And once again moving on to the next four scenes as scripted:
162 INT - TOWER STAIRS - DAY 162
Quentin is at the door. He reaches in his pocket for his keys, suddenly remembers his keys are in his jacket. He turns and leaves.
163 INT - TOWER ROOM - DAY 163
Tracy breathes a sigh of relief as the SOUND OF QUENTIN'S FOOTSTEPS disappear. PAN WITH HER as she crosses to the door, and opening it, leaves the tower, closing the door, The SOUND of her LOCKING IT can be heard.
164 INT - SECOND FLOOR LANDING - DAY 164
as Carlotta comes TOWARD CAMERA. She suddenly stops, seeing Tracy descending the steps O.S.
TRACY - CARLOTTA'S P.O.V.
as she comes downstairs, the keys in her hand, and is about to turn toward the gallery. She suddenly catches Carlotta out of the corner of her eye. She stops and looks at her.
CARLOTTA - TRACY'S P.O.V.
Carlotta stares back at her, then crosses to the stairs and descends to the first floor without saying a word.
INT - SECOND FLOOR CORRIDOR - DAY
Ignoring the brief moment with Carlotta, Tracy quickly moves to the gallery.
165 INT - GALLERY - DAY 165
As Tracy ENTERS, she quickly realizes that the jacket is no longer there. Panicked, she looks around, not knowing what to do.
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And that's when Sunday's first quote -
Page 76/Scene 165 - Quentin (O.S.): 'Tracy!'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
He ENTERS from the bedroom. Quickly, she hides the keys behind her back. Without saying a word, he crosses directly to her. His eyes are dark with anger. She stands there holding her breath.
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And that's when Sunday's second quote -
Page 76/Scene 165 - Quentin: 'Have you...seen my jacket?'
- comes up, followed by Sunday's third quote -
Page 76/Scene 165 - Tracy (almost crying with relief): 'No -- I haven't. (quickly moving away from him as she looks toward the chair) I'll help you look for it.'
- coming up, followed by the script continuing with:
THE CHAIR - TRACY'S P.O.V.
On the floor, in back of the chair, the sleeve of Quentin's jacket can be seen.
QUENTIN - TRACY
With the chair in the F.G., Tracy casually walks toward it as Quentin crosses toward another part of the room. Tracy reaches for the jacket and quickly slips the keys into the pocket.
TRACY Oh, here it is, Quentin.
As she picks it up, Quentin crosses to her. With a curt nod, he takes it and EXITS down the hall. TRUCK IN ON a much-relieved Tracy.
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And when it comes to what's different with the dialogue, unlike how Scene 164 is scripted without dialogue, it does contain a bit of dialogue in the film, but I'm going to hold off on getting into that until later in this post - for now the only differences are that in Scene 165 Quentin doesn't pause when he asks "Have you seen my jacket?" - and Tracy's initial response is actually "No!", but after a pause she adds more calmly "No, I haven't", without the addition of "I'll help you look for it", which is dropped in the film - and "Oh, here it is, Quentin" is also dropped because in the film the second half of Scene 165 plays very differently from the way it's scripted.
And when it comes to what's different with the descriptions and directions, in Scene 162 we only see Quentin pat his pockets, he doesn't reach into either one for his keys - and in Scene 163 Tracy does indeed breath a sigh of relief as the sounds of Quentin's footsteps disappear, but the camera has no need to pan with her as she crosses to the door because, as we got into last time, she never moved to the other side of the room - in fact, after Tracy breathes a sigh of relief as the sounds of Quentin's footsteps disappear, the scene ends in the film, so we never see Tracy open the door, or leave the tower, or close the door, and nor do we hear the sound of her locking the door - and Scene 164 plays altogether differently in the film because it's practically nothing like what's scripted, but I honestly believe it might just be the better for that fact because what does happen is quite simply one of the best scenes in the film, and I can't resist sharing the scene on video rather than simply provide captures and descriptions of how it differs -
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NOTE: Whenever I tried making the video back when this post was made, I was never satisfied with how it came out - plus, no matter what I tried, some members still had trouble trying to play it. But we've subsequently finally hit on both a MOD for the system and a video format that plays well:)
- Mrs. Collins, indeed!
- and when it comes to Scene 164, Grayson made some notes in her script that certainly still apply even though things were changed because she writes that Carlotta's attitude toward Tracy is "whatever you're doing, how dare you do it" and "your day is coming soon" - and when it comes to Scene 165, things play out as scripted up to the point that Tracy is supposed to see the sleeve of Quentin's jacket on the floor in back of the chair - instead Quentin spot's that the jacket has somehow fallen down on the couch and as he begins to move toward, Tracy quickly moves to get to it first -
- but as she's trying to put the keys back in the pocket, they fall to the floor -
- after which Tracy and Quentin share an intense look -
- before Quentin picks up the keys -
- and they exchange another intense look -
- before Quentin proceeds to exit the room -
- leaving Tracy standing there -