The Ghost and the Darkness Page #2
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- Year:
- 1996
- 110 min
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HELENA:
Go, now.
(He kisses her hand)
Such a gentleman.
(Now he holds her)
PATTERSON:
I am desperate to see Africa- but I
hate the leaving.
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HELENA. She hates it, too.
HELENA:
You build bridges, John-
(beat)
-you've got to go where the rivers are.
They hold each other a moment more, then break, then back into
each other's arms a final time, then-
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THE TRAIN, and thick clouds of steam-
-Patterson runs into the clouds and disappears.
HOLD FOR A MOMENT.
KEEP HOLDING.
Patterson runs out of the steam and we
A DIFFERENT TRAIN, A DIFFERENT COUNTRY, A DIFFERENT WORLD.
This is the train to TSAVO and Patterson is alone on the engine
seat- a wooden bench in front of the engine used by railroad
inspectors and visiting VIPs. Behind it is a white circular piece
of wood used to keep the engine heat from the passengers.
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NIGEL STARLING, running as best as he can alongside the train,
trying to pull himself up onto the engine seat.
STARLING is a terribly appealing young man. Clothes do not fit him
well, and he is constantly tugging at this sleeve or that
shirttail, trying to get things right. He wears glasses, tends
nonetheless to squint at the world. He is, above all, a good man,
morally impeccable and very much a product of these Victorian
times.
STARLING:
(as Patterson helps
him aboard)
Many thanks.
(squints)
You're Patterson, yes?
(Patterson nods)
Nigel Starling- I'll be assisting you
at Tsavo- but surely Beaumont must
have told you that.
PATTERSON:
He just gave me his "monster" speech.
STARLING:
That. I know Robert seems dreadful,
but when you truly get to know the man,
well, he's much worse.
(beat)
And I'm one of his defenders.
(Patterson smiles)
Forget him for now- it's your first
ride to Tsavo- I think you'll find it
breathtaking.
(And on that word-)
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STARLING coughing like crazy, hands over his face which is caked
with dust- he and Patterson stare out at an absolutely dreary
desert.
PATTERSON:
(shouting toward Starling)
"Breathtaking" doesn't begin to do it
justice.
laugh, his mouth opens
and sand flies in, and
his coughing fit returns
and)
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THE DESERT. ENDLESS. LATER IN THE DAY.
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THE TWO OF THEM, bent over, arms covering their faces as the dust
gets worse- a wind has kicked up.
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THE TRAIN, TRYING TO MAKE IT UP A STEEP GRADE. STILL LATER.
Patterson and Starling are walking beside the train now, helping
to push it, trudging through the dust. All the other passengers
spread out behind them, also pushing- the train obviously needs
all the assistance it can get.
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INSIDE A RAILROAD CAR, EARLY EVENING.
Patterson and Starling, filthy, sit together. Starling has nodded
off. Patterson has a book open in his lap-
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