The Scouting Book for Boys Page #3

Synopsis: Best friends David and Emily enjoy their carefree life in a coastal caravan park. When they learn that Emily is being forced to move away, David he agrees to help her hide out in a remote cave on the beach. Emily's absence soon becomes complicated, as David watches the effect on her family and police suspect one of their neighbors of involvement. When Emily tells David the real reason she wants to hide, his world is shattered. With his complex feelings for Emily growing stronger due to their shared hidden existence, David takes action.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Tom Harper
Production: Celador Films
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
Year:
2009
93 min
84 Views


He'll have your eye out.

Hit it, Joe.

Love my son, ladies and gentlemen.

Since his mum died,

he's given me all need,

a cuddle every night of the week

and a smooch at the weekend.

This one's for you, kid.

Used to wake up with you

In my arms

Your sweet lips

Give me all that need

Look to your daddy, baby.

Your skin's so lovely to me

Come lie down close next to me

Davey

Let me love you...

OK, that's the provisional report

on the system.

We'll file officially in... 14 hours.

Is that a posh way of saying

you won't do it now?

We don't file till 48 hours, Sharon.

You know that.

Besides, she'll probably be home

before you are.

- Couple of hours, tops.

- She's been gone two nights.

And this one,

he never leaves her side.

Nine times out of ten, ten times out

of ten, this is just a runaway.

Will you tell her

know my own daughter?

Not this long. OK? Not this long.

- Is there owt we can do?

- We could make posters, cheap ones.

- Nothing so specific yet.

- Will you shut the f*** up?

- Swearing at me won't help. OK, love?

- Oh, red rag day, is it?

You're supposed to be a professional.

- Come on. Let's go.

- Don't hold me.

- We can make posters, Sharon. OK?

- Yeah, OK.

- David?

- What?

I'm OK.

She was a b*tch right enough.

- Is it a school photo?

- Yeah, about six months ago.

Oh, right.

She looks just like you in it.

You reckon Maureen'll run

a few of these off on the photocopier?

Sure.

Do you want me to run you round?

- Oh, yeah. Would you?

- Yeah.

Lock up, David.

- Good catch.

- OK.

Come on, Steven.

"Rocks And Daggers"

# Oh, the rocks

# They will always hold in the sea

# And erosion can't stop their being

# Oh, no, currents can't defeat them

# And am thankful for the love

# These rocks have always given

# And although this boat is steady now

# One wave can pull me under

# And I'll be stranded out at sea

# And will pray that those rocks

# Will be there for me

# And will pray that those rocks

Will be there for me...

No one followed you?

Cos you're early.

- No.

- We said two days.

- It's barely been a day and a half.

- Almost two.

- We did it. We f***ing did it!

- know we did.

Are these presents?

- For me?

- Yeah.

Mmm.

Just what always wanted.

Champions!

- That is such a gay word.

- Yeah.

F*** it!

Don't it get cold at night?

Cold's cold. don't give a sh*t.

We could make this place better.

We could actually make it really nice.

- It's a cave, David.

- Yeah, but...

Did you buy this from Mum's shop?

- Nicked it, yeah.

- Nicked it? Did you?

Nice one, Davido.

Was counting the hours

till you got here, you know.

That's how knew you were early.

- Couldn't wait to see you.

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Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne (born 6 December 1978) is an English screenwriter and playwright. Born in Bristol, England, he has written for radio, theatre and film. Thorne began his TV career writing on Shameless and Skins, before writing Cast Offs in 2009. He has since created the shows Glue, The Last Panthers, and Kiri. He has won five BAFTA awards: Best Mini-Series for This is England ’88, Best Drama Series for The Fades, Best Single for Don’t Take My Baby, Best Serial for This is England ’90 and Best Original Series for National Treasure (starring Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters and Andrea Riseborough).Thorne’s feature film credits include The Scouting Book for Boys, War Book, A Long Way Down, and Wonder (starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson). Thorne is also a prolific playwright having written the critically acclaimed The Solid Life of Sugar Water, Hope, and adaptations of Let The Right One In, Woyzeck (starring John Boyega) and A Christmas Carol (starring Rhys Ifans). He also wrote the stage play for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child based on an original story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany, which won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2017 and the 2018 Tony Award for Best Play. more…

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