The Invisible Woman Page #3

Synopsis: Nelly Wharton Robinson (Felicity Jones) recalls a fateful time from her past when, as a young actress, she met author Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes) and secretly became his mistress and muse.
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
R
Year:
2013
111 min
$1,200,000
Website
666 Views


The TEARING STEADY RHYTHM OF TRAIN WHEELS AGAINST STEEL AND

TRACK-

The STREAK of countryside, FLEETING and ABSTRACTED, a BLUR

of light and colour beyond.

SCHOOL BOY 4 VO

I am sick and weary of all this

delay

Then just visible in the glass, NELLY[mid 20’s] reflection

indistinct yet rippling in the glass

Blue Revisions dated 11th June 2012 7.

SCHOOL BOY 3 VO

You hear what my friend says? Do

you cross the mountain with us or

not?

7 INT. SCHOOLHALL. MARGATE. DAY. 1885. 7

NELLY, seemingly lost in watching the play, oblivious to

BENHAM’s brief gaze, quietly observant, noting little to

give away her state of distraction bar the steam of her wet

boots and the sense that her mind is always elsewhere-

SCHOOL BOY 3

Fair weather or foul, I have no

time to lose. And I am for

pushing on-

But still BENHAM clocks it, looking back, resuming watching-

The SCHOOL BOY MOUTAINEERS climbing a mountainous pile of

plaster and cardboard Alp. The endless icy landscape beyond

and SWIRL of the PERCUSSIVE STORM DEAFENING IN THE

ORCHESTRA PIT:

A YOUNG PERCUSSIONIST SWILLS peas in a tin tray, creating the

noise of falling rain. It builds and builds-

ALL carrying NELLY far away, deep within her mind

8 EXT. STREET. FREE TRADE HALL. MANCHESTER. 1857. DAY. 8

POURING RAIN-

The impressive Manchester Free Trade hall looming above-

The TURN of WHEELS over wet cobbles-

The STEAMING FLANK OF HORSES, HOOVES TREADING WET COBBLES AS

THEY PULL A CARRIAGE TO A STILL

FINGERS REACHING UP to UNFASTEN a carriage door, CHARLEY

DICKENS [18 yrs] stands holding an umbrella waiting-

A young NELLY [18 yrs] steps down from the carriage to be

greeted by CHARLEY, holding up the umbrella, trying to shroud

her from the pouring rain.

CHARLEY:

(holding out a hand)

Miss Ellen, welcome. I am Charley

Dickens. Welcome to Manchester.

NELLY smiles, suddenly a glove clasped in her hand falls to

the ground. CHARLEY at once bends down picks it up.

Blue Revisions dated 11th June 2012 8.

NELLY:

Thank you..

Behind NELLY, MRS FRANCES TERNAN [late 40’s] NELLY’s mother a

bright, lively woman peering out into the grey of Manchester

life.

CHARLEY:

Welcome..Welcome..Mrs Ternan.

MRS TERNAN:

Charley, thank you. So wet.

CHARLEY:

Yes, do be careful.

MARIA TERNAN [20 yrs] NELLY’s sister smiling clutching a hat

box-

CHARLEY (CONT’D)

Miss Maria. Come inside..Come

inside..

The SWAY of CRINOLINE skimming the rainy pavements-

CHARLEY (CONT’D)

My father is waiting. The others

are already here. What a day!

NELLY, MRS TERNAN guided by CHARLEY towards the entrance of

the Free Trade hall passing a poster advertising-

The Frozen Deep by Mr. Wilkie Collins. Under the management

of Mr. Charles Dickens clearly visible on a billboard

overhead-

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Abi Morgan

Abi Morgan (born 1968) is a British playwright and screenwriter known for her works for television, such as Sex Traffic and The Hour, and the films Brick Lane, The Iron Lady, Shame and Suffragette. more…

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