The End Page #2

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
384 Views


Not gonna tell

My little daughter Julie.

Nobody will know

That Im going to die.

Nobody will know

That Im going to die.

Nobody!

Damn! Sorry.

You were saying.

Just tell me one thing.

Just tell me one thing.

What's it gonna be like

At the very end?

What's it gonna be like

At the very end?

Oh, well...

You're really not

Making it easy on me.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Ok. All right.

In the final stages,

You will be

Hospitalized.

You will experience

A great deal of

Shortness of breath,

Severe cramps,

And a great deal

Of hemorrhaging.

A great deal.

A great deal.

You forgot to make

Another appointment.

Mr. Lawson!

Mr. Lawson!

Mr. Lawson!

%% here's another fine mess

Im into, honey %%

%% they won't cut me loose

, not for love nor money %%

%% Im a fighter, but

They got me on the floor %%?

%% Im a fighter, but

They got me on the floor %%

%% don't believe

I'm gonna take this anymore %%

%% don't believe

I'm gonna take this anymore %%

%% here's another fine mess

I've 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 %%

Pronounced dead by

A rotten corporation.

%% Im gonna knuckle down

And take it like a man %%

%% Im gonna knuckle down

And take it like a man %%

[sobbing]

[sobbing]

[dog whimpering]

[dog whimpering]

Excuse me, excuse me.

Excu--

Excu--

I got something

In my eye.

I got something

In my eye.

Uggh.

Uggh.

Hey!

What did he die of?

What, are you crazy?

Get out of here!

What, are you crazy?

Get out of here!

Sir?

Sir?

Sir?

Ma'am? Your beloved...

What did he die of?

What did he die of?

Sonny:
you can have

A little dignity.

I might have been

A customer!

Yeah, in 2 seconds!

[honking]

[honking]

Driver:
oh, god, the corpse

Slammed against the door!

[bell tolling]

[bell tolling]

Excuse me, kid.

Do you know where

I can talk to a priest?

I'm a priest.

I'm a priest.

Oh.

Really. I am.

No, I believe you.

I think.

It's on my

Driver's license.

That's all right.

It's just that

You look so young.

Young, yes.

I made a decision

To serve god

Right after I got

Out of high school.

Oh, that's nice.

You got

The calling, huh?

You got

The calling, huh?

No, it's more

Like a whisper.

Nothing like

In the movies.

I love movies.

I love movies.

That's very interesting,

Very interesting.

Sir? If you'd like

An older priest...

No, no, that's ok.

Do they call you

"father," father--what?

Benson.

Father Benson.

I'd, uh...like to make

A confession.

Really?

Yes.

Gee, I haven't heard

Many confessions.

Matter of fact, you'd

Be one of my first.

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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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