Dealing with the scenes leading up to and starting off with DC's script's version of Scene 79 (yes, Scenes 79 & 80 are more instances where scenes are somewhat different in DC's and Grayson's scripts):
74 EXT - BACK OF COLLINWOOD - DAY 74
Quentin ENTERS THE SHOT and stands under the tree where he saw the hanging figure. Still unable to understand what is happening, he shakes his head and turns toward the house. All of a sudden he notices something O.S.
75 EXT - SECOND FLOOR WINDOW - SARAH'S ROOM - 1800 - HIS 75 P.O.V. - SUBCONSCIOUS MEMORY CUT
FAST ZOOM to the face of Sarah, a little girl of about ten. She is staring out the window, down at him. Then looking away from him, she stares over his head as if at something in the tree. Suddenly she SCREAMS with horror.
76 EXT - COLLINWOOD - 1971 - DAY - NORMAL COLOR 76
Quentin, as he quickly looks at the tree.
77 TREE - QUENTIN'S P.O.V. - 1800 77 SUBCONSCIOUS MEMORY CUT
The hanging figure is there again.
78 EXT - COLLINWOOD - 1971 - DAY - NORMAL COLOR 78
Quentin quickly looks back at the window. WHIP PAN with his look. It is empty.
79 INT - UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR - DAY 79
as Quentin runs TOWARD CAMERA and pulls open a door to one of the bedrooms.
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 30/Scene 79 - Carlotta (O.S.): 'Did you wish something, Mr Collins?'
- comes up - however, in DC's script it's seen as:
Oh Mr Collins you startled me CARLOTTA (O.S.)
Did you wish something, Mr Collins? I was just straightening up the room
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And when it comes to what's different with the dialogue, DC's changes are indeed what Carlotta actually says in Scene 79. Though what's interesting is that the changes aren't written in when it comes to Grayson's script. She simply has two notations: one that says "Busy in the room" and another that says "He's not ready yet -"
And when it comes to what's different with the descriptions and directions, in Scene 74 Quentin doesn't actually shake his head because he's unable to understand what is happening because something actually comes over him as the sound of wind begins to be heard and Quentin immediately turns to look at the window - and in Scene 75 there is no zoom to the face of Sarah in the window, nor is she seen staring down at Quentin, nor does she look away from him to something over his head as if at something in the tree because we immediately see a shot of Sarah screaming in the window as she stands there holding a doll (which, when we get to Scene 80, we'll learn that the doll was originally supposed to be something else) - and in Scene 78 there is no whip pan with Quentin's look back at the window because he simply looks back and then we see that the window is empty - and when it comes to Scene 79, Quentin doesn't run toward the camera or pull open a door to one of the bedrooms because as we can see in the following captures -
- Quentin is actually seen running up the stairs -
- as the camera pans with him as he makes his way to the bedroom -
- and once inside the bedroom he picks up a doll that has somehow fallen to the floor, the same doll that Sarah was holding.
And, yes, once again 1810 is wrongly written as "1800" in the script.
And it's also worth noting that this is the only sequence in the script that isn't actually passed over when the film as it stands now jumps from Scene 62 to Scene 84 - it (including Scene 80) simply appears right after the sequence that begins with Scene 84 and runs through Scene 86...