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.

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY Bruised and bandaged, Edward sorts through a big bag of mailwith help from Sandra. He rips open an official-lookingletter. Reading it, his face drops.
FLUTE and DRUM, music rising to a military cadence.
EDWARD (V.O.) It turned out that while my heartbelonged to Sandra, the rest of my bodybelonged to the U.S. Government.
INT. ARMY AIRPLANE - NIGHT With a buzz cut and paratrooper gear, Edward squats with adozen other SOLDIERS. The noise of the ENGINES is deafening, but Edward is engrossed in an Asian phrasebook.
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EDWARD (V.O.) A hitch in the Army was up to threeyears at that point, and having waitedthree years just to meet Sandra, I knewI couldn’t survive being away from herthat long. So I took every hazardousassignment I could find, with the hopeof getting my time down to less than a year.
The JUMP LEADER yells... JUMP LEADER: GO! GO! GO!
One by one the men jump out, their chutes clipped to a mainline. When his time comes, Edward leaps but he’s stuck. His cord is caught up in the assembly.
He twists and struggles, trying to free himself. Lookingdown, he can see the white parachutes disappearing into thedarkness. They’re already long gone.
Digging a knife out of his pocket, Edward gets to workcutting through the cable. It finally POPS. Edward jumpsfrom the plane.
EXT. OUTSIDE STAGE - NIGHT A THOUSAND CHINESE SOLDIERS sit, bored, watching theequivalent of a U.S.O. show.
A CHINESE VENTRILOQUIST is on stage with his Communistpuppet. We have no idea what they’re saying to each other, but every act is fundamentally the same.
The EMCEE comes on to usher him off the stage before he’sfinished. The Ventriloquist protests, but finally gives in.
The Emcee makes a “shoot him in the neck” motion to one of the ARMED GUARDS off-stage.
EXT. HIGH ABOVE THE STAGE - NIGHT We LOOK DOWN with Edward, who is drifting right for thestage. He can’t steer. He’s helpless.
But then, a BLAST of fireworks from the sides of the stage.
The lights go out as a DRUM ROLL begins. It’s just enoughcover for Edward to remain unseen.
He lands with a CLANG on the lighting catwalk above thestage. He barely grabs on, disconnecting his chute just asthe curtain goes up.
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Edward looks out at the sea of excited soldiers. Every oneof them would kill him. He’s the legless cricket left on theanthill.
EXT. ON STAGE The curtain rises to reveal PING (27) at a microphone. She’s as gorgeous a woman as you’ll ever see.
She stands with her hips turned in profile. Her body is aknockout, dress cut to reveal skin. The soldiers are on their feet, WHISTLING and HOLLERING.
UP ON THE CATWALK, Edward is surprised by an ENEMY SOLDIER.
The two men begin to SCUFFLE.
MUSIC starts, a vampy torch song. Ping sings melody while anoff-stage voice carries perfect harmony.