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When it comes to Scene 108, after Alex spots a figure walking toward the Greenhouse and he calls out, "Hey, you!", he follows that up by calling out an unscripted, "Hello there!", and both the subtitles -
- and the closed captioning -
- acknowledge that.
...
(ADMIN: Edited to replace a TV video screen capture)
Before we move on to tomorrow's quote I'd like to share a still of Angelique outside the greenhouse. But first here's something I posted last time around -...
...I have to say that one of my favorite candid stills of Parker as Angelique is the one that appears on the back of the VHS box:
And that box may be the only place it's ever been published. Or if there has been another place, I don't honestly remember where...
- however, I've since come across the actual still -
(Click here for a 700X476 version)
- which is much better quality...
...
And before we get back to the script, I want to share the following candid production still that I made reference to back when we were dealing with Scene 69(the picnic). It's of David Selby, Kate Jackson and John Karlen taking a break from shooting the scenes at the greenhouse:
And one of the interesting things about what Karlen is doing is that he had never ridden a bicycle before he did so for the scenes for NoDS, so he practiced a lot before shooting so he wouldn't look ridiculous. Of course, if the film had been shot today, they could have just put training wheels on the bike and then taken them out in post. But that sort of technology wasn't available back in 1971.
...
... DS Almanac Millennium Edition ... - and page 154 of the same book features a still of Alex at the greenhouse -
- riding his bicycle - and I'm actually surprised (it) scanned as well as (it) did because (it) is only about 2 inches by 1 3/8 inches on the page...
Joe and Vicki are having drinks at the Blue Whale when he tells her he saw Buzz' motorcycle gang revving their engines--and Carolyn was with them. On a second go-round, they left a pile of beer cans in their wake--and Carolyn was still with them. Vicki says Carolyn is just doing this to upset her mother, then suggests that Liz might be marrying Jason because he's charming and not unattractive. Joe, however, thinks Mrs. Stoddard is heading for a fall. Buzz and Carolyn lurch in, both drunk, and order more booze at the bar. Vicki and Joe are upset to see her in such gruesome company, and not at all happy when Carolyn drags Buzz to their table to introduce them.
Hehe . . . Didn’t mean to tease, though for sure someone else would’ve figured it out or posted it. Starts with an M . . . Probably a more scientific version of the word chew, but sounds naughty.
Moving through the next two scenes in the sequence:
108 THE GREENHOUSE - WIDE ANGLE - ALEX' P.O.V. 108
The greenhouse is at least a thousand yards away.
However, there is unmistakenly a girl in a long
period dress strolling leisurely toward its
entrance. She is too far away to identify. She
moves so smoothly, it almost looks like she is
floating.
ALEX - CLOSE-UP
as he calls to her.
And that's when today's first quote -Page 48/Scene 108 - Alex: 'Hey! You!'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
THE FIGURE - ALEX' P.O.V.
as it disappears into the structure.
109 ALEX FROM INSIDE THE GREENHOUSE 109
as he peddles his bike TOWARD CAMERA. He dismounts
at the door and looks inside.
And that's when today's second quote -Page 48/Scene 109 - Alex: 'Hello!'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
He gets no answer so he crosses in, coming to
CAMERA and a LOW ANGLE CLOSE-UP. He looks around
-- sees no one.
And that's when today's third quote -Page 48/Scene 109 - Alex: 'Is anybody here?'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
When he still gets no answer, he finally turns and
starts toward the door, as the wind, which had been
nothing but a gentle breeze, suddenly increases in
volume. Then there is the SOUND OF SPLINTERING
WOOD directly above his head. He looks up.
109 CONTD CONTD 109
THE ROOF - ALEX' P.O.V.
An entire section of the glass roof suddenly gives
way and comes crashing down.
ALEX - HIGH ANGLE
as falling backward, he is just able to avoid
disaster.
And so far as any differences in the dialogue go, in Scene 108 Alex actually calls out an unscripted "Hello there!" as the figure disappears into the greenhouse - and in Scene 109 as he is seen from inside the greenhouse as he peddles his bike, Alex calls out another "Hello there!" rather than the simply scripted "Hello!" - and Alex calling out "Is anybody here?" after he looks around inside the greenhouse is dropped in the film.
And so far as any differences in the directions and descriptions go, as can be seen in the following capture -
- Scene 109 actually begins with a wide high angle long shot of Alex peddling his bike toward the greenhouse before he's seen shot from inside the greenhouse -
- as can be seen in today's second capture in the slideshow - and when Alex enters the greenhouse to look around, he isn't seen in a low angle close-up but rather a normal medium shot as well as a wide angle long shot, as can be seen in the following two captures -
- and it isn't until the point where he might have asked if anybody is there, as can be seen in today's Cut/trimmed sequence graphic -
- that Alex is seen in close-up, though it's not shot from a low angle - and we don't see Alex shot from a high angle and he actually runs from -
- rather than falls backward to escape the falling glass of the roof.