What's unfortunate when it comes to Scene 216 is that it's neither on the unrecovered list nor on the recovered list. So who knows? Though if I were to be dangerous enough to hazard a guess as to whether or not it appears in the 129 minute version of the film, I would say no based on the fact that it's very much a character oriented scene and we all know what little regard DC had for those. And if it isn't in the film, it really is a shame because a lot of things that need to be said between Quentin and Tracy are said. But what would DC care about that?
But anyway, judge for yourself:
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216 EXT - RIVER ROAD - NIGHT 216
Quentin and Tracy are alone together for the first time since the drowning. Alex and Claire can be seen in the B.G. waiting for them. Tracy still sobs as he holds her, comforting her.
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And that's when yesterday's quote -
Page 100/Scene 216 - Quentin: 'I'm sorry Trace. I'm sorry for everything that's happened.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
Holding her, he kisses her eyes, her lips as they try to comfort each other.
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 100/Scene 216 - Tracy: 'Oh, please, Quentin...please don't go back in that house.'
- comes up.
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He looks at her, trying to find a way to explain it.
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And that's when yesterday's quote -
Page 100/Scene 216 - Quentin (softly): 'Tracy, try to understand the way I feel. I have such a tenuous hold on myself that --'
- comes up, followed by today's quote -
Page 100/Scene 216 - Tracy (interrupting): 'But you're all right now. You're all right.'
- coming up.
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...beginning with yesterday's quote, Quentin's response to Tracy's latest lines -
Page 100/Scene 216 - Quentin: 'But I don't know how long I'll stay this way. There's only one way to end it. We've got to go back in there and face it down --'
- coming up, followed in the script by:
She nods. HOLD ON THIS as the two of them cross toward Alex and Claire.
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And that's when today's first quote -
Page 100/Scene 216 - Tracy: 'What about Carlotta?'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
As Alex and Claire cross to meet them.
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And that's when today's second quote -
Page 100/Scene 216 - Alex: 'I don't think we'll find her.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
They all start up toward the house.
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...given the voiceover that is added to the next scene in the current version of the film, something *may* have changed with this scene, or the voiceover *may* have been added because Scene 216 was dropped. But one thing is certain, the closing dialogue in Scene 216 and the added voiceover in Scene 217 can't both exist in the 129 minute version of the film because they contradict. But more on that when we deal with Scene 217...