I really liked this ending for two main reasons. First, it shows that Snake did have humanity left in him even after all he had been through. Two, it shows that at the end of the day, politicians care for nothing more than their own agenda and gain, no matter what the cost.
Thanks for this. Way to many people thinks this ending solidifies snake as an edgy nihilist. When in fact they couldn't be further off the mark. Snake took a stance against what he realized was a fundamentally corrupt country that didn't care about it's people. He could have let 1999 American Imperialist hellworld have it's peace, and he chose not to. That is not fucking nihilism
All you have to realize when considering the meaning of this ending is that Carpenter wrote the screenplay in the mid-70s. Snake is - symbolically- a Vietnam vet who is throwing away the excuses politicians gave for a bogus war. Carpenter’s intent is all over the film, despite it being made years after it was written. In its cynicism, in its antiauthoritarianism, this is arguably the last notable film of the 70s, paradoxically so given it’s an 80s film.
Snake: Just a moment of your time. Mr President: Of course, anything. Snake: Alot of people died getting you out, I just wanted to know how you felt about it....
Definitely one of the coolest movie endings of cinema history. Just seeing Snake tear that tape cassette up demonstrating how little shit he gives made him look more like a bad-ass. This awesome theme playing wad the icing-on-the-cake. Way da go John Carpenter.
David Erm, have you seen just how popular video games are these days? They pretty much blow movies out of the water in terms of popularity. And if you played MGS2 you'd see why Solid Snake is more iconic than Plissken. Also Escape From LA was a shit sequel and a total letdown!
Whoever did the casting for John Carpenter in his prime filmmaking days always did an incredible job picking great actors for the right parts creating incredible performances. It all started with the original Halloween, they struck absolute gold casting Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance, with Nick Castle doing a phenomenal job as the shape during the film's climax.
When Snake asks the President how he felt about all these people sacrificing themselves so he could be here to give his speech and sees that the President's reaction is inhumane and without compassion, that's when Snake Plissken decides to destroy the tape.
yep, depending on the answer he would have given the president the real tape. the fact that the president answered the way the cynical snake thought he would, that was when he made up his mind to humiliate the fucker. He turned down the job to work for the man and humiliated the president in front of the world while walking away with a smoke, tearing up a cassette of nuclear fusion that could have had great benefits to the world but under the hands of these "men" in charge would have been used to enslave people and cause endless war with no purpose
I'm not joking when I say this, Snake Plissken is my inspirational film character. When I feel very nihilistic, I just want to do something like Snake did.
My favorite scene in the entire movie! The camera following Snake Plissken as he destroys the cassette tape and stops moving as he walks by and fades to black... Probably the original walking like a boss, before that became a thing.
nah deus ex is more like a greek tragedy (i mean the jensen trilogy - yes trilogy because any day now the new publisher that bought eidos will make a third game) on second thought this comment is so old that deus ex HR just came out, my bad
He wasn't director of photography. He did special effects shots and the photography in them, and matte paintings. The director of photography was Dean Cundey.
Bad ass. The definition of bad ass. Nobody. NOBODY knew how to do anti-hero's like John Carpenter. A great ending to a great UNDERRATED movie if anything.
Future MLB pinch hitter extraordinaire Matt Franco is credited here as "assistant to the assistants." Matt is the son of producer/second unit director Larry Franco and the nephew of star Kurt Russell. Kurt's sister Jill is Matt's mother. Matt was also a certified stunt man in Hollywood before he established himself as a professional baseball player.
I'm glad someone else noticed this. Matt is the son of producer/second unit director Larry Franco, who at the time was married to Jill Russell, Kurt's sister. So he was the producer's son and the star's nephew. He made a name for himself a decade later as a pinch hitter in MLB with the Cubs, Mets, and Braves. He was a member of the Mets during the Bobby Valentine years and was on the 2000 team that won the NL pennant. That's why Kurt became a Mets fan. Matt was also in the playoffs with the Mets in 1999 and the Braves in 2002 and 2003. He is the all-time leader in walks by a pinch hitter, I believe. Kurt temporarily retired from acting to play professional baseball, too, but he didn't make it past AA before he returned to acting full-time.
Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. taught me how sweet revenge is. Snake has to go through so much shit in each movie but he gets them good in the end. He gets them real good!
Fun fact, The very last credit, Pt's Centreville, was a kind of seedy stripclub on the east side of st louis that apparently the cast and crew frequented and enjoyed so much that they made it in the credits.
Yeah, and it just now occurred to me how non-chalant and unappreciative the President was even after being saved from such a predicament. And after he had stopped that cable lift just to get his revenge against the "Duke" even when he would have still had time to shoot and kill him without stopping it. And I think that's the main reason why Snake resented him for putting his own life in jeopardy by doing that, so there was really some innuendo right at the end? And the fact that the actor's name was DONALD...?!?!
That version of the Music cannot be found on any LP: all existing official versions (even on the Death Waltz LP) have a different lead sound. I found that one (the one actually on the movie start and end credits) much warmer :) Does anyone know on which LP or CD it could be found? Thanks!
I still don't get the symbolism behind the US flag at the end. does it signify Plissken being a true patriot or does it mean mean Plissken tearing it apart symbolically with the tape?
The 2nd audio commentary track on the U.S. SE DVD features producer Debra Hill and she said that the flag is orientated to connote that this is a fascist state - just in case it wasn't apparent during past 90 odd minutes! This means you could construe it as Plissken turning his back on a failed, fascist society.
I really liked this ending for two main reasons. First, it shows that Snake did have humanity left in him even after all he had been through. Two, it shows that at the end of the day, politicians care for nothing more than their own agenda and gain, no matter what the cost.
Thanks for this. Way to many people thinks this ending solidifies snake as an edgy nihilist. When in fact they couldn't be further off the mark. Snake took a stance against what he realized was a fundamentally corrupt country that didn't care about it's people. He could have let 1999 American Imperialist hellworld have it's peace, and he chose not to. That is not fucking nihilism
And also snake gave middle finger to the system with this gesture
The only thing worse than a politician is a child molester.
The most unamerican ending ever... John Carpenter is a genius and has two gigantic balls.
All you have to realize when considering the meaning of this ending is that Carpenter wrote the screenplay in the mid-70s. Snake is - symbolically- a Vietnam vet who is throwing away the excuses politicians gave for a bogus war. Carpenter’s intent is all over the film, despite it being made years after it was written. In its cynicism, in its antiauthoritarianism, this is arguably the last notable film of the 70s, paradoxically so given it’s an 80s film.
This is probably the greatest ending to a movie ever...that awesome Carpenter soundtrack too...
Yes!
I couldn't have said this better
Yes. I say that since the 80´s when i saw it for the first time. No movie ending can beat this !
Preach!!
Snake: Just a moment of your time.
Mr President: Of course, anything.
Snake: Alot of people died getting you out, I just wanted to know how you felt about it....
Had the Pres answered empathetically Snake would have tossed him the real tape but he can barely take his attention away from his own reflection.
Definitely one of the coolest movie endings of cinema history. Just seeing Snake tear that tape cassette up demonstrating how little shit he gives made him look more like a bad-ass. This awesome theme playing wad the icing-on-the-cake. Way da go John Carpenter.
Snake Plissken the man, the legend, the icon, and the one who was the inspiration for another iconic Snake
And that Snake became an even bigger icon I think
jutubaeh Solid Snake
David Yes actually, but they're both big icons
David Erm, have you seen just how popular video games are these days? They pretty much blow movies out of the water in terms of popularity. And if you played MGS2 you'd see why Solid Snake is more iconic than Plissken. Also Escape From LA was a shit sequel and a total letdown!
And let's not forget that in the sequel, he "destroyed" the world
What a great cast in this movie, Kurt Rusell, Donald Plasence, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, real legends.
How can you forget Isaac hayes??
Whoever did the casting for John Carpenter in his prime filmmaking days always did an incredible job picking great actors for the right parts creating incredible performances. It all started with the original Halloween, they struck absolute gold casting Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance, with Nick Castle doing a phenomenal job as the shape during the film's climax.
Most of those great actors are now dead..
Time flies..
When Snake asks the President how he felt about all these people sacrificing themselves so he could be here to give his speech and sees that the President's reaction is inhumane and without compassion, that's when Snake Plissken decides to destroy the tape.
yep, depending on the answer he would have given the president the real tape. the fact that the president answered the way the cynical snake thought he would, that was when he made up his mind to humiliate the fucker. He turned down the job to work for the man and humiliated the president in front of the world while walking away with a smoke, tearing up a cassette of nuclear fusion that could have had great benefits to the world but under the hands of these "men" in charge would have been used to enslave people and cause endless war with no purpose
When I first watched this as a kid around 10 or 11 I was an instant fan .... Say no more... Mr carpenter.. Mr Russel... I salute you... And Thank you.
*Russell
I'm not joking when I say this, Snake Plissken is my inspirational film character. When I feel very nihilistic, I just want to do something like Snake did.
My favorite scene in the entire movie! The camera following Snake Plissken as he destroys the cassette tape and stops moving as he walks by and fades to black... Probably the original walking like a boss, before that became a thing.
still love this ending
walking away from everyone and heading towards the unknown home
I wish they would have a similar ending in deus ex
nah deus ex is more like a greek tragedy (i mean the jensen trilogy - yes trilogy because any day now the new publisher that bought eidos will make a third game)
on second thought this comment is so old that deus ex HR just came out, my bad
Snake didn't give a fk about their war.
+Paolo Lery Or their president.
President of what?
That's not funny...
They really should think about Getting a new president though
@@rickyhyppa7960 they did, he was..overly religious
One of the best endings ever to a great film. And a great score.
Jim Cameron as a director of photography 👍🏻
He wasn't director of photography. He did special effects shots and the photography in them, and matte paintings. The director of photography was Dean Cundey.
Bad ass. The definition of bad ass. Nobody. NOBODY knew how to do anti-hero's like John Carpenter. A great ending to a great UNDERRATED movie if anything.
Future MLB pinch hitter extraordinaire Matt Franco is credited here as "assistant to the assistants." Matt is the son of producer/second unit director Larry Franco and the nephew of star Kurt Russell. Kurt's sister Jill is Matt's mother. Matt was also a certified stunt man in Hollywood before he established himself as a professional baseball player.
Thank God I escaped from New York!
1:44 Assistant to the Assistants! Wow, Matt has got to be everyone's "bitch" on the film set!
I'm glad someone else noticed this. Matt is the son of producer/second unit director Larry Franco, who at the time was married to Jill Russell, Kurt's sister. So he was the producer's son and the star's nephew. He made a name for himself a decade later as a pinch hitter in MLB with the Cubs, Mets, and Braves. He was a member of the Mets during the Bobby Valentine years and was on the 2000 team that won the NL pennant. That's why Kurt became a Mets fan. Matt was also in the playoffs with the Mets in 1999 and the Braves in 2002 and 2003. He is the all-time leader in walks by a pinch hitter, I believe. Kurt temporarily retired from acting to play professional baseball, too, but he didn't make it past AA before he returned to acting full-time.
This is the coolest ending a movie can ever have!
Love this movie
I'm weak if I see this movie come on I have to watch the whole thing...I'll be late for work or whatever I have to do is not getting done.
Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. taught me how sweet revenge is. Snake has to go through so much shit in each movie but he gets them good in the end. He gets them real good!
If Snake Plissken did not exist, I do not think Solid Snake/Metal Gear Solid would have existed.
LA was lame......CGI overdose
Great movie. Great decade.
snake! the most amazing anti-hero in movie history...
This was one of those movies you watched on tv knowing the movie was about to end . But didn't want it to end..😂
Top ten badasses
So fucking good
Great movie.
Fun fact, The very last credit, Pt's Centreville, was a kind of seedy stripclub on the east side of st louis that apparently the cast and crew frequented and enjoyed so much that they made it in the credits.
Best ending on a movie ever.
They risked his life for that tape, so he wanted to make them look like fools. I would have done the same thing.
Yeah, and it just now occurred to me how non-chalant and unappreciative the President was even after being saved from such a predicament. And after he had stopped that cable lift just to get his revenge against the "Duke" even when he would have still had time to shoot and kill him without stopping it. And I think that's the main reason why Snake resented him for putting his own life in jeopardy by doing that, so there was really some innuendo right at the end? And the fact that the actor's name was DONALD...?!?!
But not that i am comparing him to Trump or vice-versa, it's just kind of weird how he was chosen to play that part.
I love the look of the president
LIKE A BOSS!
I love NYC!
Cool
If you pause at around 1:47-1:50. you'll find a very recognizable name. If you know, you know
That version of the Music cannot be found on any LP: all existing official versions (even on the Death Waltz LP) have a different lead sound. I found that one (the one actually on the movie start and end credits) much warmer :) Does anyone know on which LP or CD it could be found? Thanks!
cool ending, but the ending of Halloween season of the witch. Wow!
STOP IT!👏👏
Love that movie
Recorded from a 90s BBC1 screening of the film hence the speeded up credits
yay Snake! Back when movies were great!
James Cameron one of the directors of photography interesting 🤔
But has his name as Jim
0:47 Squidward is one of the dancers!
Cut, print and wrap!
Yea AMerican band stand, lol...... wasnt this the cabbies tape?. airwofl guy?.
Probably even more at 1:58 and following.
Great music!
annengmail32 Bummed that the ending of this isn’t on any soundtrack.
Those last notes give me goosebumps
I see Loren Jane's is one of the stunt men . He doubled for Charles bronson and Steve mc Queen
goomgramps
doomgrumps
The ending is iconic!
bad ass
lol they sped up the credits scroll , not unheard of for VHS
A great message to send to the world. "Let's Boogie!!"
Say what you want about John Carpenter's movies, but he knows how to make killer endings.
What´s to say about John Carpenter´s movies if not good things ???...
So fuckin bad ass....
i love the fact that it was all for nothing
What was the song on the tape called?
Bandstand Boogie, the opening theme to American Bandstand.
@@triplehate6759 There Is a Barry Manilow version of this song
gues what, i knew what theis was b4 aren told me
I still don't get the symbolism behind the US flag at the end. does it signify Plissken being a true patriot or does it mean mean Plissken tearing it apart symbolically with the tape?
I think it could be either one really.
The 2nd audio commentary track on the U.S. SE DVD features producer Debra Hill and she said that the flag is orientated to connote that this is a fascist state - just in case it wasn't apparent during past 90 odd minutes! This means you could construe it as Plissken turning his back on a failed, fascist society.
They showed this movie on tv again..but cut off the credits. Had to come here
Buy it
Just posted the essentially same comment a year later. Why are TV stations so fucking stupid?
LOL! Kurt accidenty break the tape. and it cuts to black.
Shout out to the girl who is billed the girl at the chock full of nuts
Tame bumps
John carpenter fucking rules along with rob zombie
Lol, who the fuck is rob zombie ?
Devils rejects and the lords of Salem are awesome
I m tatooted snake plissken...it’s my spiritual father...i like...
Me too)
Val Plissken great !! I like that !! Hello from Belgium !!
Snake’s theme
Snake broskin..
Its Plisskin not broskin
Then Kurt Russell wouldn't be the legend he is now.
Broforce, yeah
Could've at least gotten the audio right on this.
James Cameron @ 1:48
Really??
@@ig-8892 Lol. What´s new ?
They should have played this in the 2nd movie...too bad the 2nd movie was okay. They could have done way better an made a 3rd film.
truth hurts they did in the beginning of the 2nd
this is the offical score the new one that was done later on sucked it was too rigid
This is mono, not stereo. What the heck.