Shadow Dancer Screenplay - Raindance Film Festival
Shadow Dancer Screenplay - Raindance Film Festival
Shadow Dancer Screenplay - Raindance Film Festival
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82.<br />
ALLEN (CONT'D)<br />
Maybe that’s why Jim let slip<br />
that he was a part-time soldier.<br />
What our friends in the IRA like<br />
to call a legitimate target.<br />
Three weeks later, Jim heard an<br />
explosion outside his house and<br />
came out to find Joe bleeding to<br />
death on his drive. He’d been<br />
trying to plant a bomb under<br />
Jim’s car.<br />
ALLEN draws on his cigar.<br />
A beat.<br />
ALLEN (CONT’D)<br />
Of course, Joe’s pals in the IRA<br />
had scarpered: they were real<br />
brave fellas’. So it was down to<br />
Jim to cradle his old friend as<br />
he lay dying.<br />
ALLEN (CONT’D)<br />
It’s a war, David. And our job is<br />
to protect those who have decided<br />
not to debase themselves. You of<br />
all people should understand<br />
that.<br />
RYAN<br />
Even you can’t believe it’s that<br />
simple.<br />
ALLEN<br />
You don’t think so? Have you<br />
followed her to the grave of the<br />
boss she murdered?<br />
RYAN<br />
Yes. And to Milltown, where she<br />
buried the little brother we<br />
gunned down in the street.<br />
ALLEN<br />
What about her boyfriend? Have<br />
you seen her putting flowers by<br />
his headstone?<br />
RYAN shakes his head.<br />
ALLEN (CONT’D)<br />
That’s because he was a filthy<br />
little bastard, who used to like<br />
to give her a slap. She ever tell<br />
you about that? And you know who<br />
used to see the bruises and look<br />
after her and give her time off<br />
work...
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