On Chesil Beach Draft 1.fdr

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19. MARGORIE is cutting pictures from a magazine to paste into a scrap book. She looks up sharply as EDWARD comes in. EDWARD Mum, listen. Are you listening? MARJORIE This isn’t how she looks now. It’s the future. It’s a new thing. A special camera tells you how she’ll look one day. EDWARD This is important. Put that down a minute. Listen to me. I got a first. Mum, a first... MARJORIE That’s right, son. I saw you. I was watching. Now you tell me. Yellow, like this. It’s got two things, a number and a meaning. Now I know the number... Seven. EDWARD MARJORIE Seven. But I can’t remember what it means. 19 INT. MAYHEWS’ COTTAGE. STAIRS. DAY 19 EDWARD goes up the stairs. EDWARD Ruth? Harriet? 20 INT. MAYHEW’S COTTAGE. GIRLS’ BEDROOM. DAY. 20 More squalor - unmade beds, discarded dirty clothes on the floor, food-encrusted plates etc. Teenage boredom. The girls are on their beds. HARRIET paints her fingernails, RUTH is writing in a diary. A tiny transistor plays squawky pop music.
20. EDWARD I got a first! RUTH Is that good? EDWARD It’s the best. HARRIET Dad’ll be happy then. EDWARD When’s he back? Eight. Nine. Nine. HARRIET RUTH HARRIET EDWARD You know, you should be outside. It’s beautiful. Too hot. RUTH HARRIET Too boring. 21 EXT. AVENUE OF LIMES. RURAL PHONE BOX. DAY 21 In LONGSHOT, the phone box looks dwarfed by the avenue of great limes on Turville Heath. EDWARD (V.O.) Is Toby there?... oh, when are you expecting him?.. Mrs Davenport? Edward Mayhew, university friend of Henry. Is he there?.. Finland? CUT TO:
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Page 3 and 4: 2. FLORENCE Hmm. Tricky. EDWARD The
Page 5 and 6: 4. EDWARD, a strong, good-looking y
Page 7 and 8: 6. FLORENCE Poor Edward... They kis
Page 9 and 10: 8. WAITER ONE We do the silver serv
Page 11 and 12: 10. MARJORIE She’ll never come do
Page 13 and 14: 12. EDWARD Oh God. Look, sorry. Am
Page 15 and 16: 14. VIOLET A million Russian troops
Page 17 and 18: 16. FLORENCE I haven’t researched
Page 19: 18. 15 EXT. GARDEN OF MAYHEWS’ CO
Page 23 and 24: 22. And comes out. CUT TO: And ente
Page 25 and 26: 24. FLORENCE (CONT’D) I thought e
Page 27 and 28: 26. He takes her hand and tows her
Page 29 and 30: 28. FLORENCE Say hello to Elsbeth,
Page 31 and 32: 30. 38 EXT. BOAT ON ENGLISH CHANNEL
Page 33 and 34: 32. EDWARD Oh for God’s sake, Flo
Page 35 and 36: 34. EDWARD Just a club... to hear J
Page 37 and 38: 36. EDWARD Er, no, not yet. HAROLD
Page 39 and 40: 38. EDWARD He avoided me after that
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Page 45 and 46: 44. 50 INT. VICAR’S SITTING ROOM.
Page 47 and 48: 46. FLORENCE (CONT’D) Oh CHRIST!
Page 49 and 50: 48. The doorbell rings. She jumps u
Page 51 and 52: 50. They speak between kisses. EDWA
Page 53 and 54: 52. GEOFFREY PONTING has entered th
Page 55 and 56: 54. Mmm FLORENCE The moment is prec
Page 57 and 58: 56. EDWARD Now that wouldn’t plea
Page 59 and 60: 58. FLORENCE (CONT'D) We talked abo
Page 61 and 62: 60. FLORENCE is genuinely amazed, t
Page 63 and 64: 62. MARJORIE I do my best. FLORENCE
Page 65 and 66: 64. FLORENCE No... not really... 70
Page 67 and 68: 66. The GIRL plays a simple melody
Page 69 and 70: 68. FLORENCE (CONT’D) Yes! We’l
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70. EDWARD It’s too... FLORENCE .
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72. GEOFFREY You any good, by the w
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74. GEOFFREY (triumphant) Love fift
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76. 86 INT. HOTEL BEDROOM. DAY. 86
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78. Was it? FLORENCE EDWARD In fact
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80. Demands? EDWARD FLORENCE Well,
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82. EDWARD You’re a bitch talking
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84. FLORENCE Very very much. And I
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86. EDWARD You’re telling me I co
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88. EDWARD Yes, it’s a... um a sh
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90. ANN And what about all those pr
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92. With an arm looped around EDWAR
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94. EDWARD (CONT'D) But he doesn’
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96. MUSIC CRITIC The leader comma M
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98. EDWARD So... what can you get h
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100. 116 EXT. CHILTERNS. DAY. 116 H
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102. VOICE OVER (CONT’D) If he’
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