![]() And then there is the car flying off into the sky. Firstly, there is the niggling feeling of identity politics – why did they both have to change who they were to get the other’s attention? Sandy has to dress up, and Danny has to dress down. The ending has always felt slightly unsatisfactory, on a few counts. Literally in this case, as the car ascends into the sky. The last scene shows Sandy and Danny reuniting, after a dramatic makeover, and then they drive off together into the sunset. This fun filled musical from 1978, about a group of high school students in the 50’s, is one of the highest grossing live action musicals of all time, and has frequently made it into the Best Musical lists. As you can expect, there will be spoilers. The following films all have endings which feel insufficient for the audience, and do not give the feeling of a satisfactory conclusion. Sometimes that conclusion is ambiguous or sad, sometimes it is happy or funny, but it should invoke the feeling that the ending fits the film. But it does need to feel like the correct conclusion to the story. The ending of a film does not always need to be happy or tie up all the loose ends. You have invested time, money and emotions into the film, you have rooted for the characters, you have hated the villain, and you want something to show for it. The thing about a film ending, is that it is the ultimate payoff for an audience. And on the flip side, a bad film can be looked upon more favourably if the ending is good. No matter the length, genre or budget, a great film can become a mediocre film if the ending is weak. Taught alongside her in the ASCAP Songwriters’ program one summer – you’ve never met a kinder, more talented songwriter.Films can be made or broken on their endings. The Hamilton creator wrote on Twitter, “Gutted by this news. The passing of White (who was also an in-demand vocal coach and author, and won three Grammys for contributions to The Apostle soundtrack and the bluegrass-gospel compilations Amazing Grace and Amazing Grace 2) prompted an outpouring of remembrances from friends as diverse as the Oak Ridge Boys and Tony-winning Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda. Her first release on her label, 2004’s Green Eyed Soul, was singled out by the London Times as the best soul album of the year. She was starting her own label, Skinny White Girl Records, at the time, and declined. She told the Tennessean in 2001 that the star, who had launched his own record label, PlayTone, after the success of his musical film That Thing You Do!, was interested in signing her to work on a project. Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen Opened Up About the Series FinaleĪfter the film, for which Hanks earned an Oscar nomination, White heard from the actor again, but not for an acting role. Had it not been a scene in a film, the entire sequence could have made for a compelling country song, something White no doubt understood and found useful in her performance. As she drives away, he spots a pair of angel wings painted on the back of the truck. He then finds himself at a metaphorical and literal crossroads as a woman in a pickup truck (White, playing Bettina) drives up to explain where each of the roads leads. ![]() Not finding her at home, he leaves it at her doorstep with a note telling her it had saved his life. After he returns to civilization, he travels to Canadian, Texas, to deliver the unopened package – which has a pair of angel wings depicted on it – to a woman named Bettina Peterson. With the exception of one package, he opens them all to use during his ordeal. The film centers on Hanks’ character, FedEx executive Chuck Noland, who crashes on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific, along with several FedEx packages from the plane (including one very famous volleyball named Wilson). But along with her run of three consecutive Top Tens, including “Now I Know” and “That’s How You Know (When You’re in Love),” White’s formidable résumé included appearances on Broadway (playing June Carter cash in Ring of Fire, based on the life of Johnny Cash), in television films (2004’s No Regrets, the first-ever original film to air on the Lifetime network), and on the big screen, with a part in 2010’s Country Strong starring Tim McGraw and Gwyneth Paltrow.īut the most indelible movie appearance by White – who died Tuesday at age 52 after battling cancer – was also one of her shortest: opposite Tom Hanks in a pivotal scene in the 2000 blockbuster Cast Away. ![]() When singer Lari White broke through in 1994 with her second RCA album, Wishes, the Top Ten single “That’s My Baby” was the highest-charting hit by a female newcomer that year in a field crowded with male acts.
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