Super 8 Page #4

Synopsis: SPOILER: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
Director(s): J.J. Abrams
Production: Paramount Pictures
  11 wins & 67 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
2011
112 min
$126,975,169
Website
2,005 Views


immediately. You copy all that.

Copy, and Jack,

we're getting a lot of unusual calls.

What kind of unusual calls?

I've never seen this

kind of things before!

What the hell am I suppose to do?

The insurance company guys

thought I was joking with them!

Look at my Bonneville over here.

They don't have the

wrench to take that out.

Having problems with

anyone lately, Izzy?

I was thinking you should

talk to Louis Dainard.

I didn't help him out

with financing last year,

and I wouldn't be surprised if this

is some sort of sick retribution.

My generator's mishome...

My dog is gone,... disappeared.

Maybe you should file a report.

I'll have someone come out and

take care of each one of you, okay?

Lucy!

Lucy!

I have four guys on missing cases.

People don't feel safe

around here. And you know why?

Because they are not!

The Air Force doesn't

answer a damn question.

They've got trucks over

at Woodward's house.

Ben heard they're looking

for Woodward's research.

Research?

One of the soldier on the truck,

he had like a scanner in his hand.

- Like a Geiger counter.

They're saying it's just a

clean up at the crash site,

but they're taking

moulds of tire tracks.

That means they're looking for

someone. What does that means?

Have you seen Lucy anywhere?

- No, it certainly will be 'around somewhere.

No, I'm sure she's around somewhere.

I put a couple of slices

in the fridge for you.

Oh! I ate those.

Sorry, kid.

No problem. I'll find something.

Pick that up, will you?

Vicky, do you have power

down at the station?

On and off. The whole

County is in the dark.

Do me a favour and get water

and power up right now, will you?

So the Air Force is looking for a car.

Alice's dad car.

They are taking tire prints

from the crash site, over.

I don't want to hear about it.

That's what I've been talking about.

They could be monitoring us right now.

Jesus, shut up!

Over.

The military is at Woodward's

house looking for his research.

Whatever that means?

Do not freak out on me and be a dick.

Are you going to come

and help me or not?

I need you to make Alice's zombie again.

Okay, I'll do the makeup.

Over.

Cables are gone. All

the posts are empty.

Same thing over here in Rose Hill.

Somebody took the damn wires down.

Holy sh*t!

Rooney, you got anything?

Rooney, you copy?

- You are missing for at least a mile...

We got a half mile of copper missing.

Lines are back up with M-38.

Truck 14, Rooney's out of the junkyard.

I'll give you an

update when I hear back.

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I want to know who took them.

Gone!

From my inventory.

Everywhere you look

things are going missing.

We've got trains

crashing, people vanishing.

Belmont's County is without power.

You know what this feels like to me?

This feels like a "Russian invasion".

I don't think the

Russian has anything to do

with what's going on in the town.

But I'm calling a curfew...

Unless you can tell me who's

been messing with our stuffs.

I say it's the Soviets.

And I think Jack, we

need Sheriff Pruitt back.

We've got good people working on that.

Mr. McCandless.

Since Wednesday morning,

my ham-radio was a mess.

Some frequencies, which I like scan,

I'm hearing military chatter.

But it is distorted. And

I don't know what it is.

Have you heard that?

Mr. McCandless, can I have a

word with you in private, please?

It was like having my radio hijacked.

I'm sure it was very annoying.

You don't know those

frequencies off hand do you?

Oh, sure I do.

Danny, why don't you

get in touch with Vicky.

Hey Dave, have you seen Milner?

No sir, I haven't.

Deputy, something crawled by my

garage! It's paw is almost a foot!

Tom! Have you seen Milner?

- Have you try his office?

...I try to his office.

What are you doing about the

power? We've been off for two days!

Hey Rosko!

Rosko, I need you to get everybody you

have tuned to those frequencies, understand?

No.

Hey Milner, don't you have a

radio scanner with a descrambler?

Voice? I have it at home.

Whatever. Get it. Bring it down here

and set it up. Wouldn't you please?

Jack, what is this?

I think the Air Force

is using our channels.

He was at my house yesterday

morning. Are you aware of that?

We brought him in for the car

lots and other stuffs, he's clean.

I would appreciate it if you inform

your son, my house is off limits.

And so is my daughter.

I think the makeup was better yesterday.

No,... it's good.

I think it looks good.

I should have cleaned up my room.

You made all these models?

Yes. Yes, that one is "The

Hunchback of Notre Dame. "

We watch that one on...

This is the train I wanted to destroy.

Looks real.

It looks so old.

Yes, it's dry brush technique.

It runs off a coat of paint. and

then you add something like...

and then you put something like...

- Euro grey over it.

- Euro grey?

Oh yes, there's like 14

different greys. It gets crazy.

What was that necklace?

The one you were holding

at the train crash.

Was it your moms?

My dad gave it to her

the day I was born.

She wears it all the time.

Or used to.

It was bad how she die and...

But my dad got it back.

Guys! What the hell?

No one knew where you were.

We were here.

You got to play the soldier!

I thought you were calling Evan.

Evan blew us off. He is a p*ssy.

Excuse me.

It's okay.

You got to do it. You're the only one.

What do you mean they

found my dog in Brookville?

That's another county over.

Lucy, that's where she is.

We have more than 30 calls from people

who found local dogs, but the thing is

the calls coming in weren't local.

Like they all just...

ran away in every direction.

This isn't like her.

She doesn't disappear.

Okay, calm down. Just

tell what she looks like.

She's got dark hair and rollers.

You know what rollers are?

Yes, I know what rollers are.

Hang on.

It's definitely Air Force.

It's Air Force. But what does it mean?

Why are they transmitting

on these frequencies?

Maybe it's not even Air Force.

I bet you five bucks it's Air Force.

- Five Bucks?

Sshhh!

We're going to need you to prepare

for Operation "Walking Distance".

What did he say? Operation, what?

"Walking Distance".

What's this?

- He worked at Romero Chemical.

Found out some things

the company was doing.

And after what you told

me last night at the bar.

I thought you should know.

Are we going to be in

trouble for being here?

Production value.

Stop talking about production

value. Air Force is going to kill us!

Don't cover my mouth!

We just make this discovery today.

You understand this is Top Secret.

- Of course.

I would never have given this information,

unless we had worked together in Vietnam.

Those were hard times...

- We better not talk about it.

I understand... I understand.

You're a good friend.

You too.

Nothing so far.

How much more is there?

About 6 more boxes in a basement.

A lot more tax returns.

It's here somewhere, we'll find it.

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