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« on: August 14, 2009, 02:02:52 PM »
I would love to know the relationship between Grayson's autographed and annotated copy of the script (which bears the title Dark Shadows II) and Dan's shooting script with his notes which was published in the DS Movie Book. I have had one go at trying to find my photocopy of Grayson's script. and failed, but did pull out the Movie Book and had not realized how many differences there were between the version of the script published there, and the one that circulated in fandom from Grayson. Presumably, the published version is the "definitive" one, actually used while shooting the movie; there were apparently pages and pages of notes, scribbled over the backs of the typed script sheets, from DC about the shots, set-ups, etc.
What I remember in Dark Shadows II (presumably, a draft anterior to the one published and used at Lyndhurst for the shooting) is not just notes from Grayson about a shot of Carlotta lying on her bed holding the locket with her eyes closed intercut with shots of Q & A going at it, but actual typed scene set-ups from Sam that were part of the script. When I track down my copy of Grayson's script, I'll report further on this.
The published version of the script does have a scene, noted as having "ad libbed" dialogue, in which Q & A are making love "GP STYLE" according to the typed direction. I had thought that a fan on this board had an audio tape of a boudoir scene between Q & A that was in an early version of the release print and cut by the time the final print was executed for release.
cheers,
G.