Twilight Zone: The Movie Page #4

Mrs. Dempsey. Would you like to see it at 8 or 80? Thank you. Well, you can always go inside

and go back to bed. Maybe if you old folks

had a little of that magic still left in you. .. . ..you could wake up

back in your old nice bodies.. . . ..but with fresh young minds. Fresh young minds. Young minds. Fresh young minds. -Fresh young minds.

BLOOM:
Yeah. [SNORlNG] Harry, wait. AGEE: Wait a minute, wait a minute.

l like being young. Popsicle-head. [SPEAKS YlDDlSH] There are kids in the beds. -There are kids here.

-Kids, kids, kids. [CHUCKLlNG] Kids. Yeah. Yeah. What are you talking about? -There were kids in the beds.

COX:
Kids in the beds. Well, they, uh.. . . There were kids in the beds. ALL:

Good evening, Miss Cox. Well, they're old now. Tallyho. Welcome to Sherwood, milady. What, Sir Guy? No greetings from you? What are you doing in here,

you little ragamuffin? How dare you come in here. . . . ..at this hour of the night

and frighten these people? Please... . ..take me with you. l wanna go too. You can't come with me, Leo. You'll have to stay with yourself. There's a destiny that shapes our ends,

rough-hewn though it may be. l'm sorry. Well, let's away. But l'm. . . . l'm ready now. l'm ready. AGEE: lt's wonderful being young again.

Beware the thrust of my steel. Tallyho. Watch out. He'll get it. Bring them in.

We'll put the tomatoes on the fence. Today, we go to the lake. We've been saying for years

that we'd go and see that lake. Let's ask Murray to come along. Let's ask Mr. Conroy.

He could bring his grandchild. MR. WElNSTElN: Children love water.

-Mr. Agee? Mr. Agee? Has anyone seen Mr. Agee? Hannah? BLOOM [SlNGlNG]:

While you're sittin' around mopin' Sittin' around mopin' Just listen to me I'm sure that you will agree Age means nothing to me -Mr. Bloom?

-ln person. Oh, how wonderful.

We were expecting you. Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen,

our new guest has arrived. NARRATOR:

Portrait of a woman in transit. Helen Foley. Age: 27. Occupation: schoolteacher. Up until now, the pattern of her life

has been one of unrelenting sameness... ...waiting for something

different to happen. Helen Foley doesn't know it yet,

but her waiting has just ended. Okay, l give up. Where am l? Well, you're not lost. lt looks like you missed a turnoff

at Cliffordville. Right there. Yeah, okay. Half a mile down is a gas station.

That's Beaumont. You hang a left, go four blocks.

The highway cuts in front of it. Now, you'll probably get-- [SWOOSHlNG] Hey, kid. Easy on the machinery. lt doesn't work right. Kid, l don't build the games.

l just keep the quarters. Why don't you stick another quarter in?

Maybe it'll work better. The highway splits outside of town.

lt goes off. ... [STATlC ON TV] MAN [ON TV]:

His uppercut misses, then a right-- Walter, the kid is screwing up the TV. -Hey, it's his quarter. The TV's free.

-Yeah? l got 20 bucks on this. Lots of luck. So where you headed? -Hey, Willoughby.

-Nice town. -You got a job set up there or what?

-No, not really. COUNTERMAN: Where you from?

-Homewood. [PHONE RlNGlNG] COUNTERMAN: Mm. Nice town.

-lf you say so. COOK:

Hello? Yeah. Hey, Walter. lt's your wife. Your wife. Thanks. MAN [ON TV]

lt's not a damaging punch. [BEEPlNG AND SWOOSHlNG] MAN [ON TV]:

Cannot hurt him. There's a left hand-- And Bradley-- -Okay.

-Hey, hey, Charlie. Hey, come on, man, take it easy. Take it easy. CHARLlE:

That's it. That's enough. What's going on here? COUNTERMAN:

Hey, what happened? Hey, look, l don't know what happened,

lady, but whatever happened, l'm sorry. -Yes, well, here.

-Hey, uh, forget about the sandwich. -No charge.

-Terrific. Nice town. -That was real good.

-Thanks a lot, guys. [CAR ENGlNE STARTS] Oh, sh*t. Oh, my God. -Oh, are you all right?

ANTHONY:
Yeah. Yeah, are you sure? HELEN:

Here, let me see. ANTHONY:

Ouch. Oh, no. Look at that. l'll give you some money.

Can you get it fixed? Yeah. -Could you maybe give me a ride home?

-Yeah, sure. HELEN:

Oh, you live all the way out here. l'll bet your parents

are worried about you. ANTHONY: Not really.

-No? Today's my birthday.

They don't even care about that. Really? Wow, what a crummy birthday. ANTHONY:

lt's okay. l made a friend. Me too. l'm Anthony. Helen Foley. -l'm very glad to meet you, Helen.

-Thank you. -What a lovely house.

-You like it? Yeah, it's really peaceful

out here by itself. Come on in. [BOOMlNG AND THUMPlNG

ON TV] Hello? lt's me. -Hi, Anthony.

-Hi. -Well, well, well.

-Hello. -Anthony's home.

-Look at this. -How do you do?

ANTHONY:
This is Helen. ls that right?

Helen, delighted to meet you. WALT: Any friend of Anthony's--

-Hello. This is Uncle Walt and my sister, Ethel. -How do you do?

MOTHER:
Well, now. -Did l hear Anthony come in?

-Yes, there he is. This is my mother and father. -Hello.

-Hello. -This is Helen.

-Helen Foley. -Oh, Helen, delighted.

-lt's a pleasure to meet you, Helen. -She gave me a ride home.

-Did she? -You don't mean it.

-Oh, very generous of you. Yes, well, l'm afraid

we had a little accident. -Accident?

-An accident? HELEN: Yes, l knocked Anthony down

while he was riding his bicycle. -Did you?

-You knocked him down? Yes. [FAMlLY CHUCKLES] Well, doesn't look like

there was any harm done. WALT:

No, sir. Anthony's fine. Oh, yes. Anthony's fine. Can Helen stay for supper, mother? -l just left my car--

-What a wonderful idea. -Of course she can.

-Of course. -Well, that would be lovely.

ANTHONY:
Can we eat right now? -Oh, yes.

-Sure, why not? WALT:

Why not? We can eat anytime we want. May l wash my hands? -Right this way.

-You may leave this. -All right.

-And l'll help you with your sweater. Thank you. MOTHER:

See you in a little while. [ALL LAUGHlNG] FATHER:

Mind the step. Anthony. Anthony? Ah, the beach. Ah, l used to love the beach. Mmm. ETHEL: Give me a light

and you can have a cigarette. Give me a cigarette

then you can have a light. -lt doesn't work that way.

-Don't tell me how it works. Where is that mirror? MOTHER: You two shouldn't be smoking

anyway. You know he hates smoking. [MUSlC PLAYlNG ON TV] Hello? That's Sara, my other sister. ANTHONY:

She was in an accident. Here l come. l always like to let them know

when l'm coming. We're ready to eat now. MOTHER: Wonderful.

WALT:
Oh, great, l'm starving. ETHEL: Boy, am l hungry.

FATHER:
Me too, me too. [ANTHONY SNlFFS] Uh, well, let's get started. l bet Anthony is really hungry, eh? Come on. All right, here we go. MOTHER:

Oh, here's your sweater, dear. Well, now. You know, we are so happy

that you could eat with us. You know, Anthony is so thoughtful

about things like that. Would you like to sit beside me? -Maybe your mother would--

-Oh, no, no, no. You see, l'm going to have

to be fixing supper. Yes, that's right. You sit right next to Anthony. Oh, that's fine. Just fine. -All right, all right.

-Very good, yes. WOMAN [ON TV]:

Now you listen to me. Don't you dare

bring one more thing into this house. Do you hear me? One more thing. Not one solitary single thing. A mouse. Darling, do you remember

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