 Director Terry Gilliam (qv) and producer Charles Roven (qv) had  several arguments about how the film should end. Gilliam wanted to  finish on the shot of Railly looking at young Cole while Roven  preferred the scripted final scene in the parking lot outside the  airport. In an attempt to dissuade Roven, Gilliam proposed an  immensely complex setup involving two cranes on top of one another  and a vast sea of cars in the hope that Roven would veto it as being  too expensive. Roven not only okayed the shot but Gilliam so loved  the result that he used it to end the film.