The Doubles

1. FADE IN.

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. SLEEPING ROOM - NIGHT

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7. Background music. Peter is in bed, wearing an eye mask.

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9. PETER (V.O.): So, I've turned 66. When I turned 65, I wrote a song to celebrate myself to become a senior citizen. Fate has allowed me to add another year to my life.

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11. Pausing.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): So, today, May 15, 2020 is another new day.

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15. Pausing.

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17. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I shouldn't go to bed after midnight. But my daily routines are packed. There's so much I want to do each day.

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19. Peter sleeps.

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21. Act 2

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23. EXT. ROAD - DAY

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25. Passing place. Peter is waiting at the driver seat of a cyber-green New Beetle.

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27. PETER (V.O.): When I first retired, I thought I could at least be my wife's chauffeur. And I've done more than that.

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29. Checking his phone, Peter sees Facebook notifications.

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31. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Wow, so many happy birthday wishes. They make my day.

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33. Pausing.

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35. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The groundwork of all happiness is health. I exercise regularly and have recently overdone it, having back pain for days.

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37. Pausing.

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39. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): For the past few days when I took MTR, I wouldn't mind taking a priority seat. I observed that some people taking priority seats weren't the elderly.

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41. Peter checks new notifications from Quora.

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43. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Many Quorans pose questions to me. I answer most of them, hoping that as a wise old man, I might open their empty minds.

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45. Pausing.

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47. After his WIFE has got inside the car, Peter drives off.

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49. INT. STUDY - DAY

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51. Relaxing on a sofa, Peter ponders.

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53. PETER (V.O.): I'm now 66. What was I when I turned 11? Pythagoras thought 11 is the number of a cycle of new beginnings.

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55. Pausing.

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57. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was 1965. I was in P.5. I liked to sing the song: The Wedding. I collected bus tickets with lucky numbers eg 1122.

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59. Pausing.

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61. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is 22 the most powerful number of all numbers? As with all building, patience and hard work is required. What was I at 22?

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63. Recalling.

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65. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was 1976. I had worked for two years as a Housing Assistant. I was about to take GCE exam in English. My relationship with my future wife Sharon became steady.

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67. Pausing.

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69. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is 33 with the most amount of influential power?

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71. Recalling.

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73. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was 1987. I had been married for 8 years and had been a Crown Counsel for a year. In May, I was finalizing my second LLM study at University College London on UK Foreign Office scholarship.

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75. Pausing.

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77. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Did I focus on my tasks at 44?

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79. Recalling.

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81. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was 1998. My wife Sharon had died for 6 years. Our son was 8-year old. I remarried and our elder daughter was 2-year old. In Geneva conferences, I quitted my seat with the UK delegation in 1997 and began to sit in the China delegation.

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83. Pausing.

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85. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Did I further evolve myself at 55?

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87. Pausing.

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89. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was 2009. I was still the Deputy Director of Intellectual Property. Our younger son was 11-year old and our younger daughter 9-year old.

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91. Pausing.

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93. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): How about now at 66? Am I serving and loving unconditionally? I believe so.

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95. Pausing.

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97. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The world is undergoing a pandemic. The percentage of my age group dying because of the coronavirus is 25%.

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99. Pausing.

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101. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Will I have other doubles - 77, 88 or even 99?

103. Peter looks blank.

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105. Act 3

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107. INT. STUDY - DAY

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109. Working behind his computer, Peter adds a Google photo to the text that he is typing.

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111. PETER (V.O.): Yes, these photos depict what the mood 6 years ago. After a farewell party, fun begain in the streets of Central.

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113. Pausing.

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115. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Six years ago, I began adapting to the change. Initially, it was hard, particularly when I didn't have my own websites and couldn't do much online publishing.

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117. Pausing.

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119. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Gradually, I've developed my emotional resilience. I'm forever curious about matters and my creativity hits my soul too.

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121. INT. SLEEPING ROOM - NIGHT

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123. Background music. Peter goes to bed, picking up an eye mask.

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125. PETER (V.O.): Having had a beginning 66 years ago, I haven't wasted my time.

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127. Pausing.

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129. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My life goes on and I'm still enjoying every moment of it.

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131. FADE OUT.

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133. THE END