Your Favorite Films That Had Crazy Alternate Endings

Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove regains his ability to walk just nuclear bombs across the globe begin exploding. In one version though, this was replaced with...a pie fight? Everyone in the room, President included, gets pied in the face like a bad comedy. Kubrick cut it, and that was probably the best idea.

The More You Know

In Saving Private Ryan, all of the main cast were given basic military training except Matt Damon, in the hope that the cast would build a resentment towards him necessary for the role.
Hugh Jackman went without water for 36 hours before filming the opening scene of 'Les Miserables.'
"E.T." and "Poltergeist" started from the same script.
Peter Ostrum, Charlie from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never acted in another movie after that and is now a veterinarian.

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