If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you… — The Big Brass Ring

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

The Big Brass Ring — Orson Welles and Oja Kodar

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What turned up: Film scholar and screenplay editor Jonathan Rosenbaum identifies and quotes the final parenthetical of Welles’s 1982 The Big Brass Ring screenplay; published 1987, co-written with Oja Kodar. Not unsourced personal advice.
Work: The Big Brass Ring (1987)
Sources checked: jonathanrosenbaum.netChecked using manual, 16 October 2026Film scholar and screenplay editor Jonathan Rosenbaum identifies and quotes the final parenthetical of Welles’s 1982 The Big Brass Ring screenplay; published 1987, co-written with Oja Kodar. Not unsourced personal advice.

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