Melanie later tells andrew she wants to go to alabama to tell her parents in person. May 31, 2010 this is the alternate ending too the movie sweet home alabama. Georgia town takes pride in being hollywood south cbs news. The downtown scenes were filmed in crawfordville population. Despite the cognitive dissonance that jewels glossy cover of skynryds title track causes, its actually not a bad reworking of the southern rock classic into an adult alternative single. Despite the cognitive dissonance that jewel s glossy cover of skynryd s title track causes, its actually not a bad reworking of the southern rock classic into. Sweet home alabama is a song by southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, second helping. The ending of the movie was rewritten and reshot after test audiences found the original version to be horrifying rather than funny. Bound and determined to end their relationship once and for all, melanie sneaks back home. It made a star of tennessee native reese witherspoon, along with patrick dempsey, josh lucas, ethan embry, and candice bergen.
Josh lucas is hoping reese witherspoon wants sweet home. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Sweet home alabama is still one of my favorite movies, and i watched it religiously when it came out. I find it kinda hilarious, and yes, i recorded this off my laptop from my dvd.
Ebochs story is adorable, though riddled with cliches. A more realistic ending for sweet home alabama rated. The 2002 film sweet home alabama tells of a fashion designer in new york city who must return to her small hometown to get a divorce from her high school boyfriend in the process, she becomes reacquainted with him along with her family and former friends. Maybe lightning does strike the same place twice josh lucas, who starred opposite reese witherspoon as her high school sweetheart and estranged husband in sweet home alabama, is ready to make a sequel of our favorite southern romcom. A young woman whos reinvented herself as a new york city socialite must return home to alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband. So, of course, i figured now would be a good time to rent it and find out what this movie was about. In real life, the house melanie pretends is her home is at berry college in mt. Sweet home alabama written by gary rossington, ronnie van zant, and edward king performed by cornbread. Its no secret southerners love sweet home alabama lines from the film remind us of quips heard around our own dinner tables, and the scenery looks like home. This is the alternate ending too the movie sweet home alabama.
Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. It reached number 8 on the us chart in 1974 and was the bands second hit single. The movie, presented in anamorphic video, is shown in 2. I find it kinda hilarious, and yes, i recorded this off my laptop from my dvd cause im a dork. Sweet home alabama 2002 a prime candidate for hollywoods what on earth were they thinking. Some people might call em spoiled, but i think that these almost ruined ones sometimes make the sweetest jam. Nov 29, 2001 all 28 songs from the sweet home alabama 2002 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. He was always a player, and finally it was his turn to be played. The film initially ended with an epilogue set 30 years in the future. Sweet home alabamas josh lucas says hed love to do a sequel with reese witherspoon duration. In september 2007, alabama governor bob riley announced the phrase sweet home alabama would be used to promote alabama state tourism in a multimilliondollar ad campaign. It was the original home of martha berry, the college founder. Jul 17, 2018 yellowstone star josh lucas says hes always been open to the idea of doing a sweet home alabama sequel with reese witherspoon because he would love to see where their characters are at now. There was an alternate ending to sweet home alabama and its.
I wanted to see sweet home alabama because i love reese and remember hearing so much about it when it was released. Is there a movie or a tv scene you cant watch without floods of tears pouring. She heads south to finalize her divorce, but the more time she spends. Sep 25, 2017 46 videos play all sweet home alabama 2002 full movie nahajauajaahajakka jauajahaahayahhsa sweet home alabama interview duration. Sweet home alabama is a 2002 american romantic comedy film directed by andy tennant and starring reese witherspoon, josh lucas, patrick dempsey and candice bergen. The film opens on a stormy alabama beach with two children, melanie smooter and jake perry. Kelsey smith thanked one of her suitors for showing her another world, in friday nights season finale of sweet home alabama, then sent him back to. Ridiculous alternate endings were glad never happened. Isnt it funny how you can watch a movie over and over and then there will be that one time you notice something different or maybe mistakes made in the movie and some times you may even notice characters in this one. Shes in love with andrew patrick dempsey, a jfk jr. They decide to keep it quiet for a couple of days but andrews mothermayor, kate candace bergen, finds out and blabs. You can go visit the small town of crawfordville, georgia to see all your favorite hot spots from the film.
Aug 01, 2019 during a facebook live chat back in 2016, witherspoon gushed over starring as melanie smooter in the film and revealed that shed be down for making a sequel. In 2002, the song inspired the title and plot of the film sweet home alabama. The fact is that few people in hollywood have voluntarily gone home again since william faulkner fled to mississippi. The film takes its title from the lynyrd skynyrd song of the same name. But, when the plot is examined with a more critical eye, its important to remember to not let. What this world needs is a few more rednecks written by charlie daniels, taz di gregorio as william digregorio, charlie hayward as charles hayward, and john gavin. Discussion the ending credits the ending credits posted 4 years ago by nascar48 4. Sweet home alabama is one of the alltime classic romcoms starring reese witherspoon. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, melanie sneaks back home to alabama to confront her past, only to discover that you can take the girl out of the south, but you can never take the south out of the girl. Reese witherspoon was at the height of her box office powers when she decided to take the lead in sweet home alabama.
However, it seems like the final decision might be up to the film s leading lady. On an alabama beach, 10yearolds jake perry and melanie smooter inspect the result of lightning striking sand. As it sounds, sweet home alabama is a predictable romantic comedy, complete with contentious, starcrossed lovers fighting the ending we all know they will come to. Mel is about to marry her handsome yankie beau andrew patrick dempsey, but she returns home to ask jake for a divorce.
The film will celebrates its 15th birthday this month, having debuted september 27, 2002. In the original ending melanie witherspoon and jake lucas are struck by lightening as theyre kissing on the beach bringing the story fullcircle. The much darker original ending to sweet home alabama. To me, the star of the film is josh lucas, as her estranged husband jake, who stayed in alabama years ago while she left to forge a corporate career. Among the pieties that hollywood preaches but does not believe is the notion that small towns are preferable to big cities. The screenwriters who retail the mirage of small towns are relieved to have escaped them. Sweet home alabama filming locations to visit this is my. Elle woods is coming back for another movie, so why wouldnt melanie smootercarmichael do the same. What is the alternate ending to the movie sweet home alabama. Reese witherspoon, who is the best reason to see sweet home alabama, stars as melanie carmichael, a smalltown girl who moves to the big apple and while still in her 20s becomes a famous fashion designer.
Check out sweet home alabama soundtrack and 17 songs. Feb 05, 2016 sweet home alabama is still one of my favorite movies, and i watched it religiously when it came out. But melanies past holds many secrets, including jake josh lucas, the. Sweet home alabama 2002 sweet home alabama 2002 user. In sweet home alabama, reese witherspoon played a small town southern girl who wanted something grander. Erin vanderbilt, the woman that andrew is shown marrying at the end originally had a bigger part, but test audiences misunderstood her relationship with andrew before breaking up with melanie, so all of erins scenes were cut except for that small bit over the credits. In sweet home alabama, melanie carmichael reese witherspoon is a fashion designer just breaking through to the big time with her first solo show. Sweet home alabama 2002 end credits oxygen 2010 endcreditsfan. Complete ost song list, videos, music, description. By this stage in the early 2000s, shed built a career quickly and impressively off a mix of very smart choices and very savvy commercial picks. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in sweet home alabama 2002.
The much darker original ending to sweet home alabama film. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. Shame, shame, shame written by jimmy reed performed by cornbread. Sweet home alabama 2002 ending spoiler movie mistakes. Some of the films historic homes were filmed in eufala, alabama. The film was released by touchstone pictures on september 27, 2002. However in cooler new york supposedly at the same time the trees are still completely green. Sweet home alabama movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Sep 27, 2002 sweet home alabama is the latest, admittedly charming, recycling of this ancient myth. Andy tennants romantic comedy sweet home alabama 2002 is a fun story with a few neat twists and a lot of heart. This sweet home alabama 2 idea from star josh lucas is. The mildly entertaining romantic comedy sweet home alabama features an equally takeitorleaveit soundtrack that mixes country, rock, and pop and excerpts of george fentons score. He tells her he would love to go since he has never met her family, but she insists on going alone. Narrated by linda hamilton as sarah connor, she tells the audience that the judgment day of august 29, 1997 came and went.
The song was written in reply to southern man and alabama by neil young. While sweet home alabama is entertaining, the moral content of the film leaves something to be desire. The ending credits sweet home alabama 2002 discussion. According to one of the original 2002 films stars, maybe. Although the end is predictable, the ride there is sweet as molasses.
Con air end credits lynyrd skynyrd sweet home alabama. At the end of the movie, when melanie is on the beach with jake and she goes to kiss him she has her hands on his face, but in the next shot her arms. Sweet home alabama was a good movie but something you would only want to see once. But did you know that the film was actually mainly filmed in georgia.
Starring reese witherspoon, patrick dempsey, and candice bergen, sweet home alabama is a charming film about a selfmade new york designer who must rendezvous with her southern roots before her new life can flourish. Sweet home alabama 2002 soundtrack complete list of. When melanie is in alabama at jakes house you notice that the leaves on the tress are starting to change color, indicating the weather is getting colder, autumn is coming. Alternate ending, a sweet home alabama fanfic fanfiction. Not only is it a huge success, but she also gets a swooningly romantic marriage proposal from a gorgeous, thoughtful, supportive man patrick dempsey who adores her and who happens to be the son of the mayor of new york candice bergen. Its a rather predictable romance that has a couple of twists and turns but nothing that keeps you on the edge of your seat. New york fashion designer melanie reese witherspoon suddenly finds herself engaged to the citys most eligible bachelor. A young woman whos reinvented herself as a new york city socialite must return home to alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband, after seven years of separation. Sweet home alabama 2002 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Jake has brought melanie out to show her the glass.
The reese witherspoonheadlined romcom sweet home alabama nearly took a bit of a dark turn. A fashion designer is torn between marrying a wealthy new yorker and going back to her hubby in alabama. The house, oak hill, is a georgia historic landmark. Fluff in the tradition of hollywoods screwball comedies of remarriage, lacking the wit or grace of such classics as his girl friday 1940 and the awful truth 1937, but. Sweet home alabama s josh lucas says hed love to do a sequel with reese witherspoon. Written by uncle kracker as matthew shafer and michael bradford. Sweet home alabama star reveals what the potential sequel could. With reese witherspoon, patrick dempsey, josh lucas, candice bergen. Sweet home alabama 2002 end credits oxygen 2010 youtube. After he proposes to melanie in tiffanys, which he has rented. Its the kind of movie where you know every line by heart, and the plot simply never gets old.
Its no secret southerners love sweet home alabamalines from the film remind us of quips heard around our own dinner tables, and the scenery looks like home. Sweet home alabama 2002 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. What is the alternate ending to the movie sweet home. I found sweet home alabama to be a very sweet romantic comedy, reese witherspoon was just so adorable in this film. Sweet home alabamas josh lucas says hed love to do a.
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