saves the world. [/QUOTE] Agreed. Absolutely heroic. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/37 "2008-04-29T02:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] Minor hijack. Gotta friend in Holland who has become friendly with Rutger Hauer. Apparently he was told to free associate, improv, what have you. Claims that speech was made up that day. [/QUOTE] In his autobiography, and in the DVD release, the same claim is made - it’s not totally made up by him alone, but some lines were Rutger’s idea. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/38 "2008-04-29T02:51:15Z")
•Q, in _The World is Not Enough._ “…Always have an escape plan.” ☹ Q’s implied retirement is wistful enough…but Desmond Llewelyn’s _accidental_ death not long after makes it downright eerie. •Arguably, the Crow, in _The Crow_. More eerie symbolism. ---
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[QUOTE=kunilou] What, no love for **Thelma and Louise**? [/QUOTE] No, which is why they went on the road trip in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194/40 "2008-04-29T03:56:24Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] “I’ve always relied on the kindness of strangers.” [/QUOTE] depended ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CxGN29njs3Q/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/CxGN29njs3Q?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-whats-the-greatest-exit-scene-in-a-movie/447194.md?page=3)