PEAKY BLINDERS II Page #3

TOMMY (OOV)

‘...Be through my lips to

unawakened earth, the trumpets of a

prophecy....’

In wide shot we see the congregation walking up the cemetery

path away from where the grave is being filled in.

TOMMY (OOV) (CONT’D)

‘O wind. If winter comes. Can

Spring be far behind?’

We come close as the congregation begin to gather mill near

to the exit of the church yard. On the road, near to the

graveyard, a fleet of four large black cars are waiting.

There are uniformed chauffeurs who smoke and chat while they

wait but they stand to attention as the family appear.

These are the drivers waiting to take the Shelby family home.

Times are evidently good.

The Shelby family slow and light cigarettes on one side of

the cemetery path. The communists congregate on the other

side, an informal dividing line. Ada stands among the

communists.

Tommy, Arthur and John light cigarettes from Tommy’s match.

The communists smoke too and glare at the family. For a laugh

John suddenly shouts ‘BOO’ at one of the communists and he

jumps. John and Arthur laugh...

Tommy blows smoke and, without a care for the animosity,

crosses the path to Ada.

(CONT'D)

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TOMMY (CONT’D)

Ada. I want to talk.

Tommy absorbs the hard stares. Ada leaves Karl in the care of

a comrade and steps beyond a crooked grave stone. The grave

gives them a measure of privacy.

TOMMY (CONT’D)

How is the boy taking it?

ADA (DISMISSIVE)

He’s fine. When he asks I resort to

saying ‘heaven’.

A pause.

TOMMY:

We thought now Freddy’s gone, you

might come back to Birmingham.

Ada half smiles, a little incredulous. She stares at the

waiting cars...

ADA:

Do you know how funny it is that

you’ve got chauffeurs in uniform

now?

TOMMY:

Just for the occasion...

ADA:

Do you know how unfair it is you’ve

got four Bugattis when half the

country’s starving...

Tommy gestures at the communists who are folding one of the

banners...

TOMMY:

So they’ve made you ashamed of

us...

Ada speaks softly, almost with regret...

ADA:

Sometimes when I think how I used

to be, it makes me embarrassed.

The word hangs. Tommy doesn’t show it but deep down he is

profoundly hurt by the word. At that moment Aunt Polly steps

close. She has Karl in her arms and a smile on her face...

AUNT POLLY:

I caught him trying to pinch

flowers off a grave.

Ada goes to take him but Aunt Polly holds back and glances at

Tommy.

(CONT'D)

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AUNT POLLY (CONT’D)

Is she coming home?

Ada takes Karl from Aunt Polly.

ADA:

I’m going home.

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