Monkeybone Page #3

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


HERB leads a round of APPLAUSE. JULIE nudges STU - the only guy in the

room who's still in his seat.

HERB:

Now, let's give it up for the guy who started it

all. Creator of America's most disturbed comic

strip...the man behind the monkey...Mister Stu

Miley!

A SPOTLIGHT hits him, and he STANDS to tumultuous applause. He looks

genuinely stunned. He can't believe it's happening.

JULIE surreptitiously PINCHES him on the bottom, giving him a start. She

WINKS at him. He shoots her a small private smile - then turns to WAVE

at the adoring crowd.

INT. LOBBY - HALF-HOUR LATER - NIGHT

STU working his way through a crowd of well-wishers and FANS.

STU:

I don't actually draw all the animation, no. We

have sweatshop workers who couldn't get jobs at

Nike doing that.

A beautiful, heavily-pierced FEMALE FAN hands STU a marker.

BEAUTIFUL FAN:

Mr. Miley, would you draw Monkeybone on my

belly? As a guide?

STU:

Guide...?

BEAUTIFUL FAN:

For my tattoo artist?

She exposes her taut midriff. STU thinks for a moment, then goes to

work. When he's done, Monkeybone appears to be climbing out of the

girl's pants and WAVING to her. Nearby FANS APPLAUD.

BEAUTIFUL FAN:

Wait! You have to draw the rest of him -

She begins unbuckling her belt so STU will have enough room to draw

Monkeybone's bottom half. STU demurs...

STU:

I - I have to, uh, check in with my doctor. DO-

OCCCC!!

He wanders across the room, finds JULIE deep in conversation with a

bunch of other GUESTS, and pulls her aside.

STU:

Hey, Doc. Come here. There's something really

cool I want to show you.

He grabs her by the sleeve, pulls her across the floor to -

INT. ALCOVE - OFF LOBBY - CONTINUOUS

There's nothing "cool" about it - it's a stairway landing, with metal

fire doors that open onto the parking lot outside.

STU:

See these doors? The cool thing is, you go out

...they close...you can't get back in!

He opens one door and holds it for JULIE.

JULIE:

You want to leave? But Stu - you're a big hit!

Everyone loves you!

STU:

They don't love me. They love Monkeybone.

JULIE:

It was you who got the standing O. It was you

drawing on the belly over there...

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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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