The Constant Gardener: The Shooting Script

by Jeffrey Caine, John le Carré (Foreword)

The official screenplay book tie-in to the highly acclaimed international thriller from bestselling novelist John le Carré and Academy Award®-nominated director Fernando Meirelles ( City of God ), starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz.

Two-time Academy Award® nominee Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz head the cast of the romantic thriller The Constant Gardener , adapted by Jeffrey Caine from the novel of the same name by John le Carré and filmed on location in Berlin, London and Nairobi and numerous other parts of Kenya.

In a remote area of Northern Kenya, the region's most dedicated activist, the brilliant and passionate Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz), has been found brutally murdered. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his wife's infidelities, mild-mannered British diplomat and Tessa's widower, Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), surprises himself by plunging headlong into a dangerous odyssey. His eyes are soon opened to a vast conspiracy at once deadly and commonplace, one that has claimed innocent lives—and is about to put his own at risk.

The Newmarket Shooting Script book includes the complete screenplay, a color photo section, and notes on the production of the film, with contributions from Oscar®-nominated director Fernando Meirelles ( City of God ) and his international filmmaking team. 20 color photos.

176 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2006

About the author

Jeffrey Caine (born 1944) is a British writer and actor.

Reviews

[Neil Aplin · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be honest, I have now audio-read several Carré books, and they all take the same form, amd have now merged into one. The style throughout is terse, with short sentences and with a knowing confidence reminiscent of public school and the establishment. Some of the references are familiar and therefore have some pleasure, whilst the humour also resonates which again makes the reading remind me of other times and places. But I wouldn't recommend audio-reading several at a time, it becomes too repetitive.

[Carol · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm still not sure what happened in this book. So many different characters--was very confusing to me. I read it over about 3 weeks (560 pages). Unless you read faster than me, you could have a hard time keeping up with what is going on in this story.

[Adam Dolin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good screenplay

[رواية]

DNF graveyard 🪦
Probably I’ll watch it as a movie better

[Issi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in Africa, the story of a drugs scandal and how a British Diplomat's wife gets involved, and eventually murdered. I liked it.