"A Dream in the Making"

For Nicole Kidman  

Written by, God, Randall Craig Johnson -----

Proposed Cast: Dreame - Nicole Kidman

Reginald - Randall Johnson Sandra - Sandra Bullock Dark - John Malkovich

Dreame's Youngest sister - Dakota Fanning    

Main Character studies: Husband: Lives in Ireland Thirteen years older than Dreame Brutish/hateful/father figure to all Of a punishing nature Was taught to kill beauty, daily by his father Believes he had to marry ten years ago, because of old age Believes marriage is a prison Infidel Brother: Weaker than Dreame’s husband Projecting pretense strength Follower Dreame: Lives in Ireland 30 years old Of red hair and blue eyes Strong and forceful, not beaten down by life Unhappy in marriage but of purpose to live each day She sees in all men, except her father, a basic fact of falsehood and pretense strength Pressured by her family to marry early

Dreame’s youngest sister by ten years: Of frivolity Dreame’s middle sister by three years: Closest sister Dreame’s strength Reginald: 32 years old Of Scottish decent, but living in London Charismatic Romantic Run by a wealthy family Dark: Man of evil, Feels that Reginald’s father (as well as a large population of the world) is weak Dark’s foundational philosophy about human existence: A strong person needs to be of “deception” to kill off “weakness” to create a better world where it “is,” and “was” shown(through the “adjustment” years passed) that strength/goodness needed to have erased weakness/badness))

"A Dream in the Making" Dreame sees it coming..coming true now…..she had a dream

the previous night, and many dreams like this before, that she

was on “horseback” with “him,” her prince, and every time she

has had this dream, she was “his” princess on “his” horse.

Always behind him, galloping so fast and hugging him, so

hard….Her “dream” was coming true….

She is speeding on horseback in Northern England with a man,

a real man (just like the one in her dreams). She knows that

her dream is coming true. The “prince” from her dreams…is…

Real….now.

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Racing through a forest beneath the border of Ireland, they are

of each other and one and the same. Though each do not say

a word, they both desire,

this moment to last…

forever…..

Three hours earlier, wanting an escape, she wandered off, as

she has done many times before, into the forest away from

“them:” her husband, his brother, and Dreame’s two younger

sisters. For the past five years, the “family”, has come to

Northern England. They search, each year to find a certain

flower, which they can grow and harvest on their property in

Ireland, for a profit. Three hours ago, when their caravan was

nearing the border of Ireland, Dreame wandered off without

them knowing.

She feels the wind through her red hair and holds tight to this

strong stranger, which found her lost. He obviously knows the

way back to the road, by the confidence in “direction” she

feels in him, which doesn’t surprise her. They are nearly there,

because, she sees the family’s caravan ahead through the

trees. She speaks a sudden “Now stop.” He, Reginald

WIlmington(of Scottish decent, but living in London(which she

does not know of this fact, as of this moment))wonders why

she, this woman who did not give up her name to him, wants

to stop here, when he is so close giving her… to her family.

She is off his horse with a bound, and walks a few steps, then

he follows, for they love each other immediately, and he

begins to search for someway, someway to tell her or to give

her something to remember….just to remember him. At that

moment, she turns and displays a flower to him, for he realizes

that she was searching as well, for something to give to him!

She says,”Here,” and then hears loudly from the road, a large

voice of anger, “Dame!!!,… There she is!” Quickly, Reginald

tears a crest from his inner jacket and presses it into her palm

and says, “Here.”

He then exits.

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The family returns to a small village in middle Ireland.

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Reginald (30 years old) returns to London, and it is the night of

one of the many preparatory galas, celebrating his pre-

arranged….. marriage (decreed by two fathers upon birth of

children) which Reginald has put off for many years. For in

England, two houses are to be joined by matrimony.

Reginald’s family is wealthy(not primarily) from purchasing

land in Ireland, from poor land owners (by using a certain

illegal land acquisition practice, unbeknownst to all of Europe

at the time). This lucrative practice, makes it so, that the family

could purchase land in America as well. Sandra(the pre-

arranged fiancé)is of a famous family in London, which owns

many, many bartering businesses throughout England, and this

family is thrilled at the thought of attaching “America” to their

realm. The gala is wonderful and Reginald, because he is

hiding the fact that he fell in love…. with a…. “dream”, chooses

to project a general frustration throughout the evening. His

“oddness” at the party is pshawed, and Sandra and all smile

and know that in two month’s time, “the two houses” will be

joined together, as Reginald’s father and Sandra’s father

desired… so many years ago……..

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Life for Dreame is of a typical “potato famine” life of struggling,

with a normal size “growing” yard and a too small of a home,

where privacy is rare, and the by-product of this “lack of

privacy”, is the fact that the brother desires to be “with”

Dreame, and spies on her and suffers her. The husband allows

this and enjoys that Dreame is suffering. Dreame carries the

“crest” of Reginald with her, hidden in the toe of her shoe

everyday, and of course, the one thing she mostly desires is,…

“finding out more”….. about this crest. She has to find out

what the last name is, of the man she loves, beyond words.

For everyday that has evolved, since the meeting of this

“unknown” love of hers, she sees this man as her last chance

for happiness on earth.

On this day, she goes about her normal chores. She hides her

excitement that she is of knowledge, based on a discovery of a

shoppe in town, that has books of history and of families

attached to crests! Dreame, looks at the sky, and is

determined, for she knows now,…. that it is time to go to

market(and to the shoppe, in secret).

-abbreviatory-

Another smaller (pre-wedding) dinner, and the families, of the

two houses, see Sandra off to make an excursion to her aunt,

in a not to distant town……Reginald meets with his father and

he is again sent to Ireland to purchase land again.

Reginald is….like the wind……to her…..to find her……and to……

freedom?

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Dreame watches carefully, as the historian flips through the

old books of “crests” and names. If she could just obtain the

last name, she could possibly..maybe….get lost in England…and

find him. While the shopkeeper is trying to find the matching

crest, they are interrupted by the youngest sister, frightened

and exclaiming that the husband is coming! Dreame hurries

home frustrated, and without “his” name with her, and vows

to herself to come back in three days, when the “in town”

festival commences. She has to try again.

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Three days move forward, and Reginald is nearing the actual

village that Dreame lives in.

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The festival is here. Dreame’s family is in town, to enjoy the

festival, and the sisters(as planned earlier) distract the men,

while Dreame enters into the shoppe, once more. This time,

she secures the last name, and hides it in the other shoe. Out

on the street, excited about this acquisition, Dreame feels the

need to adjust her shoe once more. While bending down to

address this issue, Reginald, on horseback, moves past the

shoppe, and Dreame, neither to see her…or she to see him….

at all.

Seven days later, he is traveling down through England, with a

property in hand,….. bought from a brutish man….. with a odd

brother attached…who talked of how this sale would benefit

his wife and her two younger sisters. Reginald, who

considered the trip a failure, obviously, was now resigned to

marry Sandra and to (pretense),…to forget about………”her”.

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Sandra is at a castle, and it isn’t owned by her aunt at all. She

stands in front of a man. The castle is owned by a man she is

married to already (secretly). His name is Dark(his last name).

He is of evil and has a plan to obtain the entire wealth of both

houses. The first part of the plan, that is stated here, is,…to..…

kill Reginald. The fact of the matter is, is that this man of evil,

feels that Reginald’s father has shown “weakness” in his life).

This character named “Dark”, feels that if Reginald is dead, the

father can be easily bought….and sold. The second part of the

plan is that Dark must kill Sandra’s Father and brother, which

would erase any blood ties to properties owned by Sandra’s

family. Dark, would plainly gain by simply displaying his

marriage of deception, at the appropriate time.

In the castle of Dark, at this moment, there is summoned a

man of “blackness”, and Dark, in reference to Reginald, says to

him, “Kill him.”

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Home now in England, Reginald bounces around and “readies”

the house for the wedding, hiring chefs and decorators to

display the world of the “Wilmingtons” at their highest

expression. He is seen in town so “happy” and all around him

reflect that.

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The caravan of Dreame’s family is happy, but nervous about

moving and placing their roots down, in an area past London

to southeast of England. With their property sold in Ireland,

they are free from the hard life. Traveling slowly on the main

road downwards through England, Dreame’s eyes are always

open to see if “he” is riding, northern England as well. The

man in blackness(in normal English clothes) gambles that

Reginald is coming down from Ireland. He heads straight

across to upper England and if he does not find him, the plan is

to scour down to London before the wedding occurs, to kill

Reginald. Days before he reaches the main roads of northern

England, his stallion begins to suffer illness, and dies a day

later. He is on foot now(deciding, obviously to head down to

London and hopefully, to find a caravan to speed his journey).

Dreame’s caravan sees this man in need of food and travel.

This man creates a “sympathetic character of wonderfulness”

to gain entry into their traveling lives. He looks up at the

husband, smiles, and begins to spin a good “yarn.” The

husband agrees to allow him to join the caravan and they roll

on. Each night, the man of “blackness” befriends the husband

for he sees an object of acquisition in Dreame, and men of

“evil”, at this time would secure a woman to be an asset, a tool

to use for manipulation in instances of betrayal, and men like

this would press his “evilness” onto a woman, such as Dreame,

and win her over to gain a “partner in crime” for as long as she

is valuable in this way.

Watching Dreame, during these first few days, he simply

knows that she may be, in fact will be, enticed by a certain

“unveiling” of an attractive alliance of evil, with a man named

Dark. Dreame, studying this man during these first few days,

views this man as a nice man at first, but she is leery of any

man, of these times, on roads, such as these. The days are

spent rolling along, towards London, with normal banter

heard, and this man is continually talking at great lengths with

Dreame, telling his “pretend” life story. The husband sees over

this of course of time, “attachment” grow in this man,

attachment to Dreame for some unknown reason. The

evenings, the women by the fire, watch the husband and this

man get drunk and drunker, and always, they drink until the

women fall asleep, and let them be. One night, this man, by

the fire, knowing that Dreame has been secretly staying awake

for many nights, to keep an eye on “her” new attractive suitor,

tells of a plan to kill a man in England, and the man in

blackness describes him perfectly, his face, his hair, his clothes,

his “crest”, even down to the style of horse he rides and he

speaks his name….and it is….. Reginald Wilmington of London.

This horrible man continues, and exclaims aloud, in a drunken

fervor, “And, he is to be married in three weeks time!”

Dreame overhears this and is of horror and excitement. She

now knows the first name of the man she loves ….However,

though,… she is shocked to realize, that Reginald is to be

married to another woman!….and worst of all, is the fact, that

this horrible man desires to kill “her” Reginald, and he is riding

in her “caravan” with her.

Over the next two nights, Dreame pretends to sleep, and

listens to the details of what this man is planning to do. The

man of “blackness” unveils to the husband, that he is under

the guidance of another man named “Dark,” who is planning

to kill off “all” the “males” of importance, of both families, to

obtain the wealth and property of these two realms…….

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Back in London, Reginald, during the last two weeks, has

clearly been outwardly excited about the “joining” of the two

houses,….but it has been of …..pretense,……. for he has hid an

unbelievable plan…a plan to meet…”her”… finally. He has had

scribes printing the same letter over and over again….A letter,

to entice, her to…..meet at an inn in Ireland. The letter is as

such….”To a fair skinned, woman of Ireland, that is of the fire

of hair, the bluest of eyes and the fragrance of Lilac. I gave you

a crest of mine, of Wilmington, one moon ago, and now the

moon is full and I, Reginald, will be at the Briarwood Inn, ten

marks above Ireland border. Meet me there, my love, on the

23rd of June, evening of 8 o’clock. Don’t tarry, love…..for I am

where you are….right now….and I will always be ….for

you….forever.” Reginald had nine scribes find nine scribes and

each scribe printed this letter…nine times and each scribe

found nine more scribes and had them repeat this process of

multiplication. This continued until a thousand of riders were

heading up to journey through Ireland, to deliver the letter to

“any” woman of Ireland that did fit the letter’s description.

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Night after night the caravan moved towards London. The

husband was completely “enamered” with this man, who was

obviously attaching himself to Dreame, and Dreame of course

was not of “it.” The husband hated Dreame, and this hatred

grew during this trip, because he could see, and did notice

since of their last journey to England, when she got “lost”,

beauty blossoming within her for some reason, and as the

countryside of England moved past the wagon, he angrily

watched her beauty and enjoyment blossom further. Also, he

knew, as well as all, that she never loved him, nor even liked

him from the start of their union and the further down into

England they traveled, these thoughts of being joined together

in an eternal life “prison” with her, so escalated. So much so,

that on another drunken night, knowing the man of “black”

desired Dreame so much, he divorced Dreame in front all

screaming, “Dame, you are not of thine, but you are of thine

husband there!” He pointed to the man, and while holding up

a marriage contract with the other hand, that the man in

blackness drew up earlier, he continued, and shouted, “and I

shall sign thy paper, and you, man, shall (laughing) have this

horrible thing.” So, by paper, he signed, and then he signed,

and shocked, she even signed too, and thus all signed Dreame

over to be the wife of this man of “murder.” Dreame’s new

husband paid handsomely for her, and therefore, it was a

profitable transaction as well.

Dreame was in hell, and gratefully(after great arguing by the

two men) nothing was going to be “consummated” until the

“new” couple had the wedding ceremony in London(after the

murder of Reginald was accomplished).

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It was time for Reginald to leave for the north to the

Briarwood, and all is prepared for the wedding in case he does

not find her, for he is imprisoned by his lineage, even though,

most importantly, he is mostly of a desire to end the “position”

of being “next” in line to take over his family’s required duties,

and thus, to risk poverty for…her…… He is off.

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Meanwhile Sandra (with Dark), on their journey back to

London for the “wedding,” unveils that, on the last day before

the journey to London began, Sandra found a letter in Dark’s

desk, proclaiming the desire and need for the deaths of her

father and brother. In the carriage, later the next day, the

entire plan is unveiled, and Sandra is of not caring at all that

her family will be murdered soon,…actually at the wedding by

Dark and associates!....Onward they travel to London……

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In the last few days, the thousand of riders on horseback

cascaded to the north, with letters in toe. Each of the carriers,

of the letter from Reginald, pass by Dreame, for she….. was

not…..…in….….Ireland. The caravan, though today, pointed

south, is about to stop at an inn, itself, before it makes it’s final

journey to London……

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Reginald pounds his way up towards Ireland, and yes must

stop, for it is evening, and hunger knaws at him. He sees in the

distance, his favorite inn….. and a light glows in front and

illuminates the wagons, and horses outside as usual. He

comes in the back of the inn, like he usually does and sees….

Her…. at a table with three men and two women. He makes

eye contact….she spills a huge amount of ale…and she,

apologetic, moves to the bar to get a towel…..She sees him and

arranges a quick meeting later(when all are asleep) in the back

room area. When all lights have dimmed,

Dreame and Reginald….

make love in the back of the Inn…

unbeknownst….

Afterwards, she stuns him with the news that a man named

“Dark” (telling Reginald the tale that she’s heard many times

from the “new” horrible husbands lips) has sent this horrible

man (that she has been sold to) to kill Reginald. She talks

passionately of running away with Reginald, but Reginald (who

is of furry) is of silencing this terrible threat first, and of killing

off Dark and this “man” (who Reginald and Dreame state

slowly and stoically together, “Is not my (your) husband”). In

doing all of this, and ending “Dark’s” reign, Reginald, thus

saves his family’s holdings, and though he realizes that the evil

Sandra has deceived him from the start, he strongly desires to

protect Sandra’s family from harm, and not let Dark, see the

light of victory!

They make love again…..strongly….. knowing there’s a huge

challenge ahead, for the reunited couple. They have to

journey to London separately now,…. for tears flow…for early

sun does show…some light. They realize, as goodbyes are

spoken softly, for to “right” everything, means that now they

have to pretend that everything is “as it was.” They, however,

vow to marry each other… the next day…. separately, alone

out loud…. to God. They separate, and Reginald gallops back

to London to ready himself to set things “right”. Dreame,

immediately upon final kiss, runs out into the forest and far

away from the camp.

The next day, Dreame’s family is upset to have to search again

for her. Reginald, with each breath, on the road to London

proclaims eternal marriage and love to Dreame…Meanwhile,

while sitting by a tree, Dreame has tied two twigs together

with grass and the twigs have little leaf heads on them. She

performs a wedding ceremony for the happy couple, and

makes the twigs kiss each other and promise eternal love…She

is then found, by her family, again. The man of black, furious

and late, finds a horse and moves quickly alone towards

London, for time is of the essence, and he smells something

foul. He promises to meet up with the family at the “Reginald

wedding” and of course, after the murder of said Reginald, he

pledges to marry Dreame right there and then…..Off he goes.

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To London, they all go……..

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In London, the man of blackness, after a quick interview with

Reginald’s head steward, is now a hired hand, paid by the

house of Wilmington, to secure a successful union of food,

feast and “marry”-“ment.” The house is all of excitement!

Reginald arrives, and immediately is observing the new hired

hand, Sandra, and her new “steward”(Dark), and of course, he

watches all of the hustle and bustle in the grand home.

The night before the actual wedding, Reginald (hidden from

view) witnesses the killings of the father and the brother of

Sandra. The murders are reported to his father and though

late in the evening, guards are investigating… who, what,

where, when. During the confusion, Reginald (who followed

the killer “Dark” and saw him hide the a sharp dagger) secures

the murder weapon and hides it on his person.

The wedding day arrives, and Dreame’s family, once in London,

comes directly to the house of Wilmington, because Dreame’s

husband, the man in blackness commanded that Dreame come

immediately to the scene of his crime, which is the house of

Wilmington. The husband, holds a drawn up “family”

invitation, from the man in blackness, as well, and is ready to

witness a murder and a “wedding”. Dreame, looks around the

beautiful inner sanctuary in “amazement,” and the bustling to

and fro, of guests getting ready for the ceremony to begin. She

smiles to herself, and knows that there is a “husband” existing

in this house for her. She, and her family, enters into the

wedding chamber. The ceremony begins and Sandra is walking

down the isle towards Reginald, who for the past two hours

has been trying search, as best he can, for Dreame. As Sandra

moves closer to him, Reginald finally sees Dreame. He stands

forth, interrupts the ceremony, and in front of all, declares,

“He!(pointing to the man of blackness) murdered Sandra’s

father and brother last night!!!” All is of chaos, and again

Reginald proclaims, “And he has the murder weapon upon

him”(which was planted earlier by Reginald himself on the

man of blackness). Guards search this man and the weapon is

found!, and he is then taken out to the gallows. As he is being

dragged out of the hall, he proclaims to the hall and to

Dreame’s family, that it is all Dreame’s family’s fault, for he

accuses Dreame and the family for betraying him. He turns

and he grins in an evil way, and loudly, directly accuses the

husband of betrayal and accuses Dreame of a rendezvous with

Reginald at the inn, the night she spilled the large drink, and

thus she most certainly told the story of he and Dark to

Reginald, and he attaches the husband to the betrayal as well.

The old husband, angered and insulted, throws the money

gained from purchase of Dreame, back him, hitting him

squarely in the eye, and thus ending the contract of marriage

between Dreame and the man in blackness. Exploding from

anger, Dreame’s newly arrested and divorced man of

blackness, “husband” isn’t done yet and grabs her and begins

to drag Dreame out of the hall.

Reginald screams out, “Take your hands off my wife!” At that

moment, Dark, stepping forward out of hiding, with a long

sword thrusts it into Reginald and retracts. Dreame screams

and tears herself away from capture and runs to Reginald.

Reginald,…. down,…. Dreame embraces….and says, “You’re not

done, my husband.” Sandra pulls sword, then all pull swords…

then Reginald pulls sword and reveals that underneath his shirt

he wore “male of chain” and the stab from Dark’s sword

merely knocked him down. Dreame screams, “Horray!!!”

Reginald finds and throws a sword to Dreame, who screams,

“To death!”, and the sword fight of everyone there begins. It’s

a milieu of sword play, and the number of opponents are

many. For Dark, in the last few days has placed many evil

“minions of secrecy,” throughout the hall, with invitations to

suite! Reginald and Dreame battle to victory!, and even the

two sisters help as well! and Dark and Sandra and company are

slain! and alls well that ends well here for the marriage

ceremony (after a short clean up) continues,…….. but with a

new couple!…Reginald and Dreame….They marry,… right?

there and proclaim afterwards, that they shall live in America

possibly and most certainly, at Reginald’s recently purchased

“property” in Ireland …….and thus of course….. finally,….they

together…can…and will.

make a dream come true.

The end