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'Woman in crypt'---missing scene?

posted 12 years ago by farmerne
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First off--let may say this has been one of my favorite movies since I first saw it back in 1972.

Something I have been wondering about all these years: there's a listing in the movie credits for "Woman in crypt". Yet I've never seen this in the movie, even in my Blu-ray copy I bought.

Also--the 2.0 Unlimited soundtrack has a theme for "Gravestones and Surprises", which seems to reference a scene not in the final cut of the film.

Can anyone enlighten on this? Thank you!

[–] VinnieRattolle 11 years ago

According to Wikipedia...

The script for The Omega Man contains a scene where Lisa goes to visit her parents' grave. Unknown to Neville, Lisa is pregnant, and she goes to seek comfort from her deceased parents before they leave the city forever. While Lisa is talking to her parents' grave, she hears a sound and investigates a crypt. In it, she spots a female Family member depositing a dead newborn mutant. Lisa can see the mother's grief and empathizes with the woman's loss despite them being on different sides. Lisa believes that all children, including her unborn baby, will suffer the same fate. Later, Lisa returns to Neville and tells him of the woman in the crypt. Neville asks Lisa if she "took care" of things and Lisa responds that since she may be a grieving parent in a few months, she will not kill a grief-stricken mother. Neville is shocked at first but then embraces Lisa.

While the scene was cut from the final film, the screen credit for "Woman in Cemetery Crypt" remains.

[–] briarmor 10 years ago

and this scene had sence, considered the scene in the pharmacy where they laugh about birth control pills, meaning both how people were stupid before the virus and how unnecessary they are now