The Rescuers Down Under Page #4

Synopsis: Cody, a boy from Mugwomp Flats responds to a distress call about a trapped giant Golden Eagle called Marahute. Freeing her, he gains a close friendship with the bird. However, Cody is soon abducted by the murderous poacher, Percival McLeach, who is after that bird which is of a highly endangered species and therefore an extremely profitable quarry. In a panic, a mouse Cody freed from one of McLeach's traps sends a desperate call for help to the Rescue Aid Society in New York City who assigns their top agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, to the task. With transportation provided by the goofy albatross, Wilbur, the agents arrive in Australia and link up with the RAS' local field operative, Jake the Kangaroo Rat. Together, the trio must race against time to find Cody, stop McLeach, and save Marahute.
Production: Silver Screen Partners IV
  6 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
G
Year:
1990
77 min
1,944 Views


These are not Joanna eggs.

- (GULPS)

- Let's see. The boy's got the eagle.

I want the eagle.

The boy won't give me the eagle.

If I could just find the boy's weak spot,

I could get him to tell me

where the eagle is.

But the boy's only got one weak spot,

and that is the eagle.

Maybe if I stuck him in a giant anthill,

that would loosen his tongue and then...

- I got it!

- (JOANNA HOWLS)

Got your hand caught in the cookie jar.

Who you think you're messing with,

you dumb animal?

My mental facilities are twice

what yours are, you pea brain.

Joanna, I give you platypus eggs,

I give you snake eggs,

why, I'll even give you eagle eggs,

but I want you to stay away from my...

The eagle's eggs!

That's it!

That's the boy's weak spot!

(WHIMPERS)

Push it in a little bit farther,

take it back a little bit...

(BAWLING)

I give up!

I'll never get this. We're doomed!

Doomed!

Hey, look! Krebbs, Frank's out!

Frank, you're free!

Free?

I'm free! I'm free! I'm free!

Shh! Joanna'll hear!

Double or nothing,

he's caught in five minutes.

- Calm down, little mate.

- Didn't I tell you?

Look at me, I'm free!

Frank, get the keys.

I should get the keys.

I'm stuck!

Shh! Quiet!

Quiet, you fool!

Take it easy, I'll get you loose.

There you go.

- (GURGLES)

- Now go get the keys.

The keys.

Yeah, yeah. Keys, keys, keys.

I can't reach them.

Quick, get something to stand on.

Stand on, something to stand on.

This ought to be rich.

Stand on...

ALL:
Frank.

Use the box! Climb up on the box!

Of course, a box!

- Quiet!

- These darn things are heavy!

(ALL GASPING)

(SIGHING)

Whoops.

- (FRANK HOWLS)

- (JOANNA SNARLS)

The keys, give us the keys!

Over here! Give us the keys!

Yee-haw! Ride him, Frank!

Yah-hoo! Howdy, howdy!

Howdy, howdy, howdy!

(SCREAMS)

(HOWLING)

Let me in! Let me in! Let me in!

No! No! No!

No! No! No! No!

(SCREAMS)

(GUNSHOT)

Huh. Missed. (GURGLES)

McLEACH:
Surprise!

If I didn't know better,

I'd think you didn't like it here.

Let me go, let go! Let go!

(CHUCKLES)

What are you doing out of your cage?

Hmm. That's better.

(GROWLS)

Come on, boy.

Say goodbye to your little friends.

It's the last you'll ever see of them.

There is no time to waste.

- We must try to get in.

- Here, Miss Bianca, start digging.

(CHUCKLING) Has anyone considered

trying, "Open sesame"?

(RUMBLING)

Hey, it worked!

McLEACH:
Get out of here! Go on! Get!

Look, Bernard, it's the boy!

And McLeach.

It's all over, boy.

Your bird's dead. Someone shot her.

Shot her, right outta the sky.

No!

What do you mean, no?

You callin' me a liar?

I heard it on the radio.

And she could have been mine

if it weren't for you.

Now you better get,

before I change my mind.

Go on, get!

- Why is he letting him go?

- It's gotta be a trick.

Too bad about those eggs, eh, Joanna.

They'll never survive

without their mother.

Oh, well. Survival of the fittest, I guess.

Bingo!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

- Bird?

- Eggs?

- Shh. Listen.

- (ENGINE RUMBLING)

(CHUCKLING)

I didn't make it all the way

through third grade for nothing.

JAKE:
Don't know where he's going,

but we can't let him get away.

- Hurry up, you two!

- Quickly, Bernard, now!

Oh, no!

Get between the treads!

Bernard, Bianca, here, catch!

Got it! Miss Bianca, you can do it!

(GASPING)

Boy, this is some head wind.

Say, you lovely ladies wouldn't

have seen two little mice

running around down there, would you?

Hey, where you going?

I mean it, I'm looking for two little mice!

Is it something I said?

JAKE:
He's going down the cliff.

Come on, we gotta warn him.

- MISS BIANCA:
Cody.

- Huh?

- Who are you?

- There is no time to explain.

- You're in great danger.

- (EAGLE CALLS)

Marahute? It can't be!

Cody, wait!

She's alive!

Cody, please! You must listen!

That's right, McLeach is on the cliff.

Marahute, no! Turn back! Turn back!

Stay away! It's a trap!

I got her! I got her!

Did you see that? (CACKLING)

Perfect shot! Perfect shot!

She's mine!

All mine!

No!

Hold tight you two.

We're going for a ride!

- Bianca!

- Bernard!

(GROWLS) Meddlin' brat.

Gonna get rid of him for good.

Help, I'm slipping!

Cody, don't move!

There she is, Joanna.

Just look at her. Look at the size of her.

The rarest bird in the world.

That bird's gonna make me rich.

Filthy rich.

I got what I want.

Now, what does Joanna want?

Does she wanna make sure

that bird stays rare?

How about some great, big,

triple-A, jumbo eagle eggs?

Huh? You want them?

Huh? You want them? Go get them!

No! Please!

(WHIMPERS)

(GULPS)

Why, whatever is the matter?

(BABBLES INDISTINCTLY)

- McLEACH:
Get moving!

- (HOWLS)

- (HOWLS)

- McLEACH:
Joanna!

You hurry up and eat those eggs

and get your tail up here!

Move it!

(SNICKERS)

Okay, you guys, she fell for it.

Looks like the coast is clear.

WILBUR:
Girls? Girls, I'm here!

(CHUCKLING) Where are you,

you little chickees, you?

Wilbur?

Wilbur!

(SCREAMS)

Don't ever do that to me again!

Boy, I lost a lot of feathers on that one.

Wilbur, am I glad to see you!

- Help me with these eggs, will you?

- Sure.

Wait a minute, what the heck

are you doing up here?

The kidnapper took the boy and Jake.

Miss Bianca.

Miss Bianca's in trouble? Whoa!

That's terrible! We gotta do something!

Bernard, I'm disappointed in you.

Hiding under a nest

while Bianca needs help.

- I gotta talk to you, mister.

- Wilbur.

You should start searching the desert

for her, and I'll scan the coastline!

That's what I'll do.

Ask the chicks on the beach.

What?

Listen! There's some chicks

here that need help.

Really?

Oh, no. Wait a minute. Hold it.

I know what you're thinking,

and you're wrong. Don't even, no.

Don't look at me! You're getting "no."

Understand?

I will not ever sit on those eggs!

Aw, nuts! (SIGHS)

Gotta learn to be more assertive.

No is no is no.

Hey, quit moving in there!

Well, Joanna, it looks like Lady Luck

has finally decided to smile on us.

Everything's going our way.

CODY:
You can't do this!

You're gonna get in big trouble!

I'll tell the rangers where you are!

I almost forgot.

We got a loose end to tie up,

haven't we, girl?

Now, now, Cody, we mustn't lose hope.

- Bernard is still out there.

- That's right!

If anyone can get us

out of this scrape, it's old Berno!

- Nice bluff, Miss B.

- I wasn't bluffing.

You don't know Bernard like I do.

He'll never give up.

Oh, my gosh!

- (BERNARD SIGHS)

- (SNORING)

(GULPS)

Uh... (CLEARS THROAT)

Uh... Excuse me.

(GROWLING)

Look, I've got a long way to go,

you're going to take me there,

and you're not going

to give me any trouble, right?

(WHIMPERS)

Good.

Now, get!

Are you ready, boy?

It's time you learned

how to fish for crocs!

They like it when you use live bait.

And you're as live as they come.

(CHUCKLING)

Oh!

(SINGING) You get a line

And I'll get a pole, matey

You get a line

I'll get a pole, friend

Oh, you get a line, I'll get a pole

We'll go fishing in the crocodile hole

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