Other mistake: Dan and Alex go to what looks to be Alex's apartment after meeting at the office and going for a drink. After romping around in bed, they go dancing, and on the way back through the meat-packing district, she leads him to the door of her apartment and tells him she lives upstairs and he says something like, "this is your building?" It seems odd as they were just up there having sex.
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen
Glen Close's character dies (we think) by drowning in a bathtub, then is shot by Michael Douglas's wife when she pops back up to get one last try at revenge. Then she actually does die.
michelle A.
More mistakes in Fatal Attraction
Alex Forrest: You're here with a strange girl being a naughty boy.
Dan Gallagher: I don't think having dinner with anybody's a crime.
Trivia: The original ending had Alex Forrest committing suicide with Dan Gallagher arrested for her death.
Question: Why does Alex abduct Ellen and take her to a carnival?
Answer: Because she's unhinged! And she wants Dan to know that she can get to him, or in this case his daughter, anytime she wants. And she's angry that Dan had an affair with her then went back to his wife.
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Answer: So her parents (especially her father) would go through hell, not knowing where she was or if she was safe.
Brian Katcher