Garfield Page #7

Synopsis: Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-school crush - adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn't want. Competition. One night Odie runs away and gets dog-napped after Garfield locks him outside. Garfield, in an out of character move, goes to search for and rescue Odie with the help of a variety of animal friends along the way.
Director(s): Peter Hewitt
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.0
Metacritic:
27
Rotten Tomatoes:
15%
PG
Year:
2004
80 min
$75,253,404
Website
7,938 Views


- Now!

Eat hair ball, Happy Chapman!

- [Guard] Not the red button.!

- [Alarm Ringing]

[Persnikitty] Once more

into the breach, dear friends. Once more.!

?? [Sings]

[Barking]

- Go, go, go, go, go!

- I'm going. I'm going.

Run! Run! Let's go!

Get the door!

[Dog]

Hey, there's a fire hydrant!

Don't stop!

Don't stop!

Code blue! Code blue!

We got runners. We got runners.

Halt! Stop! You have not

been cleared for release.

[Chattering]

- [Jon] Garfield's been here.

- Uh, excuse me.

- Can I help you with something?

- We're looking for Happy Chapman.

Uh, yeah. He's on his way to the train station.

He's going to New York.

D-Do you guys

have a pass or something?

- I'm gonna have to ask you guys to leave.

- Thank you.

Okay, thanks.

- [Gasps]

- Oh, excuse me.

[Man On P.A.] Your attention please.

The New Amsterdam Limited...

is now departing

from Platform 12.

All aboard!

All aboard.!

Good afternoon, gentlemen. What will you be

having today... salmon, steak or lasagna?

Steak.

I hate lasagna.

Beep, beep. Cat coming through.

Beep, beep. Going through the tunnel.

- Nyow! I just had to do that.

- It's a cat!

[Man On P.A.] Final call

for the New Amsterdam Limited.

The New Amsterdam Limited

is now departing from Platform 12.

No. Wait.

Please. Stop.

Wait. Don't. No. Oh.

You monster, Chapman.!

[Sobbing]

I can't outrun a train.

Whoa.

Watch the train, pal.

- Let's wait here now, honey.

- Hey.

I got it. It's just a train set, only bigger.

- Oh, no, we're too late.

- No.

We're gonna stop

that train. Come on.

Somewhere around here...

there's gotta be

a big table...

with all the trains on it.

[Man On Radio] Yeah, now's a good time

to take a 10-minute break, Ted.

Over and out.

He looks like the type.

And this must be where

he's got his little table.

[Woman] I'm very sorry, sir.

There's simply no way to stop that train.

Ma'am, you don't understand.

You have to stop that train.

My dog and my cat

are on that train.

I suppose ifJon

can do this, I can.

Okay, we gotta find our train.

Let's see what happens when I do this.

- [Beeps]

- [Clatters]

[Female Computer Voice]

Boston Express switching to Track 18.

Well, I'm sorry. Folks in Boston

are gonna be a little late today.

- Ha!

- [Clatters]

Let's see what happens

when I do this.

- Warning:
Seattle Wind...

- No, I don't care about Seattle.

Warning:
Collision.

Ma'am, I'm looking for

one train in particular.

Just one second.

I'm trying to find my friend.

- The New Amsterdam Limited...

- There's the Amsterdam.

- [Horn Sounds]

- Warning:
Collision, 20 seconds.

- Gosh, you sound like my mother.

- [Clacking]

- [Alarm Blaring]

- All right, hold up. Everybody stop.

- Warning.

- [Metal Scraping]

- Five, four...

- [Garfield] Stop what you're doing.!

- Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.

- All stop.

[Horns Blaring]

- [Beeping]

- Yeah!

Okay, everybody.

Let's take it from the top.

- Okay?

- [Whimpering]

- You have to stop that train.

- Hold on.

[Beeping]

I'll be down to meet you

at the station, Odie.

Actually, that train has stopped.

It's returning to the station.

Are we on the right train?

[Beeps]

- Where are ya?

- [Odie Whining]

I think I recognize

that whine.

[Continues Whining]

Hey, come on.

- [Scratching]

- See, these are the kinds of seats you get...

when you book

at the last minute.

Good to see you, partner.

Let's get outta here.

Your attention please.

The New Amsterdam Limited...

Your attention please.

The New Amsterdam Limited...

is making an unscheduled stop

on Platform 12.

No, sir,

please take your seat.

- No, no, my future is running away from me.

- What's the trouble here?

[No Audible Dialogue]

[Conductor] Please, stay calm

and go back to your seat.

- [Man] Hey.!

- How rude!

Buddy!

[Panting]

Ah.

Hey, could you slow down?

I've been doing this running thing all day.

And I am over it.

Hey, we-re... we're safe now.

We're free. Oh.

- If it isn't Unhappy Chappy.

- Going somewhere?

Nice accessory, but I don't think

I want to play "dress up"with you, pal.

Let's get outta here.

Let's beat it.!

Oh, right in the nose again!

- [Odie Whimpering]

- So, it's gonna get physical, is it?

Did you really think you could just

run away from Happy Chapman?

[Garfield]

Oh, is this a cry for help.

No dumb dirty animal is ever

gonna get the better of me.

And let's see how you feel

with 200 volts coursing...

- through that thick canine skull of yours.

- Chapman...

- Come here.

- Get your hands off of my friend.!

[Garfield Yelling]

[Grunts, Groaning]

- Hey, Boomer. What round is it?

- Good to see you, chubby.

- We're here to help.

- Sir Roland?

In the fur!

- Come on. Come on. Come on.

- [Dog Howling]

[Both Growling]

[Whistling]

[Dogs Continue Barking]

[Dog Growling]

- [Barks]

- [Gulps]

- [Growls]

- Okay. Okay.

- [Rats Chattering]

Rats! Aah!

[Whimpering]

All right, here's the drill. Cats,

scratch like you've never scratched before.

Dogs, bite but don't chew.

And, rats...

- [Gulps]

- See if you can get that

pretty necklace around his neck.

[Garfield]

Canines, felines and "vermines"...

it's showtime.

All right, boys.

Dog pile.!

[Clamoring]

Thanks, boys.

The home team will take it from here.

Better split before

animal control gets here.

- Hey, Garfield, shake it easy.

- See you later, Garfield.

- Yeah, good luck.

Odie, would you mind

sharing the remote, please?

Every dog

has his day, Happy.

- Nice kitty.

- Let's see what's on the news.

[Electrical Surge]

Let me tell you

something, Happy.

To you, Odie might be

just a dumb, stupid, smelly dog.

- But to me, he's all that and much more.

- [Barks]

He's my friend.

Odie, try something else.

Maybe there's a game on.

[Electrical Surge]

Strong finish,

little buddy.

Odie? Garfield?

- Odie?

- Odie? Odie?

- Be happy.

- This is for stealing my dog and my cat.

He didn't steal me.

I was doing the rescue work.

Garfield! Odie!

- Come here. Hi.

- Oh, come here.

Oh, I missed you guys so much.

I was so worried about you.

I'm never gonna let you

out of my sight again.

Never. You guys

are my best friends.

- You had me at hello.

- Oh.

- Get outta here.

- This is WalterJ. Chapman...

with breaking news

from the Midwest.

Abby Shields reporting.

Whatcha got for me, Abby?

Details are sketchy,

but it appears that a deranged man...

may be the cause

of all the trouble here.

A deranged man?

What is this?

In fact, the police are bringing

the suspect out as we speak.

Aah! Good grief.

It's my idiot brother.

[Nermal]

Hey, that's Happy Chapman.

He's going for a ride

in the police car.

But sources tell me

that this incident...

somehow involved a dog

and a very heroic cat.

- [Girl Cat] Garfield.!

- [Nermal] Hey, he saved Odie.!

- Now he's a hero.

- Oh, I didn't realize.

Garfield's on TV.

He's a hero.

[Nermal]

Garfield.! That's Garfield.

- Garfield's a hero now.!

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