No Night Is Too Long (2002 TV Movie)
Marc Warren: Ivo Steadman
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Dr. Ivo Steadman : So, where is he?
[Silence from Isabel, Ivo glances towards the kitchen]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Oh...
[whispers]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Where is he?
Kit Winwood : [Walking in from the kitchen] Where's who?
Isabel : [to Ivo] I thought you might have known?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Well, if I knew I wouldn't be asking, would I?
Kit Winwood : Who are we talking about here?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : We're talking about Tim Cornish, a friend of mine from England. Well, he was a... a lover.
Kit Winwood : Ahh...
Dr. Ivo Steadman : He'd come with me on one of my lecture cruises, and we stopped off at this island, and we ended up having a fight. And, uh... well, I fell against a rock, I was out cold and...
[pause]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : He left me there. Dead, as far as he knows.
Kit Winwood : Jesus! How long were you there?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Two or three days. One of my colleagues got suspicious. So, the next cruise stopped off and uh... here I am.
Kit Winwood : Oh my God... this guy really wanted to kill you?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : He wanted me out of the way because he's got another lover.
Kit Winwood : Is that who he's with now?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Looks at Isabel] ... I don't know.
Kit Winwood : [Getting suspicious] What's going on here?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : But what I do know is that when he tried to kill me, he had every intention of resuming the affair.
Kit Winwood : [Angry] So who the hell is the affair with?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Looking accusingly at Isabel] ... My sister.
[Isabel flees up the stairs, Ivo jumps off the couch and goes after her]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Isabel. ISABEL!
[Slamming on her bedroom door]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Open this fucking door! How could you do this to me?
Isabel : You shouldn't have asked me!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : I thought I could trust you?
Isabel : I didn't want anything to do with it! Asking me to spy on him while you were away, making sure that he didn't misbehave, it was... it was ridiculous!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Near tears] But you knew! You knew what I felt for him!
[Slams on the door]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : You knew what I felt for him!
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Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Bursting into Isabel's room, knocking her to the floor] Get up! When did you seduce him? Get up!
Isabel : [Struggling to crawl away] Of course I didn't-!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : GET UP! Who made the first move? Was it him?
[Pins Isabel against the wall]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Was it you? Love at first sight, Romeo and fucking Juliet?
[Throws Isabel on the bed and pins her as she struggles]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : COME HERE! Did you read all the letters I wrote?
Isabel : No!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Maybe you read them yourself, did you-!
Isabel : No, I wouldn't do s-!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Did you read my letters?
Isabel : I wouldn't-!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Grabs Isabel's face] Did you read them?
Isabel : I didn't! What sort of an explanation do you want? He may be a bit selfish and spoiled, but he's... he's also...
Dr. Ivo Steadman : And what? What? What is he?
Isabel : You know what I mean. I suppose like you, I fell a little in love with him.
[a heartbroken Ivo lets her go, and she begins to cry]
Isabel : I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry!
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Tim Cornish : [about accompanying Ivo to Alaska] Just this once?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : No, I can't.
Tim Cornish : Why not?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Because I can't afford to.
Tim Cornish : Just this summer, I mean... I mean, surely that won't bankrupt you!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Look, it's too late, I'd be letting people down.
Tim Cornish : But letting me down's alright, is it?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Will you give it a rest, Tim?
Tim Cornish : What the hell am I supposed to do by myself all summer?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : You'll find something!
Tim Cornish : [Takes the book Ivo is reading and throws it] You can't just leave me!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Retrieving the book] For God's sake!
Tim Cornish : It's just not fair!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Do you have any idea what you sound like?
Tim Cornish : Jesus Christ, some fucking fossil in Alaska is more important than me-!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Grabs Tim's face, cutting him off] Nothing is more important than you! I wouldn't be without you for a second if I could help it. I want you to come!
[pauses to look fondly at Tim]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : I love you.
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Dr. Ivo Steadman : Why didn't you write?
Tim Cornish : Sorry...
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Not a single letter!
Tim Cornish : I should have written, I know...
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Not one!
Tim Cornish : [Snapping] Yeah, I'm sorry!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Remorseful] It's my fault, having to go off like that. It hasn't been much of a holiday for you, has it?
[Takes Tim's hand]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Look, it will get better, I promise.
Tim Cornish : Yeah...
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Fondly] Tim... I've really missed you.
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[Ivo is getting dressed after making love with Tim]
Tim Cornish : Where are you off to?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : A lecture on ancient sedimentary rocks.
Tim Cornish : In a leather jacket?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : 'Bye. Be good.
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Tim Cornish : I actually met someone who's actually very... enthusiastic about Alaska.
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Oh yeah? Who was it?
Tim Cornish : Some cute little first-year. He came onto me in the library. You don't mind, do you?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Sorting through items in a shopping bag, deliberately ignoring Tim] Iodine...
Tim Cornish : ...Do you?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Plasters...
Tim Cornish : See, the opportunity presented itself and... well, anyway, I thought I'd mention it, you know?
[Kisses his neck]
Tim Cornish : I know you'd like us to be honest with each other.
[Ivo punches Tim in the face]
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Dr. Ivo Steadman : We *are* going to behave ourselves, aren't we?
Tim Cornish : Of course.
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Still, it shouldn't be too difficult. There aren't any cute little first years skipping around, they're all about seventy. But then again...
[Ivo leaves, locking Tim in their stateroom]
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Dr. Ivo Steadman : If you'd like to take a rubbing as a souvenir you can always get some tracing paper and crayons off of Connie.
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Tim Cornish : Why do you still want to be with me?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Because I don't believe you know what you want.
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Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Plopping next to Tim on the couch] I'll miss you.
Tim Cornish : It's only one night.
Dr. Ivo Steadman : What will you do?
Tim Cornish : I don't know, um...
[laughs]
Tim Cornish : The usual. Revision... more revision.
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Why don't I cancel? I could... tell them that I'm sick.
Tim Cornish : Ivo, it's only one night. Now go, you'll be late.
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Kisses Tim's shoulder] I'll call you tonight.
Tim Cornish : Have a good time!
Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Sarcastically] A conference about SEAgel solids. I can't wait.
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[repeated line]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Be good.
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Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Talking to Tim in his office] ... So how can I help you? Have you decided to take up paleontology?
Tim Cornish : Why were you spying me the other night?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : I wasn't.
Tim Cornish : Yes you were. You were standing at the window and you were watching me with my girlfriend.
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Your girlfriend?
Tim Cornish : One of them, yeah.
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Why how many have you got?
Tim Cornish : Why did you do that?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : ...Why did you follow me into the lift?
Tim Cornish : [sighs, sits on Ivo's desk and toys with a fossil] Is this the kind of thing that you study?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Well done.
[Takes the fossil from Tim]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : That's about two hundred and fifty million years old.
Tim Cornish : Where did you get it?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Alaska.
Tim Cornish : Wow, Alaska. What were you doing there?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Lecturing. They have cruises there for people who are interested in that sort of thing.
[Shares a gaze with Tim]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : ... Anyway. I've got a stack of work, so if there's nothing I can do for you...
Tim Cornish : ...Right. Well, I'll be off then.
Dr. Ivo Steadman : Yeah...
Tim Cornish : [Awkward pause] ... Yeah.
[Turns to leave]
Dr. Ivo Steadman : By the way...
Tim Cornish : What?
Dr. Ivo Steadman : ...Happy Christmas.
[Smirks]
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Dr. Ivo Steadman : Happy New Year.
