A Great Time for Us?

1. FADE IN.

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. SITTING ROOM - MORNIING

7. Tapping a video clip on his phone screen, PETER sees images of an old woman being rejuvenated.

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9. PETER (V.O.): Oh, she's actually Ursula Andress - the first Bond girl in the film Dr No.

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11. Recalling.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Who can forget the scene when she was rising out of sea in a white bikini with a diving knife in her hip?

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15. Pausing.

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17. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Later, she appears in the film The Blue Max. There was a sex scene.

19. Pausing.

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21. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In the 1960s, she was a sex symbol. I've been keeping both films in the DVD format.

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23. Recalling.

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25. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): How powerful is sex appeal!

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27. Act 2

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29. INT. SITTING ROOM - CONTINOUS

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31. Peter continues to watch the video clip.

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33. PETER (V.O.): Who's this other woman?

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35. The images of an old woman change to a young beautiful girl like magic.

37. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, she's Olivia Hussey! How could I've imagined that she looks like that at old age?

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39. FLASHBACK

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41. INT. CINEMA - NIGHT (1969)

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43. Franco Zeffrelli's version of Romeo & Juliet is being shown on screen. Peter (15) is watching attentively.

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45. PETER (V.O.): Wow, the leading actress Oliver Hussey is so beautiful!

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47. Pausing.

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49. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I hope I could be as handsome as the leading actor Leonard Whiting.

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51. Peter looks mesmerised.

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53. RETURN TO PRESENT

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55. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It wasn't another ordinary love story.

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57. Pausing.

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59. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was studying English Literature. One of the works that I'd be examined was Romeo & Juliet.

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61. Pausing.

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63. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Then, I could recite most of the Shakepearean lines.

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65. Pausing.

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67. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): One line I always remember is: Violent delights have violent ends.

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69. Pausing.

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71. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yes, they're my teenage idols.

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73. Reflecting.

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75. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is youth a gift of nature? A great time for us?

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77. Peter continues to watch the video clip.

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79. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is he Alain Delon?

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81. Pausing.

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83. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If I had seen any of Alain Delon's films before listening to Peter & Gordon's folk song 500 Miles, I'd have named myself as Alan, and not Peter.

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85. Using his phone's selfie camera, Peter checks his own image.

87. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is age a piece of art?

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89. Act 3

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91. INT. SITTING ROOM - NIGHT

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93. Peter checks another video clip on his phone screen.

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95. PETER (V.O.): This clip begins with Alain Delon rather than Ursula Andress. The contents are the same.

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97. Pausing.

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99. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The two versions were sent to me by different persons. They must be considered worthy of watching.

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101. Reflecting.

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103. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Do they articulate the reality that both beauty and sex appeal are skin-deep and temporary?

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105. Pausing.

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107. PETER (V.O.): Is it a blessing or a curse for people to feel so deeply about celebrities? They're just good at acting or pretending.

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109. Pausing.

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111. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Anyhow, the simple truth is that once youth leaves us, we'll never have anything associated with it again.

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113. Pausing.

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115. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Time has a way of showing us its real power.

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117. FADE OUT.

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119. THE END