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Deceptively dark movie endings

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Batman, Jul 18, 2022.

  1. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

     
  2. Equalizer

    Equalizer Member

    There were witnesses on the train who saw Sykes shoot the cop. I think there was someone else in the car.
     
  3. Equalizer

    Equalizer Member

    And then the helicopter flies off leaving the ship capsized.
     
  4. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Speaking of deceptively dark, I remember the one time (late 90s) when network TV (I think it was NBC), televised The Paper as one of their nightly movies.

    I remember in the previews, they showed the fight scene at the printing press and a couple other dramatic scenes, never showed the comedy parts and made it out like it was this dark movie.
     
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  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    And we’re left to think whether 52-year-old Red Buttons is going to hook up with 30-year-old Carol Lynley.
     
  6. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    I will always watch Quick Change if I see it available or playing. It’s that good. So many one-liners.

    Dennis Quaid was my favorite actor until about 1990. Right Stuff. The Big Easy. Everybody’s All-American. But his personal life kept him from A-list status. He was Swayze without the action moves and Costner without the modest charm.
     
  7. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    Never saw that movie, so this makes my day already ...

    Cast
     
  8. Deskgrunt50

    Deskgrunt50 Well-Known Member

    Oh, that’s interesting. Obviously not a comedy. But not “dark.” Guess it’s best classified as a dramedy.

    Other than the silly 8 pm deadline (in 1994, not today) I always thought that movie got the feel of an old school newsroom and the personalities exactly right.
     
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  9. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    Another good Randy Quaid role there, too.
     
  10. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    I think Quaid is my guy again. In 15 years, I hope to have a similar picture taken of me.

    Dennis Quaid, 65, indulges in some retail therapy with fiance Laura Savoie, 26 | Daily Mail Online
     
  11. OscarMadison

    OscarMadison Well-Known Member

    Jack Quaid may leave Dad and Uncle behind career-wise. His biggest competition for roles is Bill Hader.
     
  12. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    The ending of Last American Virgin was not what anyone expected considering all of the other '80s high school flicks.

     
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