大鱼 Big Fish (2003) Movie Script

杰瑞发布于21 Nov 10:16

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.

Scrambling forward, he looks for a way out. But the trees have encircled him, their spiky crowns bending down to crushhim.
He SCREAMS up at the night, until his breath is gone.
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EDWARD (V.O.) (cont'd) And then I realized, this wasn’t theend of my life.
With a sudden calm... EDWARD (cont’d) (aloud) This isn’t how I die.
Another lightning FLASH, and suddenly the trees are back where they’ve always been. Edward is lying shoeless and torn in a muddy puddle, staring up at the rain. And LAUGHING.
EXT. THE ROAD - DAY His bare foot steps onto asphalt.
A DEEP VOICE: Friend!
Edward turns to see
KARL:
to his right, coming down the larger, paved road.
KARL:
What happened to your shoes?
Edward looks down at his muddy, bloody feet.
EDWARD:
They got ahead of me.
With that, the men start walking down the larger road.
CROSSFADE TO: INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT Edward and Will sit at opposite ends of the table, withSandra and Josephine in the middle. Although Edward has asmall plate of food in front of him, he hasn’t touched it.
He’s exhausted from the trip downstairs, but determined tomaintain the family dinner ritual.
The other three eat awkwardly, each CLINK and SCRAPE of aknife or fork resonating. Will finally breaks the silence.
WILL:
I don’t know if you’ve seen it, butJosephine has some photos in the mostrecent Newsweek.
45.
SANDRA:
Really! That’s wonderful.
JOSEPHINE: I spent a week in Morocco for thestory. It was incredible.
SANDRA:
We’ll have to pick up a copy.
A beat. As Will scoops out another serving of potatoes, Edward suddenly speaks:
EDWARD:
I don’t know if you’re aware of this, Josephine, but African parrots, intheir native home of the Congo -- theyspeak only French.
All three stop to listen.