Strangelove and Barbarella-claims he's the one responsible for the screenplay, going so far as to say that, "Neither are writers. However, novelist Terry Southern-who also worked on Dr. According to Peter Biskind's book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Hopper and Fonda said they were the ones responsible for the script. So who decided to end the film on such a dark note? Well, that depends who you ask there's actually a bit of debate about who really wrote Easy Rider. And since this was before Kubrick had morphed into an auteur's auteur, the director allegedly acquiesced to Douglas's demands, giving us a conclusion that Ebert compared to the twist of a knife. According to Douglas, he confronted Kubrick after reading the script, asking, "Stanley, did you write this?" When the director said yes, Douglas replied, "Stanley, why would you do that?" Douglas knew if Paths of Glory was going to drive its point home, the soldiers had to die. With Kubrick's encouragement, Thompson actually wrote a finale in which Douglas manages to free the three prisoners.but the A-list actor wasn't having it. It's a devastating ending, and one you couldn't find in Jim Thompson's original screenplay.
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Infuriated, the officer picks three random soldiers to stand trial for cowardice, and despite a brave colonel's (Kirk Douglas) best attempts, the men are sentenced to death and executed. But before they can reach the enemy, the troops must cross a murderous no man's land, and understandably, many refuse to follow the general's command. The story focuses on a World War I battle in which an ambitious French general (George Macready) orders his men to take a heavily fortified German position. Well, Paths of Glory is one of the most powerful anti-war films ever made.
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