animals
there, right ?
- Not any more.
The party of foresters and rangers
said he walked among them--
part of the animal group.
its just possible, Ben, that he was
living with the mountain gorillas...
for nearly two years.
With them.
Noted anthropologist
and primatologist Ethan Powell...
was reported missing
in October .
Lost for nearly two years,
then found.
But when they tried to contact Ethan,
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Metropolis Script
Every epoch dreams its successor.
--Jules Michelet
Producers Masao Maruyama
Iwao Yamaki
Based on the Comic by
Osamu Tezuka
Screenplay by
Katsuhiro Otomo
Character Design/ Animation Supervisor
Yasuhiro Nagura
CG/ Art Director
Shuichi Hirata
CG Technical Director
Tsuneo Maeda
Music
Toshiyuki Honda
Directed by
Rintaro
At this moment
animal, dark green with brown stripes
along its back, steps out from the bush. Only about a foot
tall, it stands on its hind legs, balancing on its thick tail.
It walks upright, bobbing its head like a chicken.
CATHY
Well, hello there!
The animal (a COMPSOGNATHUS) just stares at her. Cathy squats
down on her haunches.
CATHY (contd)
What are you? A little bird or
something?
She opens her hand. She
Protector."
BOY (VO)
I know.
Silence.
The noblemen and monks surround Reting as he steps out of
the palanquin.
One man stands out here, a monk, a high lama in fact, with a
kind face and fantastic, mesmerizing eyes. He is the LAMA
OF SERA.
WOMAN (VO)
Go to sleep, Lhamo.
Reting stares at the lake.
The water turns a light grey, and an image appears - obscure
at first, then becoming more solid. A vis
animal
CRY. A LAMB, white and blank-faced, skitters across her path and
on into the dark. No reason why its there.
Then another SOUND, much nearer -- the slithering SCRAPE of
something like fingernails across slate. It sets our teeth on
edge, twists the MUSIC, and sends TINA running.
3. INT. BOILER ROOM. 3.
Suddenly TINAs a tiny figure running among huge boilers steam
pipes and catwalks -- a shad
animals in the barn.
My boots dont fit no more. Cut off my blood circulation.
- Its your birthday soon. - Ill have gangrene by then.
Your mother may have to saw off your feet, then. Like poor old Mr. Swenson.
Mr. Jones.
Maggie, this is the visiting gentleman I mentioned.
Ill bet a warm meal sounds pretty good to you.
Magdalena.
Im afraid we have just enough food for family.
We cant be offering ou
DR. BURTON, the Chief Psychiatrist moves down the old hallway, face tense. He steps through a doorway into...
INT. MAXIMUM SECURITY - NIGHT
Security cells. Criminal maniacs sealed behind protective casings.
A GUARD stands before a heavy door.
GUARD
Hell of a night, huh Doc?
BURTON
Hells in here.
Hydraulics HISS. The cell door unseals.
INT. SECURE ISOLATION CELL
animal.
- Impressive. Name?
- Herd of Horses.
- I meant yours.
- We call her Flicka.
Elizabeth Warren.
They call me Betty.
Very good.
Betty is also correct.
Just because something is ancient
doesnt mean that it is primitive.
For example. Next slide, please.
Mycerinus and His Queen. B.C.
Its a funerary statue
of the pharaoh and queen...
...originally intended to preserve
the pharaohs ka. Soul.
Hav
animals
get killed
on the Discovery Channel.
I-I think Margaret Chan
would want me to have
some water right now.
Uhh! Oh!
Play something!
Do something!
Yes! Ha ha ha!
Come on! Mom! Dad!
Ive got to get out
of the country!
I know youre still upset,
but it wasnt that bad.
Oh, really, Mom?
Was your junior-high graduation
on "Good Morning America"?
What creep would send
Diane Sawyer a video
to embarra
inserts it
into a collection tube, something makes him turn.
Theres something across the street in the dark. Something alive.
COLE points his flashlight and reveals...a BEAR! Startled by the
light, the animal blinks, then stands on its rear legs and ROARS.
ANGLE ON COLE, staring wide-eyed.
Then, the BEAR sinks down onto all fours and, trying to avoid the
flashlight, it pads quickly down the st