Carrie & Sally & Leatherface Among the Film Buffs. Published in Film Comment

Lawrence D. Cohen’s January 1976 second draft script of Carrie

This is the “second draft,” from January 1976, with a few revised scenes from February and April. The final script included some revised scenes that don’t appear here, but this is very close to the shooting script… up to a point. A scene with Margaret and Carrie is included which was ultimately removed (shot 160), causing portions of the dialog to be moved to two different scenes (154 & 171). That’s the only big thing that I’m certain wasn’t filmed until we get to the prom (beginning around shot 198), most of which was revised (and/or ad-libbed) after this version. Notably, moments before Carrie brings her home crashing down, Sue Snell appears in the house — an interesting addition to the scene, though I doubt a version of this scene was filmed. The script also includes many “flash cut” and flashback segments to the locker room scene… a late page from the script that’s shown in “Acting Carrie” reveals that around 20 shots were ultimately cut from the script, and I surmise that most of these were probably all the unnecessary flashbacks.The final scene of the script (Sue’s dream) is an April 5 revision that’s pretty close to the version in the film — but the bulk of the scenes between the prom and the end underwent both minor and major revisions after this version.  Okay, blah, blah, blah, I’m done…

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