Hey everyone! :huh: I have been watching Chisum after getting it in from DeepDiscountDVD.com and really enjoyed the ending. ;) I haven't picked an ending yet, but was interested in knowing what you thought is a great ending. :) I know that I listed only nine, and you might add other titles that are not listed. That's alright. Just pick other, and tell us what you think is the best ending. Comments are welcomed. :D

<_< BTW, this is a fun poll.

Enjoy!

Cheers Hondo B)

It was a toss up between Chisum and The Searchers

Brian
Tulalip Wa

I kind of like the ending in Rooster Cogburn....he didn't leave much to take back to Judge Parker...

GSP

"Come and see a fat old man some time" from True Grit, as he jumps the horse over the fence - showin' he still can!

:wink_smile:

Chester

in they were expendable the ending was so like the man wanting to give up his seat to freedom and life for another but being told that he has to stay because there are more important things for him to do.


cheers smokey

Hello,
This is my very first post. I voted for Chisum, I really loved that movie. The beginning fading from picture to movie, and the ending fading from movie to picture.

Monique B)

I voted and picked The Searchers, because he wanted the ending to be a tribute to Harry Carey, which I know is a classic. I liked others, but will pick that one.

Cheers, Hondo B)

I voted for Stagecoach. I really liked the buildup and the actual ending itself. When Doc Boone tells Plummer to put down the shotgun, it's classic Ford. Fight it out on the level.

Yeh i agree chisum i good " were ever mans been gods already been there" great lines and true also i like endings that leave you thinking like sea chase you kind of wander did he win the chase or was he a good captain and go down with his ship i guess he won anyway no matter which way you look at it.

The AFI American Film Instutute voted The Alamo in their list of their 100 or 50 (forgot the actual number) best Film Endings Ever. Couldn't agree more. Try to remember who directed that piece but he must have been one hell of a director...

I loved the ending of The Shepherd of the Hills. In the movie, Duke believes and is told that he is cursed untill he revenges the wrong did his family by his father. Harry Carey comes into the hills and makes himself loved by the hill folks while hiding the fact that he is Duke's father. Duke comes to admire Harry but when he finds out the truth, is driven by the demon in him to revenge the wrong he was told. But Harry shoots him first to keep him from making the same mistake he had made many years ago. While Duke is laying unconcious on a bed, he awakes to hear Harry explaining why he had vanished long ago to Betty Field's character (Sammy). It is then that the demon that drove him is released and he can go about a normal life with Sammy that he thought impossible before. A great movie with a great ending. dukefan1

Wow, dukefan1,

I haven't seen The Shepherd of the Hills. Makes me want to see that one. That is one of the few of the "A" movies that I haven't seen yet. Hope to be able to see that soon.

Cheers, Hondo B)

Wow difficult question but maybe at this precise moment in time it would be El Dorado because all the bad guys meet their maker in a short and well directed scene and we see the two big men injured and walking along the street at the end.

Other great endings include

1. Stagecoach
2. Searchers
3. Rio Bravo
4. The Quiet Man
5. The Shootist (A fitting end for a legend)


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Searchers is the ending that impacts me the most

I't's got to be True Grit "come see fat old man sometime" and the camera freezes
as he jumps the fence and that briliant music .Wonderful ending to a wonderful film :uhuh:

Got to be The Searchers.

HI THERE
MY FIRST REPLY,BEST ENDING HAS GOT TO BE THE SEARCHERS,BUT TRUE GRIR RUNS IT PRETTY CLOSE

I liked the ending in "Three Godfathers" myself. "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" wasn't bad either.

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I have to give it to True Grit, though I must admit The Searchers is probably the most touching of Jonh Wayne's movies in how it ends.

"True Grit", "The Quiet Man," and The Duke at his best "The Shootist"!!! Chilibill :cowboy:

:cowboy: Stagecoach, of course. :cowboy:

I'm going with "The Searchers" That scene at the end of the film, when The Duke is standing in the doorway, Eveybody has gone there separate ways, he puts his hand on his wrist (tribute to Harry Carey) and then turns and walks away and the door closes.After all he has done he still has no place to call home. WOW!! if that doesn't bring a lump to your throat then, your dead. a great scene in a great movie.

I like director Howard Hawks, so Rio Bravo is my choice, the searchers as number two ;)

It's "THE SEARCHERS" for me. Duk standing in the doorway, then turning and the door closing on him. what an ending.

Emmanuel.

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I'lltry one of those black beers....THE QUIET MAN.

I voted other... my choice is "Sands of Iwo Jima" so many things happen at the end of that movie... Stryker dieing, the reading of Stryker's letter, the flag going up, the young pup who didn't like Stryker starting to take on Stryker's role... ya just got to love it...

The end of The Searchers still sends chills down my back.

The Searchers, of course. But since it is a perpetual favorite of mine, I also like the end of El Dorado, especially the way Nelson Riddle's music comes in and leads to an instrumental version of the title song. Love that movie.

For me it is certainly True Grit. But endings in The Searchers and Stagecoach arre also great.

The Searchers and True Grit are great endings. I always found Mclintock!
alot of fun.

True Grit and a close 2nd The Searchers.

I"m just a big Quiet Man fan, but True Grit and The Searchers would be tops too!

True Grit was the best John Wayne ending plus a well deserved Oscar and recognition.


Mike

I selected "Other" because I felt The Cowboys had the best ending even though it was sad.

Mine is the shootist, I believe Duke out did himself and he could relate since he was dying of cancer. What a way to go out for a dying cowboy in a gun fight, like a soldier to die from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war. It doesn't get any better that that.

Has to be True Grit. Whilst The Searchers is a great ending you get the feeling there is no room for Ethan.

Mike

I'll have to say that it was The Shootist. Just seeing him laying there on the floor under his coat and the music that was playing and the camera angles gave me sort of an eerie feeling. You knew that this was the end of an era. One that will never come this way again.

I have to agree, but I voted for one the choices listed instead of voting other. The Shootist was also I think the only time an actor had a perfect epitaph to their career.

Hi Brannigan. Which one did you vote for? I also liked the endings to the Searchers and True Grit. But you can't go wrong with any of the choices listed.

The Searchers

"Come see a fat old man someday!"

I like the endings of True Grit, Rio Bravo. In Harm's Way and The Shootist. I thought he was actually free of cancer when The Shootist was made. I also like the ending of The Horse Soldiers, although it wasn't the intended ending.
Cheers, JJ.

Howdy,
For me, the best ending is in True Grit, it makes me chook up everytime! However, I do like the ending picture of him on top of the hill in Chisum. Those 2 images are how I like to remember him! He was so AWESOME!
Off of the subject, Ringo, just to let you know, I am a Texan too. At least for a little while, my husband and I moved to McAllen Texas 6 months ago for his job, and will be here for at least another year. So for the timebeing I am a Texan too, who knows what I will be next! HA HA
Stacy

"Come see a fat old man someday!"
With a user name of RJCogburn, what else could it be?:teeth_smile:

And as you can see, it ranks right up there with me, too -

"Come and see a fat old man some time" from True Grit, as he jumps the horse over the fence - showin' he still can!

Chester :newyear:

I have to say the ending to The Shootist is a very fitting ending to Duke's life and career. He died the way he wanted to, with his boots on and with his honor and dignity intact. 28 years later he is still loved by millions and ranked as the #1 actor of our history. And to go out with Ron Howard, is only fitting with an icon like Duke. Ron has become an excellent director.

And just the way he nodded at the camera, as if to say thank you to his fans for all the years of support, it almost looked like he was saying good-bye.


Maybe he was.

And to go out under the direction of Ron Howard, is only fitting an icon like Duke.

Don Siegel directed The Shootist. At that point, Ron Howard was still just an actor, he hadn't really began his directing career yet.

That's what I meant... Ron Howard back then really had insight. He has done some excellent movies since but he had been around the industry for a long time. He made a good fit in the movie. He was already directing back then so I'm sure it helped him to be doing both. He directed three big movies :stunned: by the time he did The Shootist...

Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore and Death (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402089/) (1969)
Deed of Daring-Do (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064218/) (1969)
Old Paint (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402411/) (1969)His brother Clint was in all three of them but... hey - he directed them.

Now with my name being Ethan, you would think I would have voted for the Searchers, and although it is probably his most remembered ending, I in fact voted other choosing instead " The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". Although I know Duke is not actually in the ending of the movie, his character has the biggest impact. Ranson Stoddard would not be Senator, Hallie would not be able to read and write, and the territory surrounding Shinbone would still be a wilderness, instead of a garden.
My vote for this is because when he tells Stoddard that HE killed Valance ( and the sly little grin he gives, as if to say you can't take that away from me. Although he has already lost Hallie, and lost himself for doing the unspeakable, the shooting of Valance), and the music playing as he walks away from the convention ( the band playing " Hail Hail, The Gangs all here) , sadly excluding the one person who made it all happen.
Just my two cents!!!!

Regards
Ethan

Has to be The Shootist a great way to finish a career and a classic movie.

Has to be The Shootist a great way to finish a career and a classic movie.

Might have been true but Duke didn't plan to finish his career that way. He wanted to do more, he just couldn't, due to his health.

I haven't seen this thread in a while, and with the numbers, I am surprise with the results. I would have thought that The Searchers would run away with this, but it seems that the members of this message board likes True Grit better. Very interesting!

Cheers :cool:

i to cast my vote for true grit. but the searchers is a close second.
ps i almost hate seeing the end of must of his movies, because the simple fact it's over.get my meaning.

Hi Everyone

As usual the term "best" is very subjective, do you mean best acting, story or whatever?

For me it has to be TRUE GRIT

Why



1. JW did the jump over the fence himself whilst not in the best of healthActor Glen Campbell will always remember his True Grit co-star John Wayne cleared a fence on horseback. Glen was speaking at the American Movie Classics' John Wayne Film Festival which started Thursday, recalling how worried director Henry Hathaway was, about the financial implications of Wayne getting hurt during the 1969 movie. Campbell says, "Duke insisted that he do his own jump. He shouted at Hathaway, 'I ain't having no one jump for me. I'll do my own stunts, thank you. Besides, I can jump a four-rail fence without a horse.' So John Wayne rolled in the saddle as his nag ran at a gallop in the snow toward the chest-high fence. The horse stretched, Duke rose, and the two cleared the fence with plenty of room." The AMC film festival features 35 films starring the screen legend Wayne, who died aged 72 in 1979. Campbell gushes, "Acting alongside the larger-than-life star I'd grown up idolizing back in Delight, Arkansas, was truly one of the most memorable experiences of my life."2. Rooster Cogburn character, (JW the man almost) wish we had more like him! and wish he was my best friend.


3. The acting is superb, funny, moving, exciting I laugh and cry at the same time watching this film and always feel cheered up afterwards.

For me the BEST ending "all round".

Thanks, Elly, for pulling that Glen Campbell story out of your hat of many tricks and treats! Makes that ending even more special, knowing that Duke argued to do it himself, and did it so marvelously!

Chester :newyear:

Chisum was good and it's hard not to appreciate many others including Searchers and True Grit.

The searchers has a great ending along with the music. Wayne should have won an oscar for the walk at the end, classic Wayne.
Andy:teeth_smile:

I love the ending on Chisim, were he is on his horse on a hill looking out over the land. It is so John Wayne!!!!!

true grit definitely - watching true grit was like going on an adventure with john wayne. it was thrilling and exciting and at the same time you felt safe cos you knew you were with him and he was going to win. after the tension of the final scene, it was a nice, cheerful, happy ending that made you want to watch the film over again

For me it was hard to choose between True Grit and The Searchers, but in the end have to go with Ethan Edwards. I believe that is Duke's greatest performance.

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I kind of like the ending in Rooster Cogburn....he didn't leave much to take back to Judge Parker...

GSP
Felt a little bit cheated at the end of this.Its very obvious that Mr.Wayne is not in the last shot,but a stand in.

My favourite ending of a Duke movie is in She wore a Yellow Ribbon! Nathan Brittles is brought back to the cavalry, that has been a home to him for his whole life, and as he comes back to outpost all the ladies wear yellow ribbons in their hair for him... Wonderful!

And I like the end of Hatari! The old man gets the young girl in the end and the scene with the baby elephant is fun!

True Grit was my favourite