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Synopsis: "Friends and Crocodiles" traces the relationship of maverick entrepreneur Paul Reynolds and his colleague Lizzie Thomas over a period of 20 years from the beginning of the Thatcher years to the rise of the electronic age and the dot-com bubble. Paul persuades Lizzie to work for him as his personal assistant, and becomes her mentor. She is inspired by his drive and creativity, but appalled by his lack of organisation and occasionally destructive anarchic lifestyle. After she calls the police to terminate an extravagant party which has got out of hand, they part, vowing never to meet again, but, over the years, their paths continually cross, as Lizzie rises through the corporate world and Paul's fortunes rise and fall. The play is an examination of the nature of personal relationships where work and ideas are more powerful drivers than sexual emotions, and also a panoramic view of the rapid changes in British society in the '80's and '90's.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Year:
2005
109 min
78 Views


- No, there's no rush.

There's never any rush.

(MAN SHOUTING)

(BELL RINGING)

(RINGING CONTINUES)

(DEEP VOICE) Lizzie!

(RINGING STOPS)

Come in.

Oh, I am... I'm so sorry. I'm...

- I thought somebody was calling me.

- WOMAN:
It was me.

(BELL RINGING)

(DEEP VOICE) Lizzie!

(GIRLS LAUGHING)

- I'll be back in my office, if you want me.

- No, there's no need to go back there.

- What can he have in mind?

- Don't! Christine! Shh!

Please, I want to talk to you.

Wait for me in the long gallery.

Please, okay? There's a nice spread there

of fruit and coffee and... Okay? I'll be out...

Stop it! Stop. Christine, stop it!

I'll be out in less than a minute.

I'm so sorry.

- Everything took much longer than we expected.

- Which isn't always the case, is it?

It is all clear now. He's ready for you.

You can go in now.

That was unforgivable, I know.

- I'm sorry.

- Was that some sort of test?

'Cause if it was, I really hope I failed it.

Well, we really should do some work

before you leave.

Let me show you something.

Come over here.

Here is everything I intend to do.

All my plans are here.

- The future is in this room.

- The future?

You can find it in all this mess?

Usually. Most days.

I've been lucky, so far.

You know, with property.

Buying this building, selling that building.

I've made pots of money

without ever having to think too deeply about it.

But in here...

In here, this is what I really want to do.

The list of the top ten projects.

What I plan for the next few years.

A city centre I have a great scheme for,

many other things, not just buildings.

- And then there are the windmills.

- Wind power, something I am very interested in.

Am I Don Quixote?

Not quite sure, yet.

I need a little help with this, as you can see.

(WATER LAPPING)

Someone who'll crack the whip.

Get it organised.

(WATER LAPPING)

(LIZZIE GASPING)

And I'm interested in crocodiles, too.

- Why?

- I'll explain later. It's only eighth on the list.

You'll stay?

- Help me make all this come true?

- We'll work normal hours?

Of course. I'm not quite as lazy as I seem.

We'll work ultra normal hours.

The most conventional hours we can find.

- Not too many parties?

- No parties. Definitely not.

I don't want to hold any more. I promise.

Not for a long while.

I thought I might make each project colour-coded.

Give it its own colour,

so we'll know immediately where it is.

It's terrific.

A code in colour.

It's great.

MAN:
(TEASING) She's coming.

The secretary is a-coming.

Lizzie?

Always in such a hurry.

- Morning.

- Hi.

There are eight letters from America...

- and one from Poland.

- Thank you, Lizzie.

Nice day.

(WHISTLING)

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Stephen Poliakoff

Stephen Poliakoff, CBE, FRSL (born 1 December 1952) is a British playwright, director and scriptwriter. more…

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