Locke Page #4

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IVAN LOCKE:

That’s what I mean. The gate sign

off. Donal, the construction sign

off should already be filed.

DONAL (OOV)

Yeah. It’s ok. That’s what I

meant.

Ivan reacts....

IVAN LOCKE:

Ok, you have the phone numbers of

the plants. Call them now Donal.

Call every one of the bastards and

get them to repeat the order. C6 on

the nose or we send the trucks

back. Seriously. Those bastards

will f*** you up with water in the

gulleys if it rains tomorrow.

DONAL (OOV)

It won’t rain. It’s going to be

dry.

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A pause. Donal chuckles...

DONAL (OOV) (CONT’D)

I have a direct line to God, up in

heaven, you know?

IVAN LOCKE (OVER HIM)

You don’t trust God when it comes

to concrete. Call the plants,

Donal. Every one of them and get

them to fax the order back so you

can check it.

DONAL (OOV)

I will. Did you speak to Gareth

yet?

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes. He’s calling Chicago. I’m

guessing Chicago is going to fire

me and he’ll put some f***ing kid

on it. So don’t take his calls.

Don’t listen to anybody else.

Until the morning this is me and

you, ok?

Ivan cuts the call. He drives. He stares into the rear view.

(From now, his looks into the rear view are looks into the

past, looks at his father, proving he is going to do the

right thing.)

After forty seconds he again brings up his speed dial

numbers. He shuffles through to the word ‘HOME’. He steels

himself. He hits the button and the phone begins to ring.

At this moment, his car joins the motorway...

4 EXT. MOTORWAY 4

From a high gantry we see Ivan’s car joining the stream of

other cars heading South. He is just a man in a bubble of

light, no different to all the other drivers on their own

journeys....

5 INT. LAND ROVER 5

Ivan hears the call being taken. It is a boy, fourteen years

old (EDDIE)

EDDIE (OOV)

Hello.

This was the last thing Ivan wanted, to hear his son’s voice.

He takes a second...

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IVAN LOCKE:

Eddie, it’s your dad. Is your

mother there?

EDDIE (OOV)

She’s not back from the shops

yet...

A pause...

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

She’s getting your beer for the

match...

IVAN LOCKE:

I won’t be back for that.

EDDIE (OOV)

What?

IVAN LOCKE:

Something came up.

Silence.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

I can’t get out of it...

EDDIE (NOT REGISTERING)(OOV)

I’m wearing the shirt. Mum’s

getting sausages and guess what?

She’s wearing the shirt as well.

It’s so embarrassing. What did you

say about coming back?

IVAN LOCKE:

I won’t be back for the match.

A long pause.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

I’ll listen on the radio.

A disbelieving silence...

EDDIE (OOV)

What do you mean? It’s rubbish on

the radio. You said you’d be back.

She’s doing sausages.

Ivan almost chokes on emotion but holds it together.

IVAN LOCKE:

Is your brother there?

EDDIE (OOV)

Yeah. You want a word?

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Ivan decides he can’t face it.

IVAN LOCKE:

No. Just tell your mother to call

me when she gets back.

EDDIE (OOV)

Ok.

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE:

I love you.

EDDIE (OOV)

What?

IVAN LOCKE:

It’s ok. Get her to call me.

He cuts the call. He drives on. The motorway is busy with

trucks, lit up in the darkness. He takes a moment then finds

Bethan’s name on his speed dial.

BETHAN’S ANSWER MESSAGE (OOV)

Hello, this is Bethan, I’m afraid I

can’t get to the phone...

Ivan cuts the call. He drives. Then the phone rings. It is

Bethan.

BETHAN (OOV)

Did you call?

IVAN LOCKE:

Are you ok?

BETHAN (OOV)

Someone closed the windows.

IVAN LOCKE:

Did you talk to anyone about pain?

BETHAN (OOV)

No. No one’s been in.

IVAN LOCKE:

But is everything alright?

BETHAN (OOV)

No. It hurts like nothing ever.

IVAN LOCKE:

I’m on the M6. Hour and a quarter

if the traffic stays ok. Speak to

someone about pain.

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BETHAN (OOV)

Just now I felt like I hate you.

IVAN LOCKE (PRACTICAL)

We don’t know each other, Bethan.

That’s the simple truth. This thing

just happened...

BETHAN (OOV)

This ‘thing’...

IVAN LOCKE:

...so we can’t love or hate each

other. This thing happened and

that’s it. It will go up and down.

But I’m coming at least.

BETHAN (OOV)

Do you hate me? For going through

with it?

IVAN LOCKE:

I don’t know you so I don’t hate

you. Do what they tell you to do.

I have a lot of calls to make. The

traffic is fine so it’ll be ok.

BETHAN (OOV)

Please be quick.

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes, but there’s a limit.

He cuts the call and drives. He suddenly beats the steering

wheel with the side of his fist hard, a sudden explosion of

fury. Then he gets hold of himself.

The phone rings. He sees the number...

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

Hello Gareth.

GARETH (OOV)

Yeah, look. Chicago is having a

predictable melt down.

IVAN LOCKE:

It is. Ok.

GARETH (OOV)

I gave them the whole ten year

thing. About your ten years

working for Park without a foot

wrong...

IVAN LOCKE (UNDER HIM)

Nine years....

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GARETH (OOV)

...The whole thing. He said he

goes on emotion. He said the stuff

about the biggest pour in Europe...

IVAN LOCKE:

Outside nuclear and military...

A pause.

GARETH (OOV)

Well, I tell you what, you’re fired

is what it is. They said they had

no choice. I said about the ten

years. But they said they had no

choice.

Ivan drives on.

IVAN LOCKE:

So. Ok.

GARETH (OOV)

I never do this on the phone.

IVAN LOCKE:

It’s ok. I will still make sure

the pour is alright.

GARETH (OOV)

Ivan, this isn’t a matter for

negotiation. They’ve decided.

You’re fired completely as of right

this second.

IVAN LOCKE:

I know, and I don’t blame them.

But I’m not trying to keep my job.

I just want the pour to go ok

tomorrow...

GARETH (OOV)

Ivan...

IVAN LOCKE:

Listen to me. I want the pour to

go ok not because of the money...

He takes a moment...

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

I want it to go right for myself

and for the building. And for the

concrete. I won’t let it be pumped

into the wrong place. Tonight and

tomorrow I will stay on this and

stay on this and make sure the

concrete gets poured right.

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GARETH (OOV)

Ivan, look, I told them about the

ten years...

IVAN LOCKE:

F*** ten years. The concrete will

come and I will take care of it. I

know I don’t have a job anymore but

I will do this anyway as a favor to

the building and to the concrete.

GARETH (OOV)

Ivan you sound...different.

IVAN LOCKE:

I am the same.

A pause.

GARETH (OOV)

You should have just said you were

sick...

IVAN LOCKE:

I’m not sick. And I will make sure

the pour is ok.

GARETH (OOV)

Ivan, I’ve already handed this over

to another construction director

and he will pick it up from...

Ivan cuts the call. He drives on, speeds up. The phone

rings. The word ‘HOME’ appears. It’s his wife KATRINA.

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