music halls
doing three shows a night
so you could powder your babys bottom
and whine about how nobody
ever gives the radio man a chance.
Peter, no ones gonna hand it to you.
You want success,
youve gotta go out and take it!
Bite the hand that feeds you. Therell
always be another hand with more food.
And theyll be impressed
by the sharpness of your teeth!
Come here.
Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
musics so unusual.
Its haunting, really.
It is, isnt it?
How did you learn about that...
...style?
-At Brown.
I did my thesis on
Eastern European folk music.
-I thought about becoming a teacher.
-Why didnt you?
Mommy.
-Yeah, what are you eating?
-Nothing.
-Is it good?
-Yeah.
Swing me, swing me!
Okay, Ill swing you, Dunc.
Ill be right back.
-So Mr. Strout mentioned you again.
-Ill bet he did.
Stil
MUSIC in the woods, tinny and
incongruous, and still we keep PULLING BACK until...
...a car is revealed. A 1946 Plymouth. Parked in a clearing.
3 INT -- PLYMOUTH -- NIGHT (1946) 3
ANDY DUFRESNE, mid-20s, wire rim glasses, three-piece suit.
Under normal circumstances a respectable, solid citizen; hardly
dangerous, perhaps even meek. But these circumstances are far
from normal. He is disheveled
music. Little girls
shouldnt be watchin that.
BARKEEPER
Go home.
Thelma backs out of the restaurant, glaring at the
barkeeper, and gently bumping into a lady seated at a table.
TV
...life and death matter with them. They
were driven to their knees, they
acknowledged their sins, and they
confessed. And they said Moses, weve
sinned against God."
Thelma is buying a pink, single scoop ice cream
music of the river breeze?
Lie closer, my dear
And listen again
To your seventeenth year
In the sun and the rain
Beside the River Seine O
Away, away
The river goes rolling
O may, O may
Our love remain true
Lie closer again
I danced with you here
In the sun and the rain
The very next year
Beside the River Seine O
They like you tonight.
They are cruel.
They only pretend to applaud my song.
What the
license. - I was kidding.
- Oh! [ Laughs ] - [ Laughing ]
Im not gonna take lessons. Not gonna fly. I was joking too.
Hey, I should buy you an almond-spiced latte.
Its the least I can do for helping me with this--
this whole-- with the banner.
I got this work to do. I should just finish my lunch.
I understand completely.
- Okay? - Okay.
[TV Announcer ] Volomin, from STARKe Pharmaceuticals.
Making
An old Chinese man, GRANDFATHER, going through a beautiful Tai Zhi Quan form. It is very peaceful and graceful. The form ends with a palm strike towards camera, blacking out the frame. (for possible INTERCUT use)
INT. SUPERFIGHT ARENA - NIGHT
Spotlights cut through the murky darkness while rock music PULSES. The sound of the crowd, barely visible in the darkness, is a RUMBLE in the dark, not unli
"WHO SHOT ROGER RABBIT?"
(working title)
Written by
Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman
THIRD DRAFT
September 2, 1986
WHO SHOT ROGER RABBIT?
This movie starts the way all movies should... with a
cartoon. Its not a Disney or a Warners. Its not a
Fleischer, an MGM, or a Lanz. This is a lesser known
studio.
FADE IN:
ON A "MAROON CARTOON"
Accompanied by zany CARTOON MUSIC, the TITLE CARD reads:
MAROON
Jackass Script
Hi. Im Johnny Knoxville.
Welcome to Jackass.
Hello. Im Johnny Knoxville
and Im about to rent a car.
Whats up?
Uh, I have a reservation.
Okay, I need a drivers license and a credit card.
All right.
I need a signature here
that youre going to use your coverage instead of ours.
Is that white one us?
Yes.
Were gonna walk around and inspect it together.
Looks pretty good.
Im just lookin
Music in: J.S. Bach - St Matthew Passion.
Aces body comes flying in - extreme slow motion. His body twists and turns through the frame like a soul about to tumble into the flames of damnation.)
MAIN TITLE SEQUENCE.
INT. TANGIERS CASINO FLOOR - NIGHT
Vignette of ACE: through rippling flames, we move in on ACE ROTHSTEIN overseeing the casino. He lights a cigarette.
ACE: (Voice-over) Before I eve