The Discovery Page #7

Synopsis: Writer-director Charlie McDowell returns to Sundance this year with a thriller about a scientist (played by Robert Redford) who uncovers scientific proof that there is indeed an afterlife. His son is portrayed by Jason Segel, who's not too sure about his father's "discovery", and Rooney Mara plays a mystery woman who has her own reasons for wanting to find out more about the afterlife.
Director(s): Charlie McDowell
Production: Netflix
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
TV-MA
Year:
2017
102 min
964 Views


You were never able to stop me

from killing myself until this life.

"This life"? What do you...?

What do you mean, "this life"?

You always start back on the ferry.

Reality and fantasy

are mutually exclusive.

They don't exist in the same space.

Well, it looks like we're here.

You know what? I changed my mind.

I don't know what I was thinking.

The first time,

you never got off the ferry.

Then the next day you read that

a woman named Isla had drowned herself.

You went on and lived your life,

but the thought that you could've done

something never left. It was always there.

And then one day,

just like everybody else...

I died.

And then you came back here.

How long have I been stuck living

in this loop?

How many times have we met

on this ferry?

Your death brings you back here.

You keep coming back

over and over again and again.

I don't remember any of it.

I don't remember these other lives.

Nobody can remember them directly.

But sometimes certain memories

do have a way of sticking out.

You look so familiar to me.

You look so familiar to me.

It's your lucky day.

I don't normally carry these around.

- This is where I saw whatever...

- This is the beach.

How'd you know this is

where you were gonna be staying?

We're a bunch of people

running around

making the same mistakes

over and over.

And I just don't know why we think

it's gonna be different someplace else.

What am I supposed to change?

You already changed it.

You kept coming back until you saved me.

I didn't save you, you died.

There's more than one way

to save somebody, Will.

Cooper, ready on our end.

We need to bring him back.

How can I hear my dad?

He's in a different place.

Two separate parts in the same place.

Okay, Dad, defibrillator's charged.

No, no, no. I'm not ready to go back yet.

I need more time with you.

Toby, please wait! Not yet!

His vitals are concerning me.

If we pull him now, we might lose him.

Isla. Isla, please.

I'm not ready to leave you.

- What's happening to me?

- You're about to die.

His heart's stopped, Thomas.

Organs are shutting down.

They're trying to bring you back.

That's okay.

If I die, I'll just come back here to you.

No, not this time.

You don't have to come back anymore.

You helped me get to where I needed to be

and now you'll go someplace else.

When I get there,

will I be able to remember you?

I hope so.

Dad, everything is shutting down.

His brain's showing barely

any activity.

You're leaving now. This is it.

I'm not leaving this room

until we revive my son.

When I get there...

I'm going to remember you.

We've gotta pull him out

right now.

One... two... three.

Oh, hey. Look. You okay?

- Yeah.

- Hey, come here.

Let me help you.

Come here, come here. Oh!

I got you.

Whoa!

Whoa!

You okay?

- Holy cow.

- Give me that pail.

- You went down pretty good, huh?

- Yeah.

Yep. You okay? I got you.

Whoa!

Where's your mom and dad?

Oliver!

Oliver!

Hi.

It's okay. He's all right. He just...

- Okay.

- I told you, you can't...

You can't just run off on me like that,

okay? I've told you.

He was... He was just... He's all right.

He was struggling a little bit

in the water.

I wanted to make sure he got back to you.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

- Thank you.

- Yeah.

He's a good kid.

- You're okay.

- Thanks.

You can't do that. You scared me.

Okay?

Can you walk a little bit?

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Justin Lader

All Justin Lader scripts | Justin Lader Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "The Discovery" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/the_discovery_20093>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    The Discovery

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020?
    A The Shape of Water
    B Moonlight
    C Parasite
    D Nomadland