Harry and the Hendersons Page #2

Synopsis: Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so they decide to take it home (there could be some money in this..). As you guessed, "it" isn't dead. Far from being the ferocious monster they fear "Harry" to be, he's a friendly giant. In their attempts to keep Harry a secret, the Henderson's have to hide him from the authorities and a man, who has made it his goal in life, to catch a "bigfoot".
Director(s): William Dear
Production: Universal Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
PG
Year:
1987
110 min
1,648 Views


What...

What are you...

George!

(STAMMERING)

Sarah, don't come in here!

Oh, my God!

Horrible smell!

Nancy, do something!

(STAMMERING)

Be very careful.

What are you doing?

(SNIFFING)

Oh, God!

GEORGE:
That's brilliant. Come on,

everybody, let's get out of here! Quick.

Come on, Sarah.

No!

Mom, my corsage!

No.

My orchid!

It's eating

my fifteenth birthday corsage!

Sarah!

The one I saved for

over six whole months!

(SPITTING)

I was gonna keep that flower

for the rest of my life!

And you ate it!

(WHISPERING) Sarah!

I don't care how big and

ugly and smelly you are.

You just can't go around eating

other people's corsages!

That was a bad thing you did!

A bad, bad thing!

Do you hear me?

Even if you are an animal!

You just can't go around

acting like one in this house!

Let's get out of here, now!

Boy, Sarah. You really pissed him off!

Shut up.

Shh! Both of you!

Come on, it's going

in the dining room!

Wow!

That's great, that's just great!

George, he's eating my plant.

Look, he's eating my plants! No!

He's eating my

Passiflora coriaceas.

Stop that!

GEORGE:
Oh, God!

(GASPING)

(WHIMPERING)

Uh-oh.

Oh, dear.

(ALL GASPING)

Okay, that's it!

George! Can't we

just call somebody?

George, what's that for?

I know what I'm doing.

Oh, George!

I'm not gonna stand around while

some animal destroys our house!

Dad, it's not an animal!

George?

George?

I'm okay.

Everybody, get up here!

Quick! Quick!

What's it doing?

It's burying Grandma's mink stole.

Don't you look at me like that!

Why are you all

looking at me like that?

I didn't kill the poor little things.

Grandma didn't kill them!

Some ranchers raised them

and killed them.

And they only did that because

they knew somebody would buy them.

GEORGE:
Come on, quick,

everybody back into the house!

All right, everybody out!

(GRUNTING)

GEORGE:
Uh-Oh.

Keep an eye on him!

"Keep an eye on him," George?

Lock the door!

Yeah.

George, he's coming back!

Stall him!

I can't! How?

I don't know!

Show him the pasta maker.

George!

Not yet!

George!

He really wants to come in now.

George!

Company!

(PHONE RINGING)

Downtown. Sergeant Mancini.

Sergeant, my name is George Henderson.

I'm at 437 Manning Drive.

I wanna report a...

Something in my house.

What kind of something,

Mr. Henderson?

Some... A big... Something.

My family's in terrible danger.

In danger?

Mr. Henderson, do you have

someone in your house?

A burglar, a prowler?

No, don't think

I'm crazy, Sergeant,

but it's Bigfoot.

Of course, yes.

They can be a nuisance,

I'll tell you what,

Mr. Henderson.

It kind of happens

all the time around here.

Now, we found these Bigfeet

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William Dear

William Dear (born November 30, 1943) is a Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter known for directing Harry and the Hendersons, If Looks Could Kill, Angels in the Outfield, Wild America and Santa Who?. He has directed Saturday Night Live, Television Parts, Amazing Stories, Dinosaurs, Covington Cross and The Wannabes Starring Savvy. Dear was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is the father of actor and storyboard artist, Oliver Dear. more…

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