Subject: Re: Phillip Jeffries
From: achapman@unixg.ubc.ca (Aaron Chapman)
Date: 1992-10-05, 11:00
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

There has been some discussion on this newsgroup about the David Bowie/Philip
Jeffries scene in the Twin Peaks film. I recently purchased a copy of the
FWME Shooting script dated August 1991, and this scene in this early draft of
the script is much much different that what the final cut of FWME came to be.
 
In fact, the whole script is different. It is well known that the film ended
up being very long, and a lot of editing had to take place... For instance 
there are a number of scenes with Doc Hayward, Josie, Sherrif Truman and Andy
Bthat were completely taken out. All in all, I think these scenes were well
taken out to make a more concise film anyway. But I'm still very pleased to
have this early draft because it gives plenty of insights into the Lynch
creative process.

I have early draft scripts to Blue Velvet and Dune, and the same can be said
for them. 

IN the initial versions of the FWME script, there was a scene where we see
Philip Jeffries in Buenos Ares of all places. He is in a hotel lobby and if
I remember correctly (I don't have the script with me) he asks the hotel 
clerk for any messages. Apparently he has one from a person called "Judy".
Then apparently we were supposed to see Jeffries walking into an elevator and
getting out of the elevator into the FBI office in Philadelphia. Jeffries
continues to mutter and jabber about Judy in Gordon Cole's office, and then 
says "I saw them, up in above an old convienince store" This scene then cuts
to the Little Man from another PLace/Bob scene where we also see Mrs. Tremonds
Grandson and Jurgen Pronchow as what the script calls a "Woodsman" This is the
scene where Little Mike delivers the Formica table "Green is its  colour" line.
 
Jeffries then dissappears and Cole, Cooper and Miguel Ferrer (the name of his
character foolishly escapes me) wonder where he went. All in all, we are 
given to believe in this early  draft that Jeffries was following somebody
and spied on the goings on of the people in the convienence store. 
 
 I haven't really explained this to the degree that I wanted to, because I don't
like the keyboard I'm using here, but if anybody would like a photocopy of this
scene from the script, I could mail it to you. Xeroxing the whole script would
take a while and  considering its quite long, I think I'd have to get some kind
of recompense to pay for the paper, but if you're interested feel free to 
email me.
 
 Two last things. The ending in the FWME early draft shooting script that I have
has Laura sitting on Coopers lap in the red curtain room?!
 
And lastly, I think there is no big connection between Jeffries and the 
electric wires and power lines. I think that is a different theme entirely that
Lynch is driving at there. Specifically that perhaps it is strange that there
is so much energy zipping around the city on top of big logs. Lynch has a talentfor making the normal seem strange and abstract, and this is just another one
of those instances.

achapman@unixg.ubc.ca

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