 An alternate ending was secretly filmed without the knowledge of  Disney/Hollywood Pictures Executives. When Ridley Scott first  screened the film for execs, he shocked and surprised them with the  ending in which Demi Moore dies. Both endings were test screened  simultaneously and although the darker ending scored higher with  audiences, the happier ending was chosen by executives. Similar to  the surprise ending for "Thelma and Louise", the alternate ending  for "G.I. Jane" was a dark yet bittersweet one. Jordan (Moore) is  killed when she risks her life to save her Commander (Viggo  Mortensen) then eulogized on television by the tough Senator (Ann  Bancroft), but as time fades through lap dissolves SEAL training  begins anew... with a fresh group of SEAL recruits. The camera pans  from the many clean