This is the only one of Grayson's UNCLE eps that I've ever seen - and the only time I ever saw it was when it was shown in local syndication back in the early '70s. The only thing I really remember is Grayson on a plane and somehow the plot involves birds. Not much. So, I'll definitely have to check this out on YouTube!
Thanks so much for finding it and sharing the link.
I'd have to go back to reread the linked articles from the past several months, but the reasons I'm thinking GK is talking about a final script are 1) didn't we get a report that August turned in his script, and 2) hasn't August's script been described in at least one report as a first draft? Also, GK has mentioned in a few different interviews that the script is in rewrites - and rewrites by definition are the reworkings of an already completed draft of a script.
Today's (and tomorrow's) quote comes from a scene that was completely deleted from the hoDS script. It was originally intended to be Julia's introduction and dealt with Julia questioning Jeff about what he might have seen when he found Daphne. Perhaps the reason it was deleted was because it covered similar ground to Scene #63 between Julia and Sheriff Patterson. But it wasn't out of the ordinary for scenes to be deleted from later drafts of the DS movie scripts - several scenes were subsequently deleted from both the hoDS and NoDS script. At least with hoDS, most appear in the novelization...
Fill in the blank(s): "David was surprised to read in the book that it was the Leviathan holiday called ________ (which commemorated the time ________!)!
Complete this phrase: AMA Official: "Now, Dr. Hoffman - are you aware as to why you're being called before this AMA inquiry board?" Julia: "Is it because...?"
I would say that, if the reports that the script is going through rewrites are true, and I don't see why we should doubt them, then they don't have a script because it's still being worked on. And that's nothing out of the ordinary. John August probably did indeed present them with a completed script - but I think it was GK that described that script as the first draft - and it's not unusual for scripts to go through several drafts before the actual filmable script (meaning the one that all parties agree on) is finalized. I don't think GK has ever been saying that he hasn't seen any script or that they don't have any script. He means they don't have that final script yet.
Actually, if we want to go by the first two, the precedent for DS films would seem to be that the scripts are still being worked on even after production has already begun. NoDS began production on March 29, 1971, and there are significant rewrites in the script that are dated March 31st. And hoDS began shooting on March 23, 1970, but there are major rewrites in that script (which in and of itself is indicated to be a second draft) that are dated March 25th.
Interesting that Depp refers to "a couple of films." We know his next is The Tourist with Angelina Jolie (British film fans get their wish to see them work together ) and in the video he talks about working with Burton, which is the DS film. I wonder what happened to the 4th Pirates film? But then, it seemed as if Disney was the only party that was sure that film was a go for 2010 because Depp repeatedly remarked that everything was contingent on the script...
You may be asking yourself why the scene of Maggie looking for David at the Old House is coming after the scene between Liz and Daphne in the office when Maggie's scene comes before Liz and Daphne's scene in the movie? Well, that's because Maggie's scene was scripted to come afterward - and the calendar follows the script. However, DC did some creative editing with the film because Willie discovering and opening the coffin, Maggie searching and getting locked in a room at the Old House, and Liz and Daphne talking at Collinwood are intercut with each other, whereas the order the sequences are actually scripted to take place in their entirety are Willie, then Liz and Daphne, and then Maggie a bit later. In fact, in the script, Maggie doesn't even begin to look for David at the Old House until after Jeff has discovered Daphne after her attack.
Imagine - an Internet site having incorrect information. That rarely ever happens. ... Yeah, right!
I shudder to think just how much misinformation (and not just DS misinformation) gets spread around as fact these days simply because so many people rely on the Internet when they do research.
Still, that's a nice picture of the grown Denise. I don't think I've seen it before. Thanks for posting the link, J99.