Script

UNCLE BERT MOVIE SCRIPT

1. BLACK SCREEN
An ambient sound of city a church bell is heard ringing.
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EXT. EVENING - BRISTOL CITY LANDSCAPE
A time-lapse shot of Bristol's city centre dusk to evening.
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Night’s sky.
2. PAN DOWN TO:
Street at night time, a young shifty man can see walking across a bridge in the centre of Bristol. This is TOM NASH; he is dressed in a long trench coat, a jumper, with plain black trousers and shoes. He walks past a piece of graffiti that depicts a naked man hanging from a window as he is hiding from a woman’s husband that he has been sleeping with.
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A long shot of the bridge a silhouette in the foreground watching TOM in the background he is out of focus. This man is MIKE ALEKSY he is wearing a leather jacket, with a white shirt and tweed trousers and Dr Matins. He walks towards the bridge as he does this he goes into focus.
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TOM walking down a public stairway, he walks under the bridge he begins to look nervous. MIKE can be seen walking behind him, he looks angry. MIKE then grasps the unrespecting TOM and pulls him about and puts him in a headlock TOM shouts.

TOM
OI WHAT DOIN'?! (Pause) IT'S ME!

MIKE
(Let’s go and steps back with hands in the air looking sheepish.)

TOM
You dick!
(Walks towards MIKE and shoves in the chest.)

They pause and breathe heavily starring at each other.

MIKE
Where have you been?

TOM
Around was' it to you?

MIKE
Wat d'yo think you’re doing? We had an agreement! What are you a grass? (Shouts and walks towards him pointing down to him.) You can't just walk away from this!

TOM
(Flaps his hands, points back at him.) Are you gonna stop me?

MIKE
If I have to (pause) yes. (Pause) You're always the one to back out, you aven't got the bottle.

TOM
I don't want to do this anymore! This isn't a life goin' around beating people up this isn't how we should live.

MIKE
But its how we’ve got to live...

TOM
I've had enough (starts to walk away)

MIKE
I can let you do that Uncle Bartosz wants to see you

TOM
(Still walking away with his back to MIKE) I don't care

MIKE
I don't want to have to use this.

TOM turns around and discovers that MIKE has a knife. MIKE grabs him be the collar and puts him against the wall. TOM try’s to negotiate.

TOM
You don't need to you use that!

MIKE
(Mimics TOM) I don't care.

TOM
(Holds out hand) Just give me the knife.

TOM looks as if he's trying to calm MIKE down but makes a grab for the knife they scuffle and fight. TOM twists MIKE'S hand TOM ends up stabbing MIKE in the stomach. MIKE falls against the wall and slides down it. His hand surrounds the knife and he is shaking. TOM stumbles backwards and wipes his face. TOM looks at MIKE he is dead. TOM starts to walk away again; he looks back at MIKE'S bloody body and walks off again.

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Black, main title appears