Wait, does Disclosure Day have a post-credit scene, and what does the ending mean?

Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated sci-fi epic Disclosure Day is finally out, so here’s whether it has a post-credit scene, and what that ending really means.

So, does Disclosure Day have a post-credit scene?

No, Steven Spielberg hasn’t joined the Marvel-ification of cinema and given us a post-credit scene. So, with the film’s two-and-a-half-hour runtime, you’ll be happy to know you can get up and leave as soon as the credits roll. Covering so many heavy topics and with such strong performances, there’ll be a lot to think about on your way home from the cinema.

The screenwriter has explained that climactic ending

Disclosure Day’s ending was always the plan, but it may leave some audience members confused. Thankfully, screenwriter David Koepp sat down with Den of Geek to reveal what it all means.

“[The last line is] in my very first draft,” said David. “As I typed and was reaching the end, I knew she was going to face the camera. So I wanted her to say something, and I wrote the first word of the line because I thought it represents quite a bit. She’s saying ‘listen,’ because the space boy just told me a bunch of interesting stuff, and she’s saying ‘listen to one another,’ which is the heart of the message.”

He continued: “It just so happens to be the first word of one of my favourite books, Slaughterhouse-Five,” notes the screenwriter. “It’s also the first word of numerous Hebrew prayers. So I wrote ‘listen,’ and then I just typed a period, because I think when you have one word that says everything you want to say, you should stop talking.”

David Koepp has also worked on massive films like Jurassic Park, Spider-Man and Mission: Impossible. He and Spielberg have worked together on five films over their careers.

“We always wanted to stop that night in the control room or in a studio, in part because the movie is called Disclosure Day,” the screenwriter added.

“In the beginning, we’re told that this information is super important, and it needs to get out, and at the end of the movie, the information gets out. That is your story. If you continued, you could never stop. If the movie were called ‘Disclosure Day and the Subsequent Week,’ you know you’d have a lot of explaining to do. But our story was accomplished, and it was time to end it.”

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