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.

JENNY:
I am. And you’re Will. I’ve seen yourpicture, that’s how I recognize you. I almost said something at the store, butit would have been awkward.
(a beat) Like this.
The PIANO STUDENT, a black boy of eight, has stopped. He’s watching the conversation at the door. Speaking ofawkward... JENNY (cont’d) (to the student) Listen, Kenny. Why don’t we skip thelesson today? We can go again nextweek.
She hands him five dollars out of her pocket.
STUDENT:
Do I have to give it back to my Mom?
JENNY:
I won’t tell her if you won’t.
You don’t have to tell him twice. He’s out the door in a flash.
INT. JENNY’S KITCHEN - DAY While Will sips his iced tea, Jenny flips through a form shenever expected to see again. She hands it back to Will.
WILL:
How did you know my father?
JENNY:
This was on his sales route, so he wasthrough here all the time. Everyone intown knew him.
A beat. Not flinching... 93.
WILL:
Were you and my father having anaffair?
JENNY:
(taken aback) Wow. Wow, you just said it. I was expecting to dance around this foranother half hour.
WILL:
I’ve seen him with women. He flirts.
He always has. On some level, Ipresumed he was cheating on my mother.
I just never had proof.
She moves, trying to get out of the corner he’s boxed herinto. Once she’s finally free...
JENNY:
Can I ask you a question? Why did youcome here today? If you found thisdeed, why didn’t you just ask Eddie?
WILL:
Because he’s dying.
A long beat. Jenny is taken back by the suddenness of it.
She’s a tangle of conflicting emotions.
JENNY:
Look, I don’t know how much you want toknow about any of this. You have one image of your father and it would bewrong for me to go and change it.
Especially this late in the game.
WILL:
My father talked about a lot of thingshe never did, and I’m sure he did a lotof things he never talked about. I’m just trying to reconcile the two.
Fair enough. Jenny takes a seat across from him at thetable.