This is the island of New Penzance. Sixteen miles long. Forested with old- growth pine and maple. Criss-crossed by shallow tidal creeks. An important seabird habitat. There are no paved roads but instead many miles of intersecting foot paths and dirt trails and a ferry that runs twice daily from Stone Cove. The year is 1965. We are on the far edge of Black Beacon Sound, famous for the ferocious and well-documented storm which will strike from the east on the fifth of September -- in three day’s time.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
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A screenplay character in Moonrise Kingdom (2012).
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Sample dialogue
This is the island of New Penzance. Sixteen miles long. Forested with old- growth pine and maple. Criss-crossed by shallow tidal creeks. An important seabird habitat. There are no paved roads but instead many miles of intersecting foot paths and dirt trails and a ferry that runs twice daily from Stone Cove. The year is 1965. We are on the far edge of Black Beacon Sound, famous for the ferocious and well-documented storm which will strike from the east on the fifth of September -- in three day’s time.
scene 3 — EXT. BISHOP’S HOUSE. DAYThe time is now four thirty-five A.M.
scene 43 — EXT. ROUGH CHANNEL. NIGHTWhat I’m getting at is this: I think I know where they’re going.
scene 30 — EXT. POLICE STATION. DAYThe Black Beacon storm was considered by the U.S. Department of Inclement Weather to be the region’s most destructive
scene 62 — EXT. CHURCH ROOF. NIGHTThe coastal areas of New Penzance were battered and changed forever.
scene 66 — INT. SCOUT MASTER WARD’S TENT. DAY
Bookends
But harvest yields the following autumn far exceeded any previously recorded, and the quality of the crops was said to be extraordinary.