Stuart Little 2 Page #2

REFEREE:

You'd better substitute.

ANGLE ON BENCH:

Only Stuart is available.

FIELD:

COACH:

(to his assistant)

Tie game. We could play with just

ten.

WALLACE:

(an obnoxious kid)

Yeah, but we have George, so itwould be like having nine.

COACH:

Wallace! We'll have none of that.

WALLACE:

Why not? That's how you talk toMom.

REFEREE:

Come on, Coach.

(CONTINUED)

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COACH:

... Stuart. Go in for Irwin.

BENCH:

STUART:

Yes!!

He runs in.

FIELD:

Stuart's teammates look as if this seals their doom.

STANDS:

MR. LITTLE

Yeah, Stuart!

MRS. LITTLE

(nervously)

Oh my.

FIELD:

COACH:

(to Stuart)

Try to...

He gives up.

Whistle. Play is back in.

The ball is kicked around by a pack of boys. Stuart

chases the pack. The pack turns and Stuart is nearlytrampled.

STANDS:

MRS. LITTLE

(rises)

I'm going down there and snatching

him off that field.

Mr. Little holds her down.

(CONTINUED)

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8 CONTINUED:
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FIELD:

The ball comes flying out of the pack towards the goalthat George and Stuart's team are attacking. The closest

players to the ball are George and Stuart, who werelagging behind the play.

COACH:

(hysterical)

Get it! George! Go after it!

George and Stuart from opposite directions run towards theball. Stuart is closer, but George is faster and isgetting to the ball first.

COACH:

George, shoot!

Wallace appears out on the wing.

WALLACE:

Pass me the ball, lame-o!

COACH:

George, shoot!

George shuts his eyes and kicks at the exact moment Stuartreaches the ball. The ball flies off the ground withStuart pasted to it, screaming. The ball hits Wallace -hard

-- in the middle of his face and ricochets off.

Wallace, knocked loopy, has the imprint of a mouse on hisforehead.

The ball -- still flying. Stuart still on it, screaming.

It sails into the goal. The GUN GOES OFF. The game is

over.

George is mobbed by happy teammates. He is literallycarried off on their shoulders.

GOAL:

Mr. and Mrs. Little run in to look for Stuart. The ball

is on the ground. They pick it up. No Stuart.

STUART (O.S.)

I'm all right.

ANGLE ON STUART:

Enmeshed in the goal netting, dangling upside-down by onefoot.

(CONTINUED)

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STUART:

Do I get an assist?

Then he falls several feet into the dust.

9 INT. MR. AND MRS. LITTLE'S BATHROOM - NIGHT 9

They're preparing for bed.

MRS. LITTLE

He just looked so small out there.

So... lacking in bigness. Does

he have to go back next week?

MR. LITTLE

Honey, we have to give him room to

grow.

MRS. LITTLE

I give him room. I let him drive

his car to school. No other

mother does that.

MR. LITTLE

Yes, but with George walking rightbeside him every step.

MRS. LITTLE

I let him go out without hisgaloshes.

MR. LITTLE

When it's not raining.

MRS. LITTLE

So? How much more room do I need

to give him?

MR. LITTLE

A little more than you're givinghim now.

MRS. LITTLE

... How little?

10 INT. BOYS' BEDROOM - NIGHT 10

The boys are in their respective bunks.

STUART:

I'm worried that Mom's not goingto let me play soccer anymore.

(CONTINUED)

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GEORGE:

She wouldn't do that.

STUART:

Well, she already didn't let me goout for fencing or wrestling orroller hockey.

GEORGE:

Well, what does she want you to goout for?

STUART:

Painting or dancing.

GEORGE:

It's hard to get hurt doing those.

STUART:

(glumly)

Yeah...

GEORGE:

I guess it's my fault. I'm sorryI kicked you into the goal.

STUART:

That's okay. Hey, you won the

game. That's the main thing.

GEORGE:

No... the main thing was I hitWallace in the face.

They both laugh.

10A EXT. LITTLE HOUSE - DAY 10A

Mrs. Little is pruning roses in a tiny planter in front ofthe house. She hears:

WILL (O.S.)

Hello, Mrs. Little.

She looks up and sees WILL WILSON. He's George's age,

African-American.

MRS. LITTLE

Oh hi, Will.

WILL:

Is George home?

(CONTINUED)

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MRS. LITTLE

Yes. He's playing with Stuart.

Go on in.

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12 INT. DINING ROOM - SAME TIME 12

George and Stuart are working on a model airplane that hastaken over the dining table. It is a bright-red replicaof a WWII Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighter plane with a decalof an American flag and Betty Grable on the side.

George is putting the propeller on. Stuart is vocallymaking engine noises.

GEORGE:

Stuart, hand me the pliers...

Stuart?

Stuart is sitting in the plane, a scarf around his neck,

fantasizing.

STUART:

Bogie's, twelve o'clock! I gothim, Brooklyn!

GEORGE:

Stuart!

STUART:

(brought back toreality)

Huh?

GEORGE:

What are you doing?

STUART:

Oh -- I... Wouldn't it be cool if

I actually flew this thing?

GEORGE:

Yeah. Mom's gonna let you fly aplane. Check the wires in there.

Will enters.

WILL:

Hi, George. Hi, Stuart.

(CONTINUED)

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GEORGE:

(delighted)

Hi.

STUART:

Hi, Will.

WILL:

Hey, neat plane.

STUART:

Thanks.

WILL:

Hey, George, you want to take abreak for awhile? I brought mychess set.

GEORGE:

Yeah, okay.

STUART:

But what about the plane?

GEORGE:

I want to play with Will forawhile.

We can tell Stuart is dejected and that this is painfulfor him. The older boys exit. Stuart turns to Snowbell

sleeping on the work table.

STUART:

Hey, Snowbell?

(louder)

Snowbell!

Snowbell, wakes up, noisily -- snorting and clearing histhroat.

SNOWBELL:

Whu?

STUART:

Want to help me fix the plane?

SNOWBELL:

Let me explain something to you.

I am trying -- desperately -- tocling to the last shreds ofdignity I possess. I'm licking upafter that little monster...

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

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SNOWBELL (CONT'D)

... I've had my claws trimmed so Iwon't scratch 'Mommy's LittlePrecious'... and now a mouse -because

he's lonely and desperatefor companionship asks -- as alast resort -- to become his

'playmate.' The gall. The

temerity... Yeah, okay.

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15 INT. DINING ROOM - LITTLE LATER 15

Stuart climbs back into the cockpit of the PLANE. He

opens up the instruction book. He reaches under the

dashboard. His sweater catches on the on/off switch andclicks it ON by accident.

Suddenly the MOTOR WHIRS into action. Snowbell, hearingthe noise, screams, jumps up and dashes out.

Before Stuart realizes what is happening, the airplane istaxiing down the table. George and Will run in and yellover the NOISE of the ENGINE.

GEORGE:

Stuart, what are you doing?

STUART:

(panicked, yellingback)

I'm not doing it. It won't turn

off.

The plane hits the remote, knocking it off the table. It

breaks. The plane flies off the table and into the next

room. George and Will run after it.

As they enter the dining room, the PLANE BUZZES theirheads.

Stuart!

GEORGE:

WILL:

This is cool! All my brother doesis jam crayons up his nose.

(CONTINUED)

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Snowbell runs in. The PLANE BUZZES him and he dashes into

the kitchen.

STAIRCASE:

Mr. Little is coming downstairs with a paper kite.

MR. LITTLE

Who wants to help me fly the kite?

The PLANE RIPS through the kite.

STUART:

Sorry, Dad.

MR. LITTLE

Stuart. Stop that this minute.

George and Will run in.

GEORGE:

He can't.

Stuart yells, frightened.

GEORGE:

At least he's indoors, nothing badcan happen.

At that exact moment, Mrs. Little opens the front door,

carrying a freshly-cut bouquet.

MRS. LITTLE

Have you ever seen prettier roses?

The PLANE RIPS through the bouquet and flies outside.

MRS. LITTLE

Stuart!

All the Littles run outside.

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