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chim chim cha boo
5:14 Wed Oct 19
Re: Best ending to a film ever?
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Withnail standing in the rain, bottle in hand quoting the 'I have of late and wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth' soliloquy to the wolves in Regents Park.
The end of 'The Veteran' shootout on a South London estate, which some people rate as one of the best gunfights ever on film. If you haven't seen it do yourself a favour and type 'The veteran ending scene' into YouTube and turn it up loud.
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Northern Sold
5:24 Wed Oct 19
Re: Best ending to a film ever?
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Ending of Zulu narrated by the great Richard Burton...
In the hundred years since the Victoria Cross was created for valour and extreme courage beyond that normally expected of the British soldier in face of the enemy only 1344 have been awarded. Eleven of these were won by the defenders of the mission station at Rorke's Drift, Natal, January 22nd to the 23rd 1879.
Fredrick Schiess, Corporal, Natal Native Contingent.
William Allen, Corporal, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot.
Fred Hitch, Private B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot.
James Langley Dalton, Acting Assistant Commissary, Army Commissariat Department.
612 John Williams, Private, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot.
726 Robert Jones, 593 William Jones, Privates, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot.
Henry Hook, Private, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot.
James Henry Reynolds, Surgeon Major, Army Hospital Corps.
Gonville Bromhead, Lieutenant, B Company, 2nd Battalion of the 24th Regiment of Foot, South Wales Borderers.
John Rouse Merriott Chard, Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, Officer Commanding - Rorke's Drift.
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Nagel
5:25 Wed Oct 19
Re: Best ending to a film ever?
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I'd go with Long Good Friday. Like most of the rest mentioned here there's a sudden plot twist at the end, but this one wraps it up in a 2 minute scene with no dialogue, just Bob Hoskins' face going through so many emotions: shock, anger, fear and finally resignation.
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Chigwell
5:28 Wed Oct 19
Re: Best ending to a film ever?
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The Witness: Harrison Ford, having won his battle against the corrupt cops and protected trhe innocent little boy, and (at long last) seduced the pneumatic Kelly McGillis, realises that their lives are not compatible and they part (to haunting music) with tears of resignation in their eyes. Oh my God!
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