黄昏夕阳 (1978)
The End
讲述了一个自私好色的地产骗子温德尔（伯特·雷诺兹饰），在得知自己患上罕见绝症且只剩三个月生命后，瞬间丧失了活下去的意志；在试图向亲友寻求慰藉却四处碰壁、甚至连神职人员都对他无能为力后，他决定采取自杀来解脱，却因为胆小和愚笨接连把自杀演变成了一场场爆笑的乌龙闹剧，直到他被送进精神疗养院，结识了一个重度精神分裂且极度狂躁的病友（多姆·德路易斯饰），后者热情澎湃地答应“绝对会帮他死成”，从而将他的生活推向了更加失控、荒诞且步步惊心的疯狂绝境。
演员阵容
- 毕·雷诺斯 — Wendell Sonny Lawson
- Dom DeLuise — Marlon Borunki
- 莎莉·菲尔德 — Mary Ellen
- 斯特罗瑟·马丁 — Dr. Waldo Kling
- David Steinberg — Marty Lieberman
- Joanne Woodward — Jessica Lawson
- Norman Fell — Dr. Samuel Krugman
- Myrna Loy — Maureen Lawson
- 克里斯蒂·麦克尼科尔 — Julie Lawson
- Pat O'Brien — Ben Lawson
- 罗比·本森 — Father Dave Benson
- 卡尔·雷纳 — Dr. James Maneet
趣闻
The End is a 1978 American black comedy film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, written by Jerry Belson, and with music composed by Paul Williams. The film also stars Dom DeLuise along with Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg, Joanne Woodward, Norman Fell, Myrna Loy, Kristy McNichol, Pat O'Brien, Robby Benson and Carl Reiner.
Production
Belson wrote the script in 1971 and it was under development at Columbia Pictures before producer Lawrence Gordon took it on. He sat on the script for five years until Burt Reynolds became attached and the film went into development at United Artists. Reynolds said he wanted to do the film because "I'd read an awful lot of comedies and none struck me as especially funny, according to my strange sense of comedy.
He elaborated: "You can deal with death on a totally Mel Brooks level, but when you try to make a film with parts that are really real amidst the comedy, that's a big risk. What's really funny is what's real. When I was very sick, if I told you what I did, it was funny."
The studio was reluctant to finance The End. They were unhappy with Reynolds wearing a beard and wanted his profession to be a stock car racer. But Reynolds insisted.
Reynolds said "Some people think the guy in The End is as far away from me as anybody could be, but people who really know me realize that it's very close to what I am. The guy crying in the doctor's office, that's me. This guy is totally nude."
The original ending had Marlon kill Sonny. Reynolds said he changed it "because I thought it had to have some hope."
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