10 Greatest ‘I’m Dead And I Know It’ Moments In Movie History
1. Not Admitting Defeat - Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
This one is definitely a bit different from the rest. It’s a hopeless but emotional ending when our two protagonists realise that they’ve reached the end of the line, after finding that the straight life wasn’t for them and embracing the dangers of the criminal career.
After stealing a payroll and some mules, Butch and Sundance find themselves once again at odds with the law because a kid grasses them up. Both criminals are injured in a shootout with the police and retreat into a nearby shack, coming to realise there’s no way out of this.
Both men are in a bad way and the law has them surrounded, but whilst it’s clear they both know this is where their journey ends neither of them will admit it. Butch floats the idea that their next destination should be Australia, looking forward to the future even with the knowledge they’ll never make it there.
It makes the ending even more poignant as they emerge from the building, all guns blazing as they walk into their doom. It’s William Goldman’s writing at its finest.