Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Nicky Dryden is arrested by Gary Keltie for part in enforcing collection of money owed to loan shark, Fact2: film moves into present time, Fact3: young wannabe gangster Flipper At is obsessed by Dryden 's dark past and wishes to emulate him same time, Fact4: low level crime escalates in murder of security guard at swimming pool, Fact5: Keltie breaks Extremely distraught over attack upon mother into Dryden 's home to attack Dryden
Output (English): The film opens in late 1970s Edinburgh; Nicky Dryden Billy Connolly is arrested by Gary Keltie Ken Stott for his part in enforcing the collection of money owed to a loan shark. Soon the film moves into the present time. Dryden has left prison and changed his ways. He is now a feted sculptor married to journalist Val Dryden Francesca Annis displaying his first show. The show is interrupted by Keltie who is disgusted by Drydens newfound respectability, and claims that he hasnt paid his debt to society. Dryden wishes to move on from his past crimes, but Keltie is determined not to let him forget his past. At the same time a young wannabe gangster Flipper Iain Robertson is obsessed by Drydens dark past and wishes to emulate him. He takes part in low level crime, which escalates in a murder of a security guard at a swimming pool played by Ford Kiernan. Keltie continues to harass Dryden and his family, including disrupting a family wedding. When Drydens stepson is murdered and Keltie shows up at the funeral, Dryden seeks revenge. He contacts one of his old underworld colleagues who arranges for Flipper to attack Keltie. Flipper, however, viciously attacks Kelties mother played by Annette Crosbie. Flipper makes contact with Dryden and boasts about his crime to Dryden. Disgusted by the attack on an old woman, Dryden himself brutally attacks Flipper, killing him in the end. Extremely distraught over the attack upon his mother, Keltie breaks into Drydens home to attack Dryden. Dryden is however at the Edinburgh Tattoo at the time, and Keltie instead takes his vengeance on Dryden by raping his wife. Keltie eventually meets up with Dryden, and in a fight outside Edinburgh Castle ends up being killed by Dryden. The film ends with Dryden being acquitted of the murder of Keltie, but he is a broken man, disabled by the attack, his marriage has broken up and he is once again estranged by polite society. Finally, Kelties mother is placed in a nursing home to reflect on the loss she has endured.