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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« Last post by Mysterious Benefactor on Today at 01:00:00 PM »Backtracking a bit -
- while searching old posts to make sure no one had already posted about the similarities between DS and the Blacula films, I came across this '04 comment from Gothick -
- and it would seem to indicated that Scene 171B is indeed in the 129 minute version of NoDS because it's pert of the only sequence in the script between Carlotta and Quentin that isn't in the film - though why it isn't on the recovered footage list is anyone's guess - and it's funny that I don't remember seeing it at all - but then there were so many recovered scenes presented that day...
(And BTW, the recovered "cat-and-mouse" is what transpires in Scenes 47 through 50.)
... as I alluded to in the above post, Darren included this on his Restoration site:Sadly, when it comes to Scenes 171, 171A, 171B & 171C:QuoteThe following is a list of scenes that are still lost and which are not present in the 129 min version recovered in 1999.
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INT.2ND FLOOR CORRIDOR. Quentin runs from the bedroom. INT.FIRST FLOOR STAIRWAY. Carlotta comes upstairs, notices Quentin.
INT.FIRST FLOOR CORRIDOR. Carlotta nods to Gerard who exits.
Though I may be misinterpreting that Scene 171B is lost because the first two scenes listed above are Scenes 171 & 171A, but the third listed is Scene 171C. Did Darren simply forget to include Scene 171B on the lost list? Possibly. Though one thing that is known is that Scene 171B is not on the recovered list. So who knows?
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It would be quite nice IF Scene 171B is in the 129 minute version of the film, but given that, as I said, it's not on the recovered list, I have my doubts.
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- while searching old posts to make sure no one had already posted about the similarities between DS and the Blacula films, I came across this '04 comment from Gothick -
Just a short note to say that of the programming at the Festival, by far the highlight for me was Darren's presentation of the footage he has recovered from the missing half hour (plus) of Night of Dark Shadows.
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Among the missings scenes, I enjoyed ... another cat-and-mouse scene between Carlotta and Tracy, and, for us Grayson fans, another scene between her and Quentin as well.
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- and it would seem to indicated that Scene 171B is indeed in the 129 minute version of NoDS because it's pert of the only sequence in the script between Carlotta and Quentin that isn't in the film - though why it isn't on the recovered footage list is anyone's guess - and it's funny that I don't remember seeing it at all - but then there were so many recovered scenes presented that day...
(And BTW, the recovered "cat-and-mouse" is what transpires in Scenes 47 through 50.)