Young Frankenstein Page #8

IGOR:

It's always been one of my

favorite names.

FREDDY:

If you like -- just hurry!

IGOR:

Thank you, Master.

Freddy rolls up the "Body's" right sleeve. He gazes at

the immensity of the hand in amazement and awe.

FREDDY:

Look at this hand! Look at

these fingers!

A sudden thought twists through his brain. He sets the

dead arm up on its elbow, intertwines his own right hand

with that of the "Body's," and gets set for an "Indian

Arm Wrestle."

Freddy forces the dead arm down -- not without some difficulty

-- and then gives the "Body" a triumphant sneer.

DISSOLVE TO:

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71A HOSPITAL DOOR71

The upper half of the door is made of glass. On the glass

is printed:

B R A I N D E P O S I T A R Y

AFTER 5:
00 P.M. SHOVE BRAIN

THROUGH SLOT IN DOOR

The SHADOW OF A MAN can be SEEN silhouetted from inside the

Depository. The Man has a large hump on his back.

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72INT. DEPOSITORY - NIGHT72

LOW THUNDER!

A row of brains in jars, under glass domes, rests on a long,

narrow table.

Igor tiptoes slowly, examining the labels on each glass dome

that he passes.

ALBERTUS MAGNUS CORNELIUS AGRIPPALAWRENCE TALBOT

(Physicist)(Natural Philosopher)(Hematologist)

Then he comes to:

HANS DELBRUCK:

(Scientist & Saint)

Igor approaches the glass dome, lifts it off, and takes the

jar containing the brain of Hans Delbruck.

As he turns to go, he sees himself in a Full-length mirror.

He drops the jar in fright.

He looks down and sees the gooks mass of brain and glass.

He looks at the Movie Audience.

IGOR:

Funny thing is... I tried!

He sweeps some of the mess under the table with his foot.

IGOR:

(muttering to himself)

Freud would have a heyday with

this. Well...

Cont.

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72 Cont.

He looks quickly at the "Brain table," grabs a jar from under

the glass dome nearest to him, and leaves.

On the glass dome, whose contents Igor has just taken, is

printed:

DO NOT USE THIS BRAIN!

"ABNORMAL"

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73THE SKY73

An ominous BOLT OF LIGHTNING!

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74THE FACE OF THE "BODY"74

He has a few cute stitch marks. Electrodes stick out from

both sides of his neck.

75INT. LABORATORY75

Freddy, wearing a long, white surgeon's gown and surgical

mask, stands over the "Body," which is strapped across the

chest and thighs. Freddy has a thimble on the finger of

one hand -- a needle and thread in the other.

FREDDY:

Finished!

The "Body" is on an operating table, which is in the center

of a platform directly below the opening in the ceiling.

Inga stands nearby.

INGA:

What a beautiful job!

Freddy looks up to the opening in the ceiling.

FREDDY:

(shouting)

Ready??

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76EXT. ROOF76

Igor stands on the roof, flying two kites in order to

attract the lightning bolts. He is wearing rubber boots,

rubber gloves, and a rubber whaler's coat and hat.

IGOR:

(shouting down)

You're sure you know what you're

doing?

FREDDY:

Yes! It's all written down in

the notes. Tie off the kites and

come down!

IGOR:

Yes, master. Just don't turn on

any radios.

77INT. LABORATORY77

Freddy hands Inga the needle and thread. Then he grabs

an electrical plug, connected to a "battery indicator,"

and plugs it into two small slits in one of the electrodes

in the "Body's" throat... as you would plug in a lamp. He

reads the indicator.

FREDDY:

Soon, all the electrical

secrets of Heaven shall be

mine.

INGA:

Oh, Frederick... you're not only

a great doctor, you're a great...

you're almost a...

FREDDY:

A god?

INGA:

Yes!

FREDDY:

I know.

A CRACK OF THUNDER!

Igor comes down a small, spiral staircase from the roof.

Cont.

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77 Cont.

IGOR:

You'd better hurry -- I think it's

going to rain.

FREDDY:

(to Inga)

All right... elevate me!

INGA:

Right here?

FREDDY:

Raise the platform, hurry!

INGA:

Oh! Yes, Doctor.

She turns a giant wheel on the wall. The platform rises

towards the opening in the ceiling, with Freddy and the

"Body" on ,it.

FREDDY:

(as he is going up)

The ancient masters promised

impossibilities and performed

nothing. We shall penetrate into

the recesses of nature. We shall

ascend into the Heavens. We shall

command the thunders of Heaven,

mimic the earthquake and even mock

the invisible world with its own

shadows.

IGOR:

Tonight?

FREDDY:

Yes! When I give the word -- throw

the first switch!

IGOR:

You've got it, master.

The platform rises higher and higher. RAIN starts to come

down on Freddy.

FREDDY:

Get ready!

The platform nears the opening.

FREDDY:

Get set!

The platform rises through the opening and then stops. Now

Freddy is out in the open air, on the roof.

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78EXT. ROOF78

A BOLT OF LIGHTNING and a CRACK OF THUNDER!

FREDDY:

Go!!

79INT. LABORATORY79

Igor throws the first switch.

SPARKS, CURRENTS, DIALS capture our eyes.

80EXT. ROOF80

Freddy is getting drenched. He tries to check the "battery

indicator" plugged into the "Body."

FREDDY:

(shouting down)

Throw the second switch!

81INT. LABORATORY81

IGOR:

(throwing the switch)

This guy means business.

Igor looks up in awe.

82EXT. ROOF82

MORE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.

FREDDY:

It's not enough. More! More,

do you hear me?

IGOR:

What?

FREDDY:

More, do you hear me?

IGOR:

What?

FREDDY:

Throw the third switch!

IGOR:

(throwing the switch)

Wait till he sees the bill.

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83INT. LABORATORY83

The Laboratory is an electrical circus.

84EXT. ROOF84

FREDDY:

All right -- turn everything off

and bring me down!

85INT. LABORATORY85

Inga turns the giant wheel the other way.

Igor throws back the three switches.

THE LIGHTS RETURN TO NORMAL.

Inga and Igor watch Freddy and the platform descend.

When it reaches the floor, Freddy stands soaked to the skin.

ALL EYES ARE ON THE "BODY."

FREDDY:

Nothing!

They all stare at:

THE FROZEN FACE of the "Body."

DISSOLVE TO:

86INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT86

Freddy, Inga and Igor sit at a long dining room table, set

with food and wine. Freddy stares into space.

FREDDY:

Reputation. Reputation!

INGA:

I thought it was wonderful.

FREDDY:

I don't understand -- I followed

the notes to the letter.

Cont.

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86 Cont.

IGOR:

You can't win 'em all.

FREDDY:

But there must be a reason.

This is science, not art.

INGA:

Pass the Wildschweinbraten mit

Gewurzgurkensosse, please.

Igor looks at Inga, then passes the meat.

CUT TO:

87INT. LABORATORY87

The FROZEN FACE is still frozen. The chest is not breathing.

The arm is motionless.

The FINGERS......... MOVE!

CUT BACK TO:

88DINING ROOM88

FREDDY:

Let's look once more. I can't

stand just sitting here doing

nothing. Maybe we left to soon.

Freddy and Igor set up. Inga goes on eating.

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89THE LABORATORY89

Freddy and Igor walk into the Laboratory and stand next to

the "Body."

FREDDY:

Cold! Cold and dead!

IGOR:

You mustn't take it so hard.

Bucharest wasn't built in a day.

Cont.

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89 Cont.

Freddy leans his head down, in anguish, and rests it on

the chest of the "Body."

The "Body's" FINGER pushes against Freddy's behind. Igor

doesn't see it.

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