Abroad

Written By

Misha Conrad

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EXT. AIRPORT RUNWAY - EVENING

TRACKING SHOT of a Virgin Atlantic plane landing at Heathrow Terminal 5.

MID SHOT of the of the flag men waving in the plane.

INT. HEATHROW TERMINAL 5 - CONTINUOUS

Announcements going off in the background.

A normal busy day at the arrivals terminal. People walking around collecting suitcases, loud phone conversations telling others they've landed.

CLOSE UP

Miami belt 5 screen.

Zooms out and we see people dressed in summer clothes looking very tanned and sub burnt collecting their suitcases as they go around the belt.

Two policeman with a sniffer dog walk around.

POINT OF VIEW SHOT

As we see a character grab hold of a suitcase and put it down near his feet, as he sets it down we see another pair of legs standing quite close.

LONG SHOT of the two policeman and sniffer dog walking towards belt 5.

CLOSE UP on the sniffer dog sniffing by the feet and suitcases that stand by belt 5.

Mid shot on a couple of passengers looking at the policemen and the dog with worried expressions. They grab their suitcases and walk off in a hurried manner.

PANNING SHOT to another set of policemen and sniffer dog, this sniffer dog eagerly rushes towards something.

Panning shot to the other dog who starts barking.

Point of view shot of someone hurriedly picking up a suitcase.

BLACK OUTOver a black screen we hear footsteps of people running, people yelling and dogs barking.

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TITLE SEQUENCE

INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - EVENING

Rob with floppy blonde hair, dressed in a big Tshirt and a cap sits slouched on a chair as the chief police officer Stevie stands opposite him separated by a table. He slams his hand on the table as he leans toward Rob.

Rob doesn't look up, and continuous to be slouched on the chair with his head hanging low.

STEVIEYou're going to have to say something. You can't just sit there..

Rob glances up staring right at Stevie just for a second and then looks back down.

CUT TO:

INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Mary, a 30 year old lady with straight brown hair just below her shoulders, dressed in a smart skirt and white shirt loosely tucked in. She's in the interrogation room with the Stevie the police chief officer.

STEVIESo.. maybe unlike that other guy you'd actually like to say something. MARYI'm not talking without my lawyer present.

STEVIERight you can have one phone call and after you tell me everything, alright?

MARY I don't have to tell you nothing.

CUT BACK TO:

INT. CORRIDOR OF THE HEATHROW POLICE DEPARTMENT - MOMENTS

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LATER

Slouched on a row of seats, we see Rob looking down at his feet with his cap pulled over his face.

Mary marches out the door of the interrogation room abruptly, behind her follows Stevie.

Rob glances up at Mary unsure of whether he should say something or not. There's a lot he wants to ask Mary. Mary has always been in charge, always lead him and told him what to do and now he is afraid wanting to confess wanting to tell the police officer everything but unsure of whether he should and not wanting to disappoint Mary.

STEVIEDon't say a word, keep walking.

MARYDon't you fucking rush me along.

STEVIEIf I want to fucking rush you, I will.

MARYYou don't intimidate me with your assertive manner and that badge hanging off your hip.

STEVIEI'm not here to play games, I just want facts.

There's a moment of awkward silence as Mary doesn't respond and Rob continues to sit there awkwardly.

INT. PLANE - NIGHT

An air stewardess walks down the plane aisle.

AIR STEWARDESSExcuse me miss, Can you open the blind and put your seat up? We're abou...

Mary wakes up, confused, unsure of what's happening. she's still seated on the plane on the way back to London from

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Miami.

She'll looks at the air stewardess puzzled, and then looks beside her. Seated next to her is Rob looking right back at he. She sighs with relief as it was all a dream.

The air stewardess walks on, and a cabin announcement commences.

ROBMary, you alright? You've gone all pale?

Mary looks away from Rob and out the plane window.

MARYYeah I'm fine.. Just a weird dream..

EXT. AIRPORT RUNWAY - CONTINUOUS

SHOT of a Virgin Atlantic plane landing at Heathrow Terminal 5.

INT. HEATHROW TERMINAL 5 - CONTINUOUS

Rob and Mary walk through the doors into the airport, alongside the other passengers returning back to miserable London after a sunny holiday in Miami.

Announcements going off in the background.

People walking around, arriving from different parts of the world, conversations on the phone telling their families or friends they've landed. Set up similar to Mary's dream.

CLOSE UP

Miami belt 5 screen.

Mary and Rob walk towards the belt. Rob isn't fazed by anything but Mary keeps looking around, unsure and feeling confused with a wave of deja vu of her dream.

They stand by the belt watching the suitcases go around, waiting for theirs.

ROB You know what I was just thinking

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of, remember that day at the park. ROB (CONT'D)

What was it 1997? The first day we met? (chuckling)

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. PARK - DAY

An older feel to the shots with a slightly grainy overlay and bright exposure.

Text of the year '1989' flashes across the screen. The day when 7 year old Rob and 9 year old Mary meet each other.

In the distance we see a group of girls around the age of 9, playing on the swings.

Across from them sit 2 boys a couple years younger than the girls, laid out in front of them is a piece of paper, with a sketched out map with big writing on top spelling out treasure.

The girls jump of the swings and start to run across towards the boy, one girl with a small brown bob wearing a pink dress wearing a matching pink shoes tramples on the map that the 2 boys are looking at intently.

The boy with floppy blonde hair and blue shorts and a shirt, looks up at her.

ROB (7 YEAR OLD)Heyyyy... Get off.

MARY (9 YEARS OLD)It's just a silly paper (scowling down)

ROBIts not... We're going to find some treasure, it's not silly.

MARYThere's no such thing as treasure. (mockingly)

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. HEATHROW TERMINAL 5 - NIGHT

Back to present day.

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