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What do you need him for anyway?

That's them finishing up now, Gordon.

I told you this would happen, didn't I?

I told you to quit.

We can't let the bastards intimidate us,

that's exactly what they want.

Intimidate?

Jesus, Gordon, we're lucky to be alive.

Don't even think about going

back there, do you hear me?

I am... I have to.

No, you don't!

Your brother was the hero, not you,

and look what happened to him.

Come here.

Santa Claus.

Be quick.

In, Marley.

Where's my camera?

Finally seeing the light, Brendan.

- WILLIAM:
Nice shooting, Gordon.

- SENIOR WARDER:
Good man, Gordon.

Which one of you f***ers sent my name out?

Come on, who was it?

Anyone man enough to admit it?

No?

I didn't think so.

Too chicken sh*t the lot of you.

You want us to sort them out for you,

Gordon? Just say the word.

I don't want anything from you.

(MEN WHISTLING)

I'm done.

Prisoner Marley, returning to the wing.

What happened to you

on the outside won't happen again.

Why did you say that?

You know something, you were in on it?

No! You asked if it was

one of us in here. It wasn't.

Who then? Give me names!

I don't know who but it's finished.

Warders won't be a target

any more, now the protest's over.

(GRUNTING)

Why did they go after me?

Maybe you pissed off the wrong people.

But it's true, you and your family

are safe. You can take my word for it.

Your word. What's that worth?

Why are you back here anyway, Gordon?

Anyone with any sense would have quit.

Because I don't scare so easy.

Or maybe you're a prisoner

like the rest of us.

I am not like you.

I get to go home every night.

Aye, that's right, so you do.

Lucky.

What's happening in there?

You all right, son?

Lovers' tiff?

I'm beginning to have nightmares

about you, Marley.

Hello.

We saving electricity?

Anyone home?

JILL:
The most important thing

is that Janet is safe.

She'd be safe with me here too.

You both would!

That thing that happened,

it was just a once off.

JILL:
How can you say that, Gordon?

You don't know.

I do. One of them told me.

JILL:
One of the prisoners told you?

JILL:
Is this a joke? Because it isn't funny.

You. Give me a hand.

What did you hope to achieve

by bumping me off anyway?

Stupid bastards.

My brother I can understand.

He was one tough nut.

At least he died for something...

Doing his duty, not like

those ten friends of yours.

Suicide by starvation, spare me.

And for what?

So they wouldn't have to do prison work?

You're doing it, aren't you?

Big deal!

Worth dying for, was it?

Eh, was it?

No, you're right. They were fools.

GORDON:
Exactly.

Big f***ing T.V. show.

They shoulda been like you,

smart.

We're doing this.

I don't know how yet, but it's happening.

All right, lads.

Jesus, where did you get this?

Would you believe, the T.V News.

Sh*t, look at it...

They really want to keep us in here.

That's me and Brendan there, in H7.

And that's you and Oscar, top left, in H2.

We should be flattered, fellas.

They made all this specially for us.

You know, maybe we're wasting

our time looking for the weakest point.

What if there isn't any?

Look, here's a block.

They're all the same,

us prisoners in each of the four wings,

but in the middle, pulling the strings,

are the warders in the circle.

That there is the strongest point.

- And this is good because?

- Because...

Whoever controls the circle,

controls the whole block.

You mean take it? How?

It wouldn't be easy, but the warders

are starting to ease up a wee bit,

if we can build on that...

make them feel secure...

Then maybe that's the flaw.

And then what? Have a block party?

Invitation only.

Well, who knows what then?

But it's a start, isn't it, or we

can just sit here with our heads up

- our arses and do nothing.

- No.

It's good. Genius Bobby.

You're forgetting one tiny detail.

If we try and take the warders on the wings,

the Loyalists will join them against us...

And then the party's over.

He's right.

Damn it!

Janet, love, is your mother there?

JANET:
Yeah, she's here.

Can you put her on?

She, she doesn't want to, Dad.

Okay...

Don't worry. I'll catch her again.

How's London, your Auntie

showing you the sights?

We've been looking at schools.

You're going to school over there?

Wow, that'll be an adventure.

I don't know anyone here.

You'll make friends in no time, you'll see.

I miss you, Dad.

I miss you too.

Your murdering scum friends

were busy last night.

Make you proud, does it?

Those people weren't the target,

the police station...

Oh, that squares it then, does it?

It's their own fault for walking past.

I didn't say that.

No one wants to see

civilians killed, it was an accident.

No. You plant a bomb on a street

then nothing's an accident!

You know, I've met all sorts in my time.

Pick-pockets, muggers, rapists...

And there's a difference

between them and you lot.

Do you know what it is?

Most of them regret what they did.

You keep that. Stick it on your wall.

YOUNG WOMAN:
Larry Marley?

- Yes?

- You wrote to me.

Your wife rang and told me

I should come today.

Oh, yeah... Right.

You were expecting somebody else?

No. I thought you might

be my son, that's all.

I was your husband's cellmate

when he went on the strike.

Then when he got weaker and they were

moving him up to the hospital,

he asked if I'd give you a message.

Yeah? What was that?

"Keep up the struggle, love. Don't give in.

"I'm starving myself to death for Ireland."

He asked me to tell you that...

Long before you two met,

he saw you.

You were working at a fair, behind a stall.

He said you didn't notice him and he

was too chicken to go and talk to you.

So he just watched you for a while...

He said you were joking and smiling and that

he fell in love with you there and then...

From that one look.

That's it.

That's all he wanted me to tell you.

He can still make me cry even from the grave.

He always was a romantic eejit.

I'm sorry.

He was a good friend of mine.

If you were really his friend

you should have stopped him.

He won't be forgotten.

I'm gonna do something for him.

For all ten of them.

You can't bring him back though, can you?

You can never do that.

Stand aside, Taigs.

It's the 12th of July and today we march

where we please in our own country.

Not here you don't, kid.

From here on it's a Republican area.

That makes it a bastard free zone.

Did we move to Dublin

when I was kipping, fellas?

No, I didn't think so.

All roads here are British, every last one.

I think you already know that, don't you?

We need to use this.

What's the matter, Kenny?

Police aren't here to hold your hand?

Let's discuss it, negotiate a fair solution?

Nah. There's nothing more

to talk about, is there?

The future's already settled.

Help us! We can't let scum like this

get away with it. Not today.

You've got to be f***ing kidding me!

F***ing traitors!

(SIREN BLARING)

F*** off, bastards!

OSCAR:
Game over, lads.

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