Wow...Miracle Original Bedtime scene in HD
So it turns out I do have the Kay scene in HD....I finished watching Film 2, and there it was.
The reason I thought it was missing is due to the 4way comparison I made....
Anyone who has done this knows how painfully tedious it can be, and this is a 10 HR X 4 endeavour. The issue is I chose to compare AMC, theatrical, extended plus one more. Now, that last slot got filled by trilogy, which is the longest official version, but only in SD. In fact, there are two other versions...Epic and Safgq, Saga being a trimmed version of Epic. Amazingly I do have Epic in HD, but it is only GF part 1 and 2, and since it is shorter than trilogy, I assumed it had nothing to offer.....
So when I made the 4 way, Kay leaving was moved in Trilogy, and stood out, so I assumed it was missing in the other 3. Later, when it appears in the other 3 versions, I assumed that this was another scene (due to scrubbing at speed) and didn't realise the scene was moved.
So, lesson learnt. So I dug up the HD epic and dropped it into the 4-way, and what did I find.... Michael puts Anthony to bed, and the dialogue is different. It was shot to be prior to the incident. He asks, "are you having trouble sleeping". In the theatrical you can hear the dialogue is looped to be " everything's going to be alright Anthony" . More so, Anthony asks his dad did you get my present, Michael says no, Anthony says I left it on your pillow. In the theatrical, Anthony's line is cut, and Michaels is looped to be " yea, I found it on my pillow, " with his back to the camera. Anthony's missing line is delivered to camera. Case rests.
Also, we see Michael leave the room, which is in no other version. This solves a big issue for me in the transition I made, which although I was happy with it, I will revise with this new version of that scene since the music into and out of it also is better.
I will revise film 2 accordingly prior to submission.
I will now check Epic in full, in case another gem is hiding.
Woohoo.