Beasts Of The Southern Wild Page #2

Synopsis: Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in the Bathtub, a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack, temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.
Director(s): Benh Zeitlin
Production: Fox Searchlight
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 92 wins & 123 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
86
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
PG-13
Year:
2012
93 min
$12,784,397
Website
2,111 Views


- We gonna do this storm?

- Let me tell you.

These a**holes go up and down here

all day long.

That's what I'm talking about. LITTLE

We ain't leaving. I'm behind you.

- Man, I don't mind telling you, I am scared.

- Just leave.

- This ain't no little one.

- Damn p*ssy.

I'm leaving here

soon as I finish my beer.

No, you're not. You're gonna stay here

with me. I'll see you tomorrow, Walrus.

- Y'all want to die, okay, fine.

- Look at Winston.

Winston, I know you with me, huh, man?

What you gonna do about the storm,

man?

- Hey, Hushpuppy.

- Hushpuppy?

Get that girl a beer.

Where you been?

- What happened to you?

- Shut up.

You don't talk.

Come here!

Come here, ugly!

Just because you

burnt your house down...

...don't mean you can walk

in here and take over.

This side of the house

is still Wink's side.

No toys, no girl stuff over here.

And if I want to come over there

and smack you in the face...

...that's against the rules,

so that's a plus for you.

So come on down here

and get in the boat.

Come on, get in the boat!

Get in the boat.

And if the water gets real high,

we're gonna float to this roof...

...we're gonna bust through the ceiling

and we're gonna ride away, okay?

Now I want you to put these on, okay?

Slide your arm through here.

Don't you never, never take these off.

I'm your daddy and you're

gonna do what I tell you to do...

...because it's my job

to keep you from dying, okay?

So sit back and listen to me.

And close your eyes.

Go to sleep.

Go to sleep!

Why you staring at me like that?

How I'm supposed to sleep

with you staring at me like that?

What, you scared?

I'm gonna show you,

no storm can't beat no Doucet.

We Doucets.

We not scared of no damn storm!

I'm gonna show you.

I'm gonna take care of that storm.

I'm coming to get you, storm!

Look at me! Look at me, Hushpuppy!

Look at me whip butt!

Come on, storm!

Come on!

I'm gonna get you!

Come on, I'm right here!

I'm right here! Yeah!

Yeah! Yeah!

Mama!

Mama?

For the animals that didn't have a dad

to put them in a boat...

...the end of the world already happened.

Winston!

Yo, Winston!

They're all down below,

trying to breathe through water.

Yo, Edison, you in here?

Someday, when I'm gone,

you gonna be the last man in the Bathtub.

You're gonna have to learn

how to feed yourself.

Now stick your hand in this water.

Stick it in there.

Okay, what you do is

you hold your hand steady...

...and you just wait on your fish to come.

You gotta ball your fist up, okay?

That's your punching hand.

Ball your fist up, case you have

to whack him when he come out.

All right, all right.

Oh, got it, got it!

Yeah! Oh, Lord!

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Lucy Alibar

Lucy Alibar (born Lucy Harrison in 1983) is an American screenwriter and playwright best known for co-writing the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild with Benh Zeitlin. more…

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