The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

LONDON, ENGLAND

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

Out.

Ladies and Gentlemen... Step up!

Step up!

I, Mercury, the messenger

of the gods, invite you...

invite you to serve...

To light the one night only here...

And this night we will enter,

into the mind...

the very great mind,

of Doctor Parnassus!

Doctor Parnassus!

Yes, ladies and gents, Dr Parnassus's

as old...as old as time.

Yes! He's over thousand years old.

He has power, to empower...your mind.

Let Doctor Parnassus

open your imagination.

Let him transport you...

to worlds you've never dreamt of...

- Oh God, check out the lights.

Check out that?

Transcend the heights on Beauty's wing.

Or, if you must...

scour the squalid depths

with Putrid's brother, Stench!

Join the queue! Only

five quid a go!

No bigger bargain while

planet earth lasts!

You choose...fulfilment...

You cannot be here.

No ticket, no prize ser.

Are you drunk, little man?

What are you doing?

Hey! Get off the stage!

Thats a nice pair of tits

- I said, get off the stage!

No!

I want you... Com here ma...

Come here ma...Hey!

There she is! Come here, gorgeous!

Come here.

Come here, gorgeous.

Come back, you b*tch!

Miss..Oh, oh...

Miss! Me face!

My God, what is this?

Marty?! - Jesus! What you...

He went with that cow!

I'll scratch her eyes out!

Oi! You two!

My boyfriend is still there!

Anybody there?!

Anybody there? Please!

Is anybody there?

Please! Please!

No!

Help me!

Please!

I will never drink, I promise...

Honest!

From now on I swear, not a drop!

You've chosen well!

The Master Parnassus's

esteem way is long.

But with person garance,

and best dedication

the heights are attentive.

It's very time spring in your step

will the solemn in your heart,

the clouds will come.

The heavens will look,

and you will...my son.

Hi there. C'mon in. Looks like you

could use a drink.

Let me just one drink.

Hey!

For me one double.

The one I lost.

I lost again.

What did you think you were doing..?

- He was chasing me.

You don't go through the mirror!

Never! You know that!

Oi! You! Gunga Din!

Come here!

What do you think

you're playing at!? - Playing?

Oh, no, no, no...

We don't play!

What we do is deadly serious!

Gone. Will we miss him?

I don't think so.

Don't worry if you don't understand

it all immediately.

I want you freaks out of here!

Now! Ah!

I'm sorry. I didn't mean

to use that word...

vertically deficient...defuncted...

vertically crippled!

vertically...challenged...vertically...

Vertically challenged?

Why do you all get off my beat...

or I will do the lot of

you for something!

Come here. Come here.

Take a ticket! Wait your turn!

Twenty quid a go, reduced to five

for one night only!

Ladies and gentlemen,

this world are we living,

is full of enchantment,

for those with eyes to see...

Chicken!

I want to go there and there...

- Stop going on, Linda!

They won't let you, darling.

- But I want to!!! I want to!!!

LINDA!

- You're never let me to!

Excuse me! Excuse me!

- It's not fair!

Would you mind...

- Where's Diego?!

Anton...Anton...

- This is your fault!

He went right there.

He's just gone through.

Diego! Diego!

Die! Die! Yes!

Please exit the Imaginarium

immediately!

Joystick's not available without

parenting control.

Yeah!

If one of you perverts got our boy,

I won't be answerable

for my actions.

Diego! - Diego! - Diego!

I looked everywhere.

- I don't care!

Voila!

Yeah!

- Oh it worked.

Diego, where have you been?

I've been worried sick!

One little devil out of the fire!

Why that silly expression

on your face, you little poof.

Come on, get up! Come on!

-...itself rouse of Dr. Parnassus.

Thank you.

Anton!

- Yes, sir?

You know the rules about

the mirror? - Yes.

Yes I do. I'm sorry, sir.

I'm really sorry...

I know, I know.

You did well, my boy.

You did well.

Good lad, good lad.

Thank you.

'Good lad, good lad.'

You go through the mirror and

he's all over you.

I do it once and he disturbs...

C'mon now, Valentina...

you're his daughter...

I mean...irresistibly scrumptious...

Why do I say scrumptious?

Beautiful, intelligence, sweet...

Scrumptious, idiot!

Hey Parny...

It's been a while.

What did I say?

We don't have all night.

Oh, chicks again.

He's come to collect.

I thought so. He's early.

What can I do?

Nothing.

- There must be something...

How many days left?

- Three.

You know, you're gonna have

to tell her soon.

When the moon hits your eye

like a big pizza pie,

that's amore...

- Will you shut up about food?

We're clean out...and I'm starving!

Oh, Perci. We've still

got a few potatoes.

Hey, look at this.

Look at this. - Hey!

That's mine!

- Oh, look at that!

That's private!

Give it to me!

Anton!

Do you really think you'd be happy

in a place like that? Would you?

I couldn't do.

Maybe a part of you...

I don't know...

You are always looking

for escaping, aren't you?

Let's do it. Why not, you and me?

I can't run away.

We can't run away. I can't.

I'm under age.

I shall be twelve on Wednesday.

- Don't be ridiculous.

Perci, how old will I be on Wednesday?

- Twelve.

See? That's what Parnassus says.

Are you saying he's ridiculous? - No.

Actually...I'm really sixteen.

Sweet sixteen.

The age of consent...

You could use a coffee.

Oy! There is none of it.

- Yes, I know, I know...

And that again?

Not now, not now...

I have something very

important to tell you.

Oh...Why does everybody

want to live forever?

Immortality's a bloody curse.

So is pretending to be a child.

Look at me. I mean, look at me.

Nobody's fooled!

And I want this stupid

thing off my ankle.

You can't stop me growing up just

by lying about my birthday! - Shut up...

It's ridiculous!

- Shut up and listen to me!

I need to explain something,

before it's too late.

One, winter's night...

- Is this going to take long?

Yes, yes...quite possibly.

Many years ago...

many centuries ago, in fact...

I was, believe or not,

a young monk.

Someone visited me, in my sanctuary...

Someone I had hoped

never to meet.

Someone none of us

should ever hope to meet...

... Having captured the wind

and tamed the storm,

kept the stars in their orbit and

the earth turning on its axis ...

The Chief Steward,

laying down to take his rest,

had a most disturbing dream...

He dreamt that a hooded rider

was approaching across

the snow-swept plain.

Chief Steward woke...

What exactly do you all do here?

We tell the eternal story.

And, what is that exactly?

The story that sustains the universe.

The story without which

there is nothing.

Nothing?

You mean, if you stop

telling this story...

and whole the universe

ceases to exist?

You make it sound so simple.

And you believe it?

We're ordained for this task.

It's just incredible to me that

you can believe something

that can be so easily disproved.

No, I don't think so.

We'll see.

No!

Stop!

There. The story's stopped.

No more story...

And we're still here...

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