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Drama Scripts
Moving on
By CartoonScott
24 November 2006
Part One

 EXT: THE WHITE DESERT: DAY
 

SEPTEMBER 26TH 2007
 

 

JACOB is stood over MILLER.
 

 

The two young men are in the middle of a vast, white barren desert. MILLER crawls over to JACOB and grabs hold of his leg. MILLER buries his head into JACOB’S foot as he continues to sobbingly plead for his life. JACOB keeps his gun pointed at the top of MILLERS head
 

 

JACOB
I’m sorry MILLER, don’t do this to me!
 

 

MILLER
Please J, can’t we figure something out?
 

 

JACOB
Either you die…
 

 

MILLER
Noooooo! (Sobs)
 

 

JACOB
Or everybody dies!
 

 

MILLER
Please, no GOD! You know why I did it, you understand
 

 

JACOB
Yes…
 

 

JACOB looks over his shoulder
 

JACOB
They’re getting closer…sorry Mill…
(JACOB breaks up)
I’m really sorry MILLER…I love you
 

MILLER gasps and pulls himself to his feet in sheer terror. His limps limbs begin to sprint across the vast empty desert erratically.
 

JACOB wipes his tears, aims his gun and fires
 

EVERYTHING GOES BLACK.
 

 

<SCREAMS>
 

 

Cut to:
 

 

EXT: ENGLAND. HARMONIES BAR ENTRANCE/ CAR PARK: SEPT 1ST NIGHT
 

 

SEPTEMBER 1ST 2007
 

 

It is raining hard in the murky cold streets of a small anonymous seaside town. The darkness is briefly lifted by bright lighting and monstrous thunder.
 

 

On a wet concrete floor JACOB is lying unconscious. He is soaking wet with fresh blood running down his face. Here JACOB’S hair is now sensibly short, neatly cut and he is clean shaven. He is wearing a black suit jacket, a white shirt and a black tie.
 

 

JACOB wakes up and splutters the water his face is resting in. He carefully opens his eyes.
 

 

JACOB can see a huge hulk of a man rampant mad inside his bar, sending surrounding people flying as he ploughs through them like a bull. The THUG quickly comes crashing through the front doors, smashing the glass as he does so. The man is raging like a wild beast.
 

 

The THUG looks in JACOB’S direction but JACOB quickly closes his eyes and pretends to be still unconscious in the hope he will not have to deal with him.
 

 

Two groups of burly police officers confront the THUG but he merely throws them away like limp dolls. The officers go flying through the air with such force that they crash down lifeless, smashing whatever it is they land on.  
 

 

THUG
Where is she?! Where is she?!
 

 

As soon as JACOB opens his eyes The THUG spots him. He quickly charges over
 

 

JACOB
Oh Jesus!
 

 

JACOB is lifted up so that they are eye to eye. JACOB is raised off of his feet
 

 

THUG
Where the bloody hell is she?
 

 

A large crowd is now watching from inside of the BAR. Everyone seems very interested but no one is going to help.
 

JACOB
Who?
 

 

THUG
(Roars first)
Vera!
 

 

JACOB
I don’t know sir…sorry. I haven’t seen her
 

 

THUG
Don’t lie to me; your hiding the little whore aren’t you? Are you him? Are you the one she’s taunting me with, aye?
 

 

The THUG gets annoyed with the lack of answers from JACOB and begins to violently shake him
 

 

JACOB
Whoa, whoa, whoa, NO! stop please stop. Hang on, hang on, er… thank GOD. Isn’t that her, is that her now? Coming out here
 

 

THUG stops shaking JACOB
 

 

JACOB
She’s right behind you
 

 

The THUG drops JACOB hard and turns around
 

 

Stood right in front of him is a lanky lad with fizzy hair with a pale bruised face and a warm cheeky smile; it is MILLER who is wearing a nice white bartender outfit. Flickering in his raised hand is a STUN GUN. MILLER delightfully zaps the THUG
 

 

THUG
Arghhh!
 

 

The THUG doesn’t go down straight away; he staggers and turns around where he is greeted by a swift kick between the legs by JACOB. Just as it looks like the THUG is going to keel over he manages one last knock down punch to JACOBS face before he finally collapses.
 

 

As JACOB is once more lying on the wet concrete floor he turns to the THUG who is groaning in agony
 

 

JACOB
That’s it, this time you’re barred!
 

 

A group of POLICE OFFICERS quickly grab hold of the THUG
 

 

MILLER hands the stun gun back a dazed OFFICER still sprawled in a flower bed
 

 

 

MILLER
That would come in handy every Saturday night, well most nights actually
 

 

MILLER goes running over to JACOB but he doesn’t have time to see if he is okay. He pulls JACOB to his feet
 

 

MILLER
J, everyone is going mad inside. Nobody is serving!
 

 

 

JACOB
WHAT?! Well where’s Zack and Sonia gone to then?
 

 

MILLER points inside the BAR and through a window we see an over-weight girl tearfully shouting at three boys in their late teens/ early 20’s. The girl is SONIA
 

 

SONIA suddenly disappears from the window view and then storms out of the front door and across the car park
 

 

 

JACOB
Sonia!
 

 

 

SONIA
I QUIT!
 

 

JACOB storms inside the BAR. MILLER follows but he is stopped by a MAN IN A WHITE SUIT and three new POLICE OFFICERS. The MAN gives MILLERS a red book but says nothing, MILLER opens it

Reviews
Double Indemnity.
Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 24th November 2006
I have just given this a rewiew as exactly the same piece appears to be posted on the Sci Fi Forum. Suffice to say that regrettably I have not changed my opinion in the last fifteen seconds. I find both utterly obfuscating. 
 
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