I just watched this movie and couldn't help but wonder what happened to Costner (his character) after the wedding.
The romantic answer is that he hopped the border dodging the draft and lived life partying in a variety of Mexico resort towns, occasionally holding a job or relationship, and then just moving on. At least, that's how I hope it went...
He probably came back to the states in the 80s after skipping off south of the border, then opened up a resteraunt. :)
shareI think Gardners small solioqy at the end of the movie shows that, he is not ready to face the future, give up his friends, or accept responsibily for his actions. We are left to decide his fate after all the other characters have chossen to move on to their futures.
He ultimatly leaves the movie attempting to hold on to his past.
Easy, after his buddy Kenneth answered the draft Gardner slipped back to Dallas and hooked up with Debbie, his buddies wife. She got preggers and they took up housekeeping. Upon returning wounded from Vietnam Kenneth lost it and wandered the Big Bend area, looking for another stash of Dom.
Gardner abandoned his familial responsibilities and headed for California, where he became a fixer for a small production company. He was discovered on Malibu Pier and won a bit part in several B movies. He eventually he landed a role in a major motion picture and became a film star.
Headed south and kept right on going. Privilege of youth!
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haha, wrong actor.
shareHonestly, did you see the way the character just avoided thinking about losing his love until he saw her get off the plane?
How he keeps making fun, magical, scary, embarrassing moments for everyone but himself, and then sits back and watches, thinking he still has plenty of time for his life?
I loved that he got serious when he was about to lose Phil, so he was not a loony; but I think he considered himself a bit of a wizard, in getting around this life.
I say that because I recognize him.
And at almost 50, I realize, while fixing other people's lives and/or watching them, I forgot to have one of my own.
I write this only because I see this as what happens to Gardner.
One happy go lucky or slightly illegal, or dangerous, or exciting adventure after another.
But then one day, he'll wake up and say "please give me twenty more years, so I can live a life that other people will remember me as more than just a heck of a fun breeze that blew through, and kept going."
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He wound up in the military and went down to Mexico to see an old friend then wound up having an affair with the guy's wife (Madeleine Stowe) and that story can be seen in the sequel "Revenge."
shareor Gardner changed his name to Roy "Tin Cup" something or other and became a golf pro in Texas with Cheech as his caddy...
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