The Manitou
- PG
- Year:
- 1977
- 104 min
- 128 Views
[man] Patient is a female Caucasian,
28 years of age,
no previous record of tumorous growth,
either benign or malignant.
[man #2] Rate of maturation?
[man #1] 7.3 millimeters per hour.
[man #2] Per hour?
[man #1] Mm-hmm.
Calcinous growth, ligamental development,
tissue genesis, seminal palpation.
What's your diagnosis?
I can give you 3 dozen reasons why
it's impossible, why it can't happen.
I'm supposed to be the expert,
and I can do better than that.
Where's your patient?
Karen, this is Dr. Hughes.
I've asked him to help us.
It's nice to meet you.
Would you lean forward a bit, please?
Let me take a look at that.
- Yeah.
How long have you had this?
About, uh... 3 days.
You sure?
- Mm-hmm.
Uh, today is Friday, isn't it?
And I first felt it when I woke
up on Tuesday morning.
Any pain?
- No, no pain, but...
No, no pain.
What were you going to say?
Well, it... it...
kind of moves sometimes.
It... It almost shifts,
as if, uh...
Well, it's as if someone were trying to
turn over and get comfortable in bed.
How often does that happen?
Is it something important?
I don't think it's anything serious,
Miss Tandy,
but we want to be sure, of course, you understand.
Dr. McEvoy, could I see you for a minute, please?
- Sure.
Karen, you're gonna have to
excuse his abruptness...
Now, he's a specialist.
I'll be right back.
Carol, would you see how soon
available for surgery?
Yes, tumor. Malignant.
No, that's it. Thank you.
"Malignant"? How do you know?
I don't, but until I do...
I wish I knew what the hell
we were dealing with here.
You know, I've been through
every tumor book I can find...
Bob, I wrote the books, and I
don't know what the hell it is.
Well, until we do, I'd just assume
this thing stayed with us, Jack.
Why?
- "Why"?
You remember old Doc Michaels?
You remember the rule he laid
down to us when we were interning?
"Be a thief, be a lawyer,
"even if you must, be a doctor,
but whatever you do,
[together] don't be an administrator."
Right, well, I worried if this
thing gets out before we can
explain it, the press and the
television people...
It's really crazy.
[exhales] Yeah, it's crazy.
But you've got to admit it looks a
hell of a lot like what's in those X-rays.
It just isn't possible.
That's right.
It isn't possible.
[man] The cards, my dear,
are harbingers of the future.
They can tell you what you want to know
the good and the bad.
Monday, I see an accident.
Nothing serious. Just an accident.
Some heavy object will probably
fall upon your foot.
Pain...
anguish.
Tuesday,
- [woman] That's my bridge day.
[woman] No!
- mmm
[man] Wednesday
seems rather intriguing.
I, uh... I see or hear... a...
probably obscene.
[woman] Oh, heavens.
- mmm
That's rather interesting.
Thursday, gas, indigestion.
Probably something that you're going to eat.
- Oh, no!
Well, all in all, not a good week,
but you must remember, Mrs. Winconis,
that in trial, there is patience;
in tears, resolution;
in heartache, wisdom;
and in joy...
charity.
Oh, yeah
Ohh...
- Mr. Erskine, I want you to know
Oh, you're too kind, too kind.
Mrs. Winconis...
Ah... shall we take a moment?
Oh!
When you're good to the spirits, you know,
the spirits are always good to you.
There! Reality.
Your coat, my dear.
- oh!
There you are.
Thank you, Mr. Erskine. - My pleasure.
I just don't know how to tell you
how much I appreciate you.
Oh, you're too kind.
- You do so much for me.
I'm so pleased.
- I will see you next week, won't I?
Yes, next week,same time, same place.
- All right.
Goodbye.
- Bye...
Oh!... didn't we forget something?
Well, no, here's your purse and wrap...
- ... My mystic motto!
Your mystic motto?
Oh, of course, the mystic motto... yes.
"Guard well the pips,
and the fruit shall grow without let."
Ohhh, that's beautiful.
Guard well the pips,
and the fruit shall grow without let.
Ohhhh, it's so beautiful.
I'll say it every morning
when I wake up. Every morning.
Yes, please.
Is it the pips that grow...?
- It's "guard well the fruit for
the pips will grow again." yes, yes, yes
- "Guard well..."
Yes, every morning... without fail...
Oh, God, Harry, that routine is getting
cornier every day.
I heard yours last week. Yours is too.
Bye.
I'm home.
Erskine speaking, reader of Tarot.
Harry, this is Karen.
- Are... are you busy?
No, no... Not at all.
Just, you caught me by surprise.
Harry...
can I see you?
Please...?
Where?
Hi.
- Hi.
You haven't changed.
Well, don't judge by covers.
How are you?
How've you been?
- Oh, great. Just really great.
Still living with your aunt?
- Mm-hmm.
How is she?
Well, you know, she's a little
flighty at times, but she's fine.
Like to take a walk?
- I'd love to.
I appreciate your seeing me.
- That's okay... What's it about?
Well, I'm not sure, really.
I... I just knew that
you were the only person I wanted
to talk to.
But... uhh
I feel like such a hypocrite
calling you again after such a long time.
Yeah.
- But I've been...so concerned...
and so worried... and...
frightened.
About what?
About 3 days ago,
I started to feel a kind of an...
irritation,
a lump right here, at the back
of my neck,
and it started getting larger,
so I was worried
and I went to the Sisters of Jerusalem
to have them take a look at it.
They said it wasn't anything, but...
uhhh... they're operating tomorrow.
That's okay. Probably nothing. Don't worry.
Is that what's concerning you?
Yes, that's part of it.
Oh, call it women's intuition,
but I have the feeling that there's
more to it than they're telling me.
Now, look, you're gonna have
the operation tomorrow,
there'll be no lump,
and everything will be fine.
Are you sure?
Believe me. My predictions are infallible.
Yes, your predictions.
I know you and your predictions.
Yeah.
Oh, Harry, I mean, it's just such a...
it's such a waste.
It's so phony. You have so much
and you just throw it all away.
Look, kid, you used to push the buttons
and you used to pull the levers, remember?
But I did it for fun, and it went on and
on, and it wasn't coming to anything.
Karen, don't try to change me.
"Pick a potion" Erskine-- that's me.
Harry's the name and Tarot's the game.
You know, Harry, it's good to see you.
It is really good.
That's what they all say.
We're going downhill.
- Oh, really?
[man] Cracked crab.
Nice, cold beer. Shrimp cocktail.
What have you been doing
since Independence Day?
"Independence Day"?
Right.
She hasn't sold you
down the river yet, huh?
What river?
Any river.
Have you been seeing
anyone interesting?
Oh, yeah. I've had a couple
of wood nymphs,
I've had one banshee, 3 mermaids,
and you know something, Karen...?
I've missed you.
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