Visible crew/equipment: In the final scene before Phil Daniels rides the scooter off the cliff you can see a shadow of the helicopter filming the scene.
Quadrophenia (1979)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Franc Roddam
Starring: Garry Cooper, Kate Williams, Leslie Ash, Mark Wingett, Michael Elphick, Phil Daniels, Phil Davis, Ray Winstone, Sting, Toyah Willcox
Jimmy doesn't end up with Steph because she's now dating his friend. When they're fighting about their relationship, Jimmy gets mad and rides his scooter, which ends up being torn apart. He falls off and gets run over by a truck. Disappointed, he goes to Brighton and sees Ace working as a bell boy. Jimmy takes his Vespa scooter and drives it off a cliff. It does not show whether he dies or not because when the scooter is going down, he's not there.
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Judge: You are fined £75.
Ace Face: [Takes his cheque book out of his pocket] I'll pay now if you don't mind. Have you got a pen, your honour?
Trivia: A lot of the cast of Quadrophenia also appeared in the film Scum which was made the same year.
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