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[Video] Alternate Ending to ‘Mac and Me’ Surfaces and It’s Shockingly Messed Up
Notable for being one of the worst movies ever made, 1988’s E.T. ripoff/bizarre McDonald’s commercial Mac and Me was just released on Shout Factory Collector’s Edition Blu-ray this week, which means it’s once again become a top of discussion on Film Twitter. Even more so because someone tracked down an insanely messed up alternate ending this week.
Producer and film curator Peter Kuplowsky is the man responsible for this rare footage, taken from the Japanese version of Mac and Me. Unlike the version we’ve all seen, which ends with young main character Eric seemingly dying in an explosion but then being saved by his alien pal, Eric is shot point blank in the chest by a cop in the alternate version of the film!
Kuplowsky explains, “This is cut out of every US version that I’ve seen; no mention of it on the Shout Factory release.”
One of the people responsible for Shout’s bonus features, Daniel Griffith chimes in with more insight, “I discussed this scene with the director when I was producing the extras for the blu, and he mentioned elements in the film that went too far. They toned it down (I think after a test screening), but I can only assume that original cut went to foreign markets.”
Presumably, even the Japanese version ends with Eric being re-animated by Mac, but the “death by police shooting” is shockingly dark for a movie aimed towards children.
Check it out below…
After years of doubt, indisputable proof that the kid from MAC and ME gets shot on camera in the Japanese release of the film. Paul Rudd and @ConanOBrien need to see this. pic.twitter.com/Ge4Zzw8Zal
— Peter Kuplowsky (@PeterKapow) August 8, 2018
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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