The only successful editing job I've ever seen on a feature was on 'Airplane' (Called 'Flying High' over here, btw, as we don't have airplanes, we have aeroplanes. Though why they didn't think 'Aeroplane' would work as a title, I don't know...anyway, 'Flying High' did the trick.)

Where was I?...Oh yes... the credits...

Remember how there was this running gag through the film where Ted Striker screams up in his cab at the airport and as he runs into the airport to chase Elaine, a passenger gets in his cab? Ted runs back and sets the meter running then continues into the airport and eventually ends up on the plane flying it with Elaine and trying to land it. (You've got to...concentrate...concentrate...concentrate...Hello?...Hello?...Hello...) All through the movie, they keep cutting back to this guy in the cab looking at his watch and cutting to the meter which is in the hundreds and even thousands of dollars as the film progresses.

Anyway, right at the end of all the credits, just before the Paramount title, it cuts back to him and he says "Well, I'll give him another twenty minutes...but that's it!"

We got a print of it one time (they used to get subsequent runs as supports a lot in those days, kids ) and someone had taken this section and put it between the end of the pictorial credits and the rolling credits. It worked really well as the music stopped between them too so it all flowed through quite naturally and everyone got to see this incredibly funny scene whereas before it was a great pity because everyone had left by the time it turned up. They did throw in some funny things in the credits to try and keep you there like...

Generally in charge of a lot of things .... Mike Finnell

Author of A Tale of Two Cities ............ Charles Dickens

Foreez.............. A Jolly Good Fellow

Worst Boy (following 'best boy'credit)..........Adolf Hitler

In case of tornado...............Southwest corner of basement

...and finally...
This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution, or exhibition may result in civil liability or criminal prosecution. So there.

Anyway, it worked really well and whenever it came in after that, if the print already hadn't been changed, we'd make sure we did change it.

Anyone else have an experience like that?

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Ted Striker: "I flew single engine planes during the war...but this plane has FOUR engines!! It's an entirely different kind of flying...altogether!"

All: "It's an entirely different kind of flying."

Flying High...aka 'Airplane'- 1980

I had probably watched Aeroplane 50 times before I noticed that final scene at the end. I've only seen it on video though.

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I ran it in its original release in Australia. That was about 80, 81 I think. That was my first job as projectionist (started at the age of 14). Running Kalee 21's , carbons, 20 min reels...That was just so much fun.

"What are you still doing here? The movie's over! Go home!"

I always like to stay through all the credits, but I usually get outvoted by my wife who sees nothing useful about credits. Sometimes there are some really funny things thrown in that are worth staying for.

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Oscar Neundorfer
Chief Engineer
SMART Devices, Inc.

oscar@smartdev.com

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as for after-the-credits-but-before-the-rating scenes, theres the one in Scary Movie with Doofie and the Suck-O-Lux

Also when Disney gives thanks to all their animation staff in the end credits of the animated features they usually throw a tounge-in-cheeker in there like with 'Hercules' they say "it's been a real slice..." and in Mulan they said "You bring honor to us all..."

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