The End is a 1978 comedy film, directed by Burt Reynolds and starring Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg, Joanne Woodward, Norman Fell, Myrna Loy, Kristy McNichol, Pat O'Brien, Robby Benson, and Carl Reiner. Wendell "Sonny" Lawson is informed by his doctor that he's dying from a rare toxic blood disease and has six months to live. Not wanting to endure the inevitable pain, nor wanting to spend his last days in a hospital bed, he decides to take his own life. Sonny decides to resolve several issues with his friends, family and God. He first goes to a church... to make a long overdue confession, only to have it heard by a very young, inexperienced priest . Sonny then makes one last visit to each of his loved ones. He discovers that girlfriend Mary Ellen , ex-wife Jessie , daughter Julie , and his parents are too absorbed in their own problems to pay him any attention. After a failed suicide attempt with pills, Lawson ends up at a psychiatric hospital.
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| Release date: | May 10, 1978 |
| Directed by: | Burt Reynolds, James Best |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lawrence Gordon |
| Editor: | Donn Cambern |
| Music by: | John Williams |
| Screenplay by: | Jerry Belson |
| Genre: | Comedy |