The Boxer Page #5

four, five, six, seven,

eight, nine, ten !

- [ Bell Dings ]

- [ Referee ] You're out !

[ Crowd Whistling, Cheering ]

Thanks very much.

Well done.

Great night

for the city of Belfast.

The crowd will be comin' out now,

Catholics and Protestants together.

The band will lead them

off down the street.

I'd like you to get as many

good pictures as you can.

- Yea !

- Danny ! Danny ! Danny !

They'll be coming out together, so

you can clear the barriers away. Okay.

[ Chanting Continues ]

Danny ! Danny ! Danny !

[ Chanting, Whistling,

Cheering Continue ]

[ Explosion Resounding ]

[ Chanting Stops,

Crowd Murmuring ]

[ Crowd Murmuring ]

Keep calm. You can all

see where your exits are.

[ Matt ]

Don't panic. Get up slowly.

Leave the building.

Ju-- Just keep calm.

There's absolutely

no need to panic.

Go out through the main exit.

They've killed the policeman,

Reggie Bell. Let's move.

Jesus ! Come on.

Let's move it. Move it !

[ Matt ] Follow

the exit signs behind you.

[ Joe ] McCormack ! McCormack !

I wanna talk to you now !

Go out through

the main exit.

- Cop killer !

- There's no need to panic.

- Catholic bastards ! Bastards !

- Follow the exit signs.

You're all right, son.

- Kill him ! Kill him !

- They killed a cop !

You're okay.

Take his hand now, son.

Keep calm.

Watch yourself now.

That's right.

- Good, lad.

- Oh, Daddy ! Oh, Daddy, no !

- You'll be okay !

- Daddy !

- Quit pushin' !

- Dad !

Robert ! Robert !

There's a kid

dyin' in there !

Give him some space !

There's a kid dyin' in there !

[ Shouting ]

- [ Shouts ]

- Stop it ! Stop it !

Irish pigs !

[ Man Shouts ]

Gary !

[ Woman Screams ]

[ Man ]

Oh ! Oh !

- Aaah !

- [ Woman Screams ]

- Run, Ned ! Run !

- Come on ! Run, will ya ?

[ Shouting ]

Where the f*** were you ?

What are these for ?

They're the keys

to the gym. Come on.

Where's the petrol ?

[ Helicopter Whirring ]

Should never have taken

that gear from him.

Don't even think

about it, lke.

He's a wife and

three children, Danny.

Anything that

belongs to the cops.

We'll burn it outside.

- I'm not takin' that outside.

- Why not ?

[ Mickey ] 'Cause, Liam,

the Brits are everywhere.

We'll burn it here.

Stop messin', Ned.

- Aaah !

- Mickey !

- Mickey !

- Aaah !

Mickey, roll over !

Oh, geez !

- Get him !

- Mickey, get up !

- Aaah !

- [ Fire Alarm Ringing ]

Gotta get outta here !

Let's get out ! Come on !

- Let's get out !

- Run, Mickey ! Get out !

The gym is on fire !

- The gym's on fire !

- The gym's on fire !

[ Man ]

The gym's on fire !

[ Sirens Wailing ]

[ Shouts ]

- [ Fire Alarm Ringing ]

- [ Coughing ] Oh !

[ Man On Megaphone ]

Get away from the building !

Get the pictures !

[ Man On Megaphone ]

This is for your own safety !

- You'd better leave right now !

- Come on, lke !

Time to get out !

- You can't go in there !

- I work in there !

- Step back !

- I work in there, and l have to get--

It's not safe !

Get away from the building !

Serves youse bloody well right

for takin' the stuff from the police !

I'm in the middle

of negotiations,

and you let off

this f***in' bomb.

- What did you achieve by it ?

You achieved zero.

- Zero ?

Grow up. Stop livin' in the past

and get your head into the future.

You can keep goin'.

You can split this organization in two.

- But you're gonna have

to accept the consequences.

- What consequences ?

You know what

f***in' consequences.

You don't have

all the guns, Joe.

A lot of the active servicemen won't

accept this peace bullshit anymore.

Are you threatenin' me ?

You're goin' soft, Joe.

Ya think so ?

You had men in prison...

who starved themselves

to death for you, Joe.

Ten of them.

Now you have Danny Boy Flynn...

wanderin' around the place makin'

a mockery of everything you stood for,

and you don't even see it.

But a child can see it, Joe.

A wee innocent child

can see the truth.

What are you talkin' about ?

Why don't you ask Liam

why he burnt down the gym ?

I just follow orders.

He's way out

of control, Joe.

- [ Door Opens ]

- [ Man ] Hello, Maggie.

- [ Door Closes ]

- [ Maggie ] Hi.

- lt's your da.

- All right.

Joe.

What's wrong ?

I don't want to lose you.

Sure you never will.

You've got to be

above reproach.

Tell me-- Tell me

you don't love Danny Flynn.

You've got to get rid of him.

What are you

talkin' about ?

- We've done nothin' wrong.

- That's not the point.

- Everybody thinks you did.

- Well, to hell with them.

To hell with 'em.

Maggie, Liam burned down

the gym.

Liam ?

- Where is he ?

- Upstairs.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

What the hell did you

think you were doing ?

I saw ya.

I saw ya with him.

You're gonna run away

with him, aren't ya ?

No.

I'm gonna stay

right here with you.

I don't want to

see him ever again.

Oh, Liam.

- [ Footsteps Approaching ]

- Liam ?

- [ Door Closes ]

- Leave him, Maggie.

He's suffered enough.

He's suffered enough ?

Jesus.

My marriage was over

before Liam was even born.

I'm the prisoner here.

You and your politics

have made sure of that.

All l wanted was for you

to have a good marriage.

- [ Scoffs ] Like you and my mother ?

- Yes.

Do you know how much

it cost her to smile...

every time you walked

through the front door ?

She lived her whole bloody life

worried to death. And for what ?

Will ya look me in the eye

and tell me for what ?

I suppose she

believed in me, Maggie.

She thought the ground

that you walked on was sacred.

So did I.

I'm not going to lose Danny.

Then you'll have

to tell him to go.

Why ?

I can't protect him, Maggie.

You'll have to get rid of him,

or you'll find him in a pool of blood.

God help you.

God help you, Father.

[ Door Closes ]

[ Knocking ]

Maggie, come in.

I have to talk to you, Danny.

- Want a cup of tea ?

- Aye.

[ Flame lgnites ]

Danny, l-- l have something

to say to you.

I've been up all night,

and I--

I've written ya a letter.

[ Paper Rustling ]

''Dear Danny,

''It's taken me 14 years

to learn to live without you,

''and I don't believe that here

in this place you can ever be mine.

''It's not possible because

too many people are gonna get hurt.

''I have to protect

those I love.

''I'm so sorry, Danny.

God bless you.

Yours always, Maggie.''

What do you want ?

I'm askin' you to walk away.

I don't think so.

- You made a promise.

- What was that ?

You said if I asked you

to leave, you'd leave.

- Mmm, aye.

- Well, I'm askin'.

Have you been threatened ?

- Why do you say that ?

- Have you ?

I do have a mind

of my own, Danny.

I know I might very well be losin' it,

but I do have a mind of my own.

Is it your father ?

Is it Joe ?

No, Danny.

It's Harry, isn't it ?

Is it Harry ?

Tell me.

Just f***in' tell me.

Don't, Danny.

You don't understand.

Half my f***in' life I pissed away

and all the good things in it...

because of that sickly bastard

and his dirty little,

cozy little, f***in' secret world

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