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.

A NURSE finally scoops up the slippery baby. Everyone letsout a collective sigh of relief.
WILL (V.O.) My father’s birth would set the pacefor his unlikely life. No longer thanmost men’s, but larger. And as strangeas his stories got, the endings werealways the most surprising of all.
INT. HALF-DARK PARIS APARTMENT - (PRESENT) DAY Over the sound of rain, a phone RINGS on a chair. By thetone of the ring, we know we’re not in the U.S. -- it hasthat insistent European sound.
As it keeps RINGING, we look to see the apartment is mostlyempty, just a few half-unpacked boxes. A cradle is still in its carton.
KEYS in the lock. LAUGHTER in the hallway. The door swingsopen to reveal a drenched Will (29) carrying four sacks ofgroceries, the bottoms collapsing from the rain. His wife Josephine (28) pushes past him to get the phone.
JOSEPHINE: Allo oui?
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Will begins stripping out of his wet clothes, each layerunleashing a new drizzle. He plays it up, trying to get areaction out of Josephine.
JOSEPHINE (cont’d) (on phone) Yes, he’s here.
She hands the phone to Will, concerned.
JOSEPHINE (cont’d) It’s your mother.
Half-stripped, Will takes the phone. This won’t be good news.
WILL:
(on phone) Hi. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
As Josephine takes off her rain coat, we see she is very, very pregnant. She listens carefully to Will’s side of theconversation, trying to gauge how bad the news is.
WILL (cont’d) What does Dr. Bennett say? Okay. No, sure, let me talk to him. I’ll wait.
He covers the mouthpiece. Looks over to Josephine.
JOSEPHINE: It’s bad.
WILL:
It’s more than they thought. They’regoing to stop chemo.
JOSEPHINE: You need to go.
WILL:
Probably tonight.
A beat.
JOSEPHINE: I’m going with you.
WILL:
You don’t have to.
JOSEPHINE: (a simple fact) I’m going with you.
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