Bee Movie Page #11

Synopsis: Fresh out of pre college, Barry the Bee (Jerry Seinfeld) finds the prospect of working with honey uninspiring. He flies outside the hive for the first time and talks to a human (Renée Zellweger), breaking a cardinal rule of his species. Barry learns that humans have been stealing and eating honey for centuries, and he realizes that his true calling is to obtain justice for his kind by suing humanity for theft.
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
PG
Year:
2007
91 min
$126,597,121
Website
107,982 Views


Vanessa:
It's not just flowers. Fruits, vegetables, they all need bees.

Barry:
That's our whole SAT test right there.

Vanessa:
Take away produce, that affects the entire animal kingdom. And then, of course...

Barry:
The human species? So if there's no more pollination, it could all just go south here, couldn't it?

Vanessa:
I know this is also partly my fault.

Barry:
How about a suicide pact?

Vanessa:
How do we do it?

Barry:
I'll sting you, you step on me.

Vanessa:
That just kills you twice.

Barry:
Right, right.

Vanessa:
Listen, Barry...sorry, but I gotta get going. (Vanessa leaves)

Barry:
(To himself) I had to open my mouth and talk. Vanessa? Vanessa? Why are you leaving? Where are you going? (Vanessa is getting into a taxi)

Vanessa:
To the final Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. They've moved it to this weekend because all the flowers are dying. It's the last chance I'll ever have to see it.

Barry:
Vanessa, I just wanna say I'm sorry. I never meant it to turn out like this.

Vanessa:
I know. Me neither.

(The taxi starts to drive away)

Barry:
Tournament of Roses. Roses can't do sports. Wait a minute. Roses. Roses? Roses! Vanessa!

(Barry flies after the Taxi)

Vanessa:
Roses?! Barry?

(Barry is flying outside the window of the taxi)

Barry:
Roses are flowers!

Vanessa:
Yes, they are.

Barry:
Flowers, bees, pollen!

Vanessa:
I know. That's why this is the last parade.

Barry:
Maybe not. Could you ask him to slow down?

Vanessa:
Could you slow down?

(The taxi driver screeches to a stop and Barry keeps flying forward)

Vanessa:
Barry!

(Barry flies back to the window)

Barry:
OK, I made a huge mistake. This is a total disaster, all my fault.

Vanessa:
Yes, it kind of is.

Barry:
I've ruined the planet. I wanted to help you with the flower shop. I've made it worse.

Vanessa:
Actually, it's completely closed down.

Barry:
I thought maybe you were remodeling. But I have another idea, and it's greater than my previous ideas combined.

Vanessa:
I don't want to hear it!

Barry:
All right, they have the roses, the roses have the pollen. I know every bee, plant and flower bud in this park All we gotta do is get what they've got back here with what we've got. Bees.

Vanessa:
Park.

Barry:
Pollen!

Vanessa:
Flowers.

Barry:
Re-pollination!

Vanessa:
Across the nation! Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, California. They've got nothing but flowers, floats and cotton candy. Security will be tight.

Barry:
I have an idea.

(Flash forward in time. Vanessa is about to board a plane which has all the Roses on board.

Vanessa:
Vanessa Bloome, FTD. (Holds out badge) Official floral business. It's real.

Security Guard:
Sorry, ma'am. Nice brooch.

Vanessa:
Thank you. It was a gift.

(Barry is revealed to be hiding inside the brooch)

(Flash back in time and Barry and Vanessa are discussing their plan)

Barry:
Once inside, we just pick the right float.

Vanessa:
How about The Princess and the Pea? I could be the princess, and you could be the pea!

Barry:
Yes, I got it. Where should I sit?

Guard:
What are you?

Barry:
I believe I'm the pea.

Guard:
The pea?

Vanessa:
It goes under the mattresses.

Guard:
Not in this fairy tale, sweetheart. I'm getting the marshal.

Vanessa:
You do that! This whole parade is a fiasco! Let's see what this baby'll do.

(Vanessa drives the float through traffic)

Guard:
Hey, what are you doing?!

Barry:
Then all we do is blend in with traffic......without arousing suspicion. Once at the airport, there's no stopping us.

(Flash forward in time and Barry and Vanessa are about to get on a plane)

Security Guard:
Stop! Security. You and your insect pack your float?

Vanessa:
Yes.

Security Guard:
Has it been in your possession the entire time?

Vanessa:
Yes.

Security Guard:
Would you remove your shoes? (To Barry) Remove your stinger.

Barry:
It's part of me.

Security Guard:
I know. Just having some fun. Enjoy your flight.

(Barry plotting with Vanessa)

Barry:
Then if we're lucky, we'll have just enough pollen to do the job.

(Flash forward in time and Barry and Vanessa are flying on the plane)

Barry:
Can you believe how lucky we are? We have just enough pollen to do the job!

Vanessa:
I think this is gonna work.

Barry:
It's got to work.

Captain Scott:
(On intercom) Attention, passengers, this is Captain Scott. We have a bit of bad weather in New York. It looks like we'll experience a couple hours delay.

Vanessa:
Barry, these are cut flowers with no water. They'll never make it.

Barry:
I gotta get up there and talk to them.

Vanessa:
Be careful.

(Barry flies right outside the cockpit door)

Barry:
Can I get help with the Sky Mall magazine? I'd like to order the talking inflatable nose and ear hair trimmer.

(The flight attendant opens the door and walks out and Barry flies into the cockpit unseen)

Barry:
Captain, I'm in a real situation.

Captain Scott:
What'd you say, Hal?

Copilot Hal:
Nothing.

(Scott notices Barry and freaks out)

Captain Scott:
Bee!

Barry:
No,no,no, Don't freak out! My entire species...

(Captain Scott gets out of his seat and tries to suck Barry into a handheld vacuum)

Hal:
(To Scott) What are you doing?

(Barry lands on Hals hair but Scott sees him. He tries to suck up Barry but instead he sucks up Hals toupee)

Captain Scott:
Uh-oh.

Barry:
Wait a minute! I'm an attorney!

Hal:
(Hal doesn't know Barry is on his head) Who's an attorney?

Captain Scott:
Don't move.

(Scott hits Hal in the face with the vacuum in an attempt to hit Barry. Hal is knocked out and he falls on the life raft button which launches an infalatable boat into Scott, who gets knocked out and falls to the floor. They are both uncounscious.)

Barry:
(To himself) Oh, Barry. (On intercom, with a Southern accent) Good afternoon, passengers. This is your captain. Would a Miss Vanessa Bloome in 24B please report to the cockpit?

(Vanessa looks confused)

Barry:
(Normal accent) ...And please hurry!

(Vanessa opens the door and sees the life raft and the uncounscious pilots)

Vanessa:
What happened here?

Barry:
I tried to talk to them, but then there was a DustBuster, a toupee, a life raft exploded. Now one's bald, one's in a boat, and they're both unconscious!

Vanessa:
...Is that another bee joke?

Barry:
No! No one's flying the plane!

Bud:
(Through radio on plane) This is JFK control tower, Flight 356. What's your status?

Vanessa:
This is Vanessa Bloome. I'm a florist from New York.

Bud:
Where's the pilot?

Vanessa:
He's unconscious, and so is the copilot.

Bud:
Not good. Does anyone onboard have flight experience?

Barry:
As a matter of fact, there is.

Bud:
Who's that?

Barry:
Barry Benson.

Bud:
From the honey trial?! Oh, great.

Barry:
Vanessa, this is nothing more than a big metal bee. It's got giant wings, huge engines.

Vanessa:
I can't fly a plane.

Barry:
Why not? Isn't John Travolta a pilot?

Vanessa:
Yes.

Barry:
How hard could it be?

(Vanessa sits down and flies for a little bit but we see lightning clouds outside the window)

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Jerry Seinfeld

Jerome Allen Seinfeld is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David. more…

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