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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: July 08, 2023, 08:56:04 PM »
Picking up with the portion of Scene 225 that is not currently in the film and moving beyond it to Scenes 226 & 227:
And confirmation from Darren that:
...
Suddenly Tracy's SCREAM stops abruptly as Alex and
Claire ENTER THE SHOT, running toward Quentin.
CLAIRE
Where's Tracy?
QUENTIN
Help me with this door!
As Alex grabs the handle with Quentin, they both start
pulling.
And that's when Thursday's quote -Page 104/Scene 225 - Quentin: 'She's in there! We've got to get her out!'
comes up, followed in the script by:
226 INT - ROOM - NIGHT - SLOW MOTION 226
Tracy lies on the floor, barely moving, completely
enveloped in the white mist. THERE IS NO SOUND.
227 INT - BASEMENT AT DOOR - NIGHT - NORMAL SOUND 227
as Quentin and Alex, in a last desperate effort
finally yank the door open. The light pours into
the room as they run in. The white mist which
envelopes Tracy disappears. She lies there, her
eyes vacant with shock. They bend to her as Quentin
cradles her in his arms.
And that's when Friday's quote -Page 105/Scene 227 - Claire: 'Oh, my God, it was the same thing!'
comes up, followed in the script by:
As Tracy begins to come out of it, she begins to sob.
And that's when yesterday's quote -Page 105/Scene 227 - Tracy: 'It was so horrible...she was here!...she was here!'
comes up, followed in the script by:
Quentin looks around the room.
And as for the dialogue, the descriptions, and the directions, there's no way of knowing if anything is different in the 129 minute version. The only part of the above excerpt from the script that currently appears in the film is Tracy on the floor after the white mist has disappeared and an obvious cut to Quentin kneeling down to revive Tracy and cradle her as she sobs. (But unlike as scripted, those two bits of Scene 227 appear after Scenes 237 and 238, which are currently cut to right after Quentin begs Tracy to answer him in Scene 225. But more on that once we've reached Scenes 237 and 238 in the script...)
....
And once again Grayson has notes in her script even though Carlotta doesn't even appear in Scenes 226 and 227, and once again they deal with Carlotta's reactions to what's happening to Tracy (though how she knows is anyone's guess - well, unless she has more of a psychic connection to Angelique than we're completely made aware). And the notes deal with how excited Carlotta is that Tracy is about to be gotten rid of, but then with the disappointment of Angelique being defeated.
And confirmation from Darren that:
Happily all the above mentioned material (not the Grayson notes) is in the director's cut, ie: Alex and Claire running to help, Claire's line, Alex and Quentin interaction, etc.