version of the film, the editing makes it more ambiguous as to whether Eric actually gets shot once police officers begin opening fire. release after test audiences found it too extreme, but amazingly is still included on some international prints of the film. This disturbing footage was cut from the U.S. Footage unearthed by Fantastic Fest curator Peter Kuplowski reveals an alternate ending for the film that shows the movie’s wheelchair-bound protagonist Eric (Jade Calegory) being shot by a police officer as he attempts to chase after Mac and his alien family as they’re slowly fleeing. The movie’s status as a cult classic has of course been aided thanks to the running joke on Conan O’Brien in which Paul Rudd, instead of showing a clip for the movie he’s promoting, runs the same Mac and Me scene of the wheelchair-bound lead character flying off a cliff.Īs bad as Mac and Me may be, it could actually have been worse. With its bizarre story, unconvincing aliens and ridiculously prevalent product placement (the movie was reportedly partially financed by McDonald’s), Mac and Me instantly earned critical hatred and holds a 0 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Though the premise recalls E.T., the execution couldn’t be farther from Steven Spielberg’s beloved classic. The plot of Mac and Me follows an alien named Mac (an acronym for “ Mysterious Alien Creature”) who escapes from NASA and befriends a wheelchair-ridden boy.
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