Being John Malkovich

INT. CRAIG AND LOTTE'S BEDROOM - MORNING

Craig jolts awake. A rooster stands on Craig's chest,
crowing. Lotte, also 30, in the middle of dressing for
work, hurries in and pulls the bird from Craig's chest.


LOTTE
Sorry, hon. I didn't know Orrin
Hatch was out of his pen. Good
morning.


Lotte leans down and kisses Craig on the forehead.

CRAIG
Morning.

LOTTE
Gotta run. Shipment of grub worms
coming in first thing.

CRAIG
Enjoy.

LOTTE
Craig, listen, honey, I've been
thinking... maybe you'd feel better
if you got, you know, a job or
something.

CRAIG
We've been over this. Nobody's
looking for a puppeteer in today's
wintry economic climate.

LOTTE
Well, you know, maybe something else
until this whole puppet thing turns
around.

CRAIG
(bitterly)
The Great Mantini doesn't need a day
job.

LOTTE
(sighs)
Craig, everyone can't be Derek Mantini.
Well, grub worms are waiting. Do me
a favor
?

CRAIG
What?

LOTTE
Would you check in on Elijah? He seems
to be a little under the weather this
morning.

CRAIG
Which one is Elijah again?

LOTTE
The monkey.

CRAIG
Yeah. Okay.


INT. CRAIG AND LOTTE' S GARAGE - MORNING

The place is a mess. Vivaldi blasts through cheap speakers.A small marionette stage stands in the back of the garage.
The stage is lit and on it is a finely sculpted puppet
version of Craig. The "Craig" puppet paces back and forth,
wringing
its hands with incredible subtlety. We see Craig,
above and behind the stage. He is manipulating the puppet.
His fingers move fast and furious. The puppet breaks into
a dance, a beautiful and intricate balletic piece. Soon the
puppet is leaping and tumbling through space, moves that one would think impossible for a marionette. Sweat appears on
the real Craig’s brow. His fingers move like lightning. The
puppet moves faster and faster. Sweat appears on the puppet's
brow. We see that the sweat is being piped from a special
device that the real Craig controls. The Craig puppet
collapses on the floor of the stage. It puts its hands up to
its face and weeps. Craig hangs the puppet, and comes down
around the front of the stage. He is heaving. He switches
off the music, picks up a beer and takes a swig.


INT. CRAIG AND LOTTE'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

The room is filled with penned and unpenned animals of all
kinds: snakes, lizards, birds, a dog, cats, etc. Craig sits
on the couch and looks at the want ads, the TV is on in the
background. Elijah, the monkey, sits next to Craig holding
his stomach and moaning weakly. On the TV, Derek Mantini is
working a 60 foot high marionette from the top of a water tower.
The assembled crowd is enthralled.


TV ANNOUNCER
The crowd is enthralled as Derek
Mantini, arguably the greatest
puppeteer in the history of the
world, performs "The Belle of
Amherst" with his 60 foot Emily
Dickinson puppet, directed by the
inimitable Charles Nelson Reilly.

Charles Nelson Reilly floats by in a hot air balloon.

CHARLES NELSON REILLY
Beautiful, beautiful! Nyong-nyong.

CRAIG
Gimmicky bastard.

Craig switches off the TV. He comes across an ad for a
female puppeteer to teach at a girls school. Craig rubs
his chin in thought, then stands with great determination.




arguably - prawdopodobnie
assemble - zgromadzić się, zebrać się
back and forth- do przodu I do tyłu
blast - ryczeć
check in on - zwrócić uwagę na
collapse - przewracać się, upaść
device - urządzenie, przyrząd
do somebody a favor - oddać komus przysługę
enthral - przykuwać uwagę
finely - dokładnie, świetnie
first thing - jako pierwsza rzecz, na początku
gimmicky - chwyty reklamowe
grub- larwa
heave - podnosić, unosić
inimitable - niepowtarzalny, nie do podrobienia
intricate - zawiły, złożony
jolt - szarpać, wstrząsać
leap - skakać
lightning - błyskawica
lizard- jaszczurka
moan - jęczeć, pojękiwać
pace- kroczyć
penned - zagrodzony, umieszczony w zagrodzie lub kojcu
pipe - płynąć przez rurkę
puppeteer - lalkarz
rooster - kogut
rub - trzeć
sculpted - wyrzeźbiony
shipment - dostawa
speaker - głośnik
subtlety - delikatność, subtelność
swig - łyk, haust
tumble - koziołkować, wirować
(be/ feel) under the weather - źle się czuć
wintry - mroźny, chłodny
worm - robak
wring - ściskać



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