The Limey
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Wilson's first impression of Los Angeles was blue. He was in
the sky at the time, so it was a curious reversal, looking
down rather than up at the color he had always felt was
nature's finest.
Swimming pools. Hundreds of them. Pockmarking the landscape
like miniature lakes. A flat landscape of straight streets
and square blocks and sparse grass that didn't look quite
green enough.
As far as Wilson could remember, he had only ever seen seven
or eight swimming pools in his entire life and they had been
public ones. Here everyone had their own. Marvellous.
There was the one at the Butlin's holiday camp where he had
enjoyed his last legitimate employment -- as driver of a tour
bus. And there was the one at Crystal Palace he had gone to
once or twice when he was younger. He was most familiar,
though, with the Chelsea Baths as he had lived for some time
in a flat nearby in what he now thought of as his good years
-- before he'd gone grey, went to prison, and found himself in
a plane over a foreign town arriving to avenge the death of
his daughter.
WHOOSH! The sound of automatic doors opening and --
EXT. ARRIVALS TERMINAL. L.A. AIRPORT. AFTERNOON.
WILSON steps out into the late sunlight and the heat of the
day. A slow-motion moment while he gets acclimatized. He
wouldn't have ever felt quite this kind of heat before.
After such a rigorously air-conditioned interior. Or seen
cops wearing guns on their belts. Or black cops, for that
matter, with guns on their belts. Or seen people as fat as
Americans on their home turf. Things someone from England
notices immediately, whether consciously at first or not.
CUT.
EXT. MOTEL. EVENING.
Wilson's not here for comfort. Shown to a shitty room, round
the corner of a typical 2nd-level outside walkway. Airport
close by.
INT. MOTEL ROOM. EVENING.
He draws a curtain open across a window in one strong easy
glide. His moves are neat. His expressions just as
economical, not giving much away. Outside the planes are
practically on top of us. The sunset colors strange and
chemical.
He's only got one light bag. Unzips, unpacks a few things.
Change of clothes, a travel kit, and some familiar items
(shaving foam/toothpaste/deodorant} bearing unfamiliar
British brand names.
Goes into the bathroom. Turns on the shower in there.
Comes back to sit on the bed. Takes an envelope out of his
jacket.
ENVELOPE:
Turns it over to see the return address on the back.
CUT.
INT. TAXI. NIGHT.
Wilson in the back. Stares at the impenetrable name on the
driver's posted ID. Glances at the driver.
DRIVER glances back at his quiet passenger in the rearview
mirror.
CUT.
EXT. SMALL HOUSE. NIGHT.
Wilson walks up a cracked little path to the front door.
Lower middle-class street. Two cars in the driveway, one
behind the other. Lights on inside the house -- as he rings
the bell.
ED RAMA:
Answers it. Hispanic. Late 30's. Chairman Mao on his T-
shirt notwithstanding, an easygoing sort of fellow. Not
looking for any trouble -- anymore. But once did, and able
to handle himself if any shows up. Which it has.
WILSON:
Edward Rama?
ED:
Eduardo.
(rolling the R)
Rama.
WILSON:
You're home, then.
He turns, waves away the taxi he's kept waiting. While
Eduardo Rama waits for an introduction.
WILSON:
My name's Wilson.
Accent speaks for itself. Hard, working-class.
ED:
Wilson?
Knows the name. But just now it's unexpected. He's holding
a hot TV dinner, hand protected by a dish towel.
WILSON:
You wrote to me about my daughter.
CUT.
INT. ED'S HOUSE. NIGHT.
ED:
I didn't expect anyone.
WILSON:
No reason.
ED:
I mean, what has it been -- six months?
WILSON:
Round about, yeah.
They've entered a cauldron of family life. TV blaring
(SHOWBIZ TONIGHT!). A couple of younger KIDS yelling "Mama".
Their MOTHER shouting back at them from the kitchen (in
Spanish) that she only has two hands. A sullen TEENAGER
walking by.
ED:
I didn't even know who I was writing to --
just someone with the same last name.
She never talked about any family.
WILSON:
It was better than a telegram.
Ed opens a screen door to the backyard.
EXT. ED'S BACKYARD. NIGHT.
They sit at an outdoor table. Wilson with a TV dinner in
front of him now too. Sounds from inside MUTED. Even this
little house has a little pool.
WILSON:
Who done it, then?
ED:
Huh?
WILSON:
Snuffed her.
Ed surprised at Wilson's directness. Ed stands nervously.
ED:
Now, wait up a second, man.
And paces back and forth.
ED:
I never said nothin' about nothin' like
that. No, no, no. That's not what I
wrote to you.
WILSON:
No, but between the lines, eh?
Mysterious circumstances, and that.
Ed stops pacing.
ED:
Look, I sent you that newspaper clipping,
all right? I told you what I know. It
was an accident. I didn't say anything
about anybody being "snuffed."
Beat.
WILSON:
This bloke she was bunked up with. This
Terry what'sit.
ED:
Terry Valentine.
WILSON:
Valentine. What's he got to say for
himself?
ED:
I dunno. What's he gonna say? They had
a fight that night, she drove away, she
was upset? I don't even know the guy.
Don't get me wrong, Jenny and me were
friends, but we didn't travel in the same
social circles. She had her life, I had
mine.
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