Director Doug Liman reveals on the DVD commentary that the original ending of the film was a happy ending with the successful rescue of Sgt.Isaac. After the first public showing, Liman went back to Amazon Studios for additional money to reshoot the ending.
Once the helicopters dust off, the sniper successfully shoots down both in rapid succession, killing Issac and all of the American rescue soldiers in both helicopters. In the final shot, the unknown sniper is heard over the radio, calling for another rescue to set a new trap to kill more Americans.
His wall is shown to be complete, and the film returns to the first scene. Now inside his wall, Pink does not leave his hotel room and begins to lose his mind to metaphorical "worms". He shaves all his body hair and watches television, particularly the 1955 film The Dam Busters.
What does the ending of Pink Floyd: the wall mean?
At the end of The Trial, Pink's wall comes crashing down and although some have interpreted this as him having a nervous breakdown and collapse, the intent, according to Roger Waters himself, was to end the album on a hopeful note. We can all choose to break down those barriers and reach out to others.
The series ends with Lorna finally finding out the daughter who was taken from her is alive and she's put in touch with her. Did you always plan to end the show on that ray of hope? It was a careful balancing act, because this really did happen to a lot of people.
The single, as well as the album The Wall, were banned in South Africa in 1980 after it was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting instituted racial inequities in education under apartheid.
Did Pink Floyd get sued for another brick in the wall?
In 2004, some 25 years after belting out the lyrics to Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick In The Wall', the London schoolchildren who featured in the iconic song lodged a claim for unpaid music royalties.
The bassist Roger Waters conceived The Wall during Pink Floyd's 1977 In the Flesh tour, modelling the character of Pink after himself and Pink Floyd's former member Syd Barrett.
An American woman on the radio asks if anyone from the rescue operation copies. The Iraqi sniper answers in a flawless Texas accent, saying “Reading you Lima-Charlie. Over.” With that, the movie ends.
Recorded in 1979 and made into a film in 1982, 'The Wall' tells the story of a man named Pink Floyd who, as a child, lost his father in World War II. Being raised by an overprotective mother, Pink leads a dreary life, finally turning to drugs.
Whether it is ultimately viewed as a cynical story about the futility of life, or a hopeful journey of metaphoric death and rebirth, the Wall is certainly a musical milestone worthy of the title “art.” As with most art, Pink Floyd's concept album is a combination of imagination and the author's own life.
It's not about explaining why this wall is there or who built it or for what reason. It's about the mental, emotional and ethical problems that arise when there is no more society to live, work and function in.
During the Iraq War, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Shane Matthews is a sniper who is sent to investigate a pipeline construction site in the desert of the country, with his spotter, Sergeant Allen Isaac. The pair patiently wait 22 hours on over-watch before determining that the site is clear.
The name Pink Floyd was created on the spur of a moment by Syd Barrett, when another band, also called the Tea Set, was to perform at one of their gigs. The name came from two blues musicians in Barrett's record collection; Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. Syd Barret, Nick Mason, Rick Wright and Roger Waters, 1967.
“The lyrics were a reaction to my time at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys in 1955, when I was 12,” Waters told The Wall Street Journal. “Some of the teachers there were locked into the idea that young boys needed to be controlled with sarcasm and the exercising of brute force to subjugate us to their will.
Why is Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 so popular?
'Another Brick in the Wall Pt II' was of course, the Xmas #1 for 1979, and a couple of Christmas 'must haves' are present: a novelty element, and a children's choir (of sorts)… It also acts as a bit of a 'Best Of the Late-Seventies', as musically it's a blend of MOR rock, and disco.
Following personal tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1981, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd, rejoined later by Wright. They produced the albums A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994), backed by major tours, before entering a long hiatus.
The lyrics, written by Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson, provide "stately depiction of undying love, a tribute to Richard Wright and the importance of overcoming petty differences".
Roger Waters and David Gilmour were the main singers on Pink Floyd's The Wall album…. And it would take me weeks, if not months, to explain to you what The Wall is about… And there was never a Pink Floyd song called The Wall. Instead, they wrote Another Brick in the Wall, Parts 1,2 and 3.
Waters was originally going to play Pink, but it was discovered he didn't have a knack for acting. Geldof was chosen for his charismatic presence, and he was a fan of Pink Floyd's music. This made him willing to work closely with the band to allow for guidance to ensure the film stayed true to the album.
