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The Night Manager ep 5

PINE (CONT’D)

And if the enemy sends in drones...

A pause as it circles. Suddenly the heavy patter of ammo from

below. The drone goes up in flames in the sky.

PINE (CONT’D)

FIM-92F Stinger. A man-portable

surface-to-air missile weighing

only fifteen KG and guided by an

infra-red homing system. The new

model contains a rollover sensor

and revised control software.

ROPER smiles. Pleased.

The drone dives and swoops to the ground. A huge explosion on

the hill below. The patter of guns in the night.

ROPER leans over. Whispers to PINE as they watch.

ROPER:

War as spectator sport. It’s the

future.

Beat.

ROPER (CONT’D)

Brings back Guy Fawkes night

doesn’t it old boy? Or didn’t your

dad do that sort of thing.

PINE:

No he didn’t like the noise.

ROPER:

Ghosts of Ulster I imagine. Mine

did. Never saw him happier.

More explosions from below. Suddenly ROPER calls out.

ROPER (CONT’D)

Watch carefully. We cleared a whole

village for this bit.

And suddenly three aircraft appear over the hills and appear

to obliterate the small village in the valley below. A tirade

of flames. PINE and his fellow spectators watch from the

hill.

ROPER (CONT’D)

Counter-insurgency operations

require weaponry and training

specific to desert and mountain

warfare.

A series of rocket launchers assault the town. Explosions

rock the dwellings.

The Night Manager ep 5

ROPER (CONT’D)

With these toys and our training,

insurgents in a small village such

as this can be flushed from their

rabbit holes in a matter of

minutes.

A series of huge explosions as figures run through the town.

ROPER (CONT’D)

Collateral damage somewhat

inevitable but I’m sure you’re used

to that.

He smiles as the SOLDIERS run house to house. More explosions

in the town which is now a smoking battlefield.

ROPER (CONT’D)

The squadron takes out the

defensive air cover, and seizes the

town.

The ARAB BARGHATI nods. Takes notes. The FILM-MAKER films.

ROPER (CONT’D)

And when the rebel leaders try to

escape...

And now we see a sports car drive down the destroyed main

thoroughfare of the village.

Then the car screeches to a halt. The two INSURGENT LEADERS,

dressed in classic peasant-revolutionary clothes, rush from

the car. Vulcan missiles screech through the sky.

As one they hit it and the car becomes a burning fireball

below them. As the FIGURES stand, arms up in terrified

surrender.

ROPER (CONT’D)

Farewell all resistance.

ROPER smiles.

BARGHATI closes his book.

ROPER (CONT’D)

And cut.

The FILM-MAKER cuts his camera. JASPER walks over, grabs the

camera.

JASPER:

I’ll take that for you sir.

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