Shadow Dancer Screenplay - Raindance Film Festival

7.
He flips the top.
No answer.
DETECTIVE 1 (CONT’D)
1973; the army guns down your kid
brother Sean, so Gerry and Paddy
sign straight up with the boyos.
But not our Collette. A few
messages, some gun-running, a
coupla’ set-ups here and there,
but nothing to really get your
hands dirty. So the sharp end’s
boy’s work?
DETECTIVE 1 (CONT’D)
Or it was until six months ago
when it was your fella’ bleeding
to death on the tarmac. And even
if he was a full-on ‘RA captain
with an AK in his hand, now it’s
too fucking much. Now you want
blood. Your brother Gerry’s the
big boss man in Belfast and he‘s
looking for clean skins. So
you’ve got yourselves a deal...
A beat.
No answer.
DETECTIVE 2
(quieter)
Shame no one told the kids. How
do you think they’re going to get
along without their mother?
DETECTIVE 2 (CONT’D)
Twenty-five years; out in
eighteen if you keep your nose
clean. You’ll be lucky if they
even remember your name.
Detective 1 stands.
DETECTIVE 1
I hope you’re feeling brave,
sweetheart, cos the good dykes of
our prison system are going to be
licking their lips at the sight
of you...