The Secret of Crickley Hall Page #5

THE SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL Ep 1 Pink Revisions 16.

He sits cross-legged on the carpet, cradling the bowlingball.

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He forces himself not to submit to despair.

INT. GABE’S BEDROOM - DAY 3 26

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Eve sleeps fitfully.

DREAM MONTAGE 27

Close-up images of:

The narrow dormitory window lashed by rain.

Battered orphans’ shoes.

Pendulum from the grandfather clock.

Carbolic soap scrubbing an orphan’s scalp.

Chalk on blackboard.

Cribben’s eyes.

A boy screaming.

Pages turning on the punishment book.

Stefan Rosenbaum. Stefan Rosenbaum. Stefan Rosenbaum.

SWISH-THWACK

27A INT. GABE’S BEDROOM - DAY 3 27A

The sound of a cane wakes Eve. She looks around for Cam’s

blue hat. It’s on the floor.

28 EXT. COUNTRY LANE - DAY 4 28

Gabe’s car speeds along a country lane.

Caption:
One Month Later.

CALLY O.S.

How far?

GABE O.S.

Ten minutes less than the last time youasked.

LOREN O.S.

Clyde’s going to be sick.

THE SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL Ep 1 Pink Revisions 17.

They pass a sign.

CALLY O.S.

Devil’s Cleave! Dad! It’s called Devil’s

Cleave! Is that like cleavage?

30 EXT. COUNTRY LANE - DAY 4 30

Gabe’s car winds its way through narrow country lanes.

31 INT. GABE’S CAR - DAY 4 31

Through the windscreen, we see Crickley Hall loom up intoview. More institutional than residential. The house from

Eve’s dream.

GABE:

Big enough for you?

LOREN:

It’s a mansion.

CALLY:

It’s a castle!

Eve is disturbed as she sees the house. She knows she’s seen

it somewhere before. She notices Gabe watching for herreaction. He looks at her with love and some trepidation.

Too much?

GABE:

EVE:

(SMILING)

Always.

She kisses him.

32 EXT. CRICKLEY HALL - DAY 4 32

Eve approaches the imposing grey slab of a building. Tryingto figure out where she’s seen it before.

EVE:

Which way’s the school?

GABE:

Two miles ... that way. There’s a school

bus for the village they said they’ll

make a stop.

(TO LOREN)

Hear that princess? You don’t even have

to struggle down to the bus stop.

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