Even more if the horse had a speaking part.
Spectre of the Gun---Deleted scene
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Even more if the horse had a speaking part.
Mr. Ed was probably available.
Awesome, thanks! If I ever make it out to one of these universities, I will definitely take a look. (I was at KU about six years ago, and I dug through some author's papers, but now I forget whose.)
So I pulled the Final Draft script for Lee Cronin's "The Last Gunfight" (dated May 9, 1968). Scenes 54 through 58 have the relevant content:
54 ANGLE AT CITY LIMITS SIGN
In a line exactly coinciding with the city limits sign,
all four of our people walk firmly into an invisible,
but perfectly firm and impenetrable was [sic--"wall"] of force. They are stopped in their tracks... with considerable
grunting and bruised noses. They recover themselves,
feel along the invisible wall. It is endless.
LORL [sic--"KIRK']
Well, that answers that question.
Force field.
They look up as a rider approaches, from town, and
waves cheerfully at them.
RIDER
Hi, Ike. Hi, boys. Good luck
tonight.
The rider passes through the invisible was [sic--"wall'] and rides away. Our people stare after him, frustrated. Kirk
gets an idea. He looks around, spots a horse tied up
nearby. He crosses toward the horse. The others follow.
55 ANGLE ON HORSE
As Kirk approaches. He knows nothing about mounting
a horse.
McCoy
You don't know anything about
horses.
KIRK
Simple. Just put your foot in
this... and jump up.
He does. He now sits backwards on the horse, facing
the rear.
SCOTTY
I don't think that's the way
you're supposed to do it, Captain.
KIRK
Simple matter of orientation.
He starts to turn around.
SPOCK
Where are you going with that horse?
KIRK
Are you blind? Didn't you see
what that other horse did? What
one horse can do, another horse
can do. It's simple logic. I'll
send him back for you.
McCoy
As I recall, they hanged horse
thieves.
Kirk spurs his horse forward.
56 FULL SHOT - HORSE AND RIDER - STUNT
Yes, indeedy, the horse gets through. But the rider
is swept off with great force as he is even with the
city limits sign... knocked to the ground with great
force.
57 ANOTHER ANGLE
As Scotty, McCoy, Spock and Chekov dash up to their
downed Captain, who is having some difficulty getting
his wind back.
CHEKOV
Are you all right?
KIRK [sic--"SPOCK']
There was a flaw to your logic,
Captain.
KIRK
(gasping)
Yes, of course. I'm not a horse.
SPOCK
Precisely, Captain.
They help him rise. They hear a clock striking. They
react to:
58 ANGLE ON CLOCK
WHICH POPS OUT. It is 3:00. They look at each other
in dismay.
54 ANGLE AT CITY LIMITS SIGN
In a line exactly coinciding with the city limits sign,
all four of our people walk firmly into an invisible,
but perfectly firm and impenetrable was [sic--"wall"] of force. They are stopped in their tracks... with considerable
grunting and bruised noses. They recover themselves,
feel along the invisible wall. It is endless.
LORL [sic--"KIRK']
Well, that answers that question.
Force field.
They look up as a rider approaches, from town, and
waves cheerfully at them.
RIDER
Hi, Ike. Hi, boys. Good luck
tonight.
The rider passes through the invisible was [sic--"wall'] and rides away. Our people stare after him, frustrated. Kirk
gets an idea. He looks around, spots a horse tied up
nearby. He crosses toward the horse. The others follow.
55 ANGLE ON HORSE
As Kirk approaches. He knows nothing about mounting
a horse.
McCoy
You don't know anything about
horses.
KIRK
Simple. Just put your foot in
this... and jump up.
He does. He now sits backwards on the horse, facing
the rear.
SCOTTY
I don't think that's the way
you're supposed to do it, Captain.
KIRK
Simple matter of orientation.
He starts to turn around.
SPOCK
Where are you going with that horse?
KIRK
Are you blind? Didn't you see
what that other horse did? What
one horse can do, another horse
can do. It's simple logic. I'll
send him back for you.
McCoy
As I recall, they hanged horse
thieves.
Kirk spurs his horse forward.
56 FULL SHOT - HORSE AND RIDER - STUNT
Yes, indeedy, the horse gets through. But the rider
is swept off with great force as he is even with the
city limits sign... knocked to the ground with great
force.
57 ANOTHER ANGLE
As Scotty, McCoy, Spock and Chekov dash up to their
downed Captain, who is having some difficulty getting
his wind back.
CHEKOV
Are you all right?
KIRK [sic--"SPOCK']
There was a flaw to your logic,
Captain.
KIRK
(gasping)
Yes, of course. I'm not a horse.
SPOCK
Precisely, Captain.
They help him rise. They hear a clock striking. They
react to:
58 ANGLE ON CLOCK
WHICH POPS OUT. It is 3:00. They look at each other
in dismay.
Third season shooting schedules were so short, and money so tight, that I just can't believe they would hire a horse and film a complicated stunt without being certain it would work out.
The time alone would be a huge issue. Remember, Ralph Senensky fell half a day behind on "The Tholian Web" because the spacesuits were delivered late through no fault of his own, and they actually fired him for it mid-episode and brought in Herb Wallerstein to film the rest of it as a rush job. If Vincent McEveety had been messing around with unused horse stunts, Paramount would have run him out of Culver City on a rail.
Another clue that the horse bit was never filmed: I've never seen a work print frame of it on the Net. And Lincoln Enterprises sold 35mm clippings of seemingly everything.
The time alone would be a huge issue. Remember, Ralph Senensky fell half a day behind on "The Tholian Web" because the spacesuits were delivered late through no fault of his own, and they actually fired him for it mid-episode and brought in Herb Wallerstein to film the rest of it as a rush job. If Vincent McEveety had been messing around with unused horse stunts, Paramount would have run him out of Culver City on a rail.
Another clue that the horse bit was never filmed: I've never seen a work print frame of it on the Net. And Lincoln Enterprises sold 35mm clippings of seemingly everything.
I know this is an old thread, but I've finally pulled this paperwork and wanted to put this issue to bed.
1. No one named Richard Anthony appears on any of the daily production reports - this looks like another error from the Concordance that ended up in These Are The Voyages.
2. No horses were used on day six, when Cushman says these scenes were shot (horses were on set for days 1-3 only)
3. Part of scene 54 was shot (and is in the episode), but scenes 55-57 are not on the daily production reports at all. If they were omitted from the shooting script and there's no record of them being filmed, all signs point to them not being filmed.
More Saturn Award-winning nonsense, folks!
1. No one named Richard Anthony appears on any of the daily production reports - this looks like another error from the Concordance that ended up in These Are The Voyages.
2. No horses were used on day six, when Cushman says these scenes were shot (horses were on set for days 1-3 only)
3. Part of scene 54 was shot (and is in the episode), but scenes 55-57 are not on the daily production reports at all. If they were omitted from the shooting script and there's no record of them being filmed, all signs point to them not being filmed.
More Saturn Award-winning nonsense, folks!
Can someone sum up for me the problems with Cushman (maybe a thread link), how people here first recognized them, and why he erred so much? Wasn't his work authorized?
This thread is a good place to start: https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/mark-cushman-and-nielsen-ratings.282819/
I've covered Cushman many times on my blog (though not every post is related to his work), which is linked to in my signature.
I've covered Cushman many times on my blog (though not every post is related to his work), which is linked to in my signature.
Thanks, both Harvey and Neil. Much appreciated.
Thanks for checking this out! Very much appreciated!
