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56 QUENTIN'S P.O.V. - EXT CEMETERY - 1810 - DAY 56
SUBCONSCIOUS MEMORY CUT
The wind blows the empty branches, the rain pours down
on the assembly standing in front of the mausoleum.
Silhouetted below the cemetery is the black hearse. The
six pallbearers carry the coffin up the hill toward the
mausoleum.
56 CONTD CONTD 56
ANOTHER ANGLE
The Reverend Strack stands at the head of the coffin outside
the mausoleum. Gabriel, Laura, Mrs. Castle, and her small
daughter, Sarah, stand with other family and friends watching.
Sarah is the only one crying as she fingers a locket.
And that's when today's quote -Page 20A/Scene 56 - Strack: 'Dust...to dust...ashes to ashes. Oh Lord, we beseech you to have pity on this sinner...for we all sin, knowing the mercy of our heavenly Father. So we commend to Him the flesh and spirit of Angelique Collins, beloved wife of Gabriel, loyal and loving sister-in-law to Laura.'
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... and there are only four pallbearers in Scene 56 - and while Sarah is crying, we do not see her fingering the locket (which is too bad because it would have definitely added to the scene.
Continuing with DC's script's version of Scene 56...
TRUCK IN ON LAURA
She begins to laugh, lowly at first. Gabriel grabs
her hand but her laughter grows as Strack continues.
And that's when today's first quote -Page 20A/Scene 56 - Strack: 'Angelique Collins has departed this life for a far better one - a world without tears or pain.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
Laura's laughter builds. Gabriel, tight-lipped, holds
her in a vise-like grip. Sarah tries to run to stop her.
Mrs. Castle restrains her. Strack looks hard at Laura.
She stops laughter.
ANOTHER ANGLE
Strack nods to Pallbearers, who pick up the coffin. They
all watch as the Old Caretaker opens the gate.
And that's when today's second quote -Page 20A/Scene 56 - Strack: (loudly, trying to top the laughter) 'And so we commend her spirit to a just and forgiving God. Amen.'
- comes up, followed by script continuing with:
They carry the coffin into the mausoleum.
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And as for the differences when it comes to the directions and descriptions, we don't actually see Gabriel grab Laura's hand to stop her from laughing, but he does shake her - and we don't see Sarah attempt to run to stop Laura from laughing, so we also don't see Mrs. Castle restrain her, however, briefly, as the following capture shows -
- we do see both Mrs. Castle and Sarah look over at Laura as she laughs - and rather than nodding to the pallbearers, Strack simply steps out of the way as the caretaker opens the gate to the mausoleum and enters as the pallbearers begin to follow him...
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Grayson's script's version:
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56 EXT - CEMETERY - 1810 - DAY 56
SUBCONSCIOUS MEMORY CUT
Strack
It is raining hard. The ReverendTraskleads a
procession of FOUR MEN and GABRIEL as they carry
the coffin toward the family mausoleum.SAMANTHA,LAURA
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
TRASK
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 toSamantha...
And that's it for now.
Notice how:
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!
Continuing with Grayson's script's version of the rest of Scene 56...
Laura
CAMERA PANS toSamantha. She begins to laugh,
lowly at first, Gabriel grabs her hand, but her
laughter grows. She is hysterical.TraskStrack
stares at her, in panic, as the child tries to
run and stop her, but Mrs. Castle restrains her.
Finally, her laughter fades asTraskcontinues.
Strack Strack
TRASK
And so we commend her spirit
to a just and forgiving God.
Amen.
They carry the coffin into the mausoleum.
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Notice that:
- Missing from Grayson's script is Strack's "Angelique Collins has departed this life for a far better one - a world without tears or pain."
- Her script refers to Laura as becoming "hysterical," which DC's does not.
- Her script, unlike DC's, also refers to
Trask/Strack staring atSamantha/Laura in a panic as Sarah tries to run and stopSamantha/Laura from laughing.- And in her script there's no reference to
Trask/Strack nodding to the pallbearers, who then pick up the coffin.- And, of course, there's no need in her script for the caretaker to open the gate to the mausoleum because Gabriel has already opened it.
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A selection of scenes cut from the 129-minute version that have been recovered:
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The horse Quentin rides bucks wildly, trying to throw him off.
Foyer - Naomi stops Barnabas and Angelique as they are leaving. Barnabas fears repercussions should Joshua find them still there, but Naomi invites them into the drawing room and gives them with the Old House, which she owns, as a wedding gift. Barnabas, moved, wants to refuse; Angelique is clearly thrilled. Oh, Joshua will rage and rant, says Naomi, but she's used to that. Barnabas is all set to refuse, but she asks him to accept the house as a favor to her. Joshua will come to his senses, regret what he's done, and seek Barnabas' forgiveness; she doesn't want Barnabas to be far away and unreachable when that happens, or it will kill Joshua. Barnabas accepts, agreeing to stay on as master of the Old House, for his mother's sake.
Here's a photo that I neglected to share from Scene 55:
(Click here for a 830X546 version)
And I say, "photo," rather than, "still," because to me it seems like it was created from an actual frame of the film. I doubt it's a screen capture because the color, especially the background, is so off. That sort of thing can definitely happen to old film, but it's not too likely that screen capturing software would capture something that far off. I mean, my screen capturing software came up with this from the VHS:
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Something I rediscovered ..., a still from Scene 55, Quentin sees a vision of Angelique's funeral:
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Setting up the current sequence/scene - and we've reached the first instance where Grayson's and DC's scripts differ. But first up we'll deal with the way things play in DC's script, which, probably not surprisingly, is the way they mostly appear in the film:
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 he hears the DISTANT SOUND OF CHURCH BELLS
TOLLING. The horse begins to react badly as Quentin,
totally confused, rides closer to the trees looking for
the source of the sound. 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 perspiration. It is
obvious he is experiencing something. TRUCK IN TO HIS
EXTREME CLOSE-UP and then
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And though there are differences between the way DC's and Grayson Hall's scripts are written, there aren't any notations in either for this sequence.
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And as for what is different when it comes to the directions and descriptions, Scene 54 does not appear in the film as it currently stands - the horse doesn't have any reaction to the bells in Scene 55, so perhaps it's only Quentin who hears them - and Quentin's face is not bathed in perspiration, but his face does take on an extremely shocked expression as the camera trucks in on his extreme close-up ...
And the next post will deal with the way everything up to where we left off in the sequence originally played out in Grayson's earlier version of the script...
Grayson's script's version:
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
TRASK'SVOICE
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:
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And that's it for now.
Notice how:
- Grayson's 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.
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Before we move on to the next sequence in the slideshow, I have three things I'd like to share from the stable sequence:
A rare Quentin head shot:
(Click here for a 558X700 version)
A rare candid still:
(Click here for a 698X924 version)
And a very rare color shot of Gerard and the horse:
(Click here for a 700X1028 version)