Wonderstruck
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(child panting)
(wolf barks)
-(wolf snarling)
-(frightened gasp)
(growls)
-(gasps)
-(barks)
(grunts)
MALE VOICE (echoing):
Ben.
Ben.
(wolf snarling)
-Ben!
-(gasps)
Ben!
(gasps)
What?
What?
What's the matter, huh?
Can't you hear me?
-Are you deaf?
-Stop it, Robbie.
WOMAN:
Go to sleep, boys.
Sorry, Mom.
Sorry, Aunt Jenny.
Shut up.
Hey, guess what.
We forgot a present.
(sighs)
WOMAN:
What's that?
Constellations.
Catch.
Ca... Oh...
(sighs):
You really do livein a museum.
Why do you always look so sad,
Benjamin Wilson?
BEN:
Hmm. Neat.
It's like the one
we saw on the trail.
Thanks, Mom.
Sure, handsome.
So?
Yes?
Was my dad an astronomer?
(mom sighs)
Maybe that's why I like
outer space so much.
Makes sense.
Happy birthday,
Mr. 12-Year-Old.
Don't stay up too long.
(sighs)
(door shuts)
(TV news plays low)
("Space Oddity" by David Bowie
starts to play)
Mom?
(sighs)
Mom!
Geez... God, you scared me.
What are you doing out of bed?
Why won't you ever
talk about him?
Other kids know their dads.
Not now, Ben.
Go back to bed.
It's what I wished for,
you know?
When I blew out the candles.
Another time, okay?
When it's the right time.
What does this mean?
What, Ben?
This quote.
"We are all in the gutter,
but some of us are
looking at the stars."
You said it the night
we saw the shooting stars,
and now it's on your wall.
Well, what do you think
it means?
That's what you always say.
BEN (whispering):
"We are all in the gutter,
but some of us are
looking at the stars."
(no audio)
(boat knocking)
("Space Oddity"
playing in distance)
("Space Oddity" getting louder)
Mom.
Are you...?
("Space Oddity" fading up)
(flashlight drops)
-Ben!
-Janet?
What are you doing here?
-No, what are you doing here?
-(sighs)
This isn't your house.
Those aren't your clothes.
I shouldn't have
turned the light on.
-Benji, I...
-You smoke?!
No. I-I mean...
God, please don't tell my
parents, they're gonna kill me.
I don't understand.
You're wearing my mom's
clothes!
Oh, my gosh, I'm so sorry.
I-I just...
I needed somewhere.
This was supposed to be
my secret place, I just need...
-I can't look at you like that.
-(record screeches off)
JANET:
Oh, gosh.
A-Are you okay?
Yes, I'm fine.
Sorry.
Are your parents
gonna sell this house?
I heard them
talking about it.
Why can't I just move back in?
-It's my house.
-I know.
And Robbie's kind of a pest.
If I knew where my dad was,
I could just...
Are you still having
those nightmares?
-Not...
-(thunder rumbles)
Sometimes.
Come on, we should...
We should go home, probably.
-I am home.
-I know, but...
BEN:
You go.
I just want to stay here
a little longer.
That's, that's really not
a good idea.
There's supposed to be storms.
I won't tell your parents.
What?
That you were smoking.
Just let me stay
a little longer.
You really won't tell?
Seriously.
Yeah, I swear.
Oh, my God, then I completely
owe you a favor, Benji.
For real.
We all miss her, you know.
(sighs)
Don't stay too long. Okay?
(organ playing)
(thunder rumbling,
leaves rustling)
(thunder crashing
in distance)
(murmurs)
-(thunderclap)
-(gasps)
(soft groans)
(blackout zip)
Oh. Oh, no, no, no, no.
(grunts)
Uhh!
(sighs)
("Evening Star"
by Fripp and Eno playing)
"A curator's job
is an important one,
"for it is the curator
who decides
what belongs in the museum."
"In a way,
anyone who collects things
in the privacy of his own home
is a curator."
"But how did
the very first curators
"store their collections?
"They were kept
in pieces of furniture
"called Cabinets of Wonder.
"Eventually, some collections
grew beyond the confines
"of a single cabinet
and took over entire rooms.
See figure nine."
Oh, my God.
"Danny."
(no audio)
(quietly):
Danny.
Danny.
"Kincaid Books.
West 81st Street,
New York, New York."
(thunder rumbling)
Uh, K...
L...
5...
0...
1...
8...
...9.
(high-pitched ringing)
(crackling, buzzing)
(overlapping music,
sound effects)
(organ playing)
(organ crescendos)
(muffled):
I'm not getting anything.
(inaudible sound)
(muffled):
Where am I?
What's wrong?
Hello?
(no audio)
(inaudible sound)
I can't talk!
I can't... I can't talk!
(no audio)
(no audio)
(blinds open)
(indistinct chatter,
monitor beeping)
(exhales)
(no audio)
"Sorry" is unacceptable,
and you need to get the police
and they need
to be coming here!
And you have security
that you can call
-that can close the doors!
-MAN:
I understand.(inaudible sound)
(air whistling)
ANNOUNCER:
...departureof bus 23 for Detroit.
Buffalo and Albany
at Gate 4 on the lower level.
4:
20 a.m.(indistinct chatter)
ANNOUNCER:
Attention, please,attention, please.
Northeast transit buses...
(inaudible sound)
(no audio)
(indistinct chatter)
(city traffic sounds)
(all sounds stop)
("All the Way Down"
Out on the street
The summer heat
Boys playing games
Changing their names
Pulling tricks
Getting their kicks
All the way down
Let it ride
Trying everything now
Got to check it out
Trying everything now,
got to check it out
Somebody said,
you want a blow?
Hmm, why not?
I ain't got no place to go
Meeting the stars
In funky bars
Shiny cars
and backdoor lots
Trying to hike
For any other type of ride
All the way down.
(city sounds and chatter)
WOMAN:
Hey,I'll catch up with you later!
Hey! Stop!
Give that back!
(groans)
Hey, taxi!
(Ben groans)
(indistinct shouting
and chatter)
(no audio)
(no audio)
(no audio)
("Sunrise" by Norman Whitfield
playing)
(water spraying)
-BOY:
Yeah. -BOY 2: Go through,go through, go through.
(laughter)
BOY:
What you looking at?
(whoops)
(inaudible sound)
(muffled siren rising)
(sounds cut back)
-Ahh!
-Watch it.
Sorry.
If you're looking
for the bookstore,
-MAN:
Qu pasa?-A few blocks down.
-On 74th.
-Vamos, Jamie.
Llego tarde.
-I was just telling him.
-Come on.
Hey.
(man and Jamie
speaking Spanish)
(no audio)
(city sounds)
Wait. Espera.
Okay.
Ahora.
(laughs)
Okay, Jamie. Entonces...
3:
00 en punto en mi oficina.Okay?
-S, Papa.
-No se meta en problemas.
-I don't want another call
from security. -Okay.
(exhales)
JAMIE:
Hey, kid!
(shoes squeak)
Hey, that's mine.
(Jamie laughs)
(shoes squeak)
(camera shutter clicks)
(panting)
(panting)
(panting)
(laughs)
(moans)
(panting)
(laughs)
(indistinct chatter)
"This meteorite fell to Earth
"thousands of years ago.
"It was brought
to the museum in 1902.
"All meteorites begin
their journeys to Earth
as shooting stars,
burning across the night sky."
(no audio)
(indistinct chatter)
(no audio)
WOMAN:
Mm-hmm, and look.
This is, like, the outside.
(indistinct voices overlapping)
In the nighttime.
(no audio)
(panting)
(echoing):
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