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Synopsis: Eggs (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), an orphan, lives with the Boxtrolls -- a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who inhabit a cavern beneath the city of Cheesebridge. When villainous Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) hatches a plan to get rid of the pretty harmless beings, Eggs decides to go above ground, where he meets and befriends feisty Winnifred (Elle Fanning). Together, Eggs and Winnifred devise a daring plan to save the Boxtrolls from extermination.
Production: Focus Features
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 59 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
PG
Year:
2014
96 min
$52,098,992
Website
1,548 Views


CLOSE ON:
Archibald Snatcher as the truck rounds a corner.

He holds a MEGAPHONE TUBE to his mouth and orates as he zeros

in on a BOY playing ball in the street.

SNATCHER (CONT’D)

Child! Do you want to end up like

the Trubshaw Baby?

The boy watches the truck as it passes, curiosity changing to

horror.

SNATCHER (CONT’D)

Dragged underground and feasted

upon one year ago this very night?!

The terrified boy shakes his head and GASPS as he is yanked

inside by his MOTHER. His BALL bounces out of his hands and

rolls across the cobbles.

SNATCHER (CONT’D)

Lock your windows! Bolt your doors!

Hide anything that is not bolted

down.

One man grabs his DOOR KNOCKER and bolts inside.

Another man grabs his MAILBOX.

Another a BARBER POLE.

With a terrified look the last man peers out of the peep hole

in his door, then slams it shut.

SNATCHER (O.S.) (CONT’D)

Hide your cheese. Hide your tender

and delicious babies!

6.

EXT CHEESEBRIDGE STREETS - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT

The wind blows trash down the empty streets. Snatcher’s

vehicle, rattling from its boiler, prowls past with Snatcher

still calling out his warning until the sound fades in the

distance.

SNATCHER (O.S.)

Beware the bloodthirsty monsters!

They'll fry your eyes, gnaw on your

knees, gobble your gizzards...

Beware! BEWARE!

After Snatcher’s truck has passed the CAMERA lands on: A

MANHOLE. Carved in the heavy iron cover is a warning: “HERE

BE MONSTERS”.

A LONG BEAT OF SILENCE. The manhole cover slowly twists and

lifts, a pudgy blue hand emerges. Two pairs of yellow,

glowing eyes peer out. The creatures talk in expressive but

unintelligible GURGLES. Down the street, two more manhole

covers lift.

In pairs and in gangs, these BOXTROLLS -- so called for the

cardboard boxes they wear -- emerge from the sewers and

scurry through the streets of the besieged town. Their long,

forboding SHADOWS creep across walls plastered with posters

that read:
“CHEESEBRIDGE: A GOUDA PLACE TO LIVE”, “REDHATS -

BOXTROLL EXTERMINATORS”.

We watch them scurry through streets and alleyways, gurgling

quiet directions to each other. They move swiftly and travel

in packs. We see a lone boxtroll jump and pull himself in to

his box as a DOG BARKS. He pops back out of his box and moves

along quickly.

CLOSE ON:
what appears to be a LARGE BOXTROLL MONSTER peering

around the corner of a moonlight street. Its glowing eyes

turn toward the camera as it sways slowly. Five more pairs of

eyes light up within the large, boxy shadow and SIX BOXTROLLS

separate from the mass, popping off to run their errands

while the coast is clear.

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Adam Pava

Adam Pava is a screenwriter with animation projects in development at several major studios. He is currently working on a sequel in Warner Bros.’ The Lego Movie franchise. Before transitioning to features, he spent 10 years in television. In 2006, he co-wrote and executive-produced Re-Animated, which broke existing records as Cartoon Network’s highest-rated telefilm. Also at Cartoon Network, he wrote for Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and Johnny Bravo; at Adult Swim, he wrote for Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law; at MTV, he wrote for Clone High; and at Nickelodeon, he wrote for Glenn Martin DDS. more…

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