Children Of Men Page #2

So they decide to ask him.

They say, "Well, why do you think

we can't make babies anymore?"

And he looks up at them,

and he's chewing on this great big wing,

and he says, "I haven't the faintest idea,"

he said.

"But this stork is quite tasty, isn't it?"

Eating a f***ing stork.

Eating the stork.

Italia.

You okay, amigo?

Yeah. My ears are still ringing from earlier.

Well, a little Zen music

won't bother you, then, will it?

(LOUD INDUSTRIAL MUSIC

PLAYING ON STEREO)

(ALARM CLOCK RINGING)

WOMAN ON TV:
Good morning.

The time is 7:
59 a.m .

WOMAN ON PA:
British citizens, hold out

your I.D . cards.

All others, follow instructions.

(ALARM BLARING)

(DOG BARKING)

What the f***?

Move along! Move along!

PATRIC:
This is him.

-Get your f***ing head down!

-Walk!

-Get your f***ing head down!

-THEO:
Okay. Okay.

ZARA:
Get in!

LUKE:
Get him in! Get him in!

Get his f***ing legs.

PATRIC:
Go, go, go, go!

IAN:
You are under the jurisdiction

of the Fishes.

The Fishes are at war

with the British government

until they recognise equal rights

for every immigrant in Britain.

LUKE:
We're not gonna hurt you.

We just want to talk.

PATRIC:
But don't do anything stupid.

JULIAN:
Uncover him.

IAN:
It isn't safe.

PATRIC:
Do it.

Hello, Theo.

It's me, Theo. It's Julian.

You scared the sh*t out of me.

I'm sorry about the theatrics,

but we had no choice.

The police have been

a pain in the ass lately.

How have you been?

Fantastic. Couldn't be better.

Cut the lights.

The police keep using

that old photo of you in the posters.

It doesn't do you justice.

What do the police know about justice?

What exactly is it you guys do, anyway?

PATRIC:
The Fishes fight for equal rights

for every immigrant in Britain!

LUKE:
He knows what we do.

I know you almost blew me up

in a coffee shop yesterday.

My ears are still ringing.

-We don't bomb.

-That was the government.

That's what they do to spread the fear.

What about Liverpool?

JULIAN:
After Liverpool,

we stopped bombing.

We started speaking to the people.

And they're joining us, Theo.

British people, too.

I don't talk politics.

-That's all you ever used to do.

-That was 20 years ago.

I'm a lot more successful now.

Come on, Theo. Walk with me.

-IAN:
I don't think that's a good idea.

-Come on!

-You're smoking?

-Yeah. It's not working.

I heard about your mother. I'm sorry.

Were your parents in New York

when it happened?

-Yeah.

-Sh*t.

Yeah, well, that's the world we live in now,

isn't it?

Why am I here, Jules?

I need your help. I need transit papers.

Not for me. A girl, she's a fugee.

Need to get her to the coast,

past security checkpoints.

I haven't seen you for nearly 20 years

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