In the Loop Page #11

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TOBY:

Why don’t we go and find her and ask

if the meeting has finished?

SIMON:

Are you still drunk?

TOBY:

Shall I call Judy, see if she can find

out?

SIMON:

No. Let’s try for once to do something

without Judy. We’ve drawn long enough

at that teat.

They look around awkwardly about to stand. A staffer

passes.

STAFFER 3

Can I get you guys anything?

They shake their heads.

SIMON:

Now we can’t go. Call Judy.

TOBY:

(calling)

Hi Judy, do you know how long this

meeting we were in was scheduled for?

58 INT. DFID LADIES’ LOO/INT STATE DEPARTMENT 58

Inter-cut with DFID ladies’ toilet.

Judy is in a toilet cubicle, struggling to get changed.

She has to keep swapping hands and ears to speak to

Toby.

JUDY:

And what is this meeting?

TOBY:

With Karen Clark at State. I set it up

last night.

JUDY:

Okay, so you want me to tell you how

long a meeting you set up in

Washington is scheduled for?

TOBY:

Yes?

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JUDY:

Forty seven minutes. Good luck.

Hangs up.

TOBY:

Thank you.

(Simon looks at him

hopefully)

Well she said 47 minutes. But I think

she was making an unfriendly joke, but

I’m not totally certain.

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EXT. WASHINGTON STREET NR WHITE HOUSE/DFID LADIES’ LOO -59

DAY:

Malcolm’s walking fast. He’s on the phone. Judy’s still

in the toilet cubicle, almost changed now.

MALCOLM:

Where’s the war committee? I thought I

was going to the war committee.

JUDY:

Simon's going to the committee - I

thought you...?

MALCOLM:

Just tell me where the f*** it's

happening.

JUDY:

Say please.

MALCOLM:

Are you taking the...Who the f*** do

you think you are? Dame Judy Dench?

JUDY:

Do you want me to tell you where it

is?

MALCOLM:

Yes.

(pained)

Please.

JUDY:

It’s on the seventh floor. Room 712.

(beat)

Do you like how I’m telling you what’s

going on where you are?

MALCOLM:

Well let me tell you what's going on

where YOU are, darling.

(MORE)

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A certain vinegar-faced manipulative

cowbag is about to discover she’s out

of a f***ing job...

(beat realises)

You’ve f***ing hung up haven’t you?

You f***ing hoity toity...

MALCOLM (CONT'D)

PASSER-BY

Hey, buddy, enough of the curse words.

MALCOLM:

Kiss my sweaty balls you nosey f***.

Malcolm starts running.

60 INT. STATE DEPARTMENT - DAY 60

Simon and Toby are looking through magazines and

papers. Karen is exiting her office with an entourage.

SIMON:

Here she comes - sh*t - look like

we’re meeting, look like we’re having

a meeting!

TOBY:

(as she passes, re

magazine)

... and if you look ... at the line

they take in Newsweek - that’s very

much ... another narrative.

KAREN:

See you at the committee.

SIMON:

(like he’s busy)

Yeah, yeah sure, see you in a mo. Just

finishing off some stuff.

(to Toby loud)

Okay, we’re all done there. Let’s

roll.

Toby looks at him. As they get up and follow her at

speed, tripping to keep up.

TOBY:

(quiet)

I don’t think you can say that anymore

here. They don’t like that.

SIMON:

Shut up. Follow them. Don’t lose them.

Lets rock.

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61 INT. COMMITTEE ROOM 712 - DAY 61

Linton is with Adriano, quietly horrified by all these

people. General Miller passes them.

LINTON:

(For Miller’s benefit)

We seem to be overrun with insurgents

here, Bob.

But the room is rapidly filling with bodies and din.

Linton calls the over-stuffed, standing-room-only room

to order.

LINTON (CONT'D)

Okay, due to the fact that seemingly

everyone in the world who owns a suit

has turned up for this meeting, we’ll

be relocating to a bigger room. Room

720. So, if you will be so kind...

The committee members file out.

62 EXT. WASHINGTON STREET NR STATE DEPARTMENT - DAY 62

Malcolm is legging it down the street.

63 INT. LARGER COMMITTEE ROOM 720 - DAY 63

The committee members file in.

Miller goes close up to Linton.

GENERAL MILLER:

Just so you know -- Karen and I did

not appreciate having to sneak around

like f***ing Hart To Hart trying to

find out about this committee.

LINTON:

Well, you’re both here now. So that’s

great.

GENERAL MILLER:

You and I need to talk, mano-a-mano,

c*cks on the block, about how things

are operating around here at the

moment.

Linton not fazed by this.

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LINTON:

Sure. How about 12:30 tomorrow, my

office?

GENERAL MILLER:

Good.

General Miller takes his seat. Linton turns on Adriano.

LINTON:

What the hell happened?

ADRIANO:

I have no idea how they all heard sir.

There must have been a leak.

LINTON:

Oh do you think? Really?

(with menace)

And do you know anything about this

leak? Did you lay an egg in Karen

Clark’s basket?

ADRIANO:

I swear, honestly sir, I have

absolutely no idea what is going on.

LINTON:

That is not something we like to boast

about in my office.

Simon is sitting with Toby, marvelling at the numbers

of people cramming into the room.

SIMON:

I’m room meat again. This is a massive

abattoir of room meat. Stay outside

Tobes, I need a guy on the outside.

Make friends with Chad, the flannelfucker.

He knows stuff. Pump him.

TOBY:

Oh no. I want to stay in here with

Miller. Don't make me pump Chad.

SIMON:

I’m making you pump Chad. Go on.

Toby gets up to leave.

SIMON (CONT’D)

It’ll be easy peasy lemon squeezy.

TOBY:

No it won’t. It’ll be difficult

difficult lemon difficult.

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Toby reluctantly leaves, trying to grab another peek at

Miller.

64 EXT. WASHINGTON STREET NR STATE DEPARTMENT - DAY 64

Malcolm running like a madman.

65 INT. LARGER COMMITTEE ROOM 720 - DAY 65

Everyone is finally assembled. The room has thirty or

so people in it.

LINTON:

So, welcome to this, somewhat engorged

session of th e Future Planning

Committee. You can all see an agenda?

People are looking at their agendas, low-level chatter,

pouring of water, etc. - a general pre-meeting feel.

KAREN:

Assistant Secretary -- here on point

6, it feels like there’s an assumption

that we’ll be invading. Should we talk

about the practical? I mean this is

the war committee after all?

LINTON:

It’s the Future Planning Committee.

KAREN:

Unofficially it’s known as the war

committee.

LINTON:

Well, unofficially we can call

anything whatever we like.

(he holds up a wate r

glass)

Unofficially, this is a shoe. But it’s

not a shoe, Karen, it’s a glass of

water, and this is the Future Planning

Committee.

MILLER:

Well, unofficially, this appears to be

bullshit.

66 INT. STATE DEPARTMENT - DAY 66

It’s lunchtime. Lots of staffers have left their desks.

A few are eating sandwiches at their desks, or reading

a newspaper during lunch.

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