Tamara Drewe Page #15

I mean loves the chapters I did in

the fall.

BETH:

Oh Glen.

GLEN *

I tried writing at the library but *

I could feel that awful paralysis *

descending again. *

122A EXT. DAY. THE ROAD TO EWEDOWN / INSIDE BETH’S CAR. 122A *

GLEN (V.O.) *

I missed everything that I’ve been, *

you know, finding here. *

(Seeing the view) *

Oh my god - it’s so beautiful! *

They are now in the village driving down the main drag. *

BETH *

I’m glad you’ve come back.

GLEN:

A few solid weeks should - holy cow!

An egg hits the windscreen (shot the same way as the earlier

scene). Casey and Jody hide. Beth gets out of the car to

clean the window.

GLEN:

Idiots! Morons! Hey, writers! Let’s

egg the self-regarding sacks of sh*t.

123 INT. DAY. STONEFIELD - THE KITCHEN. 123

Glen is helping Beth prepare the evening meal. They are both

animated, enjoying one another’s company.

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GLEN:

There’s this theory he gave his

wife syphilis, right? No evidencebut the symptoms fit. The poorwoman gets kind of eccentric andmoves her bed up to their attic BETH

The bastard GLEN

Meanwhile, Hardy falls in love witha woman who is thirty nine yearsyounger than him.

BETH:

I don’t believe it.

Nicholas is passing through, reading The Independent.

NICHOLAS:

Geoff.

GLEN:

Glen.

NICHOLAS:

Henry James.

GLEN:

Thomas Hardy.

NICHOLAS:

That’s right, a Hardy book. Coming

well?

GLEN:

Yes, actually.

Nicholas returns to the paper.

BETH:

He gave his wife syphilis.

NICHOLAS:

Jolly good.

He goes. Beth is ashamed of his condescension.

BETH:

He’s completely distracted. He’s up

and down to London all the time.

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The latest Inchcombe’s takingeverything he’s got.

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124 INT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM - TAMARA’S BEDROOM. 124 *

Nicholas is reading, hunched over a computer. He glancesround. Tamara, wearing a robe, is awaiting his opinion.

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TAMARA:

Is it any good? Because I keep *

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NICHOLAS:

Shush.

(Points at the screen)

This is brutally candid. You layyourself completely bare.

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TAMARA:

I’m well-known for it.

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NICHOLAS:

Seriously. It’s very moving.

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Tamara knows this is praise indeed. She is deeply gratified. *

TAMARA:

Thank you.

NICHOLAS:

So... have I done my duty?

TAMARA:

Admirably.

NICHOLAS:

Now do I get my treat?

Tamara, almost in his arms, is crestfallen.

TAMARA:

You are so cheesy.

Tamara is staring at him with something akin to distaste.

125 EXT. DAY. EWEDOWN. BUS SHELTER. 125

Jody and Casey share a magazine and a spliff in the bus stop.

JODY:

Zero Ben sightings in two wholemonths.

CASEY:

Last time I saw Plastic she looked

like a minger; all red-eyed andgutted. Ben’s a Love Rat.

(MORE)

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CASEY (cont'd)

She should move on...

JODY:

She’s probably topped herself. I

would if Ben dumped me.

CASEY:

Jode. Don’t say that. What if she’s

done something?

JODY:

Like got in the bath with her heatedtongs?

CASEY:

Like taken a stack of pills?

We see Jody’s thought bubble of Tamara luridly dead, her

mouth coated with dried froth and vomit.

JODY:

D’you think she might be lying there

all choked in vomit and drug froth?

CASEY:

That’d be dire.

JODY:

If we find her we’ll get in the

papers.

CASEY:

Oh my God.

JODY:

Rock Chick Dead at Winnards Farm.

125A EXT. DAY. WINNARDS. DAY 125A *

Andy is outside the farm beside his landrover. He walks up tothe front door. Hesitates.

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Behind the railings, the girls arrive. *

CASEY:

What’s Uncle Andy doing here?

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Andy knocks. *

126 INT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM. TAMARA’S BEDROOM. 126 *

Hearing the knock, Tamara springs out of bed. Nicholas spinsinto a panic.

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NICHOLAS:

Arse biscuits.

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126A EXT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM.

Casey and Jody are watching as Andy waits.

CASEY:

No answer...

JODY:

She could have been lying there

days. She could be like putrid now,

like rancid

CASEY:

Oh no, I’m gonna chuck

JODY:

Like bloated and all greeny.

CASEY:

And Uncle Andy’ll find her by the

smell!

BOTH:

Eurrrrr! Shhhhh!!

(MORE)

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BOTH (cont'd)

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127 I/E. DAY. WINNARDS FARM - THE HALL. 127

Tamara opens the door in some deshabille. To her surprise,

she sees Andy on the threshold, looking spruced up andhandsome. The contrast with Nicholas couldn’t be more

apparent. She finds herself genuinely pleased to see him.

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Andy...

TAMARA:

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Behind the railings, the girls can’t help their look of

disappointment at seeing her alive.

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Bollocks.

JODY *

ANDY:

Haven’t seen you for a while. Thought

you might be ill or something. Ordepressed or *

TAMARA:

I’ve had my head down, writing.

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ANDY:

Come for a drink. Let’s lighten up. *

TAMARA *

I’d love to, but... *

ANDY *

Shake off the winter blues. Come *

celebrate the spring. *

TAMARA:

I can’t... I’m kind of on one with *

my writing.

Over her shoulder, Andy sees Nicholas’ red scarf and coat

hanging on the coat hook. He hides his shock. Tamara isunaware that he has seen.

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TAMARA (CONT'D)

Can we do it soon though? I’dreally like to; just not right now.

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He nods at her in disbelief. *

ANDY *

(Coolly)

Sure.

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He turns on his heels and goes. Tamara closes the door. *

Outside, Andy is leaning over his land-rover, sickened. *

JODY *

D’you think he’s in with a chance? *

CASEY *

No way. *

JODY *

Why not? He’s fit. I’d do him. *

CASEY *

Jody - he’s my uncle. *

JODY *

She’d be mad not to have him - I

bet he goes a like a train.

128 INT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM - THE HALL. 128

Nicholas is creeping down the stairs. Tamara is troubled. *

NICHOLAS *

What’s he doing here? *

TAMARA *

He just came on the off-chance. *

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NICHOLAS:

Off-chance of what?

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TAMARA:

He wants to know about roofing forthe shed...

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129 EXT. DAY. WINNARD’S FARM. 129 *

Andy’s Land Rover roars away.

JODY:

Let’s go. I’m freezing my tits off.

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CASEY:

Wait!!

Casey is looking back at Tamara’s door. Tamara is peering

out. Nicholas joins her, putting his coat on. He kisses her

passionately. He wants to stay. She’s insisting he leaves.

JODY:

Oh. My. God.

CASEY:

It’s him. From Stonefield.

JODY:

The dirty cheating sod.

130 INT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM - THE KITCHEN. 130

Tamara wanders in looking like she’s trying to shake Nicholas

out of her hair. She sits, full of apprehension.

We see her fears: Beth, in her apron, pulling Tamara’s hair

back and coming at her face with an electric hand-held whisk.

BETH:

You f***ing little slut.

She puts her head in her hands.

131 INT. EVENING. JODY’S BEDROOM. 131

Jody and Casey have Googled Nicholas. They are outraged.

CASEY:

‘Prolific author of intelligent

crime novels.’

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