Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the movie, Frost comes out to tell everyone that Roman has been killed. We hear over the 2 way radio Sabian saying "Let's get you some help." Just before he says that, you can see in the background behind Frost that Sabian is already helping Roman out the door. Seconds later Sabian starts helping Roman out the door. (02:04:00)
The Negotiator (1998)
Plot summary
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer
Samuel L. Jackson plays Danny Roman and Kevin Spacey, who plays Chris Sabian, start in this psychological thriller about a police officer who was wrongly accused of murdering his partner and a cover up of missing funds. Both hostage negotiators for the Chicago Police Department, Danny must play the role of hostage taker, in order to prevent losing everything in his life. Chris Sabian plays as the negotiator who must get to the bottom of this controversy, and save the lives of hostages that Danny has taken.
Rich Strangfeld
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Lieutenant Chris Sabian: I can't believe this, I'm just surrounded by a room of people who wanna go in there and kill him. This is the guy who call you friend. I got nothing invested in this. I wonder why that is, or maybe someday we'll find out.
Question: The ending apparently had to be reshot, because the original ending leaked out. What was this original ending?
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Answer: The original ending features a huge shoot-em-up, involving more than 150 cops, but it was changed to a shoot-em-up on a much smaller scale that involves only Kevin Spacey, Samuel L. Jackson and Ron Rifkin.