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Post by EarlyBird on Feb 9, 2008 2:45:22 GMT 9.5
;D I have a book that has even different to the film and this draft but incase no one has seen it I am putting it here. Found all her good bits and put them here alot different as you will see. INT. VAN TASSEL HOUSE, KATRINA'S ROOM -- NIGHT Katrina is sitting in front of her mirror. Lady Van Tassel is brushing out Katrina's hair, counting the strokes. KATRINA Well, I'm disappointed... our first visitor from New York... There is a knock. KATRINA (CONT'D) He doesn't know where to put himself and his feet are all over the place. Lady Van Tassel gives Katrina the hairbrush and goes to the door. LADY VAN TASSEL Yes, not like your Brom. Go on brushing, I got to forty-two... She opens the door to Sarah. SARAH That constable, he wants the Bible, Mum... LADY VAN TASSEL Bible... ? KATRINA I'll bring it to him. Sarah dips a curtsy and goes. Lady Van Tassel gives Katrina a friendly raised eyebrow. KATRINA (CONT'D) (meeting her eye, explains) We'll see if his city talk fits him better than his clothes. ;D more to come if you want it
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Post by EarlyBird on Feb 9, 2008 2:47:58 GMT 9.5
EXT. VAN TASSEL HOUSE, FRONT PORCH -- MORNING Rain. Ichabod comes out. Across the lawn, Young Masbath is bringing the horses.
LADY VAN TASSEL (o.s.) Good morrow, Constable. Ichabod turns to see Lady Van Tassel in a chair, sewing.
LADY VAN TASSEL Returning to the Western Woods?
ICHABOD Yes, actually.
LADY VAN TASSEL Use caution.
ICHABOD (nods, studies her) Do you know... I think those are the first words I have heard from you my entire time here.
LADY VAN TASSEL As my husband says, a wife should be always like an echo, and at the same time, quite unlike an echo. (off Ichabod's confusion) Like an echo, she should speak only when spoken to, and unlike an echo, should never try to have the last word, or, at least that is what he believes. Baltus comes out the door, irritable, skillet in hand.
BALTUS Constable... did you notice anything out of the ordinary during the night? Ichabod eyes the skillet, ill at ease, trying not to be.
ICHABOD Um... I... I did not... no. Why?
BALTUS Sarah has gone missing... my servant girl. Her things are gone. Damn it. She has joined the migration out of town. (to Lady Van Tassel) What about breakfast, woman? Or, am I to starve to death? Lady Van Tassel gets up and goes in, taking the skillet.
ICHABOD I should be going... good day to you. Ichabod heads towards Young Masbath. Baltus watches from the porch, disgruntled. He goes in.
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Post by Lady van Tassel on Feb 9, 2008 3:42:55 GMT 9.5
Oh my. Why did they cut those scenes?
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Post by EarlyBird on Feb 9, 2008 5:18:52 GMT 9.5
That's what I want to know, would have been more Manda
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Post by EarlyBird on Feb 9, 2008 5:20:50 GMT 9.5
INT. VAN TASSEL HOUSE, KITCHEN -- MORNING Lady Van Tassel prepares food with two servants at the open fireplace/oven. Ichabod enters, rushed.
ICHABOD Excuse me, Lady Van Tassel... Katrina is not in her room.
LADY VAN TASSEL No. She has gone out.
ICHABOD Where?
LADY VAN TASSEL She has taken the last of our grain to be milled. (crossing to him) You do have a background in the medical arts, don't you, Constable?
ICHABOD Very little. I must be going... Lady Van Tassel holds out her cut palm, the gash sewn shut.
LADY VAN TASSEL Will you look at this? I cut my hand this morning: I sewed it myself, but I am afraid it will go bad. Ichabod takes her hand, distracted and nervous.
ICHABOD It appears well. It has already clotted.
LADY VAN TASSEL Look closer. Do you have anything to clean it with?
ICHABOD It is fine. Now, I must...
Lady Van Tassel grabs Ichabod by the wrist, tight.
LADY VAN TASSEL (whispering, close) I know you saw me.
ICHABOD What... ?
Lady Van Tassel glances to servants, keeps her voice low.
LADY VAN TASSEL I know you followed last night. You must promise not to tell Baltus...
Ichabod tries to pull away, but she grips tighter. The FRONT DOOR is HEARD SLAMMING. Ichabod is panicky.
LADY VAN TASSEL Have mercy on me. Please... have mercy.
Ichabod pulls away just as Baltus enters. Lady Van Tassel goes back to work as if nothing happened.
BALTUS Constable, it is urgent that we speak.
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Post by Lady van Tassel on Feb 9, 2008 6:35:55 GMT 9.5
"Have mercy on me..." For some reason that made me go aaaww.
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Post by EvaTheEvilWitchie on Feb 9, 2008 9:14:33 GMT 9.5
i love theis part ' I know you saw me'. 'I know you followed last night. You must promise not to tell Baltus...' was amazing how she did it, how she said it
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Post by EarlyBird on Feb 9, 2008 9:53:37 GMT 9.5
sept in the film she said 'I know you saw me' 'I know you followed last night, you must promise not to tell my husband what you saw, promise me'. Wish she grabbed his wrist and did all that other speech too
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Post by EarlyBird on Feb 9, 2008 9:56:32 GMT 9.5
EXT. FOREST -- NIGHT Katrina sits up, groggy. Lady Van Tassel looks down at her.
KATRINA You... you are alive.
LADY VAN TASSEL Am I? Or, are you and Young Masbath dead along with me?
Katrina sees Young Masbath, and beyond him, the dying fire.
YOUNG MASBATH She commands the Horseman.
LADY VAN TASSEL And, quite beautifully done, wouldn't you say? It is almost over.
THUNDER again. Wind starts to pick up.
LADY VAN TASSEL (of the wind) He rides tonight. KATRINA Father saw you die.
LADY VAN TASSEL He saw me thrown... saw the Horseman looming over me as I fled. Things I wanted him to see. But, as long as I govern the Horseman, he cannot harm me. Baltus did not stay enough to see that. He ran as a coward, unfettered by my fate.
YOUNG MASBATH Then, whose body was it... ?
LADY VAN TASSEL The precious servant girl Sarah. I killed her and kept her body hidden, till I needed it. And, when I return to the Hollow tomorrow, my version of the truth will come to pass. (faking meekness) I mean, there I was that fateful day, following Baltus into the woods. I did not know what he was up to... where he was going. I worried for his safety.
Katrina cautiously moves the hand she's supporting herself with, feels a rock and clutches it.
LADY VAN TASSEL Imagine my surprise, finding him on a liason with a common servant. A girl who had apparently become his secret love.
KATRINA No one will believe your lies, whore.
LADY VAN TASSEL This whore will see your mouth shut forever very soon. But... I am not going to kill you. Not me...
She picks up the Horseman's skull in her gloved hand.
LADY VAN TASSEL He will have that honor.
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Post by EarlyBird on Feb 9, 2008 10:26:05 GMT 9.5
EXT. FOREST -- NIGHT
Lady Van Tassel admires the skull.
LADY VAN TASSEL (mock sorrow) Woe is me... that spying on my husband in his filthy indiscretion, I saw he and Sarah attacked by the Horseman. Oh pity me... so overcome was I that I wandered in the Western Woods... dazed... nearly blind from terror.
Lady Van Tassel crouches, rubbing dirt on her face.
LADY VAN TASSEL And, tomorrow is my grand performance, having barely survived the elements... (more emoting) By sheer luck I found my way back to the Hollow. But... what do I find here... ? My dear, sweet step-daughter Katrina is dead. Why has God forsaken her?
Seeing that Lady Van Tassel lavish attention on Katrina, Masbath takes this opportunity to ease onto his knees.
LADY VAN TASSEL (of herself, pleased) No one will suspect this sad woman who has been through such an ordeal. With only the empty solace of her money and land to comfort her.
EXT. VAN TASSEL HOUSE -- NIGHT
Ichabod leaps from the coach, bounds up the porch.
ICHABOD Katrina!
EXT. FOREST -- NIGHT ICHABOD is HEARD.
Lady Van Tassel turns, astonished.
KATRINA Murderer!
Katrina slings the rock -- strikes Lady Van Tassel in the head, a glancing blow that knocks her down. Katrina runs. Katrina grips Young Masbath, helping him up... But, Lady Van Tassel scrambles up, grabs Katrina and throws her back to the ground.
Lady Van Tassel steps hard on Katrina's ankle, touches her forehead, bleeding, pissed.
LADY VAN TASSEL You've been a naughty girl.
Young Masbath leaps to action, charging head first -- slams into Lady Van Tassel, sends her backwards. Katrina runs and pulls Masbath up. They flee.
KATRINA Ichabod!
Lady Van Tassel rolls, recovering, not very concerned.
LADY VAN TASSEL Little bitch.
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Post by Lady van Tassel on Feb 9, 2008 19:38:59 GMT 9.5
Little bitch! ;D Go Mary! Wow,I could actually picture all that! And it looked amaaazing.
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Post by EarlyBird on Feb 9, 2008 23:31:43 GMT 9.5
Me too hehe, I can picture it all, we missed out lol
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Post by EvaTheEvilWitchie on Feb 10, 2008 2:19:51 GMT 9.5
i'm going to watch the film right now! i love it! i never get tired, even when i saw it 1000 times!
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Post by Lady van Tassel on Feb 11, 2008 4:56:12 GMT 9.5
Ah I looove it too
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Post by Mandafied on Feb 12, 2008 1:02:47 GMT 9.5
Little bitch! Lol! And whore! Ooh la la lol LADY VAN TASSEL The precious servant girl Sarah. I killed her and kept her body hidden, till I needed it. And, when I return to the Hollow tomorrow, my version of the truth will come to pass. (faking meekness) I mean, there I was that fateful day, following Baltus into the woods. I did not know what he was up to... where he was going. I worried for his safety. I'm glad they changed that part. I always laugh when she says Sarah was useless and then came in handy lol
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