Inside Out Page #17

Synopsis: Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Riley's emotions -- led by Joy (Amy Poehler) -- try to guide her through this difficult, life-changing event. However, the stress of the move brings Sadness (Phyllis Smith) to the forefront. When Joy and Sadness are inadvertently swept into the far reaches of Riley's mind, the only emotions left in Headquarters are Anger, Fear and Disgust.
Production: Disney/Pixar
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 93 wins & 112 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
Metacritic:
94
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
PG
Year:
2015
95 min
$264,317,903
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INT. HEADQUARTERS

The Emotions watch the screen in anticipation.

EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET - NIGHT

Riley runs back towards home.

INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM - NIGHT

Mom sits at the table, on the phone. Dad hovers.

MOM:

(on phone)

Alright. Thank you. We will.

(to Dad)

Her teacher hasn’t even seen Riley

all day.

DAD:

What? I can't believe this.

MOM:

What was she wearing last? Do you

even remember what-

The door opens. Riley walks in. They rush over to her.

MOM (CONT’D)

Riley!

DAD:

Riley, there you are! Thank

goodness!

MOM:

Oh, we were worried sick! Where

have you been? It’s so late...

INT. HEADQUARTERS

Sadness drives. Joy walks to her, holding the golden core

memories. She hands them over to Sadness.

The core memories turn BLUE.

Sadness places one in the recall unit.

THE MEMORY PLAYS ON SCREEN:

Young Riley and young Meg walk side by side.

INSIDE OUT 123.

INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Riley remembers.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

Sadness places another blue memory in the recall unit.

MEMORIES PLAY ON SCREEN:

Young Riley makes cookies with Mom and Dad. Riley runs around

with underpants on her head, Dad chasing. Riley scores her

first goal. Riley skates with Mom and Dad.

Sadness places her hand on the console. It turns BLUE.

INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM

Riley cries.

RILEY:

I know you don’t want me to but...

I miss home. I miss Minnesota.

Mom and Dad, concerned, listen quietly.

RILEY (CONT’D)

You need me to be happy, but... I

want my old friends, and my hockey

team... I wanna go home. Please

don’t be mad.

MOM:

Oh sweetie...

DAD:

We’re not mad. You know what? I

miss Minnesota too. I miss the

woods where we took hikes.

MOM:

And the back yard where you used to

play.

DAD:

Spring Lake, where you learned to

skate.

Riley cries harder.

DAD (CONT’D)

Come here.

INSIDE OUT 124.

He pulls Riley towards them. The three hug.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

Joy steps forward with one more gift for Sadness: the blue

core memory.

Sadness pulls Joy by the hand and places it on the console.

INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM

Still in an embrace, Riley smiles through her tears.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

BING! Joy and Sadness hear the sound of a new memory being

produced. It’s a NEW CORE MEMORY: BLUE AND GOLD, swirled

together. A first.

The Emotions react in awe.

The memory travels down the track and into the holder. A

lightline extends out the back of Headquarters. It is a new

FAMILY ISLAND, bigger than before.

Joy and Sadness turn back to the console together.

INT. SAN FRANCISCO DINING ROOM

Riley, Mom and Dad embrace.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

Watching the screen, Joy rests her head on Sadness. They’re a

team.

INT. HEADQUARTERS - DAYS LATER

We see many new, multicolored core memories in the Core

Memory Holder.

The Emotions admire the new Islands of Personality.

FEAR:

Hey, I’m liking this new view.

INSIDE OUT 125.

ANGER:

Friendship Island has expanded.

Glad they finally opened that

Friendly Arguments section.

SADNESS:

I like Tragic Vampire Romance

Island.

DISGUST:

Fashion Island. Everyone shut up!

FEAR:

Boy Band Island. Hope that's just a

phase.

JOY:

Say what you want, I think it’s all

beautiful.

WORKER FRITZ:

Alright!

The Emotions turn to see workers at a new, larger console.

WORKER FRITZ (CONT’D)

There you go. Your new expanded

console is up and running.

The new console lights up.

JOY/SADNESS/FEAR/ANGER/DISGUST

Whoa!

DISGUST:

Cool. Upgrade!

JOY:

Ooohh.

Fear leans on the console. BEEP!

FEAR:

Hey! Whoa! Whoops, wait. Did I just

do that?

DISGUST:

(re:
a warning light label)

Hey guys? What’s “pub-er-ty?”

JOY:

I don’t know. It’s probably not

important.

INSIDE OUT 126.

ANGER:

Whoa. I have access to the entire

Curse Word Library! This new

console is the sh-

BEEP!

FEAR:

Sorry. I did it again. My bad.

DISGUST:

(pointing to screen)

They’re getting to the rink!

EXT. HOCKEY RINK - DAY

The same rink Riley left before. The Golden Gate gleams in

the background.

INT. HOCKEY RINK

A pep talk from Riley’s parents. We don’t see their faces.

DAD:

Now when you get out there, you be

aggressive!

RILEY:

(embarrassed)

I know, Dad.

MOM:

-- but not too aggressive.

RILEY:

You know, you guys don’t have to

come to every game.

REVEAL:
Mom and Dad’s faces are painted blue and green.

DAD:

Are you kidding? I’m not missing

one! GO FOGHORNS!

MOM:

GO RILEY! FOGHORNS ARE THE BEST!

RILEY:

Okay, okay. I gotta go.

Riley walks away, mortified, as Dad makes foghorn noises.

INSIDE OUT 127.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

All the Emotions at the control panel.

JOY:

Awww ...

FEAR:

They love us!

ANGER:

Yeah, Mom and Dad are pretty cool.

DISGUST:

Guys, of course they are. But we

can’t SHOW IT!

INT. HOCKEY RINK

Zoom in to Dad’s head...

INT. DAD’S HEADQUARTERS

Dad’s Emotions cheer. They all have their faces painted.

ON THE SCREEN:
Mom beams at Dad.

DAD’S FEAR

She loved the face painting!

DAD’S ANGER

Ha! Told you it was a great idea!

Dad turns to Mom. She smiles, and we zoom in to her head...

INT. MOM’S HEADQUARTERS

All Mom’s Emotions are also painted.

MOM’S ANGER

Best idea he’s had in awhile.

MOM’S SADNESS

He’s a really good guy.

They all sigh. Mom’s Anger tosses the MEMORY of the Brazilian

helicopter pilot. Mom’s Fear retrieves it.

MOM’S FEAR

Just in case.

INSIDE OUT 128.

INT. HOCKEY RINK

Riley walks towards the ice and bumps into A TEEN BOY. He

drops his water bottle. She picks it up for him.

RILEY:

Oh. Sorry!

She smiles.

ZOOM IN TO THE BOY’S HEAD.

INT. BOY’S HEADQUARTERS

A dirty, chaotic room. Stuff everywhere.

GIRL ALARM:

GIRL! GIRL! GIRL!

WARNING LIGHTS ARE BLARING. His Emotions run around in a

panic, screaming. One of them is HUDDLED, CRYING.

INT. HOCKEY RINK

The boy stands stunned, unable to speak. Riley hands him the

water bottle.

RILEY:

Uhh... Ooooo-kay. Bye!

Riley skates out onto the ice, looking back over her

shoulder... with a hint of a smile?

HOCKEY TEAMMATE (O.S.)

All set, Riley?

She HIGH-FIVES a new teammate. They skate into position as

Mom and Dad cheer from the stands.

INT. HEADQUARTERS

Joy and Sadness stand side by side at the new console,

flanked by the others.

JOY:

You ready?

SADNESS:

Yeah!

INSIDE OUT 129.

JOY:

Alright. Let’s play some hockey!

We ZOOM OUT of Riley’s head.

INT. HOCKEY RINK

Riley faces off. The puck drops.

JOY (O.S.)

All right Anger, take it!

ANGER (O.S.)

Give us that puck or you’re dead

meat!

Riley gets it!

FEAR (O.S.)

On our left! On our left!

An opponent steals the puck.

DISGUST (O.S.)

Let’s just try not to get all

smelly this time.

SADNESS (O.S.)

Hooh, Mom and Dad are watching us

fail.

ANGER (O.S.)

Not today!

Riley regains the puck and skates off with a smile.

JOY (V.O.)

We’ve been through a lot lately,

that’s for sure. But we still love

our girl. She has great new

friends, a great new house...

things couldn’t be better! After

all, Riley’s 12 now. What could

happen?

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Pete Docter

Peter Hans "Pete" Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American film director, animator, screenwriter, producer and voice actor from Bloomington, Minnesota. more…

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