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hwp Screenplay by Richard Curtis
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EXT. VARIOUS DAYS
She plays through the credits.
Exquisite footage of Anna Scott -- the great movie star of our
time -- an ideal -- the perfect star and woman -- her life full of
glamour and sophistication and mystery.
EXT. STREET - DAY
Mix through to William, 35, relaxed, pleasant, informal. We
follow him as he walks down Portobello Road, carrying a load of
bread. It is spring.
WILLIAM (V.O.)
Of course, Ive seen her films and
always thought she was, well,
fabulous -- but, you know,
million miles from the world I live
in. Which is here -- Notting Hill
-- not a bad place to be...
EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - DAY
Its a full fruit market day.
WILLIAM (V.O.)
Theres the market on weekdays,
selling every fruit and vegetable
known to man...
EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - DAY
A man in denims exits the tattoo studio.
WILLIAM (V.O.)
The tattoo parlour -- with a guy
outside who got drunk and now cant
remember why he chose I Love Ken...
EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - DAY
WILLIAM (V.O.)
The racial hair-dressers where
everyone comes out looking like the
Cookie Monster, whether they like
it or not...
Sure enough, a girl exits with a huge threaded blue bouffant.
EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - SATURDAY
WILLIAM (V.O.)
Then suddenly its the weekend, and
from break of day, hundreds of stalls
appears out of nowhere, filling
Portobello Road right up to Notting
Hill Gate...
A frantic crowded Portobello market.
WILLIAM (V.O.)
... and thousands of people buy
millions of antiques, some genuine...
The camera finally settles on a stall selling beautiful stained
glass windows of various sizes, some featuring biblical scenes
and saints.
WILLIAM (V.O.)
... and some not so genuine.
EXT. GOLBORNE ROAD - DAY
WILLIAM (V.O.)
And whats great is that lots of
friends have ended up in this part of
London -- thats Tony, architect
turned chef, who recently invested
all the money he ever earned in a new
restaurant...
Shot of Tony proudly setting out a board outside his restaurant,
the sign still being painted. He receives and approves a huge
fresh salmon.
EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - DAY
WILLIAM (V.O.)
So this is where I spend my days
and years -- in this small village in
the middle of a city -- in a house
with a blue door that my wife and I
bought together... before she left
me for a man who looked like Harrison
Ford, only even handsomer...
We arrive outside his blue-doored house just off Portobello.
WILLIAM (V.O.)
... and where I now lead a strange
half-life with a lodger called...
INT. WILLIAMS HOUSE - DAY
WILLIAM
Spike!
The house has far too many things in it. Definitely two-
bachelor flat.
Spike appears. An unusual looking fellow. He has unusual
hair, unusual facial hair and an unusual Welsh accent: very
white, as though his flesh has never seen the sun. He wears
only shorts.
SPIKE
Even he. Hey, you couldnt help me
with an incredibly important
decision, could you?
WILLIAM
This is important in comparison to,
lets say, whether they should
cancel third world debt?
SPIKE
Thats right -- Im at last going out
on a date with the great Janine and I
just want to be sure Ive picked the
right t-shirt.
WILLIAM
What are the choices?
SPIKE
Well... wait for it...
(He pulls on a t-shirt)
First theres this one...
The t-shirt is white with a horrible looking plastic alien
coming out of it, jaws open, blood everywhere. It says I Love
Blood.
WILLIAM
Yes -- might make it hard to strike a
really romantic note.
SPIKE
Point taken.
He heads back up the stairs... talks as he changes...
SPIKE
I suspect youll prefer the next one.
And he re-enters in a white t-shirt, with a large arrow,
pointing down to his flies, saying, Get It Here.
SPIKE
Cool, huh?
WILLIAM
Yes -- she might think you dont have
true love on your mind.
SPIKE
Wouldnt want that...
(and back up he goes)
Okay -- just one more.
He comes down wearing it. Lots of hearts, saying, Youre the
most beautiful woman in the world.
WILLIAM
Well, yes, thats perfect. Well
done.
SPIKE
Thanks. Great. Wish me luck.
WILLIAM
Good luck.
Spike turns and walks upstairs proudly. Revealing that on the
back of the t-shirt, also printed in big letters, is written
Fancy a fuck?
EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - DAY
WILLIAM (V.O.)
And so it was just another hopeless
Wednesday, as I set off through the
market to work, little suspecting
that this was the day which would
change my life forever. This is
work, by the way, my little travel
book shop...
A small unpretentious store... named The Travel Book Co.
WILLIAM (V.O.)
... which, well, sells travel books
-- and, to be frank with you, doesnt
always sell many of those.
William enters.
INT. THE BOOKSHOP - DAY
It is a small shop, slightly chaotic, bookshelves everywhere,
with little secret bits round corners with even more books.
Martin, Williams sole employee, is waiting enthusiastically.
He is very keen, an uncrushable optimist. Perhaps without
cause. A few seconds later, William stands gloomily behind the
desk.
WILLIAM
Classic. Absolutely classic.
Prof
