Red Sky at Morning

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INT. ANONYMOUS ROOM - DAY
The room is dark and has been lit by the ends of
cigarettes and the smokey beams of light coming through
the gaps in the curtains. The camera starts to pan upwards
from the floor with the view behind a chair and a big man
(THE BOSS) sitting on it. Theres two other people sitting
on chairs opposite him and facing forwards. (GARY AND
GEORGE)
THE BOSS
Its George and Gary right? Good.
Now you know what youve done,
and I know what youve done. And
lets be frank, youve fucked up,
aint cha boys? Youve made a
right dogs dinner of it. Now me
being in the position I am, I can
shoot the pair of ya, or send you
on another job. Now if I shoot
you two Muppets, then Ive got
to send a guy over here to clean
you up and I wouldnt get the
smell out for ages. So I dont
want to do that too much... My
second option, is send you on
another job. Give you a second
chance. And if you truly fuck up
this one as well, then yeah...
So, which will it be?
GARY
Well well take the other job
wont we? I dont wanna be dog
food any time soon.
GEORGE
Shut up Gary you tit, we dont
even know the job yet.
THE BOSS
The jobs simple. Just take this
briefcase to this location.
THE BOSS lays a briefcase and a map, with a piece of paper
saying the specifics to the location.
GARY looks down at the map and the briefcase with
confusion.
GARY
Is that it?
GEORGE turns quickly to GARY with wide eyes.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 2.
GEORGE
Shut the fuck up!
(TURNS BACK TO THE BOSS)
The jobs fine, we can do it.
THE BOSS looks at them both for a second, and then smiles
to himself.
THE BOSS
Good ol boys! I wouldnt want to
shoot you anyway, would much
rather someone else did! AYE?
THE BOSS looks at them with a huge disheartening smile on
his face.
THE BOSS then breaks into laughter and turns out for a
second. GARY and GEORGE look at each other with concern.
GARY
Hey there, dont you think we
should have a gun or something?
In case theyre packing heat as
well.
THE BOSS
Packing heat? Haha! Fuck off
packing heat you puff. They
wont be packing heat, dont
worry. They wont be carrying as
much as a pencil sharpener.
GARY
Okay, but, for safety purposes...
THE BOSS looks at them both and then slowly nods his head.
THE BOSS
Yeah, alright then. That makes
sense...
THE BOSS walks off into another room.
THE BOSS
Give me a second.
The door shuts and theres a two second silence between
GEORGE and GARY.
GEORGE
What the fuck are you asking for
a gun for?
GARY
Protection.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 3.
GEORGE
Oh protection! Do you want a hard
hat and some johnnys as well?
GARY
Youve seen what these deals are
like! We need to prepare.
GEORGE
Oh shut up. Just dont say
anything stupid again.
Silence between them for five seconds.
GEORGE
Pfft, packing heat. Where are you
from, Grand Theft Auto?
GARY
Shut your mouth.
THE BOSS walks back into the room holding a gun. (Later
found out to be a replica)
THE BOSS
Now here you go. Its all ready
to go so no need to check it.
Both GEORGE and GARY stand up.
GEORGE
Right, well looks like were off
then.
THE BOSS
Well it was nice meeting you two.
Ill be seeing you soon. Well,
hopefully not too soon...
GARY
Whys that?
THE BOSS chooses not to answer and is silent.
THE BOSS
Right, good luck and all.
GARY
See ya later.
GEORGE
Bye now. And, thank you for
giving us another opportunity.
THE BOSS
Dont mention it.
GEORGE and GARY walk out of the room.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 4.
THE BOSS walks over to a phone and dials some numbers. He
puts the phone to his ear. You can hear it dial.
THE BOSS (ON PHONE)
Hello, is that Mick? Alright
there mate its me... Yeah, not
too bad, not bad at all. Listen,
Ive sent those two fuck ups your
way, you still alright for
disposing of them?.. Beautiful.
Thank you for that, I just didnt
want to be cleaning up chucks of
brain off of my TV again, you
know what its like?
(CHUCKLES TO MICK ON THE
PHONE)
Lovely. Ill get the money to you
by tomorrow, that sound alright?
Good ol boy. Ill see you
tomorrow. Have fun. Bub-bye now.
THE BOSS puts down the phone, sits in his chair and
crosses his legs. He then smiles, nods his head slowly and
lights a cigarette.
5.
EXT. COUNTRY LANE - DAY
CAMERA PAN ACROSS THE FLOOR PARALLEL TO GEORGE AND GARY
WALKING TO THEIR CAR
GEORGE and GARY walking towards their car and are talking
throughout.
GARY
Well the jobs not too bad then.
GEORGE
The jobs fine, its just that we
suck!
GARY
Didnt do too well last time
admittedly, but this times
different. Now we know what not
to do.
GEORGE
Great, good, fantastic.
(GEORGE takes a deep breath,
still walking.)
Right, have we got everything
then?
GARY
Briefcase, map, notes telling us
times and where it is, gun, keys
for the car yeah weve got
everything.
GEORGE and GARY get to the car. GEORGE walks over to the
driving side of the car and GARY walks over to the
passenger side. They look at each other over the top of
the car.
GEORGE
Great. Give me the gun and the
keys and well be on our way.
GARY
Why are you getting the gun?
GEORGE
Just because.
GARY
Youre not getting it, Im more
responsible.
GEORGE
(LAUGHING)
Fuck off are you!
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 6.
GARY
Id look better holding the gun.
GEORGE
Youd look better? You look like
a meth addict whos tried to
clean up for his Councillor.
GARY
A meth addict who still looks
better than you!
GEORGE
Alright, lets see what youd
look like holding it? Dont shoot
the thing though..
LONG SHOT TO THE SIDE OF THE CAR
GARY walks next to the car, looks into the distance and
holds the gun at arms length and turns it sideways.
GEORGE
You havent turned it sideways
have you?
GARY
Yeah, why?
GEORGE
(LAUGHING)
Get in the car you puff, youre
an embarrassment.
Both of them open the car doors and get in.
GARY
Youre just jealous
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SCOTTISH
ACCENT
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cause Im sexaayy!
GEORGE
Shut up.
Doors both close.
SYMMETRICAL SHOT IN FRONT OF CAR WITH GEORGE REVERSING OUT
OF THE LOCATION.
7.
EXT. COUNTRY SIDE - DAY
VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE CAR DRIVING ALONG THE COUNTRY ROADS.
CAMERA AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PANNING TO KEEP UP WITH
THE CAR, SOMETIMES SHOTS OF THE CAR PASSING. WILL DECIDE
ON THE DAY OF FILMING.
As the car drives by the specific shots, you get a
voice-over of them talking in the car. You dont hear full
conversations, just snippets of them.
FIRST CAR PASSING:
GARY
Whos made better music
throughout history, United
Kingdom or United States.
GEORGE
United States.
GARY
Fuck off did they!
GEORGE
Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix// Elvis,
Frank Sinatra, Otis Redding,
Bruce Springsteen
GARY
//The Beatles, Rolling Stones,
Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd,
Radiohead.
GEORGE
Radiohead?// Fuck off with your
Radiohead!
GARY
Radiohead are incredible!
Audio fades out.
SECOND CAR PASSING:
GARY
Emma Stone, Jesus, or me...
GEORGE
Id marry Jesus... Shag Emma
Stone and kill you.
GARY
Why wouldnt you kill Jesus?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 8.
GEORGE
Cause then I would either have
to shag you or marry you.
GARY
Im a catch, youre lucky to have
me.
GEORGE
Also Jesus would mean free wine
so Id definitely go with that.
GARY
Ooh... Cant argue with that.
Audio fades out.
THIRD CAR PASSING:
GARY
No no no no, its definitely a
turning at the top of this road!
GEORGE
Weve already fucking been here!
Youve gotten us fucking lost you
twat!
GARY
Not lost, just finding new
places.
GEORGE
Stop being a little shit you
little shit!
GARY
Im sorry...
GEORGE
Shut up! Now give me the map you
redundant fuck munch.
GARY
A redundant fuck // munch?
GEORGE
//SHUT UP!!
Audio fades out.
9.
INT. CAR - DAY
SIDE VIEW/LONG SHOT OF CAR
The car drives up to the opening to the farm but doesnt
drive in. They wait inside the car.
GEORGE
Right, here we are, but weve got
a few minutes to wait before
were expected. So well just
stay put for a lil while.
GARY
Cool...
Silence for five seconds. GARY looks over to the
briefcase.
GARY
What do you thinks in here?
GEORGE
Drugs. Money. Guns. Severed
heads. Used
panties. Coat-hangers. Basically
none of our business, we just
have to deliver it.
GARY
Hmm.. I guess. Its usually money
or drugs in the movies.
GEORGE
Mmm-hmm... Drugs are weird
anyway. The fact of addiction has
always been an odd one to me.
GARY
Well you can become addicted to
anything cant you?
GEORGE
What? No, thats stupid.
GARY
Well yeah, if theres a reward
that people want, theyll do
anything to get it and keep on
doing it. Thus creating an
addiction.
GEORGE sits up, opens his eyes a bit more and thinks about
what GARY has just said.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 10.
GEORGE
So youre saying, if I was to
punch you in the face and then
give you twenty quid, youd get
addicted to being punched in the
face?
GARY
No no no, thats more of a job.
With a job, you get money at the
end of it, which is a
material possession. Whereas if
you get a pay off that is
psychological, or, something like
that, then that can become an
addiction.
GEORGE
Right... So I could get addicted
to puppies, or lemons,
or cheese-graters if I got an
emotional kick out of it?
GARY
Yeah. If it has a psychological
pay-off, you could get addicted
to it.
GEORGE
Mmm... Do you think you could get
addicted to a job?
GARY
Yeah, sure. You get workaholics
and such dont you?
GEORGE
Do you think youll get addicted
to this job?
GARY
Could do... But remember,
addiction can still kill.
GEORGE
Well I dont think it will be the
addiction that would kill us in
this job.
Silence for about five seconds.
GARY
Yeah it would be. With this job,
youd get addicted to going out
and meeting other dealer and
gangsters and such, and youll
push it and push it until you get
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 11.
GARY (contd)
killed off by them. So it really
is the addiction that would kill
you.
GEORGE
Mmm, I guess youre right. Well
hopefully we wont get to that
stage.
GARY
Yeah, Id prefer to get home for
tea each night.
GEORGE
I think doing drug deals/handing
over briefcases to random
strangers on a weird fucking farm
in the country is enough for me
at the moment.
GARY
Good good. Thats all we can
handle.
GEORGE
Pfft, if that!
SYMMETRICAL SHOT IN FRONT OF CAR LOOKING INWARDS AT GEORGE
AND GARY
GEORGE and GARY both sit there in silence facing forwards
for ten to twenty seconds.
GEORGE
Right. Im bored. Lets just go
deliver this thing.
GARY
Okay.
GEORGE and GARY both get out of the car and look at each
other over the roof.
GEORGE
Right, we got everything?
GARY
Yeah, briefcase. All good. Ive
got to pee though. But you go on
and Ill meet you round the front
GARY runs off towards some bushes.
GEORGE
(SHOUTING)
Have you got the gun?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 12.
GARY
(SHOUTING)
Yeeessss!
GEORGE
Little shit...
HAND-HELD WALKING BACKWARDS, FACE AND MID SHOT
GEORGE walks along the farm around the outside and then
eventually cant find anyone so he stands and waits for a
little while. After a few seconds, MICK comes out from a
barn looking place.
MICK
You alright there?
GEORGE turns around surprised.
GEORGE
Yeah, you the guy for the
briefcase?
MICK
Yeah, Mick. I cant remember your
name though.
GEORGE
George.
MICK
Solid. Well theres no point
dicken bout is there?
GEORGE
Nah, course not.
GEORGE walks over to MICK to hand him the briefcase.
GEORGE
Here you go.
MICK
Nah nah nah NAH! Never do a deal
by just walking over to them and
handing it to them! Put it over
in the corner there.
MICK points over to the corner of his barn.
GEORGE
Oh yeah yeah yeah, course.
GEORGE slowly walks over to the corner. When hes walking
over, MICK slowly pulls out a gun and points it at the
back of GEORGEs head. As MICK does this, GARY comes round
the corner in shock at what is happening.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 13.
GARY
(SHOUTING)
HEY!
MICK and GEORGE turn their heads. GARY then tries to shoot
MICK in the head, but the gun doesnt go off. There is an
awkward silence.
MICK
Did you just try and shoot me?
GARY
Yeah but my gun didnt go off...
MICK
Fucking Christ!
(LAUGHING AND TURNS TO
GEORGE)
Thats hilarious youve got to
admit!
GARY then hits MICK with the butt of his gun and knocks
MICK out.
CUT TO BLACK
14.
INT. BARN - DAY
MICK has been knocked out and tied up in the corner of the
barn for interrogation. GEORGE and GARY are standing up
over him.
BLURRED BUT FADING INTO CLARITY.
GARY
Oh shit oh shit, hes waking up!
GEORGE
Okay, thats fine. Just let me
talk.
GARY
Okay.
GEORGE
Hey Mick, you alright?
MICK
No, fuck off. You just clobbed me
over the head you pricks!
GARY
You just tried to fucking shoot
George!
GEORGE
Yeah, that was my second point.
Thanks for getting to that. Whyd
you do that?
MICK
Because youre not actually here
to deliver a briefcase, youre
here for me to kill you.
There is a silence between them all for ten seconds.
GEORGE
Come again?
MICK
Yeah, The Boss said that you
fucked up so bad last time that
theres no point in keeping you.
So he sent you this way for me to
kill you.
GARY
Oh shit. Thats a bit far dont
you think?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 15.
GEORGE
Yeah, he should have just said
"Youre not up to scratch" and we
would have left.
MICK
Doesnt work like that. Had to
kill you. He also made you
believe you were on a job so you
would come here. Hence the
briefcase, hence the fake gun.
GARY
AHH! The guns fake! its a fake
gun! Thats why it didnt go off!
The little shit.
GEORGE
Right, thats fine. Whatever. We
need to figure out what to do
now!
MICK
If you run, The Boss will most
likely find you.
GARY
Shit.
GEORGE
Okay, but he wont try and find
us if he thinks were dead right?
Right. So if you ring him and
tell him you did the job and
were gonners, then he wont
think anything more of it!
GARY
That could actually work!
GEORGE pulls out his phone and dials THE BOSS. He then
puts it on load-speaker and puts it to MICKs face.
GEORGE
Right, so just tell him that you
killed us and well never be a
problem again.
THE BOSS (ON PHONE) picks up.
THE BOSS (ON PHONE)
Hello?
MICK
Hello, its Mick. Those
two ponces have caught me and
tied me up. Can you come round
and kill them for me?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 16.
THE BOSS (ON PHONE)
Yeah alright. Ill be round in
half hour or so.
MICK
Lovely, see you then.
THE BOSS (ON PHONE)
Bub-bye...
Phone hangs up. MICK looks at GEORGE and GARY like theyre
idiots.
GARY
Well I didnt think that would
happen.
GEORGE
Yeah, me neither... Shit. SHIT!
MICK
So now you need a new plan and
you only have half an hour.
GEORGE
Shut up Mick.
GARY
Shut up Mick.
GEORGE
Okay okay okay, Ive got a plan.
GARY
Well dont let this guy hear it.
GEORGE
Okay, Ill whisper it to you.
GEORGE whispers the plan to GARY
GARY
Well if youre sure itll work.
GEORGE
No, not at all. But its worth a
shot...
TIME LAPSE TO SHOW HALF AN HOUR PASSING
17.
EXT. FARM - DAY
THE BOSS is walking along from the country lane into the
farm and comes round the corner/front of the farm. THE
BOSS the walks into the barn where everyone is.
18.
INT. BARN - DAY
THE BOSS
Hello?
GEORGE hits THE BOSS over the head with the butt of the
gun and knocks him out.
GEORGE
Well shit. That was easy.
GARY
Yeah, I thought it would be a bit
more complicated than that.
GEORGE
Me too. Anyway, throw him in the
corner with Mick.
GEORGE and GARY put THE BOSS in the corner with MICK.
GARY
Okay, now we just need to figure
out what to do with the two of
them.
GEORGE
Yeah I didnt think that too far
ahead.
MICK
Well it looks like you have three
options//
GARY
//Shut up Mick. Now George, it
looks like we have three options.
We kill the two of them? We untie
them and let them kill us? Or we
run.
GEORGE
Well as much as I hate Mick and
The Boss, theyre still people.
And if we kill them, then were
murderers. No two ways about
that. So lets hear what theyve
got to say for themselves.
GARY
Not The Boss though, hes kind of
knocked out. And I dont want to
see him when hes not at the
moment.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 19.
GEORGE
Okay, fair enough. So Mick, tell
me about yourself. But use your
words wisely because this will
decide if we kill you or not. So
dont say you like Nickelback, or
youre gonna vote UKIP because
Ill just shoot you on the spot.
Alright?
MICK
Well, Im Mick. Im a hit-man but
also a part-time farmer.
GARY
What do you farm?
MICK
Crop and animals.
GARY
Is that Red Sky at Night shit
true?
MICK
What?
GEORGE
Yeah, what?
GARY
Red Sky at Night, Shepards
Delight. Red Sky at Morning,
Shepards Warning. Is it true?
MICK
Yeah.
GARY
Cool...
MICK looks at GARY like hes a twat.
MICK
Anyway, I dont have a wife or
anyway like that so its just me.
GEORGE
Thats kinda sad. Im sorry man.
MICK
Its cool. But yeah, not gonna
dick about with this, I like
killing people for money.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 20.
GEORGE
Ahh, yeah. Forgot about that. I
was liking you up until you said
that.
MICK
Well its who I am.
GARY
Well then youre an arsehole.
GEORGE
Right, Im pretty close to making
a decision. You have one more
thing to persuade me.
GARY
You could say, were your Red Sky
at Morning.
MICK
Whys that?
GARY
Because were your warning. Your
last threat. So use us wisely.
MICK
Well Ive said what Ive got to
say. I know it isnt much but
thats who I am. Im a man of few
words and simple need.
GEORGE
You see, that sounded quite
poetic and thoughtful, which
makes me like him. Then I
remember that he kills people for
money... Okay, Ive made my
decision.
21.
INT. CAR - DAY
GEORGE and GARY are in the car and have just closed the
doors.
GARY
That was a good choice man, Im
proud of you.
GEORGE
Thanks. Should we listen to the
radio?
GARY
Yeah, sure.
GEORGE and GARY drive off. There is a rope attached to the
back of the car and leading into the barn. The rope it
attached round MICKs neck.
CAMERA FOLLOWS ROPE TO THE BARN DOOR.
CUT TO INSIDE OF BARN SHOT WITH THE ROPE LEADING TO MICKS
NECK.
CUT TO BLACK
CREDITS.
THE END.