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.

EDWARD:
That’s nothing. I once had to stay inbed for three years.
YOUNG WILL: Did you have chicken pox?
EDWARD:
I wish.
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INT. TINY CHURCH - DAY Wearing a white shirt and tie, YOUNG EDWARD -- still about 10-- sings “Down to the River My Lord” along with theCONGREGATION. His voice is high and thin, but he gives ithis all.
Suddenly, his voice CRACKS and DROPS a half-octave. And then another. His friends Wilbur Freeley and Ruthie look over, wondering what’s wrong. Embarrassed, Edward just keepsSINGING, trying to follow along with the baritone part.
He pulls at his collar. Then pulls again, his face gettingred. Starting to panic, he loosens his tie. He’s startingto undo the collar button when it POPS off by itself. Two more buttons fly off. One hits a CHUBBY WOMAN in the neck.
ON HIS SHOES: As we watch, Edward’s pant cuffs rise inch by inch -- that’show fast he’s growing.
EDWARD (V.O.) Truth is, no one quite knew what was wrong. Most times, a person grows upgradually. I found myself in a hurry.
INT. YOUNG EDWARD’S BEDROOM - DAY Young Edward lies in bed, his limbs connected to variouspulleys and levers to support his weight. He has a dozen encyclopedias around him, and another dozen on the floor.
EDWARD (V.O.) My muscles couldn’t keep up with my bones, and my bones couldn’t keep up with my body’s ambition.
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EDWARD (V.O.) (cont'd) So I spent the better part of threeyears confined to my bed, with theWorld Book Encyclopedia being my onlymeans of exploration. I had made it all the way to the “G’s,” hoping tofind an answer to mygigantificationism, when I uncovered anarticle about the common goldfish.
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The encyclopedia article, complete with drawings.
YOUNG EDWARD: (reading) “Kept in a small bowl, the goldfishwill remain small. With more space, the fish can grow double, triple, orquadruple its size.” Young Edward thinks this through.
EDWARD (V.O.) It occurred to me then, that perhapsthe reason for my growth was that I wasintended for larger things. After all, a giant man can’t have an ordinary- sized life.
EXT. BASEBALL FIELD - DAY The CRACK of a bat announces the game-winning home run. The crowd CHEERS the swing, and especially the batter as herounds the bases.
Although we’ve seen him briefly before, this is our firstreal exposure to GROWN-UP EDWARD, who we’ll follow fromroughly the ages of 18 to 30.
EDWARD (V.0.) As soon as my bones had settled intheir adult configuration, I set uponmy plan to make a bigger place formyself in Ashton.
EXT. SCHOOL FIELDS - DAY SINGLE SHOTS: Football hero Edward leads his team to victory. On the sidelines, a PRETTY GIRL admits the name ofher secret love:
GIRL:
Edward Bloom!
The other GIRLS SQUEAL in agreement. Don Price looks over, glowers.
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EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY SINGLE SHOT: A lawnmower ROARS along the grass. We LOOK UP to see who’s pushing it, but it’s not Edward. It’s one of his teenage EMPLOYEES.
Edward is back at the truck, which is painted to read, “Bloom Landscaping.” He has workers on every lawn.
He signs an autograph for an ADMIRING CUB SCOUT.