Friday, September 26, 2008

The One About The Heist

1.  INT.  THE ANGEL.  NIGHT.

Much later.  It's nearly closing time.  SIMON is at the bar, drinking, plastered.  Clearly, he hasn't made any progress whatsoever with ROXANNE.  Suddenly TWO MEN burst into the pub, wearing balaclavas and wielding baseball bats. They are shouting.  One of them, FIRST BALACLAVA MAN, whacks SIMON hard.  He crashes to the floor.  Meanwhile, SECOND BALACLAVA MAN is screaming at ROXANNE as he clears the bar-top of glasses with his baseball bat.  ROXANNE screams.  Glasses go flying and there is shattering glass everywhere.  Everything happens quickly and simultaneously.

FIRST BALACLAVA MAN
Everybody get down on the floor!

SECOND BALACLAVA MAN
(To ROXANNE)  Open the fucking till!

The few remaining CUSTOMERS in the pub are too stunned to do anything.

FIRST BALACLAVA MAN
I said everybody get down on the floor!

SECOND BALACLAVA MAN
(To ROXANNE)  Say one word and I'll
kill you!

ROXANNE, petrified, opens the till.  SECOND BALACLAVA MAN quickly grabs the till tray and pours the contents into a bag as CUSTOMERS get down on the floor.

Cut to:

2.  INT.  THE ANGEL.  NIGHT.

The Ladies Toilet of The Angel.  CUSTOMERS caught up in the robbery lie on the floor.  Close in on ROXANNE and SIMON amongst them.

SIMON
(Whispering to ROXANNE) Hi.

ROXANNE
(Whispering) Hi.

SIMON
You okay?
  
ROXANNE
Not really.

SIMON
 Nor me.

ROXANNE
That'll teach you.

To be continued ...

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