I built the ending of this movie up to her tvlling her it might be my favorite ending ever. It is directed by mikael hafstrom and stars john cusack, samuel l. I would have assumed they could have fit the extra 15 minutes of an alternate ending in there but. Well, maybe not ruin, but significantly lessen the impact. With such a meaningful and powerful ending, 1408 s theatrical cut is not only the best version of the film its now, perhaps fittingly, mysteriously and hauntingly hard to find. Some movies dont give proper ending and leave the imagination to the audience. There are actually three alternate endings, but two of them are the same as the theatrical cut version with slightly differing versions of how evan and kayleigh react when they see each other on the street. But the alternate ending on the directors cut twodisc special edition of 1408 genius. This is the 1408 ending that was shown in theatres, but it is not the ending that was released on the directors cut dvd so for anybody who caught the movie the first time round on dvd only.
I loved the movie but hated the ending where the main character died. I just rewatched the movie for the first time in years, since i have become an alcoholic. Heck, even casablanca had a different ending filmed in which he got the girl, but the ending that. Cusack is magnificent, and considering about half the film is. Jacksons character goes to his funeral and sees him in his car. Two other alternate endings will be included on the dvd release. There are also two additional ending variants available on 1408s bluray. In this interactive murdermystery, the audience guides russells investigation through 16 possible story lines leading to one of five unique endings. Director mikael hafstrom said that the ending for 1408 was. Then in the special features there are two alternate endings. In this video i attempt to analysis the meaning behind the infamous film 1408, based in the well known short story by stephen king.
For some people, the ending is the most important part of a movie. This ending is the default ending on the bluray release and twodisc. Good movies, but no subtitles or alternate endings for 1408. Ending spoiler for 1408 2007, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. So 1408 has three endings posted by stonehog on 8217 at 10. Funnily enough, i watched 1408 last week and was very confused that the ending was now different to the ending i saw years ago he lived in the first version, he was a cigarette smoking ghost in the second reasons for alternate endings more generally. There are multiple endings for this film with the version, which has mike fading from room 1408 following katie, being the one most seen, as it is the default on most dvd and digital versions. Also, 1408 comes with only one of the endings i personally liked the other one better. In his mail he finds a package addressed from mikes p. In this cut, again evan travels back one final time.
A horror films powerful and discontinued ending medium. In other alternate endings, mike is rescued from the flames, reconnects with lily, and captures his conversation he had with katie on his recorder. These are five movies with alternate endings better than the original, and five that are worse. The director of the film 1408 is director michael hafstrem. Deleted movie endings better than the original youtube. He doesnt have any idea why they have two endings for 1408. A man who specialises in debunking paranormal occurrences checks. If so,please go ahead and edit it and make it clear for all. The hidden meaning behind stephen kings 1408 youtube. Jackson leaves the funeral and sees cusack in the back seat. Then mike actually arrives in room 1408, and things cool off a bit. Generally, alternative endings are considered to have no bearing on the canonical narrative.
Scifi played the most atrocious alternative ending ive ever seen, completely ruining the movie for both of us, and now my movie selection reputation is ruined for her. This book is about an author who wrote a book after the death of his daughter. Here, we rank alternate horror film endings from worst to best. The film ended with one of the strange endings and she said it sucked, and i kept pleading that i didnt know what happened and the movie was supposed to go completely different. Alternate endings lucky enough to get my hands on an advanced release and neither of the alternate endings included in the special features section resemble what is described in the original post in the alternate ending section of the page the whole olin at the funeral and seeing mikes ghost thing, and since the two alternate endings that. The most confusing movie endings explained duration. How come people have the same movies with 2 different endings. But these movies have multiple endings which even audience wont be aware of sometimes. Mike enslin sets fire to 1408 but is not rescued by the fire department. Ive never seen a movie that has two versions of endings.
Single movie with different endingsya clue is a perfect example. There are two alternate endings, neither of which is exactly the same as in the book. In the short story, mike escapes the room but is left with burns, traumas and health problems, including a complete inability to write. Jackson based on a story by suspense master stephen king about a skeptical writer investigating paranormal events who insists on staying in the reportedly haunted room 1408 at the dolphin hotel. Spoiler alert alternate ending the directors cut contains a more tragic ending.
Other times these endings are abhorrent disasters that ruin an otherwise movie. The movie of 1408 i watched at the cinema has a different ending where the writer was rescued from that room by the firemen but on another dvd the guy was never able to leave the room. This is a longstanding and wellknown position of mine. After the funeral, sam has a brief chat with lily before returning to his office. I claim no rights to this movie, none of the work is my own please read the description below this is the 1408 ending that was. When a hotshot director is murdered, its up to security guard russell bingham to solve the crime before the killer strikes again. A couple of different endings were considered for the movieone. Subscribe for more and leave your opinion and suggestions down. There were two endings, one was changed and one released in theaters. The hotel manager tries to convince mike not to enter the room 1408 by providing him confidential documents, indicating all the series of death cases with unexplainable causes that occurred in that room. Will update the list whenever such movies are found out in any language. I honestly though i was in an alternate universe where 1408 wasnt a good movie and actually sucked a bag of dicks.
Its not that a film consisting of nothing other than john cusack alone in a. I found the experience of buying this bundle completely lacking as i just do not conceive what technical difficulties they could have come across to justify not having subtitles, even if only english ones. The camera zooms in on the numbers on the outside door, just as they melt from the heat. The film was released in the united states on june 22, 2007, although july which in 2007 fell on a friday is. And yep, its pretty cliche if not straight cheesy at times, but damned if i dont watch part of it anytime its on. Jackson, mary mccormack, tony shalhoub, len cariou, isiah whitlock, jr. I took something a little differently away from the movie this time. Multiple endings were shot at the time of production due to the studio being uncertain. The hidden meaning behind stephen king s 1408 youtube. Alternative ending for 1408 is the one the film deserved toledo.
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