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.

Norther HOLLERS with body-tingling joy as he counts the money.
NORTHER WINSLOW: Sixty. Eighty. Four hundred dollars!
Not bad for just the drawers. Let’s see what you got from the vault.
Edward winces, but doesn’t say anything yet. Digging throughthe vault bag, Norther is surprised to find only a singledeposit envelope. He rips it open, revealing just a littlecash inside. Even some dimes and pennies.
NORTHER WINSLOW (cont’d) This is it? The whole vault.
EDWARD:
‘Fraid so.
NORTHER WINSLOW: Edward, it’s got your deposit slip onit.
Caught, Edward has to confess...
EDWARD:
Look, I just didn’t want you to goempty-handed. There’s something youshould know, Norther. You see, thereason why... 88.
Edward continues his narration... EDWARD (V.O.) I told Norther about the vagaries ofTexas oil money and its effect on realestate prices, and how lax enforcementof fiduciary process had made savingsand loans particularly vulnerable.
Hearing this news, Norther was leftwith one conclusion: EXT. TEXAS ROAD - DAY Norther leans in the driver’s side window.
NORTHER WINSLOW: I should go to Wall Street. That’s where all the money is.
Edward looks over at Norther, the reality sinking in.
EDWARD (V.O.) I knew then that while my days as acriminal were over, Norther’s were justbeginning.
The two men wave at each other as Edward drives off. At the last moment, Norther calls out: NORTHER WINSLOW: Edward, thank you for the hand!
He’s talking about his Hand Around the House. We HOLD ON Norther for a beat, dreaming of his future.
EDWARD (V.O.) When Norther made his first million dollars, he sent me a check for tenthousand. I protested, but he said itwas my fee as his career advisor.
EXT. BLOOM HOUSE [MID/LATE ‘70’S] - DAY Sandra is watering the garden. Will (5) runs past her togreet Edward, just returned from another trip.
EDWARD (V.O.) Ten thousand dollars is no fortune to most men. But it was enough to buy mywife a proper house with a white picketfence.
We reveal the Bloom house, the nicest one in theneighborhood. Edward kisses his wife.
EDWARD (V.O.) And for that, it was all the riches aman could ever want.
Sandra drops the hose, letting it run on the lawn.
TRANSITION TO: INT. BLOOM HOUSE BATHROOM - DAY [PRESENT] CLOSE ON Edward’s hand as he turns knobs.
CLOSE ON water SPLASHING into the claw-foot bathtub, which begins to fill.
Still wearing his pajamas, Edward climbs into the tub.