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Synopsis: 15-year-old Alan Abernathy, the son of a toy store owner, tries out some new action figures: The Commando Elite vs. The Gorgonites. But three months ago, a toy company believes it is onto something when it employs the latest government military technology in a series of action figures, enabling them to talk. They underestimate the power of the special micro chips they've employed, however, as the two opposing sides of the toy line start thinking for themselves and engaging in real combat! The Commando Elite vow to wipe out the Gorgonites in a suburban neighborhood. Alan, his neighbor Christy Fimple, (on whom he has a massive crush) with the help of the kind Gorgonites, must protect his home and family from the Commandos.
Director(s): Joe Dante
Production: Dreamworks
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
PG-13
Year:
1998
110 min
3,461 Views


...has anything just fallen off

the back of the truck?

I don't like your tone.

Sorry.

It's too loud.

Okay, one whole set.

I'll lose the paperwork someplace.

- I had better not regret this.

- You won't. I swear.

And you've got to get them off the truck.

- I could get in trouble for this.

- No one will know.

They better not. These toys don't go

on sale officially until Monday.

I could loose my job.

I could loose my house.

Thanks, Joe. I owe you one.

You owe me twelve.

Good luck, kid.

Freeze!

I wanted to go to Toy World.

Life is full of disappointments.

Go look around.

His birthday's next week.

Mom said I had to take him shopping.

Great. What kind of stuff is he into?

Dinosaurs, mutants.

Anything that maims, kills or destroys.

I just got in...

You're Alan Abernathy.

You moved into the house behind mine.

I've heard about you.

- You have?

- Yeah.

How come I never see you after school?

I'm kind of stuck here.

What kind of toy store is this?

It's my dad. He thinks these toys are cool.

Too bad nobody else does.

The Commando Elite will rid the Earth

of the Gorgonites.

The Gorgonites are peaceful.

We mean no harm.

Gorgonite, you are a hideous freak.

You will be vaporized.

Civilian, declare your allegiance.

Cool.

I know what I want!

I want the soldier! They're walking

and fighting and they're so cool!

Where'd they go?

What about this one?

No, I want the other one.

Major Chip Hazard. He's the one.

- How much are these?

- A lot.

Mom and Dad won't buy you one of these.

Yes, they will.

They buy you those stupid Gwendy dolls.

All right, Timmy.

Save me one of the buff guys.

- And a monster, too.

- I don't think so, brat.

- I'll find it and hold it till tomorrow.

- How about the flame-thrower?

- When will I get that toy?

- Never, if you don't shut up.

Say "hi" once in a while.

- Meet death with honor, coward.

- There you are.

Congratulations. You're practically sold.

You, I'm not so sure about.

Troglokhan.

Punch-it.

Oh, man! Dad's ticket!

Okay, suitcase...

...briefcase, keys. Keys.

Where are my keys?

Right where you left them.

And where did I leave them?

What is wrong with me? What else?

Stuart, please, try to relax.

Remember why we moved here.

To get away from the stress.

To eliminate the stress.

To...

...exhale...

...the stress.

Mom! I know what I want for my birthday.

I want a Major Chip Hazard.

- Don't upset your father.

- Hi, Dad.

- Hi, sweetie.

- What's up?

- AI here was just telling me...

- Ed.

He was telling me the angle

of the Earth's tilt on its axis...

...relative to the orbit

of the transmission satellite...

...restricts the placement

for optimum reception.

Yeah.

In other words, this tree is in the way.

Right. Exactly.

No problema.

Knock that off!

Stuart, dish guy says the tree has to go.

You don't mind, do you?

- Yes, I mind!

- What?

I said, "yes, I mind!" What the hell

are you doing, Phil? This is my tree!

Happy to do the work. What are neighbors

for? Isn't the dish a beauty?

No. This tree is beautiful.

That dish is just one more piece

of techno-crap...

...to go along with the rest

of your stockpile of techno-crap!

You're already pulling so much juice,

you got us living in a cancer node.

There's never been

any conclusive data linking...

Give me that saw, Phil.

Stuart, come on.

Airplane now, vendetta later.

I'll check the zoning laws,

but I think they'll prove me right.

Hasn't he heard of the dishes

that go on top of your house?

Maybe they don't get as many channels.

He probably got a deal.

Dad!

Alan, you're supposed to be in the shop.

You forgot your ticket.

My ticket.

Thank you, son. Way to stay heads up.

Occasionally I do something right.

I'm out of here.

- Hurry but drive carefully.

- I'll call you when I get there.

Give me a smooch.

- Bye-bye. Bye, son.

- See you later, Dad.

- The door was locked when you left?

- Yes.

Did you empty the cash register?

Both quarters and all six pennies.

And I shut off the lights.

Just asking.

It's possible I make it through

the entire day without screwing up.

What the...

How the heck did you get in here?

What was it? Halt! Who goes there?

Greetings. I am Archer,

emissary of the Gorgonites.

Sure you are.

Beware. There will be no mercy.

Is that so?

Beware. There will be no mercy.

I'll be real careful. Thanks for the advice.

Greetings. I am Archer,

emissary of the Gorgonites.

What is your name?

I'm Alan. Now shut up.

I have to do my homework.

Greetings, Alan-now-shut-up.

What did you say?

You just said my name, didn't you?

Didn't you?

Commandos! Ten-hut!

Commando Elite, fall in!

Sound off, soldiers!

Butch Meathook, sniper.

Lethal from any distance, sir!

Good to have you aboard.

Nick Nitro. Demolition is my mission.

I served with your father.

He was a good man.

Brick Bazooka, artillery.

Ready to go full bore, sir!

Save it for the enemy.

Link Static, communications.

Awaiting orders, sir!

Double up on your rations, Sparky.

Kip Killagin, covert insurgent.

Sharp as a razor, sir!

Let me see that weapon.

Standard issue is insufficient.

All right, ladies, now listen good.

Our mission:

Destroy the Gorgonite enemy. Defeat him!

Yes, sir!

There will be no mercy.

Search the area and secure new arms.

Commandos, fall out!

Gorgon.

What the heck are you?

You're not like any toy I've ever seen.

Come on, speak up.

Greetings, Alan-now-shut-up.

I am Archer, emissary of the Gorgonites.

I think you're smarter

than you're letting on.

I bet you're smart enough to get my name

right. It's Alan. Just Alan. Got it?

Greetings, Alan.

I knew it. Walk to the end of the table.

Don't play dumb with me.

You know what I'm saying.

Alan, friend of Archer.

Defender of all Gorgonites.

Keeper of Encarta.

Keeper of Encarta?

You were using my computer?

If I find a virus in there,

you're headed for the microwave.

Beware. There will be no mercy.

Are you threatening me?

The Gorgonites must be free.

There will be no mercy.

Soldiers, no poor sap ever won a war

by dying for his country.

He won it by being all that he can be.

Damn the torpedoes or give me death!

Eternal vigilance is the price of duty.

And to the victors go the spoils.

So, remember...

...you are the best of the best

of the few and the proud!

So, ask not what your country

can do for you...

...only regret that you have

but one life to live.

The war against the Gorgonites

will be won!

Commando Elite, let the first shot be fired!

Search out the Gorgonites

and frag them all!

Attack!

Get him! Jump on him!

Plastic at twelve o'clock!

Archer, where are you, anyway?

I am in so much trouble.

There will be no mercy.

This is what you meant?

How could toys do this?

Alas, poor Troglokhan.

I'm sorry, Archer.

That's all the pieces I could find.

The Commando Elite

have destroyed Troglokhan.

What about the other Gorgonites?

And where are the Commandos?

Hi. We're closed. See the sign?

I'll be quick. I just came for Major Chip

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Gavin Scott

Gavin Duncan Scott (born 1950) is an English novelist, broadcaster and writer of the Emmy-winning mini-series The Mists of Avalon, Small Soldiers, The Borrowers and Legend of Earthsea. He spent ten years making films for British television before becoming a screenwriter, creating more than two hundred documentaries and short films for BBC and the commercial TV, including UK’s prestigious Channel 4. His first assignment in the United States was with George Lucas, developing and scripting The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. His work ranges from family entertainment to comedy, science fiction and historical dramas. Scott wrote Krakatoa, a Titanic-style movie for National Geographic Feature Films, and an eight-hour adaptation of War and Peace for Lux Vida SPA, directed by Robert Dornhelm (Into the West, The Ten Commandments). He created and executive produced a 22-part television series set in the nineteenth century about the origins of the creative ideas of Jules Verne, which was broadcast around the world. In 2006, his children's film Treasure Island Kids: The Battle for Treasure Island, starring Randy Quaid, was released on DVD. Born in Hull, Yorkshire, Gavin emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1961. At 17 he spent a year as a volunteer teacher in the jungles of Borneo, working with the children of head-hunters, after which he studied history and political science at Victoria University of Wellington, and journalism at the Wellington Polytechnic. He returned to Britain overland across Asia in 1973, traveling through Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Afghanistan and Iran, and worked for Shelter, the British housing charity, before joining the Times Educational Supplement, from which base he also wrote features for The Times. After five years as a reporter and program anchor for BBC Radio, Gavin began in 1980 making films for BBC Television’s Newsnight, covering literary as well as political subjects; among his interviewees, J.B. Priestley, Christopher Isherwood, Iris Murdoch and John Fowles. He then made documentaries on science and culture for series such as Horizon and Man Alive before joining Channel 4 News, for which he made films until 1990. Following the death of Maurice Macmillan in 1984, son of the former British Prime Minister and MP for Surrey South West Harold Macmillan, Gavin Scott was selected and stood as a Liberal here at the Parliamentary Byelection for the Liberal/SDP Alliance and came within 2600 votes of taking the seat from the Conservative candidate Virginia Bottomley who went on to serve in John Major's cabinet. It was during this time that he started writing novels, including Hot Pursuit, about a Russian satellite that crashed in New Zealand, and A Flight of Lies, about the hunt for the bones of Peking Man. He has recently written a Dickensian historical novel set in the nineteenth century, The Adventures of Toby Wey. Gavin is also a sculptor, creating shadow boxes similar to those of Joseph Cornell, using mass-produced toys as his medium. He lives with his family in Santa Monica, California, and recently finished writing the script of Absolutely Anything with Terry Jones. more…

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