08-Scarface endings
After we watch the rest of Scarface in class on Feb 10th, you will post several paragraphs on the three endings. Although it simplifies the production history a bit, we will call these the script ending, the coward runs ending, and the hanging ending:
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the ending in the “original” script, where Camonte comes out guns blazzing
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the first filmed ending, where Camonte becomes a coward, runs, and is shot down in the street
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the second filmed ending, where Camonte is tried and hung.
In your blog posting
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Describe in detail each ending using Jacob’s (”The World Is Yours”) and McCarthy’s account of the script (pp. 122-172) and your detailed notes on the two filmed endings
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Then, take a position on whether the ending in the original script, which was never filmed, glorified Camonte
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Finally, take a position on whether it makes a difference for our view of Camonte and the government whether he is killed as he runs from his hideout (the first ending filmed) or is tried and punished by government officials (the second filmed ending and the one most people saw at the time).
You can review part of Scarface’s 3rd ending at: http://classweb.gmu.edu/kthomps4/video/scar-sm.mov. This is the version most viewers saw at the time but is only available now in the recent DVD release with both endings, so its crucial you not miss class on June 9th.
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