 one in  which Alec does not open the door for Jonathan, and the one that was  in the film, in which Alec does open the door for Jonathan. Terrio  said that he decided to use the latter version after producer Ismail  Merchant asked him to because "there are already too many movies  where gay men get punished at the end." Terrio says that he doesnt  know what happens to Alec and Jonathan "five minutes or five months  later," but he does think that this version of the ending provides a  "glimmer of hope" for them.