landscape in Hell. The cars
are stopped in rusted rows, still bumper to bumper. The skyline of
buildings beyond has been shattered by some unimaginable force like a
row of kicked-down sandcastles. Wind blows through the desolation,
keening with the sound of ten million dead souls. It scurries the ashes
into drifts, stark white in the moonlight against the charred rubble. A
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landscape. A
wide expanse of wasteland.
Suddenly, without warning, an elephant tusk falls from the sky
and crashes onto the parched ground. The earth-shuddering
impact causes the tusk to rebound once in slow motion before
finally settling to the desert floor in a cloud of dust.
The first tusk is quickly followed by a second, also dropping
from the heavens. It lands near the first. Another tusk
sm
superb dignity. He surveys
his subjects with
interest as they stand unanimous, thrusting their assegais into
the air whilst shouting
their allegiance.
10. EXT. HIGH COMMISSIONERS RESIDENCE, PIETERMARITZBURG,
NATAL. NIGHT.
BARTLE FRERE (V.0.)
Reading aloud the letter he has just written.
Cetshwayo 5 Zulu army to disband and the warriors permitted to
return
to their homes.
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landscape in Hell. The cars are stopped in rusted rows, still bumper to bumper. The skyline of buildings beyond has been shattered by some unimaginable force like a row of kicked-down sandcastles. Wind blows through the desolation, keening with the sound of ten million dead souls. It scurries the ashes into drifts, stark white in the moonlight against the charred rubble.
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Superb view.
Will sacrifice."
- Go on.
- Thats all.
- Thats all?
- You dont see it, do you, Father?
A fellow wants to sell his house,
he puts an ad in the paper.
Whatd you expect him to do,
take it to the United Nations?
Theres more to it than that,
isnt there, dear?
Certainly, Mother. What some people
dont see is the whole sordid picture.
A poor, honest farmer
pushed to the wall by hardship.
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