《可爱的骨头》英文电影剧本_The_Lovely_Bones_Screenplay

《可爱的骨头》英文电影剧本_The_Lovely_Bones_Screenplay THE LOVELY BONESScreenplay by Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens amp Peter JacksonBased on a novel byAlice Sebold?? WingNut Films Productions Ltd. 2006PO Box 15-208Final Draft 2009MiramarWellington 6243NEW ZEALANDTel. 64 4 388 9939?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCEINT SALMON HOUSE - DAY WINTER 1963 CLOSE ON: The BLURRED IMAGE of a WORLD distorted by a wall of CLEAR PLASTIC ...CAMERA is INSIDE a small SNOW GLOBE looking out ... as we glimpse PEOPLE moving about in the room beyond. They only come into FOCUS when they get CLOSE.SUSIE V.O.I remember being really small too small to see over the edge of a table.CHUBBY LITTLE FINGERS grope towards the OBJECT ... a 3 year old SUSIE SALMON comes into FOCUS ... a YOUNG FATHER JACK SALMON looks over his daughter’s shoulder. In the BACKGROUND IMAGES flicker on black and white TELEVISION.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DThere was a snow globe. CLOSE ON: SUSIE captivated by the PLASTIC PENGUIN wearing a red and white striped scarf around it’s neck ... LARGE in the FOREGROUND.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DAnd I remember the penguin who lived inside the globe. He was all alone in there and I worried for him ...JACK crouches down next to his daughter. JACKDon’t worry kiddo. He has a nice life - he’s trapped in a perfect world.JACK reaches towards camera takes hold of the GLOBE and flicks it. A SHOWER of SNOW FLAKES explode across the screen.INT. SALMON HOUSE YEARS PASS - DAY/NIGHTON THE SOUND TRACK: I Hear You Knockin’ - Dave EdmundsABIGAIL - JACK’S WIFE - in BED reading a LITERARY TEXT. JACK starts FLIRTING with her. It soon develops into PASSIONATE KISSING. ABIGAIL reaches out to try and put the book on the BEDSIDE TABLE but it falls to the floor beside a neat PILE of other ACADEMIC BOOKS. CLOSE ON: A PHOTO of young SUSIE aged 3 sits on the BEDSIDE TABLE.The LIGHT goes out. 1?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCEANGLE ON: The PILE of bedside BOOKS have been replaced with COOKING GARDENING and CHILD REARING BOOKS ... JACK is lying asleep next to ABIGAIL who is reading a CHILD REARING BOOK.Next to the BED are three PHOTOS: An older SUSIE - now 13 LINDSEY 12 and young BUCKLEY aged 5. ABIGAIL reaches out towards the beside LAMP ... the LIGHT goes out.EXT SALMON STREET - EARLY MORNING 1973WIDE ON: The SALMON HOUSE ... a sudden LIGHT FLASH pops from within a DARKENED upstairs WINDOW ... then ANOTHER.INT. SUSIE’S BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING 1973CLOSE ON: 14 year old SUSIE’s FACE ... an explosion of lightWIDER: SUSIE lying on her bed arms outstretched holding an INSTAMATIC CAMERA ... she is taking a series of PHOTOS of herself burning through a FLASH CUBES SUSIE V.O.I remember being given a camera for my birthday it was a starter kit for what I wanted to be when I grew up: CLOSE ON: USED ROLLS OF FILM and FLASH CUBES thrown ONTO SUSIE’S DRESSER. SUSIE V.O. CONT’D... a wildlife photographerSUSIE sits up suddenly - she has heard something outside ... she dashes out of the room.INT. SALMON HOUSE - EARLY MORNING 1973SUSIE hurries down the stairs CAMERA in handANGLE ON: ABIGAIL moving around the KITCHEN in a well practiced drill of making BREAKFAST getting KIDS ready for SCHOOL. SUSIE glances out of the KITCHEN WINDOW to a NEIGHBORS HOUSE ... a PLUMP GIRL wearing ANKLE WEIGHTS emerges ...SUSIE RUNS out of the kitchen ... accidentally knocking into ABIGAIL ...2?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCESUSIEcallingSorry MomEXT. SALMON HOUSE - EARLY MORNING 1973SUSIE runs across her FRONT YARD with the family dog HOLIDAY bounding behind her ... She hides behind a SHRUB. SUSIE V.O. CONT’DI imagined that when I was older I’d be tracking wild elephants and rhinos. ANGLES ON: GRACE TARKING warming up as SUSIE secretly takes her PHOTO.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DBut for now I’d have to make do with Grace TarkingANGLE ON: GRACE TARKING starts an awkward looking POWER WALK across the STREET ... SUSIE continues SNAPPING.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DIt’s strange the memories you keep.EXT. SINKHOLE - DAY 1971WIDE ON: The SALMON FAMILY CAR drives into a run-down property. The CAR pulls in near a DEEP SINKHOLE full of rusting WHITEWARE and HOUSEHOLD JUNK.SUSIE V.O.I remember going with Dad to the sinkhole out at the Connors’ farm. JACK 11 year old LINDSEY 12 year old SUSIE and 3 year old BUCKLEY push an old REFRIGERATOR towards the LIP of the SINKHOLE. The CONNORS’ THIRTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER RUTH CONNORS watches from a distance.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DThere was something about the way the earth could swallow things whole.SUSIE catches a GLIMPSE of the CONNOR’S THIRTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER RUTH who disappears into the GARDEN SHED.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DAnd I remember the girl who lived there Ruth Connors. 3MORE?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCEThe kids at our school said she was weird ... now I know she saw things others didn’t.JACK SUSIE LINDSEY and BUCKLEY push the REFRIGERATOR into the HOLE.CLOSE ON: SUSIE watches as the REFRIGERATOR is swallowed by the EARTH.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DAnd I remember the worst thing that ever happened to us as a family ...EXT./INT. SALMON HOUSE - DAY FALL 1973CLOSE ON: BUCKLEY now 5 YEARS OLD is CHOKINGNATE O.S.Help Somebody helpSUSIE races through the HOUSE calling for her PARENTS but no one is home. SUSIEMom DadSUSIE runs out into the yard ... BUCKLEY’s young friend NATE looks on helplessly ...SUSIE V.O. CONT’DThe day my little brother stopped breathing.SUSIE CONT’DBuckley Buckley What happened NATEHe swallowed a twig.SUSIE scoops BUCKLEY up ... he can barely BREATHE. ANGLE ON: SUSIE dumps BUCKLEY onto the BACKSEAT of a classic MUSTANG CAR ... a terra-cotta POT smashes on the garage FLOOR as SUSIE snatches up her DAD’S KEYS from their hiding place.EXT. NORRISTOWN STREETS - DAY Fall 1973ANGLE ON: The MUSTANG roars off down the STREET - with SUSIE behind the WHEEL SUSIE stabs her FOOT at the ACCELERATOR PEDAL lurching the CAR forward in a series of angry REVS.4SUSIE V.O. CONT’D?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCEANGLE ON: SUSIE’S MUSTANG pulls out into the TRAFFIC of a MAIN ROAD SUSIE barely VISIBLE above the DASHBOARD. ANGLE ON: A COUPLE have to SWERVE their car out of SUSIE’S WAY to avoid being hit ... JACK and ABIGAIL SALMON sit looking shocked and bewildered behind the wheelSUSIE’S not so much driving the car as aiming it at the HOSPITAL and hoping for the best EXT. HOSPITAL - DAY Fall 1973The MUSTANG screeches to a stop outside the HOSPITAL entrance ... HOSPITAL ORDERLIES rush towards the car ..INT. HOSPITAL - DAY Fall 1973CAMERA drifts over a SEA of SHEETS seeming to stretch endlessly. HAZY DISTANT FIGURES out of FOCUS hovering at the END of a HOSPITAL BED ...ANGLE ON: BUCKLEY’S SLEEPING FACE ... his eyelids flutter open.ABIGAILBuckley ...BUCKLEY smiles at his mother.ANGLE ON: LOW across the HOSPITAL BED as the VAST DISTANCE seems to SHRINK ... FIGURES glide closer - JACK ... SUSIE ... LINDSEY and GRANDMA LYNN ...Overcome with RELIEF as ABIGAIL hugs her son. It’s as if BUCKLEY has returned from the dead.This is the worst trial this family has ever faced. ABIGAIL and JACK are consumed with GUILT.SUSIE V.O.And I remember the light in my parents eyes ... the relief ... ANGLE ON: JACK and ABIGAIL in the HOSPITAL ROOM ... the DOCTOR is giving them a stern REBUKE ...SUSIE V.O. CONT’DWe weren’t those people ... those unlucky people to whom bad things happened for no reason.The CAMERA glides towards the silhouetted image of GRANDMA LYNN seen through FROSTED GLASS.5?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCEANGLE ON: SUSIE standing in the CORRIDOR with GRANDMA LYNN who has a firm grasp on SUSIE’s shoulders ... GRANDMA LYNN is imparting some WISE WORDS to SUSIE - but we don’t hear what she is saying. Instead we listen to SUSIE’s VOICE OVER:SUSIE V.O. CONT’DGrandma Lynn predicted I would have a long and happy life because I had saved my brother ... As usual Grandma Lynn was wrong.The HOSPITAL ROOM burns to an intense WHITE OUT.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DMy name is Salmon like the fish first name Susie ... I was 14 years old when I was murdered on December 6th 1973 ...INT. SHOPPING MALL - DAY Fall 1973A small town FASHION SHOW is underway on a PODIUM in the middle of the MALL ... a PARADE of TEENAGE GIRLS of various shapes and sizes are modelling the latest WINTER 1973 CATALOGUE ... ANGLE ON: A cheesy D.J. from a local radio station fills the MALL with relentless amplified patter ...D.J.continuous through scene... And up next we have Crystal in a little bitty skinny mini. This ‘jazzy’ ensemble is available in sizes two through twenty two ...ANGLE ON: The SALMON FAMILY enter the MALL ... making their way through the crowds ...BLENDING in with the CROWD is a middle-aged man named GEORGE HARVEY but we never FOCUS on him - despite being in the BACKGROUND of several shots.SUSIE V.O. This was before missing kids started appearing on milk cartons or were feature stories on the daily news...It was back when people believed things like that didn’t happen.The next young MODEL moves awkwardly on to the PODIUM in a PLAID BLUE and RED CHECKERED TUNIC DRESS ...6?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCED.J.And here come Lili-beth wearing the very latest from our Fab Fall Fashions. It’s stylish and it’s now Yes that’s right ladies - no matter what your size it’ll hug your girly girl curves in all the right places If you’ve got it why not flaunt it Am I right No natural fibres here - because we all know how wools and cottons shrink in the wash. But ladies this fabric is machine washable no-crease drip dry - pure synthetic It will last forever BUCKLEY runs into a TOY STORE followed closely by JACK. LINDSEY stops at the TOY STORE window she looks WIDE-EYED at the intricate hand-made DOLLS HOUSES on display in the window. Inside JACK and BUCKLEY are captivated by the MODEL TRAIN SET.ANGLE ON: ABIGAIL SUSIE and GRANDMA LYNN are browsing in a BOOKSTORE ...CLOSE ON: SUSIE is all but hidden behind the pages of the latest edition of SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE ... the magazine slowly lowers as she risks a peak over the edge ... ANGLE ON: RAY SINGH - a handsome TEENAGER slightly older than SUSIE. RAY’s FATHER is an academic and his MOTHER RUANA wears a traditional INDIAN SARI. ANGLE ON: GRANDMA LYNN is thumbing through ‘The Female Eunuch’. She notices SUSIE watching RAY.GRANDMA LYNNWho is he Does he like you as much as you like himSUSIEembarrassed whisperGrandma ... he’s a seniorANGLE ON: RAY sees SUSIE looking at him ... SUSIE hurriedly turns away ...SUSIE CONT’DHe doesn’t know I exist.GRANDMA LYNNHe’s cute.7?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCESUSIEmortifiedGrandma can you please just drop it ANGLE ON: GRANDMA LYNN smiles to herself - she whispers to SUSIE.GRANDMA LYNNYou’re safe now - he’s gone into the record store.SUSIE looks around ... relieved.SUSIE V.O.I wasn’t safe. A man in my neighbourhood was watching me. If I hadn’t been so distracted I would have realized something was wrong ‘cos that sort of thing gives me the skeevies. RAY SINGH looking bored sits near a small GAZEBO-LIKE STRUCTURE with built in circular seating - a rest area for shoppers.SUSIE watches him from a table in an indoor courtyard/cafe area.SUSIE CONT’DBut I was too busy thinking about the length of Ray Singh’s eyelashes. I had counted each one in Library-time while he was reading Abelard and Heloise ... the most seriously tragic love story ever. GRANDMA LYNN interruptingSo have you kissed him yetANGLE ON: SUSIE STARTLED out of her reverie. GRANDMA LYNN is scrutinizing RAY SINGH. She sits down at SUSIE’S TABLE with two SHAKES but immediately starts smoking.SUSIE averts her eyes and shakes her head.GRANDMA LYNN CONTDWhy not You like him. He likes you. What’s the hold upSUSIE glances awkwardly at her GRANDMOTHER.SUSIEI’m just afraid I won’t be any good at it.GRANDMA LYNNMy first kiss was with a grown man.8?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCESUSIE looks at her - shockedGRANDMA LYNN CONTDYou’re not going to tell on me are youSUSIEOf course not curious despite herselfWhat was it like GRANDMA LYNNThe kiss Oh it was wonderful Beautiful Glorious A slightly SINISTER looking man glances at them from the next table ... this is MR. O’DWYER ... he flicks a furtive glance in SUSIE’S direction.GRANDMA LYNN CONT’DIt took me a long time before I realized that a kiss like that it only happens once. SUSIE looks even more WORRIED. GRANDMA LYNN takes SUSIE by the hand.GRANDMA LYNN CONTDSuze ... just have fun kid.ANGLE ON: MR. O’DWYER stands and leaves.SUSIE V.O.It wasn’t Mr. O’Dwyer by the way. Although he does look kind of suspicious. But Mr. O’Dwyer never hurt anyone.ANGLE ON: MR. O’DWYER coming out of the TOY STORE carrying one of the DOLLS HOUSES tied with BRIGHTLY COLORED RED RIBBON.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DMr. O’Dwyer’s own daughter died a year and a half after I did. She had leukemia but I never saw her in my heaven.EXT. SALMON STREET - DAY LATE SUMMER 1973 CLOSE ON: Large RED CAMELLIAS slide through SHOT with ABIGAIL and JACK admiring them as they walk past with the DOG.SUSIE is riding her BIKE ahead of them HOLDING her INSTAMATIC CAMERA in one hand and attempting to SNAP photos of HOLIDAY and her parents with the other.9?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCEANGLE ON: JACK and ABIGAIL smiling as they talk with SOMEBODY OFF-SCREEN. The person hands ABIGAIL a RED CAMELLIA.SUSIE V.O.My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. I took his photo once as he talked to my parents about his border flowers ...ANGLES: POV of SUSIE circling on her BIKE ... the SOUND is SLURRED DISTORTED ... the BELL RINGS ... HOLIDAY YAPS ... SUSIE LAUGHS ... SNAP of her CAMERA.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DI was aiming for the bushes when he got in the way ... he stepped out of nowhere and ruined the shot. ANGLE ON: JACK and ABIGAIL walk away. SUSIE follows on her BIKE as a MAN wearing GLASSES turns in the FOREGROUND: MR. HARVEY is OUT OF FOCUS and BLURS through FRAME.SUSIE V.O. CONT’DHe ruined a lot of things.INT. MR. HARVEY’S HOUSE - NIGHT FALL 1973 CLOSE ON: RED CAMELLIAS. A hand comes in to shot to reveal that the CAMELLIAS are miniature replicas. CAMERA moves through a darkened living room ... a hunched out of focus figure paints the blood red CAMELLIAS ...SLIDING past the interiors of partly finished DOLLS HOUSES ... the FIGURE of the MAN silhouetted like a GIANT can be seen through the doors ... windows.ANGLE ON: MR HARVEY as he work away the miniature pieces but he is tense and grim ... trying to maintain his concentration against an internal FLOOD of SOUND: SUSIE’S LAUGHTER .... SANDPAPER RUBS A TINY PIECE OF FURNITURE ... SLURRED BICYCLE BELL RINGS .... MR HARVEY PACES... HOLIDAY BARKING. THE SOUNDS resound in MR. HARVEY’S HEAD: BICYCLE BELL ... BARKING ... SUSIE’S LAUGHTER ...An ALARM CLOCK RINGS suddenly shattering the flood of SOUND.MR. HARVEY rises as if compelled by the alarm ... he strides across the living room. Outside MR HARVEY’S house we see MR HARVEY appear at the living room window and methodically draw the CURTAINS.10?? 2007 WINGNUT FILMS PRODUCTIONS RESTRICTED IN CONFIDENCEHe turns off the alarm and flicks off the LIGHTS plunging the LIVING ROOM into DARKNESS.INT. MR. HARVEY’S BEDROOM - NIGHT FALL 1973 A nervous HAND quickly SKETCHING. HIGH ANGLE: MR HARVEY in bed sketches plans in a NOTEBOOK. We see glimpses of what looks like an underground structure.INT. MR. HARVEY’S BASEMENT - NIGHTQUICK IMAGES: SAWING WOOD ... HAMMERING ... we recognise some kind of LADDER being made. INT. JACK’S STUDY - NIGHT DECEMBER 1973 ANGLE ON: JACK and SUSIE huddled over a BOTTLE on his WORK DESK. JACKOkay ... here we go.FROM INSIDE THE BOTTLE: A COLLAPSED SAILING SHIP is delicately pushed in through the neck of the bottle.INT. MR. HARVEY’S BASEMENT - NIGHTMR HARVEY is hammering. From somewhere in the house an alarm is heard. He puts down his work and heads up his BASEMENT STAIRS.INT. JACK’S STUDY - NIGHT DECEMBER 1973 .