Hatari! Page #7

Synopsis: Sean Mercer (played by John Wayne) runs a business in East Africa. He and his team capture wild animals for zoos. It is dangerous work - on of his men almost dies after being gored by a rhino. He accepts a request from a photographer to join his business and capture their experiences but is very surprised, and bit inconvenienced, when the photographer turns out to be a woman. However, over time he grows fond of her. Meanwhile, plans to capture certain animals lead to all sorts of plans and adventures.
Director(s): Howard Hawks
Production: Howard Hawks
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
APPROVED
Year:
1962
157 min
745 Views


- I'm looking for one with blue eyes.

To the right, that bunch over to the right.

Where he goes, we go.

Hang on!

Where are you hurt? Easy, take it easy.

Shoulder?

- Just a dislocated shoulder.

- Just dislocated, huh?

I think she's right. Hold still, I'll fix it.

- Better?

- Yes, great.

Let me have some of this water.

OK, Chip? OK?

My leg's hurt.

Pull him out of there.

Let's stand him up.

Put your weight on your leg.

Try. That's fine.

- It's not broken. It's all right.

- Get him out here and clean him up.

I'll take a look at this car.

Pretty lucky. We can tow this in

behind the green truck.

- We sure were lucky this afternoon.

- Yeah, when that car went over...

- Well, you never know, do you?

- Know what?

- Women.

- What?

- Or what they'll do.

- What do you mean?

Brandy! When the jeep flipped.

I'd have sworn she was in love

with one of those two Romeos.

- Well, isn't she?

- She sure didn't act like it.

I always thought... She didn't act

like she was in love, did she?

- Not to my way of thinking.

- Nor to mine, either.

- Rough trip?

- We never missed a bump.

- What happened?

- They flipped the herding car.

- Did they wreck it?

- It's OK.

They're going to be OK, too.

Need any help?

- We'll get cleaned up.

- I need a drink.

Let's get unloaded.

Pockets, give us a hand

with the wildebeest.

You know animals don't like me.

I won't be any good to you.

- You can get in their way.

- Sean!

You told me I wasn't

going to fuss with the animals!

All right, Sean.

He's hooked.

Here, Pockets, take this line...

What are you doing up there?

If he were up here, I'd be down there.

Take this line.

Pull him out when we open this door.

And keep the slack out of it,

so he won't get hurt.

Ready, Pockets? Watch out!

Don't fall in with those buffalo!

Thanks for the advice, Sean!

Pockets, darling!

Are you all right?

Speak to me please, darling.

Poor sweet baby!

- Pockets! Do something, Sean!

- What's the matter with him?

He's hurt. He doesn't speak,

he doesn't hear me.

Pockets, darling, please speak to me.

- Hello, Brandy.

- Are you all right?

I think so...

- No, you're not. You just say you are.

- Let me rest here a minute.

Sean, we have to get him into the house.

- I think you're right.

- Lift him carefully.

- Pockets, you'll be all right.

- It's nothing...

- What are you trying to do?

- I don't know, but I'm doing it right!

Shall I give you a hot bath?

Oh, no, Brandy... A hot bath?

- You just get his bed ready.

- Right away.

- Now?

- Now.

Thanks for coming in to patch us up.

- You'll make it.

- Dallas did a good job.

- How's the leg?

- A drink would help it.

- There's no ice. Arga!

- You're wasting your breath.

- Why?

- There isn't any ice.

- Why?

- They'll know sooner or later.

- Might as well be now.

- What do you mean?

If you want the ice,

look in Brandy's room.

Go ahead! Take a look, both of you.

All right, we'll humour you.

- I think you're mean.

- They'll live through it.

- How do you feel now, darling?

- Wonderful, Brandy.

I was so frightened

when you fell off that fence.

He fell off a fence.

You nearly took a leg off,

I got a dislocated shoulder...

- And he gets the ice.

- Yeah.

Come on, I'll buy you a nice warm drink.

How did you get outside?

You bad boy!

Come back in, come on!

Oh, no! Three!

What would Sean say? I can't tell him.

- Tell him what?

- This one.

What's so unusual...?

No... No! How did this happen?

It must have happened

when I was asleep!

- What do we do?

- How should I know?

By gosh, we got another one.

We're running an elephant nursery.

Mother!

That means that he can stay.

Well... You won another one!

Come on, baby. Let's go!

Come, baby, come!

Come in, don't be afraid!

Have you fellows any idea

what Pockets is doing in the workshop?

He won't let anybody in, he says

you promised him not to interfere.

- Another invention.

- Something for catching monkeys.

You know what he's been buying

to catch monkeys?

Listen:

"840 feet of three-eighths nylon rope,

"260 feet of one-eighth airplane cable,

"80 feet of one-and-a-half

OD aluminium tubing,

"1,200 square yards

of nylon fish net..."

Fish net? Must be planning

to run them into the river to catch them.

Just listen to this:

"100 lbs black powder.

- "Twenty war-surplus rockets..."

- What!

For throwing ropes from ship to ship.

Then four firing switches "to be used

in missiles for second-stage boost".

Holy smoke!

Is he catching monkeys

or launching them?

We'd better have a little talk

with this gentleman.

Sean, I'd put out that cigarette.

- Hatari! Hatari!

- What are you talking about?

You're washed up!

Come on and get that hose!

Turn on the water. Come on, full force!

No! Don't put water on it!

You'll spoil everything.

- The place is on fire!

- What fire?

- It's just powder, it'll clear.

- Powder?

I thought you were trying

to catch monkeys.

That's what I'm doing.

See, the smoke's clearing.

- What are you doing?

- Wait!

- You said you'd leave me alone.

- I didn't expect Cape Canaveral!

You promised.

This place is restricted, off limits.

- You did promise.

- Yes, I promised.

Are you gonna break your promise?

Did you set that thing off

or did it go off by itself?

Did I...?

Well, what happened, Sean, was...

You see...

- What?

- Well, I've heard...

I didn't feel that... You promised!

Get the roof fixed!

- Hi, Brandy.

- Hi, sweetie.

- What'll you have?

- Beer, if it's cold.

- How's that invention coming along?

- Fine!

How are you going to catch monkeys

with a rocket?

He's going to scare 'em

half to death, like he did me.

When they faint, we pick them up

on stretchers and carry them away.

- OK!

- How can you catch them with a net?

Look, I'm not going

to catch the monkeys.

I'm gonna get 500 monkeys

under that net for you to catch.

Some of them have got teeth

about an inch long.

- I've seen bigger.

- An inch and a half.

If I were you, I'd get some armour

to stop those monkeys

sinking their teeth

into some part of my anatomy.

I'll be ready in a few days.

If you don't think

the invention will work, forget it.

Forget that monkeys

have teeth this long, just don't bother.

- Goodnight, Pockets.

- Goodnight, Brandy. Folks. Rest well.

You don't suppose, by any chance...

Problem is, you can't depend on Pockets.

It might work.

What a thing to say!

I'm not going to get my ears bitten off...

- We'd better get busy.

- Let's have a look.

Hi.

Holy Muckya!

You look like a gasoline pump!

- Can you bend down in that thing?

- Sure.

Move around?

The man from Mars.

Take me to your leader!

Give me a hand with this, Dallas.

- Do you want your door closed?

- No, I can't breathe.

There's more over here! Back! Back!

Up, up you little devils!

All we need is about 200 more.

Ladies and gentlemen,

may I have your attention, please?

Thank you.

Three miles down the road,

past that little duka, is a tree.

There are lots of monkeys in that tree.

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Leigh Brackett

Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on such films as The Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). She was the first woman shortlisted for the Hugo Award. more…

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