Openings compared
From when the plane takes off:
Final Cut and Theatrical use the same opening sequence shot for shot.
All show the plane taking off from Plockton most likely but it’s hard to tell with some shots of the DC.
The music starts earlier in the DC.
Why did EB-P feel the need to cut the opening?
OK, credits in DC are in the opening shots. Otherwise the credits are the same.
Shots in red are unique to those versions.
7 in FC/Theatrical
5 in DC
Shot number
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Final Cut and Theatrical
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Director’s Cut
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1
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long shot, engine idling then accelerating
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m/s plane turning and accelerating, stone wall background (Plockton or Stranraer?), red float, some rural background after that
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2
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c/u of engine
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m/s plane gaining speed
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3
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m/s plane gaining speed, no background visible, music starts
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c/u Howie in cockpit
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4
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l/s plane gaining speed, ripples on water (Anthony Shaffer’s The Wicker Man credit), rocky background as it takes off
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POV cockpit of plane gaining speed, same rural background, rocks along coast, music starts
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5
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c/u Howie in cockpit, starring EW
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l/s plane taking off rippled water, see shadow of something tall
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6
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1st shot of islands from cockpit
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c/u Howie in cockpit, same shot as FC 5, no credit
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7
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2nd shot of islands from cockpit, Britt Ekland
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POV cockpit, see islands, same shot as FC 6, no credit
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8
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l/s from another plane of plane over islands, Diane Cilento
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lots of islands, featuring RB, etc (same as FC 10 and the rest from here on)
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9
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same, different background (ingrid Pitt and CL)
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10
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lots of brown islands, featuring rb, lm, etc
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11
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m/s plane against cliffs, more featuring same cast
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12
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m/s different shot of plane agains cliffs, sound editor…
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13
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brown land, sound editor…
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14
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m/s plane against far island, assist director…
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15
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vls of plane against brown coast, assist director…
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16
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m/s Howie in cockpit from his lower right, prod mgr…
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17
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vls plane against outcroppings, assoc music dir…
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18
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outcroppings only
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19
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c/u Howie from his left
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20
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1st South Africa shot showing pond, Corn Rigs begins
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21
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c/u Howie from his left
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22
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2nd South Africa shot of orchards
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23
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plane flying over trees and house from ground level, Art dir… (definitely LOGAN!!)
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24
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side shot of plane flying over (logan too most probably), music - Paul G
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25
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1st shot of Plockton aerial, music - Paul G
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26
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2nd shot of Plockton houses along harbor, Harry Waxman, Film editor - EBC
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27
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aerial of Plockton, same spot but closer in as 1st shot, screenplay - AS
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28
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m/s plane getting closer to water, prod - PS
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29
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long shot, plane landing by ship, (heading in opposite direction…), Prod - PS, DIr RH
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30
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l/s plane landing on rippled water
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31
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POV cockpit of landing
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32
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m/s plane with Howie in it
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33
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m/s of tail of plane
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34
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Nuada flag, plane taxiing
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