Dave Made a Maze Page #5

Synopsis: 'Dave Made A Maze' re-imagines classic 80's adventure films with a modern comedic edge and a higher body count. Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave's girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. The handmade fantasy world comes to life with puppetry, stop-motion animation, and in-camera optical illusions, re-igniting the tactile sense of wonder from the movies of our childhoods.
Director(s): Bill Watterson
Production: Gravitas Ventures
  14 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
TV-14
Year:
2017
80 min
$13,178
Website
203 Views


going on today?

The usual.

Well, look out, world.

I thought you weren't

going to have any.

I changed my mind.

Where's your glass?

I'm not drinking

anything tonight.

Big day tomorrow?

Yep.

Well, now I feel bad.

Don't feel bad,

just have a drink.

- Here, you have some.

- Just drink it.

What have you got

going on tomorrow?

The usual.

Look out, world.

Oh, I thought

you weren't going to have any.

I changed my mind.

There's nothing left.

Don't feel bad.

Well, I wanted us to have some.

We'll be all right.

Are you gonna go back to sleep?

No.

I wanna be with you.

What are we gonna do tomorrow?

The usual.

What are you doing?

I'm changing my mind.

You are free to roam,

but not to leave.

We are growing.

So

Are you and the maze connected?

Huh! No way!

I'm Brynn!

High five!

I think it's time for plan b.

Uh, Brynn, over here.

Over here.

- Just, high five!

- High five!

Real soon!

Let's talk about the minotaur.

Now he's an interesting guy,

really fascinating.

Born in shame,

the dark manifestation,

the unwanted.

Where else to be cast away

but to the inescapable?

That's great.

Very poetic.

Uh, can you just

say something like,

"I'll tell you where

you put the unwanted,

"in a labyrinth, that's where."

Something like that,

in your own words.

Just go on.

Go on.

Imprisoned in the labyrinth,

its protector and prisoner.

- Protectisoner.

- Shh.

What does it want?

The minotaur is a predator,

haunted by bloodlust.

The only thing it desires more

than human flesh is freedom.

Do you desire freedom?

Do you feel trapped?

Brynn?

I'm getting tired

of your questions, human.

Well, we're really getting

to something deep here.

You think so?

Oh, Brynn, you're killing it.

You think so?

This is it.

- The chrysalis.

- The power source.

What's that?

This is, uh, a stand.

Oh.

Oh!

Now we bring it

to the center, baby.

Yeah, we do.

Impulse buy?

It was at the register.

Once you start, don't stop

until you get to the center.

The second you make your first

cut, it's coming after us.

I love you.

Uh, what if Brynn's

still in there?

Fighting to get out?

Now!

- We need that box in the middle.

- You got it, babe.

The tapes!

You f*** my wife?

Come on.

Come on!

- Now what?

- I need it to spin.

It's gotta be spinning.

Ok.

Whoa!

Get to that center!

- Do the thing!

- Is that the chrysalis?

What'd I say, what'd I say?

Look, what is that?

Is that the exit?

Right there?

This way to freedom?

Well, that is wildly convenient.

That's crazy.

Ah!

Can you guys cheat out

for me a little bit?

Don't look at me.

Boy, I sure hope

there's some pizza left

in that apartment that

is right in front of me.

Oh, my god.

It's beautiful.

What am I going to do with all this

free time once I'm out in the world?

I got one!

When I first heard about

Dave being trapped in a maze,

I was like...

Uh!

Label your tapes

and email me your time code.

Good work.

The camera loves you.

We need a title.

How about, I don't know,

"Dave made a maze"?

It's a little on the nose.

It's actually not a maze.

It's a labyrinth.

We'll think of something.

Gordon, I need you to notify

the families of everyone

who died here today.

Totally.

Wait, what?

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