Denial
1 EXT. AUSCHWITZ. DAY EXT. AUSCHWITZ. DAY 1
Dawn. Mist. Drizzle. Watchtowers, ruined structures, bare
trees, fences. Through the rain, the sound of feet shuffling,
children’s voices crying, metal doors clanging. Then, in
sharp contrast, the sound of a large audience laughing
heartily at the plummy, confident voice of DAVID IRVING
addressing them over a PA system.
IRVING (VOICE)
I don’t see any reason to be
tasteful about Auschwitz...
2 INT. MEETING HALL. CALGARY. NIGHT 2
Grainy newsreel footage of DAVID IRVING, mid-fifties,
powerfully built, in perfect English tailoring.
IRVING:
I say to you, quite tastelessly,
that more women died in the
backseat of Edward Kennedy’s car at
Chappaquiddick than ever died in a
gas chamber at Auschwitz.
Applause and laughter carry over into:
3 EXT. ATLANTA. EARLY MORNING. CREDITS 3
DEBORAH LIPSTADT, red-haired, 47, vital, determined, is
jogging through bosky suburbs. Sunlit greenery hanging from
the trees. Good trainers, stout socks. She has a Sony Walkman
on her belt and headphones. She is followed by a joyful
medium-sized rescue dog, The Mutt. A montage of VOICES:
NEWS VOICE 1
... media commentator Pat Buchanan
caused a stir yesterday when he
suggested it would have been
physically impossible for Nazi gas
chambers to have produced enough
lethal carbon monoxide to have
killed camp victims in Treblinka...
NEWS VOICE 2
On Phil Donahue tonight, “Did six
million really die?”
NEWS VOICE 3
... National Front leader Jean
Marie le Pen asserted that he had
never seen any evidence of gas
chambers and that many historians
doubted if they ever existed...
Full Blue Script // December 4th 2015 22.
NEWS VOICE 4
... A new national poll suggests as
many as 22% of US adults and 20% of
high school students think it’s
possible the Holocaust may never
have happened...
IRVING’S VOICE
One year from now the Holocaust
will have been discredited. No
one’s going to like it when they
find out that for fifty years
they’ve been believing a legend
based on baloney.
4
EXT. DEBORAH’S HOUSE. MAILBOX. DAY 4
DEBORAH runs in past a mailbox with “Lipstadt” on the side,
and into her house.
5
INT. DEBORAH’S HOUSE. KITCHEN/BEDROOM. DAY. CREDITS 5
DEBORAH, sweating, towel round her neck, forks dog-food from
a can. She clangs the side of the bowl and The Mutt appears
at once. DEBORAH clicks on the coffee machine, pours a
smoothie, and scrapes out the heart of a bagel with a spoon.
NPR radio is playing: Bob Edwards with Morning Edition.
CAPTION:
ATLANTA NOVEMBER 11th 19946
INT. DEBORAH’S OFFICE. DAY. CREDITS 6
Later. It’s now Julie McCarthy on NPR. DEBORAH, showered and
dressed, is multitasking, gulping coffee, picking up a stack
of freshly marked student essays, also picking up a big
cardboard box of books, from under her desk - the title
briefly glimpsed DENYING THE HOLOCAUST. The essays are
slapped down on top of the books.
7
INT. CORRIDOR & DEBORAH’S OFFICE. EMORY UNIVERSITY. DAY. 7
CREDITS:
DEBORAH walks briskly into her office with the box. The Mutt,
following, dives to his usual place under the desk. DEBORAH’S
ASSISTANT, LEONIE, hands her another coffee in a paper cup,
some papers, and message slips.
LEONIE:
I’ve done your corrections. Two
copies. Here. Jamie called from
NBC. They still want the interview
about the book.
LEONIE hands over some tapes.
Full Blue Script // December 4th 2015 33.
LEONIE (CONT’D)
Clips. Edited. Marked. Cues on
script.
DEBORAH:
He needs some water.
DEBORAH is already through the door with box, tapes, speech,
coffee. LEONIE is too late.
LEONIE:
You want a hand with that?
8 INT. AUDITORIUM. DEKALB COLLEGE. ATLANTA. DAY. CREDITS 8
DEBORAH confidently pushes her way into a hall, with columns
and rows of empty seats, heading towards the speaker’s
lectern. The event’s organizer is GLORIA, black, 40s, is
trying to keep up with DEBORAH’S brisk pace.
DEBORAH:
I do a lot of these events, so I
have quite a clear idea how best to
handle them. If you can put a table
at the back. Right by the door,
perfect as they leave.
GLORIA:
Certainly will.
DEBORAH:
I took the liberty of calling a
coverage. Mia Daniels, Grant from
the Inquirer...
GLORIA:
Oh good. We were going to do that.
You’re one step ahead.
DEBORAH:
Well I hope so. I like to be.
DEBORAH looks round the hall, checking the first arrivals.
9 INT & EXT. CAR & STREETS. ATLANTA. DAY. CREDITS 9
Two MEN in the front - heavy, determined. In the back, a
third MAN, whose face is not seen. They’re all quiet. They
drive along busy streets: downtown Atlanta, aspiring,
skyscrapered. The traffic thins as they approach the college.
Full Blue Script // December 4th 2015 44.
10 INT. AUDITORIUM. DAY. CREDITS 10
DEBORAH is at the table at the back, taking books out,
arranging notebook, pen, ledger, cashbox: the perfect
professional. STUDENTS are arriving, most black, most young.
GLORIA:
Can I help?
DEBORAH:
You’re going to laugh, sorry, but
I’ve got a system. It works for me.
They smile. The result is indeed impressive, completed at the
end by her putting an author photograph against the books.
The credits end.
11 EXT. DEKALB. DAY 11
The car draws up in a car park outside. The two MEN get out.
The third MAN’S shoes, English, beautifully polished, land on
the tarmac. The trunk at the back is opened, and inside there
is a huge cardboard box, and a big black case. These are
taken out. Bang, the trunk is closed.
12 INT & EXT. ENTRANCE & AUDITORIUM. DAY 12
The legs of the THREE MEN as they come into the building,
then along a polished corridor to the auditorium. One of them
is carrying the big black case. The THIRD has shopping bags.
They turn into the hall. DEBORAH is at the front giving an
interview to STUDENT JOURNALISTS.
DEBORAH:
One thing I’ve noticed about these
events you always sell 37 books.
Regardless of the size of the
audience. 500 people, 37 books. 50
people, 37 books. I’ve started to
wonder if it’s all fixed.
The students are laughing at her jokes. She is in her element
and doesn’t notice as one of the MEN opens the case, takes
out a tripod, and sets it up close to a column. Meanwhile, at
the back, the third MAN’S hand, unidentified, picks up
DENYING THE HOLOCAUST. More STUDENTS file in. DEBORAH sits,
waiting. GLORIA stands to introduce her.
13 INT. CORRIDOR. DAY 13
Back outside the hall, the third MAN’S fingers opening the
book, finding the index. Running a finger down until coming
upon ‘Irving, David, 8, 14, 111, 161-163, 170’.
Full Blue Script // December 4th 2015 5.
14 INT. AUDITORIUM. DAY 14
The last object from the box - a video camera is taken out by
a hand from the box, and put on top of the tripod.
15 INT. CORRIDOR. DAY 15
The MAN’S fingers are rifling through the book to check the
references as from inside the hall he hears:
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