Friday, February 11th, 2011
I love the movie, but someone told me that they left out dialogue from the final scene. So I checked a few sources and saw this. Here’s an excerpt from the script of the final scene with the dialogue with Andy and Red still in it.
“RED (V.O.) I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. (beat) I hope.
EXT– BEACH — WIDE PANORAMIC SHOT — DAY (1967) 298
A distant boat lies on its side in the sand like an old wreck that’s been left to rot in the sun. There’s someone out there.
299 CLOSER ON BOAT
299 A MAN is meticulously stripping the old paint and varnish by hand, face hidden with goggles and kerchief mask. Red appears b.g., a distant figure walking out across the sand, wearing his cheap suit and carrying his cheap bag. The man on the boat pauses. Turns slowly around. Red arrives with a smile as wide as the horizon. The other man raises his goggles and pulls down his mask. Andy, of course.
ANDY You look like a man who knows how to get things.
RED I’m known to locate certain things from time to time. Red shrugs off his jacket and picks up a sander. Together, they start sanding the hull as we
FADE OUT THE END
Personally I like it without the dialogue, but the 2 main characters repeating the conversation they had at their initial meeting is a clever way to tie things together.
for the full script and more check out The Internet Movie Script Database
