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Favourite Oldies

Writer's picture: Peter K F Cheung SBSPeter K F Cheung SBS
  1. FADE IN.


  2. Act 1


  3. INT. SLEEPING ROOM - NIGHT


  4. In bed, PETER is listening to the radio.


  5. PETER (V.O.): This DJ, standing-in for Uncle Ray is okay. The other night, he played Lee Marvin's Wandering Star.

  6. '

  7. Pausing.


  8. PETER (V.O.): The last time I heard it was 50 years ago. Lee Marvin wasn't young then. I was surprised that he would sing and cut a record.


  9. Pausing.


  10. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It reached number one in the UK singles chart in 1970, keeping Beatles' Let It Be in no. 2.


  11. Peter surfs the web.


  12. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Wandering Star was Lee Marvin's one-hit wonder. He was born in 1924 and died in 1987.


  13. Pausing.


  14. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): He died at the age of 63. He was 30 years older than me.


  15. Pausing.


  16. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'm 66 now.


  17. Act 2


  18. INT. SLEEPING ROOM - CONTINUOUS


  19. From the radio, we hear the easy-listening music of Where's Your Heart? or the song from the film Moulin Rouge.


  20. PETER (V.O.): I'm never tired of listening to it.


  21. Peter surfs the web.


  22. PETER (V.O.): Percy Faith's version was made in 1953. I wasn't born yet.


  23. Recalling.


  24. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I first joined a package tour to Europe in 1984, I went to Moulin Rouge to see the cabaret.


  25. Recalling.


  26. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was 30 then and had just done the LLB degree examination. It was like a celebration tour.


  27. Recalling.


  28. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I visited Paris again, I went to see the Le Lido cabaret as well. But the Moulin Rouge cabaret made a good lasting impression in me.


  29. From the radio, we hear the sweet introduction of a clarinet piece.


  30. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Oh, another one of my favourite oldies - Stranger on the Shore.


  31. FLASHBACK


  32. EXT. DEEP BAY ROAD, LAU FAU SHAN. N.T. - DAY (1977)


  33. Having parked their Rover car near the shore, Peter (23) and a HOUSING MANAGER (53) get out to admire the beautiful bay view at low tide. The housing manager begins to hum a tune.


  34. HOUSING MANAGER: Have you heard of it?

  35. Peter shakes his head sideways.


  36. HOUSING MANAGER: The number is called Stranger on the Shore.


  37. Peter nods.


  38. PETER: Nice tune.


  39. RETURN TO PRESENT


  40. Recalling.


  41. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was then doing squatter control work in the Yuen Long District. The housing manager was the boss. He was quite a romantic fellow and needed someone to talk to.


  42. Recalling.


  43. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Later, after checking out the song, I even learned to play the clarinet. Stranger on the Shore was the only song that I could play with the instrument.


  44. Pausing.


  45. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But we've lost contact since the late 1970s.


  46. Counting.


  47. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): He should be in his mid-90s now...


  48. Pausing.


  49. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Just a few favourite oldies have already brought back so much memories. They're timeless treasures.


  50. Act 3


  51. NT. SLEEPING ROOM - CONTINUOUS


  52. From the radio, we hear the DJ announcing: "The World's Most Durable DJ" will return to the studio next Monday at 10 pm.


  53. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'): Oh, that's good. Hong Kong's 3rd wave of coronavirus infection has slowed down. I miss Uncle Ray's voice.


  54. Recalling.


  55. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I won a scholarship in 1986 and had to study in London, one of the things I missed was that I couldn't follow Uncle Ray's program: All the Way with Ray.


  56. Pausing.


  57. PETER (V.O.) : I couldn't have imagined then that his program from 1970 could become evergreen.


  58. Peter surfs the web.


  59. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, Uncle Ray was also born in 1924.


  60. Reflecting.


  61. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): He's 95 now and is still working. Music and rhythm must be the energizers for the heart and soul.


  62. Pausing.


  63. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): With music, its sharps and flats also bring harmony. With rhythm, our hearts beat with the sounds in space-time.


  64. Peter sleeps.


  65. FADE OUT.


  66. THE END


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