Episode One - BLUE AMENDS - 17/10/12
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Then footsteps. Thomas sees two policemen, both wearing shiny capes, walking down the cobbled street carrying long coshes. The sight of them seems to take Thomas by surprise and he stares down as they pass under his window. One of the officers stops and peers up at the window, apparently knowing who lives at that address. The two policemen share a joke and one of them drags his finger across his throat in a warning gesture to Thomas. Thomas reacts. The challenge seems to spark a reaction. His face hardens and he speaks softly to the departing police... THOMAS See you in No-Man’s land boys. EXT. LITTLE ITALY - DAY 4 - 10:00 1/41 Sunday 9th February - The neighborhood of Nechells Green has several streets occupied by Italian immigrants. It has recently stopped raining, and the street is full of kids and looks like all the streets, but the shop signs are in Italian and the language being yelled out by children is Italian too. Sharply dressed Italian men and their families walk down a stretch of houses and shops. Cigarettes are lit and greetings are made. Newspapers blow around (with headlines about strikes and wage cuts). It is a pleasant, colorful scene... Then, a man walking fast, wipes shot. We join him and realize it is Danny Whizz Bang. He is wearing just a suit jacket over a collarless shirt. We come close to his face beneath his hat and hear him mumbling... DANNY Got to go bang, got to go bang... He is not looking where he is going and clatters into a metal table and chairs outside a small ITALIAN CAFE. Chairs lean against two other tables, still stacked following the recent rain. The cafe is closed and has its blinds down. Danny curses the tables and chairs and untangles his feet. He stares like a mad man all around. He then picks up a metal chair and hurls it to the ground. Almost immediately, a waiter appears from inside the cafe. WAITER Hey, what you do? We’re closed. Danny stares at him with wild eyes. He growls and turns over another metal table. The waiter is a small guy but he’s not scared. He pulls a small stiletto from the back of his belt.
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