Notting Hill

N O T T I N GH I L L Screenplay by Richard Curtis -------------------------------------------------------------- Title EXT. VARIOUS DAYS 'She' plays through the credits. Exquisite footage of Anna Scott -- the great movie star of our time -- an ideal -- the perfect star and woman -- her life full of glamour and sophistication and mystery. EXT. STREET - DAY Mix through to William, 35, relaxed, pleasant, informal.We follow him as he walks down Portobello Road, carrying a load of bread.It is spring. WILLIAM (V.O.) Of course, I've seen her films and always thought she was, well, fabulous -- but, you know, million miles from the world I live in.Which is here -- Notting Hill -- not a bad place to be... EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - DAY It's a full fruit market day. WILLIAM (V.O.) There's the market on weekdays, selling every fruit and vegetable known to man... EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - DAY A man in denims exits the tattoo studio. WILLIAM (V.O.) The tattoo parlour -- with a guy outside who got drunk and now can't remember why he chose 'I Love Ken'... EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - DAY WILLIAM (V.O.) The racial hair-dressers where everyone comes out looking like the Cookie Monster, whether they like it or not... Sure enough, a girl exits with a huge threaded blue bouffant. EXT. PORTOBELLO ROAD - SATURDAY WILLIAM (V.O.) Then suddenly it's the weekend, and from break of day, hundreds of stalls appears out of nowhere, filling Portobello Road right up to Notting Hill Gate...