The Tale of Despereaux Page #2

Synopsis: The tale of three unlikely heroes - a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears - whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
G
Year:
2008
93 min
$50,818,750
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No, cats!

No I can not imagine.

Named Fluffy.

I do not ... I had

Despereaux.

Yes sir!

Come here please.

Despereaux, why do you think you are at school?

To ... learn?

Yes, learn.

What to learn?

Learn to be a mouse, sir.

Yeah, right.

And you can not be a mouse if you learn you be afraid.

Despereaux, are so many wonderful things that you

be afraid in life.

We just need to learn how to be scary.

Yes ... yes, sir.

How's brother?

Brother? What about him?

Yes, he e. .. you know ... shy?

Oh, yes ... very shy.

Well, sometimes they just have to see them big.

Nobody is born scared.

I understand.

Doing this for years.

It has to be afraid if we do not give permission to them.

Do what makes him.

And not anything that he does.

And if it is afraid of something.

Then you should you be afraid.

Come on, hurry!

Okay, now start Rozi just around the corner.

Lipiciul is good, but the pages are the best.

It was once again that ...

It's not great? Once that again.

Not even tell you when it happened

need to know yourself.

Do not read Despereaux, crunch them!

I come back in an hour.

And do not read!

It's a rule.

It was once again as a princess fair

May correct than any other kingdom.

Right ...

And, as the story says, was locked in a castle

where you can see the world not to give a touch.

She wanted a prince, a brave knight who has an escape

all of these.

Someone with courage, honor and decency.

But in a cruel world and scared, so men were rare.

Living in a world special

built with courage, honor and cavalry.

He dedicated viatile one another,

to fight in the name of truth.

I defend the weak, to seek justice,

and always has.

What was in the library?

Well.

You lost the appetite to eat?

No.

Actually helped.

Now I is hungry.

Good boy.

Did you see that opening a new store?

Very modern ... yes.

Did he ever spoke a book?

As if they were written for you.

Despereaux loved them all.

Truth, justice, courage ...

battles with the sword.

li liked even unexpected things.

The story says it was closed,

but was not entirely true.

Because she had hope, and when you hope

're not really anyone prisoner.

In one day my prince will come ...

But how he knew this?

Yes ... where you knew that?

Why are you crying?

Why are you crying? Ahmm, here.

You're a rat.

No.

Then what are you? A mouse?

I am a gentleman.

And what are you doing?

Are you sad.

Yes.

Because wait.

You're weird, Mouse-boy.

Thanks.

Come on.

Where did you hear that? About waiting.

In a story.

A story? About what?

About you as a princess in a castle like this.

You smecheras Mouse-boy. I bet

saying that all printesele.

I swore to tell the truth. It's a code of honor.

Oh, not just a gentleman. An honorable gentleman.

How to end this story? With this

princess who is locked in a castle.

I do not know, I still finished.

I hope the rain to come, I hope to be in the soup again.

I hope to be even rats again.

Promise to finish the story and tell me how it ends?

Yes, it will be my mission.

Misunea ta?

You are a very brave mouse.

Thank you, my good gentleman.

Now, there are all kinds of princesses.

Some you are born, others are by marriage.

And some are just princess in their minds.

But at some point, every girl wants

to be the princess.

I have to live there, right there ...

near the pin.

Visatul ends!

And give food to the pigs!

Yes, I know, will be all mine.

No, the deaf. I told you to eat the pigs!

Miggery Sow clean balegar know when.

Her uncle Ned he has in hand shovel

since he was back to you.

But out well, because

to understand pretty well with pigs.

Right, I have a closet just for special dresses,

Camara and the only pants.

Sow their Miggery see the future clearly.

See the dress, menajerele ...

... and when things went wrong at the farm,

see when it will get rid of all this.

There's more, I promise that.

I told you!

I said get to the castle!

Sometimes you do not need much to get to fulfill his dreams.

Just dreaming.

It was so beautiful!

As an angel!

You're crazy!

And smelled so wonderful. As a garden.

Despereaux, you may vorbeti a man!

It's the worst that I can do.

No, it's the best thing I ever did!

You can go to the basement!

You'll be eaten by rats!

Worth, I can skinning.

It's bad ...

And when he got in hand, was ...

so soft, like floating on a pillow.

You know, I worry for you.

That's the idea, why are not you be afraid.

Shut up, you hear!

Try just for a second ...

... try to have courage!

And stop hiding!

What happens here?

What are you talking about the princess and the ... courage.

Furlough, come with me!

Are you sure?

That said ... a princess.

You have to say.

You say the council.

It's bad.

If you know ... If that was not I told them.

If you find that I kept secret.

We will throw the basement!

One to eat rats.

No. and if we do not beg.

And if they show he's changed, he is afraid.

He is afraid and has become a real mouse.

Despereaux!

Of course, destiny is a funny thing.

I go to fulfill, but do not know if we are on the way.

Despereaux.

How long have you been working on this book?

A week ...

A week? Have you met her.

Well, I ... I wanted to see how it ends.

Refuse to train as a mouse.

Refuse to listen to the older mice.

Keep this is wrong.

Got off intentionally

no less than 17 traps.

You had personal contact with ...

a human being.

You can do something?

Antoinette, stop! You have to trust them!

Board are for ...

because they are a council.

I am a consiuliu.

Got something to say in defense of yours?

Well, it was a very good story ...

... and it was a very beautiful princess.

Despereaux, the laws are here to let us defend ourselves

and our way of life.

And when a citizen of this resistant

way of life ... becomes a threat to us.

It's an easy question.

Are you human? Or you mouse?

And your actions have told us that the problems

in the mouse.

It is this court decision, to be banished forever.

You will be left on his hands ... Hovis

I throw in pivinita where

no mouse has not escaped.

Quiet!

Nothing to do.

Come with me.

Stay there.

So I was told ...

So you are the brave.

I guess.

Well, you have to do there.

To wear with pride, no shame.

The time has come.

Okay, they are too afraid to fall here.

There?

Afraid to do.

Courage right?

And truth and honor.

Good, especially courage.

I'm ready.

Well, then ...

Hello.

Hello!

Guys ... to go.

Who?

Who's there?

Despereaux

Are you a man or a mouse?

I am a gentleman.

Guys ... patience.

And what do you do on you to be a gentleman?

A code of honor.

Hah!

You strangest than I imagined.

And where have you found the code of honor?

Well ... into a legend.

A legend that I read it!

Yes? Then take this spunemi legend yours.

I could use a good story.

It is about a princess and a knight who

try and save your honor.

Ah ... a princess I stole one thousand soup!

He got it!

Actually, and they miss her.

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Kate DiCamillo

Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo (born March 25, 1964) is an American writer of children's fiction for all reading levels, usually featuring animals. She is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, recognizing her novels The Tale of Despereaux (2003) and Flora & Ulysses (2013). Her best-known books for young children are the Mercy Watson series, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress for the term comprising 2014 and 2015. more…

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