The Adventures of Tintin Page #5

Synopsis: Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin - accompanied by his marvellous dog Snowy - to join him and his gang as they sail to Morocco on an old cargo ship. Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt against the ship's master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving in Morocco at the court of a sheikh, who also has a model of the Unicorn. Haddock tells Tintin that over three hundred years earlier his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock was forced to scuttle the original Unicorn when attacked by a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he managed to save his treasure and provide clues to its location in three separate scrolls, all of which were secreted in models of the Unicorn. Tintin and Sakharine have one each and the villain intends to use the glass-shattering top Cs of operatic soprano the Milan
Director(s): Steven Spielberg
Production: Paramount
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 60 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
PG
Year:
2011
107 min
$75,300,000
Website
6,288 Views


Wee children's dreams.

No, the ship.

Please try to remember, Captain.

Lives are at risk.

Snowy, what have you done?

I'd stand back if I were you.

Out! Everybody out of the room!

Snowy!

This man is insane!

Show yourself, Red Rackham!

If it's a fight you want,

you've met your match!

A fight with who?

To the death, Red Rackham!

No, wait!

Wait. Captain...

I remember everything now.

Everything Granddaddy told me.

The Unicorn was taken.

The pirates were now masters of the ship.

The crew surrendered?

Granddaddy said that Red Rackham

called Sir Francis the King's dog.

A pirate hunter sent to reclaim

their hard-won plunder.

Why would I waste my time on rum,

tobacco, molasses and dates

when you have

a more valuable cargo onboard?

Where is it?

You'll have to kill me first.

Not first, no.

Please.

I'll start with your men.

To save his men,

he would give up the secret cargo.

And where was it?

Four hundredweight

of gold, jewels and treasure.

Kill his men!

No, Rackham! No!

Rackham, you gave me your word! Rackham!

Rackham!

Sir Francis knew he was doomed.

That he'd be hung from the highest yardarm.

But they didn't reckon on one thing!

Sir Francis was a Haddock.

And a Haddock always has a trick

up his sleeve.

And with that, he hurls himself forward!

On the pirates? Like that? Unarmed?

No! No, on a bottle of rum

rolling on the deck.

And he opens it up,

and puts it to his lips, and...

And then he stops.

"This is no time for drinking," he says.

"I need all my wits about me. "

With that, he puts down the bottle and...

Yes, yes, he puts down the bottle...

And he seizes a cutlass.

And then he makes his way

to the ship's magazine,

where they keep all the gunpowder

and the shot!

You dog!

You'd blow us sky high?

Come on, then.

Let's have you.

Not this time.

You!

Captain, what is it?

How could I be so blind?

What are you talking about?

This isn't just about the scrolls or...

Or the treasure that went down with the ship.

It's me.

It's me he's after!

You'll suffer a curse upon you

and your name, Haddock.

He wants vengeance.

Come back and face me!

- Hurry, Tintin.

- What?

- We're out of time.

- Captain!

I curse you!

I curse your name and all who come after!

We will meet again, Haddock!

In another time! In another life!

It's not over. It was never over!

I don't understand. Who's after your blood?

- Sakharine!

- Sakharine? Why?

He's Red Rackham's descendent!

He means to finish it!

- That's why he did it.

- Did what?

Sank his own ship. Sir Francis sent

that treasure to the bottom of the sea.

He would be damned

before he let Red Rackham have it.

- And he was.

- But he couldn't let it lie.

- No.

- He left a clue.

Three clues wrapped in a riddle,

concealing a secret.

But only a true Haddock

would be able to solve it.

- What secret?

- The location.

To one of the greatest sunken treasures

in all history.

The wreck of the Unicorn.

He means to steal it! The third scroll!

Billions of blue, blistering barnacles!

I swear, as the last of the Haddocks,

I'll find that treasure before him!

To Bagghar.

He's here.

It's no good. They could be anywhere.

Captain.

Don't look now, but we're being followed.

Yes, we are.

What do you want?

Why are you following us?

Who are you working for?

Captain, stop! Stop!

- Thompson and Thomson.

- Not so loud.

- We're in disguise.

- So I see.

You got the message I sent from the ship?

Yes, well, bit of a long story, that.

The upshot is we caught the thief,

retrieved your wallet,

and then hopped on the next plane

to Bagghar.

Yes, that pocket picker

has picked his last pocket.

There. Don't worry.

He didn't take any money.

It's not the money I'm worried about.

The odds are even.

Now, to find the next two scrolls.

The Milanese Nightingale.

That's his secret weapon?

- My!

- My!

What a dish.

Enchanted, signora!

Benvenuto! Welcome! Marhaba!

We are blessed with your presence.

Yes. Indeed, Signor Salad!

What charming peasants.

May I introduce my escort,

Monsieur Shuggair Addeitiff.

He's been very

passionate in his support of this concert.

It's my first visit to the Third World.

Please forgive me. I must escort madame

to her dressing room. Excuse us.

After you.

- Hello, how are you?

- Hello...

Here. I want you to look after this.

- What are you doing?

- Me?

- Yes.

- Are you sure?

If I'm caught,

I don't want them to find this on me.

Look, just keep it hidden.

I will guard this with my life!

Get up! Get up!

It's her!

Blistering barnacles!

What's that noise?

My ears,

- they're bleeding.

- No, they're not.

Captain.

Shut up, Snowy.

Oh, Columbus, it's every man for himself!

Make way.

Make way! Medical emergency.

That was close.

Hello, Captain.

You!

Oh, no!

Sakharine!

The falcon! Snowy, after him!

Tintin! Tintin!

Those two! There!

They're here to steal your ship!

No, no, no, no, no, we're not!

Arrest him! The ugly one!

- No, wait!

- Who, me?

Yes!

Thief! Arrest him!

Captain!

- Sakharine's got the scroll!

- It's worse than that.

- What do you mean?

- They took your scroll, Tintin. It's gone.

How? What happened?

It was Allan.

He knobbled me in the garden, and then

- there was a bottle of alcohol and...

- There always is.

No, no! No, not like that.

I can smell it on you.

Hurry. Back to the boat.

- Tintin! Where are you going?

- I'm going after Sakharine.

- By yourself?

- Yes!

Come on, Snowy!

Catch them, catch them!

Lose them! Get him off our tail!

Did you hit anything?

Oh, dear.

Faster, you idiot, faster!

Not again!

- I'll have those, thank you.

- Come on, Snowy!

No!

Incoming falcon at four o'clock!

Tintin, faster!

- The scrolls!

- I got one, two...

And three!

Snowy!

Oh, no! Not again.

Come here, my beauty.

Ten thousand thundering typhoons!

Come here, you pilfering parakeet!

Captain, the bird! Grab it!

Nice work, Snowy! Don't let him go!

You blue blistering barnacles!

Hang on, Snowy! Snowy, I'm coming!

There he is! Stop!

That's right, that's right, come to Daddy.

Come to Daddy.

Gotcha!

No!

Geronimo!

You double-dealing, pilfering parasites!

Excuse me. Pardon me. Sorry.

Gotcha!

The scrolls are lining up.

These are hidden numbers.

What does it say?

I wouldn't do that if I were you!

Let the bird go.

What do you value more,

those scrolls or Haddock's life?

Don't listen to him.

You'll never get away with this,

you sour-faced sassonack!

I will kill him.

Don't worry about me, Tintin, I'm fine.

Let the bird go now, or this man dies!

No! Wait!

You two-timing troglodyte!

You simpering son of a po-faced profiteer!

Perhaps we should put it to the test.

Here's mud in your eye.

Fathead!

Captain!

- We're saved!

- I love the beach.

- You said you wanted a holiday.

- Quite.

Very good.

- Nobody takes my ship!

- They've already taken it.

Nobody takes my ship twice!

We'll show them, won't we, Tintin?

All right then, what's the plan?

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Hergé

Georges Prosper Remi (French: [ʁəmi]; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé ([ɛʁʒe]), was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic albums which are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, Quick & Flupke (1930–40) and The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko (1936–57). His works were executed in his distinct ligne claire drawing style. Born to a lower middle-class family in Etterbeek, Brussels, Hergé began his career by contributing illustrations to Scouting magazines, developing his first comic series, The Adventures of Totor, for Le Boy-Scout Belge in 1926. Working for the conservative Catholic newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle, he created The Adventures of Tintin in 1929 on the advice of its editor Norbert Wallez. Revolving around the actions of boy reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, the series' early installments – Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin in the Congo, and Tintin in America – were designed as conservative propaganda for children. Domestically successful, after serialisation the stories were published in book form, with Hergé continuing the series and also developing both the Quick & Flupke and Jo, Zette and Jocko series for Le Vingtième Siècle. Influenced by his friend Zhang Chongren, from 1934 Hergé placed far greater emphasis on conducting background research for his stories, resulting in increased realism from The Blue Lotus onward. Following the German occupation of Belgium in 1940, Le Vingtième Siècle was closed but Hergé continued his series in Le Soir, a popular newspaper controlled by the Nazi administration. After the Allied liberation of Belgium in 1944, Le Soir was shut down and its staff – including Hergé – accused of having been collaborators. An official investigation was launched, and while no charges were brought against Hergé, in subsequent years he repeatedly faced accusations of having been a traitor and collaborator. With Raymond Leblanc he established Tintin magazine in 1946, through which he serialised new Adventures of Tintin stories. As the magazine's artistic director, he also oversaw the publication of other successful comics series, such as Edgar P. Jacobs' Blake and Mortimer. In 1950 he established Studios Hergé as a team to aid him in his ongoing projects; prominent staff members Jacques Martin and Bob de Moor greatly contributed to subsequent volumes of The Adventures of Tintin. Amid personal turmoil following the collapse of his first marriage, he produced Tintin in Tibet, his personal favourite of his works. In later years he became less prolific, and unsuccessfully attempted to establish himself as an abstract artist. Hergé's works have been widely acclaimed for their clarity of draughtsmanship and meticulous, well-researched plots. They have been the source of a wide range of adaptations, in theatre, radio, television, cinema, and computer gaming. He remains a strong influence on the comic book medium, particularly in Europe. Widely celebrated in Belgium, a Hergé Museum was established in Louvain-la-Neuve in 2009. more…

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