Is Clue the only film that aired true, multiple endings in theaters?
Clue (1985) famously had three, true (intentional) alternate endings that were included on the VHS and aired in theaters. It’s not uncommon for alternate endings to appear online after a film is out of theaters (Fatal Attraction, Terminator 2, and others), especially as they're often deleted scenes or scrapped concepts. But Clue used their alternate endings as a marketing tactic while in theaters - you didn’t know which one you’d get when buying a ticket (until they eventually showed them all).
While "director's cuts" occasionally make it to theaters, the recent, on-demand launch of Netflix's Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend has me wondering: did any other films air multiple, true alternate endings in theaters upon release?
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There is an Indian movie in Malayalam called Harikrishnans with
a love triangle, which ends with the lead female actor ending up with one of the two lead male actors.
There were two endings released in theaters, with the endings supposedly chosen based on the "popularity" of the actor in that region.
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Did the movie Clue have multiple endings?
Three different endings exist for this movie, each with a different person being the killer. In theaters, only one of the endings was shown. Television and rental versions include all of the endings. In some television broadcasts of the movie, the "drawing lots" scene in the kitchen is cut out.What movies have 3 endings in theaters?
Inspired by the nature of the board game, the film's initial release featured various different endings, with one of three possibilities sent to movie theaters at the time....Clue (film)ClueTheatrical release posterDirected byJonathan LynnScreenplay byJonathan LynnStory byJohn Landis Jonathan Lynn14 more rowsWhy did Clue have multiple endings?
Each ending was sent to different theaters as a studio ploy, meant to lure viewers into paying to see the film several times in first release. The idea failed \u2014 Clue was a box-office flop \u2014 but it found cult status on home video, where people could see all three endings back-to-back.Which Clue ending was in theaters?
The first two, dubbed Endings A and B during the film's theatrical run, are presented as possible outcomes to the dinner party-turned-murder investigation. After Ending B reveals Mrs. Peacock to be the killer, however, the screen indicates Ending C is really how things played out.Which Clue Ending Makes The Most Sense?
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Answer 2
Run Lola Run (1998) had three endings, but they were released as part of one movie (unlike Clue which sounds like they released multiple versions of the movie at the same time).
In it, Lola must collect a large sum of money in twenty minutes to protect her boyfriend from a gang he owes money to. The story plays out once. When it ends, it restarts but something slightly different happens that completely changes the outcome of the story.
Similarly, Sliding Doors (1998.... popular year for this) also had two different endings. In it, the main protagonist is trying to catch a train. In one storyline, she catches the train and the events of the movie play out. In the other, she misses the train and the events take a different path. This also was played at the same time in theaters.
Wayne's World (1992) also had multiple endings which where the "mega-sad ending", the "Scooby Doo ending", and the "mega-happy ending".
Wayne's World 2 (1993) sort of this this as well. It has a mega-sad ending which Wayne and Garth disapprove of and decide to re-do it.
Unfriended: The Dark Web (2018) reportedly did have two alternate endings that were played randomly in theaters. It's release was widely compared to Clue because of this.
Answer 3
Smoking/No smoking by Alain Resnais (1993) has two versions projected as different movies. (I do remember seeing both the same week.) With different posters. Within each movie (Smoking and no smoking), there are six different endings. All roles are played by the same two actors.
Answer 4
Would 1998's Sliding Doors count? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120148/
(Little Spoilers) We see two paths that the character takes depending on whether she caught the train at the start of the film or she didn't. I haven't seen the film for a long time but in one path at the end, I think she either dies or is seriously injured and in the other, she's fallen in love.
Its a kind of Butterfly Effect movie, how something so innocuous and tiny can have such a massive effect on someone. Maybe "Run Lola Run" is also similar film I've heard.
The Butterfly Effect film starring Ashton Kutcher doesn't qualify for the answer as has one ending.
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