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.

At the window, Josephine quietly lowers the shade. She reaches over Edward to switch off the radio. He stirs from the silence -- he wasn’t fully asleep -- and sees Josephinestretched over him.
EDWARD:
(playfully lecherous) Hello.
She smiles.
JOSEPHINE: Hi. How are you feeling?
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EDWARD:
I was dreaming.
JOSEPHINE: What were you dreaming about?
He tries to recollect, but it’s already gone. Josephinemotions, is it okay for her to sit on the bed? He nods.
EDWARD:
I don’t usually remember unless they’reespecially portentous. You know what that word means, portentous?
She shakes her head.
EDWARD (cont’d) Means when you dream about somethingthat’s going to happen.
(beat, gathering) Like one night, I had a dream wherethis crow came and told me, “Your Auntis going to die.” I was so scared I woke up my parents. They told me itwas just a dream, to go back to bed.
But the next morning, my Aunt Stacy wasdead.
JOSEPHINE: That’s terrible.
EDWARD:
Terrible for her, but think about me, young boy with that kind of power.
Wasn’t three weeks later that the crow came back to me in a dream and said, “Your Grampa is going to die.” Well, Iran right back to my parents. Myfather said, no, Gramps is fine, but Icould see there was trepidation. And true enough, that next morning myGrampa was dead.
He sits up a bit in bed, his strength returning.
EDWARD (cont’d) For the next couple weeks, I didn’thave another dream. Until one nightthe crow came back and said, “YourDaddy is going to die.” (beat) Well, I didn’t know what to do. But finally I told my father.
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EDWARD (cont’d) And he said not to worry, but I couldtell he was rattled. That next day, hewasn’t himself, always looking around, waiting for something to drop on hishead. Because the crow didn’t tell how it was going to happen, just thosewords: your Daddy is going to die.
Well, he went into town early and wasgone for a long time. And when he finally came back, he looked terrible, like he was waiting for the axe to fallall day. He said to my mother, “GoodGod. I just had the worst day of mylife.” (beat) “You think you’ve had a bad day,” she said. “This morning the milkmandropped dead on the porch!” Josephine smiles, a half-laugh, which gets him smiling too.
A long beat. Then, deadpan... EDWARD (cont’d) Because see, my mother was banging themilkman.
JOSEPHINE: No, I understand.
EDWARD:
He was slipping her a little extra cream.
She nods, a bit more of a laugh.