Tuesday 10 March 2015

Wall-E




Wall-E


In the distant future, mankind has abandoned Earth because it is overrun with garbage, unrecyclable waste products and completely devoid of plant or animal life, the consequence of years of environmental degradation and thoughtless consumerism. Wall-E a garbage collecting robot is left to clear up the mess on Earth. The surviving humans are living on a Space Cruise Ship, The Axiom. EVE a sleek reconnaissance robot, arrives on Earth to find proof that after seven hundred years, life is once again sustainable on the planet. Wall-E falls in love with EVE and shows her a living plant and helps her accomplish her mission. The humans on the Axiom live a sedentary lifestyle and are all so fat they can barely stand on their feet. They use hover chairs and video screens that allow them to communicate with the ship. Wall-E inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

SCENE
BACKDROP OF THE CITY OF DEBRIS. POSTER READS “WALL-E. WORKING TO DIG YOU OUT”.
WALL-E:
(COMPACTING DEBRIS INTO SOLID BLOCKS) Oh!
(GRUNTING RESCUES A HUB CAP AND TUCKS IT AWAY ON HIM)
HOLOGRAM MALE 1:
(ENTER) We got all you need and so much more.
HOLOGRAM MALE 2:
(ENTER)
Too much garbage in your face? There’s plenty of space out in space! BNL Starliners leaving each day. We’ll clean up the mess while you’re away! The jewel of the BNL fleet, The Axiom. Spend your five-year cruise in style, waited on twenty-four hours a day by our fully automated crew, while your Captain and autopilot chart a course for nonstop entertainment, fine dining and with all-access hoverchairs, even Grandma can join the fun. There’s no need to walk. The Axiom. Putting the Star in executive Star Liner.
HOLOGRAM MALE 1:
Because at BNL, space is the final fun-tier!
LOUDSPEAKER:
(HEARD) Alert!
WALLE-E:
Oh! (SETS HIS SOLAR PANEL TO RE-CHARGE)
Oh! (SPOTS A LITTLE PLANT, DIGS IT UP AND PLACES IT WITH SOIL IN A DIRTY OLD SOIL FILLED SHOE. A LARGE SHADOW APPEARS. WALL-E SCREAMS AND THERE IS A LOT OF SMOKE EVERYWHERE)
SPACECRAFT:
(ENTER)
WALL-E:
(EXCLAIMS)
SPACECRAFT:
(DOORS OPEN)
EVE:
(EXIT SPACECRAFT)
WALL-E:
(YELPS IN SURPRISE)
SPACECRAFT:
(ENGINE POWERS UP. EXIT)
EVE:
(BEEPING AND SCANNING THE GROUND AND THE SOLID BLOCK STACKS)
WALL-E:
Whoa.
EVE:
(ZIPS AROUND FAST)
WALL-E:
(WHISTLES APPRECIATIVELY)
EVE:
(ELECTRONIC SOUND) Who, are you?
WALL-E:
Huh?
EVE:
Directive?
WALL-E:
Oh!
EVE:
Directive?
WALL-E:
(COMPACTS TRASH AND SHOWS HER)
EVE:
Ooh!
WALL-E:
Directive?
EVE:
Classified.
WALL-E:
Oh.
EVE:
Name?
WALL-E:
(STAMMERS) Wall-E.
EVE:
Wall-E. (GIGGLES) EVE.
WALL-E:
EVE. Ah!
EVE, WALL-E:
(BOTH LAUGH)
WALL-E:
EVE. (HOLDS OUT THE PLANT)
EVE:
(SCANS IT. BEEPING. PUTS THE PLANT INTO A SPECIAL CONTAINMENT CAPSULE ON HER TORSO AND GOES INTO HIBERNATION MODE. ONLY A GREEN PLANT SYMBOL FLICKERS)
SPACECRAFT:
(ENTERS. TWO BOTS COME OUT AND COLLECT EVE. TAKING HER BACK TO THE SHIP)
WALL-E:
(UNSEEN, ENTERS THE SPACECAFT)

SCENE
SPACESHIP. THE AXIOM.
EVE:
(WHEELED AWAY IN HIBERNATION BY THE REPAIR BOTS)
WALL-E:
(ENTER)
MAN1 ON HC:
(ENTER) I’ve been in my cabin all morning so let’s hover over to the driving range and hit a few virtual balls into space.
(BUMPS INTO WALL-E. EXCLAIMS)
MAN2 ON HC:
No, we did that yesterday. I don’t want to do that.
MAN1 ON HC:
Well, then what do you want to do?
MAN2 ON HC:
I don’t know. Something.
WALL-E:
Whoa!
LADY1 ON HC:
(ENTER SPEAKING TO HER SCREEN) Look, I’m tired of having the same argument over and over. (EXIT)
MAN3 ON HC:
Bot, over here.
WAITER BOT:
(ENTER AND HAND OVER A VERY LARGE DRRINK. EXIT)
WALL-E:
Whoa!
LADY2 ON HC:
I’m in a tunnel. I can’t hear you.
LADY3 ON HC:
There you are.
FEMALE VOICE:
(OVER THE LOUD SPEAKER) Buy N Large. Everything you need to be happy. Your day is very important to us.
MAN4 ON HC:
(TO WALL-E) Hey, drink-bot.
WALL-E:
(EXCLAIMS)
MAN4 ON HC:
Here, take the cup. Hey, take the cup! (LEANS OVER TO GIVE WALL-E THE CUP AND FALLS OFF THE HC) Whoa! (GROANS)
WALL-E:
Uh-oh.
STEWARD-BOTS:
(ENTER TWO) Please remain stationary service bots will be here to assist you momentarily.
MAN4 ON HC:
Stewards! Hello!
STEWARD-BOTS:
Please remain stationary.
MAN4 ON HC:
Help.
STEWARD-BOTS:
A service-bot will be here to assist you momentarily.
MAN4 ON HC:
What’s that? What’s going on?
WALL-E:
(HELPS HIM ONTO HIS HC) Wall-E.
MAN4 ON HC:
Uh… John.
WALL-E:
EVE?
MAN4 ON HC:
Uh, no. John.
NANNY-BOT:
(ENTER WITH KIDS ON HC) A is for Axiom, your home sweet home. B is for Buy N Large, your very best friend. (EXIT)
FEMALE VOICE:
(LOUDSPEAKER) Mmmm! Time for lunch in a cup. Feel beautiful. It’s the new you. Stunning. You look great.
LADY1 ON HC:
(ENTER WITH DAUGHTER) I know, honey. Men!
FEMALE VOICE:
(LOUDSPEAKER) Attention, Axiom shoppers. Try blue. It’s the new red.
LADY1 ON HC:
Love blue. Date?
DAUGHTER ON HC:
Don’t get me started on the date. Every holo-date I have been on has been a virtual disaster. If I could just meet one, one who wasn’t so superfricial.
LADY1 ON HC:
There are no good men out there.
WALL-E:
(PUSHES JOHN TO THE DAUGHTER)
JOHN, DAUGHTER:
(STARE AT EACH OTHER AND SMILE)
WALL-E:
(SPOTS EVE ON A TROLLEY ESCORTED BY GUARDS. EXITS BEHIND HER) EVE!
JOHN:
Bye, Wall-E.

SCENE
THE BRIDGE. CAPTAIN McCREA IS TAKING A NAP.
AUTO:
(SCANS EVE) Captain, you are needed on the bridge.
CAPTAIN:
(SNORING ON HIS HC AT HIS DESK. YELPS) All hands on deck.
AUTO:
Sir?
CAPTAIN:
Coffee. (REACHES FOR HIS CUP)
AUTO:
Sir…
CAPTAIN:
(PUTS UP A HAND TO STOP AUTO AS HE SIPS HIS COFFEE. TIREDLY) Protocol Auto. First things first. Computer, status report. Mechanical systems.
COMPUTER:
Unchanged.
CAPTAIN:
Reactor core temperature.
COMPUTER:
Unchanged.
CAPTAIN:
Passenger count.
COMPUTER:
Unchanged.
CAPTAIN:
Regenerative food buffet.
COMPUTER:
Unchanged.
CAPTAIN:
Jacuzzi pH balance.
COMPUTER:
Unchanged.
CAPTAIN:
Atmospheric conditions.
COMPUTER:
Unchanged.
AUTO:
Captain.
CAPTAIN:
Laundry service volume.
COMPUTER:
Unchanged.
CAPTAIN:
Okay, Auto.
AUTO:
Sir, the annual reconnaissance…
CAPTAIN:
12:30! Auto why didn’t you wake me for the morning announcements? Honestly, it’s the one thing I get to do on this ship. (SWITCHING BUTTONS ON A PANEL) Well, good morning, everybody and welcome to day 255,642 aboard the Axiom. As always, the weather is a balmy 72 degrees and sunny and oh, I see the ship’s log is showing that today is our 700th anniversary of our five year cruise. Well, I’m sure our forefathers would be proud to know that 700 years later we’d be doing the exact same thing they were doing. So, be sure next meal time to ask for your “free septuacentennial cupcake in a cup”. Wow! Look at that. Also today we have a… (BEEPING SOUND HEARD) Hey Auto, what’s that flashing button?
AUTO:
Captain, probe one has returned positive.
CAPTAIN:
Positive?
AUTO:
(PRESENTS EVE)
WALL-E:
(WATCHES FROM HIS HIDING PLACE BEHIND THE TROLLEY, SOFTLY) EVE.
CAPTAIN:
(SLOWLY) But no probe’s … ever come back positive before.
AUTO:
Congratulations Captain. This means that the Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator, EVE probe, has returned from Earth with a confirmed specimen of ongoing photosynthesis. That’s right. It means it’s time to go back home.
CAPTAIN:
(EXCITED) Home? We’re going back?
AUTO:
Now that life has been restored to a life-sustaining status, by golly, we can begin Operation Recolonize. Simply follow this manual’s instructions to place the plant in your ship’s holo-detector and the Axiom will immediately navigate your return to Earth.
CAPTAIN:
It’s that easy, huh?
AUTO:
Now, due to the effects of microgravity, you and your passengers may have suffered some slight bone loss. But I’m sure a few laps around the ship’s jogging track will get you back in shape in no time.
CAPTAIN:
We have a jogging track?
AUTO:
If you have any further questions, just consult your operation manual.
CAPTAIN:
(PICKS UP THE MANUAL, A THICK BOOK LIKE BOX AND SPEAKS TO IT) Manuel, relay instructions. Manuel? (LOOKS AT IT, SHAKES IT)
WALL-E:
(UNNOTICED AMONG THE OTHER BOTS OPENS THE LID)
CAPTAIN:
Wow. Will you look at that? Well, let’s open her up. (READS) “Step one. Voice command, Confirm acquisition”.
AUTO:
Confirm acquisition.
CAPTAIN:
(REACTIVATES EVE. THE PLANT IS MISSING) Ooh.
EVE:
(EVE AND WALL-E STILL UNNOTICED PANIC)
WALL-E:
EVE?
EVE:
Plant!
CAPTAIN:
Why don’t we scan her to be sure?
AUTO:
Contains no specimen. Probe’s memory is faulty.
CAPTAIN:
So then, we’re not going to Earth?
AUTO:
Negative.
CAPTAIN:
I guess things go back to normal, huh?
AUTO:
Correct, captain.
CAPTAIN:
(SHUTTING THE MANUAL COVER) Well false alarm!
AUTO:
False alarm.
CAPTAIN:
The probe must be defective.
EVE:
(SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION)
CAPTAIN:
Go-4, send her to the repair ward and have them run diagnostics on her. Make sure she’s not… Ah! (SEES WALL-E)
WALL-E:
(SHAKES HIS HAND) Wall-E.
CAPTAIN:
(LOOKS IN HIS HAND AT THE BROWN SOIL) Have Wall-E cleaned.
WALL-E, EVE:
(EXIT WITH ROBOTS)
CAPTAIN:
(PLACING SOIL SAMPLE IN MACHINE) Analyse.
COMPUTER:
Analysis. Foreign contaminant. Substance is a three phase system composed of various combinations of naturally derived solids.
CAPTAIN:
(YAWNS)
COMPUTER:
Subject is most commonly referred to as soil, dirt or earth.
CAPTAIN:
Earth? (PUZZLED) Hmm. Define ‘Earth’.
COMPUTER:
Earth, the surface of the world as distinct from the sky or sea.
CAPTAIN:
Wow. Define ‘Sea’.
COMPUTER:
Sea, an expanse of salt water that covers most of the Earth’s surface and surrounds it’s landmasses.
CAPTAIN:
Wow.

SCENE
REPAIR WARD. ROBOT DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIRS.
EVE:
(EXCLAIMS WHILE BEING PRODDED BY A BOT)
WALL-E:
(BEING SCANNED BY BOTS) Whoa!
BEAUTICIAN BOT:
Just a trim?
WALL-E:
(EXCLAIMS AND HIDES)
ROBOT A:
(SNEEZES ON WALL-E)
ROBOT B:
(BEING RESUCCITATED)
NURSE BOT:
Clear, clear, clear.
WALL-E:
(GRABS EVE AND EXITS)
BEAUTICIAN BOT:
Oh my.
STEWARD BOTS:
Caution rogue bots. Alert! Rogue bots.
LOUDSPEAKER:
(HEARD) Alert! Rogue Bots. Alert!

SCENE
SPACE POD.       
EVE, WALL-E:
(ENTER)
EVE:
Earth!
WALL-E:
Earth.
AUTO:
(ENTER)
WALL-E, EVE:
(HIDE)
AUTO:
(DROPS THE PLANT INTO THE ESCAPE POD PRESSES THE SELF DESTRUCT BUTTON)
EVE:
(GASPS) Plant!
WALL-E:
(PICKS UP THE PLANT AND GIVES IT TO EVE)
POD COMPUTER:
Twenty seconds to destruction. Ready to launch.
WALL-E, EVE:
(GASP. EXIT POD WITH PLANT. CURTAIN)

SCENE
THE BRIDGE.
COMPUTER:
Hoedown, a social gathering at which lively dancing would take place.
AUTO:
(ENTER)
CAPTAIN:
Auto, Earth is amazing! These are called ‘farms’. Humans would put seeds in the ground, pour water on them and they grow food, like pizza.
AUTO:
Goodnight, Captain.
CAPTAIN:
Computer, define dancing.
COMPUTER:
Dancing, a series of movements involving two partners where speed and rhythm match harmoniously with music.
EVE, WALL-E:
(ENTER CAUTIOUSLY)
EVE:
(PLACES THE PLANT IN FRONT OF THE CAPTAIN)
CAPTAIN:
How? How did you find it? (SIGHS REVERENTLY) We can go back home! For the first time! (TO EVE) What’s it like now?
EVE:
Oh!
CAPTAIN:
No, no, no. don’t tell me, I want to see for myself. (TO THE PLANT) You made it somehow, huh, little guy? You didn’t give up, did you? Ok then, come on. (POURS WATER ON THE PLANT) There you go, came a long way for a drink of water. Just needed someone to look after you, that’s… We have to go back! Auto, come down here.
AUTO:
Aye, aye, Sir.
CAPTAIN:
Auto, EVE found the plant. Fire up the holo-detector.
AUTO:
Not necessary, Captain. You may give it to me.
CAPTAIN:
You know what? I should do it myself.
AUTO:
Captain. Sir, I insist you give me the plant.
CAPTAIN:
Auto, get out of my way.
AUTO:
We cannot go home.
CAPTAIN:
What are you talking about? Why not?
AUTO:
That is classified, Captain. Give me the plant.
CAPTAIN:
What do you mean, classified? You don’t keep a secret from a Captain.
AUTO:
(TRYING TO SNATCH THE PLANT) Give me the plant.
CAPTAIN:
Tell me what’s classified.
AUTO:
The plant.
CAPTAIN:
Tell me, Auto! That’s an order.
AUTO:
Aye, aye, Sir.
PRESIDENT’S HOLOGRAM:
(ENTER) Hey, there, autopilots. Got some bad news. Um... operation clean-up has, well, failed. Wouldn’t you know, rising toxicity levels have made life unsustainable on earth.
CAPTAIN:
‘Unsustainable?’ What?
PRESIDENT’S HOLOGRAM:
Darn it all, we are going to have to cancel Operation Recolonize. So, just stay the course. Um… rather than try and fix this problem, it’ll just be easier for everyone to remain in space.
CAPTAIN:
Easier?
PRESIDENT’S HOLOGRAM:
Go to full autopilot. Take control of everything and do not return to Earth. Repeat, do not return to Earth. (PUTS ON A GAS MASK. MUFFLED SOUND) Let’s get out of here. (END OF HOLOGRAM)
AUTO:
Now the plant.
CAPTAIN:
No, wait a minute. Computer, when was that message sent out to the Axiom?
COMPUTER:
Message received in the year 2110.
CAPTAIN:
That’s nearly 700 years ago! (SCOFFS) Auto, things have changed! We’ve got to go back.
AUTO:
Sir, orders are “do not return to Earth”.
CAPTAIN:
But life is sustainable now. Look at this plant. Green and growing. It’s living proof he was wrong.
AUTO:
Irrelevant, Captain.
CAPTAIN:
What? It’s completely relevant! Out there is our home. Home, Auto and it’s in trouble. I can’t just sit here and do nothing. That’s all I’ve ever done. That’s all anyone on this blasted ship has ever done. Nothing!
AUTO:
On the Axiom you will survive.
CAPTAIN:
I don’t want to survive. I want to live!
AUTO:
Must follow my directive.
CAPTAIN:
(EXCLAIMS IN FRUSTRATION) I’m the Captain of the Axiom. We are going home today!
AUTO:
(BLARES THE ALARM)
GO-4 BOT:
(GRABS THE PLANT FROM THE CAPTAIN)
CAPTAIN:
Hey! That’s not… this is mutiny. EVE, arrest him.
EVE:
(BLOCKS THE GO-4 BOT)
CAPTAIN:
Eve, you are to put this plant straight in the holo-detector.
GO-4 BOT:
(TOSSES THE PLANT INTO THE GARBAGE SHOOT)
EVE:
No!
CAPTAIN:
(EXCLAIMS IN HELPLESSNESS)
WALL-E:
(CLIMBS OUT OF THE GARBAGE SHOOT WITH THE PLANT WHERE HE WAS HIDING)
EVE:
Huh?
WALL-E:
EVE?
CAPTAIN, EVE:
Wall-e!
WALL-E:
EVE! Oh! The plant.
CAPTAIN:
Over here, throw it.
WALL-E:
(THROWS THE PLANT TO CAPTAIN)
EVE:
Ahhhh!
AUTO:
Give me the plant. (SHOVES THE CAPTAIN AND CATCHES THE PLANT)
WALL-E:
(EXCLAIMS DEFIANTLY)
EVE:
(SCREAMS)
AUTO:
(ELECTRIFY’S WALL-E)
WALL-E:
(FALLS BACK DOWN THE GARBAGE SHOOT HOLDING THE PLANT)
EVE:
Wall-E!
AUTO:
(SWITCHES OFF EVE AND PUSHES HER DOWN THE CHUTE. TO THE CAPTAIN) All communications are terminated. You are confined to your quarters.
CAPTAIN:
No! Mutiny! Mutiny! (CURTAINS)

SCENE
GARBAGE AIRLOCK DISPOSAL ROOM.
EVE:
(REBOOTS) Wall-E?
COMPUTER:
Caution. Activating airlock disposal.
EVE:
Wall-E!
COMPUTER:
Activating airlock disposal.
EVE:
(YELPS) Wall-E?
WALL-E:
(GROANING) EVE?
EVE:
Wall-E!
WALL-E:
(GROANING SLOWLY. PULLS OUT THE PLANT) Directive.
EVE:
(SHAKES HER HEAD AND THROWS AWAY THE PLANT)
WALL-E:
(WEAKLY WOBBLES TO THE PLANT AND PICKS IT UP) Earth.
EVE:
Earth? Earth! (EXCLAIMS IN UNDERSTANDING. EXIT WITH WALL-E)
COMPUTER:
(BLARING) Caution. Rogue robots. (CURTAIN)

SCENE
THE BRIDGE.
CAPTAIN:
(BANGING IN DARKNESS) Auto! Auto! Mutiny. Mutiny. Stupid wheel.
COMPUTER:
Caution. Rogue robots.
CAPTAIN:
The plant! (LAUGHS) We’ll see who is powerless now. (RIPS OUT SOME WIRES FROM UNDER A TABLE. TURNS THE POWER BACK ON) Testing, testing. Is this thing on? (WHISPERS INTO THE LOUD SPEAKER) This is the Captain. I am locked in my room. EVE, Wall-E, bring the plant to the Lido deck. I’ll have activated the holo-detetor. Now, hurry. Auto’s probably going to cut me off...
AUTO:
Captain? Captain?
CAPTAIN:
(LEAPS FROM HIS HIDING PLACE AND POUNCES ON AUTO)
AUTO:
Let go. Let go.
CAPTAIN:
Too heavy for you? Huh?
AUTO:
(POKES THE CAPTAIN IN THE EYE)
CAPTAIN:
You’re not getting away from me.
AUTO:
Get off. (THEY SCUFFLE)
CAPTAIN:
(SCREAMS) Is that all you got? Cease and desist.
AUTO:
Not good.
CAPTAIN:
Got you. (HITS THE BUTTON ON THE HOLO-DETECTOR)
COMPUTER:
(ALARM BLARES)
CAPTAIN:
Remain calm. Remain calm.
CROWD:
(ENTER) Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We’re having a slight malfunction with the autopilot. Please remain calm.
WALL-E, EVE:
(ENTER WITH THE PLANT)
AUTO:
(ATTACKS WALL-E, FLINGS THE PLANT INTO THE CROWD AND TRIES TO SHUT OFF THE HOLO-DETECTOR WHICH HAS RISEN FROM THE PLATORM)
CAPTAIN:
No! (GETS PUSHED OFF HIS CHAIR BY AUTO)
WALL-E:
Uh-oh!
(FALLS BETWEEN THE HOLO DETECTOR DOORS AND IS CRUSHED)
CROWD:
(GASP)
EVE:
Oh no!
CAPTAIN:
(MAKES A GREAT EFFORT AND GETS ON HIS FEET. GRUNTING) Auto!
AUTO:
(ATTACKS THE CAPTAIN)
EVE:
Wall-E!
CAPTAIN:
Auto you are relieved of duty. (SHUTS OF THE AUTO BUTTON TO MANUAL SWITCH)
AUTO:
No! (TURNS OFF)
CROWD:
(ALL CHEERING)
EVE:
(TRYING TO OPEN THE HOLO-DETECTOR) Plant! Plant!
CROWD:
(PASSES THE PLANT TO EVE)
EVE:
(PLACES THE PLANT IN THE HOLO-DETECTOR. DOORS OPEN AND WALL-E IS RELEASED BUT CRRUSHED)
COMPUTER:
Plant origin verified.
WALL-E:
(LAYS THERE CRUSHED)
COMPUTER:
Course set for earth.
EVE:
Wall-E.
COMPUTER:
Course set for earth, ten seconds to hyper-jump. Nine…
EVE:
No.
COMPUTER:
Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero.
ALL:
(SCREAM AND GET PULLED BACK BY THE G-FORCE. CURTAIN)

SCENE
BACKDROP OF THE CITY OF DEBRIS.
PEOPLE:
(DISEMBARKING AND MUTTERING)
EVE:
(ENTER CARRYING A BROKEN WALL-E. STARTS TO SEARCH IN THE DUMPS FOR SPARES TO FIX WALL-E. EVE WORKS HARD AND FAST)
WALL-E:
(REBOOTS)
EVE:
(SIGHS) Wall-E.
WALL-E:
(DOES NOT RECOGNISE EVE AND GOES ABOUT HIS WORK COMPACTING THE JUNK)
EVE:
(SIGHS. SHAKES WALL-E. PRESSES HIS BUTTONS. SLIPS HER HAND IN HIS)
WALL-E:
(BUZZES AND CLANKS) EVE.
ALL:
(CHEERING. CURTAIN)


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