The Indian in the Cupboard Page #2

Synopsis: On his ninth birthday a boy receives many presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an old cupboard from his brother and a little Indian figure made of plastic from his best friend. But these two presents turn out to be much more magic than the rest...
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director(s): Frank Oz
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG
Year:
1995
96 min
1,520 Views


The whole rotten war's a nightmare.

No, it's not bad. We'll tape him up.

I'll be jiggered! A bloomin' Injun.

Englishman... Healer?

Me? Well, I never heard it

put that way. Yes, I am.

- I am a healer.

- You are, are you?

Well, that's something

we've got in common then, isn't it?

Yes. This is not much.

Do you have husks?

A bloomin' Injun!

A right rum dream this is.

I feel like I'm really in this dream.

Very real. Very clear. Exciting.

So... Custer's last stand, was it?

I know a bit.

You know, read up as a boy.

- You Sitting Bull.

- No.

How!

How!

There we go. That'll do.

- Thank you.

- Only doing my duty.

- Are you ready to wake up?

- I never want to wake up.

Mud, German shells, awful rats.

They eat at wounded men.

Still, can't desert, even in a dream!

How.

- Maybe you could dream us again.

- A pleasure.

Tommy Atkins at your service. Any

night except if there's an attack.

None of us gets any sleep then.

Got to win the damn war.

You up already? Feeling better?

I feel pretty damn good.

Really?

Come on down and eat breakfast.

You can build here.

- I need tools.

- Omri, come on down!

- Who is she?

- My mother.

The mother.

What would you like for breakfast?

Granola, please.

Have I died and gone to heaven?

With berries

and cranberry juice, please.

I have to go to school.

- What is school?

- Learn things - all day.

Good. Learn the stories

of your ancestors.

Go. I am ready to build.

- Need anything else?

- A hatchet.

Omri, let's go!

- Gili.

- I'm coming.

I'll miss you.

Come on, guys, let's go.

- See you later, Mum and Dad.

- Bye, guys.

- Bye, Omri.

- Bye, Dad.

OK. All right.

Can I get your attention, please?

Are we ready? Shall we read?

- Who wants to go first?

- Please! Can I do it?

Emily?

"The day I got Punisher,

the masterpiece of my collection.

"Also, I got

the first hologram card.

"I'm looking for

the original card of Wolverine."

Very good, Emily. Sam.

"JFK. There was once a man named JFK

"who always wanted to be good

and do what was right.

"JFK was elected President

of the United States in 1960."

"I have a magic cupboard

with a magic key.

"I put a plastic Indian

in the cupboard and he came alive.

"He is a real Iroquois man.

"He talks. He eats. He trusts me."

That's very interesting.

Good imagination.

Your house is fantastic.

It will do. It is agreeable.

I learned a lot about you today.

Good. Tonight, I will hunt for food

and we will cook meat

and we will tell stories.

You tell all about me.

Little Bear?

- Do you keep the man, Omri?

- Just the bow and arrow.

Can I watch?

He is Mohawk.

It is an excellent bow.

It's all right.

It's OK.

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Melissa Mathison

Melissa Marie Mathison was an American film and television screenwriter and an activist for Tibetan freedom. more…

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