Ending
Does this movie end with a death scene in a car and an Elton John song playing into the credits?
shareOK, I see you've been waiting a while so I'll give you an answer. I haven't honestly seen this movie since its original time. It is an iconic favorite of mine, that is still strong in my nostalgic memory, and I will have to look for the DVD to see it again.
I remember the heartrending ending death scene as a slow motion. Bobby and Rose are hiding out in a motel room. Bobby is walking out to the police, planing to give himself up. The police mistakenly think he has a gun, and despite Rose's pleas, they shoot him in "self defense". This all plays out to Elton John's-Benny and the Jets, while the rain is falling down.
So, those of you that have seen it recently... do I remember it correctly? I felt it was the first time, as a teen myself, that I was faced with the real life possibility of a love ending in death.
I bawled in the same way, for the same reasons, when with my finance/hubby and we saw "Romeo and Juliet" and "Titanic".
Actually Rose has called the police from a pay phone (because they have her son) and she divulged the name of the hotel where they're hiding out. She's running down the street in the rain, and Bobby's uncle has brought him a get-away car and they all meet in the downpour. The policeman shoots Bobby, and it is in slow mo and oh so heartbreaking to watch.
This is the first DVD I purchased, so I know it by heart and love it!
... I admire a person that's willing to do whatever is necessary.
I remember when I first saw this being SO upset with Rose for telling the cops where they were ~
"Much communication in a motion, without conversation or a notion"