Maybe you have to be a New Yorker to appreciate this but
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Rocketer — 19 years ago(December 29, 2006 07:43 AM)
Remember that this movie was released 20 years ago. The NYC subways in the 70s and 80s were pretty gruesome. In the Rudy Giuliani era the subways (and a lot of other institutions) improved greatly. Under his successor Bloomberg the trend has continued. The graffiti is only a fraction of what it used to be.
They're still crowded as hell, and on a steamy day in August, almost as hot (on some lines, at least).
The one change for the worse, of course, is the skyline. Looking at the shots with the twin towers in them I was struck by how we could not have known they would be gone in just 15 years. -
richard6 — 12 years ago(September 03, 2013 03:42 PM)
The New York subway scene at the end of this fine film was an original well scripted, well-acted and great cinematographic ending. It is one of the most climatically romantic scenes I have seen in a film. It contained emotion and sensitivity mixed with comedy. This finale scene completed tremendously what could have easily been the standard teary cheerless ending. I adore the scene every time I watch this film.
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amyflower — 19 years ago(December 31, 2006 05:28 AM)
Ok, I'm confused, I just watched this again after many, many years (off the finally-released (and very average quality) DVD) and was certain that in the subway scene Linda K plaintively wailed out "Crocodile!!!". Why? Because they edited the film in the office next to where I used to work (Victoria Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia) back in the mid-'80s and I recall hearing that wail over and over and over and over and over and over again through the not-thick-enough walls.
So, has the film been tampered with for DVD, or is my ageing brain going faulty? Or did they just torture us with a scene that didn't even make the final cut???
Cheers!
Amy. -
luvtrav — 19 years ago(February 22, 2007 11:05 PM)
I'm going to add another question in here.
Yes, I love the ending of this movie as well. I just watched it today after a long time of not seeing it. I realized the guy in the subway at the end (beard, red bandanna, not the construction worker) looks very familiar. His voice is making me nuts, I know I have seen him in other stuff before. And while it seems to me that he is a crucial part of this movie, I don't see him in the credits here on imdb.
Can anyone tell me who this guy is and what other movies he is in??? -
btisseur — 18 years ago(December 26, 2007 05:44 PM)
well,im happy to have found a thread of people that love the ending,cause i do too.
Luvtrav,im coming up on the scene right now,ill try to figure out the guy for you.
Be back in 20 minutes..after i..sniff..wipe that thing i have in my eye. -
btisseur — 18 years ago(December 26, 2007 06:01 PM)
I missed the ending.
I wrongly assume the time it was going to end.
Although i researched a bit for the guys name here in imdb and googling it,trying out different key words,but to no avail.
Now im thinking,i do know that guy too,although it might just be ive seen Crocodile a few times in the 80's,i might just know him from Crocolide dundee. -
DaOther — 17 years ago(January 09, 2009 08:58 AM)
Score by Peter Best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSDg2FsIW9k&feature=related
Ending
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4SoCY8ZjlE&feature=related
I'm surprised it was written by a fellow Australian, to be honest O_O