Love Actually Script

Love Actually by Richard Curtis Edited by Emma Freud Final June June 19th, 2002‘LOVE ACTUALLY INT. HEATHROW ARRIVALS GATE. DAY. 1 A VOICEOVER IN DARKNESS... PM (V.0.) * Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the Arrival Gate at Heathrow Airport.. AND WE START TO SEE THIS — AS ‘STYLISH BUT REAL’ DOCUMENTARY AS POSSIBLE, THE MOST MISCELLANEOUS OF GROUPS AND COUPLES AT THE ARRIVAL GATE, ALL KISSING, ALL FULL OF AFFECTION AND EMOTION. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed — but I don’t see that - seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it’s not particularly dignified, or newsworthy — but it’s always there - fathers & sons, mothers & daughters, husbands & wives, friends & strangers. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people about to die were messages of hate and revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I’ve got a nasty suspicion you'll find that love actually is all around.. INT. CHURCH. DAY 2 CUT TO TWO MEN'S FACES. WELL DRESSED UP IN WEDDING TIES AND COATS. PETER No surprises? MARK No surprises. PULL BACK — THEY ARE BEST MAN AND GROOM WAITING AT THE END OF AN AISLE. THE CHURCH IS SUNNY AND FULL. PETER Not like the stag night? MARK Unlike the stag night. PETER Do you admit that the Brazilian prostitutes were a mistake? (CONTINUED)Pagez CONTINUED: 2 MARK I do. PETER And it would have been much better if they’d not turned out to be men? MARK That is true. THE MUSIC STARTS UP.. PACHELBEL’S CANON. ENTER A REALLY LOVELY, OPTIMISTIC GIRL IN HER WEDDING DRESS. THIS IS JULIET. MARK (CONT'D) Good luck, kiddo, AND HE PICKS UP HIS VIDEO AND STARTS DISCREETLY TO FILM PROCEEDINGS ~ IT’S ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU CAN VIEW THROUGH A SCREEN, RATHER THAN HOLDING IT TO YOUR EYE. AS THE BRIDE WALKS UP THE AISLE A SWEET, SLIGHTLY CHAOTIC 30 YEAR OLD, CALLED SARAH, SNEAKS IN JUST BEHIND HER, SWITCHING OFF AND PUTTING AWAY HER MOBILE PHONE. SHE SITS DOWN NEXT TO A FRIEND CALLED JAMIE. 38. GOOD-LOOKING AND GOOD-NATURED. THE BRIDE GOES ON WALKING — EXCHANGING A BLISSFUL SMILE WITH HER HUSBAND TO BE. WE CUT THROUGH MOMENTS OF THE WEDDING SERVICE — FINGERS, RINGS, KISS, BIBLES, SIGNING THE REGISTRY. IT’S NOW THE END OF THE SERVICE ~ THEY'RE BACK IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR. PETER And you resisted the temptation for any surprises? MARK Yes, I'm mature now. NOW BRIDE AND GROOM TURN AND HEAD DOWN THE AISLE. THE ORGAN STRIKES UP A TRADITIONAL CHURCH EXIT SONG. THEN IT CHANGES. AND STARTS TO PLAY SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE THE MARSEILLAISE, PETER LOOKS A BIT SURPRISED — TURNS TO LOOK AT MARK, WHO LOOKS INNOCENT. AS THE MUSIC CHANGES, A CURTAIN THAT HAS BEEN HIDING THE CONTENTS OF THE BALCONY DROPS. BEHIND IT IS A HUNDRED STRONG CHOIR. THEY BEGIN TO SING CHOIR Love, love, love. Love, love, love. Love, love, love. (CONTINUED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/02Pages = CONTINUED: (2) 2 THE CHOIR THEN PART TO REVEAL A FABULOUS LOOKING SINGER, STANDING AT A MICROPHONE ~ SINGING ‘ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE’. SINGER Nothing you can do that can’t be done Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game. It's easy. ALL All you need is love... THEY ARE NOW JOINED, DURING THE CHORUS, — MAGICALLY FROM ALL OVER THE CHURCH — BY A HUGE BRASS SECTION — 20 TRUMPETS — 20 SAXOPHONES ETC... THEY ACTUALLY APPEAR IN THE PEWS WHERE THEY’ VE BEEN HIDING THEIR INSTRUMENTS TILL NOW. All you need 4s love All you need is love All you need is love, love, Love is all you need. THE BRIDE, JULIET, IS RADIANT — ADORING IT... JULIET Did you do this? PETER Christ no. HUSBAND PETER LOOKS AT BEST MAN MARK. MARK SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS, PRETENDING HE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEN A LITTLE SMILE. 3 EXT. CHURCH. DAY 3 THEY OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE CHURCH. WIND MACHINES BLOW 5,000 ROSE PETALS THROUGH THE SKY. A MAN IS PLAYING LEAD GUITAR, STANDING ON A GRAVESTONE. THEY ARE THE HAPPIEST, LAUGHINGEST COUPLE IN THE WORLD. A TITLE CARD SAYS... NOVEMBER. LONDON. 4 EXT. LONDON. DAY. 4 SOME BEAUTIFUL SHOTS OF THE CITY IN ITS WINTER GLORY. S INT. CHURCH. DAY. 5 (CONTINUED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/02Paget CONTINUED: 5 CUT TO A FUNERAL — A MAN AND HIS 11 YEAR OLD STEP-SON IN A CHURCH - WITH A CROWD OF 80 BEHIND THEM, DRESSED IN BLACK. PRIEST And now Daniel wishes to say one last thing. DANIEL GETS UP AND FACES THE GUESTS. BEHIND HIM A SIMPLE SLIDE- PROJECTOR SCREEN SHOWS A PORTRAIT OF HIS WIFE. DANIEL As you know, Jo and I had a lot of time to prepare for this moment. Some of her requests, for instance, that I should bring Nicole Kidman as my date to the funeral, I'm confident she expected me to ignore. But others she was pretty damn clear about. When she first mentioned what's about to happen, I said ‘Over my dead body’ and she said “No, Danny - over mine.” And, as usual, my darling girl, and Sam’s darling Mum was right - 100%. So she’s going to say her final farewell to you, not through me — but, inevitably, ever-so-coolly, through the immortal genius of the Bay City Rollers... THROUGH THE SPEAKERS WHAMS THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ATROCIOUS COVER VERSION: THE PROJECTOR SCREEN SHOWS TERRIBLE SHOTS OF THE ROLLERS IN THEIR HEYDAY, MORE SHOTS OF JO - AND THEN SETTLES ON AN UTTERLY GLEEFUL 12 YEAR OLD GIRL, CLEARLY JO - TOTALLY DECKED IN THE SCARF, BADGES AND HATS OF ROLLERMANIA. If you hate me after what I say, Can’t put it off any longer 000 0000 0000 I just gotta tell you anyway... Bye bye baby, baby good-bye, Bye baby, baby, bye bye Bye bye baby, don’t make me cry, Bye baby, baby bye bye... THE CONGREGATION ARE TORN BETWEEN SMILES AT THE SONG AND THE STILLS, AND THE REAL SADNESS OF IT ALL. MORE TITLES... INT. JAMIE'S HOUSE. DAY 6 JAMIE, WHO WE GLIMPSED AT THE WEDDING, COMES BACK INTO A HOUSE. HE HAS A SLIGHT, TOUCHING, MID-SENTENCE STUTTER. (CONTINUED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/02Page5 CONTINUED: 6 HE UNLOCKS THE DOOR INTO THE LARGE LIVING ROOM. AT THAT MOMENT ANOTHER SLIGHTLY YOUNGER MAN ENTERS THE ROOM THROUGH AN INTERNAL DOOR. JAMIE Hello. What the hell are you doing here? CHRIS 0, I just popped over to borrow some old CDs. JAMIE Did the lady of the house let you in? cHRTS Yeh. JAMIE Lovely obliging gi-gi-girl. Just thought I’d pop back before the reception, see if she was feeling better. Look, I was thinking that maybe we should take Mum out for her birthday on Friday - what do you think? I feel we've been bad sons this year. CHRIS Okay, that sounds fine ~ bit boring but fine. THERE'S A CALL FROM OFF. GIRL (V/0) Put the kettle on will you, darling. JAMIE (RAISING HIS EYEBROWS) I’m a slave to love. HE STARTS TO DO SO - AND THEN CONTINUES TO DO SO, SORT OF IN SLOW MOTION, AS HE TALKS ON... This is a bit odd, actually. My girlfriend doesn’t know I’m here — and she calls you ‘Chris’ — not ‘da-da-darling’ — unless she calls you. ‘darling’ when I’m not here — in which case the reason you're here is probably less to do with borrowing, let’s Say, an old Paul Simon album and more to do with, let's say, you having sex with my girlfriend when I’m out. CHRIS Jamie — what can I say? (CONTINUED) FINAL June 19/6/02Pageb CONTINUED: (2) & JAMIE Well, you could say ‘it’s not true — I AM here because I had a passionate craving for the music of Art Ga-ga-garfunkel’s best friend.’ GIRL (V/0) Forget the tea, babe — I’ve located a packet of 3 — if you get a move on we can finish them off by the time old pencil-dick comes home. JAMIE, On the other hand maybe you co-co-couldn’t honestly say that.. MORE TITLES... EXT. LONDON STREETS. DAY. 7 CUT TO THE PM’S CAR MOVING ALONG THE EMBANKMENT, WITH BIKE RIDERS. CUT TO THE CAR DRIVING UP WHITEHALL. EXT. DOWNING STREET. DAY. 8 CUT TO OUTSIDE 10 DOWNING STREET - HUGE NOISE — PRESS AND PEOPLE = OUT OF THE CAR COMES THE NEW PRIME MINISTER. HE WAVES — HUGE CHEER. IN HIS FORTIES. HE’S AN ATTRACTIVE MAN. HE ENTERS — THE DOOR CLOSES BEHIND HIM INT, 10 DOWNING STREET - ENTRANCE HALL/INNER LOBBY. DAY. 9 SUDDENLY, BIZARRE SILENCE AND FORMALITY INSIDE IN COMPARISON TO THE CHAOS OUTSIDE. THERE TO GREET HIM IS HIS PERSONAL ADVISOR, 40, A WOMAN, ANNIE, STRONG AND INTELLIGENT LOOKING. HIS DENEANOUR IMMEDIATELY CHANGES, HE DE-FORMALISES. ANNIE Welcome, Prime Minister. PM That sounds so bizarr ANNIE How are you feeling? PM Dazed and confused. (CONTINUED) FINAL JONE 19/6/02Page7 9 CONTINUED: 9 ANNIE Would you like to meet the household staff? PM cor on - Yes. Anything to put off actually running the country. HE GOES ALONG A LINE OF EMPLOYEES. ANNIE This is Terence. TERENCE Good morning, sir. PM Had an uncle called Terence — hated him — think he was a pervert - like the look of you, though. PAT Good morning, sir, I’m Pat. Housekeeper. PM Hello, Pat - should be a lot easier with me than the last lot - no nappies, no teenagers, no scary wife. ANNIE And this is Natalie - she’s new, like you. PM Hello, Natalie. NATALIE Hello, David, I mean ‘sir’ — 0 shit, I can't believe I said that.. 0 no - and now I’ve gone and said ‘shit’ - twice. I’m so sorry, sir. PM That's fine... You could have said ‘fuck’ and then we would have been in real trouble. NATALIE Thank you, sir. I did have an awful premonition I was going to fuck up on my fir. o piss it.. HE LAUGHS. SHE BLUSHES HUGELY — A BEAUTIFUL LOVELY, YOUNG, BRIGHT FACED GIRL. HE LOOKS AT HER. SOMETHING'S HAPPENING. (CONTINUED) Frias guNe 19/6/0210 a CONTINUED: (2) 9 ANNIE Right - I’11 go get my things — and then let’s £ix the country, shall we? PM I can’t see why not. AS HE WALKS AWAY, HE JUST CASUALLY LOOKS BACK OVER HIS SHOULDER - NATALIE IS ONE OF THE THINGS HE LOOKS BACK ON. INT, PM'S OFFICE.10 DOWNING STREET. DAY. 10 PM ENTERS, AND CLOSES THE DOOR AND SUDDENLY PINS HIMSELF BACK AGAINST THE DOOR, LIKE A MAN BEING PURSUED BY THE POLICE. PM © no. © Jesus. Bugger. That is genuinely bad timing. INT. RECEPTION HALL. NIGHT. a2 IT’S THE RECEPTION OF THE ‘ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE’ WEDDING. LATER THAT NIGHT. THE NEWLYWEDS ARE DANCING TO A SLIGHTLY DODGY HIRED BAND... OUR BEST MAN, MARK, IS FILMING THEM. NEAR HIM IS SARAH, STILL TALKING ON HER MOBILE PHONE. A PERKY WAITER IN A MESSY BLACK TIE APPROACHES HIM - HE’S CALLED COLIN. COLIN Delicious delicacy? MARK No thanks. COLIN HEADS ON TO SARAH. COLIN Taste explosion? TOTALLY UNCHARMED, SHE JUST SHAKES HER HEAD. COLIN HEADS OFF DISCOURAGED. SEES ANOTHER PRETTY GIRL BY THE DOOR T0 THE KITCHEN. COLIN (CONT'D) Food? PRETTY GIRL No thanks. (CONTINUED) Fruay save 19/6/02a 12 Pages CONTINUED: 11 COLIN Yeh - bit dodgy, isn’t it. Looks like an alien’s finger. Ooo - tastes like it too. I’m Colin, by the way. PRETTY GIRL I’m Nancy. COLIN How do you fit here - bride, groom, vicar’s bit on the side? PRETTY GIRL No, I did the food. COLIN Groovy. (EATS ANOTHER CANAPE) Yes - yes - yum ~ second time, the glory of it just hits you between the eyes. HE CLIPS THROUGH THE DOORS INTO THE KITCHEN. INT, RECEPTION KITCHEN. NIGHT. 12 COLIN SITS DOWN NEXT TO ANOTHER QUITE GEEKY GUY, CALLED TONY, A FRIEND WHO'S JUST COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE, HE WEARS NORMAL CLOTHES. COLIN At last I’ve worked out why I can never find true love. TONY Why’s that? COLIN It’s not me - it’s English girls. They’ re stuck up, you see — and I’m primarily attractive to girls who are, you know, cooler, game for a laugh — like American girls. So I should just go to America — I'd get a girlfriend there instantly. what do you think? TONY I think it’s crap, Colin. People are the same the world over — wherever you go, you'll still be dull and ugly — and girls will still hate you. (CONTINUED) (FINAL JUNE 19/6/02ibs 13 Paget0 CONTINUED: 12 COLIN No, that’s where you're wrong. American girls would seriously dig me with my cute British accent. TONY You don’t have a cute British accent. COLIN Yes, I do, I’m going to America. TONY Don’t act on this whim, Colin. You're a lonely, ugly arsehole, and you must accept it. COLIN Never. I am Colin, God of Sex. I’m just on the wrong continent, that’s all. HE WINKS AT A PASSING WAITRESS. SHE TOTALLY FREEZES HIM OUT. THEY BOTH THINK IT PROVES THEIR POINT. COLIN/TONY See.. INT, RECEPTION HALL. NIGHT. 13 CUT T0 THE NEWLYWEDS DANCING TO A HORRIBLY PERFORMED CLASSIC TUNE — THE BAND ISN’T THE BEST IN THE WORLD. MARK IS FILMING THEM — SARAH, THE PHONE GIRL, COMES AND SITS NEXT TO HIM. SHE WATCHES HIM CURIOUSLY, THEN GENTLY... SARAH Do you love him? MARK Sorry? Who? What? SARAH No ~ I just thought I’d ask the blunt question, in case it was the right one and you needed to talk to someone about it and no-one had ever asked you so you'd never been able to talk about it even though you might have wanted to.... MARK No, no, ‘no’ is the answer. No. Absolutely not. SARAH So that’s a ‘no’ then. (CONTINUED) FIUAL JOWE 19/6/0213 14 Pagett CONTINUED: 13 MARK Yes. ‘No’, Ahm... LITTLE PAUSE — HE RETURNS TO FILMING... This band. what you reckon - the worst in history? ‘SARAH Probably. I think it all hangs on this next song. What will they go for? . CUT TO THE LEAD SINGER... LEAD SINGER And here’s one for the lovers. that’s quite a lot of you I shouldn’t be surprised and a half... CUT ROUND A BUNCH OF HAPPY COUPLES.. A FAMOUS INTRO PLAYS... MARK ‘They've done it. It's official. SARAH Worst band in the world. LEAD SINGER (SINGING) “I feel it in my fingers. INT. RECORDING STUDIO. DAY. 14 CUT TO A RECORDING STUDIO - A WONDERFUL-LOOKING BATTERED 55 YEAR OLD EX-GIANT OF ROCK IS SINGING IN A LITTLE BLACK BOOTH. 3 NOISY BACKING SINGERS ARE REALLY GOING FOR IT IN THE STUDIO OUTSIDE. BILLY THE OLD ROCKER “I feel it in my toes — love is all around me — and so the feeling...” JOE HIS MANAGER IS IN THE CONTROL ROOM WITH THE ENGINEER. JOE IS UNPREPOSSESSING, WOOLLY, CHUBBY, MOIST, IN HIS FORTIES. JOE I’m afraid you did it again, Bill. BILLY Did 1? JOE Yeh. Sorry, mate. (CONTINUED) FIWAL JUNE 19/6/0214 15 Paget2 CONTINUED: 14 BILLY It's just I know the old version so well, you know. JOE Well, we all do - which is why we're doing the new version. BILLY Right. Okay — let’s go. THE INTRO STRIKES UP AGAIN... BILLY (CONT'D) “ I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes — Love is all...” 0 fuckwankbuggershittingarseheadandhole. Start again... (THE INTRO PLAYS) “I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes. Christmas is all around ne.. CUT TO JOE — DEEPLY PLEASED. And so the feeling grows. It's written in the wind, it’s everywhere I go. So if you really love Christmas, come on and let it snow...” (TO JOE) This is shit, isn’t it? JOE Yup — solid gold shit, Maestro. JOB GIVES HIM A BIG SMILE AND A THUMBS UP. HE IS SITTING NEXT TO A SOUND ENGINEER, READING A NEWSPAPER WITH A PICTURE OF THE PM ON THE FRONT. ENGINEER Think the Prime Minister's a poof? JOE © yeh - definitely. The full pink trouser. INT. PM’S OFFICE. 10 DOWNING STREET. DAY. 15 (CONTINUED) FIWAL JUNE 19/6/0215 16 Pagets CONTINUED: 15 A FEW DAYS LATER.. THE PM’S STUDY AGAIN. HE’S DEALING WITH HIS 60 YEAR OLD SECRETARY. PM I want Ian here at five. And tell George I'm going to sack him in about 3 minutes ~ what's the point of having a Minister of Transport who's always late. THE SECRETARY ACCEDES AND LEAVES. A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. PM (CONT'D) Come in. IT IS NATALIE, CARRYING A SOME FILES AND A TRAY.. NATALIE These have just come through from the Treasury - and this is for you. HE SMILES. THE TRAY HAS A TEA CUP — WITH THREE BISCUITS ON A PLATE. NATALIE (CONT'D) I was hoping you’d win ~ though of course I'd have been perfectly friendly to the other bloke. Just always given him the boring biscuits with no chocolate. PM Thank you. SHE LEAVES - HE DROPS HIS HEAD, SLAMMING IT ON THE TABLE IN DESPAIR. PM (CONT'D) © God. Come on - you're the Prime Minister. INT. DANIEL'S OFFICE. DANIEL’S HOUSE. DAY. 16 AND NOW WE CUT TO DANIEL, THE STEP-FATHER AND HUSBAND FROM THE FUNERAL, SITTING VERY ALONE IN HIS OFFICE IN HIS HOUSE, HIS HEAD ALSO ON THE DESK. A MOMENT OF STILLNESS AND SORROW. THEN HE LIFTS HIS HEAD, PICKS UP THE PHONE AND DIALS... DANIEL Karen ~ it’s Daniel - can we talk? I’m sorry, I sort of literally don’t have anyone else to talk to. SHE IS IN HER KITCHEN — OBVIOUSLY MID-FORTIES, VERY ENGLISH, STILL QUITE NICE LOOKING, AND GOOD. (CONTINUED) runt Jone 19/6/0216 17 Pagets CONTINUED: 16 KAREN Absolutely. Horrible moment now though — can I call back in a minute? DANIEL ‘Course. KAREN Doesn’t mean I’m not terribly concerned that your wife just died. DANIEL Understood. Bugger off and ring me later. HE HANGS UP INT. KAREN’S HOUSE. DAY. a7 KAREN GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION IN HAND. HER 2 CHILDREN, JUST BACK FROM SCHOOL. DAISY IS SWEET & 6. BERNIE IS GRUMPY AND 10. KAREN IS COOKING CHICKEN KEBABS FOR THEIR DINNER. KAREN So — what’s this big news then? LITTLE DAISY. We've been given our parts in the Nativity play. I’m the lobster. KAREN The lobster? LITTLE DAISY Yes KAREN In the nativity play? LITTLE DAISY Yes, First Lobster. KAREN There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus? LITTLE DAISY Durr... KAREN Right. And what about you, Bernie? BERNIE IS AN UNPLEASANT GRUMPY LITTLE BUGGER. (CONTINUED) IMAL JONE 19/6/0217 18 19 Pagets CONTINUED: 17 BERNIE I wanted to be a lobster, but I’m an angel. I hate angels - they’ re just made-up rubbish... KAREN ©, I don’t know about that. It’s just that these days they probably don’t have wings — so we don’t recognise them, They probably just look normal like you or me - but still cunningly wander around doing good. BERNIE In our play they don’t do any good at all — they just stand there looking like poofs and saying ‘Isn’t Baby Jesus great’ when everyone knows he’s just a stupid doll. I want to be a lobster. (HE WALKS OFF) And, by the way, Toby says Uncle David is a dickhead. KAREN He’s probably right. BERNIE And I hate kebabs. KAREN Right. Charming child. @XT./INT. FARM HOUSE IN FRANCE. DAY. 18 CUT TO TOTAL DARKNESS. THEN WINDOWS START TO OPEN — ON THE LIVING ROOM OF JAMIE'S CHAOTIC BUT LOVELY FRENCH FARM HOUSE. JAMIE, WITH HIS SUITCASES DEPOSITED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM, IS OPENING THE WINDOWS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE LITTLE ANGEL SILHOUETTES CUT IN THE WOOD. EXTERIOR SHOT, AS THE WINDOWS CONTINUE TO OPEN. BACK INSIDE JAMIE STANDS IN FRONT OF A LITTLE DESK. HE PUTS DOWN A TYPEWRITER. AND HE SITS. JAMIE Alone again. Naturally. INT, SCHOOL HALL. DAY. 19 CUT TO A GROUP OF CHILDREN SINGING AT SCHOOL — THEY ARE SINGING ‘CATCH A FALLING STAR’. (CONTINUED) FEWAL JUNE 19/6/0219 20 Pageté 19 CHILDREN Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, save it for a rainy day Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away WE PAN ALONG THE HAPPY SINGING FACES AND THEN COME TO SAM — SILENT, DOWNCAST. OVER THE SONG - WE HEAR KAREN & DANIEL TALKING... DANIEL (V/0) Obviously he was gloomy before she died. But it’s really got worse these last weeks. INT. /EXT DANIEL’S HOUSE. DAY. 20 CUT TO THEM IN DANIEL’S STREET, ENTERING THE HOUSE. THE CAMERA FOLLOWS THEM. He now spends literally all the time in his room - he'll be up there now. KAREN There’s nothing unusual about that - my horrid son Bernard stays in his room all the time, thank God. DANIEL No, but this is all the time... THE CAMERA LEAVES THEM AND TRACKS UP THE STAIRS TOWARDS SAM'S DOOR... And I’m afraid, you know, that there's Something really wrong —'I mean clearly it’s about his Mum, but Christ, he might be injecting heroin into his eyeballs for all T know. KAREN At the age of eleven? DANIEL Well, maybe not into his eyeballs then — maybe just his veins... And then he just listens to music all night and watches videos... THE CAMERA SITS ON THE DOOR. FINAL gunz 19/6/02Paget7 21 EXT. BALCONY OF DANIELS HOUSE. DAY. 21 DANIEL AND KAREN, STANDING ON THE BALCONY OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. DANIEL The problem is, it was his Mum who always used to talk to him and I don’t know... - the whole step-father thing seems somehow to suddenly matter, like it never did. KAREN Hey - hey - it was always going to be a total shit time. Just be patient - and maybe check the room for needles. HE SMILES. DANIEL Yes — good — absolutely — good. I will. (PAUSE) And sometimes when he comes out, it’s obvious he’s been crying. (SUDDENLY A WAVE OF SORROW HITS HIM) 0 Karen, it was such a ridiculous waste — and if it’s now going to ruin Sam's life as well - I just don’t know. KAREN JUST TOUCHES HIS SHOULDER, KAREN Get a grip now. People hate sissies. _No- one’s ever going to shag a bloke who cries all the time. 22 INT. DANTEL/S HOUSE. HALLWAY. DAY. 22 CUT TO KAREN AT THE DOOR OF DANIEL'S HOUSE. DANIEL Thanks for coming. Must be busy days with David and everything. KAREN Wah - never see him. By the way - I did a little research into Nicole Kidman for you - she’s got some excellent internet sites — keep you busy in the lonely evenings. DANIEL © don’t be disgusting. Get out of my house. I’ve got to fix dinner. (CONTINUED) FINAL suns 19/6/02Paget 22 CONTINUED: 22 KAREN Well there we go - a perfect opportunity to bond. I find chicken kebabs always go down very well. 23 INT. DANIEL’S HOUSE. CORRIDOR. NIGHT. 23 CUT TO DANIEL UPSTAIRS OUTSIDE SAM'S ROOM. DANIEL Time for dinner. SAM (V/0) I’m not hungry. DANIEL But Sammy... I’ve done chicken kebabs. SAM Look at the sign on the door... IT SAYS — ‘I SAID — I’M NOT HUNGRY.’ DANIEL Right. 24° EXT. STREET. DAY, 24 COLIN IN THE CAR, HE STOPS FOR A WOMAN CROSSING THE ROAD, AND GIVES HER A BIG THUMBS UP — SHE TURNS AWAY, DESPISING HIM. HE RAISES HIS EYEBROWS AND SHOOTS ON — HE PULLS UP - OPENS THE CAR DOOR AND IN GETS TONY ~ THEY'RE THE TWO WHO WERE DISCUSSING AMERICA AT THE WEDDING. 25 INT. COLIN’S CAR. DAY. 25 COLIN Exciting news! TONY What? COLIN I've bought a ticket to the States - I’m off in 2 weeks. TONY No! COLIN To a fantastic place called. Wisconsin. (CONTINUED) FINAL JuMs 19/6/022 26 Paget9 CONTINUED: 25 ‘TONY No! COLIN YES! Wisconsin babes - here comes Sir Colin! ‘TONY No, Col! There ARE a few babes in America, I grant you, but they're already going out with rich guys. You'll just end up ina dingy bar snogging someone who’s the spitting image of your Mum. And that’s not nice. I should know. I’ve tried it. COLIN Nah - you're just jealous, Tone. You know perfectly well that any bar anywhere in America contains ten girls more beautiful and more likely to have sex with me than the whole of the United Kingdom. TONY That is total bollocks. You've actually gone mad now. COLIN NO! I’m wise, Wiiiiiise! Stateside, I'm Prince William... without the boring relatives. TONY NO! NO! I mean it - no, Colin - no-ho-ho! INT. THE FAIRTRADE OFFICE. MORNING. 26 COLIN ENTERS - HE'S THE GUY WHO BRINGS SANDWICHES ROUND TO COMPANIES. IT’S AN INTERESTING PLACE — A FAIR-TRADING COMPANY - MIXTURE BETWEEN CHARITY AND THE BODY SHOP - BIG AND MESSY - 50 PEOPLE - LOTS OF SMARTLY DESIGNED POSTERS AND MARKETING STUFF ON DESKS AND WALLS. COLIN IS VERY BOUNCY. HE SMILES AND DOES A THUMBS UP AT A BEAUTIFUL GIRL AT ONE DESK — NO REACTION. STAY WITH HER — HER NAME IS MEL, SHE GETS UP AND KNOCKS ON THE DOOR BEHIND HER. HARRY (V/0) Come in. FINAL JUNE 19/6/0227 INT. HARRY’ S OFFICE. MORNING. 27 SHE ENTERS THE OFFICE OF HARRY - IN HIS MID FORTIES, STYLISH - QUITE A SERIOUS MAN - BUT WITH HIDDEN PLACES, MEL Sarah for you. HARRY © great. Settling in fine? MEL Absolutely. SARAH WALKS IN A BIT AWKWARDLY. MEL LEAVES GRACEFULLY. HARRY Ah, Sarah. How are you? SARAH Good - the quality of my work has shot up since I got that Harry Potter screen-saver. HARRY I've noticed - now, switch off your phone and tell me exactly how long you’ve been working here? SARAH It’s 2 years now. And 7 months. And 3 days. And I suppose, what ~ 2 hours. HARRY Right. And how long have you been in love with Karl, our enigmatic but attractive chief designer? SARAH IS TAKEN ABACK — SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS A TOTAL SECRET. SARAH Ahm — 2 years and 7 months and 3 days and, I suppose,i hour and 45 minutes. There was a great half hour at the beginning that was very relaxed. HARRY I thought as much. SARAH Do you think everybody knows? HARRY Yes. (CONTINUED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/0227 Page21 CONTINUED: 27 SARAH Do you think Karl knows? HARRY Yes. SARAH That is bad news on, 0, so many levels. HARRY And I was just thinking perhaps the time had come to do something about it... KAREN Like...? HARRY You know, ask him out for a drink — then after 20 minutes casually drop into the conversation the fact that you'd like to marry him and have lots of sex and babies. SARAH You know that? HARRY Yes. And so does Karl. Think about it. For all our sakes. SARAH Certainly — excellent. Will do. Thanks, boss. SHE OPENS THE DOOR TO LEAVE AND A VERY GOOD LOOKING GUY WALKS mm. KARL Hi, Sarah. SARAH (TOTALLY CASUALLY) Hi, Karl. AND SHE WALKS OUT. INT. THE FAIRTRADE OFFICE. MORNING. 28 WE FOLLOW HER THROUGH THE DOOR. SHE STOPS — TAKES A DEEP BREATH ~ SWITCHES ON HER PHONE AND IT RINGS IMMEDIATELY. SHE ANSWERS. SARAH Babe.. yup, absolutely, fire away. SHE TURNS TO MEL AT HER DESK. (CONTINUED) IMAL JUNE 19/6/0228 30 31 Page22 CONTINUED: 28 Actually - Mel, isn’t it? (MEL NODS) Could you turn the radio off - I can’t take that Song this time of the day... WE REALISE THAT IN THE BACKGROUND WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO ‘CHRISTMAS IS ALL AROUND’. INT. RADIO STATION STUDIO. DAY. 29 A_LOCAL RADIO STATION. A DISC JOCKEY AT THE MIKE - ‘CHRISTMAS IS ALL AROUND’ JUST COMING TO AN END. bo And that was the Christmas effort by the once great Billy Mann — o dear me — how are = the mighty fallen. I’d call that the worst record I’ve heard this century. And... LOOKING THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE, THE NEXT DISC JOCKEY IS DOING A THROAT CUTTING MOTION — THE FIRST DISC JOCKEY LOOKS AT A SHEET ON HIS DESK AND REALISES HIS FAUX PAS. And yes, coincidentally, I believe Billy is a quest on my esteemed colleague’s show in a few minutes time. Welcome back, Bill. INT. RADIO STATION FOYER. DAY. 30 CUT OUTSIDE — JOE & BILLY SITTING THERE IN THE FOYER, WHERE THE STATION'S OUTPUT IS ON. JUST LOOKING TOTALLY BROKEN. INT. RADIO STATION STUDIO. DAY. 3 TEN MINUTES LATER. Dg 2 So Billy — welcome back to the airwaves — new Christmas single — cover of Love is All Around. BILLY Except we've changed the word ‘love’ to ‘Christmas’ DJ2 ~ MIKE Yes. “Christmas is All Around”. Is that an important message to you, Bill? BILLY No, not really, Mike — Christmas is for people with someone they love in their lives. (CONTINUED) Fruan suns 19/6/02Pagez3 31 © © CONTINUED: 31 MIKE And that’s not you? BILLY That's not me, Michael — when I was young and successful, I was greedy and foolish and now I’m left with no-one, wrinkled and alone. MIKE Wow. Thanks for that, Billy. BILLY For what? MIKE Well, for actually giving a real answer to a question, Doesn’t often happen here on Radio Wapping, I can tell you. BILLY Ask me anything you like — 1/11 tell you the truth. MIKE Best shag you ever had? BILLY Britney Spears — no, only kidding... She was rubbish. No, only kidding... MIKE Okay - here’s one - how do you think the new record compares to your old stuff? BILLY Come on , Mike, you know as well as I do that the record’s crap. But you know. CUT TO JOE’S V. UNHAPPY REACTION. wouldn’t it be great if Number One this Christmas wasn’t some smug teenager — but an ugly old ex-heroin addict searching for a come-back at any price. All these young popsters, come Christmas day, they’1l be stretched out naked with a cute bird balancing on their balls — but I’11 be stuck ina seedy hotel with my manager Joe - ugliest man in the world —fucking miserable because our fucking gamble didn’t pay off. (MORE) (CONTINUED) ‘FINAL JUNE 19/6/0231 32 Page2a CONTINUED: (2) 31 BILLY (CONT'D) So if you believe in Father Christmas, children — like your Uncle Billy does — buy my cunting record ~ and particularly enjoy the incredible crassness of the moment when we try to squeeze in an extra syllable into the 4th line... MIKE I think you're referring to “If you really love Christmas” BILLY I am indeed, Mike. “Come on and let it snow”. Ouch. MIKE So here it is one more time ~ the dark horse for this year’s Christmas Number One = “Christmas is All Around.” Thank you, Billy. JOB IS QUIETLY HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST A WALL. And after this it’s the news - is the new Prime Minister in trouble already? INT. FM'S OFFICE. 10 DOWNING STREET. NIGHT. 32 CUT TO LATER THAT NIGHT. THE PM IS WALKING OUT WITH A MINISTER AND HIS TOP AIDE. PM Sorry, George, but I need more than that. People won't accept that kind of fudge now - otherwise they'd have voted in those other zombies. HE CLOSES THE DOOR - INSTANTLY, A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. IT OPENS - THERE'S NATALIE. PM (CONT'D) Natalie. NATALIE Sir. SHE ENTERS WITH A PILE OF PAPERS AND FILES, PUTS THEM DOWN, AND HEADS OFF. THEN... (CONTINUED) FEvaL sume 19/6/02Page2s 32 CONTINUED: 32 PM Ahm — I’m starting to feel uncomfortable with us in such. close proximity all the time and me.. knowing so little about you. Seems.. (IRONICALLY) elitist and wrong. NATALIE There’s not much to know. PM Where do you live? NATALIE Wandsworth. The dodgy end. PM My sister lives in Wandsworth ~ which exactly is the dodgy end? NATALIE Right at the end of the High Street — Harris Street - near the Queen’s Head. PM Right, yes, that is dodgy. And you live with your boyfriend. husband.. 3 illegitimate but lovely children? NATALIE No, I’ve just split up with my boyfriend actually, so I’m back with my Mum and Dad for a while. PM 0 I'm sorry. NATALIE No, that’s fine. I’m well shot of him. (SHE TIDIES FOR A MOMENT). He said I was getting fat. PM I beg your pardon? NATALIE He says no-one’s going to fancy a girl with thighs the size of big tree trunks. Not a nice guy actually, in the end. SUDDENLY THERE'S A GLIMPSE OF VULNERABILITY IN HER. (CONTINDED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/0232 33 Page26 CONTINUED: (2) 32 PM Right. Well, well... (HE APPEARS TO GO BACK TO WORK — THEN LOOKS UP CASUALLY) You know, being Prime Minister, I could just have hin murdered. NATALIE, Thank you, sir — I/1l think about it. PM Do - ruthless trained military killers are always just a phone call away. THEY BOTH LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND THERE’S A LiTTLE LAUGH. FOR A MOMENT SHE WAS SAD AND HE/S CHEERED HER UP. SHE LEAVES. PM (CONT'D) © God. Did you have this sort of problem? CUT UP TO A VERY STERN PORTRAIT OF MARGARET THATCHER. I very much suspect not. INT. ART GALLERY. DAY. 33 HUGE WRAPPED PICTURE AGAINST THE WALL OF AN EMPTY ART GALLERY. LOTS OF OTHER WRAPPED PICTURE FRAMES ON THE FLOOR. IT’S WHERE MARK WORKS. MARK Right - very exciting moment. These humble packages contain our new exhibition, photographs by none other than the great John Siekart. MEL Exciting stuff. What's the theme? SHE IS DRESSED TOTALLY CASUALLY, ALMOST UNRECOGNISABLE FROM THE WORK PERSON WE SAW EARLIER, VERY MODERN AND SEXY. MARK He said Christmas - very ‘family’ sort of thing. Crowd pleaser. Here we go. HE OPENS IT UP... MARK (CONT'D) Ah. Interesting. Classic. Bleak. Fatal. WE SEE WHAT HE'S JUST OPENED. A HUGE PHOTOGRAPH OF A REALLY NAKED WOMAN, HER PUBIC HAIR NEATLY SHAVED INTO THE SHAPE OF A CHRISTMAS TREE. FiwaL, ome 19/6/0234 Page2? INT, ART GALLERY. DAY 34 MARK IN TOTAL SELF-CONTAINED DESPAIR AN HOUR LATER. THEY’ RE SITTING ON THE FLOOR. THEY'VE BEEN OUT AND BOUGHT A STARBUCKS AND SWITCHED ON A RADIO, . MARK © God, © god. It’s porn. It’s just porn. We'll'be raided by the porn squad. MEL I’m thinking of having an affair with my boss. What do you think? MARK Is he married? MEL Yes. MARK Bad idea then. The marriage vow is very sacred. MEL Yes. Though I’m a great believer in acting on instinct. MARK © no - never do that. MEL Or, of course, I could have an affair with you. MARK Ha. MEL Why not? MARK Ahm. Let's not go there. LOOKS AT HER, SHE’S LOUNGING GORGEOUSLY. Do you look as gorgeous as this at work? MEL Yes, though in a different way. MARK Then he’s doomed, isn’t he? (CONTINUED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/0234 Pager CONTINUED: 34 MEL I think so. SHE LIGHTS A CIGARETTE. ON THE RADIO WE HEAR. RADIO VOICE Six weeks to Christmas - and here’s the one they're going to have to beat to that magic number one slot - yes, it’s... Westlife. INT, HARRY’S OFFICE. DAY. 35 MEL IS THERE - SHE IS, IT MUST BE SAID, LOOKING GORGEOUS IN HER GREY SKIRT SUIT. HARRY Right. The Christmas party. Not my favourite night of the year ~ and your unhappy job to organise. MEL Tell me. HARRY Basic really - find a venue — over-order on the drinks — bulk buy the guacamole and advise the girls to avoid Kevin if they want their breasts unfondled. MEL It’s done. Wives and family and stuff? HARRY Yes — I mean, not children — but wives and girlfriends etc - o Christ, you haven't got some horrible six-foot, gold-toothed boyfriend you'll be bringing, have you? MEL No.. I’11 just be hanging round the mistletoe and hoping to be kissed. SHE LOOKS AT HIM HARD. SUDDENLY REAL ELECTRICITY IN THE ROOM. HARRY Really. Right. Ah. SHE WALKS OUT — HE SORTS OF SHAKES HIS HEAD IN A “WAKE-UP/WHAT’S GOING ON?” WAY. OUTSIDE, MEL SITS AND STARTS TO TYPE ON HER COMPUTER. awa gous 19/6/0236 37 Page2o TINT. FARM HOUSE IN FRANCE. DAY. 36 WHICH BLENDS THROUGH TO JAMIE TYPING IN FRANCE, ON OLD-FASHIONED ‘TYPE-WRITER AND PAPER. A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. INT. /EXT FRONT DOOR - FARM HOUSE. DAY. 37 JAMIE OPENS THE DOOR. THERE’S A CONFIDENT, MIDDLE-AGED FRENCH WOMAN, ELEONORE. SHE IS CLEARLY IN CHARGE OF THE HOUSE IN SOME WAY, WITH A NICE THICK FRENCH ACCENT. ‘THE SHOT PLEASANT NATHALIE ISABELLE ELEONORE Bonjour, Monsieur Bennett. JAMIE Bonjour, Elfonore. ELEONORE Welcome back. And this year, you bring a lady guest? JAMIE, Ah, no - change of plan. ELEONORE Dommage. And you’re here till Christmas? JAMIE Yes. When I return to. the enormous bosom of my family. ELEONORE Good. And I have found you this time a perfect lady to help clean the house. This is Aurelia. WIDENS TO REVEAL, STANDING BACK NERVOUSLY, AURELIA — A LOOKING DARK-HAIRED WOMAN - ABOUT 35. A NICE FACE — BAYE, NOT EMMANUELLE BEART — ISABELLE HUPPERT, NOT ADJANI. WEARING A VERY ORDINARY CHEAP DRESS, JAMIE Bonjour, Aurelia. AURELIA (VERY QUIETLY) Bonjour. JAMIE (VERY BAD ACCENT) Je suis t-t-tres heureux de vous avoir ici. (CONTINUED) FRIAL JUNE 19/6/0237 38 Page30 CONTINUED: 37 SHE LOOKS PUZZLED. ELEONORE Unfortunately, she cannot speak French. Like you. She is Portuguese. JAMIE Ah. Ahm... Ahm — bon giorno. Ahm ~ [Link] bueno. HE MIMES A LITTLE BIT OF FOOTBALL. ELEONORE I think she is ten years too young to remember there was a footballer called Eusebio — and ‘molto bueno’ is Spanish. JAMIE Right - absolutely. Well, good to meet you. HE SHAKES HER HAND. ELBONORE And perhaps you can drive her home at the end of her work. JAMIE Absolutely. Con grande plesoro. ELEONORE Which is what? Hungarian? JAMIE (PAUSE) Yes. INT. DANIEL’S HOUSE .CORRIDOR/OFFICE. MORNING. 38 IT’S A SATURDAY MORNING. DANIEL WALKS PAST SAM’S ROOM ~ IT’S LOCKED — THERE’S STRANGE MUSIC COMING FROM IN THERE... HE WALKS PAST, SHAKING HIS HEAD, AND HEADS DOWN INTO HIS OFFICE. HE SITS DOWN AND PUSHES A BUTTON — THE COMPUTER STARTS UP — A BORING WORK SPREADSHEET... HE’S BORED. HE TYPES IN ‘EXCITE’ — THEN ‘NICOLE KIDMAN’. INSTANTLY UP COME A LIST OF TEN NICOLE KIDMAN BASED SITES. THE FOURTH ONE SAYS ‘NICOLE KIDMAN NAKED NAKED NAKED! DANIEL GOES TO IT ~ THERE'S A SEDUCTIVE PICTURE OF NICOLE, AND A LIST OF PHOTOS - GALLERY 1, GALLERY 2 ETC. HE OPENS ONE - AND UP COME TINY PICTURES OF NICOLE, MANY NOT FULLY CLOTHED. (CONTINUED) Fria gums 19/6/0238 39 Pagedt CONTINUED: oo HE DOUBLE CLICKS ON ONE OF THEM - BUT IT DOESN'T COME UP - INSTEAD, THERE'S A FORM THAT SAYS HE CAN’T GO ANY FURTHER WITHOUT GIVING A CREDIT CARD NUMBER. SO HE CLOSES IT. BUT WHEN HE DOES, LOTS OF PICTURES OF NAKED GIRLS COME UP UNINVITED. IT’S A SITE CALLED ‘XXXX TEEN SLUTS." AT WHICH MOMENT DANIEL HEARS A CAR PULLING UP OUTSIDE. HE SWIFTLY CLOSES ‘XXXX TEEN SLUTS’ ~ BUT OTHER THINGS COME UP, INCREASINGLY PORNOGRAPHIC AND ALWAYS WITH THE WORDS ‘COME’ OR ‘PINK’ IN THEIR TITLE ~ HE TRIES TO CLOSE THEM, BUT MORE AND MORE BOXES START COMING UP — FINALLY — THE COMPUTER SETTLES ON A SITE CALLED ‘WOMEN F**KING ANIMALS’ — WITH ACCORDINGLY GRAPHIC PICTURES. HE TRIES TO CLOSE IT — BUT IT WON’T CLOSE. IN FACT THE MACHINE FREEZES — AS THE DOORBELL GOES. AND NOW DANIEL CAN'T MOVE THE CURSOR TO GET THE DAMN THING TO SHUT DOWN... HE GOES TO THE PLUG TO TURN OFF THE ELECTRICITY — BUT IT DOESN/T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. IN DESPERATION, HE TAKES OFF HIS JUMPER AND THROWS IT OVER THE QUITE BIG COMPUTER SCREEN. INT. DANIEL’S FRONT DOOR. MORNING. 39 CUT TO DANIEL AT THE FRONT DOOR. DANIEL Hello, Matthew, THEY SHAKE HANDS — AND THEN. AWKWARDLY DRIFT INTO A HUG. AT THIS MOMENT, BOTH CAN ONLY THINK OF WIFE, OF DAUGHTER. FATHER IN LAW Still a bit hard, isn’t it? DANIEL Still a little tricky. Come and sit down. FATHER IN LAW Why not? I’ve brought a little gift for my grandson - thanks to him, I’ve actually Started to use that computer you gave me. DANIEL Really? (CONTINUED) FIMAL sue 19/6/0239 40 42 42 Page32 CONTINUED: 39 FATHER IN LAW Yes, I’ve found a tremendous golfing site. In fact, let me show you — where's your computer? DANIEL Ahm — let's have a drink first, shall we? FATHER IN LAW No I insist - come on — in the office, I presume. FATHER-IN-LAW HEADS IN... INT, DANIEL'S HOUSE. OFFICE. MORNING. 40 HE TAKES THE JUMPER OFF THE MACHINE, THE SCREEN IS BLACK — HE PUSHES A BUTTON AND UP FLICKS ‘WOMEN F**KING ANIMALS’ . HE LOOKS UP AT DANIEL — DANIEL AT HIM. PAUSE. DANIEL ©. this is disgusting. Where’s Sam? This is just a step too far.. HE RUNS UP THE STAIRS. INT. SAM’S ROOM. DAY. 42 DANIEL OPENS SAM’S DOOR. DANIEL Do you want fifty pounds — yes or no? SAM I'd prefer a hundred. DANIEL Okay, then whatever happens in the next minute — don’t argue — just agree with me. On everything. SAM Okay. DANIEL Right — (RAISING VOICE) — get down here young man, straight away. INT. DANIEL'S OFFICE. MORNING. 42 CUT TO THE THREE OF THEM IN THE OFFICE — (CONTINUED) FINAL JONE 19/6/0242 Page33 CONTINUED: 42 DANIEL What is this, young man? SAM I don’t know — looks like a website about women having sex with animals. DANIEL And how did it get here? PAUSE. DANIEL REALISES THAT WAS TOO COMPLEX. All right. I‘11 tell you how it got here. You've been using my computer, Sam, and calling up this filth ~ haven't you? HE LOOKS AT HIM WITH SLIGHTLY RAISED EYEBROWS. ‘SAM Yes, I have. DANIEL I don’t know what to say. I hope you're ashamed of yourself. SAM Yes I am. DANIEL It's disgusting, isn’t it. SAM It really is. FATHER IN LAW Don’t worry - we all have different ways of coping with grief and maybe Sam, this is yours ~ let’s just switch the machine off... SAM PUSHES A BUTTON ON THE BACK. DANIEL IS TAKEN ABACK.. DANIEL How did you do that? SAM The ‘cancel’ button on the back. DANIEL © right... Useful. FATHER IN LAW Now let’s all forget about it. (CONTINUED) ‘FINAL JOME 19/6/0212 43 44 Pages CONTINUED: (2) 42 DANIEL I can’t forget about it. I am so angry with you, Sam — that is your pocket money docked for a month, young man. ‘EXT. BANK CASH MACHINE. DAY. 43 CUT TO 3 HOURS LATER — A CASH MACHINE - OUT POPS £100 QUID AND DANIEL PUTS IT STRAIGHT INTO SAM’S HAND. DANIEL Brilliant work, son. EXT, WALK HOME. DAY “4 THEY ARE WALKING HOME. SAM Only one thing I don’t understand - why were you looking up women having sex with animals? DANIEL I wasn’t — I was doing some work, and... looking up Nicole Kidman - for work reasons = and then suddenly when I tried to close the damn thing, that stuff came up. SAM You must have been looking up “Nicole Kidman naked”. DANIEL No. saM You must have — it’s number 4 on the Nicole Kidman list — Nicole Kidman naked naked naked — if you just looked up the Nicole Kidman homepage it wouldn’t have done that. PAUSE. THEN FAST... DANIEL All right, I was looking up Nicole Kidman naked naked naked, you little greedy bastard. HE STARTS TO LAUGH. Pervert. (CONTINUED) IWAL, JOE 19/6/02Pagess 44 CONTINUED: 44 DANIEL Computer nerd. SAM Wanky, wanky wierdo. DANIEL Freak with bad, bad haircut. THEY’ RE NOW LAUGHING A LOT — FRIENDS TOGETHER AT LAST. MAYBE THEIR FIRST LAUGH SINCE SAN’S MUM DIED. 45° INT, PMS OFFICE. DAY. 45 NATALIE IS JUST LEAVING, HAVING LEFT THE PM A CUP OF COFFEE, AND A PLATE OF BROWNIES. HE IS IN A MEETING WITH CARTER. PM Tell me, Natalie, what do you think about us increasing aid to the third world? Liberal nonsense ~ or crucial policy? NATALIE. Not a bad idea ~ we can all do with a little less - give them a bit more. PM Well quite. (TO CARTER) You see. The public are with me on this. THEN NATALIE COMES BACK AND REMOVES THE BROWNIE PLATE. NATALIE You might as well get into practice... PM On the other hand, actually, you know, I’m not sure it is such a good idea.... 46 EXT - LONDON BENCH OR WALK. DAY. 46 A FEW MINUTES LATER - DANIEL TAKES THE PLUNGE. DANIEL So, what’s the problem, Sammy-o? Is it just Mum — or is it something else? Maybe... school — are you being bullied? or is it - I don’t know — something worse - can you give me any clues at all? ‘SAM You really want to know? (CONTINUED) ‘FINAL JUNE 19/6/02Pagesé 46 CONTINUED: 46 DANIEL I really want to know. SAM Even though you won’t be able to do anything to help? DANIEL 5 Even if that’s the case. SAM Okay. The truth is - actually - I’m in love. DANIEL Sorry? SAM I know I should be thinking about Mum all the time, and I am, but the truth is that I’m in love and I was before she died and there’s nothing I can do about it.. . DANIEL Aren't you a bit young to be in love? SAM No. DANIEL Okay, right. Well, I can’t deny it - I'ma little relieved. SAM Why? DANIEL Well, you know I thought it might be something worse... SAM Worse than the total agony of being in love? DANIEL Ahm... no - you're right. So wait a minute - what exactly have you been doing in your room then? FINAL JUNE 19/6/02a7 Pagea7 INT, SAM’S ROOM, DANIELS HOUSE. DAY. a7 CUT TO THE ROOM — THE DOOR OPENS — IT IS FULL OF POSTERS OF ROMANTIC MOVIES - SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, MOULIN ROUGE, DIRTY DANCING. SAM SWITCHES ON THE CD ~ THE HIGH DRAMA OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD SINGING ‘YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME.’ — HE THEN OPENS THE VIDEO CUPBOARD — MORE ROMANTIC MOVIES GHOST, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, CROSSROADS, SHE’S ALL THAT AND PRETTY WOMAN — HE SWITCHES ON THE TELLY — IT’S ROMEO AND JULIET, DI CAPRIO AND DANES LOOKING THROUGH THE FISH-TANK. DANIEL Wow - wow - so, a bit of a... love theme. SAM Yes - I've been trying to see if I can pick up any hints from the films. And then I find the songs just help. THE PHONE STARTS TO RING. DANIEL ANSWERS IT KAREN If you're still desperate you could come round tonight for dinner. DANIEL No thanks. Break-through. KAREN Good news. Tell me tomorrow. INT. KAREN’S HOUSE. DAY 4g SHE HANGS UP AND TURNS TO HER HUSBAND... KAREN Thank God actually - Bernie’s such a pig when we have guests round... HE IS SITTING THERE READING THE PAPER - HE IS HARRY FROM THE OFFICE, WITH THE DANGEROUS SECRETARY. HIS ATTITUDE AT HOME IS A LITTLE DISENGAGED. KAREN PASSES A MIRROR. © God. Since when did my bottom stop being my bottom and turn into the second largest sea-port in Britain. HARRY JUST LOOKS UP AT HER... KAREN (CONT’ D) Did you talk to Sarah? (CONTINUED) FINAL IONE 19/6/0249 50 Pagess CONTINUE! 48 HARRY Yes, she says tonight's the night she’s going to make her move. INT. FAIRTRADE OFFICE. EVE. as IT’S LATE IN THE OFFICE. SARAH AT HER DESK - SHE IS PUTTING ON A BIT OF LIPSTICK FURTIVELY. WE NOTICE A FRAMED PHOTO OF A GOOD LOOKING YOUNG MAN ON HER DESK. THEN SUDDENLY KARL IS WALKING FROM THE FAR END OF THE LONG OFFICE TOWARDS HER. SHE WATCHES HIM - HE REACHES HER DESK NEAR THE DOOR. KARL Night, Sarah. SARAH Night, Karl. HE LEAVES, SHE JUST SITS THERE, FROZEN AND USELESS. HER PHONE RINGS. Yup, absolutely, free as a bird - fire away. INT. DANIEL’S LIVING ROOM. NIGHT. 50 A BIT LATER - DANIEL & SAM SITTING OPPOSITE EACH OTHER — LIKE AN INTERVIEW — EACH IN THE MIDDLE OF A BIG COUCH. DANIEL FULL OF ENERGY, DANIEL We can definitely crack this. Remember I was a kid once too. Come on - it’s someone at school ~ right? SAM Yup. DANIEL And how does she/he feel about you? SAM She doesn’t even know my name. And even if she did, she’d despise me. She’s 2 years older than me and everyone worships her because she’s heaven. DANIEL Right. Good. Well, basically... you’ re fucked, aren't you. SAM NODS. FIWAL JONE 19/6/0251 52 Pageso INT. DANTEL'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM. NIGHT 51 LATER THAT NIGHT ~ CUT TO DIRTY DANCING - THE END WHERE PATRICK SWAYZE IS DANCING VERY ATHLETICALLY. ‘I/VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE! ROCKS. SAM AND DANIEL ARE WATCHING, DANIEL Although this is a thought. Listen up. Maybe you could use your gymnastics to win her over. Surely that’ s:very groovy and sexy SAM DOES A BRILLIANT HANDSPRING TO GO GET A COKE. SAM No. She’s an artist who despises all forms of physical exercise. DANIEL Bugger. This is going to be tough. INT. FILM STUDIO. DAY, 52 CUT TO A COUPLE HAVING SLIGHTLY WEIRD SEX RATHER HALF-HEARTEDLY — THEY'RE BOTH DRESSED, AND HE APPEARS TO BE TAKING HER FROM BEHIND, HER LEANING FORWARD AGAINST A PILLAR IN A STYLISH, DRAMATICALLY LIT LIVING ROOM. D.O.P. (V/0) Okay — you can stop there, thanks... CUT BACK TO SHOW THE PARAPHERNALIA OF A HUGE FILM CREW, THE D.O,.P. IMMEDIATELY SLIPS INTO DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR. THE TWO STAND-INS, BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE, START TO CHAT. THEY'RE TWO PLAIN, SWEET, SIMPLE PEOPLE. JOHN I tell you, I thought I was never going to get here today — that traffic was... guDy Unbelievable. JOHN Yeh - by the way — he introduced me as John, but actually everyone calls me Jack. suDy © fine — nice to meet you, Jack. He got me right though — I’m just Judy. (CONTINUED) IMAL JuuE 19/6/0252 Pageso CONTINUED: 52 JOHN Great, Just Judy. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR COMES UP. HE IS TONY, COLIN’S DISCOURAGING FRIEND. HE IS NOT VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HIS JOB AT THIS MOMENT. TONY Judy ~ could you, ahm, take the top off this time — lighting and camera need to know when we're actually going to see the nipples and when we're not - you know, shadows and things. awupy © yes, okay, right. (TO JOHN) At least it’s nice and warm in here. JOHN Absolutely. You've got to be ready for anything in this job, don’t you. I was once standing in for Brad Pitt, and... ‘TONY Unfortunately we're going to have to hurry. We need to shoot the actors before lunch. guby Fine. JOHN: I promise I won't look. SHE LAUGHS A BIT, THEN TAKES HER JUMPER AND BRA OFF — PULLING A BIT OF A ‘WHAT CAN YOU DO?’ LOOK AT JOHN. “AND ACTION” THEN THEY START TO MIME THE SEX AGAIN, THE CAMERAMAN STANDS VERY CLOSE, JUDGING THE LIGHT WITH HIS LITTLE MACHINE. TONY And Jerry says, could you just put your hands on her breasts... HE DOES SO. And massage them, please. JOHN Right.... It’s Junction 13 that’s just murder, isn’t it - total gridlock there this morning. ‘FINAL JUNE 19/6/0253 54 Pagest EXT, JAMIE’S CAR IN FRANCE. DAY. . 583 CUT TO FRANCE - TOTALLY EMPTY ROAD. AURELIA AND JAMIE IN THE CAR. TOTAL SILENCE... JAMIE GETTING EMBARRASSED. HE LOOKS AT THE GORGEOUS VALLEY THEY ARE DRIVING THROUGH. JAMIE Bello.. bella. SHE LOOKS PUZZLED. Montagno. Agua. HE KISSES HIS FINGERS TO SHOW APPROVAL. SHE JUST LOOKS SLIGHTLY PERPLEXED. No, right. Silence is golden. As the Tremeloes said. Clever guys. Though I believe the original version was by Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons. G-g-great band. “00000-000-000" - o shut up. HE JUST GOES BACK TO DRIVING. INT. FILM STUDIO/MODERN FLAT. DAY. 54 THE TWO STAND-INS HAVING SEX AGAIN — ON A BED IN AN ULTRA~MODERN FLAT - HE IS FULLY CLOTHED — SHE IS ON TOP OF HIM, STILL NAKED ON TOP. A FEW MIMED SECONDS, TONY STILL A BIT SHY ABOUT ALL THIS. ‘TONY My mistake — sorry, guys, it's all to do with the effect of light on flesh and all that. Jerry would like absolutely everything off. JOHN ‘That's me as well? ‘TONY Yeh. JOHN (WHISPERED TO HER) The things we do for a buck, eh? CUT TO THE D.O.P. ~ D.0.P. Okay, let’s see that again. (CONTINUED) ‘FINAL OME 19/6/0254 55 Pages2 CONTINUED: 54 THE CAMERA MOVES SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS FROM WHERE HE IS STANDING, MEASURING THE LIGHT, TO FIND THEY'RE NOW TOTALLY NAKED IN THE SAME POSITION - THEY MIME SEX UNPASSIONATELY AND CHAT. JOHN So what do you reckon to our new Prime Minister? JUDY ©, I like him — can’t understand why he’s not married, though. JOHN ©, you know the type - married to his job. Either that or gay. TONY And, Judy, if you could just cheat the nipples a little left and down, please. JOHN T have to say Judy, this is a real pleasure = lovely to find someone I can really chat to. JUDY Thank you. Ditto. Oops, sorry. TONY All right, everyone ~ that’s a wrap for the stand-ins - the actors are on their way down. INT. CABINET ROOM. 10 DOWNING STREET. DAY. 55 ALL THE CABINET ARE THERE. AT LEAST 4 WOMEN. PM Right - right — before we start, there is one crucial issue of national importance that I feel we must sort out. HE HANDS OUT A PIECE OF PAPER TO EVERYONE. PM {CONT’ D) I think it’s vital as a Cabinet that we show a united front on major issues, and so I want everyone, after due and sober reflection, to tick the record they think 4s going to be number one at Christmas. EVERYONE LAUGHS. (CONTINUED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/02Pages3 CONTINUED: 55 PM (CONT'D) Only a month to go. Anyone supporting my particular favourite ~ Christmas is All Around? THE ENTIRE CABINET IS HORRIFIED. EVERYONE ALL Absolutely not / It’s going to be Westlife / Over my dead body... PM Unexpected strength of feeling here. FRY Prime Minister, it doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell. It would do the Government untold damage to back such a loser... LOUDLY AGREES. PM All right - we'll return to it later - though I must say, Id expected a little more support from some of you ungrateful bastards. What’s next? CARTER The President's visit. PM Ah, yes, yes. Lock away your daughters. THEY LAUGH. PM (CONT'D) Though seriously - I fear this is going to be a tricky one to play. CARTER There is a very strong feeling in the party, and indeed, in the country, that we mustn't allow ourselves to be bullied from pillar to post like the last government. JEREMY Here, here. This is our first really important test. Let’s take a stand. PM Right. Right. I understand that. But I have decided... not to. (CONTINUED) FINAL JuuE 19/6/0235 37 Pages CONTINUED: (2) 55 BIG SIGH... Of course we'll try to be clever, but let’s not forget, we’re a very small country, one of many, and America is the most powerful country in the world. We're lucky to be friends and we'll behave accordingly. I’m not going to act like a child here. GENERAL GRUDGING ACCEPTANCE. Right - now who do you have to screw around here to get a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit? AT WHICH MOMENT NATALIE ENTERS WITH REFRESHMENTS. PM (CONT'D) (ABASHED) Right. EXT. WHITEHALL / 10 DOWNING STREET. DAY. 56 DRAMATIC CUT TO HUGE CROWDS OUTSIDE DOWNING STREET — BRIGHT SUNSHINE ~ THE DOOR OPENS ~ AND OUT OF THE CAR STEP TWO SECURITY GUARDS AND THEN THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT. HE IS IMMENSELY GLAMOROUS — A HANDSOME, CHARISMATIC MAN. INT. 10 DOWNING STREET. ENTRANCE HALL/INNER LOBBY. DAY. 87 CUT INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR. THIS TIME IT’S NOISY WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE - SOME PRESS - HUGE NUMBERS OF STAFF. THE PRIME MINISTER AND PRESIDENT SHAKE HANDS — THESE TWO ARE KINGS OF THEIR DOMAINS — BUT THE PM’S STYLE SEEMS QUIETER, AND MORE MODEST AGAINST THE AMERICAN SEXY, CONFIDENCE. PM I’m sorry your wife couldn't make it. PRESIDENT So is she. Though she might have been kind of lonely... PM Yes, tragic, isn’t it. Just never been able to tie a girl down. I’m not sure politics and dating really go together. PRESIDENT Really? That’s not what I’ve found. (CONTINUED) IMAL JUNE 19/6/0287 58 Pagess CONTINUED: S7 PM Yes, well, the difference is that you're sickeningly handsome - and I look increasingly like my Aunt Mildred. This way. THEY WALK ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND PASS NATALIE... PRESIDENT Now that is what I call a good looking woman, PM Yes, she’s.. a lovely... person. A BURST OF THUNDER OUTSIDE. INT. TV STUDIO. DAY. 58 CUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF A CD:UK TYPE SATURDAY MORNING POP SHOW.. BILLY BEING INTERVIEWED BY ANT & DEC, NEXT TO A BIG PILE OF POP PRIZES. JOE GETS A WORD IN JUST BEFORE THE INTERVIEW STARTS. JOE So remember, it’s a kid’s show, keep it sweet, keep it light, think little six year olds with shining morning faces... BILLY Trust me, AND THEY'RE ON AIR. DEC So, Billy — 3 weeks till Christmas and it looks like the real problem's going to be Westlife. BILLY Yes, I saw them on the show last week. They weren't very nice about my record. ANT No. Scamps! BILLY Yeh ~ but very, very talented musicians. CUT TO JOE, DELIGHTED AT THIS TACTFUL APPROACH. DEC And you've brought a gift for competition winners. (CONTINUED) Fivay some 19/6/0258 59 CONTINUED: 58 BILLY Yes, I have, Ant or Dec. It’s a personalised felt pen. ANT © great. BILLY It’s brilliant. It even writes on glass. So if you've got a framed picture, like for instance this one...of Westlife. (FRAMED PICTURE - A PRIZE) you can just write on it — here we go ~ HE WRITES — ‘WE'VE GOT LITTLE PRICKS’ DEC Lots of kids watching, Billy, And it’s live. BILLY © yes — so it is. Hiya kids — an important message from your Uncle Bill: don’t buy drugs — become a pop stax, and then people give you them for free. ANT And I do believe we're heading for a commercial break. Thank the lord. HEAD IN HANDS JOE. YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER & RAIN OUTSIDE. INT. MEETING ROOM. DOWNING STREET. DAY. 59 THE ROOM IS NOW FULL OF PEOPLE — 8 OF THEM — 3 AMERICANS — 5 ENGLISH, INCLUDING THE PM AND THE PRESIDENT... THE EXPERTS ARE TALKING. PM LOOKING INTENTLY ON. THE MEETING IS VERY TENSE. AMERICAN EXPERT No. Absolutely not. Never. We cannot and will not consult on that. Our business and ours alone. CARTER Right. That is unexpected. AMERICAN PRESIDENT It shouldn’t be. The last administration made it very clear ~ we are just being consistent with their policies: we don’t have to consult you on these issues. (CONTINUED) FOAL JOME 19/6/02 Pagess59 61 Pages7 CONTINUED: 59 CARTER But, with all respect they were bad policies - we hoped that we were meeting today to formulate better ones. THE PRIME MINISTER IS CLEARLY ON CARTER’S SIDE - BUT HE IS TAKING HIS PROMISED MODERATING STANCE. PM Right - thank you, Alex - let’s move on, shall we? INT. CORRIDOR. NIGHT 60 SOON AFTERWARDS - THE PRIME MINISTER WALKING ALONG WITH CARTER. PM Calm down, Alex - calm down - trust me - this is not the time to pick a fight. INT, PM’S OFFICE. 10 DOWNING STREET. NIGHT. 61 THE PRESIDENT FLOPS DOWN INTO A CHAIR. THE END OF THE DAY. PRESIDENT (CONTD) So - who do you have to screw to get a drink round here? PM SMILES WRYLY AT THE REFLECTION OF HIS SENTENCE. mM I'll get you a drink and you don’t have to Screw anyone. (ON THE SPEAKER PHONE) Two whiskies, please - thank you. PRESIDENT On the rocks. PM {INTO THE PHONE) With ice. Well, now that was an interesting day. PRESIDENT I’m sorry if our line was firm — there’s no point tip-toeing around today and then just disappointing you for the next four years. I have plans ~ and I plan to see them through. (CONTINUED) FINAL gone 19/6/02Pagess 61 CONTINUED: 61 Yes, it was certainly unexpectedly firm. (HE GETS UP) There’s one final thing I’d like to look at - very close to my heart - if you just give me a second. PRESIDENT I/1l give you anything you ask for - as long as you don’t ask for something I don’t want to give. PM WALKS OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR - PASSING NATALIE ON THE WAY WITH THE WHISKIES. HE SMILES AT HER IN THE AWKWARD WAY OF A MAN IN LOVE. THE CAMERA CONTINUES TO FOLLOW HIM. PM Pathetic. HE GOES INTO A DOOR, ENTERS A SECOND OFFICE, GRABS A FILE AND WALKS BACK TOWARDS HIS STUDY. HE ENTERS — AND SOMETHING ODD Is GOING ON. THE PRESIDENT AND NATALIE ARE STANDING IN A GUILTY PROXIMITY. HIS HAND ON HER HIP. SHE BLUSHES COMPLETELY AND NOVES A FOOT AWAY. THE PRESIDENT IS UNTHROWN — HE JUST STRAIGHTENS HIS TIE — AND REACHES FOR HIS WHISKY. SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENS TO THE SOUND FOR A SECOND — THIS IS AWFUL FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. PRESIDENT Great scotch. NATALIE I'll be going then. SHE WALKS OUT, HER HEAD BOWED, PAST THE PM. PRESIDENT A privilege to meet you, Natalie. I hope to see more of you, as our two great countries work for a better future. NATALIE Thank you, sir. SHE LEAVES. PRESIDENT So what are we dealing with here? Something very close to your heart. PM Yes. Right. Yes... indeed. (CONTINUED) FINAL JaWE 19/6/0251 63 Pages CONTINUED: (2) 61 HE IS CLEARLY QUITE SHAKEN BY WHAT’S HAPPENED. THE CAMERA LINGERS ON HIM AS HE TRIES TO GATHER HIMSELF. A CLAP OF THUNDER. INT. /EXT. TONY'S FLAT. DAY.. 62 IT’S A PRETTY SMALL, UNIMPRESSIVE, VERY SINGLE MAN'S FLAT. KNOCK ON THE DOOR. TONY OPENS THE DOOR TO A SOAKING, CASE-CARRYING COLIN. COLIN Hi. TONY What are you doing here? COLIN Had to rent out my flat to pay for the ticket. TONY You're not actually going ahead with this genuinely stupid plan? COLIN Bloody am. Think this suitcase is full of clothes? Like hell it is - it’s chock-a- block full of condoms. ‘TONY But I’ve only got one bed. COLIN I know. But it’s a double - and you're a sad act who hasn't had a girlfriend this decade - so there’s room for me! HE'S UP THE STAIRS INTO THE LIVING ROOM. THE TV IS ON, AND THE PRESIDENT IS ON IT. TONY’S SINGLE PIZZA SITS THERE. COLIN HELPS HIMSELF. Great - pizza. 0 look, sexy Pres is in town = the ‘deeds’ he’s done - those are the deeds I want to do. Woof woof! INT. MEETING RooM. 10 DOWNING STREET. DAY. 63 CUT INTO THE ROOM OF THE FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE. WE SEE THE PM AND PRESIDENT SITTING A COUPLE OF YARDS APART, IN FORMAL CHAIRS, HUGE AMOUNTS OF PRESS FACE THEM. THE PM LOOKS VERY SERIOUS. PRESS PERSON Mr President... has it been a good visit? (CONTINUED) ‘FIWAL Joms 19/6/0263 64 Page50 CONTINUED: 63 PRESIDENT Very satisfactory indeed — we got what we came for - the special relationship is still very special. PRESS PERSON Prime Minister? PAUSE. PM Love that word ‘relationship — covers all manner of sins doesn’t it? I greeted the President knowing there couldn’t be equality with America ~ but I wasn’t prepared for a total lack of give and take. I fear this has become a bad relationship = a relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants — and casually ignoring those things that really matter to.. Britain. We may be a small country but we're a great country too, and a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength — from this moment on, I will be more prepared to be less friendly. And the President should be prepared for that. HUGE EXCITED PHOTOGRAPHING AND WRITING FROM THE PRESS — THIS IS NOW A REAL STORY. AT THE BACK OF THE HALL — OR BEHIND THEM WE SEE THE CABINET MEMBERS COMPLETELY DELIGHTED, PARTICULARLY CARTER. AT LAST THE PM HAS COME OFF THE FENCE. THE PRESS ALL SHOUT OUT TO GET THE PRESIDENT’S REACTION. PRESS PEOPLE Mr President / Mr President / MR PRESIDENT. what do you make of that??? PRESIDENT Well, it's certainly fighting talk. Certainly... unexpectedly firm. THE PM LOOKS ACROSS AT HIM — THE PRESIDENT LOOKS BACK WITH A MIXTURE OF ANGER AND NEW FOUND RESPECT. THEN WE SEE SOMEONE OUT OF FOCUS BEHIND HIM ~ THE FOCUS CHANGES — IT’S NATALIE. THE PM LOOKS AT HER. SHE AT HIM. THEN SHE DROPS HER HEAD. INT. FM'S OFFICE, 10 DOWNING STREET. DAY. 64 A CLUSTER OF PEOPLE AROUND THE PM IN HIS OFFICE CONGRATULATING HIM. HIS CABINET ARE VERY PROUD AND OVER-EXCITED. ENTER HIS SECRETARY (CONTINUED) ‘FINAL JOE 19/6/0264 65 Pagest CONTINUED: 64 PM’'S SECRETARY. It’s your sister on the phone. PM PICKS UP. PM Hiya, Skunk. INT. KAREN’S HOUSE. DAY. 65 KAREN ON THE PHONE — KAREN Have you gone crazy? PM You can’t be sensible all the time. KAREN You can if you're Prime Minister. PM © Jesus. It’s the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the other line. I’11 ring you back. KAREN You won't. SHE HANGS UP. AND GATHERS HERSELF. HARRY IS THERE. SHE FLICKS A BUTTON TO TURN ON THE CD. A PRETTY, SLIGHTLY JAZZY SONG PLAYS AS KAREN GOES OVER TO A TABLE FULL OF CHRISTMAS PRESENTS THAT NEED WRAPPING... KAREN (CONT'D) The problem with being the Prime Minister's sister is that it puts your life into rather harsh perspective. What did my brother do today? He stood up to the American President. And what did I do - I built a papier mache lobster head. HARRY What is this we're listening to? KAREN Joni Mitchell. HARRY I can’t believe you stil] listen to Joni Mitchell. (CONTINUED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/0265 67 Pages2 CONTINUED: 65 KAREN What are you talking about? I love her and true love lasts a lifetime. Joni Mitchell is the woman who taught your cold English wife how to feel. Which do you think we should give Daisy - the doll that looks like a transvestite - or the one that looks like a prostitute? HE SMILES AS SHE SHOWS HIM THE TWO DOLLS. LITTLE DAISY ENTERS. DAISY Mummy, Bernie hit me. KAREN © God - (TO HARRY) you deal with him. give up. Tonight I feel my brother made all the right choices. INT, PM’S BEDROOM. NIGHT, 66 THE PRIME MINISTER GETING READY FOR BED. HE LOOKS SERIOUS, AND ALONE. HE PUTS ON A CD. PUSHES IT TO THE RIGHT TRACK - WAITS A SECOND ~ AND IN IT WHAMS - IT IS A FAVOURITE HIGH TEMPO NUMBER FROM THE 80S - HE DANCES UNEXPECTEDLY FUNKILY TO IT, IN TOTAL EXHILARATION AND TRIUMPH - IT’S BEEN A GOOD DAY. INT. KITCHEN. FARM HOUSE IN FRANCE. MORNING. 67 JAMIE IS EATING BREAKFAST IN A BIG OLD FASHIONED LIKE-SCHOOL DRESSING GOWN. AURELIA ENTERS — TAKES HIS COFFEE CUP OFF THE PILE OF PAPERS. HE OFFERS HER A CROISSANT. SHE SMILES. (FROM NOW ON WHEN SHE SPEAKS IN PORTUGUESE, IT’S IN ITALICS. ON SCREEN IT WOULD HAVE SUBTITLES) AURELIA Thank you very much — but no — if you saw my sister, you'd understand why. JAMIE No? AURELIA NODS. JAMIE (CONT'D) Yes? SHE SHAKES HER HEAD AGAIN. JAMIE (CONT'D) Okay — yes - ‘no.’ That's all right — more for me. (CONTINUED) FINAL JuME 19/6/0267 FIwaL JONE 19/6/02 Pages3 CONTINUED: 67 AURELIA Just don’t go eating it yourself — you're getting chubbier every day. JAMIE I’m lucky - I’ve got one of those constitutions where I just don’t put on weight. SHE LOOKS AT HIM AND SMILES. THERE'S A FRIENDSHIP DEVELOPING. THE PHONE RINGS - LAUGHING - THEY SEARCH FOR HIS MOBILE, EVENTUALLY FINDING IT DOWN A COUCH. JAMIE (CONT'D) Hello. NEL Hello, Jamie. JAMIE © hi. How are you? MEL Good - I just thought I'd ring - check how you were - see how the writing’s going. JAMIE Fine - good, thank you - and how's the sleeping with my brother going? (....) Right - much as expected then. MEL I just thought maybe with Christmas coming we could get together for a drink or something. JAMIE Or maybe not. MEL Or as you say - maybe not. 0 look, sorry ~ I’ve got to go. CUT BACK TO JAMIE - A BIT IN SHOCK - HE LOOKS ACROSS AT AURELIA - SHE SMILES GENTLY AND THEN CONTINUES WORKING... INT, FAIRTRADE OFFICE. MORNING. 68 MEL SITS AT HER DESK. HARRY IS OVER WITH SARAH. WE SEE THAT PHOTO OF THE YOUNG MAN AGAIN. HARRY So - any progress on our match-making plan? (CONTINUED)68 Paged4 CONTINUED: 68 SARAH No. I’ve done fuck~all and never will because he’s too good for me... HARRY Well, at least we've got the luxury of worrying about love, eh ~ unlike the people we're working for... HE POINTS TO A DESPERATELY SAD, DRAMATICALLY LOCATED POSTER OF AN AFRICAN MAN IN A FIELD, HIS CROPS DESTROYED (THIS SHOULD BE THE PICTURE BEHIND HER, SO WE SEE IT QUITE OFTEN, WHENEVER WE’ RE AT HER DESK) SHE LOOKS AT THE POSTER - AND TAKES IN AND APPRECIATES HIS POINT. SARAH Yes. Yes. HER MOBILE GOES HARRY And of course, your mobile goes... (TURNING TO MEL) So. How’s our Christmas party going? MEL Good — think I’ve found a venue. Friend of mine works there. HARRY What's it like? MEL Good - full of dark corners for doing dark deeds. SHE LOOKS AT HIM HARD. HARRY Right, right. Good. I’d like to see it. INT. PM’S OFFICE. 10 DOWNING STREET. DAY. 69 ‘A DOOR — A KNOCK ON IT - IT’S ANNIE. PM Annie, my darling, my dream, my boat. I need you to do a favour for me. ANNIE Of course. Anything for the hero of the hour. (CONTINUED) ‘FINAL ome 19/6/0269 70 Pagess CONTINUED: 69 PM Don’t ask me why — and for heaven’s sake don’t read stuff into it ~ it’s just a Little weird ... personality thing. You remember Natalie, who works here. ANNIE The chubby girl. PM Would we call her chubby? ANNIE I think there’s a pretty sizeable arse there, yes, sir, Huge thighs. PM Well, whatever. I’m sure she’s a lovely girl — but I wonder if you could sort of redistribute her... ANNIE It’s done. SHE LEAVES. HE TAKES IN WHAT HE’S DONE, LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW, TO WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE FREE. AND THEN OPENS A NEW HUGE OFFICIAL FILE AND BEGINS TO MAKE NOTES. THE CAMERA MOVES AWAY FROM HIM, ROUND THE ROOM, IT SEEMS TO GET DARKER ~ AND THEN THE CAMERA FINDS HIM AGAIN, AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM. HE JUST SITS THERE.. A KNOCK ON THE DOOR — HE ALMOST FLINCHES. PM Yes — come. THE DOOR OPENS SLOWLY - IT IS A GIRL WITH TEA — NOT NATALIE. HE LOOKS AT HER, THINKING. A POSSIBILITY IS GONE. HE TALKS INTO HIS SPEAKERPHONE, PM (CONT'D) Mary, send Peter in, and ask the Chancellor to come and explain’ why he’s spending so much sodding money. ‘EXT. GARDEN, FRENCH FARM HOUSE. DAY, 70 JAMIE IS TYPING OUTSIDE IN A JUMPER, PUTTING THE FINISHED PAPERS UNDER HIS COFFEE CUP — IT’S A LOVELY BIG RAMSHACKLE GARDEN, WITH A LAKE, EVEN A LITTLE WATERFALL AND LAKE AT THE END. AURELIA TARES THE CUP OFF THE PILE OF PAPERS, TO CLEAN IT, AS SHE HAS DONE BEFORE. (CONTINUED) FIVAL JUNE 19/6/0210 Page56 CONTINUED: 70 JAMIE Thank you. BUT THIS TIME, BECAUSE IT’S OUTSIDE, MOVING THE CUP SUDDENLY LETS ALL THE PAPERS FLY — AURELIA LEAPS TO GRAB THEM — AND SO DOES HE. BUT THE PAGES ARE FLYING AWAY — AND HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LAKE AT THE END OF THE GARDEN. AURELIA © my God. 0 my God. I’m so sorry. JAMIE (WORRIED) 0 no... SHE RUNS AND CATCHES SOME OF THEM — BUT A HUGE HEAP HAVE HEADED INTO THE WATER. SHE GETS TO THE WATER'S EDGE — HESITATES FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN WHIPS OFF HER DRESS TO REVEAL JUST PANTS AND A BRA, TIME SLOWS DOWN. JAMIE WATCHES. IT’S AN UNEXPECTEDLY LOVELY BODY UNDER HER FUNNY OLD CLOTHES. JAMIE (CONT'D) (CALLING OUT) No ~ do-do-don’t do that. They’ re not worth it. AURELIA I hope they're worth it. — JAMIE It’s all just rubbish — please don’t. BUT SHE DIVES IN. JAMIE (CONT'D) © God, she’s in.. AURELIA Fuck, it’s cold. Fuck! HE REACHES THE EDGE. JAMIE © God — and now she’1l think I’m a total spas if I don’t... HE HESITATES, THEN WHIPS OFF HIS JUMPER AND TROUSERS AND DIVES JAMIE (CONT’D) Fuck, it’s freezing. Fuck! THEY SWIM AROUND AFTER THE FLOATING PAPERS... (CONTINUED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/0270 1 Pages7 CONTINUED: (2) 70 ‘AURELIA This stuff better be good. I don’t want to die of pneumonia to save some shit that could have been written by my grandmother, JAMIE Seriously, this isn’t worth it — it’s not bloody Shakespeare. Stop now. Stop. Enough. © God - what the hell is that? AS HE TREADS IN DISGUSTING MUD. INT. LIVING ROOM / KITCHEN. DAY. ma CUT TO A FEW MINUTES LATER IN THE KITCHEN, OR LIVING ROOM — SHE’S IN HIS BIG OLD DRESSING GOWN — HE’S JUST IN A TOWEL. JAMIE I’m so, so sorry. AURELIA I’m so sorry. JAMIE Thank you. ‘AURELIA You're welcome. Maybe you can name one of the characters after me. JAMIE I/11 name one of the characters after you. AURELIA Or give me 50% of the profits. JAMIE Or I could give you 5% of the profits. AURELIA What kind of book is it? Kind. Kind.. SHE POINTS TO THE PAGES AND MIMES LAUGHTER, TEARS & A HEART. JAMIE Ah. MIMES KNIFE ~ MURDER. AURELIA Ah — thriller.. murder... (CONTINUED) Fra some 19/6/0271 72 73 4 Pages CONTINUED: 72 JAMIE Yes. Si. Homicide. Murder. AURELIA Scary? SHE MIMES A SCARED FACE.. HE MIMES BACK AN UNCERTAIN HAND... JAMIE Sometimes scary ~ sometimes... ha ha ha!! Very bad writing, so no-no-not so scary. A SLIGHTLY AWKWARD PAUSE AURELIA I must get back to work, SHE MIMES CLEANING. And then maybe later you will take me home. SHE POINTS TO 6 O’CLOCK ON HER WATCH AND THEN MIMES DRIVING... HE NODS ‘YES’. JAMIE My favourite time of day, driving you. AURELIA The saddest part of my day, leaving you. INT/EXT. CAR & FRENCH SCENERY. 72 THEY DRIVE ALONG. HE LOOKS AT HER - HER HAIR STILL WET. SHE CATCHES HIM LOOKING AT HER. HE LOOKS AWAY. EXT. GALLERY. DAY. 73 A SIGN OUTSIDE THE PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY SAYS “CHRISTMAS CAPERS” INT. GALLERY. DAY. "4 CUT INSIDE. MARK IS NERVOUS — HARRY AND MEL ARE THERE. MARK I'm really sorry about the pictures. HARRY No, they’re very... office party. What's this one called? ‘MARK (VERY DEAD PAN) ‘Vagina’, I believe. (CONTINUED) FINAL gume 19/6/0274 Pages@ CONTINUED: 4 HARRY And this one? MARK That’s ‘vagina 2’. As in, Vagina number 2, rather than ‘Vagina also’, though, of course, it is also a vagina. KAREN COMES OVER TO HARRY. SHE'S BEEN AT THE OTHER END OF THE GALLERY. KAREN Well, I think it’s the best party venue ever. I particularly like the portrait of the Four Tops. CUT TO A LARGE PHOTO OF FOUR BLACK PENISES © Jesus - I’ve got to go see the scary headmistress — Bernie’s in trouble again. HARRY Don’t tell me. KAREN Take my advice, Mel - don’t marry. You give up work, lose your looks and pour all your life and love into children who turn out to be total bastards. Or certainly the boys do. Nice to meet you. (TO HARRY) See you later SHE KISSES HARRY AND HEADS OUT. AND PASSES, IN THE DOOR, PETER, BACK FROM THE HONEYMOON. MARK IS THRILLED. MARK Pedro! Hey! Good to see you. (THEY HUG) How are you, you ugly bastard? PETER Good. A huge relief to be back — all that sex wears a man out. Mel - dangerous perfection as always. (HE SPIES THE PHOTOS) Jesus Christ! MARK I know. I know. THEY LOOK AT ONE OF THE PICTURES — PETER I mean, what is going on here? (CONTINUED) [FINAL JUNE 19/6/0274 75 716 Pageé0 CONTINUED: (2) 74 ‘A VERY LARGE PENIS MARK It’s trick photography. I hope. We all do. EXT. SCHOOL CAR PARK. DAY. 15 KAREN SPEEDS IN RATHER TOO FAST. INT. HEADMISTRESS’ OFFICE. SCHOOL. DAY. 16 A SLIGHTLY SCARY FORMAL ROOM — THE HEADMISTRESS IS THERE, A VERY SCARY, SERIOUS, OLDER LADY — WITH A FORM TEACHER AND HER SON, GRUMPY BERNARD. KAREN GIVES HIM A PRETTY STERN LOOK. HEADMISTRESS Bernard was asked to write an essay for Religious Education about his Christmas Wish. KAREN Right. HEADMISTRESS An apparently charming subject. But not for Bernard. Mr Trench. SHE HANDS OVER TO THE BOY’S R.E. TEACHER. MR TRENCH We have had some excellent essays. Many concentrated on a world at peace. KAREN Excellent... MR TRENCH And there was one very touching one by a young boy with a very sick sister — just wishing that she could for just one day, for Christmas day, be well again. KAREN I do hope that happens. HEADMISTRESS I would like you to read your son’/s contribution. KAREN Very well... SHE IS HANDED AN ESSAY. (CONTINUED) ‘FINAL JUNE 19/6/02Page6t 76 CONTINUED: 76 What? I have to do it here? HEADMISTRESS Yes. I’m sorry, Mrs Trevor, but I want your son to face up to what he’s done in front of everyone. KAREN All right. SHE STARTS TO READ — WE HEAR HER SON’S VOICE-OVER AND ACTUALLY SEE THE IMAGES HE IS DESCRIBING. BERNIE (V/0) I have thought long and hard about what I would wish for at Christmas — but after long considaration... KAREN You’ ve mis-spelt ‘consideration’ BERNIE Sorry... KAREN SHAKES HER HEAD, DISAPPOINTED AND GOES BACK TO READING BERNIE (CONT'D) After long consideration T have decided this is my Christmas wish — that just for one day, you could see people’s farts. CUT BACK TO KAREN FOR A SECOND — SHE LOOKS UP — THEY ALL KNOW WHAT SHE'S JUST READ — AN ATMOSPHERE OF GREAT GRAVITY... Can you imagine anything more fun? 77 INT, A CHRISTMAS HOME. AFTERNOON. 77 A LOVELY TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS DUNNER IS BEING EATEN ~ ALL THE FAMILY THERE. BERNIE (V/0) You get to the end of a huge Christmas meal, and your grandmother lets rip — and, at last, for once, she can’t blame the dog. A SMALL BLUE BUBBLE RISES UP FROM THE GRANDMOTHER. 78 INT. CHURCH. NIGHT 78 AN IDEAL OLD COUNTRY CHURCH. (CONTINUED) Fiwat sons 19/6/028 79 80 e1 Pages2 CONTINUED: 78 BERNIE (V/0) You go to church, and for the first time ever, it’s fun. THE PLACE IS JUST BUBBLING WITH BLUENESS. LARGE FARTS OUT OF TINY PEOPLE - SMALL ONES OUT OF BIG PEOPLE. THE CHOIR ARE ALL BREAKING WIND. — and then finally, you get the moment we've waited for all our lives... INT/EXT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. DAY. 19 T9’S THE QUEEN’S SPEECH, WITH BLUE FARTS IN IT. QUEEN And we must of course never forget the importance of tradition... A HUGELY FORMAL PARADE - HER ON HER HORSE ~ AND THE HORSE BREAKS WIND. - and the importance of family. THEN A SHOT OF HER AND HER TWO SONS WALKING THROUGH ST JAMES PARK. SHE BREAKS WIND. INT. HEADMISTRESS’ OFFICE. SCHOOL. DAY. 80 KAREN SHAKES HER HEAD. KAREN Right — right. I see. That is disappointing. I’m embarrassed and almost ashamed. Do you mind if I have a word with Bernard outside... THEY GO OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR TOGETHER. . INT. SCHOOL CORRIDOR. DAY. 81 BERNARD Sorry, Mum. KAREN I’m sorry too, Bernie. Sorry and ashamed and embarrassed that I’ve put you in a school with such total and utter pricks that they don’t get a good gag when they see one. BERNARD what? (CONTINUED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/02Pagess 81 CONTINUED: 81 KAREN You heard me. This is high class comedy — this is first rate stuff. (SWELLING MUSIC) You're my son — and obviously I’m going to love you. But now, I really LOVE you. (AS THEY WALK AWAY, MUSIC PLAYING LIKE CRAZY) I genuinely think they could develop this you know ~ if they sprayed some sort of invisible fart-detecting gas into the air, it could happen.. BERNARD You think so? KAREN I’m goddamn sure of it. 82 INT. RECORD COMPANY BOARDROOM. DAY. 82 A LARGE CORPORATE BOARDROOM: BILLY IS SEATED, JOE IS PACING. BILLY You think so? JOE I’m goddamn sure of it. Tf this lot put a bit of extra cash behind it, we can be number one. All you've got to do is just, you know, butter them up a little - make them realise you’re a team player. BILLY Right. Cool. Be sweet to the suits. JOE I’m being serious, Bill. You're a genius. I know it. You know it, But we also know that this industry is full of self-important little shits, and sometimes we need those little shits on our side. BILLY Absolutely. Wise words. Profound truths. JOE Here goes. THE DOOR OPENS. IN COME 3 QUITE HIP LOOKING POP EXECUTIVES. THO OLDER GUYS AND A YOUNGER WOMAN. (CONTINUED) FIMAL JOE 19/6/02Pagess 82 CONTINUED: 82 Dave - Alain - Gina - wow - good to see you. I’m Joe - and this is, well, we know who this is, this is... Billy Mann. BILLY Hey. Dave. Alain. And Gina. And how old are you, Gina - 12? 132 GINA Actually I'm 24. How old are you? BILLY I’m 94 - ever given a very old man a blow- job? JOE LAUGHS LOUDLY TO COVER-UP THE MOMENT. JOE Well, I think we all know why we’re here. The record is great - the video is a Santa- stic sensation - but we just need to work out how to make damn-arse sure that “Christmas is All Around” reaches Number 1. BILLY Absolutely. Rock on. I also wouldn’t mind finding out which of you little fuckers said you'd chuck me off the label if the single was a flop. 83 EXT. FRENCH FARM HOUSE. DAY, 83 CUT TO JAMIE PUTTING HIS CASES AND LOTS OF FRENCHY PRESENTS - WINE AND CHEESE ETC IN THE CAR. AURELIA STANDS BY. JAMIE Christmas. Noel. Grando familio. 4 EXT. NEAR AURELIA’S HOUSE. DAY. a4 CUT TO HIM LETTING HER OFF AT THE EDGE OF THE TOWN. SHE IS GETTING OUT WHEN HE STOPS HER. HE PUTS FORWARD HIS HAND TO SHAKE IT, SHE TAKES IT AND SHAKES IT. THEN... AURELIA Thank you. I will miss you and your very slow typing.. and your very bad driving... HE SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS — NONE THE WISER. SO SHE SIMPLY LEANS IN AND KISSES HIM GENTLY ON THE CHEEK. AND SHE WALKS AWAY. HE STOPS AND THINKS AND THEN SETS OFF AGAIN, A LITTLE DAZED AND CONFUSED. (CONTINUED) FINAL guns 19/6/0284 as Pagess CONTINUED: 84 THEN, COMING ROUND THE CORNER, SUDDENLY THERE IS A CAR IN FRONT OF HIM — HE’S DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE SWERVES AND JUST GETS AWAY WITH HIS LIFE. EXT. LONDON STREET. NIGHT. a5 SMART CUT TO A BUSY LONDON STREET, AT NIGHT... AS THE LIGHTS FROM THE CAR’S ILLUMINATE THE SIDEWALK, WE JUST CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE HEADMISTRESS FROM BERNARD'S SCHOOL - A LONELY FIGURE NERVOUSLY CROSSING THE STREET. SEE THE OUTSIDE OF MARK’S GALLERY - HARRY‘S OFFICE PARTY IN FULL SWING INSIDE. INT. GALLERY. NIGHT. 86 CUT INSIDE. A CHRISTMAS SONG PLAYS. THE GALLERY LOOKS WARM AND PARTY-READY. WE SEE KARL, SURROUNDED BY PRETTY GIRLS AND SARAH STANDING A BIT NERVOUSLY ON HER OWN, BESIDE A HUGE GRAPHIC NAKED PHOTO. SHE IS LOOKING QUITE LOVELY HERSELF. MEL IS LOOKING ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING, AS GIRLS CAN DO AT CHRISTMAS, WITH A TIGHT RED DRESS AND A TINY PAIR OF DEVILS HORNS. SHE TALKS SLIGHTLY DISINTERESTEDLY TO ANOTHER GIRL. HARRY TALKS WITH KAREN AND A FRIEND — THEN... KAREN I suppose I better do the duty round... HARRY You're a saint. YOU SEE HIM LOOKING ACROSS AT FABULOUS MEL AND THEN HE GOES BACK TO HIS CONVERSATION — AND SURREALLY QUICKLY, MEL IS THERE, TAPPING HIM ON THE SHOULDER. MEL Any chance of a dance with the boss? HARRY Yes, sure, sure... As long as your boyfriend doesn’t mind. MEL NOT my boyfriend. CUT TO MARK — HE IS TALKING TO AN OLD MAN, PROBABLY A RETIRED PARTNER OF THE FIRM... (CONTINUED) FIWAL JUNE 19/6/0286 87 Pagess CONTINUED: 86 OLD MAN This is a particularly good one. What’s that called? A PHOTO WITH 100 NAKED PEOPLE, WITH NO HEADS, MARK I think it’s the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. AND THEN CUT TO MEL & HARRY DANCING — WE'RE AWARE OF KAREN ELSEWHERE, JUST TALKING SWEETLY TO A VERY DULL COUPLE. HARRY You're looking very... pretty tonight. LITTLE PAUSE MEL For you. HARRY Sorry? MEL It's all for you.. sir. EXT, STREET. NIGHT. a7 THE MOVING CAMERA MOVES AROUND A DARK STREET CORNER - TO FIND A NAKED BODY, CURLED AROUND A DRESSED MAN. IT FEELS LIKE HARRY & MEL OUTSIDE THE GALLERY BACK DOOR. THEN THE D.O.P. JUST APPEARS IN SHOT. THEN THE SOUND OF SNEEZING. TONY Okay, stop there. Give Judy a coat someone. JOHN IMMEDIATELY WHIPS OFF HIS JACKET AND GIVES IT TO HER, guby Thanks. You're a real gentleman. JOHN To you... just to you. HE’S OBVIOUSLY DEVELOPING A BIT OF A CRUSH. INT. GALLERY. NIGHT. 88 THE PARTY AGAIN. MARK HAVING A SEXLESS DANCE WITH A SHORT GIRL. SARAH TALKING TO KAREN {CONTINDED) FINAL JUNE 19/6/02a8 Pages? CONTINUED: a8 SARAH I suppose it’s his job to dance with everyone, isn’t it. KAREN Yes — some more than others. SHE LOOKS ACROSS AT MEL WHO IS TALKING TO HARRY. THEN SUDDENLY KARL IS THERE. KARL Just one dance before we run out of chances. SARAH Who — me? KARL Unless you.. SARAH No, no - good — yes - nice - thanks. A PERKY TUNE PLAYS.. BUT THE SECOND THEY START TO DANCE. A ROMANTIC TUNE BEGINS. THEY HAVE TO GET CLOSER AND THEY SEEM TO FIT PRETTY WELL TOGETHER. A MOMENT OF HAPPINESS. INT, HEADMISTRESS' FLAT. NIGHT. 89 THE CAMERA MOVES OUT AND AROUND TO A NEARBY FLAT. A NICE BUT QUITE SMALL LONDON MANSION FLAT — MRS MONROE, THE HEADMISTRESS FROM BERNARD'S SCHOOL, LETS HERSELF IN. HEADMISTRESS Hello... GERALDINE (V/0) Aha! Welcome! THE HEADMISTRESS HEADS IN TO THE KITCHEN — AND CALLS OUT AS SHE POURS A GLASS OF WATER. . HEADMISTRESS And how was today? GERALDINE (V/0) 0, you know. It comes in waves. Excellent episode of Starsky and Hutch after lunch — those two are really very bad drivers indeed. (CONTINUED) ‘FINAL Jue 19/6/02