Khumba Page #4

Synopsis: A half-striped zebra is born into an insular, isolated herd obsessed with stripes. Rumors that the strange foal is cursed spread and, before long, he is blamed for the drought that sets into the Great Karoo. When even his father, the leader of the herd, blames him for the lack of rain and the subsequent death of his mother, the outcast zebra leaves the confines of his home knowing that he cannot survive in the herd without all his stripes. Khumba ventures beyond the fence - vulnerable to the ferocious Leopard, Phango, who controls the waterholes and terrorizes the animals in the Great Karoo. Khumba is rescued from an opportunistic wild dog by a quirky duo: a wildebeest and an ostrich. Mama V is a self-confessed free spirit who does not want to be the average stay-at-home mom, like other wildebeest. Ironically, she mothers Bradley, a flamboyant but insecure ostrich who overcompensates for his scraggily feathers. When a mystical mantis appears to the foal, drawing a map to what could be
Director(s): Anthony Silverston
Production: Millenium Entertainment
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
85 min
$90,465
Website
781 Views


Yeah?

No, wait!

Places everyone, places!

Wait up.

Time to shine.

- Stand up son!

- My neck hurts.

I got to pee!

You got to go?

Ah, nope.

Not anymore.

Wait! Stuff's about to get real!

What were you going to tell me?

Hey, if you recognize the map,

- just tell me where to go.

Yoo-hoo.

Yoo-hoo,

over here.

Pick me, pick me!

Ow!

- Bradley!

- No!

Whoa...

Bradley, are you all right?

Prettier than a peacock.

Get out!

Get out while you can!

Run Khumba, run!

Whoa!

Mama V.

Run!

They're after you!

Mama got you!

Come on, Khumba!

Go Khumba!

Khumba!

Are we going to La Abattoir?

Mama V!

Khumba!

Khumba!

Please, oh, please,

don't take him.

These boys are all I have left.

Well, you've crossed the line.

This bunny is going to

hippity-hop on your butt!

Eat my carrots!

There is only one

who knows the way.

The Crags.

Seek the black eagle...

if you dare!

Wow, things aren't usually

so wild around here.

You stay long time?

Oh, yeah, stay.

Not a minute longer.

Let's get out of this zoo!

We'll make a rule.

Take pictures...

not zebras!

I don't get my dad.

Even with Phango, we have a

better chance out there.

I don't know why I stay, either.

There's nothing left

for me here.

I miss him, too.

If I was half as brave

as Khumba,

I'd just go.

You're right, Tombi.

I've been hiding inside

this fence for too long.

All of us have.

Yes...

Last night, I had

the most incredible dream.

Cameras everywhere, and I

was the star of the show.

At a glorious waterhole.

Then you two grabbed me

and dragged me

all the way to here.

Mama V, did we just run away

from the very thing

we've been looking for

as long as, let me see, forever?

You know, he's a lot

nicer unconscious.

I heard that.

Or did I dream it?

What is a dream?

What's real?

Is life just a big stage,

and are we all just...

Bradley, snap out of it!

Boys, enough!

Don't look back,

only forward, all right?

We don't even know

which way is forward.

What is forward?

Who even knows

where we're going?

I don't!

The black eagle knows.

And we know that because...

Because he has

a bird's eye view.

You're mocking me

because I'm flightless.

Let's put this to a vote.

All in favor of abandoning

this wild goose chase...

Bradley, watch your step!

You two stay put.

I'll go on ahead.

Oh, grand, grand.

You'll get a magnificent view of

our death plunges from up there.

Does everything have to

be a huge drama for you?

Well, why not? I've been waiting

in the wings me whole life.

Bradley, be careful!

Don't worry.

We'll meet you back here.

I swear, if you two

kill yourselves,

I'll kill you both.

Be careful, Khumba!

And you, Bradley, you just

try to keep your mouth shut!

Sorry, Mama V.

We can't hear you!

Who dares pass through

th... th... the Crags of Death?

Crags of Death. Crags of Death.

Crags of Death.

Oh, dear.

Take care.

Y-y-your laughter

will incur the wrath

of the wings of doom.

Wings of doom. Wings of doom.

Wings of doom.

We're just here

to see the black eagle.

Wings of doom. Wings of doom.

Wings of doom.

No creature gazes up

on the wings of doom.

Wings of doom. Wings of doom.

Wings of doom.

No one can even look

at the black eagle?

Don't say his name!

Wings of doom.

Okay, so the bunny

didn't mention this part.

Okay, okay. We got it.

We got it.

We won't say his name again.

No, Khumba.

The beat's all right.

Only the initiated may sound

the sacred gong. Ra!

Hey, what do you think

you're doing?

Wait, don't do anything rash.

He's got a rash.

He's got a rash!

I'm coming, Bradley!

Wings of doom!

Wings of doom!

I'm an ostrich.

I can't be spread eagle.

He only said

spread eagle, not...

Black eagle.

Wings of doom. Wings of doom.

Bradley!

Wings of doom.

How was your flight?

Uh-oh.

Oh, no.

Wings of doom. Wings of doom.

Wings of doom.

Who dares disturb

the mighty black eagle?

Ascend.

To the doom.

To the doom.

Tabo, it's time we put

our differences behind us.

Please, Dad.

We all need to.

We're leaving, and I

hope you're coming, too.

The herd needs both of us.

No one has ever gazed upon the

mighty black eagle and lived.

But I...

Why did you come here?

To see the freak

of nature for yourself.

The only white black eagle?

Well? I'm lost. I

need your help.

And why should I help you?

Answer me!

Well, because until I find

the magic waterhole

and get my stripes,

the zebras won't have any rain.

Is that what you tell yourself?

Go.

Look, I came here because...

because I don't want

to be different anymore.

And I think

you know how that feels.

The place you seek

is Ngow Mountain.

I don't get many visitors.

To get to Ngow Mountain

from here,

you'll have to pass through

the Valley of Desolation.

Then the Abandoned Farm.

Go around the Salt Pan,

and you will find...

The magic waterhole.

Phango's cave.

Phango?

There was a time when he was

the outcast of the litter.

Born blind in one eye.

Abandoned by his own kind.

Little did they know

that his blindness

would give him a sense of smell

like no other leopard

before him.

And he would grow up

to be a great hunter.

He got his revenge, but it seems

that isn't enough for him.

So he keeps on killing.

Having everyone

live in fear of you

doesn't change who you are.

Now leave me alone.

Hmm, well, looks like

dinner is going to be late.

Why did Khumba have to leave?

You want to know the real

reason why Khumba left?

Because he's in a class

all his own, mate.

And so am I!

I don't need this to prove it.

We belong out there with Khumba!

Who's with me?

Freedom!

Woo!

That was wild.

That is what I am talking about.

Come on, kids.

This isn't part of the show.

Road trip, everybody!

If we follow Khumba, we might just

find ourselves a clean waterhole.

All right, keep together.

Let's go.

We're leaving?

Come on.

For-for real now.

We're leaving.

That's it, boys.

Come on. One hoof in front of the other.

We're leaving!

Let's go.

We're leaving!

Close your mouth

and keep moving, Nigel.

It's beautiful!

I've been such a fool.

There's no fool like my fool.

Come on, pick up the pace.

Head for the peaks.

You know, it's a good thing

Tombi doesn't take after me.

My grandmother

moves faster than you.

Let's go. Come on.

That's my girl.

So what you're saying is...

the black eagle

is actually white?

You thought you had problems.

There's something

I need to tell both of you.

This looks dangerous.

Let's keep moving.

Are you sure the eagle

said to go this way?

He said we go through

the Valley of Desolation.

Valley of what?

Desolation.

Oh, that's nice.

Yeah, that's lovely.

Because after trekking

across the Karoo

and leaving the world's

finest watering hole,

and barely escaping execution

by deranged rodents

on the Crags of Death

on the way to a so-called

"magic waterhole"

there's nothing that hits the spot

quite like a Valley of Desolation!

Anything else

you're not telling us?

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