大鱼 Big Fish (2003) Movie Script

杰瑞发布于2023-11-21

爱德华（伊万·麦克格雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰）生性热爱自由，成年之后，他选择离开家乡，踏上了环游世界的旅程。一路上，爱德华遇见了各种各样稀奇古怪的角色，经历了无数精彩绝伦的的冒险，而他日后最大的兴趣，就是向他人喋喋不休的重复讲述他的这一段奇幻旅程。 　　威尔（比利·克鲁德普 Billy Crudup 饰）是爱德华的儿子，他并不相信父亲所讲述的那些光怪陆离的故事，甚至对此感到无比厌烦。婚后，他同父亲中断了联系，一晃眼就是数年过去。当再次得到爱德华的消息之时，威尔才知道父亲即将不久于人世，他决定去见爱德华最后一面。然而，这一次，威尔终于发现了隐藏在这些故事背后的奥秘和真相。 When Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) becomes ill, his son, William (Billy Crudup), travels to be with him. William has a strained relationship with Edward because his father has always told exaggerated stories about his life, and William thinks he's never really told the truth. Even on his deathbed, Edward recounts fantastical anecdotes. When William, who is a journalist, starts to investigate his father's tales, he begins to understand the man and his penchant for storytelling.

FADE IN:
A RIVER.
We’re underwater, watching a fat catfish swim along.
我们在水下，看着一条肥壮的鲶鱼游来游去。
This is The Beast.
EDWARD (V.O.) There are some fish that cannot be caught. It’s not that they’re fasteror stronger than other fish. They’rejust touched by something extra. Call it luck. Call it grace. One such fish was The Beast.
The Beast’s journey takes it past a dangling fish hook, baited with worms. Past a tempting lure, sparkling in the sun. Past a swiping bear claw. The Beast isn’t worried.
EDWARD (V.O.)(cont’d) By the time I was born, he was alreadya legend. He’d taken more hundred- dollar lures than any fish in Alabama.
Some said that fish was the ghost ofHenry Walls, a thief who’d drowned inthat river 60 years before. Others claimed he was a lesser dinosaur, leftover from the Cretaceous period.
INT. WILL’S BEDROOM - NIGHT (1973) WILL BLOOM, AGE 3, listens wide-eyed as his father EDWARDBLOOM, 40’s and handsome, tells the story. In every gesture, Edward is bigger than life, describing each detail withabsolute conviction.
EDWARD:
I didn't put any stock into suchspeculation or superstition. All I knew was I’d been trying to catch thatfish since I was a boy no bigger than you.
(closer) And on the day you were born, that wasthe day I finally caught him.
EXT. CAMPFIRE - NIGHT (1977) A few years later, and Will sits with the other INDIAN GUIDESas Edward continues telling the story to the tribe.
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EDWARD:
Now, I’d tried everything on it: worms, lures, peanut butter, peanutbutter-and-cheese. But on that day Ihad a revelation: if that fish was the ghost of a thief, the usual bait wasn’tgoing to work. I would have to use something he truly desired.
Edward points to his wedding band, glinting in the firelight.
LITTLE BRAVE: (confused) Your finger?
Edward slips his ring off.
EDWARD:
Gold.
While the other boys are rapt with attention, Will looksbored. He’s heard this story before.
EDWARD:
I tied my ring to the strongest linethey made -- strong enough to hold up abridge, they said, if just for a fewminutes -- and I cast upriver.
INT. BLOOM FRONT HALL - NIGHT (1987) Edward is chatting up Will’s pretty DATE to the homecomingdance. She is enjoying the story, but also the force ofEdward’s charisma. He’s hypnotizing.
EDWARD (cont’d) The Beast jumped up and grabbed itbefore the ring even hit the water.
And just as fast, he snapped cleanthrough that line.
WILL, now 17 with braces, is fuming and ready to leave. His mother SANDRA -- from whom he gets his good looks andpracticality -- stands with him at the door.
EDWARD:
You can see my predicament. My weddingring, the symbol of fidelity to mywife, soon to be the mother of mychild, was now lost in the gut of anuncatchable fish.
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