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LawndaLe, CaLifornia. The nighT afTer
denzeL’s aCCidenT.
so now i’m Like manimaL
or someThing. my rap Career is nuLL
and void.
now boy i said you’re going To be a superhero and
you’re going To a superhero.
i don’T Care. if you
gonna Live under my roof, you’re
gonna be a super-hero and that’s
final.
So you have The d-n-what of
who?
ofanimals.
i don’T wanT To be one. They don’T geT
paid
denzel, god saved you
from The aCCidenT and gave you powers for a reason. i know you wanT To be a rapper, buT desTiny Tends
To geT iTs way.
ThaT’snoT how i see iT, grandma. doCTor
presCoTT hooked me up wiTh a serum unTiL he figures ouT a way
To geT me baCk To normaL. hopefuLLy
soon.
one thing the world doeSn’t
need iS another rapper. iT’s Time To TeLL
a new sTory.
you Can be a
superhero!grandma
i’m noT being no superhero. i goTTa foCus
on The baTTLe of The miCs.
give These kids someThing To
beLieve in besides Snoop dr. Fat whatever. you Can use your powers To geT rid of drugs, Lower Crime, or heLp
worLd peaCe.
andwho’s gonna
be king, you?
i’m proposin’ we
merge our businesses under one ruLe. iT’s a jungLe ouT There and
There shouLd be one king.
Thepoint of
persuasion.
i Can be The CoLor of
deaTh, or…
why wouLd
i give up my TerriTory and my money To
you?
i Can be The CoLor
of money... iT’s your ChoiCe, genTLemen.
i have for you a
new produCT To CorrupT The
minds and bodies of The youTh.
i guess ThaT’s an endorsemenT. we jusT need
funding, then …
world domination.
Black saBBath.
Synthetic cocaine. Cheap ThriLLs for
The boys and girLs.
go on, bumps, don’T aCT Like iT’s your firsT
Time.
mix nightcluB, afTer-hours.
bumpsmy man,
you aLways was smarTer Than
you Look.
whatthe hell was dat?
okay, warThog ...
you have our CooperaTion,
now whaT?
whaT do ya wanT from us?
your disTribuTion
neTworks.
whaT is iT?
our fuTure.
shh! i Can’T hear.
whaT’Cha gonna do -- fighT Crime
in your underwear?
nowi goTTawriTe
some new rhymes.
now we Can hear whaT’s going down in The sTreeTs.
Then you Can swoop in There and give ’em a hand … with this…
you hear ThaT, denzeL? we goT us a
CaLL.
now don’T geT beside yourseLf ’Cause you
goT some superpowers. remember, i’m aLways
krypToniTe Toyou, boy.
yougoTTa spread
eagLe, boy. spreadeagle!
nowremember,
405 Freeway.hurry!
dang, grandma, whaT size is This--extra medium?
iT’s mad smaLL.
weLL,i know you’re
noT suppose Tobe sTanding
around doingnoThing.
The nexT day, earLier Than denzeL
had pLanned...grandma,
whaT are you doin?
whaT’s ThaT?
iT’s a poLiCe sCanner,
fooL.
why do we have
a poLiCe sCanner?
beCause we don’T
have a baT signaL.
whaT’s This?
your ouTfiT.
iT’s a Crime i’m noT aLready a famous rapper! ThaT’s The onLy Crime i’LL be fighTing…
and yeah, maybe i’LL do a video in my underwear.
… multi-car pileup on the 405 Freeway...
we?we ain’T
doing noThing,grandma.
yes, ma’am.
iT’s aerodynamiC,
fooL. i read abouT how To make Those
suiTs on TheinTerneT. nowget going.
she’s goT me up here
wearing a TighT, pLeaTher suiT Looking
Like a gay baTman.
i don’T know whaT i’m supposed To
be doing.
nowjump!
use Them wings
There you go.
iT’s a bird!
is ThaTa broTha Coming
Towards us?
whoops! my bad.
look, Freak,
This is noTime for games.
wesT hoLLywood is in The oTher
direCTion. now Beat it.
whoops!
p4
sfx (CabLe): Twang!
405 freeway, Los angeLes.
iT’s a pLane!
who,and what,
The heLL areyou?
i’m here To
heLp.
whine
durham geneTiC researCh Lab
it can’tBe … The one man ThaT CouLd save
me … dead?
buT,damn, this
wasn’T supposedTo happen.
iT LooksLike The guy in The earTha kiTT ouTfiT sTarTed
a hiLLsidefire.
jusTdo iT,freak!
puTyour hands
or paws where we Can see’em or we’LL
shooT.
you’reseriousLy
going To arresTme. ThaT ain’T
righT…
i’m mainTaining,
conSidering...
don’T worry abouTiT, man. you don’T
wanna be around me wiTh aLL This weird sTuff ThaT’s been
happening.
hey,LisTen up.
dr. presCoTT waskiLLed a few nighTs ago when he visiTed Those
sLime baLLs fromThe prisonesCape....
iT’s someThing The doCTor gave me. iT pumps
mediCine inTo my bLood.
drug? LeT me geT
some.
i knowhow To puTThis ouT…
shooTme? i jusT
saved Thosekids Lives!
okay,This isn’T
good.
yo,d, good Tosee you inone pieCe.
whaT’sup, bruh.
i didn’T Think you’d be baCk
so soon.
you good?
Look,i wouLd
of visiTedyou aT ThehospiTaL.
buTyou know,
a broTher goTwarranTs.
weirder Than ThaT freak on The freeway LasT nighT?
weirder Than ThaTbraCeLeT?
or shouLd i say,
gay-CeLeT?
sorry. Things have jusT been
Crazy.
damn, whaT are They
giving you, sTeroids?
dr. presCoTT’s researCh LaboraTory.
meTro raiL.an hour LaTer.
Lake hoLLywood reservoir
meanwhiLe, noT Too far away as The squirreL fLies…
There’sno Cure!
hey,man, whaT’sgoing on?
naw.i don’T know.
Then whaT are we
waiTing for? LeT’s be ouTTa
here.
hey,we’ve been
boys sinCe The sixTh grade. don’T
sTarT pLayingme To The
LefT.
LongTongue ain’T bad, heLL i wouLdn’T
mind havingThaT.
ricky!
yo, man, roCk The
miC.
apparenTLy, i aLso goT me some super-hearing beCause a girL’s sCream
jusT pierCed my brain.
oh my god! ricky!somebody
help!
hey,i goT way
more pressing issues Than
roCk ThemiC.
noThing.
you’rerighT--i’LL
spiLL, buT noThere.
sowhaT are
yourpowers?
i CanfLy and i
have a Long Tongue
doC say you gonna be aLL
righT?
you know,superheroes
geT The girLs. andhaLLe barry is
avaiLabLe…
naw.
i don’T know.
riCky,geT ouT of
There rightnow!
someone’s in TroubLe. i’m ouTTa
here!
whaT’swrong?
Three miLes down The river. don’T
worry, miss. we have This under
ConTroL.
i see The kid Coming
now.
~gurgle~
pLease don’T LeTriCky drown. i was
supposed To be waTChing
him.
we LosThim! we need
anoTher seT updown sTream,
now!
hey, you, waiT
righT There!
i’m nobody.
i’m jusT a man Trying
To do The righT Thing.
who are you?
The nexTday ...
The nexTnighT ...
wiLshire aparTmenTs
Lord, i wasn’T
gonna drink iT.i promise. you
know my hearT.
Take iT! jusT don’T
hurT us.
sorry abouT The roof, i’ve goTTa Learn
To sTiCk The Landing.
i Think we have
ourseLves a superhero.
yep,and you
were aLsosTanding righThere when ThaTpunk robbed
us.
exCuse me, i’m sTandingrighT here.
i don’TThink we
have enough manpower To
save ThemaLL!
peopLe: ahhhh!! heLp!!
fireman:
boy,whaT’sgoingon?
gimme your
money.
wow, i love ThaT Tongue.
don’Tworry. This is
good shiT. i boughT iT from a bLaCk guy named moses. said iT’s The promised
Land.
help!somebodyheLp me! mybaby’s in
There.
whiCh way is
wiLshire?
This is some
good shiT, homes.
whaT you mean your Ladders Can’T reaCh?
you’re The fire deparTmenT.
i Think you need To
Take This ChiLd To proTeCTive
serviCes.
Thanks for Cushioning
my faLL,feLLas.
ThaT’smy boy!
ThisbeTTer be
some good shiT, homes. noT Like ThaT
dirT you boughTfrom heCTor
LasT week.
Thanks, feLLa.
iT’s ThaT way.
ma’am,iT’s okay! whaT
fLoor is Thebaby on?
TheSeventeenth
fLoor.
hey,jim, our
Ladders Can’T reaCh ThaT
high.
don’tBlame us,
our budgeT goTCuT. apparenTLy, you diCkweeds needed
more squadCars.
somebody Lose ababy?
waiTa minuTe... yeah,
how did you geT down
here?
Thankyou. Thank
you.how did
you geT downhere wiThouTyour baby?
who are
you?
i’mjusT a man.
areyou a freak?
where do you Come
from?
and afTerThaT daring
resCue, we Can aLL agree ThaT la’s
got a newman!
broken miC sTudios.
how’d iT sound?
i Can’Tsneak you
in hereanymore--
whydon’T you
Come off ThaT waLL so we Can sTomp The biTCh
ouTTa ya!
i goTa big bed
ThaT CouLd show ThaT young body
many Things.
andThis nighT jusT geTs beTTer and
beTTer…
girL,i’ve kiLLedfor Less.
enoughof This shiT.
how abouT we Take Care of boTh you
biTChes.
aaacckk!
defenseLess my fooT.
where’s iT aT? yo mama’s house?
weLLi’d haTe
To puT you baCk in.
LooksLike somebodyLosT Their way.
maybe she needsa big sTrong man
To show herThe way
sorry,baby. work
is work.
i onLyhave Two
songs done.whaT abouTmy demo?
youwere kiLLin’
iT, ma. This gonnabe a hot
demo.
yo, kim, we goTTa bounCe.
yeah, hejusT goT ouT
yesTerday.
now LeT’s make This easy on yourseLf. LeT The Lady go abouT her
business and yougo baCk To being
Losers.
weLL i’mnoT The one
Trying To fighT a defenseLess
woman.
hoLd up,who said i was defenseLess?
youonLy wanTed
To heLp beCause you ThoughT i wasa viCTim. go geT
your ThriLLssomewhereeLse, freak.
hey, i was jusT Trying To
heLp.
i jusT goTa projeCT in new york, so
i goTTaroLL.
don’T needsuperman’s eyes
To see ThaTbody.
aahhh!!
The nexT day,seCuriTy firsT bank.
riCoCheTTheaTer.
noBodymoves!
wronganswer.
someoneBetter point mein the direction
of the vaultkey!
urk!
i don’Thave The
key…
i knowwhaT you’re
going To ask and “yes” i’m
avaiLabLe.
jusTevery day
of myLife.
nah, we’dbe hooked up
if we had.
in ThaTCase we
shouLd skipThis joinT and go geT LoTTery
TiCkeTs.
we?we’re pLuraL
aLready?
You!open The
vauLT!
you shouLd
be.
There’ssomeThing
abouT your eyes--have we meT
before?
damndawg. five
hundred andTweLve.
exCuse me…
for reaL, huh? i Can
CuT an aLbum waiTing on
my Turn.
youwanna go
geT married andhave kids and
Then ComebaCk?
is ThaTwhere youregisTer?
weLL,iT doesn’T
maTTer whaTnumber i am,
’Cause i don’T Lose.
sureThing, buT
iT’s a gang of peopLe Trying To geT puT on--Like
over 500.
i Likewinners.
kim.
denzeL...
Like TheaCTor.
i guessyou geT ThaTa LoT, huh?
uh…
yeah, youCaLLed me a
freak!
CaTChyou
LaTer.
The pubLiChas a righT
To know whaT’sgoing on in The
bank. i undersTand There are muTanTs
hoLdinghosTages.
wantto try
me?
arrestthis
freak!
maybe so, buTi beTTer go regisTer.
niCe meeTing you, denzeL.
yeah,uh…
noT now, ms. weaTherTon.
uh-oh...i hear
sirens. damn, super duTies
CaLL. areyou gonnaTeLL me ThaT
wasn’T a muTanT ThaT feLL ouT
of The skyeiTher?
whaT bringsyou here...uh, man?
i Came To
heLp--
arresTme? for what?
we goTa bunCh of
muTanT freaksrobbing The bank.
how do i know you’re noT in on
iT wiTh Them?
don’T geTsmarT, freak! i goT
shooTers aLL around The buiLding. one
word from me ends your paTheTiC,
miserabLeLife.
TO BE CONTINUED…
‘Causei’m ouT here
Trying To heLpyou.
TO BE CONTINUED…