Stuart Little 2 Page #11

DOWZER:

Sure.

Dowzer comes over beside Snoop.

SNOOP:

Hey, look. Now there's two of

them. And they both look stupid.

REVEAL Snoop and Dowzer are looking in a broken oldmirror. Stuart reacts to their stupidity.

STUART:

Oh, brother.

The pigeons spot Stuart.

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DOWZER:

Hey. Who are you?

STUART:

I'm Stuart.

(grabs plastic forkas weapon)

And don't try anything.

SNOOP:

Hey, you better not try anything.

(indicates mirror)

There's four of us.

STUART:

Right.

The pigeons get a look at the model airplane.

DOWZER:

What are you doing?

STUART:

I'm rebuilding a plane. I'm goingto fly off this barge.

Dowzer and snoop begin to laugh.

SNOOP:

It'd take you a year to fix that.

DOWZER:

And you don't even have an hour.

They're gonna dump this garbage inthe river right around sunset andyou and your plane along with it.

STUART:

Dump it in the river? Is that

legal?

DOWZER/SNOOP(confused)

Well, I... they... I...

DOWZER:

(annoyed)

Hey! We're pigeons not lawyers!

SNOOP:

That's telling him.

They chest bump or high-five, whatever's cheaper.

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67 INT. LITTLE HOUSE - DAY 67

Mr. Little back in the Little house. He is fuming.

MR. LITTLE

Room to grow? Room to grow? What

were we thinking?

MRS. LITTLE

I was just doing what you said.

MR. LITTLE

Except I didn't say we should lethim go sleep at someone's housewithout a toiletries bag, withoutpajamas, without checking to seeif he was actually there.

MRS. LITTLE

I did check... Just not right

away. Oh, Frederick how are we

going to find him?

GEORGE:

Well, we could...

MR. LITTLE

No! Don't you speak to me. We'll

deal with you later, you... notteller of the truth.

GEORGE:

I said I was sorry.

MRS. LITTLE

All right, George, where is he?

Silence.

MR. LITTLE

(demanding)

Well?

GEORGE:

You just told me not to speak.

MRS. LITTLE

Where did Stuart go?

GEORGE:

I promised I wouldn't tell.

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MR. LITTLE

George, there is a differencebetween protecting your brotherand being responsible for hissafety. What if he's in danger?

What kind of protection is that?

George, hesitates, then:

GEORGE:

He went to rescue Margalo. He

thinks the Falcon got her.

MRS. LITTLE

A Falcon? He went after a

Falcon?!

GEORGE:

He called me. He's all right. He

said he was at... the Pishkins'.

MR. LITTLE

Who? Honey, do we know Pishkins?

MRS. LITTLE

We know the Mishkins. And the

Lumpkins. And the Pitkins... The

Pishkin Building? Is that what he

meant?

MR. LITTLE

Let's hope so.

GEORGE:

Dad... Am I going to get walloped?

MRS. LITTLE

George, has your father everwalloped you?

GEORGE:

No...

MR. LITTLE

But there's always a first time.

First, let's go find Stuart.

68 INT. PISHKIN LOBBY 68

People wait for the elevator. The doors open and theycrowd in. Among their feet, we see Snowbell sneak on withthem. The doors close.

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69 INT. ELEVATOR 69

People begin to sniff the air. Then they begin to sniffand eye each other suspiciously. We hear GRUMBLING. At

the next floor everyone rushes out except Snowbell, who isleft alone.

SNOWBELL:

(defensively)

Hey -- I'm sorry! You sleep inthe street and see how you smell!

The doors close.

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72 EXT. NEW YORK STREET - DAY 72

The Little family is standing right in front of Stuart's

car. It's a disaster. The wheels are gone and so are the

seats. It's been spray-painted.

MRS. LITTLE

Who would do this?

MR. LITTLE

Tiny little vandals.

Mr. Little steps to the curb and urgently raises his hand.

MR. LITTLE

Taxi!

73 EXT. ROOFTOP 73

We FOLLOW Falcon returning from some foray or other to hislair. He arrives to find Margalo still caged and a wholeplatoon of pigeons pecking around for scraps. Falcon

lands next to the cage.

FALCON:

(disgusted)

Pigeons! Look at them! Bums.

Panhandlers. Leeches.

(yells)

Hey! Here's an idea. Work for a

living! I'll teach you a new word-- Ambition!

They stare at him uncomprehendingly.

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FALCON:

Get out of here!!

The pigeons fly away.

FALCON:

(to Margalo)

Well, have you thought it over?

Are you coming back to work?

MARGALO:

You mean come back to being athief? No. Never.

FALCON:

Then rot in there.

Falcon flies off.

Just then, a stairway door is pushed open and Snowbell

steps out.

MARGALO:

(from cage)

Snowbell!

SNOWBELL:

Margalo! Where's Stuart?

For a moment she doesn't answer. Then she hangs her head.

MARGALO:

Oh, Snowbell, he's dead. Falcon

killed him.

Snowbell is shocked and grief stricken.

SNOWBELL:

What?! Stuart is dead?! No. He

can't be. He's... he's my friend.

Margalo begins to cry.

Snowbell, deeply moved, begins to sob.

SNOWBELL:

(crying)

I was supposed to protect him.

Oh, I wish it was me who'd been

killed.

(CONTINUED)

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MARGALO:

(crying)

Really?

SNOWBELL:

(crying)

No, but I am very unhappy.

73A EXT. GARBAGE BARGE 73A

Stuart sitting in the cockpit of the plane.

He attaches the final wires to the servos and starts the

engine. Nothing happens. He tries again. Nothinghappens again. Dowzer and Snoop are outside laughing.

Stuart goes back to the batteries and repositions them.

He returns to the cockpit and tries once more. Nothing.

DOWZER:

That's never gonna fly.

STUART:

How do you know?

DOWZER:

Hey, I know flying.

74 INT. GARBAGE BARGE 74

The Captain of the barge.

CAPTAIN:

Okay, let's dump this load.

He pushes a button and the sides of the barge begin totilt.

75 EXT. GARBAGE BARGE 75

Stuart, desperately trying to take off.

STUART:

Anyone care to give me a push?

Dowzer and Snoop laugh. The garbage is beginning toslide. Stuart is rapidly scanning the flight manual andbeginning to panic.

The tilt of the barge actually starts the plane rollingdown the runway.

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Stuart makes one more effort to start the plane, and, toeveryone's amazement the ENGINE TURNS OVER. In an instant

Stuart is taxiing for lift-off.

STUART:

Now what?

Gasping, he looks back at the manual for guidance. The

birds jump out of the way and stare in astonishment as hespeeds past them. Faster and faster he goes but does notleave the ground. The end of the barge is rapidlyapproaching. Stuart grits his teeth. The birds seem

nervous too.

The plane is just inches away from the end of the runwayand poised to do a perfect nose dive into the sea. Snoopcovers his eyes with his wings, when suddenly, at the lastpossible second, the plane rises into the air.

The Captain looks up just in time to see Stuart fly offthe barge.

CAPTAIN:

What the -- ? What have we got

now? Flying garbage?

76 EXT. NEW YORK AIR SPACE - DAY 76

Stuart, is maintaining an even course across the city.

Approaching ahead of him he sees the top of the PishkinBuilding. He bites his lip.

77 EXT. ROOFTOP 77

SNOWBELL:

That miserable Falcon! From this

day forward, I vow revenge. If

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