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 high-tails it, each step still precarious.
EXT. THE DARK FOREST - DAY [LATER] Edward is bruised, battered and bee-stung.
A half-broken sign lies in the road. Edward picks it up.
Reads it:
WARNING!
JUMPING SPIDERS!
Sure enough, up ahead he sees the path is overgrown withthick cobwebs, heavy from the rain.
EDWARD (V.O.) There comes a point where a reasonableman will swallow his pride and admithe’s made a terrible mistake. The truth is, I was never a reasonable man.
Edward tosses the sign and forges ahead, into the spiderwebs.
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EDWARD (cont’d) And what I recalled of Sunday Schoolwas that the more difficult somethingbecame, the more rewarding it was inthe end.
EXT. CLEARING / THE ROAD - DAY Edward emerges from the forest, brushing the last cobwebs offand shaking the spiders from his shirt. One is stuck in his sleeve, and he has to dance to get it out. Even then, hestill keeps twitching, convinced another one is left behind.
At his feet, the gravel road has returned, smooth and dustyand comforting.
Ahead lies a tiny one-street town -- smaller even than Ashton-- with powerlines emerging from the woods to feed it.
Dangling from the line above he sees two dozen pairs ofshoes, their laces tied together.
He passes a sign that reads “Welcome To Spectre!” EXT. THE TOWN OF SPECTRE - DAY It’s a main street with stores on each side: Cole’s Pharmacy, Talbot’s Five and Dime, Al’s Country Store.
Everything is old, but this isn’t a ghost town. In fact, there’s a group of about 20 CITIZENS spilling out to seeEdward approach. Most are smiling. There are even a few tears of joy.
What’s more, all of these people are barefoot.
MAN’S VOICE Friend!
A forty-year old man named BEAMEN comes out of the seed storeto greet Edward. Friendly but a little drunk, he’s theclosest thing the town has to a mayor. He’s carrying aclipboard.
BEAMEN:
Welcome to ya. What’s your name?
EDWARD:
Edward Bloom.
Beamen checks the clipboard. Not finding the name, he flipsforward a few pages. Still looking...
BEAMEN:
Bloom like a flower?
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EDWARD:
Yes.