GREAT MOVIE ENDINGS
The film ending is given. Provide the film title. (e.g., Rick (Humphrey Bogart) and Louis walk away into the fog. Answer: “Casablanca.”)
Freshman level
1. George Taylor (Charlton Heston) realizes he is on planet Earth.
2. Rosebud, the boyhood sled of the title character, is thrown into an incinerator.
3. After Rhett leaves, Scarlett says, “Tomorrow is another day.”
Graduate level
4. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is one of the dead people seen by Cole.
5. Marion’s (Janet Leigh) car is pulled out of a swamp near the Bates Motel.
6. “Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!” is shouted, then the doomsday device goes off.
Ph.D. level
7. Joey shouts to the gunfighter (Alan Ladd) to come back.
8. As the door closes, Kay realizes Michael is no longer the man she fell in love with.
9. Ben (Dustin Hoffman) and Elaine are seen sitting in the back of a bus.
Answers: 1. “Planet of the Apes.” 2. “Citizen Kane.” 3. “Gone With the Wind.” 4. “The Sixth Sense.” 5. “Psycho.” 6. “Dr. Strangelove.” 7. “Shane.” 8. “The Godfather.” 9. “The Graduate.”
— North America Syndicate