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30 Movies with Alternate Endings On 6/9/21 at 7:00 AM EDT Movies are collaborative endeavours on enormous scales, meaning they are inevitably processes of constant evolution, from tweaks to the script to entire re-shoots. Films can consequently have alternative endings, especially if a studio takes control of the production or the director is influenced by test audiences negative reactions. Such cinematic substitutes can sometimes become publicly available, allowing film buffs to see what might...

Top 10 Behind The Scenes Tales About Kubrick Movies Stanley Kubrick remains one of the greatest directors of all time. Kubrick, an uncompromising perfectionist, would often make the cast and crew endure hours of reshoots. The filmmaker once made the legendary actor Adolphe Menjou perform 17 different takes of a single scene. Manjou exploded in a fit of rage, insulting Kubrick’s parentage and directorial abilities. Once the diatribe was over, Kubrick calmly responded, “All right, let’s try...

André Gregory, at left, who plays himself, the sophisticated title character in “My Dinner with André,” and his co-star and co-author, the more down-to-earth Wallace Shawn, donned ski wear under their clothing to stay warm during the Richmond filming in December 1980. Recently while heading east on Monument Avenue, past scarred granite stubs at four intersections, I remember the Confederate imagery that once crowned those plinths. Then, passing the Jefferson Hotel I wonder: Do hotel vis...

50 Movies With Alternate Endings By Brianna Zigler, Stacker News On 12/13/20 at 12:00 PM EST Between the first word put on the page of a script and the completed theatrical release, a film goes through countless changes, shifts, rewrites, and sometimes complete reshoots. Even after a film is released—such as in the case of a movie like Ridley Scotts Blade Runner—the director can continue working on additional alterations to be released in future home media releases, or even as entirely ...