Children Of Men Page #3

in the old days when he was a real activist.

You were the activist,

I just wanted to get laid.

One time the police came

to throw us out of our squat

and Theo invited them up for coffee

to negotiate,

only the coffee was spiked with ketamine.

No! You didn't, did you?

F*** off. You gotta be kidding.

You know how many people

I've tried this with?

I don't wanna know.

You'll be happy to know

out of the hundreds...

-Hundreds?

-...you are still the only one.

-I'm not doing it.

-Yes, you are.

-No, I'm not. The car's moving too much.

-Yes, you are. Yes, you are.

You are. Ready?

(ALL LAUGHING)

Thelonius!

No, wait, wait. Okay.

KEE:
Do it again! Do it again!

Julian, that's disgusting!

Look out!

LUKE:
Jesus! Sh*t!

JULIAN:
Go! Go! We're gonna make it.

Come on, we're gonna make it.

No, I'm not gonna make it!

I'm not gonna make it!

-Christ!

-Back up! Back up now!

Jesus!

Oh, save us!

Save us in our hour of need!

Blessed Mary, save us.

(GLASS SHATTERING)

Christ, Jesus!

-He's got a gun!

-Cover Kee!

Get down!

Oh, my God!

She's been shot! F***. She's been shot.

-How is she? How is she?

-THEO:
She's bleeding!

She's bleeding, she's bleeding everywhere!

Sh*t! Julian.

Put pressure on the wound!

Please, please, please.

Please, please.

LUKE:
Oh, no.

Oh, no.

THEO:
Julian...

Jesus Christ!

THEO:
Julian!

LUKE:
It's the cops. It's the cops.

Did they see us?

Keep going. Speed up.

LUKE:
Are they coming back?

What's happening?

Faster! Faster!

-Are they coming back?

-I don't know. Just go faster!

Can't you pull off the road?

(SCREAMS)

-All right, slow down. Slow down!

-I can't outrun them. I can't outrun them.

-COP ON LOUDSPEAKER: Stop the car.

-I gotta stop. I gotta stop.

Pull over to the side of the road.

Stop the car!

Get your passports out!

COP:
Stay inside the vehicle!

LUKE:
We're British citizens!

We're British citizens!

-British citizens!

-Hands on the steering wheel!

Hands on the steering wheel!

Calm down. Tell me what happened!

We were attacked!

We gotta take her to a hospital.

Okay. Just wait.

I'm gonna call for assistance.

What are you doing? What are you doing?

-Get in the car.

-Why did you do that?

Get in the f***ing car!

MIRIAM:
Get back in now. Quickly.

We gotta get off the road. Get in. Get in.

KEE:
Go! Go! Go!

(MIRIAM CHANTING)

We have to call on help now.

Put your hands out.

F***ing sh*t.

May all the ascended beings,

the bodhisattvas and saints

and all those who have walked the surface

of the earth in the light of eternal truth,

come to the aid

of our beloved sister, Julian.

LUKE:
Theo! Come on!

Theo, come on!

(CHANTING)

This is Tomasz and Emily's farm.

I already called and told them the situation.

We'll be safe here.

Fishes are coming in

to vote for a new leader.

-lan?

-Yeah.

-We have to convene.

-Everyone's arriving.

-Are you all right?

-Yeah, it's not my blood.

-Emily, Tomasz, this is Kee.

-Welcome.

Miriam.

They need to wash up and rest.

How about Julian's mate?

Yeah, can somebody

give me a lift back to London?

No, no, no. It's too dangerous.

We'll sort it tomorrow.

Tomasz, get him a shower and a clean shirt.

Tomasz, don't block the car in.

It needs to be jump-started. lan?

Yeah.

They like you. And they don't like anyone.

(WHISTLING)

CAROLINE:
You did what you could.

LUKE:
We need to show strength and unity.

-The shirt fit?

-Yeah, it's fine. Thanks.

I'll take care of this.

As head Fishes,

we need to make a choice now.

We need to choose leadership.

TOMASZ:
I don't think

that those bloodstains will wash off.

Don't worry about it. Throw it away.

-I'm in charge of watching you.

-Why?

They told me.

Well, I'm going back to London tomorrow.

I lived there once. Didn't like it.

No.

They kill you.

-Where you from?

-Poland.

Is this your place?

My missus. She's a cod.

-English Fish.

-MIRIAM:
Mr Faron.

Kee would like a word with you.

She's in the barn. It's all right, Tomasz.

I'll watch him.

TOMASZ:
Hey, don't smoke in the barn.

EMILY:
To Luke, our new leader. Luke.

-To Luke.

-Luke.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

I'll be right outside.

KEE:
You know what they do to these cows?

They cut off their tits. They do.

(IMITATING SLICING)

Gone. Bye.

Only leave four. Four tits fits the machine.

It's wacko. Why not make machines

that suck eight titties?

Is that what you want to talk about?

Cows and titties?

Julian told me about your baby.

Said his name was Dylan.

You taught him to swim when he was two.

He called you "Papa."

She said if anything goes spooky,

I should talk to you.

Said you'd help me,

said you'd get me to the boat.

-What boat?

-The Tomorrow.

The Tomorrow?

I don't know what you're talking about.

But I'm sure

your friends can take care of you.

But Julian said only trust you.

She said you'd help me.

I don't know why she said that.

Listen, I don't quite know what's going on.

-You can't leave.

-Kee, I'm in a lot of trouble myself.

-I'm sorry.

-Wait!

What are you doing? Don't do that.

I'm scared.

Please help me.

Jesus Christ.

LUKE:
Kee! Kee!

MIRIAM:
What are you doing?

-Are you all right?

-She wanted him to know. She has the right.

Of course she has.

For God's sake.

When you're ready, come inside.

Everybody's arrived.

-She's pregnant.

-Now you know what's at stake.

-But she's pregnant.

-Yeah, I know.

It's a miracle, isn't it?

Fishes terrorist leader Julian Taylor

was killed today

in a gun battle with police near Canterbury.

Four other terrorists escaped

after murdering two officers.

Police say they have sufficient

forensic and surveillance evidence

to identify the four killers.

All suspects should be considered armed

and extremely dangerous.

This was broadcast an hour ago.

We have to assume it's just a matter of time

before they identify the rest of us,

which includes you, Theo.

WOMAN:
Why is he here?

MAN:
He's not a Fish.

-He's not one of us.

-KEE:
I want him here.

LUKE:
Kee wants him, he stays.

Now, we all agreed to deliver Kee to our

brothers and sisters in the Human Project.

-ALL:
Right.

-Now we got to reevaluate that position.

No, there's no need.

We move forward with the original plan.

Yes!

She'll never make it.

The police are looking for her.

We can find a way. It's what Julian wanted.

We'd be risking the girl's life.

Listen, listen! She belongs here.

And this baby is the flag

that could unite us all!

MIRIAM:
We said we'd never use this baby

for political purposes.

KEE:
My baby's not a flag.

Make it public!

WOMAN:
What?

-What?

-What?

Excuse me?

You should make it public.

You saw the telly.

She's about to be very public.

THEO:
It doesn't matter. She's pregnant.

Oh, right. And then the government will say,

"We were wrong. Fugees are humans, too."

Well, whatever is going on,

whatever your political ideas are,

it's irrelevant.

-It doesn't matter.

-WOMAN:
Come on.

-She needs a doctor.

-MAN:
You really don't get it.

WOMAN 2:
Look, the government

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