Horton Hears A Who! Page #3

Synopsis: One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home, but this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors, who refuse to believe that anything could survive on the speck. Still, Horton stands by the motto that, "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small."
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 win & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
G
Year:
2008
86 min
$154,388,002
Website
10,113 Views


Let's see...

Wow!

That's a nice view.

Hellow, is everything O.K.?

What's going on up there?

This entire jungle is a house of death!

Oh, wait.

There's good spot.

And it's then Horton saw

at the top of mountain Nool

a small cave that will peaceful and quiet and cool

where sun flower grew

proud and tall from the ground.

There he knew every Who would be safe,

would be sound.

I found it Mayor.

The perfect place.

Right up there.

- On the top of the mountain Nool

- Mr. Mayor?

- Yeah?

- I wish we could...

Oh-ho, Ah, Shiny. Ah-ha.

The Who-centennial Committee is waiting for you

to look over the giantly bar

for the edible parade.

Oh, and then you will do at the dinners

for your Whowill Canal.

You know, sticking Who in front of everything

doesn't make it hard last.

Just waste time!

I don't wanna go.

Listen, Horton. I got to go.

Apparently there's problem with the giant people.

You just take care that meatball, Sir.

And leave the freaking out to me.

So, then Horton began his long paraless track

determine to save the small world on the speck.

Horton was faithful and soul working kind.

I got ya.

He was a brave hero.

I'll protect ya.

At least in his mind.

We must become invisible.

Travel silently.

For there're forces.

They would seek to destroy us.

Hee-Ha-Ah-aaaaa-Ah!

Ah-A?!

So, you think you can stick upon me, Huh!

E-Yab! Ah-Dadada!

It's clear that you're match for my ticky kei!

Uh-uh. He-e.

I see you matered the way of snaping branch.

Watch me tumble!

Horton! Let's go!

You have a**hole.

Mother Kangaroo has monkeys.

I wll make monkeys of these monkeys.

It is their destiny, Huh-Uh!

Hoi-Yat! My Tumble!

My Tumble!

- Oh~

- Horton is the Greatest Hero of them all, Ha!

Horton! Horton! Go!

Ah~~~Cho!

Oh, mountain Nool is that way!

Hahaha!

To the top of the mountain Nool.

I sensed the fighting. All way I hope.

Ha-it!

Oh, sorry little fella.

You'll be fine.

Just the killing thought.

- Horton!

- Horton!

- Look!

- Go go go!

We've all got own clovers

with flowers on them.

Yeah!

Oh!

In my world everyone's pony

and they all eat rainbows

and poop butterflies

That's beautiful, Katie.

In a really weired way.

My world is called Jessicaland

Everyone worships queen Jessica

because Jessica is that beautiful.

Jessica, that was owesome.

Rudy?

Mom, be careful!

My best friend Daddly Cons on there.

- Rudy, no one lives on this.

- What?

It's not possible.

That Horton is mean us.

Mom, Mom, please.

You're so weired.

- Don't do this to me.

- Honey, go to your room.

Horton!

It's good.

What do you think you're doing?

Ha, you got some world in trouble.

Have you forgotten what we discussed?

Oh, no. I'm elephant.

And elephants never forget.

It's a curse, really.

I remember I was on my head.

And you said and I looked up.

And you say what are you doing?

And I said the thing about the speck.

Then you pull my ears.

- And you fork in a fore head.

- Horton?

What? You did.

Give me that clover, Horton.

Now.

No!

No-oU?

Ya.

Are you sure you wanna

fight this fight, Horton?

Becuase I promise you will

get very ugly very fast.

And you need to ask yourself.

Do I really worth put myself through this?

For a clover?

Take after me, Horton?

You don't.

So, hand it over.

No! I can't give it to you.

There're people on this speck.

Granted very small people.

But a person's person.

No matter how small.

You just crossed the line, Horton.

And I'm gonna make you pay.

That Horton is threat us.

He has those kids using their imaginations.

It's sick.

Alright.

I got to get this speck

up to the top mountain Nool ASAP.

Whatrever that means.

Probably act sweetly awesome peckidom.

I mean how hard can it be.

It's just the straight from it to certain death.

This works...

kind a precarious.

No?

No need to worry.

Obviously when they building the bridge like this

they take into account

the elephants will be corssing here.

Alright. Feel good.

I'll just get... Woo Waaa

You'll alright!

Uh-Eee

Ah-Eee

COURAGE:

Woo-uh, That's true.

Alright.

Hello and how are we today, Mr. Mayor?

Say AH-Ha~

Ah!

OHK!

Linch, please.

Eh, I think fairly this point

keep stand to be replaced.

Uh!

Uk!

I just need to think light.

I'm light as a feather.

I'm light as a feather.

Heavy feather.

O.K.

- This will just pinch little.

- Ha-Ahaa

I'm lighter than a feather.

What's lighter than a feather?

Ha-ah! Air!

There's nothing lighter.

So, it stands to reason...

get the more air I have

to lighter

on be.

Next, please.

Alright. It was absoultly terrifying.

If I just right some on

drawing not to panic.

UH-AH-AH~!

Hm.

Hu-Yu.

That could've been a disaster.

Wow.

I feel really good right now.

It is my new sense of purpose.

Uh-alright!

Hey! JoJo I need your help.

Can you help me?

O.K. Great.

O.K. First. I need you go to the girls room.

Take down the handle shut it off

like shouldn't in.

Stop looking in arm.

Put away house light bulbs collections and then

you know what just take of

anything to by break or shatter.

O.K. take a good long look.

Got it?

Thanks, JoJo.

Here.

I know.

Hat tin

Uh Yaaa!

Hi! You're home late.

Oh, sorry Honey, I was just...

- having some dental works on my arm

- So, what was that?

Nedd!

What are you doing?

Wa- What do you mean?

Well, I no detective, Nedd.

But you are hanging from the chandelier.

I just thought it might look better

somewhere it can't fall on us

and crashes our sleep.

What is going on?

Hey, Honey.

Did you ever get the feeling

that you're being watched?

Am... Ya, sure.

I suppose.

And then you get feeling that

maybe that thing watching you is...Ah...

A giant elephant?

Am..

You know, how you can that weired feeling

that your world actually a tiny speck?

And then the elephant

that I talked about earlier

he's carrying it around on flower.

And you realize then if you tell anybody

they think you're crazy.

But you still feel the responsibility

to keep everyone safe.

You know that feeling?

Am...

You know, I'm gonna have to say no.

Do you know that feeling?

No-Uh!

Yarn!

Wow! I'm meet the time

to hit the hey, I guess.

Sweetheart.

I know you're under a lot of stress.

And if your seeing elephants

and flowers, then fine.

Just don't tell anyone else that story.

O.K.? And remember.

It's not the end of the world.

The end of the world?

Horton, the Mayor. Horton, the Mayor.

Come in Mayor, over.

Horton?

I get terrible reception here.

How about this?!!!

If I get all broll course!!!

Can hear right, NOW?!!

Yeap! Roger that!

Are we get that safe place yet?

Almost.

I'm pretty sure where this parts over.

This is your elephant speaking.

Just sit back and enjoy the ride

and we all are happy to the mountain Nool in..

No, you can't have ice cream.

Go back there.

Who's there?

Is there someone else there?

Well, that's my wife and kids

You have famliy.

I do indeed.

A beautiful wife, 96 daughters,

and one son.

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Cinco Paul

Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio are American screenwriters. They are primarily known for writing screenplays for animated films, including Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who, Despicable Me, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Despicable Me 2, The Secret Life of Pets and Despicable Me 3. more…

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