Young Frankenstein Page #11

The MUSIC is PLAYING LOUDER and FASTER.

Cont.

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FREDDY:

Right, voices?? I hear you

skipping away in there. 'Do

better than your father!' You're

telling me I will. 'Do better

than my grandfather!?' I'll

make my famous grandfather look

like a part-time nurse.

He rises.

FREDDY:

There's no stopping now. Destiny

is too potent. I -- want --

perfection!

A BOLT OF LIGHTNING!

FREDDY:

I want a lot of it...and the

best there is.

He grabs the Monster's head and hits it. A CRACK OF

THUNDER!

FREDDY:

Because from now on...

CUT TO:

97INT. PRIVATE LIBRARY97

Frau Blucher is insanely playing the violin and watching

Freddy through a crack in the door.

CUT BACK TO:

98INT. LABORATORY98

FREDDY:

...the only act we follow is the

creation of fire. I'm going to

explore unknown powers...I'm going

to unfold to the world the deepest

mysteries of creation...and I'm

going to make -- my -- mommy --

proud!

FADE OUT:

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FADE IN:

MONTAGE - INT. CONVERTED BALLET REHEARSAL ROOM - DAY

Mirrors and a warmup bar run along three walls.

Throughout the Montage, the Monster is dressed in leotards

and lederhosen.

991st Piece - INT. CONVERTED BALLET REHEARSAL ROOM99

The Monster is at the warmup bar, doing ballet exercises

to the MUSIC OF CHOPIN -- which is being PLAYED on the

PIANO by Igor.

Inga -- also in leotards -- is at the bar in front of the

Monster, so that he may follow her example.

Freddy sits on a chair in the middle of the floor,

pounding out the "count" with a long stick.

FREDDY:

And one and two and three and four

and lift -- lift , three and four

and don't look sad for sympathy;

you know we only stop to pee.

And lift -- lift, three and four

and try and not to break the floor.

DISSOLVE TO:

1002nd Piece - INT. CONVERTED BALLET REHEARSAL ROOM100

Freddy and Inga are wearing different clothes -- to

denote change of time.

Inga only watches this time, as the Monster tries a few

"points" and "turns" across the room on his own.

Igor plays Chopin.

FREDDY:

And one and two and point your toes

and two and two and stretch you thighs

and three and two and lift your knees

and watch that nasty temper, please.

The Monster is getting angry.

FREDDY:

And one and two and point your toes...

Cont.

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100 Cont.

Igor stops playing the piano, but continues speaking

with the "count."

IGOR:

And Oh-oh, Oh-oh...there he goes.

The Monster's hands are around Freddy's neck.

FREDDY:

And oopy, not so hasty, please,

and stretch your legs

and lift your knees.

The monster, involuntarily, continues his footwork while

he is trying to choke Freddy.

Freddy picks up a violin from under his chair and plays

the EERIE TRANSYLVANIAN LULLABY -- BUT IN THE SAME RHYTHM

THEY HAVE BEEN USING, so that not a "count" is missed.

FREDDY:

And even though we're nose to nose,

Always, always point your toes!

Don't knot your fists like monsters do,

but light-ly, gently, pas de deux.

A grateful bot who has a chance

would never kill if he could dance.

So take your fingers off my throat

and two -- remove them from my chest

and three and two, continue please;

I didn't say 'It's time to rest.'

Don't stand flat footed; point your toes!

Don't hang your hands like some dumb clod;

Always lift them gracefully,

like little chil-dren praying to God.

That's the way an angel grows

but first he learns to POINT his TOES!

Igor continues playing Chopin. The Monster goes back to

his exercises.

FREDDY:

And one and two and stretch your thighs

and two and two and lift your knees...

DISSOLVE TO:

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1013rd Piece - INT. CONVERTED BALLET REHEARSAL ROOM101

The angelic face of the Monster sits in perfect concentration,

as he prepares to play the harp.

He lightly ripples the strings: his face lights up!

He ripples the strings a second time: he is in ecstasy.

On the third ripple: ALL THE STRINGS COME OUT in his

hands, like a mass of spaghetti.

Freddy, Igor, and Inga try not to look at each other.

DISSOLVE TO:

1024th Piece - INT. CONVERTED BALLET REHEARSAL ROOM 102

MUSIC:
a phonograph RECORD PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY.

The Monster is dancing "reasonably" well with A YOUNG

BALLERINA.

Freddy, Igor and Inga watch with great expectation.

The Monster lifts the Ballerina up, and sets her down.

He lifts her up, and sets her down.

Now he takes her hand, prepares for the "big Twirl,"

lifts her up, and twirls her through the air.

The Young Ballerina sails out of the open window.

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103EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - DAY103

An ELDERLY COUPLE are driving their horse and wagon to town.

A YOUNG BALLERINA SAILS PAST THEIR EYES.

DISSOLVE TO:

1045th and Final Piece - INT. CONVERTED BALLET104

REHEARSAL ROOM:

Freddy and the Monster stand over two enormous xylophones.

Each holds his two wooden hammers.

Freddy -- at his xylophone -- passionately laces into

Rimsky Korsokov's "FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE."

Cont.

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104 Cont.

The Monster strokes -- in perfect time -- the LAST NOTE

of each phrase.

The crowning glory is a slow bridge of SEVEN PERFECT

NOTES BY THE MONSTER.

When the piece is finished, Freddy, the Monster, Igor

and Inga all hug each other in triumph.

TRIUMPHAL MUSIC.

DISSOLVE TO:

105EXT. THEATRE - NIGHT105

A poster reads:

BUCHAREST STATE THEATRE

Tonight Only

DR. F. FRONKONSTEEN

in

"THE GREATEST DISCOVERY SINCE FIRE"

Presented in Cooperation With

T N S:

(Transylvanian Neurological Society)

A "SOLD OUT" sticker is pasted across the poster.

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106INT. AUDITORIUM - NIGHT106

The audience is filled with ELDERLY SCIENTISTS, their

WIVES, and THE CURIOUS from the upper crust in society.

All are elegantly dressed in cheap movie studio wardrobe.

107INGA107

in a formal, and Igor -- in "something" -- wait excitedly.

108FREDDY108

stands on a stage, dressed in tails.

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108 Cont.

FREDDY:

And now, my fellow scientists and

neurosurgeon...I must ask you to

...suspend belief.

For up until now, you have seen the

Creature perform the simple mechanics

of motor activity. That this Creature

was an inanimate blob, which I endowed

with the secret of life -- yes!...in

all honesty -- that showed some measure

of skill on my part.

But for what you are about to see

next...we must enter -- quietly --

into the realm of genius. I say

this modestly, only because I am,

myself, as in awe of the gifts I

possess as if I were observing them

in some other person. I think of

them, only, as a loan. Grateful, of

course...that my credit is good.

Thus, with the accumulated knowledge

of Chemistry, Electricity, Neuro-

surgery...and art...I now present

what was once an inarticulate mass

of lifeless tissues.

Ladies and gentlemen...

Mesdames et Messieurs...

Damen und Herren...The Creature!

Freddy sits down at a beautiful grand piano. He plays a

short trill up the keyboard.

109ANOTHER ANGLE109

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