009 - What Makes an Ending Good?

Some film endings stick with us through the ages. Why is that? What makes some screenplays end with a BANG! and what makes others fizzle? In this episode, NYU Tisch Film Professor John Warren and screenwriters Alexie Basil and Adam Schaller discuss writing powerful endings for your screenplay, including Michael Arndt’s theory on endings and case studies of stellar endings such as PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE, and THE WIZARD OF OZ.