The Iron Giant Page #2

No, they'll panic.

People wig out and shoot when

they see something big like you.

Wig out. It means crazy.

You know, like....

No, no! Don't do that!

That's the stuff

that makes them shoot at you.

Two nights ago, at approximately

...detected an unidentified object

entering Earth's atmosphere...

...losing contact with it 2 1/2 miles

off the coast of Rockwell.

Some assumed it was a large meteor

or a downed satellite.

But Washington received

a call from someone...

...who reported an actual encounter

with the object.

This is no meteor, gentlemen.

This is something much more serious.

We can't call Ripley's Believe It Or Not

because they wouldn't believe it.

And....

It's getting dark.

And if I don't get home soon...

...Mom's gonna wonder where I am.

If she comes looking for me

and sees you...

...then we got

the screaming problem again.

So for now, would you,

you know, just...

...just stay here, okay?

I'll come back tomorrow.

Goodbye.

No, no.

Me go.

You stay.

No following.

Good.

I told you!

I'll come back tomorrow!

Now, stay!

Bad robot!

Look, you can't go stomping around

and you can't come with me.

My mom will wig out.

That's right.

So you have got to stay in the forest,

and I'll bring you some food tomorrow.

But I gotta go home now.

So goodbye.

Hey, wait a minute!

What do you think you're doing?

Look at this mess!

Put it back!

Put it back right now!

Help me! I need your help!

Good, good!

Put them together. Like this.

This one here, that one there.

Okay, over, over. Good, good.

Now the other one.

Okay. Good enough.

Let's go!

What the--?

That's fine! Leave it alone!

The train is coming!

The train is coming!

Come on, let's go!

You're alive!

- Anybody out there?

- We're in trouble now.

Are you all right?

I've changed my mind.

You can follow me home. Let's go.

Mayor's office.

What? A train accident?

He hit a giant creature?

What creature could be big enough to--

I need your car.

You can fix yourself? Neat-o!

Mom's home. Just stay here, okay?

I'll be back. Bye!

Bye.

What happened here?

Go on. Tell him what you saw, Frank.

You're not gonna believe this.

But it was a giant metal man.

Does anyone know where I can get to

a telephone nearby?

Would you say grace?

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God...

...we thank you.

For...

...the food that Mom...

...has put in front of us and--

Stop!

The devil...

...from doing bad things and....

Get out of here!

Satan?

Go!

Go, so...

...that we may live in peace. Amen.

Amen.

That was really unusual, Hogarth.

Forgot to wash my hands.

Stop, stop!

All right. Come on. Over here.

Come on, over here. Come on.

Hey there, scout. Kent Mansley.

I work for the government.

Hey there. Kent Mansley. Work for

the government. Your parents home?

We're eating.

Who's there, honey?

Hello there. Do you have

a telephone I could use?

- There's one in the kitchen.

- Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Here.

Pretend you're a gangster.

- You call me at home for this?

- You don't understand.

It ate my car.

And you saw this happen?

No, I didn't actually see it.

It went off into the woods.

So you don't have any evidence?

But I've got an eyewitness!

An eyewitness with a concussion.

This thing is a menace.

It tore up the power station.

It caused a train wreck!

What did?

Tell me again, Mansley,

and this time...

...listen to yourself.

A giant metal monster.

Please, sir. I've got

a feeling about this one.

That's lovely, Kent. But let me try

to explain how this works.

If you told me you'd found,

say, a giant footprint...

...I might send an expert

to make a plaster cast of it.

Get me a photograph

and I could get some troops over there!

But you tell me you've got a feeling...?

All right, fine. You want evidence?

I'll get you evidence.

And when I do, I'm gonna want

a memo distributed.

That sounds swell.

I'll want that memo carbon-copied

and redistributed--

Hi. Thanks for the use of your phone.

Thank you for the use

of your phone, Mrs...?

Hughes. Annie Hughes.

And this is my son, Hogarth.

Thank you, Annie. Hobart.

That's Hogarth!

What an embarrassing name.

Might as well call him Zeppo.

What kind of a sick person

would name a kid Hogar--?

Hog Hug.

Hogarth Hughes!

Kent Mansley.

You work for the government.

I wasn't gonna say that.

I have something for you, Hogarth.

Your BB gun. Where did you find that?

Up at the power station.

- Hogarth was out there the other night.

- Really?

See anything unusual, Hogarth?

Nothing...

...unusual, really.

Gotta use the bathroom.

Strange he's so tightlipped. The other

night he couldn't stop talking.

I mean, 100-foot robots and whatnot.

A hundred-foot robot?

That's nutty!

What else did he say?

No, wait, stop!

Excuse me.

What is going on in there?

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

You know, this sort of thing is

why it's so important...

...to really chew your food.

A little privacy?!

Sorry.

Sorry.

He's been acting strange lately.

That hurt.

Thank you again, Annie.

Good night, Hogarth. I'm sure

we'll see each other again real soon.

If you're gonna stay here...

...you gotta keep better track

of yourself.

Anyway, I thought you'd like,

you know, a bedtime story or something.

I've got some really cool ones.

Mad Magazine, very funny.

The Spirit, very cool.

Boy's Life ?

Oh, here.

This guy is Superman.

Sure, he's famous now...

...but he started off just like you.

Crash-landed on Earth.

Didn't know what he was doing.

But he only uses his powers for good,

never for evil.

Remember that.

That's Atomo, the metal menace.

He's not the hero. He's the villain.

He's not like you.

You're a good guy.

Like Superman.

Superman.

You're hungry, aren't you?

But I don't have any metal here.

Just follow me.

Pick me up, okay?

Okay, now, march!

Oh, yeah. That's Rockwell.

Nice place, huh?

Rockwell?

Yes, I was born right down there.

Rockwell!

No, stop! Look out for the cow!

Come on, no, not there!

Please stop. No, stop!

We can't go there yet.

People just aren't ready for you.

That was close.

We can't go running around

like that, okay?

Look!

I guess that would be okay to eat.

It's been there for months.

We gotta hide!

You know, hide?

It's when you--

You know, when you--

Just get behind something, quick!

Don't move.

Our troubles are over.

This is it.

All you can eat.

Turn it off!

Come on, turn it off!

All right, who's out there?

I know you. Squirrel boy.

By night, known as Hogarth. Got it.

Come on inside, kid.

Sorry about the crowbar.

You'd be surprised how many people

wanna steal scrap.

But, man, once I turn it into art,

I can't give it away.

I mean, what am I?

A junkman who sells art

or an artist who sells junk?

You tell me.

I like it, I think.

Listen, you're not gonna call

my mom, are you?

She doesn't know I'm out.

Don't worry, kid. It's not my style

to report a guy to the authorities.

I'm gonna have some coffee.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes