Locke Page #8

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IVAN LOCKE:

Tell them you’re cold.

BETHAN (OOV)

They don’t listen. They talk

around me. I need somebody here to

speak for me.

IVAN LOCKE:

I’ll be there...

BETHAN (OOV)

They said the umbilical cord is

like a noose. A lifeline and a

noose at the same time. That’s

funny isn’t it.

We hear other voices. The call is cut...

IVAN LOCKE:

Bethan...

Silence. Ivan drives on. A minute goes by. Then he can’t

help himself and speaks softly to the rear view mirror...

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

You think this is all fate don’t

you dad? Your dirty f***ing finger

prints all over me.

(MORE)

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IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

It was bound to happen because of

the little seeds you planted.

Well, let me educate you. Let me

teach you something.

(MORE)

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IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

Even no matter what the situation

is, you can make it good. Like

with plaster and brick. You never

knew that because you never f***ing

lifted a finger you lazy c*nt but

you can take a situation and draw a

circle around it and find a way to

work something out.

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

You don’t drive away from it. Sit

in the corner of some greasy little

f***ing pub somewhere like you’re

the f***ing happy maverick.

He drives.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

I could come for you with a pick

and shovel, I really could, and dig

you up. And it would be a happy day

in hell because they would be rid

of you for a bit.

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

You know what? I could just drive.

Around the M25 and then to Dover.

Or some f***ing where. And not

face it. I could earn good money

cash-in-hand working on the cross

rail. They make five hundred a day

just shovelling sh*t. Yeah. But

I’m going to drive straight to the

worst place for me. The worst

place on earth for me to be. Even

though this woman is like...

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

The woman is like, sad and lonely.

Hardly bothered with life at all.

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

I felt sorry for her. So how can

that be the difference between good

and bad?

The phone rings. We see ‘Home’. Ivan steels himself. A

scream. Horror at first, then...

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EDDIE (OOV)

Are you listening to this?! Two

one to us. Two goals in three

minutes.

We hear another boy shouting in the background, celebrating a

goal, the sound of football on the TV.

EDDIE (OOV) (CONT’D)

Dad! Put it on the radio. It’s

brilliant...

IVAN LOCKE:

Is your mother there?

EDDIE (OOV)

She’s upstairs in the lavatory.

She’s been in there ages. She’s

wearing the shirt but she won’t

come down and watch. Shall I call

her?

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IVAN LOCKE:

No. Leave her. It’s ok. Enjoy the

game.

EDDIE (OOV)

It’s two one dad! We’re winning!

Why aren’t you going mad?

A pause.

IVAN LOCKE:

I am Eddie. I’m going mad inside

but I’m driving. I...

Ivan tries to continue but emotion takes his voice and he

cuts the call. He must adjust, must adjust, must adjust. He

picks up the file and flicks through some pages as he drives.

In the file he finds a number which he dials.

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

Hello, PC Davids? Yeah it’s Ivan

Locke from the Park project. I was

wondering if anyone had called you

about road closures?

PC DAVIDS (OOV)

Yeah, we had some Irish guy. He

said he was standing in.

IVAN LOCKE:

I’m just double checking the

closures are all confirmed, yes?

PC DAVIDS (OOV)

No. There’s a problem with the Vale

stop and go. Council questioned

the licence at the last minute.

IVAN LOCKE:

Shhhhit.

PC DAVIDS (OOV)

I was going to call them in the

morning.

IVAN LOCKE:

Too late...

PC DAVIDS (OOV)

What?

IVAN LOCKE:

We have to control that road to get

the trucks in and out of the South

gate.

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PC DAVIDS (OOV)

You’ll have to take it up with the

council.

IVAN LOCKE:

It’s nine o’clock...

PC DAVIDS (OOV)

Yeah.

IVAN LOCKE:

The council offices are closed.

PC DAVIDS (OOV)

Yeah. But I can’t ratify until the

council sign off on the stop and

go...

Ivan must think fast.

IVAN LOCKE:

Ok, ok, you’ll get a call. How

long are you on duty?

PC DAVIDS (OOV)

Another twenty five minutes.

IVAN LOCKE:

You’ll get a call.

He cuts the call. Immediately Donal calls...

DONAL (OOV)

Ivan, we have a problem with the

stop and go...

IVAN LOCKE:

I know, I just heard, I’m dealing

with it. In the meantime I need

you to go and check the shuttering

and get it signed off.

DONAL (OOV)

The shuttering boys have all gone

home.

IVAN LOCKE:

Even so you still have to check the

re-bars. Go and do it now. Take a

shovel and a pressure meter and a

torch and get into the holes.

DONAL (OOV)

Jesus...

IVAN LOCKE:

I mean it.

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DONAL (OOV)

If this is just to stop me

drinking, you can f*** off.

IVAN LOCKE:

I’m hoping your conscience will

stop you drinking. The shuttering

has to be checked. Go and do it.

He cuts the call. He thinks hard. He dials a mobile number

marked ‘Sean’. We hear the voice of a sixteen year old boy

(SEAN).

IVAN LOCKE (CONT’D)

Sean, it’s dad.

SEAN (OOV)

Dad, I can’t believe you’re not

here. It’s amazing. Two one.

IVAN LOCKE:

I know. Sean, I need you to do me

a favor. There’s been a cock up and

I need to speak to someone. In my

blue coat in the kitchen there is a

notebook. There is a phone number

of somebody called Cassidy who

works for the council clerk of

works. I need the number...

SEAN (OOV)

Why don’t you ask mum?

IVAN LOCKE:

Please just get the number and text

it to me. Cassidy. Under ‘C’.

It’s urgent.

SEAN (OOV)

Dad, is mum alright? She hasn’t

come down. It’s half time.

IVAN LOCKE:

Sean, in the morning I will talk to

you about everything. Just get me

the number of Cassidy.

He cuts the call. He drives on and checks his watch. The

motorway lights flicker on his face...

10 EXT. GANTRY 10

We see Ivan’s car drive under two bridges.

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11 INT. LAND ROVER 11

The phone rings. Ivan sees a number he doesn’t recognize.

We will learn it is a well spoken male obstetrician (DOCTOR

GULLU).

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

Hello, could I speak to Ivan Locke?

IVAN LOCKE:

This is Ivan Locke.

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

I’m Doctor Halil Gullu, senior

obstetrician at St. Mary’s

Hospital. A Bethan Maguire gave me

this number as the number of her

next of kin. Are you...

IVAN LOCKE:

What’s happening?

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

Are you next of kin?

IVAN LOCKE:

I am the father.

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV)

Hang on....

Off the phone the doctor takes a question then returns to the

phone...

DOCTOR GULLU (OOV) (CONT’D)

We have a situation where the

baby’s umbilical cord is wrapped

around the baby’s neck...

IVAN LOCKE:

Yes, I know...

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