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NFT: 'Unforgiven' screenwriter describes the lost ending

Grey Pilgrim : 8/4/2022 5:28 pm
Clint Eastwood cut from classic 1992 Western.

One of my top 5 films of all time.


https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/clint-eastwood-unforgiven-david-peoples-lost-ending-180119480.html - ( New Window )
That’s interesting..  
Chris in Philly : 8/4/2022 6:20 pm : link
But the last 30-45 minutes of Unforgiven are about as perfect as filmmaking gets. I wouldn’t change a thing.
Unforgiven is a great picture, but  
section125 : 8/4/2022 6:24 pm : link
Outlaw Josey Wales was a better movie IMO. Slightly different and Unforgiven is darker.
RE: Unforgiven is a great picture, but  
Pete in CO : 8/4/2022 6:37 pm : link
In comment 15771980 section125 said:
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Outlaw Josey Wales was a better movie IMO. Slightly different and Unforgiven is darker.


Great comparison. Wayyyy darker. Eastwood's history as a good drifter in those spaghetti western precedents makes the dark turn in Unforgiven even more appealing.
I love Josey…  
Chris in Philly : 8/4/2022 6:46 pm : link
but Unforgiven is a much tighter picture. I’ll take it any day.
RE: I love Josey…  
Crispino : 8/4/2022 7:52 pm : link
In comment 15771989 Chris in Philly said:
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but Unforgiven is a much tighter picture. I’ll take it any day.


Completely agree. Unforgiven is a much more complex movie, IMO. Better written and executed. I like OJW, but it’s lightweight by comparison to Unforgiven.
RE: I love Josey…  
section125 : 8/4/2022 7:53 pm : link
In comment 15771989 Chris in Philly said:
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but Unforgiven is a much tighter picture. I’ll take it any day.


I immediately liked Josey Wales although Sondra Locke could have been left out! I was much more reserved on Unforgiven. Thought Unforgiven as a bit patch worky. Didn't think it flowed well. The Schofield Kid wanting to be a killer, the shooting of the slasher, killing Ned...some of the story lines didn't seem to blend well. They were all integral to the plot without doubt, but started out balky.
Once Ned was killed and Munny got shit faced and turned pure evil, it really became great. Little Bill shining on Beauchamp, showing what a bully he was...

Guess it is like preferring Pistachio to Butter Pecan ice cream....(well if you like those)

Yes, great movie that I like more each time I see it.
One of my favorite movies  
UConn4523 : 8/4/2022 7:57 pm : link
in my favorite genre.
I love Unforgiven as is  
Matt M. : 8/4/2022 8:16 pm : link
But, that does sound like it would have worked. I like the writer's explanation, that his lying about killing show's his embarrassment over what he did.
It's hard to reimagine it  
pjcas18 : 8/4/2022 8:22 pm : link
so I'm probably biased since it's one of my favorite movies, but I think Clint's ending accomplishes the same thing the writer was going for with the documented final scene.

And 30 years? holy shit. how is Unforgiven 30 years old?

RE: I love Josey…  
djm : 8/4/2022 9:02 pm : link
In comment 15771989 Chris in Philly said:
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but Unforgiven is a much tighter picture. I’ll take it any day.


Couldn’t have said it better. Unforgiven is flawless. Hard to top it.
The Rewatchables podcast  
DAS_FXX : 8/4/2022 9:11 pm : link
…just did an episode dedicated to “Unforgiven”. Ten out of ten to listen to, or you like this movie, or film in general.


The Rewatchables Unforgiven - ( New Window )
RE: It's hard to reimagine it  
bradshaw44 : 8/4/2022 11:01 pm : link
In comment 15772066 pjcas18 said:
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so I'm probably biased since it's one of my favorite movies, but I think Clint's ending accomplishes the same thing the writer was going for with the documented final scene.

And 30 years? holy shit. how is Unforgiven 30 years old?


I know. I remember when it came out and the talk about how an over the hill Eastwood was making another western and could he pull it off? And here we are 30 years later and he’s still making movies that he’s starring in!
That ending sounds like money  
Jim in Forest Hills : 8/5/2022 8:58 am : link
I think it would have been great. No complaints as it stands though.
RE: That ending sounds like money  
RCPhoenix : 8/5/2022 11:37 am : link
In comment 15772292 Jim in Forest Hills said:
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I think it would have been great. No complaints as it stands though.


I disagree. The movie works best with him leaving the town in a rainstorm after the killings, rather than another scene at the end.

One word for you  
Spiciest Memelord : 8/5/2022 11:42 am : link
Gene Fucking Hackman

Deserve’s got nothing…  
Chris in Philly : 8/5/2022 12:00 pm : link
to do with it.
So many lines in that movie were just perfect  
JOrthman : 8/5/2022 12:35 pm : link
and almost make you rethink things.

One of my favorites and I'll probably butcher this, but...

"Hell of a thing killing a man, you take away everything he's got and everything he'll ever have."
I'll see you in hell, William Munny!  
Greg from LI : 8/5/2022 12:36 pm : link
Yeah

*BAM*
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