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103 INT - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT 103
Quentin is clutching his throat, moaning, gasping
for breath.
And that's when today's quote -Page 44/Scene 103 - Quentin (mumbling in his sleep): 'I can't breathe...I can't...breathe...'
- comes up.
And when it comes to the dialogue, interestingly enough the subtitles on the Blu-ray don't even indicate what Quentin mumbles. It could be what's scripted. But to me it seems more like he mumbles "Help me. ... Help me." See what you think...
And when it comes to the descriptions and directions, while Quentin does moan and sort of gasp for breath, he doesn't clutch his throat - but he does perspire quite a bit. Also, the sounds of the brick being laid that are referenced at the end of Scene 102 can be heard at the end of that scene, but they really begin to be heard more clearly after the transition to Scene 103.
And if we might go back to Scene 102, yesterday I forgot to mention that the subtitles on the Blu-ray indicate that after having sealed Charles in the cellar room, Gabriel orders an unscripted "Kill Dubloon!" - and it does indeed sound like that's what he says. But unless someone has read some version of the NoDS script, they would have no idea that Dubloon is the name of Charles' horse because all the scenes referencing the name of his horse were cut from the film as it stands now (and even from the 97 minute version). And I have to say that, yes, of course a human's life is more valuable than that of a horse - but, whoa, killing one's brother and his horse really shows how insanely vindictive Gabriel is. And one has to wonder just how Gabriel got away without the ghosts of Angelique, Charles, and even Dubloon( ) taking revenge on Gabriel. But hey, maybe Angelique and Charles were just so happy to be reunited that they didn't care. And obviously the film didn't want to go down that road. But one can only hope that Gabriel's subsequent life is a completely miserable one...
Wrapping up Scene 103:
Tracy wakes, stares down at him as he struggles
for his breath. She shakes him.
And that's when today's quote -Page 44/Scene 103 - Tracy: 'Quentin...Quentin? What's wrong?'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
He doesn't really wake up but just opens his eyes
for a moment, not really seeing, and then turns
over and goes back to sleep. She watches him and
when he starts breathing evenly, she lies back as
we TRUCK IN ON HER. Her eyes are wide open.
And when it comes to what's different with the dialogue, Tracy actually just says "Quentin...sweetheart?" without asking what's wrong.
And when it comes to what's different with the descriptions and directions, Quentin doesn't open his eyes at all - what actually happens is that after Tracy is unable to wake him, he simply turns over onto his stomach - and Tracy rubs his back as apparently his breathing becomes more even - and after that we do see Tracy lie back with her eyes remaining wide open, but the camera doesn't truck in on her - and the scene ends with Tracy looking back over at Quentin.
The interesting thing about Tracy's part of this scene is that in its proper placement in the script, there's far more subtext to Tracy's reactions than is ever realized in the film as it currently stands. On their first night at Collinwood nothing has really been happening with Quentin, so Tracy needn't be all that upset - but quite obviously in the script a great deal has happened with Quentin, including him nearly killing Gerard and trying to strangle Tracy, so she has a great deal to concern her about his behavior. And that will come out in Scene 104, which begins a period of several scenes in the slideshow that don't appear in the film as it currently stands, and in the case of some, not even in the 129 minute version...
A still for Scene 102:
(Click here for a 700X542 version)
And an interesting thing about it is that Gabriel's henchman on the right in the still doesn't seem to be either of the two men who play his henchmen in the film in Scene 101A:
Actually, the mustached henchmen in the film certainly seems to be wearing the shirt that the henchman in the still is wearing - the second henchman in the film is wearing a completely different type of shirt with a collar. Also, unlike the film, nowhere in the still is a flaming torch seen. (Though if you look really closely at the still, you'll notice that the mustached henchmen does actually but just barely make an appearance in the still behind Charles and to his front side...)
And when it comes to this still, the only place I'm aware that it's been shared is on page 233 of the DS Movie Book - though this still is a much better version...
And when it comes to Scene 102, the closed captioning acknowledges that Gabriel bursts out in unscripted hysterical laughter as the door is closed on Charles -
- however, the subtitles do not - and once again there's a rather strange interpretation in both the closed captioning and the subtitles when it comes to the end of the scene because Gabriel actually shouts an unscripted "Kill Dubloon," and that's Charles horse (and we've discussed how insanely vindictive Gabriel is to have ordered that!), but the closed captioning has -
- which does sound somewhat like what's actually said, but the really strange interpretation comes with the subtitles, which also sounds somewhat like what's actually said -
- but both? Who in heaven's name would "both" refer to?! But I suppose whoever did the subtitles didn't ask themselves that question.
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(ADMIN: Edited to replace TV video screen captures)
Adam is reading when Nicholas appears in his room. Adam, surprised, orders Nicholas to leave, but the warlock tells him they will be good friends. Carolyn is his friend, insists Adam, but Nicholas points but so is Stokes, whom he knows. Stokes told me you were here, reveals Blair, and I am going to be teaching you, too, taking up where Stokes left off. He knows Adam will finish the simple books soon, and Nicholas will see to his higher learning--Carolyn doesn't know I'm here, says Nicholas. Adam smiles and admits he likes Carolyn very much, and Nicholas tells him not to worry about what others think or do what others want him to do-he must be a strong-willed individual. He tells Adam he is stronger than other people, bigger, can learn faster, has a better brain, can do things others can't-a very important person.Adam likes this ego-stroking a lot. Nicholas promises he will learn, with his help, how important he is. Nicholas says he's never seen anyone quite like Adam, a man who, with his guidance, can alter the course of history. Adam likes this, too. Nicholas shakes his hand and promises they will be going a long way together.
David: . . . and that’s when I said okay I’ll do my math, let’s start with some multiplying and gave her a big wink with my eyes. But she said she didn’t understand.
With the exception of also being set in the Master Bedroom and its opening set up, Scene 101 is totally different in DC's script from the way it originally appeared in Grayson's. And furthermore, as we know only too well, in the film as it stands DC's versions of Scenes 101 & 102 (& the upcoming 103) are all incorporated into the unscripted dream Quentin has on his first night at Collinwood rather than standing alone as they do in the script.
But be that as it may, when it comes to the rewritten Scene 101, even though DC crossed out Charles' "What is it, brother? Must you even disturb my sleep?", Gabriel's preceding lines "Charles! Wake up, Charles!" are also dropped in the film - and what Gabriel actually says that opens the sequence in the dream is "Charles, you've been with her again" - and to that Charles actually says "What's wrong with you, brother? Don't you remember? Your wife is dead", which is the way it was scripted for the original Scene 67 - to which Gabriel actually replies "Though she still comes to you. I know it!" - and what Gabriel actually further says is "All right -- you will have her!" - and when it comes to Scene 101A, DC wrote in an added "... For eternity" - and when it comes to Scene 102, what Gabriel actually says is an unscripted "She's yours, brother" before delivering today's quote -Page 44/Scene 102 - Gabriel: 'You will have her ... for eternity.'
- after which Gabriel goes into a hysterical fit of unscripted laughter - and Charles' "Let me out! Let me out!" is also dropped.
And when it comes to what's different with the descriptions and directions, probably because Gabriel and Charles each had their first two lines dropped, in Scene 101 we don't hear the sound of the door to Charles' bedroom fly open - and Charles doesn't actually laugh after Gabriel claims Charles still sees Angelique even though she's dead - and in Scene 101A we don't actually see Charles' hands appear to try to fend off Gabriel's two henchmen, though what we do see is Gabriel reaching out to Charles (as can be seen in the screen capture at the end of this post) - and Scene 102 is shot so darkly that we barely see Charles being held outside the door to the cellar room before he's thrown inside (and there's certainly no view of Gabriel, Charles, and the henchman holding Charles like the still that's published on page 233 of the DS Movie Book) - and after he's thrown into the room, as can be seen in today's capture -
- Charles is hardly discernible, and neither is the coffin.
And even though Gabriel's dialogue from Scene 101A is not a part of this slideshow, it was part of the original Movies Quotes Slideshow:
NoDS: Scene #101A - Gabriel: 'For eternity, brother.
For eternity!'
Quentin pours himself a drink in he drawing room. She holds up the music box--do I owe you thanks for it? she asks. He's shocked to see it--where did you get it? he demands. I hoped you could tell me, she says. I don't know, says Q. You've seen it before, she challenges him--where? I must be wrong, it can't be the same one, he says. Who did it belong to? she asks---it matters to me, a great deal. He reluctantly tells her it belonged to a relative who once lived at the Old House. Barnabas Collins? she asks. How do you know that name? he asks. I collect information, she says craftily, and remember what I hear--you wouldn't expect me to forget a vampire, would you?--I listen when people speak--now is there any reason I shouldn't know? No, not now, he says--Barnabas is dead. I think I saw him the first night I was here, says Kitty--I cannot believe he was a vampire. She opens the music box and asks, "If this was his, why was it given to me?"I don't know, says Quentin. She looks haughty and disbelieving. She drops the lid, closing off the music.