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.

ON WILL AND SANDRA
WILL:
(low but insistent) Make him stop.
His mother pats him sympathetically, then adjusts his tie.
WILL’S DATE What did you do?
EDWARD:
I followed that fish up-river and downriver for three days and three nights, until I finally had him boxed in.
Will regards his father with exasperated contempt.
EDWARD:
With these two hands, I reached in andsnatched that fish out of the river. I looked him straight in the eye. And I made a remarkable discovery.
INT. TINY PARIS RESTAURANT (LA RUE 14°) - NIGHT (1998) WILL, now 28, sits with his gorgeous bride JOSEPHINE. This is their wedding reception, crowded with their friends andfamily. They should be joyful, but Will is furious.
Edward has the floor, ostensibly for a toast. The room is cozy and drunk.
EDWARD:
This fish, the Beast. The whole time we were calling it a him, when in factit was a her. It was fat with eggs, and was going to lay them any day.
Over near the doorway, we spot Sandra, just returned from therestrooms. She looks gorgeous. She couldn’t be any happierif this were her own wedding.
EDWARD:
Now, I was in a situation. I could gutthat fish and get my ring back, butdoing so I would be killing thesmartest catfish in the Ashton River, soon to be mother of a hundred others.
Will can’t take any more. Josephine tries to hold him back, but he gets up and leaves. Edward doesn’t even notice.
4.
EDWARD (cont’d) Did I want to deprive my soon-to-beborn son the chance to catch a fish like this of his own? This lady fishand I, well, we had the same destiny.
As he leaves, Will mutters in perfect unison with his father- EDWARD AND WILL: We were part of the same equation.
Will reaches the door, where his mother intercepts him.
SANDRA:
Honey, it’s still your night.
Will can’t articulate his anger. He just leaves.
EDWARD:
Now, you may well ask, since this ladyfish wasn’t the ghost of a thief, whydid it strike so quick on gold whennothing else would attract it?
(closer; he holds up his ring) That was the lesson I learned that day, the day my son was born.
He focuses his words on Sandra. This story is -- and hasalways been -- about her more than anyone.
EDWARD:
Sometimes, the only way to catch anuncatchable woman is to offer her a wedding ring.
A LAUGH from the crowd.
Edward motions for Sandra to get up here with him. As she crosses, we can see that thirty years of marriage has notlessened their affection for each other.