The Limey Page #2

Synopsis: The Limey follows Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine (Peter Fonda) and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Production: Artisan Pictures
  1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
1999
89 min
Website
615 Views


Ed opens a screen door to the backyard.

EXT. ED'S BACKYARD. NIGHT.

They sit at an outdoor table. Wilson with a TV dinner in

front of him now too. Sounds from inside MUTED. Even this

little house has a little pool.

WILSON:

Who done it, then?

ED:

Huh?

WILSON:

Snuffed her.

Ed surprised at Wilson's directness. Ed stands nervously.

ED:

Now, wait up a second, man.

And paces back and forth.

ED:

I never said nothin' about nothin' like

that. No, no, no. That's not what I

wrote to you.

WILSON:

No, but between the lines, eh?

Mysterious circumstances, and that.

Ed stops pacing.

ED:

Look, I sent you that newspaper clipping,

all right? I told you what I know. It

was an accident. I didn't say anything

about anybody being "snuffed."

Beat.

WILSON:

This bloke she was bunked up with. This

Terry what'sit.

ED:

Terry Valentine.

WILSON:

Valentine. What's he got to say for

himself?

ED:

I dunno. What's he gonna say? They had

a fight that night, she drove away, she

was upset? I don't even know the guy.

Don't get me wrong, Jenny and me were

friends, but we didn't travel in the same

social circles. She had her life, I had

mine.

Makes a kind of scoffing gesture: and you can see what my

life is.

ED:

Valentine came into the restaurant where

I work with Jenny a couple times. He's a

money guy. Jenny would say, hey, here's

my friend Eddie and he would shake my

hand and everything, but he wouldn't even

see me, you know what I mean.

Wilson gazes up at the sky. Clear night. Stars.

WILSON:

How long had she been in the States?

(as if to himself, somewhat

wistful)

Near on ten years, wasn't it? Long

enough to know her way about, I reckon.

Ed leans down, palms on the tabletop, facing Wilson.

ED:

There was an investigation, okay? The

car was totalled. Jennifer was... Her

neck was broken. On impact, they said.

So she wouldn't have... felt the effects

of the fire.

(helpless shrug)

It happens up there. Happens a lot.

What more can I tell you.

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Lem Dobbs

Lem Dobbs was born on December 24, 1958 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England as Anton Lemuel Kitaj. He is a writer and producer, known for Dark City (1998), The Limey (1999) and Haywire (2011). He has been married to Dana Kraft since 1991. more…

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