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Originally Posted by big screen satellite
if watch the directors cut on the tenth anniversary DVD...the real end is there as you stated
its a bit of a downer ending on what basically up until that point a relatively light hearted movie - so its probably right he left the theatre version edited
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For KS it was probably a wise choice, considering this was one of his first theatrical releases; however, in hindsight, the downer ending seems more fitting. Dante's character was this big whiner ("I'm not even supposed to be here today!") who took little effort to better his life(return to school, get out of dead-end job, focus on girl who loved him). His violent death in the director's cut, while terrible, seems fitting with the original script. Like Randal points out earlier, he should've told his vacationing boss to shove it and stayed home.