Many thanks to these students for their hard work on the script.
Fu Keishin
Sada Kenta
Shibata Fumina
Mizukami Madoka
Kamojima Shohei
Ueda Taiki
Nakamura Masahiro
Miyamoto Saki
Mitsui Hirofumi
Sekiguchi Hideaki
Hashimoto Hirotsugu
Wakabayashi Takahito
Matsubara Tomoaki
Iwasaki Ryohei
Ro Shushu
Kato Akane
Nakanishi Miho
Zhao Xin
Kouriki Satoru
Niwa Akinobu
Hamazaki Naoya
Sakuma Daiki
EXT. STREET
Larry is crossing a street. A taxi driver yells at him.
TAXI DRIVER
Hey, watch it.
Larry sees that he has a parking ticket on his car.
LARRY
Oh, come on.
EXT. NICKY'S SCHOOL
Larry sees Mike.
LARRY
Hey, Mike!
MIKE
Hey, Larry.
LARRY
How you doing? Have you seen Nicky?
MIKE
I'm pretty sure he went with Erica.
It was half day today. Parent Career Day.
INT. ERICA'S HOUSE
Larry visits Erica.
LARRY
Hey.
ERICA
Hey. Come on in. You all right?
LARRY
Yeah, yeah. Why didn't anybody tell me
it was Career Day?
ERICA
What do you mean?
Nicky said he was gonna tell you.
LARRY
Oh, okay, I guess he forgot.
Don walks in.
DON
There he is. How are you, Larry?
LARRY
Good. How are you doing, Don?
DON
Good.Can you believe this weather?
Chilly, right? Chilly, chilly,
Chilly Willy the penguin.
Don's cell phone rings. He has many cell phones on his belt.
DON
Leave me alone. Hey, why don't I go tell
the little corncob you're here.
LARRY
Great. Great, that's great. Yeah, thanks.
Don walks out.
LARRY
Wow, your fiance really manages
to squeeze a lot onto that belt.
ERICA
Stop it.
LARRY
What? What? No, it's like he's...
...the Batman of stockbrokers.
ERICA
Bond trader.
LARRY
Bond trader. Sorry.
ERICA
Hey, how's it going with that virtual-reality
driving range that you wanted to open?
LARRY
Getting there, still waiting for the technology to catch up.
It's not easy, there are a lot of moving parts.
Hey, do you think Nick would like Queens?
ERICA
Oh, no, Larry. You didn't get evicted again,
did you?
LARRY
I didn't...get evicted. I didn't get evicted, no.
I mean, I didn't....No, I didn't get evicted yet. It's like--
ERICA
Larry, listen to me. I don't know how much more
Nicky can take. Every couple months, it's a new career,
a new apartment. If it wasn't for Nicky, I wouldn't
say anything, I would stay out of it. It's just, it's too
much instability. It's not good for him.
LARRY
I'm trying to figure things out right now, okay?
ERICA
You know...I don't think that Nicky should stay with you.
LARRY
What?
ERICA
Just until you get really settled.
NICKY
Hey, Dad.
LARRY
Hey, ready to carve it up?
NICKY
Cool.
EXT. HOCKEY RINK
Nicky is playing hockey. Larry is watching.
LARRY
All right, good! Take it, Nicky! Break away!
Nicky falls. Larry jumps into the rink.
COACH
What are you doing?
LARRY
Hey, Nicky! Are you all right? You okay?
NICKY
I'm fine. Would you get off the ice?
LARRY
Listen. Their left defenseman is a very weak skater.
So you go left side, you got a clear shot at the goal. Okay?
NICKY
Cool, thanks.
LARRY
All right, man.
Larry moves back and calls out in a loud voice.
LARRY
We're good here. We're good. All right. As you were, skaters.
Game on!
Larry is hit by the puck and falls down.
LARRY
I'm good.
EXT. PARK
Larry and Nicky are walking in a park.
LARRY
I'm telling you, you tore it up out there today.
Thinking the NHL is a serious possibility.
NICKY
I don't really wanna be a hockey player anymore.
LARRY
All right. What do you wanna be?
NICKY
A bond trader.
LARRY
A bond trader?
NICKY
Yeah, it's what Don does. He took me to his office last week.
LARRY
That's cool. So you wanna dress up in a monkey suit and tie every day?
Like an automaton robot?
Nicky laughs.
LARRY
Trust me, you can't play hockey in a cubicle. Kind of awkward.
NICKY
Well, he's got a pretty big office.
LARRY
That's not the point. Come on, you love hockey.
NICKY
I still like it, but bond trading's my fallback.
LARRY
Your fallback? Wait a minute. You're too young
to have a fallback, okay? And also, where did you ever
even hear that word?
NICKY
Mom was talking to Don
about all your different schemes.
LARRY
She called them schemes?
NICKY
She said it was time you found a fallback.
Are you really moving again?
LARRY
I don't know. We'll see. I mean...there's some pretty cool places
out in Queens.
NICKY
Yeah.
LARRY
Hey. Hey, Nicky, look at me. Look at me, man. I wanna tell you something.
I know that things have been kind of up and down for me lately...and that's
been hard for you. But I really feel like my moment's coming
and when it does...everything's just gonna come together,
you know?
NICKY
What if you're wrong...and you're just an ordinary guy who should get a job?
LARRY
All right, well....You know what, we'll figure it out, okay? All right? Come on,
let's get you back to Mom's.
INT.JOB AGENCY
DEBBIE
Mr. Daley, I can honestly say,
in 43 years at this agency...
...I've never seen a resume
quite like yours.
LARRY
All right.
DEBBIE
That wasn't a compliment.
It says here you were the CEO...
...of Snaptime lndustries.
Care to elaborate on that?
LARRY
Sure. Well, that was the umbrella
corporation for my invention, the Snapper.
You know, you snap, the lights come on.
Snap, they come off.
DEBBIE
Didn't they already make that?
LARRY
No, no, that's the Clapper, which, obviously...
...stole a bit of our thunder. Personally, I don't
really see what the big difference is, I mean:
You know, whatever, but... apparently there is a
significant portion of the population that has trouble
actually...snapping.
DEBBIE
Clapping's easier.
LARRY
Debatable.
DEBBIE
I can't help you.
LARRY
Debbie? Can I call you Debbie? Because...
I felt a connection when I entered this office...
...and I don't know, I feel like you did too.
DEBBIE
I didn't feel a connection.
LARRY
Look. I need a job tomorrow, okay? If I don't have one....
Well, I just need it, okay?
DEBBIE
Well, I don't know. I might have one thing.
DEBBIE
They've turned down everyone
I've sent over there, but--
LARRY
Great.
DEBBIE
Who knows? You might get lucky.
INT.MUSEUM
Larry sees a woman inside the museum.
LARRY
Excuse me. Hi.
REBECCA
Hi.
LARRY
I'm Larry Daley. I've got a job interview with Cecil Fredricks.
REBECCA
Right. He should still be in his office.
LARRY
Great.
REBECCA
I'm Rebecca Hutman. I'm a docent here.
LARRY
Hi.
REBECCA
Let me point you in the right direction.
LARRY
Great.
They see a statue of Teddy Roosevelt.
LARRY
Teddy Roosevelt, right?
REBECCA
Yes, a great visionary.
LARRY
Yes, definitely. He was our 4th president, right?
REBECCA
Twenty-sixth.
LARRY
Twenty-sixth.
Dr. McPhee walks in, very upset at some visitors.
DR. MCPHEE
Please don't touch the exhibits! I mean....
Riffraff. Miss Hutman. I cannot tolerate this type of chaos.
I mean, this is a museum, not a....Do you know what "museum" means?
It doesn't mean, "Daddy, it's a big Tyrannosaurus thing.
Can I touch its leg? " No! Work it out, please.
REBECCA
Will do, sir.
DR. MCPHEE
Thank you.
Dr. McPhee leaves.
REBECCA (TO LARRY)
Dr. McPhee, the museum director.
LARRY
Seems like a fun guy.
Dr. McPhee talks to a family.
DR. MCPHEE
Control your young, please. Can we?
Larry rings the bell. Cecil appears, and speaks in a strange voice.
CECIL
Hello? Just kidding.
LARRY Hi. I'm Larry Daley. Are you Mr. Fredricks?
CECIL Mr. Fredricks was my father. I am Cecil. Good to meet you, Larry.
Nice firm handshake. I like that. Tells a lot about a man.
Come on in.
Larry enters the security room.
CECIL
Let's talk turkey here. The museum is losing money,
hand over fist. I guess kids today don't care about
wax figures or stuffed animals. So they're downsizing,
which is code for firing......myself and the other two night guards.
They want to replace us with one new guard.
LARRY
Oh, sorry.
CECIL
Well, what are you gonna do? I'd like you to meet my two colleagues here.
Reginald? Gus?
Gus and Reginald get up.
GUS
Where is he? I'll beat him with my fist!
CECIL
Gus, this is Larry Daley, the kid who
wants to be the new night guard.
LARRY
Night guard? No, the lady at the agency said
this was a museum position.
CECIL
Most important position in the museum, Larry.
GUS
He looks like a weirdie.
CECIL
Wonderful guard, terrible people skills.
GUS
Now, listen, lunch box. Don't try anything funny.
I once went nine rounds with John L. Sullivan.
REGINALD
You never fought John L. Sullivan in your life.
CECIL
Gentlemen, we have a job candidate here.
He's got an excellent resume, a winning attitude...
and I say let's give him a shot. What do you say?
LARRY
Hang on a sec. I think I might wanna
have a little time just to think it over.
GUS
Do you want the job or not, snack shack?
LARRY
No, no, I want the job--
REGINALD
Welcome to the night guards, Larry.
CECIL
Larry, meet me up on the second floor. I'll slip into my orthopedics and
give you a little tour. Arthritic knees. Not fun getting old, my friend. Go on.
Larry leaves.
REGINALD
You really think he's the one?
CECIL
Oh, yes. He's the one.
INT. DIORAMA ROOM
CECIL
Gotta keep it moving, Larry.
I'm pretty spry for an old man.
This is the Diorama Room.
LARRY
Oh, yeah. I remember these little guys. Cute.
Cecil disappears. Larry looks for him.
LARRY
Cecil! Hey, Cecil!
Cecil pretends to be one of the museum exhibits. He surprises Larry from behind,
and Larry is shocked.
CECIL
Did I get you good?
LARRY
Yeah. You got me.
CECIL
Seriously, though, no fooling around in here. This stuff is really old.
All right, then. As you can see, it's pretty quiet in here these days.
On the left there is your Attila the Hun. And here we have our Easter
lsland head.
INT. THE HALL OF AFRICAN MAMMALS
GUARD
Hey, Cecil.
Cecil greets him by raising his hand.
CECIL
And this, of course, is the Hall of African Mammals.
LARRY
Ah, yes. Monkeys. I love monkeys.
CECIL
Yeah.
Larry looks at a monkey closely.
LARRY
Guy's cute.
CECIL
Yeah, we call him Dexter. He's quite a little...
...ball of fun, aren't you, Dexter? Moving on.
Larry looks at Cecil strangely.
INT. THE TEMPLE OF THE PHARAOH AHKMENRAH
CECIL
And, finally, this is the temple of the Pharaoh Ahkmenrah.
And in that tomb right down there, the pharaoh himself.
LARRY
Neat.
CECIL
And hanging on the wall behind him...was his most prized possession,
the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. Twenty-four-carat gold. It's worth a fortune.
LARRY
Very cool.
CECIL
It is indeed, Larry. Very cool. All right. Report here at 5 tomorrow.
We'll walk you through your duties.
LARRY
Okay, 5. I'll be here.
CECIL
Moving on.
INT. LARRY'S HOUSE
Larry calls Erica on the phone.
LARRY
Hey, it's me. So I got a job.
ERICA
Larry, that's great. What is it?
LARRY
It's a job...at the Museum of Natural History.
Yeah, so you can tell Nicky that we won't be moving.
ERICA
Larry, this is good news.
LARRY
Yeah, no, definitely. So I'll see you tomorrow?
ERICA
Okay.
LARRY
Okay, bye.
INT. THE MUSEUM
Cecil, Gus, and Reginald are waiting for Larry.
CECIL
Larry? Your keys. Your torch.
LARRY
Right.
CECIL
You'll wanna strap those to your belt. It can get a little spooky
around here at night...so you might wanna put a few lights on.
All right, flashlight, keys. What am I for--?
REGINALD
The instruction manual.
GUS (TO LARRY)
Instructions. You start with one, two, three....
LARRY
Four?
GUS
Are you cracking wise? I ought to punch you in the nose, hopscotch.
REGINALD
Leave him alone, Gus. You got it covered, right, Larry?
LARRY
Yeah, yeah, I got it.
GUS
You better get it!
CECIL
Gus. Larry, do them in order, do them all and do them quick. And the most
important thing of all to remember: Don't let anything in or out.
LARRY
Out?
CECIL
Good luck, son.
LARRY
Night, Gus.
GUS
Young buck. Cracking wise.
CECIL
Moving on.
Cecil, Reginald, and Gus leave. Later that night, Larry is bored. He starts playing with the intercom.
LARRY
Hello? Hello! Check! Check. I am Larry. Check! Larry! Larry.
Monday! Monday! Monday! Monster Truck Rally.
He hears a sound.
LARRY
Cecil?
He comes back. The T-Rex skeleton is gone.
LARRY Okay, very funny, Cecil. What is this, like a David Copperfield thing?
This is weird. Cecil?
He sees the T-Rex skeleton. It runs towards him. He runs away. He comes to a door. It doesn't move.
LARRY
Come on. Revolve. Revolve!
Larry runs and hides under his desk. He calls Cecil on the phone.
OPERATOR
Name, please?
LARRY Cecil...Fredricks!
OPERATOR
One moment. Connecting.
Cecil is at a party.
CECIL
Hello.
LARRY
Cecil! It's Larry Daley!
CECIL
Larry. Yes, how can I help you?
LARRY The dinosaur-- The dinosaur is alive!
CECIL
I'm having a little trouble hearing you, friend.
LARRY
The dinosaur's alive! What do I do? Tell me what to do!
CECIL
Read the instructions. It explains everything.
LARRY
Okay, I got them!
CECIL
I'll see you tomorrow.
Cecil hangs up.
LARRY
Wait! What--?
The instructions say to throw a bone.
LARRY
What bone?
Larry finds a bone and plays fetch with the dinosaur skeleton.
LARRY
Fetch? Play fetch?
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