Bogus Page #7

I TAKE OFF:

YOUR SHOES, OK?

NOW REST.

REST.

AND LATER,

WE WILL TAKE YOU

FOR HOT CAKES, OK?

BUT WE HAVE TO CALL

YOUR GODMOTHER.

I WANT TO STAY:

WITH YOU.

YOU CANNOT STAY WITH US.

IS IMPOSSIBLE.

BUT WE LOVE YOU:

VERY, VERY MUCH.

MM-HMM,

BUT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

NOW SLEEP.

SLEEP.

OH, MAGIC...SLEEP.

NOW, YOU SLEEP.

SLEEP.

NO MORE TROUBLES.

JUST PEACEFUL SLEEP.

HUSH.

SLEEP. HUSH, HUSH.

HUSH.

FERMEZ LES YEUX.

CLOSE YOUR EYES.

SHH. HUSH.

SLEEP.

HUSH.

[WHISTLING]

[SQUAWK]

[THUNDER]

Albert:
BOGUS?

BOGUS?

I'M HERE.

I'M NOT GOING BACK.

SHH.

YES, YOU WILL.

YOU HAVE:

TO BE STRONG.

SHE COMES FOR YOU.

I WANT MY MOM.

I KNOW.

I WANT TO FIND HER.

I WANT TO GO:

TO YOUR WORLD.

BUT I'M NOT REAL.

I AM IMAGINATION.

I AM...BOGUS.

I DON'T CARE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE.

TAKE ME TO WHERE

YOU COME FROM.

[SPUTTERING]

IT'S NO A REAL PLACE.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

YOU GET LOST...

AND NEVER COME BACK.

I'M GOING,

AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!

ALBERT!

ALBERT, COME BACK!

ALBERT!

ALBERT, ALBERT!

COME BACK!

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[APPLAUSE]

[LAUGHTER]

[APPLAUSE]

Announcer:

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

PLEASE WELCOME:

THE ONE, THE ONLY...

THE GREAT ALBERTINI!

[APPLAUSE]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[APPLAUSE]

[WHISTLING AND CHEERING]

WATCH, BECAUSE I AM ABOU TO CONFOUND YOU.

[CHEERING]

[WALTZ BEGINS PLAYING]

[APPLAUSE]

MOM?

MOM!

MOM!

[THUNDER]

MOM!

COME BACK!

Antoine:
HE'S BEEN

HERE SINCE WE CAME

OFF THE STAGE.

Babette:
HE'S ANYWAY

TOTALLY EXHAUSTED.

Harriet:

OF COURSE HE'S EXHAUSTED.

WHO THE HELL SELLS A BUS TICKE TO A LITTLE BOY?

AREN'T PEOPLE

PAYING ATTENTION OUT THERE?

SHH. DON'T WAKE HIM.

WATCH HIM TWITCH--

I THINK HE DREAMS.

THERE'S SOMETHING

STRANGE. HOW COME

A LITTLE BOY LIKE THA CAN RUN AWAY

IN THE MIDDLE:

OF THE NIGHT?

HE'S HOMESICK.

I STILL DON' UNDERSTAND.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

BECAUSE I'M HIS GODMOTHER.

I'M TAKING HIM HOME.

WHETHER YOU:

WANT TO OR NOT.

I DON'T RECALL GETTING

ANY PHONE CALLS.

YOU GUYS NEVER EVEN

CHECKED TO SEE WHERE

THE HELL HE WAS.

[ANTOINE

SPEAKING FRENCH]

[SCREECH]

OK, LITTLE GUY.

UP WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

OK.

WE'RE HOME.

NOW WE'LL GET INTO BED.

IT'LL BE GREAT.

OH, ALBERT, I KNOW WE

GOT OFF TO A ROUGH START,

BUT YOU'RE JUST GOING

TO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

THIS IS WHERE:

YOU LIVE NOW.

THIS IS YOUR HOME.

YOU KNOW?

BUT IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE

TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT I OVER BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING.

YOU KNOW, I'LL MAKE YOU

SOME FRENCH TOAST FROM SCRATCH

'CAUSE I KNOW

YOU LIKE FRENCH STUFF.

AND MAYBE--MAYBE I CAN FIND

SOME REAL SYRUP--

YOU KNOW, THE KIND THEY HAVE

FROM REAL TREES.

I'M SURE THEY MUS HAVE SOME SOMEWHERE.

YOU FEEL:

A LITTLE BIT COLD.

MAYBE I SHOULD MAKE YOU

SOME SOUP, HUH?

HE DOESN'T NEED SOUP.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE YOU

A LITTLE BIT OF SOUP.

YOU KNOW,

YOUR MOM LOVED SOUP.

THERE YOU GO.

AND YOU? YOU'RE SUPPOSED

TO BE HIS BEST FRIEND.

WHERE WERE YOU?

WHY WOULD YOU LET HIM

GO TO ATLANTIC CITY LIKE THAT?

YOU'RE OK? GOOD.

YOU KNOW, BOGUS, YOU OUGH TO START DOING YOUR JOB.

I DO MY JOB?

DO YOUR JOB.

YOU DON'T DO I WELL ENOUGH AS FAR

AS I'M CONCERNED,

BECAUSE I DO MY JOB.

I DO THE BES THAT I CAN.

WHAT MORE CAN I DO?

I GOT ALBERTITIS.

I'M TALKING TO MYSELF.

NO. YOU ARE TALKING

TO BOGUS.

I'M TALKING TO BOGUS?

BOGUS IS AN IMAGINARY

CHARACTER ON SOME

LITTLE BOY'S WALL.

YOU'RE NOT REAL.

NO. IT'S TIME

TO SEE ME, HARRIET.

SEE YOU?

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

WHERE ARE YOU?

I'M HERE.

WHERE?

HERE, HARRIET.

JUST BEHIND YOU.

DON'T BE AFRAID.

TRY.

I'M HERE.

BELIEVE, HARRIET,

AND YOU WILL SEE.

I'M WAITING.

AAH!

DON'T BE AFRAID!

STOP, HARRIET.

DON'T BE AFRAID.

THERE'S A BIG

WHITE MAN:

IN MY KITCHEN!

GET OUT OF HERE!

GET AWAY FROM ME!

NO, NO, NO!

HARRIET!

I'M A PART OF YOU,

HARRIET.

NO. GO AWAY.

YOU ARE SUCH:

A DIFFICULT WOMAN.

I SAID, GO AWAY.

HOW CAN I GO AWAY?

LIKE THIS.

OH!

OH, YOU WAN TO PLAY DIRTY?

[CRUNCHING SOUND]

OW! STOP THAT!

THAT HURT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER

WITH YOU?

I SAID I DIDN' WANT TO PLAY.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY.

I DON'T HAVE

TO PLAY WITH YOU!

THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT,

YOU KNOW THAT?

IF NOT FOR YOU,

THIS LITTLE BOY:

WOULD BE FINE.

IT'S BETTER I'M HERE.

YOU NEED ME, HARRIET.

OH, REALLY?

YEAH.

I NEED A BIG:

IMAGINARY FRENCHMAN

WHO COMES IN AND

MESSES UP MY LIFE?

NO. THIS IS NUTS.

NO, IT'S NOT NUTS.

IS IMAGINATION.

WHERE IS YOUR:

IMAGINATION,

HARRIET?

MY IMAGINATION IS FINE.

I SEE YOU, DON'T I?

OH, THERE IS

MORE TO SEE.

OH, REALLY?

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, SO I SHOULD

PLAY WITH THIS:

BECAUSE REALLY:

WHAT YOU ARE:

IS SOME LITTLE ACORN

IN MY STOMACH:

THAT I ATE FROM:

SOME DAMN DOUGHNUT.

SORT OF, YES.

AND THERE'S 3 OF YOU?

IS THERE A PAST,

PRESENT, AND FUTURE?

YES.

OH, I SEE. OK.

SO AT THE END,

YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW ME

HOW GOOD A PERSON

I CAN BE,

AND IN THE BEGINNING,

YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW ME

WHAT A SAD LITTLE GIRL

I WAS, AREN'T YOU?

YOU'RE GOING

TO TAKE ME BACK:

AND SHOW ME:

THE LITTLE HARRIE WHO USED TO SIT AROUND

AND WAIT FOR PEOPLE

TO COME AND PLAY WITH HER

AND WAIT FOR MAIL

FROM HER MOTHER,

AND NOBODY EVER WROTE.

YOU GOING TO SIT AROUND,

YOU GOING TO EXPLAIN

THAT TO ME?

I UNDERSTAND.

I'VE BEEN WAITING

FOR THAT.

REALLY?

YEAH.

WHERE WERE YOU?

WHERE WERE YOU:

WHEN I NEEDED YOU?

WHEN I WAS LITTLE?

I WAS THERE.

OH, YEAH?

YEAH.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

THIS LITTLE BOY:

DOESN'T EVEN LIKE ME.

OH, YEAH?

NO.

HE WOULD LIKE:

THE HARRIET I SEE.

THE TRUE HARRIET.

LA VRAIE.

THE ONE:

WHO IS GENTLE.

NOT AFRAID TO PLAY.

NOT AFRAID TO LOVE.

NOT AFRAID TO TRUST.

THE REAL HARRIE WOULD DANCE...

WITH A CLUMSY:

FRENCHMAN...

IF HE ASKED HER?

[DANCING IN THE DARK

PLAYING]

[DANCE MUSIC

WITH LATIN RHYTHM PLAYING]

[APPLAUSE]

[MUSIC CHANGES

TO JAZZ RHYTHM]

[THE CONTINENTAL PLAYING]

[BOGUS SINGING IN FRENCH]

[MUSIC CHANGES

TO POLKA RHYTHM]

[APPLAUSE]

[LAUGHING]

Bogus:
IT'S TIME

TO BRING ALBERT BACK.

TELL HIM YOU SEE ME.

Harriet:
ALBERT?

HEY, ALBERT?

I SAW HIM.

ALBERT?

ALBERT!

ALBERT!

ALBERT!

GOD.

ALBERT.

I'M COMING, BOY.

ALBERT? ALBERT.

ALBERT?

COME ON,

TAKE MY HAND.

COME ON.

Lorraine:
ALBERT?

GO TO HARRIET.

COME ON, ALBERT.

I'M RIGHT HERE.

UGH!

ALBERT!

[GRUNTING]

Lorraine:

YOU CAN DO IT.

GO ON.

Harriet:

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S IT.

GO ON, ALBERT.

TAKE HER HAND.

REACH.

COME ON.

TAKE HER HAND.

YOU CAN DO IT.

TAKE MY HAND.

YOU CAN DO IT, ALBERT.

COME ON, ONE MORE STEP.

COME ON.

[GRUNTS]

DON'T BE SCARED.

COME ON. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, I GOT YOU.

COME ON, GIVE ME

YOUR OTHER HAND.

OH, ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. YEAH.

OH, GOD.

OH, MY GOD.

OH.

OH.

OH.

OH.

[SOBBING]

OH.

LISTEN, THE NEX TIME YOU DECIDE

TO RUN AWAY,

DO IT ON:

THE GROUND, OK?

I DON'T WAN TO RUN AWAY.

GOOD.

'CAUSE I DON' WANT YOU TO.

TELL HIM:

YOU WANT HIM HERE.

I WANT YOU HERE.

I NEED YOU.

I REALLY NEED YOU.

TELL HER:

YOU NEED HER, TOO.

I NEED YOU, TOO.

GOOD.

'CAUSE I WANT TO

TRY TO MAKE US:

INTO A FAMILY, OK?

TELL HER:

YOU WANT THAT, TOO.

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