The Brave Little Toaster Page #2

Synopsis: A group of dated appliances that find themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to, á la "The Incredible Journey", seek their young 8 year old "master". Children's film which on the surface is a frivolous fantasy, but with a dark subtext of abandonment, obsolescence, and loneliness.
Director(s): Jerry Rees
Production: Kushner-Locke Productions
  Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
NOT RATED
Year:
1987
90 min
2,037 Views


We're gonna go out

and find the Master.

To the city?

No matter what!

How would you propose we're

gonna do that, exactly?

I don't know.

Come off it.

Be serious.

I am serious.

You're insane.

If only we were wiener dogs,

our problems would be solved.

What?

Maybe it was

a basset hound.

You're all insane!

It was a news flash

I picked up about a dog.

In an amazing show

of loyalty and courage...

a terrier named Grover

traveled hundreds of miles...

to be reunited

with his owner.

The poor critter was

accidentally left behind...

on a fishing trip

three weeks ago.

He had to find his way

across rugged mountains...

and scorching deserts

in order to get home.

Little Grover turned out

to be one spunky pup.

If a dog can do it,

we can do it!

But a dog has legs.

Ah, don't be

a wet blanket.

- Legs would help.

- Brains wouldn't hurt either.

- Lay off.

- Pipe down, carpet breath.

I'm going,

with or without you.

I say we stay.

We'll have a new master

when someone buys the cottage.

But I don't want

a new master.

I want

our master.

Well...

what about the

rest of you?

You boys are gonna

need a leader.

Alone, you wouldn't last

for 5 minutes out there.

I used to be

a mountaineer.

Together...

we can stand against

the forces of nature!

Were you really

a mountaineer?

Sure, ask anybody.

Ask Teddy Roosevelt.

We shot moose together

on the Klondike.

You know,

I was thinking...

you guys will need

somebody bright along.

- Good idea.

- Listen to this.

World War II,

the Normandy Invasion...

and who dare but Lampy

to light the way?

You know...

I thought it would be good

to have somebody come along...

who's really... strong.

- And loud.

- And grumpy!

And oblivious

to reality.

Well?

I just know I'm going

to regret this.

- Yippee!

- Hot dog!

Wow, this is

our last fuse.

Good thing we're

getting out of here.

I've always

loved travel.

The open road,

the wind in my face...

the flies clogging

up my grille.

Yeah? How are

we going to travel?

We could all pile

on top of the bed...

and then Kirby

can push us!

No, no.

Hey, what about

the Master's pogo stick?

That's no good.

How about we're

in the refrigerator...

on a skateboard

and Kirby can pull?

No, no. Hey!

- Shut up.

- Shut up!

Let somebody else

try for a change.

Arise, Hassan.

Arise,

oh magic carpet.

We need a longer cord.

We need an alternate

power source, I say.

- I guess this is it.

- Uh-huh.

Blanket?

Huh?

Ready to go?

Yeah, I'm ready.

Okay, Kirby.

Hmm, shag carpet.

Look, Lampy.

From here you can see

the really big lamp.

Wow!

I wonder where

his switch is?

We are pioneers.

Whoa!

Can't see the road anymore.

Are we going in

the right direction?

I don't think so.

You boys need a navigator.

Navigator?

I'll tune in a radio

signal from the city.

I can take you right there,

lickety-split.

North by northwest.

Watch out for

low-flying aircraft.

- Ow.

- What's wrong?

He stepped on me.

- Did not.

- Did too.

Did too!

Did not!

Hey, come on.

How do you expect us to get

there if you're fighting?

You mean we're

not there yet?

No, not yet.

We got a long

way to go.

Oh, boy,

you're telling me.

# Life is like a journey #

# On the road that's within #

# Head says you should stay #

# But your heart says to begin #

# So you go #

# But you don't

want to go #

#Any life worth living #

# Isn't life just

filled with ease #

#You just stay forgiving #

#Through the forests

and the trees #

#And you'll go #

#Just where you want to go #

#Time flies by

in the city of light #

#Time stands still

in the country #

#There's no time

for a fuss and a fight #

#As we travel the land #

#And I'd

be satisfied #

#Just to be

not denied #

#To reside with some pride #

#While I ride to the city #

#The city of light #

# Light shines like a diamond

in the city at night #

#When that

diamond shines #

#You know that

everything's all right #

# But you know #

#We got a way to go #

#Let us meet the Master #

#We don't want

to make him wait #

#You just keep a-knocking

he will open up the gate #

#To that city of light #

# Master is a man

with a plan I can understand #

# Master is a man

of great reflection #

# Master is a man who lays

his hand across the land #

# Master is a man

of our affection #

#Time flies by

in the city of light #

#Time stands still

in the country #

#There's no time for

a fuss and a fight #

#As we travel the land #

#And I'd

be satisfied #

#Just to be

not denied #

#To reside

with some pride #

#While I ride

to the city #

#The city of light ##

Hey, everybody.

Look!

- A clearing!

- Great.

Spread out the blanket

and have a picnic.

I'm full of stickers.

My bag's full of

thistles and sticks...

and who knows

what else!

Whose idea was it

to come this way?

The lamp's.

Oh, yeah?

Who's supposed to be

the big shot navigator...

Mr. Loudmouth?

Mr. Big Loudmouth.

- Yeah.

- Where are we?

Give me a second and...

listen to this.

It's the top of the ninth,

the bases are loaded...

and Pee Wee Reese

is at the plate.

There's the pitch.

He connects.

Oh, and it's a triple play.

Knock it off!

We should all

settle down...

and try to get

some sleep.

This is my sleeping space.

Nobody crosses this line.

You better not wake us

up at 6:
00 as usual.

- Why are you complaining?

You didn't work today. - Yeah.

Go find your own place

to sleep, fuzz ball.

Watch it.

Are you blind?

It's a line.

Good night!

Come on,

I'm not the Master.

Go snuggle

somewhere else.

I'm trying to

get some sleep.

Go on.

Help!

Don't leave me.

Listen, listen.

What's that?

Over there!

Oh, look!

Light.

I see light!

Croak, croak!

Croak,

croak!

Croak, croak!

Croak,

croak!

Croak, croak!

Ribbit.

Ribbit.

That's the same

riff I used...

when I was drumming

for Cab Calloway.

Like this.

Cut that out!

# La, la-la-la-la-la, la #

# La, la-la-la-la-la, la #

Booga-booga.

Boodle-boodle.

Get out of here!

Hey fellas,

come look at this.

Whoa!

I'm trying to see.

Look at me!

Oh.

No, no.

It's just a reflection.

I'm not a flower.

Ribbit.

Come on, help me.

They're killing me.

Leave him alone!

Stop it.

Give me that.

He was chewing

on the Master.

Time to go.

Bye.

Are you sure this is the right direction?

As sure as I am honest.

Then we're definitely lost.

There might be lions

in there.

And tigers

and bears, oh my.

He's such a baby.

Waa-waa!

What's the matter,

Kirby?

Battery's running low.

We should

give it a rest.

Turn out that light.

Do we have

to stop here?

Only for a while.

Just long enough

to lose our minds.

We'll be cannibals

within a few days.

You'll be the first

to go, dial face.

Hey, fellas,

we can stay here.

Look.

What's the matter?

Eaten alive, the poor sap.

Wow, wow!

I thought you

were a goner.

You wish.

We are gonna need

some kind of shelter.

Shelter from the

likes of them.

Come here and say that,

chrome-dome.

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Thomas M. Disch

Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nominations and nine Nebula Award nominations to his credit, plus one win of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, a Rhysling Award, and two Seiun Awards, among others. In the 1960s, his work began appearing in science-fiction magazines. His critically acclaimed science fiction novels, The Genocides, Camp Concentration, 334 and On Wings of Song are major contributions to the New Wave science fiction movement. In 1996, his book The Castle of Indolence: On Poetry, Poets, and Poetasters was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and in 1999, Disch won the Nonfiction Hugo for The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, a meditation on the impact of science fiction on our culture, as well as the Michael Braude Award for Light Verse. Among his other nonfiction work, he wrote theatre and opera criticism for The New York Times, The Nation, and other periodicals. He also published several volumes of poetry as Tom Disch. Following an extended period of depression following the death in 2005 of his life-partner, Charles Naylor, Disch stopped writing almost entirely, except for poetry and blog entries – although he did produce two novellas. Disch killed himself by gunshot on July 4, 2008 in his apartment in Manhattan, New York City. Naylor and Disch are buried alongside each other at Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium, Dubuque, Iowa. His last book, The Word of God, which was written shortly before Naylor died, had just been published a few days before Disch's death. more…

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