Great Scene: “Children of Men”

In the midst of a heated battle, Theo find Kee and the baby alive. Then a miracle happens…

Plot summary: No children. No future. No hope. In the year 2027, eighteen years since the last baby was born, disillusioned Theo (Clive Owen) becomes an unlikely champion of the human race when he is asked by his former lover (Julianne Moore) to escort a young pregnant woman out of the country as quickly as possible. In a thrilling race against time, Theo will risk everything to deliver the miracle the whole world has been waiting for.

Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, novel by P.D. James

Scene setup: With all hell breaking loose, Theo finds Kee and the baby.

Here is the movie version of the scene:

Two noticeable differences between script and screen:

• Much less dialogue in the movie.
• The kind of “sacred” tone of the moment, the miracle of the cease fire gets played up considerably in the film.

It’s a remarkable scene in this 2006 movie.

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