![]() Oh! There's something down there! I will bring it back for science. Ellie uses two tied-together Coke bottles as binoculars. The navigator (her hamster) skitters in its cage. It's a beautiful day, winds out of the east at ten knots. Ellie steers, the wheel made from a rusty old bicycle. The old house has been transformed into a make-believe dirigible cockpit. Bare footed, her overalls are patched and dirty. DILAPIDATED HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUSĮLLIE, an eight year old girl, her mussy red hair barely visible beneath her flight helmet and goggles. He follows the voice toward the living room.Īll engines ahead full! Let's take her up to 26,000 feet! Rudders eighteen degrees towards the south. DILAPIDATED HOUSE, HALLWAY - CONTINUOUSĬarl squeezes through the broken door into the foyer. Must get the Spirit of Adventure over Mount Rushmore. Look out! Mount Rushmore! Hard to starboard. The weather vane atop the house turns, pulled by ropes. The voice comes from a dilapidated HOUSE, windows boarded up and lawn overgrown with weeds. Yes, as Muntz himself says: "Adventure is-" goes around Mount Everest! Is there nothing he cannot do? TITLE CARD: A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS FILMĬarl jumps over a tree stump. Here's Charles Muntz piloting his famous dirigible! TITLE CARD: WALT DISNEY PICTURES PRESENTS Young Carl "flies" his blue balloon ("The Spirit of Adventure" hand-written on it) as he runs along the sidewalk. SMALL TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, 1930'S - DAY - CONTINUOUS Bon voyage Charles Muntz, and good luck capturing the Monster of Paradise Falls!Ĭarl looks like he just witnessed a miracle.ĮXT. Muntz gives his thumbs up from the cockpit as the dirigibleĪnd so the explorer is off to clear his name. Humiliated, Muntz vows a return to Paradise Falls and promises to capture the beast. Muntz stands next to his dirigible at an airfield. ![]() Muntz's "Explorer's Society" badge is ceremoniously RIPPED from his jacket. The organization strips Muntz of his membership. Muntz's portrait is removed from a wall of paintings of other Scientists cry foul! The National Explorers Society accuses Muntz of fabricating the skeleton! He pulls away the drape to reveal a GIANT BIRD SKELETON.Īnd golly, what a swell monster this is. Gentlemen, I give you: the Monster of Paradise Falls! Muntz speaks to a crowded auditorium, on stage beside a curtained object. In the theater, Young Carl returns the thumbs up.īut what has Muntz brought back this time? One dog runs suffers through mechanized bath time, while a second wears an electrode helmet and runs on a treadmill.Īnd Jiminy Cricket, do the locals consider Muntz the bee's knees! And how!Ĭameras flash as Muntz stands heroic, striking his signature "thumbs up" stance. complete with doggie bath and mechanical canine walker. NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.): Never apart from his faithful dogs, Muntz conceived the craft for canine comfort! It's a veritable floating palace in the sky. NEWSREEL FOOTAGE: the dashing Muntz descends down the gangplank to the delight of the crowd. NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.): And here comes the adventurer now! ( Young Carl stares, mouth agape, wearing leather flight helmet and goggles - just like his idol on the silver screen.) ![]() NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (O.S.): This lighter-than-air craft was designed by Muntz himself, and is longer than 22 Prohibition paddy- wagons placed end to end. ( Of everyone watching in the modest, small town theater, no one is more enthralled than 8 year old CARL FREDRICKSEN.) NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.): The beloved explorer lands his dirigible, the "Spirit of Adventure," in New Hampshire this week, completing a year long expedition to the lost world! ( A massive DIRIGIBLE descends on an airfield.) NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.): Why, our subject today: Charles Muntz! ( A painted portrait of a dashing young adventurer.) Who would dare set foot on this inhospitable summit? NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.): What you are now witnessing is footage never before seen by civilized humanity: a lost world in South America! Lurking in the shadow of majestic Paradise Falls, it sports plants and animals undiscovered by science. A massive waterfall cascades down a gigantic, flat-topped mountain.) NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER (V.O.): "Movietown News" presents.
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