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Extract from David Cook’s script, Walter
Walter’s mother lies dead in her bedroom when a friend visits.
MRS. ASHBY
Can I see her?
WALTER
I’ve got a bird in here and she might escape.
MRS. ASHBY
I’d like to speak to your mother, please.
WALTER
She’s sleeping ... She’s not been very well ... I’ve had to stay at home with her.
MRS. ASHBY
What’s she been ill with?
WALTER
I don’t know. She won’t wake up.
MRS. ASHBY
Can I see her?
WALTER
She’s asleep.
MRS. ASHBY
Yes, you said. But she may need a woman, you know. (He clearly doesn’t understand) Some shopping, or something. I won’t stay long, I promise.
DAY. INT. SARAH’S BEDROOM.
The birds seem almost to have multiplied, and are certainly disturbed by this new presence.
SARAH’s face is marked and her hair caked with droppings.
MRS. ASHBY
She’s ... sleeping very soundly, isn’t she?
DAY. INT. HALL
MRS. ASHBY
They’ll be coming for you, don’t you worry! How could you let her go like that, covered in pigeon muck, you great mistake of a man! It’s criminal, after all she’s done for you. They’ll know what to do to you to make you learn. They’ll show you.
Walter, 1982
