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Synopsis: Slipping into a coma following a freakish accident, cartoonist Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser) finds himself in an incredible fantasy world known as Down Town. To return to reality, Stu has to outwit Death, herself (Whoopi Goldberg)... but one of the cartoonist's own creations, Monkeybone, has come to life and is manically intent on destroying Stu's plans to resume his life.
Production: 20th Century Fox
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.7
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
19%
PG-13
Year:
2001
93 min
$4,942,155
Website
756 Views


INT. CLASSROOM (ANIMATED)

As the monkey dance continues, we ZOOM IN on the mortified face of

LITTLE STANLEY. His eyes begin doing the familiar HYPNO-SWIRL...

INT. SHRINK'S OFFICE (ANIMATED)

A CUCKOO pops out of a wall clock. ADULT STANLEY'S THUMB pops out of his

mouth. He awakens from his trance in a cold sweat.

STANLEY:

How about it, Doc? Can you help me?

SHRINK:

Not overnight. These imaginary monkey cases take

time. I vould estimate...roughly...

On the desk is a CATALOGUE, open to a two-page spread depicting a 40-

foot CABIN CRUISER. "NEW FOR SUMMER! ONLY $229,999.95!" With his free

hand, the SHRINK is working a CALCULATOR...

SHRINK:

Twelve years and three months ought to do it.

The SHRINK hustles STANLEY to the door and shakes his hand.

STANLEY:

One question, doc - what did you mean when you

said "imaginary"?

SHRINK:

All in good time, my boy. All in good time.

The SHRINK shoves STANLEY out and slams the door behind him. Two beats.

Then he doubles over, WEEPING with LAUGHTER.

SHRINK:

Vot a crackpot! Monkey on ze back - HAH!! ROLL

OUT ZE WACKY WAGON!!

Now he notices a BACKPACK, which STANLEY has left on the couch. It

TWITCHES slightly - of its own free will.

VOICE IN BACKPACK

Imaginary, huh? You quack.

EXT. SHRINK'S BUILDING (ANIMATED)

A WINDOW shatters. The SHRINK comes hurtling out. MONKEYBONE STRADDLES

HIM like Slim Pickens riding an H-bomb, hootin' and hollerin' all the

way down to the street.

SPLAT! A gob of gore hits STANLEY in the face as he exits the building.

He kneels on the sidewalk - finding a PIPE and a GOATEE.

STANLEY:

Aw, Monkeybone! At this rate I'll never find a

good shrink.

MONKEYBONE:

Those guys are a waste of money! I'll show you

how to stop sucking your thumb...

MONKEYBONE sticks his thumb in his butt as he and STANLEY toddle off

into the sunset.

INT. SCREENING ROOM - THAT MOMENT

STANDING O from the crowd as the cartoon ends and the lights come up.

HERB, an all-purpose sidekick type, appears at the podium:

HERB:

Thank you...that's our pilot...the good news is,

Comedy Channel has just picked us up with an

order for six new episodes!

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Sam Hamm

Sam Hamm (born November 19, 1955) is an American screenwriter. Hamm is perhaps best known for writing the screenplay for Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns. As a result of his work, he was invited to write for Detective Comics. The result was Batman: Blind Justice, which introduced Bruce Wayne's mentor, Henri Ducard, who later appeared in Batman Begins. Hamm's other screen credits include Never Cry Wolf and Monkeybone. He also wrote unused drafts for Planet of the Apes and Watchmen adaptations. more…

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