Shadow Dancer Screenplay - Raindance Film Festival

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11. INT. PADDINGTON GREEN POLICE STATION - OBSERVATION ROOM OUTSIDE THE CELL - NIGHT. RYAN watches through the glass. COLLETTE is reading the files. INT. GINGY’S HOUSE - SOUTH ARMAGH - BREAKFAST GINGY kisses his wife and four kids goodbye and heads for the door. Through the window, we see the side of his newly painted van. GINGY HUGHES PLUMBING. Night or day, call 0845 666734. INT. PADDINGTON GREEN POLICE STATION - CELL - DAY COLLETTE looks like she hasn’t moved. RYAN takes a seat. A beat. RYAN Collette, my name is David Jenkins. I’m here because we believe your brother Gerry is determined to kill of this peace process before its even begun. We need to read him...to know what he’s thinking. If you agree to help us, you walk out of here and go home to your kids, like nothing ever happened. COLLETTE Leave me alone, please. RYAN Two weeks after your boyfriend was gunned down, we got a tipoff. Gerry told one of his adjutants you were hurt and angry enough to think about getting your hands dirty. He said he needed you for something. I got on a plane to Belfast the next day and I’ve watched you ever since. I know it bugs the hell out of you that your mother won’t get the washing machine fixed. I know you worry about Mark’s behavior in the playground. I know Paddy’s heart isn’t really in the struggle any more, even if he’d rather die than admit it. And I know you’re so lonely that, on the night before you left Belfast, you slept with a guy you don’t even like.
12. She looks furious. RYAN (CONT’D) He took you back to his place and fucked you so roughly that-- COLLETTE (on her feet, pushing the table back) For Christ’s sake... RYAN (on his feet also) You went home, took the children into your bed and cried until it was time to go. COLLETTE Leave me alone! (She sits again). Jesus... RYAN It’ll break their hearts. COLLETTE I want a lawyer. He takes a video tape from the briefcase, slaps it into the machine, bangs it shut and presses play. We see a grainy undercover shot of COLLETTE and her little boy walking home from school. She PULLS him closer and wraps an arm around his shoulder. Despite herself, COLLETTE’S eyes are DRAWN TO THE SCREEN. There’s an edit point and now we see her with CATHERINE on her lap in the garden. Another edit and she is kneeling on the ground by the back gate with MARK. The audio has been boosted. How long? MARK COLLETTE Just for a few days, then-- MARK That’s what Dad said and he’s never coming-- COLLETTE smashes the VHS recorder from the desk. She slams the chair into the wall and sinks back into the corner. RYAN comes around to her, squats down. RYAN It doesn’t have to be like this.
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Page 3 and 4: 2. As we follow her down the hill,
Page 5 and 6: 4. COLLETTE moves to the toilet, lo
Page 7 and 8: 6. No answer. The cop flips open a
Page 9 and 10: 8. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM OUTSIDE TH
Page 11: 10. LONG Don’t play games, Gingy.
Page 15 and 16: 14. No answer. RYAN (CONT’D) You
Page 17 and 18: 16. RYAN We haven’t lost an agent
Page 19 and 20: 18. He glances at a photograph of a
Page 21 and 22: 20. She nods. She stares out of the
Page 23 and 24: 22. BUCHANAN You’re not going to
Page 25 and 26: 24. MULGREW. Who signed you up, Gin
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Page 31 and 32: 30. PADDY Aaagh! You little bugger.
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Page 37 and 38: 36. She breaks away, staggers. She
Page 39 and 40: 38. HEADTEACHER (CONT’D) I know t
Page 41 and 42: 40. MULGREW. We need to talk about
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Page 45 and 46: 44. MARK What is it, Mam? COLLETTE
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Page 49 and 50: 48. RYAN Of course. COLLETTE I don
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Page 53 and 54: 52. A beat. ALLEN shrugs. RYAN (CON
Page 55 and 56: 54. Yes. COLLETTE The driver pulls
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Page 59 and 60: 58. EXT. STREET - CONTINUOUS. It al
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62. She glances up. She has no idea
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64. INT. CAR - A FEW MINUTES LATER.
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66. MULGREW. (CONT'D) Or did one of
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68. INT. BELFAST’S ROYAL VICTORIA
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70. INT. IRA CHIEF OF STAFF’S DAI
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72. EXT. MILLTOWN CEMETERY - DAY A
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74. We’re CLOSE again on Gerry. H
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76. He stares at her. And he turns
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78. GIRL Wolf Tone called. The pass
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80. RYAN doesn’t answer. No point
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82. ALLEN (CONT'D) Maybe that’s w
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84. INT. COLLETTE’S HOME - LIVING
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86. EXT. A SNOWY HILLTOP FIELD IN S
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88. No answer. He stops the car. GE
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90. A long silence. GERRY You want
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92. COLLETTE (agitated) I’ve made
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94. COLLETTE I don’t know... RYAN
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96. ALLEN What in the hell are you
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98. DELAVINE (CONT’D) We have a r
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100. PADDY What do you want? MULGRE
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102. We follow her out... INT. LAND
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104. INT. FLIGHT TO PARIS - DAY GER
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106. He takes out the pistol and pl
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108. GERRY (CONT’D) Everything we
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110. PADDY’S head sags. Collette.
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112. A telephone is on the desk bet
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114. COLLETTE (CONT’D) Who did yo
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116. INT. HOUSE OF COMMONS - DAY GE
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118. EXT. STREET OUTSIDE THE HOUSE
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120. EXT. HOUSE OF COMMONS - UNDERN
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122. ON COLLETTE as she clings to h
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