The Wild Thornberrys Movie Page #6

Synopsis: On an African safari, Eliza Thornberry discovers that thanks to a shaman, she can now talk to animals. When Eliza discovers that poachers in Africa's Serengeti Desert plan to kill an elephant herd with an electrified fence, she and her chimpanzee friend Darwin must somehow find a way to stop them.
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
PG
Year:
2002
85 min
$39,766,440
Website
1,033 Views


just be quiet!

Hi.

Hi.

Can we help you?

Oh, yes.

I'm looking for my sister

Eliza Thornberry.

Hey!

Debbie.

Debbie!

Boko!

Let me go, you creep!

Let her go!

Certainly, if you tell me

who is your source

of information!

I told you, there's no one.

L-I just guessed

all of that stuff--

the fence

and the explosives and...

I never mentioned explosives.

You're lying.

What's he talking about?

Tell me

or she goes over the edge.

Just get rid of her, Sloan.

Please!

She doesn't know

anything about this.

Who told you these things?!

I can't tell you.

Eliza!

Stop! Wait!

I'll tell you.

I know these things because...

I can talk to animals.

What has she done?

Sloan, let's get out of here!

Debbie!

Boko!

Please be all right.

Debbie, run!

Into the woods!

Where are you going?!

I have to get Tally.

Darwin, come on!

It's really gone.

You expect me to believe

that a couple of years ago

you freed a warthog

but he was really a magic man

who made it

so you could talk to animals

but you had to keep it a secret

or else there'd be

some tornado thing

and you would lose your powers?

Well...

yeah.

I knew it!

That's why you're always

sneaking out all the time

with Darwin.

Oh, I have a few things

to say to that monkey.

Tell him that

I don't appreciate it

when he leaves pizza crusts

under the seat cushions.

Go ahead, tell him.

Debbie, I broke the rule.

I told about my powers...

so I lost them.

Oh, my gosh.

You did that for me?

I can't talk to Darwin anymore.

And the last thing

I said to him was really mean.

Now I can't even tell him

I'm sorry.

Eliza...

I may not speak monkey

but I think he's trying

to tell us about that waterfall.

We're here.

This must be the Tembo Valley.

Come on!

The eclipse is going

to start soon!

Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.

Ow.

What happened?

I don't know, but we

have to get out of here.

Wow.

Darwin really watches out

for you, doesn't he?

Yeah.

He's my best friend.

The elephants.

It's a trap.

They're all going to die,

and I can't even warn them.

But can't you, like, make

elephant noises, or something?

Debbie, I can't talk to them.

How can I help them?

You don't understand.

Shaman Mnyambo

told me in a dream

that he gave me my gift

for a reason.

It doesn't matter now.

I lost it.

Okay, enough

with the "poor me,

I lost my magic powers" bit.

Are you just going to sit there?

What am I supposed to do?

I'm just an ordinary girl now.

You?

Eliza, ever since

you were a little kid

you dragged home birds

with broken wings

and creepy toads and stuff.

You didn't have

special powers then.

You just cared.

Trust me,

you were never ordinary.

Bree, take us into the valley.

I want to watch this.

Everyone, take your places.

This all must happen

within seven minutes

do you understand?

Do you see the girls or Donnie?

No, but Nigel

what do you make of that?

Poachers!

They're setting up explosives.

The barbarians are going

to frighten the elephants

and make them stampede,

right into that

electric fence.

Marianne, take us down there.

Eliza, no!

They'll stomp on you!

No, they won't!

Elephants know when

you're trying to help them.

It's not too late

to become ordinary.

Debbie!

Boko!

Darwin, stay here.

I'll be back.

I have to stop them somehow.

Make them turn around.

Turn around!

You have to go back!

I have got to get

to the front of the herd.

Set off the first round

of explosives

now!

The wires have been cut.

Set off the second round.

Whoa!

Oh, think of something quick.

Think of something.

Please, stop.

It worked!

Oh, no!

How can I make you

understand me?

What did Phaedra tell me?

I know!

Behind the ear.

We did it!

Oh, let's get out of here.

They're turning around!

Start shooting!

But... there's a girl there.

I don't care!

Take down those elephants.

I'll take care of the kid.

It's going to be all right.

We're almost out of here.

You will regret this.

I don't care.

What you're doing is awful!

And what you're doing

is stupid!

Shame you won't be here

to help me carry out the ivory.

Oh, no!

Oh, I can't get a shot

from here.

Bree, go lower.

Eliza!

Shaman Mnyambo, I'm sorry.

I messed everything up.

I couldn't make them understand.

If I hadn't broken the rule...

I could've saved them.

But you did save them.

See for yourself.

And you did this,

not with your gift

but with your heart.

If this is what you can do

without your powers

you have a greater destiny

than I've even known.

I'm going to grant you

your powers back.

You are?

Really?

There is one condition.

About your sister.

How well do you think

she can keep a secret?

Don't move!

You're under arrest!

Take your hands off me.

It's a mistake.

I can explain everything.

We were trying to help

the elephants.

Need a ride?

Ew. Brat sister.

I don't know where he got that.

Debbie, stop!

There's Darwin!

Now I know you think

I talk too much.

So, from now on, I'm

just going to sit back

and quietly observe and...

Yeah, like that'll ever happen.

Eliza?

Did you just talk to me?

Mom! Dad!

Eliza!

Poppet!

I guess you're going back

to your family, huh?

Yeah.

Oh, please.

Keep it.

You know...

friend.

Friend.

Pretty amazing, huh, Dad?

The legend was right.

It was indeed, poppet.

But I still wonder

why they gather

during an eclipse.

Maybe the elephants feel safe.

Safe?

Yeah.

Maybe because it's the one day

that everything changes.

The little moon blocks

the powerful sun, so maybe...

So maybe they have reason

to hope.

Maybe these intelligent

creatures believe

that by standing together--

as they have done

for centuries--

they may, one day, live without

fear of man's greed.

I don't know, of course

but I swear she's thanking you.

I think so, too, Dad.

Tally, do you see her anywhere?

This is where we always played.

We'll find her.

Ma!

Tally?

Tally!

Ma, I'm back!

Oh, my baby.

I thought I'd lost you.

Akela, I should've

listened to you.

I'm so sorry.

I know you are.

Tally's home now and safe.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Eliza!

Cut the cheetah chatter,

and let's go!

Oh, got to go.

Bye, Eliza.

I'll miss you guys.

See you next time.

I don't know how I'm going

to keep this secret of yours.

Well, you have to.

I kind of agreed to a condition

when I got my powers back.

Uh-huh.

You can never tell

anyone my secret

because if you do...

Yeah?

...you'll turn into a baboon.

A baboon?!

The peacefulness of

this congregation belies

the true nature of...

I am not going to spend

the rest of my life

with a big purple butt!

Cut!

Ooh. Ooh. Oh.

Everybody's on the floor

People walking

through the door

They wanna dance with us

Dance, dance

-Bow Wow

-Let's dance, come on

-Let's dance, come on, Diddy

-Dance, dance

-Got our hands up in the air

-Yeah, Wild Thornberrys

Party like we just don't care

-Put your hands in the air

-Oh, yeah

Yeah, come on

-Everybody's

-Everybody's on the floor

-People, hey

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Arlene Klasky

Arlene Klasky (born May 26, 1949) is an American animator, graphic designer, producer and co-founder of Klasky-Csupo with Gábor Csupó. In 1999, she was named one of the “Top 25 Women in Animation” by Animation Magazine. She is most known for her work with Nickelodeon in the 1990s and early 2000s. She, along with her ex- husband Gábor Csupó and Paul Germain, co-created the animated series Rugrats, which would become one of the network's most prominent and iconic intellectual properties and spawn a highly successful motion picture adaptation. more…

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