Little Shop of Horrors Page #6

- Just sign this release.

- Need a pen?

Aren't you thrilled?

It's the cover of LIFE magazine!

- Dessert?

- I tell you, son, it's a cinch to get ratings.

- The title is Marvin's.

- The concept is mine.

The first weekly gardening show on a network!

- And you're gonna host it, you lucky kid.

- Sign!

They say the meek shall inherit

You know the book doesn't lie

It's not a question of merit

It's not demand and supply

They say the meek gonna get it

You know the meek are gonna get

What's comin' to them

By and by

Oh, my God!

And here he is himself,

Mr. Seymour Krelborn!

Mr. Krelborn, there are so many questions...

...the American people

in our television audience have for you.

Come and tell our viewers

at home and elsewhere...

...about this particularly amazing

agricultural phenomenon.

A phenomenon, I might add, that has made you...

...one of the most talked-about

plant scientists in the country...

Cut!

What the hell? What happened

to the goddamned greenery?

- It just needs to be fed.

- So feed it.

I can't feed it. Not now.

I'll feed it.

Where do you keep the plant food?

It doesn't eat plant food.

And I can't feed it now.

Why don't you leave me alone? All of you.

Just go away. Leave me alone.

Get out of here.

Go away. Leave me alone!

- Everybody go away! Leave me alone!

- Seymour!

You're hysterical.

I know. I'm sorry.

What am I gonna do?

What am I gonna do?

I never should've started, but I did.

Now, if I don't feed it, it'll die.

And I'll lose her, I'll lose everything.

- Seymour? Who are you talking to?

- Oh. Huh?

Nobody.

You're acting funny.

It wasn't nice throwing those people out.

Those men said

Seymour Krelborn's Gardening Tips...

...is sure to be a very big TV show.

- I know. I'm sorry. I feel terrible.

- Well, you shouldn't.

They're coming back tomorrow

and they're bringing you a great big check.

They are?

I wish you were enjoying your success.

They said they're coming back with money?

Tomorrow.

Then we could afford

to get out of here, couldn't we?

Uh, what do you mean?

That's it. After tomorrow

we could leave here together.

Together?

If you'll have me.

Audrey, will you have me?

Uh, what do you mean?

Marry me, Audrey.

- Oh, Seymour, this is so sudden.

- Will you?

Sure.

Then that's it!

We'll go get married right now.

- Oh, Seymour!

- Tomorrow we'll come back...

...I'll be on television, get the money

and then we'll live happy ever after.

Oh, Audrey, I'll give you a wonderful life

with no plants, I promise.

- No plants at all.

- You're talking peculiar again, Seymour.

We'll start tonight,

we'll go to City Hall, get married...

...and then spend the night somewhere

it's safe. Some nice hotel.

- Oh, Seymour.

- Oh, Audrey.

Oh, I've got to get ready! Heh!

Hurry. Hurry.

Feed me.

- Under no circumstances.

- Feed me.

I will not, so stop asking.

Feed me!

No! No more!

I can't take living with the guilt.

Tough titty.

- Watch your language.

- Aw, cut the crap. Bring on the meat.

Okay, okay.

I'll bring you meat. I'll run down to the corner,

pick you up some ground round.

- How about that?

- Don't do me no favors!

- Look.

- Hmm?

It's my last offer. Yes or no?

You sure do drive a hard bargain.

Done. Fine. Great.

Don't think you're getting dessert.

Unh.

Hello.

Hey, little lady, hello

Who...? Who is this?

You're looking cute as can be

Is this someone I know?

You're looking mighty sweet

Seymour!

No, it ain't Seymour. Ha, ha, it's me!

AUDREY:

Oh, my God!

I don't believe it.

Believe it, baby. It talks.

Am I dreaming this?

No, and you ain't in Kansas, neither.

Something is very wrong here.

I need me some water in the worst way.

Look at my branches.

I'm drying up. I'm a goner, honey!

Come on and give me a drink

I don't know if I should.

Hey, little lady, be nice

Do you talk to Seymour like this?

Sure do I'll drink it straight

Your leaves are dry, poor thing.

Don't need no glass or no ice

Uh, I'll get the can.

Don't need no twist of lime

Here we go.

And now it's suppertime!

Oh!

Ah, ha-ha-ha.

Oh, relax, doll, and it'll be easier.

Come join your dentist friend and Mushnik,

ha, ha.

- Aah!

- They're right inside. Ha-ha-ha!

SEYMOUR:

Get off of her! Get off!

- Are you okay?

- Yes.

No.

Don't die, Audrey. Please don't die.

You know, the plant just said

the strangest thing just now.

It said Orin and Mr. Mushnik...

...are already inside.

It's true.

I did it.

I fed them to it.

And that's what made it so big and strong...

...and you so famous?

I've done terrible things, Audrey.

- But not to you. Never to you.

- But...

I want you to, Seymour.

What?

When I die, which should be very shortly...

...give me to the plant.

So that it will live, and bring you

all the wonderful things you deserve.

- You don't know what you're saying.

- But I do.

It's the one gift I can give you.

And if I'm in the plant...

...then I am part of the plant.

So in a way...

...we'll always be together.

You'll wash my tender leaves

You'll smell my sweet perfume

You'll water me and care for me

You'll see me bud and bloom

I'm feeling strangely happy now

Contented and serene

Oh, don't you see

Finally I'll be

Somewhere

That's

Green

MAN:

Hey! Watch it!

MARTIN:

Mr. Krelborn.

Uh, Mr. Krelborn?

Patrick Martin.

International Licensing and Marketing.

I wanna show you something.

- I'm not interested.

- Ah, but you will be.

Look.

I took the liberty of taking a cutting

from that amazing plant of yours.

And look what grew in just a couple of days.

The Design boys did the packaging.

Cute, huh?

Get the idea?

My firm is willing to pay you a reasonable

amount to take leaf cuttings...

...develop little Audrey Ils...

...sell them in florist shops, supermarkets.

Across the nation.

Pretty soon,

every household in America will have one.

Imagine it, boy.

We could make a fortune.

Little Audrey Ils, everywhere.

This could be bigger than Hula-Hoops.

What do you say, Mr. Krelborn?

Mr. Krelborn.

Krelborn!

Hey! We don't have to deal with you,

you know!

A goddamn vegetable's public domain!

You ask our lawyers!

Every household in America. That's

what you had in mind all along, isn't it?

No sh*t, Sherlock.

We're not talking about one hungry plant here.

We're talking about world conquest.

And I wanna thank you.

You ate the only thing I ever loved.

You're a monster, and so am I.

It's gotta end. It's gonna stop right here.

Better wait a minute

Uh, you better hold the phone

Better mind your manners

Better change your tone

Don't you threaten me, son

You got a lot of gall

We're gonna do things my way

Or we won't do things at all

Uh-huh!

You in trouble now.

Baby, yeah.

You don't know

What you're messing with

Uh, you got no idea

You don't know what you're looking at

When you're looking here

You don't know what you're up against

No, no way, no how

You don't know

What you're messing with

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