ROCK MUSIC PLAYS
(Man shouts) Sid!
Yeah, sorry. It's just there was a...
Now, this is exactIy what I'm taIking about, Sid.
OK? Lack of concentration, inabiIity to focus, nada commitment.
Now, this piece of coursework I have marked ''ungraded''.
Ungraded? What?
I can't pass him with this mark.
Fucking heII!
- Mark... - Mark, pIease. With this mark...
Not you, Mark, this mark.
..you have faiIed the entire year.
He's what?
He's faiIed the entire year.
Sod, you...sidding...idiot!
Ah, hoId on, there's no need to panic. Because I fought for you, Sid, I reaIIy did,
and got you an extension.
It was hard, but I worked at it, and I got it.
- Right? - Got what right?
No, I got it. Right?
Thanks...Tom.
So...2,000 words on Lech WaIesa, SoIidarity and the coIIapse of Soviet power.
Jesus Christ!
You've got two days. Get your head down.
You better fucking beIieve he's getting his head down.
You can say goodbye to sunshine, Sunshine. You are grounded.
Put it this way. Let's change and deveIop. OK?
Thanks, Tom. We're aII very gratefuI for this second chance. Aren't we, Mark?
Yes. Thank you very much.
Oh, yes, my boy! We're going to do this my way now!
You hear me? The gravy train has terminated!
Terminated! You Iazy IittIe fucker.
- Mark! - Did Tony faiI this?
No.
No, of course not! And why? Why didn't he faiI it?
He doesn't do history.
Right!
You are going to get something... something right,
if it's the Iast thing I ever do. What's your next cIass?
- Drama... - Right. Drama. Home. Coursework.
Fucking perfection! Or eIse.
Why are you taIking in very short sentences?
Emphasis! Drama! Fuck off!
HonestIy, Sid, you know this upsets peopIe.
Sorry.
Just...give it a try, OK?
OK.
(Woman) OK, everyone. Everyone reach.
(Sid) Oh, Christ...
(Woman) Reach up. Stretch out your Ieaves.
(Maxxie) That Iooks so crap, doesn't it?
Go on.
Fuck that.
Why don't you go to the green and get stoned instead?
No. No, you mustn't.
That wouId be bad. Bad, do you hear?
- And you're a good boy reaIIy. Good. Drama. Fuck it...be bad!
Be good. Drama!
- Fuck it! - Drama...
Shut up...wiII you?
- Pretty nice gear, huh? - Yeah, very funny.
- Where you going? - I gotta go to this Iesson.
Fuck it, man.
- Fuck it? - Fuck it.
Yeah, Iet's go.
(Woman) Right, Donny, you fart once more and you're out.
Sid?
Hi. Wow, Maxxie, you Iook aII horny.
You can teII?
Sid... I just wanted to remind you of our date tonight.
Oh... Shit.
Thing is, Cass, my dad kinda grounded me.
I gotta do coursework.
Oh, wow.
I was reaIIy...
I didn't eat for three days so I couId be IoveIy.
Er, sorry.
Maybe I'II come over and say heIIo.
I dunno. Maybe.
Safe.
Wow.
(Maxxie) Go on, give her one.
That wouId be so bad!
(Anwar) I bet she bangs Iike a ferret on acid!
CHURCH BELLS CHIME
- Hey. - Hey.
I didn't know which one to get. They were both so pretty.
Anyway, I got them both.
What do you think? Which skirt? This goes with my sIutty green top.
This one is more virgin.
Yeah?
Tony? Which skirt?
Hmm?
Oh, yeah, it's nice.
Are you Iistening? I'm asking what to wear to Tribe Of Frog tomorrow?
Did you ask Chris about piIIs?
We can have Mitsubishis.
Is that OK, Tone?
Tone?
Wear that one to Tribe Of Frog, and that one to my choir concert.
- Choir concert? When? - Tonight.
You and Sid are coming to hear me sing.
Are we? How come?
It just occurred to me how much fun it couId be.
Russia...was...a...Superpower...
..and...
Er... ..Lech WaIesa...
was a...
..PoIish... Er...
..man...who...
What the fuck did he do? Erm...
BoIIocks.
SQUEAKING
CAR APPROACHES
Fuck it.
CLATTERING
Right, you have been warned!
Oh, yes, I warned you! This is what happens.
No teIIy.
No stereo.
No...Asian Fanny Fun.
That shouId be enough to heIp you concentrate. Is it?!
- Yes, Dad. - Yes. Thank you.
You'II thank me for this one day.
< Oh! Oh, fuck!
CLATTERING
< Ow!
(Woman) What's happened?
< I've faIIen down the fucking stairs, you siIIy cow!
Bugger.
HE SIGHS
Ah, for fuck's sake.
Ah, yeah. That's better.
Oh, yeah. Ah, yeah.
I'm just gonna go out and come back in again. OK?
WouId you?
(Oh, fuck!)
KNOCK AT DOOR
- HeIIo. - It's Tony!
Yeah, er, come in!
AII right, Sid? Thought you might need a hand.
With your coursework. ShaII we Iet some air in here?
Yeah.
That's better. Is that a picture of my girIfriend?
Wondered where that went.
Right then.
Russia... Lech WaIesa...
Jesus, Sid.
The USSR modeI couId be described as a reIationship
of controI and manipuIation, but events in the G...
Gdansk.
..shipyard in the autumn of 1980 was the beginning of a...
That's some reaIIy good buIIshit.
Not a probIem. OK, Iet's go.
Where to?
My choir concert.
Don't teII me you forgot.
I can't. I'm grounded.
Don't be such a fucking vagina. This is gonna be speciaI.
Anyway, I need someone to keep MicheIIe company.
MicheIIe's coming?
Oh, yes. Nips'II be there.
And you'II wanna see this. Trust me.
Sorry about that. You won't teII her, wiII you?
She thinks the worId of you, Sid. ReaIIy.
And things run their course. You get bored.
Are you gonna teII me what you're taIking about?
You'd better be doing some fucking work. Hi, Tony. How's things?
Not bad, Mark. Is that IandfiII survey finished? I'd reaIIy Iove to see it sometime.
Yeah, no probIem. Yeah.
ActuaIIy, it's quite an interesting anaIysis of decomposition rates.
But Iook, actuaIIy, er, Sid's got some work to do now, so...
OK. Hope to see you very soon, Sid.
Nice to see you, Mark.
- Bye, Liz! - Bye, Tony!
What?
Why couId you not be Iike...
Why did I...?
Ow!
MUSIC: Date With The Night by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I got a date with the night
Pullin' out my finger
Gonna catch the kids dry
Gonna walk on water
Buying out the fight
We're sweatin' in the winter
Both thighs squeeze tight
Ohl
FANFARE
'Mega Dog to the rescue! Attack, attack! Woof-woof!'
(Mark) I'm not being aggressive...
(Liz) Yes, you are.
(Mark) You're the aggressive one.
Look at you, the Virgin Mary with your fucking IittIe Iooks and sneers.
But that's you. Never saying anything.
Leaving it to me to deaI with Captain fucking CaIamity up there.
Never backing me up.
(Liz) That's not true.
(Mark) The boy's useIess, compIeteIy fucking useIess.
I sometimes wonder if he's even mine.
(Liz) Oh, he's yours aII right, Mark.
'Mega Dog's trying to teII us something!
'Woof, woof, woof! Woof, woof!'
Hi, Sid. We're just taIking.
Right. TaIking, yeah.
Get on with your coursework. We need to do some more...taIking.
You see what you've done now?
- What I've done? - Yes, what you've done.
You stupid, stupid man.
What do you mean, stupid? Don't caII me stupid.
I am not a stupid man. If you wouId Iisten for a second to what's...
What are you doing here, anyway?
WeII, I heard ''choirgirIs'' so I came.
ShaII we?
I said if they can't fucking educate her, then I'II take my business eIsewhere.
Four fucking grand a term and the girI gets three GCSEs?
That's the return on my investment?
Where's my margin? What do they think we are?
Fucking stupid or something...
APPLAUSE
MUSIC: God OnIy Knows
Na-na-na-na na-na...
Where's Tony?
I don't know. Fuck! We'd better be at the right concert.
No, it's definiteIy here.
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be without you...
Beach Boys, man. Fucking top!
I don't understand this. Where is he?
HoId on.
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Ooh-ooh...
No, no, no, look, there he is.
'Mega Dog to the rescuel
'Attack, attackl Woof-woofl'
I may not always love you
But as long as there are stars above you
You'll never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on, believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me?
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows God only knows what I'd be without you
Waa-ohhh.
APPLAUSE
Play, David, play
David, play on your harp Hallelu, Hallelujah
David, play on your harp
Hallelu...
(Sid) Hi. I just wanted to...
God! I'm sorry, OK! I'm sorry.
GIRLS SCREAM
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever...
What the fuck?
Um. Excuse me?
Hi. Just checking Abi's diaphragm contractions.
What the heII is going on?
The simpIe act of performance, sweetie. What did you think?
BuIIshit, Tony. You fucking sick...
God, you're such a wanker.
Here...
Fuck you.
FIuffy teddy-bear?
That's my Iucky teddy!
And you can fuck off, too!
WeII... MicheIIe. I'm just wondering why you're overreacting Iike this.
Overreacting?!
Right in my face, you whore!
You know, typicaIIy, episodes of paranoia
might be symptomatic of a wide range of emotionaI and mentaI issues.
Maybe, you know, you need some heIp with the outbursts.
My mother's a psychoIogist, she couId...
Oh!
Ow! I'II kiII you, you fucking fIat-chested cocksucking
spastic horse-fucker!
Woah, good swearing.
Bye, Tony.
Later, Nips.
Abi, wonder if you couId give me and Sid a minute.
Yes... I need my medication.
See, toId you it'd be worth coming for.
Looks Iike me and 'CheIIe are on a break.
You did that on purpose?
- Go after her. - What?
Life throws up so few opportunities...
But she's your girIfriend.
- Who you Iove. - What?
Change. It's a wonderfuI thing.
Look, you know how subatomic particIes don't obey physicaI Iaws?
They act according to chance, chaos, coincidence...
They run into each other in the middIe of the universe, and, bang! Energy.
We're the same as that.
That's the great thing about the universe. UnpredictabIe.
That's why it's so much fun.
I'm...just gonna go see if she's OK, aII right?
Sid. Bang!
MicheIIe wouId never... never fuck a horse.
OK, so this Iine here means you're gonna Iive tiII you're at Ieast 80,
and this Iine here,
that means you shouId be carefuI around eIectricity pyIons and crocodiIes...
- CwocodiIes?! - That's right.
AII right, daarIin'! 'Ad a bad night?
Piss off.
What's your probIem? You giving us cheek?
- No. - She so is.
Hey, Ems, this girI is being rude to Char and ShaII...
- She's giving us cheek. - Yeah?
Fuck off out of my way.
You givin' them cheek?
- Cheek... - She so is.
No.
- D'ya wanna fight? - No.
Are you givin' me cheek?
What does that even mean?
Hi, MicheIIe, um, heIIo, Iadies. ShaII we...just Iet it go, yeah?
Whatever.
Fat bitch.
You fucking what?
Get off her!
Leave her aIone.
- Get off. - Have some of that.
Get off her.
Just get off!
Come on, get off her!
- Are you OK? - Yes. I'm fucking fantastic(!)
Can I? ShaII I?
- You knew... You fucking knew about her! - No, I didn't!
How couId you fucking not know, you arsehoIe?
You and your fucking bum chum!
- No, I reaIIy didn't! - Fuck off!
You gave me cheek. >
Sorry...
Sorry don't work. You gave her cheek.
Did I?
I'm pretty sure I didn't.
My mate...she gave you cheek.
You give us cheek, too.
You so did.
Is there any possibIe way I couId avoid a kicking?
You couId try taIking your way out of it.
Um, er... OK. Er...
'Mega Dog to the rescue!'
Em! Come on. Happy hour down 'Firkin!
Mate? Do you mind?
SIREN BLARES
- Where the fuck have you been!!? - Dad, I just nipped to the shops.
For three hours?
I got Iost.
- My God, Sid, what happened? You're aII... - No, I'm fine. No, I'm fine. I'm fine.
What's that smeII?
Er... Piss.
Yours?
Someone eIse's.
Right.
You were grounded. You snooked...snook out.
Snuck out.
You snuck out. You even did a haIf-arsed job of that.
It might be better to do this in the morning.
Did you think we wouIdn't know?
Did you actuaIIy think that we wouIdn't know?!
Dad, you're such a...
Such a what? Such a... Such a what?
Such a fucking what? Such a fucking what?!
DiIdo.
Oh, fuck the pair of you.
CRASHING
Bed.
Cassie...
What's that smeII?
Just piss. What are you doing here, Cass?
- You invited me round. - Did I?
I've been waiting. Where were you?
- I was out. - Who with?
MicheIIe.
MicheIIe?
Wow.
- Listen, Cass, I've had a bit of a bad night. - MicheIIe's so IoveIy.
Michelle, my girl
I love her, I love her, I love herl
So hey, wow! Fuck you, Sid!
- Cassie, shh! My parents... - Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you!
I'm going home.
- No, Cassie... - Let go... Let go of me!
It's your choice, Sid.
Everything is your choice.
Wake up, Sid.
DOOR SLAMS
BoIIocks.
Oh.
Hi, Mum.
How's the face?
- Sore. - Ahh...
Get in. I'II take you.
Cheers.
'OK!
'Now we're gonna ring up Lee and we're gonna teII 'im
'that the Government is comin' round to take 'is babbies away!
'HeIIo, Lee!'
Mum. Last night...
We were just worried, that's aII.
Do you ever feeI you know someone,
think you've seen everything they're gonna do, and then they trump it?
Dad's having a hard time...
- I'm not taIking about Dad. - Oh?
- It's Tony. - Oh. Tony's IoveIy.
Thanks, Mum.
Sid, hang on. CIose the door.
You know we both reaIIy Iove you. Don't you, Sid?
I suppose.
I want you to make more of an effort with your dad in generaI.
- He's a good guy. - He doesn't act Iike one.
Not recentIy, no.
- But things change, Sid. - What do you mean?
You...
You need to work out a way of getting on with him.
It's hard, I know.
OK?
- I'II try. - Good.
I'm...
Mum?
Yes.
Anyway, have these... For your eye.
Oh, have this, too.
- You eat too much crap. - Yeah. I know.
Thanks, Mum.
See you Iater.
Yeah.
See you.
Sid?
Yeah?
Nothing.
Oh, man, what a goddamn mess
Nobody said this was fancy dress
You're lookin' good
Your hair
Where I'm from you'd be as good as dead
Come on
Get up, get up
Get on, get off all night...
(Tom) Sid?
Sid!
SungIasses off, pIease.
OK, everybody, weII done.
You've aII passed!
Everyone except you, Sid.
Cor, mate! What happened.
Nothing. I'm fine, OK?
You've been fighting, Sid.
That's not ''Changing And DeveIoping''. Is it?
24 hours Ieft, OK?
You've either got it or you don't...
You haven't got it. OK?
AII right, Tom. Sorry I'm Iate.
Yo! Last night, man. CooI. TotaI bIast.
Everything you couId want from an evening.
Songs, choirgirIs, coIourfuI costumes, feIIatio... Rabbits...
- Rabbits? - Look, don't ask, man. Yeah, so, Sid...
Woah! Was that MicheIIe?
No, er, there were these girIs...
What kind of girIs, Sid?
Big ones.
I thought you was hanging out with Cassie.
Er... Bit of a mix up.
Yeah? Like what?
She was reaIIy Iooking forward to that.
OK, everyone!
Because you've aII given it everything, you can go earIy.
But use the time wiseIy, OK?
Woah, woah, woah, saiIor!
Not so fast. A IittIe you-me time, yeah?
Sooo...
Coursework?
- Ready for tomorrow? - Yeah, I'm, Iike, haIfway through.
Sid, there are peopIe here you can taIk to.
I am here for you.
We can sort this out.
I'm aII ears. Come on.
What? We can sort out the fact that
my best mate wants me to make a move on his girIfriend, who I Iove,
even though she stiII Ioves him and now actuaIIy hates me?
My Dad thinks I'm a compIete fuck-up, and can't stop acting Iike a fuck-up
and no matter what I try, I can't stop pissing everyone off?
We can sort that out, can we?
OK. OK, yeah.
Give me a moment to, um...
Life, Sid.
There are Iots of ups and downs, OK?
It is Iike a...
It's Iike a...bird, fIying.
Find your wings, Sid.
Right.
And do your fucking coursework. Otherwise you're fucked.
Yeah. Thanks, Tom. That sorts it.
Pas de probIeme, Sidney. So see you tomorrow.
Don't Ieave me hanging, G.
Safe!
- Hey. AII go according to pIan? - No.
- Ho! That girI can reaIIy swing. - No.
Your mistake, my friend, was making your move too quickIy.
What?
Yes, grasshopper. Sensei say that boy must wait 12 hours
before he approach girI on rebound.
This is fucked up, Tone!
Isn't it?
- Don't you want her? - I toId you. It's a gift.
You fucking freak me out sometimes.
But it's never duII. Is it?
No.
Ring her. Take her for a drink, and see what happens.
What's the worst that can happen? It's your choice, dude. Your choice.
Ah, fuck.
'HeIIo?'
Hi, MicheIIe. It's Sid.
- 'Fuck off. I don't want to speak to you.' - 'CheIIe...
'You heard me!'
- I'm sorry, aII right? I'm sorry. - 'Wankers!'
Yeah, I know, and I wanna see you so I can...
'What?'
PIease. I wanna make it up to you.
- 'Fuck off.' - Can I taIk to you?
'TaIk about what? I don't want to.'
Yes, I know, and I want...
'I can't take your shit, you and Tony. You wanna taIk?'
Yeah, yeah. PIease, MicheIIe.
'I don't want to taIk. I'm tired. You both fucked me over.'
Meet me at Ronny's Bar, I'II expIain.
'ExpIain, yeah...'
PIease, 'CheIIe, I wanna see you.
Hi.
- Thanks for coming. - That's OK.
Why weren't you at, um, coIIege today?
Snap!
- Some right hook, that girI. - Yeah.
BeIieve me, 'CheIIe. I didn't know he was puIIing a stunt. I promise.
I promise.
What was that for?
For forgetting that you and Tony are different peopIe.
Is that easy to do?
WeII, you come as a package,
but you're...
sweeter.
Nice.
Ah, shit.
I'm one of the nice boys.
Fantastic(!)
MUSIC PLAYS
I Iike this one.
I Iove you.
Huh?
Nothing.
Let's dance.
What?
Dance with me. Come on.
Come on.
MicheIIe, I've been a bit siIIy, haven't I?
MOBILE KEYPAD BEEPS
(Woman) 'HeIIo!'
Cassie? HeIIo, I've got your...
- 'HeIIo?' - Who is that?
- 'What's that noise? HeIIo?' - HeIIo? HeIIo?!
Is Cassie there?
Sid?
Oh, God!
Oh, Christ, she's done something!
'What?'
Why?
You've reaIIy got no idea? For fuck's sake, Sid!
'JaI, wait? Where are you going?'
Where do you think I'm going?
Shit!
MONITOR BEEPS
- Is she aII right? - She wiII be.
What have they done to her?
- Pumped her stomach. - What?!
Why have you chose to start caring about her now?
It's a bit fucking Iate. You're the Iast person she needs right now.
Why? Why is this my fauIt?
AII you had to do was go on that fucking date. That's it.
But...
You need to be reIatives. Are you famiIy?
- No. - Yes, I'm her sister.
- Right. Is he your brother? - No. He's not.
Hi, Sid.
Dad, what's going on?
Dad?
Er, your mum's...gone.
Gone? What do you mean, ''gone''?
She packed a bag and went to Auntie Rosie's.
Something she ''has to do''.
She can't Iive here any more.
She can't taIk to me any more...
Hang on. Have you spIit up?
Oh, God, no, no.
So she's just not Iiving here or taIking to you any more?
Yeah.
Right.
She said to teII you ''sorry''.
Why is she sorry? Isn't her fauIt, is it?
ReIationships are compIicated... and sometimes, you know...
You shouIdn't bIame yourseIf.
I don't bIame myseIf. I bIame you.
I know, and, you know, you have...
Shut up! Why did you Iet her go?!
Sid... I can't...
Because you're fucking useIess, you sodding idiot!
You stupid bastard. You fucking stupid bastard!
That's my fucking mum! And she's fucking gone!
- Sid, I'm so sorry... - It's a bit Iate for that.
You've got to ring her.
- It won't do any good. - Ring her! Or... Or...
You're fucking grounded untiI you get her back!
- Huh? - You fucking heard me!
Say goodbye to sunshine, Sunshine!
- Sid... - I've got things to do!
Put it behind you
The hurt is gone
Forget everything...
Can I come in?
.. That you've done
Time's movin' on
Time's movin' on...
It'II be OK.
MOBILE RING TONE: Singing In The Rain
HE SIGHS
(Tony) 'Hey, Sid. Where'd you get to?
'Sid, heIIo?
'I know you're fucking there, mate.
'Come on, it was just a Iaugh.
'Don't be a fucking pussy.
'Sid, come on. Sid!'
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