Cloverfield Page #4

Synopsis: Cloverfield follows five New Yorkers from the perspective of a hand-held video camera. The movie is exactly the length of a DV Tape and a sub-plot is established by showing bits and pieces of video previously recorded on the tape that is being recorded over. The movie starts as a monster of unknown origin destroys a building. As they go to investigate, parts of the building and the head of the Statue of Liberty come raining down. The movie follows their adventure trying to escape and save a friend, a love interest of the main character.
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Matt Reeves
Production: Paramount
  5 wins & 27 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
PG-13
Year:
2008
85 min
$79,952,254
Website
1,961 Views


She's okay. She's gonna be fine.

-Marlena, you saw it. What was that?

-Not now, Hud.

Sorry.

Please go in an orderly manner.

Continue moving south

towards Brooklyn.

-Just keep going.

-Yeah, I don't know. It got hit.

Once we get over there,

I'll go to my cousin's house.

She has a condo. She's out of town.

I repeat, do not stop. Keep moving.

There will be instructions

on the Brooklyn side...

Get across the bridge.

Move in a quick and orderly fashion.

-You still filming?

-Yeah.

People are gonna wanna know

how it all went down.

Well, you can just tell them

how it all went down, Hud.

No, that wouldn't work.

People need to see this, you know?

This is gonna be important.

I mean, people are gonna watch this.

-Beth? Beth?

-Rob!

Beth, I've been trying to reach you.

Are you okay? Hello?

Wait a second, you guys!

Look, hey! Lily, stop!

I'm sorry. It's really loud here.

Can you speak up?

Lily!

-What?

-Rob got a hold of Beth.

Wait! Jason, wait!

-Rob's got Beth on the phone!

-What'd you say?

-What?

-Hey, y'all, come on.

Rob's got Beth on the phone!

Okay, Beth, you're gonna

have to calm down, okay?

Where are you?

What do you mean, you can't move?

-What?

-I repeat, no panicking.

Did you see it?

-Jason!

-Can you see anything?

No, I can't get over there!

I can't... I can't see anything!

Can you see it?

Jason!

-Why did you stop?

-Jason!

-What?

-Jason, watch out!

Jason! No, Jason! No!

Jason!

-No, no! God! No, Jason! Jason!

-Lily, come on!

Jason! No!

Go, go, go, go!

Lily. Lily, wait. Stop! Turn around

and listen to me right now.

Would somebody please,

please tell me what just happened?

-I don't know.

-I mean, it came out of nowhere!

And he was there

and then he was gone!

-My God! Jason! Jason!

-Lily, I'm so, so sorry.

Rob. You got to listen to me, man.

I am so sorry about your brother.

I'm sorry, man. I'm so sorry.

Are you okay? Rob?

Oh, sh*t. Oh, sh*t!

-Rob. Rob, dude.

-We can't stay here.

-We can't.

-Rob. We got to get out of here, man.

Listen to me.

We got... We got to get moving, man.

We go to the Manhattan Bridge,

you know?

We got to get out of here.

It's not safe here.

Okay, we can go to the other side.

We can try and get

to the Lincoln Tunnel.

I don't know, man. I don't know, but...

Dude, we got to get out of here.

It's not safe here.

What are we gonna do, Rob?

What are we gonna do?

Do you know? Hey!

Look... Hey, Jesus. Rob. Hey, Rob?

-No.

-Rob!

-My battery's dead.

-Yeah, dude, l...

Well, listen, we got

to get out of here, man. You know?

-Rob! Rob!

-Well, where's he going?

Where are you going?

Oh, God. I'll go get him. Hey, Rob!

Rob! Dude!

I can't take all this running, man!

Hey, Rob.

Excuse me. Hey, Rob!

The store's closed, man!

-Rob, Rob!

-...burning right now.

The bridge was filled

with pedestrians traveling across.

-It has collapsed.

-Holy sh*t.

No word on injuries yet, but...

Oh, God.

We continue now with our breaking

news story in lower Manhattan.

We are getting some truly extraordinary

live images here in the studio.

For those of you just joining us,

lower Manhattan is

in an absolute state of siege

in what has been...

This is a mandatory evacuation.

Proceed south immediately.

Get out of the city in an orderly fashion.

This is a mandatory evacuation!

We need everyone out of this area now!

Rob? Rob! Hey, dude!

Actually, I think we need to get out

of here, like, right now!

Do you know what I'm saying?

Because there's some

serious sh*t going on outside!

Rob? No, like, you know what I mean?

Rob, like, there's some strange

sh*t going on! Rob?

Donna Martel is near the scene

at City Hall.

What's going on?

Can you tell us what it looks like

on the ground there?

Well, Bob, the military will not

let us get too close,

but from what we can see,

there's clearly a sizable mobilization

of troops and equipment,

and they're trying to get everyone

to leave the area...

To be honest, Tom, your guess

is as good as mine at this point.

There appears to be

something coming off of it.

And the ground seems

to be covered in debris...

It looks like there's something

falling of it, doesn't it?

Yes. Yes. Yes, it does.

There are pieces falling

all over the street.

-Oh, my God.

- Whatever they are, they are moving.

-Oh, my God! They're...

-Donna!

- They're right there!

-Oh, sh*t.

-Donna, can you hear us?

-Hey!

What are you doing?

We got to get out of here! Where is he?

I know, that's what I've been telling him.

-Rob! Rob!

-I've been trying to do that!

Rob. Rob. We gotta go right now, okay?

-The military's evacuating everyone.

-Hey, Rob, listen to me, okay?

We gotta get out of here.

-It's time to leave the electronics store.

-Rob, come on. We got to go.

-Just come on. Let's go...

-Just stop it!

Okay? Stop, wait!

To listen to your messages...

Rob! Rob! I can't...

Oh, God! I can't move.

It fell. My apartment...

The whole wall fell on me!

I'm bleeding! I'm bleeding. I can't move.

Oh, my God.

Help me, Rob.

To delete this message...

Rob, wait up! Rob!

I got your message,

and I'm on my way there, okay?

Hey, Rob, listen.

You got to think this through, man.

Okay? Beth lives in Midtown.

Midtown is that way.

-Guess what else is that way?

-Will you wait up?

-Some horrific sh*t is in Midtown!

-This is insane, okay?

We're not gonna go

near that thing, okay?

We're not gonna go

to the middle of the city!

No, we're not.

You're not coming with me.

Look. Fall in with the military.

Fall in with the crowd.

Let them escort you out of here.

Okay?

-Rob!

-I'm sorry. I got to go.

Rob!

-Rob! Listen!

-Rob, wait a minute!

One of us is gonna have to tackle you,

and that's gonna be very uncomfortable

for everybody involved!

Listen, you can't talk me out of it, okay?

Look at me. This is not me crazy.

All right? I know what I'm doing.

And you can't talk me out of it.

-So turn around, go...

-I'm coming.

I'm coming with you.

Lily, you don't have to do that.

-No, I want to. I'm coming.

-Guys, did you not hear her message?

I mean, even if we get to Beth's,

there's a chance

-that she's already...

-Shut up.

Guys, this is insane.

-Rob!

-You know what I'm talking about, right?

You can't possibly think

that this is a good idea.

Rob! Rob!

-Rob!

-Hey... Hold...

I'm sorry, I don't understand you.

Yeah, but I don't understand you.

Rob, hold up!

Look, I'm sorry. Hey, listen to me. Man.

-Hud!

-I'm so sorry.

Hey, Rob! Wait up, please!

Rob! Have you tried maybe calling 911,

-see if somebody else can get there?

-Yeah, I tried!

Okay, well. I mean, what about police?

Fire department?

-I couldn't get through! I tried, l...

-Okay, it just seems a little...

-Oh, sh*t.

-Oh, my God!

Oh! Oh, my God.

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Rob! Rob! Hey, Rob!

-Hud! We're gonna go this way!

-I can't hear you!

-Subway!

-What? What?

-Oh, sh*t! Oh, sh*t!

-Come on! Come on!

This sh*t is crazy, dude!

Oh, Rob, dude. There's like...

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Drew Goddard

Andrew Brion Hogan Goddard (born February 26, 1975) is an American film and television screenwriter, director, and producer. He began his career as a writer on numerous acclaimed television series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias, and Lost. Goddard received further recognition for writing the successful monster horror film Cloverfield (2008) and the action horror film World War Z (2013). Goddard made his directorial feature film debut with the horror-comedy film The Cabin in the Woods (2012). In 2015, Goddard wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed science fiction film The Martian, for which he won the National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He then directed the mystery thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale (2018). more…

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