<P> After bringing Ernest to Lisle, she offers to give him the potion free of charge in exchange for his surgical skills . Ernest refuses rather than being immortal . He pockets the potion and flees, but becomes trapped on the roof . Helen and Madeline implore Ernest to drink the potion to survive an impending fall . Ernest refuses and drops the potion to the ground several stories below, but after falling he lands in Lisle's pool and escapes . After Lisle banishes Madeline and Helen from her group, the pair realize they must rely on each other for companionship and maintenance . </P> <P> Thirty - seven years later, Madeline and Helen attend Ernest's funeral, where he is eulogized as having lived an adventurous and fulfilling life with a large family and friends . They are parodies of their former selves, with cracked, peeling paint and putty covering most of their grey and rotting flesh . Helen trips and teeters at the top of a staircase . After Madeline hesitates to help her, Helen grabs Madeline and the two tumble down the stairs, breaking to pieces . As their disembodied heads totter together, Helen sardonically asks Madeline, "Do you remember where you parked the car?" </P> <Ul> <Li> Goldie Hawn as Helen Sharp </Li> <Li> Bruce Willis as Dr. Ernest Menville </Li> <Li> Meryl Streep as Madeline Ashton </Li> <Li> Isabella Rossellini as Lisle von Rhoman </Li> <Li> Ian Ogilvy as Chagall </Li> <Li> Adam Storke as Dakota Williams </Li> <Li> Alaina Reed Hall as Psychologist </Li> <Li> Michelle Johnson as Anna Jones </Li> <Li> Mary Ellen Trainor as Vivian Adams </Li> <Li> William Frankfather as Mr. Roy Franklin </Li> <Li> John Ingle as Eulogist </Li> <Li> Debra Jo Rupp as Patient </Li> <Li> Fabio as Lisle's bodyguard </Li> <Li> Sydney Pollack as Emergency Department Doctor (uncredited) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Goldie Hawn as Helen Sharp </Li>

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