
FADE IN.
INT. HOTEL, OXFORD - DAY
PETER is at the driver seat, WIFE at the passenger seat and DAUGHTER at the back.
PETER
Onto Southampton, what
do you want to see along
the way.
WIFE
The White Horse!
PETER
We've seen it before.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)
I was once your white
knight on a steed.
FLASHBACK
INT. IFOR EVANS HALL - DAY (1986)
Inside a small room Peter (32) is reading a book. Its cover page reads: Motoring In Britain. He is attracted to an insert, depicting a hill figure.
PETER
It's a White Horse. I
should go and see it.
I can't miss it.
END FLASHBACK
EXT. OXFORDSHIRE - DAY
Car on an A-road. Brown Heritage signs: Uffington White Horse.
PETER
There's a White Horse
hill figure nearby.
WIFE
I want to see the one
at Wiltshire.
Peter nods.
EXT. WHITE HORSE CAR PARK - DAY
White horse figure on the slope of a distant hill. Several white horses in the fields in front. Peter, wife and daughter come out of the car with their phones in hand.
PETER
I don't know about
this car park. Here's
the best spot to capture
the White Horse photos.
As they begin to take photos, a red convertible with a TEST plate drives in.
PETER (V.O.)
Roads and scenes like
these are what convertibles
for. They're just like white
horses in the old days.
DAY DREAMING SEQUENCE
1. We hear music - a Monkee's song: Day Dream Believer.
2. We hear the song lyrics - You once thought of me...as a white knight on his steed...Now you know how happy I can be...
3. Chivalry scene - Riding a white horse as if it has wings, a young confident Peter in shinny armor gallops to carry his queen home.
4. We continue to hear the song lyrics - The good times start and end...
5. Old Peter's deathbed - dreamy moving images of his leaving softly like a white knight on a steed.
END DREAM SEQUENCE
We hear sports-car sounds as the red convertible pulls off the car park.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
I used to have a red Capri
sports car in the 1970s.
That was over 40 years
ago...
WIFE
Shall we go?
PETER
Yes.
Peter, wife and daughter go back to their car.
PETER (Cont'd)
This Mercedes E-class
estate is the longest
car we've ever driven.
Without its longest
boot, we can't have
enough room for our
three pieces of big
baggage.
Peter drives off without taking another look of the white horses.
FADE OUT.
THE END