James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Paul Terry: James
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Quotes
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[James has discovered he has changed]
James : It's like he said: Marvelous things will happen.
Glowworm : Did he say, "Marvelous pigs in satin"?
Grasshopper : No, dear lady.
[He takes out a megaphone and speaks through it]
Grasshopper : Marvelous things will happen.
[to James]
Grasshopper : Poor Glowworm, she's a little deaf.
Earthworm : I, on the other hand, have exquisite hearing.
Centipede : Oh, yeah? Well, listen to this...
[He spits into his many hands and grabs the megaphone and yells into it]
Centipede : LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!
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James : What are they?
Old Man : Crocodile tongues.
James : Tongues?
Old Man : Long, slimy crocodile tongues boiled in the skull of a dead witch for 40 days and 40 nights. And, the gizard of a pig, the fingers of a young monkey, the beak of a parrot and three spoonfuls of sugar, and then, let the moon do the rest.
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[Spiker and Sponge are outside the peach, looking for James]
Aunt Spiker : Where are you? You detestable little worm!
Earthworm : AAAHHHHHH!
James : Not you, ME!
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James : When I had a problem, my mom and dad would tell me to look at it another way.
Earthworm : How? First, I was bird bait, then I was shark bait.
James : I suppose, but you could say you gave us wings to fly, and defeated a giant shark single-handedly.
Earthworm : No-handedly.
James : You're a hero.
Earthworm : I am? I'm Wonder Worm!
James : You are!
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[everyone is discussing how to get the peach to New York]
James : We could... No, it's stupid.
Grasshopper : Compared to what?
James : Well, I suppose we could fly out.
Centipede : He's right. It's stupid.
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James : Please, sir, how do I get to the Empire State Building?
Hard Hat Man : You're on top of it, kid.
James : We made it!
James : [solemnly] Well, I made it.
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James : You're not even a real rhino! You're just a lot of smoke and noise! I'm not afraid of you!
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James : I can't remember what fun is for.
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Aunt Sponge : Here he is. Get up, you little worm! We sent you out here to kill a spider!
Aunt Spiker : Not to laze about.
James : I wasn't lazing about, I tripped.
Aunt Sponge : How dare you disagree with us.
Aunt Spiker : Beat him, Sponge!
[comes to him, grabs him]
Aunt Sponge : [sighs] It's too early.
Aunt Spiker : Well, that makes you the luckiest boy alive. Now, come inside and get dressed!
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Aunt Sponge : You lazy bug! Who told you to stop working?
James : I finished the wood.
[Aunt Spiker snatches his travel book and sees it]
Aunt Spiker : A travel book? How dare you even dream of leaving.
[Spiker and Sponge grabs his arms to get him up]
Aunt Sponge : This is the only home you'll ever had.
Aunt Spiker : No one else would tolerate a worthless little nothing like you.
[She gives to Sponge]
Aunt Sponge : [sees his travel book] Where did you get this? Where?
James : Father gave it to me. He said we were go there one day.
Aunt Spiker : Stupid foolish man.
Aunt Sponge : Foolish man, always dreaming. That's what got him killed.
Aunt Spiker : And your mother.
Aunt Sponge : Had his head in the clouds instead of looking where he was going!
Aunt Spiker : He never even saw that rhino coming.
Aunt Sponge : That rhino!
Aunt Spiker : And the beast will get you too, if you don't behave.
Aunt Sponge : [ripping his travel book] Now, get these stupid dreams out of your head!
Aunt Spiker , Aunt Sponge : And get back to work!
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Aunt Spiker : [In New York, as James is about to reveal the aunts' cruelty] Come along. You're going home with us.
James : No, I'm not.
Aunt Spiker : [skin Cracking] What did you say?
James : I said... no... I'm... not! I hate that house and that cold room and how I was always hungry.
Aunt Spiker : All right, that's enough!
James : And how you beat me!
Aunt Sponge : [gasps] He's lying!
James : And told me I was nothing!
Aunt Spiker : Shut up!
Aunt Sponge : Shut up! Shut up!
James : No, not this time! I flew the giant peach across the ocean. I landed on top of the tallest building in the world. I made it! I'm not the one who's nothing. You are! And I'm never going back with you! Not me and not the peach.
Aunt Spiker : How dare you speak to us this way.
[the aunts-turned-enemies grab axes, yells and fight James]
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Ladybug : [Discussing how to fly out] How would you do it, James?
James : With those seagulls. But we'll need string.
Earthworm : [Sarcastically] Oh, well I'll just go to the stationers and pick up some paperclips while I'm at it!
Spider : [Pulling a thread from her body] I have string - miles of string.
James : And we'll need bait. Food bait.
Earthworm : Food bait? Where do you expect we're going to find bird bait out here in the middle of the...
[Notices everyone staring at him as Miss Ladybug pulls a cowbell out of her handbag]
Earthworm : Of the... oh no. Have you lost your minds?
[Screams as they grab him]
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Grasshopper : [he heard in the distance] James! Up here!
Glowworm : Hello! We're here!
Centipede : Hey, buddy!
Aunt Sponge : [stutters] What are they?
Glowworm : [they grab one of their strings with seagulls on top] Young James.
Centipede : Hey, Jimmy!
Aunt Spiker : [he looks up in fright] BUGS!
Centipede : [the people looked at them] Need a little help down there?
Aunt Sponge : [screams] GIANT BUGS!
[Spiker and Sponge gasped in fright]
Centipede : HEY, YOU OLD BIDDIES!
[blows a raspberry on them]
Aunt Sponge : [Spiker grabs Sponge's hand] Help us!
Ladybug : Whoo-ee! Here we are, dear.
Earthworm : Hello, James!
James : [looks up at them] I TOLD you they were real.
Grasshopper : Hello, old boy.
Miss Spider : Requesting clearance to land.
[they started to land on the peach, while Spiker and Sponge whimpers and shutters and James looks up at Miss Spider.]
James : Miss Spider, throw me a string.
[she tosses down a strand of the Spider's thread. It's loop on the end just like it was when they captured the seagulls. James catches it and throws the lasso down down onto Spiker and Sponge]
Earthworm : Okay. Pull them up.
Aunt Sponge : [they started pulling them up when Spiker and Sponge were screaming and shrieking] HELP!
Aunt Sponge : [then both screaming] Where are we going?
James : Spin them around.
Aunt Sponge : YOU LITTLE...
James : [the grasshopper pushes the Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge for a spin, they started screaming] Wrap them tightly!
[her wigs tore it off as Miss Spider spins out more silk as the Ladybug and the Centipede fed it up]
James : Tighter! Tighter!
[Spiker and Sponge got wrapped up in Spider's Silk]
Beat Cop : Well, I'll be a...
Beat Cop : [addressing the crowd] The kid was tellin' the truth.
[he saw muffled screams coming from inside a huge cocoon]
Beat Cop : [to the crane operator] Get those two creeps OUTTA here!
[the crane operator pulls the lever and the cocoon swings out into view]
