Locke Page #12

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IVAN:

No. Stefan knows what to do.

You’ll be ok now Donal. Fix up the

re-bars and start preparing the

gates. It will be a long night.

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DONAL (OOV)

I’m stone cold sober now.

IVAN LOCKE:

I know. It all worked out.

DONAL (OOV)

Stefan just said to say hello to

Ivan Locke.

A laugh...

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DONAL (OOV) (CONT’D)

He says you’re the best man in

England.

Ivan smiles and cuts the call. He dares to look relieved.

He checks his watch. The motorway into London is brightly

lit. The phone rings. He sees ‘Home’ and hesitates before

taking the call.

KATRINA:

I’ve decided.

IVAN LOCKE:

Kat, you know what? We can work

this out, I know we can.

KATRINA (OOV)

I’ve spoken to my sister and my

half sister.

Ivan is expressionless but this is bad news...

KATRINA (OOV) (CONT’D)

The difference between ‘once’ and

‘never’ is everything. That’s it.

And it is never ‘once’ anyway.

IVAN LOCKE:

Katrina...

KATRINA (OOV)

I don’t want you to come back Ivan.

This is not your home anymore. I

want you to stay away.

IVAN LOCKE:

Katrina...

KATRINA (OOV)

We will make arrangements for

seeing the boys. My sister says

every Wednesday is normal.

Ivan can’t speak...

KATRINA (OOV) (CONT’D)

But I don’t want you coming here.

You were always more in love with

your buildings anyway. Why don’t

you go and live in one of them?

Right at the top where you like to

look out and feel so pleased with

yourself. I’m going to wash

everything here. Wash it all ten

times to get the dust of you out of

it.

(MORE)

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KATRINA (OOV) (CONT’D)

I won’t have to deal with your foot

prints turning to stone on the

kitchen floor anymore. It’s

finished. This isn’t your home.

She cuts the call. Ivan drives on. He looks into his rear

view mirror. The brief moment when he believed things might

work out has gone. He must adjust again. He begins to slow

down...

18 EXT. MOTORWAY GANTRY 18

In CCTV we see Ivan’s car crawling in the slow lane as the

rest of the traffic overtakes and shoots by. His car looks

like a wounded animal...

19 INT. LAND ROVER 19

Ivan stares ahead as he drives. Then he glances in his rear

view. For the first time we see tears in his eyes. He wipes

them away with his sleeve. His phone rings.

He drives. The phone rings on and finally Ivan takes the

call...

IVAN LOCKE (SOFTLY)

Ivan Locke.

Gareth sounds distraught and speaks fast...

GARETH (OOV)

Ivan, I’ve put a construction

director onto this and he’s tried

to reach Donal a hundred times but

Donal isn’t picking up.

Ivan doesn’t speak.

GARETH (OOV) (CONT’D)

Are you there Ivan?

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes.

GARETH (OOV)

Can you reach Donal and tell him he

must pick up his phone immediately.

Silence.

GARETH (OOV) (CONT’D)

Ivan?

IVAN LOCKE:

Tell your construction director

there is no need to speak to Donal.

(MORE)

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IVAN LOCKE (CONT'D)

Everything is already taken care

of...

GARETH (OOV)

Ivan, for f***’s sake...

IVAN LOCKE (OVER HIM)

Everything is taken care of and

everything is ready for 5.25.

There will be no mistakes. I have

made sure everything is in place.

You can go to sleep Gareth.

A pause.

GARETH (OOV)

I actually threw up earlier.

IVAN LOCKE:

Yeah?

GARETH (OOV)

F***ing yeah.

IVAN LOCKE (0VER HIM)

Well, hear this Gareth. When I

left the site just over 2 hours ago

I had a job, a wife, a home.

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

Now I have none of those things.

A pause...

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

It is ten fifteen and I have none

of those things left. I just have

myself and the car I’m in. I’m

just driving. That’s it.

Silence. Then...

GARETH (OOV)

Ivan, you f***ed up your life,

that’s your business, but Chicago

is going insane.

IVAN LOCKE:

Two words I learnt tonight. ‘F***

Chicago’.

Ivan cuts the call. He drives and we stay with him for a

long time. A minute goes by. Then a call comes in and Ivan

reads ‘unknown’. As the call rings, Ivan decides he cannot

take it. His voicemail message clicks in.

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IVAN LOCKE’S VOICEMAIL (OOV)

This is Ivan Locke. Please leave a

message.

Ivan hears the voice of Eddie and Eddie leaves a message.

EDDIE (OOV)

Dad, I’m on my mobile. I’m under

the duvet. I wanted to tell you

about the goal.

Eddie is fighting a terrible upset by trying to behave the

way he behaved before this happened.

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

Caldwell got it and he controlled

it. You know how you always shout

at him because it always flies off

him and out into the crowd? Well,

he controlled it.

A pause.

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

And he got it down on the ground.

You know how you say he just lumps

it forward all the time, well he

got it down on the ground. This is

Caldwell, dad. And he just started

running...

Eddie begins to laugh and cry at the same time...

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

And he was running and running and

running and these defenders were

bouncing off him.

Eddie laughs...

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

And he went round one, then

another, and me and Sean were

standing up and shouting at him to

pass the ball. You know how you

say you have to square it. He

wouldn’t square it. He wouldn’t

pass. He just kept running. He

looked like a horse or something.

Eddie laughs again.

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

So then the goalie is coming

forward and we think he’s going to

boot it over the bar. Remember

against whoever it was when he just

booted it over the bar.

(MORE)

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EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

We thought it was going to be that

again. But he didn’t. This is

Caldwell dad. The one you say is

always a donkey.

A pause.

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

He went round the goalie and put it

in.

A long pause.

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

Mum was crying so she didn’t even

see it.

A pause.

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

But we recorded it for you so you

have to come home to watch it.

You’ll have to come home and I’ve

had an idea. We’ll pretend we

don’t know the score and pretend

it’s happening then. Pretend it’s

live. And me and Sean will go mad

the same. You can have the beer

and mum can make the sausages.

A pause. Eddie concludes quickly.

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

So that’s what we’ll do. Good night

dad.

The call is cut. Ivan drives on. He drives for a long time

and wipes his eyes with his sleeve.

Then his phone rings. We see ‘Unknown’. Ivan hesitates then

takes the call.

BETHAN (HISSING)(OOV)

Ivan?

IVAN LOCKE:

Is it ok?

BETHAN (OOV)

It’s a boy.

Ivan reacts.

BETHAN (OOV) (CONT’D)

Listen...

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We hear the sound of a baby crying down the phone. The thin

sound fills the car and Ivan lets the car slow down on its

own. Horns hoot and Ivan drifts onto the hard shoulder.

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