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.

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EDWARD:
Will never told you that?
(she shakes her head) Probably just as well. He would have told it wrong anyway. All the facts and none of the flavor.
JOSEPHINE: Oh, so this is a tall tale?
EDWARD:
Well, it’s not a short one.
A devilish smile. Pushing past Edward, we settle on thewhirling fan.
MATCH CUT TO: A SPINNING PINWHEEL held by a LITTLE BOY. He’s slumped over his FATHER’sshoulder, being carried towards a big-top tent. We are... EXT. OLYMPIA CIRCUS - NIGHT ...where the second-rate carnival is parked for the moment inan Alabama field. To the left, we spot Edward, 20-ish, halfway through a bag of peanuts. He’s still carrying thebackpack we saw earlier, and scratched up from his tripthrough Spectre.
EDWARD (V.O.) I had just left Ashton, and was on myway to discover my destiny. Not knowing what that would be exactly, Iexplored every opportunity thatpresented itself.
Joining the crowd, he heads into the big-top.
INT. BIG TOP - NIGHT A troupe of STILT-WALKING FIREBREATHERS finishes their act totremendous APPLAUSE.
As the performers clear away, the circus’ owner-andringmaster AMOS CALLOWAY (50) approaches the stands. He mayonly be four feet tall, but Amos has a titanic presence.
AMOS:
Ladies and Gentlemen, you may thinkyou’ve seen the unusual. You may thinkyou’ve seen the bizarre.
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AMOS (cont'd) But I’ve travelled to the five corners of the world, and let me tell you, I’venever seen anything like this.
From behind Amos, CARNIES start rolling a massive balltowards the crowd.
AMOS (cont’d) When I found this man, he was pickingoranges in Florida. His fellow workers called him El Penumbra -- The Shadow -- because when you were working besidehim, he blocked out the daylight. He could take a whole tree in his hands and shake off the fruit. I had to payhis crew boss $10,000 just so I couldtake him with me.
Amos comes up to a MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN in the first row, aquieter moment.
AMOS (cont’d) Not to alarm you, Ma’am. But if this man wanted to, he could crush your headbetween his toes.
(she trembles) But he won’t.
(a long beat) He’s not going to hurt her, folks, because he’s our own Gentle Giant.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give youColossus!
The carnies back away from the ball as a deep DRUM ROLLbegins. A moment, then the ball starts to bulge from inside.
A foot suddenly bursts out from within. GASPS from the crowd. That foot is massive. In the stands, Edward lookscloser. Intrigued.
As the drum beat intensifies, a second foot breaks out.
Followed by hands. Shoulders. Finally, the head. This is COLOSSUS.