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One of my favourite Boorman films is "Hell in the Pacific" Im pretty sure the first time I saw this on TV the film ended with a stray missile crashing down on Marvin and Mifune inside a derelcit building, suggesting that they both die.I have been informed there is an alternative ending that sees the characters simply stroll ot of the building and stare at a sunset without the missile landing on them. Has anyone seen that version, does it exist?

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It definitely exists. If you get the DVD that's very likely the ending you'll see.
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One of my favourite Boorman films is "Hell in the Pacific" Im pretty sure the first time I saw this on TV the film ended with a stray missile crashing down on Marvin and Mifune inside a derelcit building, suggesting that they both die.I have been informed there is an alternative ending that sees the characters simply stroll ot of the building and stare at a sunset without the missile landing on them. Has anyone seen that version, does it exist?
The IMDb says that it's the British version where the bomb/missile kills them both. In the American version they just walk off into the sunset (or get drunk and walk off in separate directions arguing)

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The IMDb says that it's the British version where the bomb/missile kills them both. In the American version they just walk off into the sunset (or get drunk and walk off in separate directions arguing)

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Ah.... cheers for that. Americans always like a happy ending don't they! If only real life were like that!!
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Ah.... cheers for that. Americans always like a happy ending don't they! If only real life were like that!!
Be a bit of a pity if there isn't a DVD with the British ending on it. I love downbeat endings, they're almost always superior...

Unfortunately the only current DVD available is a region 1 issue... which is highly unlikely to have the British ending. You can still get hold of copies of an old UK PAL release... but scandalously its pan and scan 4:3... which is very detrimental to how John Boorman filmed the movie - which paid special attention to using the widescreen frame.
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