The Scouting Book for Boys Page #5

Synopsis: Best friends David and Emily enjoy their carefree life in a coastal caravan park. When they learn that Emily is being forced to move away, David he agrees to help her hide out in a remote cave on the beach. Emily's absence soon becomes complicated, as David watches the effect on her family and police suspect one of their neighbors of involvement. When Emily tells David the real reason she wants to hide, his world is shattered. With his complex feelings for Emily growing stronger due to their shared hidden existence, David takes action.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Tom Harper
Production: Celador Films
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
Year:
2009
93 min
86 Views


I'm a woman.

I'm having a baby.

need a man to take care of me.

- I'm a man.

- Don't be daft!

OK.

OK what?

- I'll bring him here,

tell him everything.

You and me tonight,

and in the morning,

we'll sort it out,

just the three of us.

It'll be good, David, promise.

He can stay in here with me.

You can make sure outside's OK.

It'll work perfect.

Sh*t!

Sh*t, are you all right?

David! Aaargh! Aaargh!

Help, help, help.

Is someone there? Help.

My leg's bust and it's bleeding.

Oh!

David, is that you?

Can tell your breathing.

know you're there.

Knew you couldn't leave me here.

Is this Steve? Is this jealous? Cos...

You can have sex with me.

You can have sex with me.

- I'll probably like it.

- don't want to have sex...

OK, my mistake.

So what do you want?

The thing is...

Sometimes, when close my eyes,

see my mum.

Other times when close them,

see you.

And you're the one like best.

Hope for you and don't know why.

Because you love me.

We'll still be friends, best friends.

Friends aren't for keeps, though.

Love you.

You know that, don't you?

No.

No, don't.

David, are you leaving?

David! David, please don't.

Please help. Please!

Please don't leave me.

Please help!

Please! I'm begging you!

Want my mum!

David, please!

Help, please!

Officer, come and look at this.

- Bacon?

- What?

Do you want some bacon?

I'll put some on.

OK.

Oh, hello, David.

- Jim!

- What? I'm only having one.

Hey, did you hear that she got arrested?

She's on the slide, this one.

First jail, then me.

You going up the search today?

David?

Don't know.

Think I'll be back at the shop.

They said could have

all the time wanted,

join the search, but...

said would just look

for the wrong things.

They said could go back to work,

but only when wanted.

You should come by. I'll give you

an ice cream or a scratch card.

I'm sure they'll let me.

They let me do anything like now.

They'll find her.

Don't need me for that.

OK.

Why am asking your permission?

don't know.

Yeah.

Yeah, do know, don't?

Cos you and her can finish

each other's sentences, you two.

Yeah, get quite jealous sometimes,

watching.

Ketchup?

Have ketchup? Only three kinds.

We've got shop, we've got Heinz, we've

even got a posh one with bits in it.

F***ing ketchup connoisseur me, love.

Emily?

Emily!

Emily, you can't have.

Emily?

Emily!

Emily!

Ems!

Emily?

Emily!

No, Ems!

Ems? Ems?

Ems, please, no!

Decided wrong.

Ems, you can't.

Please, Emily.

can get help. promise.

Emily, please. Please!

I'm sorry.

Please come back.

Please come back.

Please.

"Hold My Hand As I'm Lowered"

# Well, fell in love

# With the world in you

# Well, fell in love

# With the world in you

# Oh, death do not feel like the victor

# Cos my poor life makes you

# none the richer

# Oh, your cold hands

# are clutching at cloth

# leave nothing on earth

# that won't rot

# Well, fell in love

# with the world in you

# Well, fell in love

# with the world in you

# Well, fell in love

# with the world in you

# And now feel whole

# Well, fell in love

# with the world in you

# And now feel holier

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Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne (born 6 December 1978) is an English screenwriter and playwright. Born in Bristol, England, he has written for radio, theatre and film. Thorne began his TV career writing on Shameless and Skins, before writing Cast Offs in 2009. He has since created the shows Glue, The Last Panthers, and Kiri. He has won five BAFTA awards: Best Mini-Series for This is England ’88, Best Drama Series for The Fades, Best Single for Don’t Take My Baby, Best Serial for This is England ’90 and Best Original Series for National Treasure (starring Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters and Andrea Riseborough).Thorne’s feature film credits include The Scouting Book for Boys, War Book, A Long Way Down, and Wonder (starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson). Thorne is also a prolific playwright having written the critically acclaimed The Solid Life of Sugar Water, Hope, and adaptations of Let The Right One In, Woyzeck (starring John Boyega) and A Christmas Carol (starring Rhys Ifans). He also wrote the stage play for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child based on an original story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany, which won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2017 and the 2018 Tony Award for Best Play. more…

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