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.

INT. AIR FRANCE 747 - NIGHT As the plane continues boarding, a STEWARDESS recites thewelcome spiel in French. Will has a window seat in coach.
Josephine sits beside him, putting on hand lotion.
Taking his hands, she rubs the excess into him. There's an effortless intimacy between them. She can pinpoint what he'sfeeling before he can.
INT. 747 / FLYING - NIGHT Hours later, and the lights are dimmed. Most of the PASSENGERS are asleep, including Josephine. Her head is propped against Will’s shoulder, her hands tucked under herbelly.
Will watches her sleep, brushing back her hair. A beat, thenhe notices a BORED BOY in the next row over.
Off the glow of the reading light, the boy is using his handsto cast shadows on the seat back. The kid is pretty good, making a convincing bird, a passable monkey, and finally adog.
We PUSH IN on the silhouettes.
EDWARD (O.S., PRELAP) So which one’s it gonna be? The Monkeyin the Barn, the Dog in the Road?
Focusing on the final shadow, we... MATCH CUT TO: INT. BLOOM HOUSE - NIGHT ...come to find Edward making the shapes.
Will (6) sits in his pajamas on the floor next to him. The endtable lamp lies between them, its shade off to cast bigshadows on the wall.
WILL:
The one about the witch.
EDWARD:
Your mom says I can’t tell you that one anymore. You get nightmares.
WILL:
I’m not scared.
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Edward looks around for a beat, seeing if his wife is inearshot. He then leans in, complicitous.
EDWARD:
Neither was I. At first.
Will smiles, excited to hear the forbidden story.
EDWARD (cont’d) This all happened in the swamp outsideof Ashton. Kids weren’t supposed to goout in the swamp, on account of thesnakes and spiders and quicksand thatwould swallow you up before you could even scream. But there were five of us out there that night: Me, Ruthie, Wilbur Freely, and the Price Brothers, Don and Zacky.
Edward holds up his hand, counting the names on his fingers.
EDWARD (cont’d) Not a one of us knew what was in store.
As his hand moves past the light, we
COME TO:
A flashlight SWEEPS past. We are... EXT. FIELD AT THE SWAMP EDGE - NIGHT The night is WHIRRING and BREATHING, alive. The moon hangslow, casting long shadows.
Five kids walk past in silhouette. Four have flashlights on.
The fifth keeps tripping, crashing into YOUNG EDWARD (10).
EDWARD:
Zacky, turn your flashlight on!