i dont get the ending (spoilers)
ok i thought she died. but then she is giving an interview of her life at an old age. uh wtf
shareshe wasn't dead, she was unconscious after losing all that blood being shot.
shareI also thought that Michael Douglas was dead after copping 17 bullets on the German Suiss border at the railway station. They both lived which I suppose is quite a miracle, after all, there was so much blood lost. It couldn't happen in real life, but then again this is Hollywood where anything goes. I quite enjoyed the movie though and could see it again. 8/10
shareMichael Douglas only got hit with bullets twice. One that shattered his knee, and one that punctured a lung. Even at the end it said, "no one was surprized that Ed was too stubborn to die." And Melanie Griffith just passed out.
shareI thought the ending was wonderful, in that through it all they forced themselves to survive. Ed was only shot twice, and the second they were over the border they got medical attention. Linda had only passed out, because they show Ed checking her for a pulse. This has long been a favorite movie, even though I was luke warm about the book (though I love Linda's last comment to Margarite!).
shareit would have sucked if ed had died. yes, it might have been more realistic for the interview, but to go through all that to have him die would have sucked. the heroes die in other movies(titanic-leo), but not in this one.
shareWhat was her last comment to Margarite? I can't remember... I agree with you on the book. I thought the film was much better.
"Where's the sherbert, mother?"
"It's there, beneath the layer of protective ice..."
The great comment from Linda to Margarite must have been in the book. I've got the movie on right now, so I went back to check it out -- the last scene between the two is when Margarite shoots Linda through the closet door . . . then they talk briefly. Linda learns why they let her keep going (they were using her to keep an eye on Liam Neeson) and she learns that Margarite was responsible for Linda's cousins' deaths. Right after she learns this, they struggle for the gun, and Margarite gets shot. That's about it. No snappy comments.
Not a bad movie. Sweet ending.
The only line I really remember from that scene is Margarite's comment to Linda, I think it was, "I have no use for Jews."
"Where's the sherbert, mother?"
"It's there, beneath the layer of protective ice..."
The ending kind of reminded me of Up Close and Personal with Michelle P. & Redford....cept of course Douglas lives and Redford sadly did not :(
"Good times! Noodle salad!"
The first time I saw this movie was in a studio preview.
In that early version, the Michael Douglas character does NOT survive the Swiss border crossing.
I'm glad they changed it for the final release.
The snappy line(s) in the book went something like this:
"Margarete,my name is Linda Voss. I am a Jew. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
Then I blew her brains out.
The story is told in the first person, in Linda Voss's voice. MOST of her lines, whether conversation or exposition were snappy-Linda was a wiseass.
I love both, the book AND the movie.
It's the best movie Melanie Griffith has done and "Working Girl" comes right after this one.
Joely Richardson had a very interesting part and so had Liam Neeson.
What I liked about the movie was the fact that Linda goes to WW II Berlin after a relatively short time. However in the book she doesn't fly overseas before the first 200+ pages are over.
The book has many funny scenes...Susan Isaacs is a brilliant author with a great sense of humour, so I recommend to watch the film first and then read the book for more background information and for all those funny scenes/remarks that are not contained in the film.
what was linda's last comment to marguerite??
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