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Current Talk '24 I / Re: And Now The Return of Another New Slideshow (Sort of) [**Now featuring alternate versions of scenes - see reply #60**]
« on: February 23, 2016, 02:26:00 AM »
Grayson's script's version:
And that's it for now.
Notice how:
54 EXT - MEADOW - DAY - LONG LENS 54 Quentin is not having an easy time of it. Ulysses is far from a rocking chair. DISSOLVE TO: 55 EXT - FIELD - NEAR A PATCH OF TREES - DAY 55 Quentin and the horse have finally come to terms and he is now enjoying himself. Suddenly, as if it were being carried on the wind, he hears the DISTANT SOUND OF A DRONING VOICE. STRACK'S Dust to dust ... ashes to ashes ... Oh Lord, have pity on this sinner ... for we all sin, knowing the mercy of our heavenly Father ... The horse begins to react badly as Quentin, totally confused, rides closer to the trees looking for the source of the voice. - It is then that we realize that the old family cemetery is on the other side of the trees. QUENTIN - CLOSE-UP He has stopped the horse, and, although it is a cool sunny day, his face is bathed with perspir- ation. It is obvious he is experiencing some- thing. TRUCK IN TO HIS EXTREME CLOSE-UP and then CUT TO: 56 EXT - CEMETERY - 1810 - DAY 56 SUBCONSCIOUS MEMORY CUT Strack It is raining hard. The Reverend procession of FOUR MEN and GABRIEL as they carry the coffin toward the family mausoleum. MRS. CASTLE, and her small daughter, SARAH, all carrying umbrellas, stand with other family friends watching. Sarah is the only one crying. Gabriel opens the mausoleum. STRACK So we commend to Thee the flesh and spirit of Angelique Collins, beloved wife of Gabriel. CAMERA PANS to Gabriel. Laura Loyal sister-in-law to |
And that's it for now.
Notice how:
- Grayson script actually says "Suddenly, as if it were being carried on the wind, he hears", as opposed to DC's script which is oddly missing the part about the wind and simply says "Suddenly, as if it were being carried he hears".
- The sound of the bell was originally
Trask's/Strack's voice. Trask/Strack was originally supposed to lead the funeral procession of four pallbearers (the same number as in the film, as opposed to the six in DC's script) and GABRIEL as they carry the coffin toward the mausoleum.- Originally
Trask/Strack's "Oh Lord, we beseech you to have pity on this sinner" didn't include the "we beseech you to" part (though, as I mentioned in the previous post, there are even further changes in the film). - There's no mention of Sarah fingering the locket.
- Gabriel was originally supposed to open the mausoleum before
Trask/Strack was even finished with his prayer. Trask/Strack was originally supposed to say "we commend to Thee the flesh and spirit of Angelique Collins", as he does in the film.- The part about Angelique being a "loving" sister-in-law to
Samantha/Laura wasn't originally there - but thankfully they added it because that makes Laura's subsequent reaction (which we'll get into tomorrow) all the better!