The End Page #9

Synopsis: Wendell Lawson has only 6 months to live. Not wanting to live his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take his own life. He enlists the help of a humorously delusional mental patient, and the movie chronicles his many unsuccessful attempts to kill himself. Will he ever succeed...?
 
IMDB:
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
R
Year:
1978
100 min
411 Views


%% Ive lived %%

%% a life that's full %%

%% I traveled each %%

%% and every highway %%

%% and more %%

%% much more than this %%?

%% I did it %%

%% my %%

%% way %%

%% way %%

%% for what is a man %%

%% what has he got? %%

%% if not himself %%

%% then he has naught %%

%% to say the things %%

%% he truly feels %%

%% and not the words %%

%% of one who kneels %%

%% the record shows %%

%% I took the blows %%

%% and did it %%

%% my %%

%% way! %%

%% way! %%

Here I come, lord.

Here I come, lord.

[heartbeat]

[heartbeat]

Julie:
why'd daddy do it?

Jessie:
Julie. Shh.

Daddy's gone now.

But he promised

He was coming back.

But he promised

He was coming back.

You promised, dad.

I hate you for this!

I hate you!

I hate you! I hate you!

I hate you!

[heartbeat stops]

[heartbeat stops]

I want to live!

I want to live!

I want to live!

I want to live!

I can never make it.

Help me, lord.

Please.

I promise not to try

And kill myself anymore.

Save me, and I swear

I'll be a better father.

I'll be a better man.

I'll be a better

Everything!

All I ask is,

Make me a better swimmer!

Make me a better swimmer!

Oh, god!

Oh, god!

I can't do this to Julie.

We can't do this to Julie.

We can't do this to Julie.

Oh, god, let me live,

And I promise to obey

Every one

Of the 10 commandments.

I shalt not kill.

I shalt not

Commit adultery.

I shalt not...

I...I...

I'll learn

The 10 commandments!

And then Ill obey

Every f***in' one of them!

Just get me back

To the beach!

I'll be honest in business!

I promise not to sell

Lakeside lots

Unless there's

A lake around!

I want to see

Another sunrise.

I want to see

Another sunset.

I want to see

Another sunset.

It was a mistake, god!

I never really

Wanted to kill myself.

I just wanted

To get your attention!

I just wanted

To get your attention!

Help me make it.

I'll give you 50%

Of everything I make.

50%, god!

I want to point out

That nobody gives 50%!

I'm talking gross, god!

I'm talking gross, god!

I think

I'm going to make it!

I think

I'm going to make it!

You won't regret this, lord.

I'll obey every commandment.

I'll see my parents

More often.

No more cheating

In business--

Once I get rid of those

9 acres in the desert.

And Im gonna start

Donating that 10% right away!

And Im gonna start

Donating that 10% right away!

I know I said 50%, lord,

But 10% to start.

If you don't want your 10%,

Then don't take it!

I know it was you

That saved me,

But it was also you

That made me sick!

But it was also you

That made me sick!

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

No! Oh, no!

God damn!

God damn!

No!

Don't shoot me!

Please,

I don't want to die!

Aaahhh!

Oh, no!

Oh, god!

You missed him, putz!

Will you stop it?!

Hold still!

Hold still!

God damn you, Marlon!

Don't shoot me!

God damn you, Marlon!

Don't shoot me!

It's empty.

It's empty.

You

Silly

Son of a b*tch!

What's the matter?

You could

Have killed me!

I know!

You could have shot me!

Yes!

You

Fat,

Round

Polack!

Oh, Sonny,

You're so mean!

Oh, Sonny,

You're so mean!

You son of a gun!

You're so--you fink!

I'm trying

To help you

And you yell at me

Foul names!

Up yours!

I'm not mad anymore.

I had a flat tire.

Gee, it was

Hard to find you.

Did you have

A nice swim?

You know what?

I missed you.

And Im so sorry--

Aaaahhhhh!

Wait!

Sonny, wait!

Wait!

Sonny, wait!

I don't want to die!

Do you understand me?

You've got to stop

Trying to kill me!

Do you understand me?

I understand.

I don't think you do.

I do.

The doctor was right

About me.

That's why

I couldn't do it.

'Cause I really

Don't want to die!

But what about your fears

And your pain?

I promised to help you

End all that.

Will you forget

About that?!

I don't think it's in

Your best interest.

I don't care

What you think!

I don't care

What you think!

You don't

Like me anymore.

You don't

Like me anymore.

I like you, Marlon.

I like you, Marlon.

I like you.

I really do.

You do?

I do.

I do.

But you got

To understand.

Tell me

You understand.

Tell me

You understand.

I understand.

I understand.

I love you, Sonny.

I really do.

I love you, too, Marlon.

I love you, Sonny.

I love you, too, Marlon.

I love you, too, Marlon.

Surprise!

Ah ha ha ha ha!

God!

God!

Make me a better runner!

Wait for my knife!

God, god! 50%, god!

Remember what I said?

50%!

I'll give you 80, god.

I'll give you 80%!

Gross! 80% gross!

%% here's another fine mess %%

%% Im into, honey %%

%% they won't cut me loose %%

%% not for love nor money %%

%% Im a fighter, but they've

Got me on the floor %%

%% don't believe

I'm gonna take this anymore %%

%% here's another fine mess %%

%% Ive stumbled into %%

%% as sorry a state %%

%% as Ive ever been to %%

%% though it's difficult

For some to understand %%

%% Im gonna knuckle down

And take it like a man %%

%% Im gonna knuckle down

And take it like a man %%

%% wave good-bye %%

%% don't try to talk %%

%% what's there to say? %%

%% the words are unimportant %%

%% it's the feelings

We remember anyway %%

%% it's the feelings

We remember anyway %%

%% wave good-bye %%

%% don't make a scene %%

%% just let it go %%

%% don't smother

Love and glory %%

%% put an ending on our story

%% we're riding

To that final round-up %%

%% this is

Where the old trail wound up %%

%% here's another fine mess %%

%% and not my choosin' %%

%% we loved for a while %%

%% you can't call that losin'

%%

%% if I knew our love

Was gonna end this way %%

%% if I knew our love

Was gonna end this way %%

%% Id live it over

And I wouldn't change a day %%

%% Id live it over

And I wouldn't change a day %%

%% here's another fine mess %%

---the end---

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Jerry Belson

Jerry Belson (July 8, 1938 – October 10, 2006) was a writer, director, and producer of Hollywood films for over forty years. more…

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