A Town Like Alice Page #3

Synopsis: In 1941, The advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British. A group is sent on a forced march from place to place searching for a Women's Camp. Told from the point of view of one of the women, she meets an Australian soldier who sneaks food for them from his labor camp. After the war, she goes to Australia to see the town he was from and hopefully reunite with the soldier.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Jack Lee
Production: New World Video
  Won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
NOT RATED
Year:
1956
117 min
186 Views


Bang!

[MACHINE GUN FIRE]

[SOLDIERS' FOOTSTEPS]

Bang!

[CHUCKLES]

Michael?

- Bang!

- Michael!

[SCREAMS]

Michael!

MICH--!

Michael!

[HE SOBS AND WAILS]

[SCREAMS]

Michael!

[CRYING]

[BABY CRIES]

Everybody stand up.

Men, stand.

Against the wall, with hands

raised. Like that.

There. There.

Women stand, in line.

Facing men.

Come on, hurry up.

We take all money.

Watches.

Jewellery. And you get

the receipt.

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

All turn round, now.

When Japanese officer

comes, all bow.

[SERGEANT ANNOUNCES

IN JAPANESE]

[APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS]

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

You are prisoners now.

You do good things, you

get good from Japanese.

You do bad things, you

get shot very quick.

So do good things always, please.

Men must go to prison camp now.

Women and children stay here.

You say goodbye now.

Please may we know what will

happen to the women and children?

Imperial Japanese soldiers always

kind to women and children.

You say farewell now.

Truck waiting.

Thank you.

[SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

- [SPEAKS IN JAPANESE]

- You stay. [BABY CRIES]

[SUBDUED VOICES]

Men outside, please.

Oh, no.

[BABY CRIES]

Quick.

Quick, please.

Goodbye, Daddy.

[SHE SOBS]

[BABY CRIES]

- [ BACKGROUND] Goodbye, Jean.

- Goodbye.

[SHOUTS IN JAPANESE]

You will send me a

postcard, won't you?

Hurry, please.

Goodbye, you old

stick in the mud.

[CRYING]

[BABY CRIES]

Don't leave me, please, please don't

leave me. No, don't leave me.

[BABY AND EILEEN CRY]

- NO! OH.

- You.

You come now, very quick.

No, don't go. PLEASE.

[BABY CRIES]

- Oh, God. Oh, don't go.

[EILEEN AND BABY CRY]

[SOMBRE MUSIC]

[SWORD UNSHEATHED]

[JAPANESE SALUTE]

[SYMBOLIC MUSIC]

[HE SALUTES]

[ORDER GIVEN IN JAPANESE]

Everybody stand up.

When Japanese officer

comes, all bow.

Ladies.

Orders come.

You go back Kuala Lumpur.

Then to Singapore, perhaps.

Prisoners' camp there

for women and children.

It will be very happy.

- Back to Kuala Lumpur?

- Yes.

You start now.

Captain.

You speak to Japanese officer.

You bow, always.

- Captain, may I speak, please?

- Yes.

Where is the truck?

- The truck?

- Truck for women?

No, you walk.

Walk? But it's fifty miles.

You go one bit each day.

Impossible. We can't walk

in this heat.

English women have

grand thoughts always.

Japanese women not mind walk.

- Now you walk.

- We're not Japanese women.

No.

You are the arrogant English.

You will apologise and bow.

Apologise, I say.

[WEAPONS COCKED]

- APOLOGISE!

- OH, NO!

Don't--- shoot.

It is hard to be prisoner.

We will try to do good things.

Very good thoughts.

You march now.

In line, please.

Kowtowing to a Jap.

Disgusting.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

W.P. Lipscomb

All W.P. Lipscomb scripts | W.P. Lipscomb Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "A Town Like Alice" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/a_town_like_alice_2049>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    A Town Like Alice

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.