Twilight Zone: The Movie Page #5

where supper is? You know where it is. l do? ln the oven, isn't it, mother? Oh, yes. Yes, of course, of course. [ALL LAUGHlNG] How silly of me. She never knows. l'll help you find it, mother. -We'll be back in just a little while.

-Me too. BlRD [ON TV]: We cartoon characters

can have a wonderful life... ...if we only take advantage of it. We can do anything we think of. What do you mean, chum? Well, supposing I decide

l want to be a mouse. Click. l'm a mouse. Supposing.... ANTHONY:

This is a good cartoon. Click. I'm myself again. -What else do you like?

-Nothing else is as good. Anything can happen in cartoons. Here we go. Good eatings for everybody. We've brought supper, yeah. -Yes, sir.

-All right, all right. Come on. Come on, Anthony. This is yours, dear,

in your regular place right there. And, Helen, why don't you sit right here

next to Anthony? -This is for you, Uncle Walt.

-Thank you. -There you go, mother.

HELEN:
Thank you. Thank you, mother. You're welcome, Anthony. A-ha. -Mm.

-Mm, yummy. Oh, l love this. This is the greatest. lt really hits the spot. MOTHER:

l just love this. -Okay?

MOTHER:
That's wonderful, isn't it? -Fine.

WALT:
ls it ever okay. Boy, this is good stuff.

l love this stuff. You just take a taste of that.

You won't forget it. Peanut butter. lt's good that way. FATHER: lt really hits the spot.

MOTHER:
lt's the best. -Peanut butter makes the burger.

-Oh, that's right. That's right. Wouldn't go down otherwise. ETHEL:

Peanut butter's good for you. WALT: l could eat another plateful.

MOTHER:
Yeah, it's great. You eat like this all the time? Anthony can always

have anything he wants. -Anything at all.

-Ha, ha, ha, you bet. Well, don't you think it's good? You're young.

You need your nutrition. You can't eat like this all the time. MAN [ON TV]:

You can't fool me. lt's not good all the time. -No.

-No, it's not. -lt's not.

-You're right, Anthony. -That's absolutely right.

-You hit the nail on the head. WALT: You're a growing boy.

-You'd never tell me that. MAN [ON TV]:

No. Not "Happy Birthday." No. Not "Happy Birthday." Oh. Of course. lt's a birthday supper. Another birthday? With presents? ETHEL:

And wishes? l didn't do it. lt's okay. Everything's okay. [CHUCKLlNG] l'm sorry, Anthony.

l really have to be going. ANTHONY:

Please don't go. Uncle Walt's gonna do a trick. ANTHONY: He's gonna do a trick.

MOTHER:
Oh, you've got to stay. l'm sorry, Anthony. -He's gonna do a trick.

-Come back, come back. -Great, great.

-Do the hat trick, Uncle Walt. Yes. Oh, yes. Where's the hat? -Excuse me.

-lt's on the TV. There it is. All right. Let's go. Now then, you've got to stay here.

You sit right down there. That's right. The hat trick. Well, let's see. . . . Ha, ha. Nothing up the sleeve.

There we go. That's it.

Nothing up the sleeve, see that? Ha, ha, ha, well. ... WALT: Nothing up the sleeve.

-Fun, isn't it? And, oh, l beg your pardon. Excuse me. Go ahead, Uncle Walt. Well, oh, yes. But the hat. Where's the hat? Oh, oh. How about that?

Yes, there we go. Nothing, as you can see,

in the hat, right? Nothing in the hat. WALT:

So, uh.... You'll like this. ANTHONY:

Do it, Uncle Walt. Yes, sir. [ALL LAUGH] -Go ahead, Uncle Walt.

WALT:
Yes. Ah. Tada. WALT:

You see? lsn't this fun? We do it a lot. HELEN: Anthony--

-You'll love it here. MOTHER: Really, l promise.

FATHER:
No, l swear to you. Do more. [SCREAMlNG] [GROWLlNG] [SCREAMlNG] Go away. Please don't go, Helen.

l can make it real nice here. l can make the food

just the way you said it should be. l can even change the house. Just say it and l can make

whatever you like. Just don't. . . . l told you. They hate me. ANTHONY: They wanna send me away

to someplace bad. . . . ..just like my real mother and father did. That's not right, Anthony.

You know we wouldn't do that. No, we love you, Anthony.

Honestly, we do. -Sure.

ANTHONY:
They're afraid of me. Everybody is.

That's why they act that way. And l do everything for them. They can just sit around

and watch TV all day. No one has to do a thing. Not a thing. And l'm real good all the time. That's right. You're a good boy, Anthony.

You're a good boy. We love you. Yeah. Well, then l wonder

who wrote this note. l wonder who called me a monster. lt wasn't me, Anthony. Why, l'd never do anything like that.

You know that. Don't look at me. Me either. lt wasn't any of us, Anthony.

lt was her. -No, it wasn't me.

-No, her. Her, her. Ethel. lt must have been Ethel.

Of course, it had to have been Ethel. Yes. Ethel, there you are. WALT:

lt was Ethel. That's right. Oh, great. MOTHER: lt had to have been Ethel.

Of course, it was Ethel. Of course. Oh, l didn't know that. What a big surprise. Ethel, huh? ETHEL:

Go ahead, Anthony. Do it. Do it. Do what, Ethel? Now do you realize

you'll never get out of here? You think it was an accident

you came here? He made it happen. ETHEL: He brought you here, just like

he brought us here and kept us here. Just the way he'll keep you here. Maybe he'll get mad at you,

like he did to his real sister. . . . ..and take away your mouth... . .. so you won't be able to yell

at him anymore. Or maybe he'll do to you

what he did to his real mother and father. Time for you to go now, Ethel. Anthony, don't. ANTHONY:

lt's a big surprise. Just made it up. l'm wishing you into Cartoonland. [GASPS] Jesus. l told you cartoons are good. Anything can happen in them. We've been expecting you. [LAUGH lNG ON TV] [ETHEL SCREAMlNG] Run, Ethel. Run. Tha-- tha-- tha--That's all, Ethel. [SCREECHlNG] ANTHONY: l can't help it, Helen.

l don't want to hurt anybody. All l want is for people

not to be afraid of me. You don't understand. Nobody does. All l have to do is wish for something

and it happens. l can do anything. Anything. [SWOOSHlNG AND BEEPlNG] [LAUGH lNG] Wish it away, Anthony. Wish it away. l hate this house. l hate everything about it. l wish it away. l wish it all away. HELEN:

Anthony? Where are we? ANTHONY:

Nowhere. HELEN:

And the others? ANTHONY:

l sent them where they wanted to go. Away from me. lt's not fair. You're supposed to be happy

when your wishes come true. Anthony, take us back. -Take us back.

ANTHONY:
So you can leave too? And go where, Anthony? l've seen what you can do. l know you have a power,

a gift that makes you special. You better be careful... . ..or one day.. . . ..it may become too big

for you to control. Now, maybe, just maybe... . ..together, we can master it... . ..and learn from it. Use it in ways you never

thought of before. l'd like to be your teacher, Anthony. And your student. You'd stay with me? Yes. Always? Always. Okay. HELEN:

Anthony... . ..let's not do too much more of that,

okay? -Sure.

-Okay. Ah. All right. ANTHONY:

Look in your pocket. Never mind. [CAR ENGlNE STARTS] NARRATOR:

What you're looking at could be the end... ...of a particularly terrifying nightmare. lt isn't. It's the beginning. lntroducing Mr. John Valentine,

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