Jumanji - Welcome To The Jungle
Jumanji - Welcome To The Jungle
Jumanji - Welcome To The Jungle
Written By
Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers
Latest revisions by
Jake Kasdan
And
Scott Rosenberg & Jeff Pinkner
5-13-16
OVER BLACK
FADE IN ON:
A CRUMBLING DYSTOPIA
SPENCER (O.S.)
“... so while Benjamin Franklin first
broached the subject of Manifest Destiny,
Jefferson, Monroe and Adams all shared
his expansionist dreams.”
SPENCER
“And Westward Expansion - this desire for
national exceptionalism - quickly became
one of the climacteric cornerstones of
the creation of modern America.”
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Charming...
2.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
“Ok. Really looking forward to it”...
(then to himself, sarcastic)
I love doing your homework for you. It’s
an honor... jerk.
This interaction has taken his attention off the VIDEO GAME
MONITOR, where a Sinister Simian fires on us-- direct hit.
As “GAME OVER” flashes across the screen, a GROWLING VOICE
bellows: “YOU. ARE. DEAD!” over and over.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
(to the game)
I get it, I get it...
FRIDGE
Thanks, Momma.
FRIDGE’S MOM
You ready for the Homecoming tomorrow?
FRIDGE’S FATHER
I think you need to make a mental
adjustment, Anthony.
FRIDGE
What are you talking about?
FRIDGE’S FATHER
I’m talking about-- something’s wrong. A
body like that, you should be starting.
Johnsons don’t come off the bench.
FRIDGE’S MOM
He needs encouragement, Roy.
FRIDGE’S FATHER
I’ve tried that, it doesn’t seem to work.
His grades are terrible. His game is
terrible...
FRIDGE’S MOM
Roy!
FRIDGE
It’s all pretty terrible, huh Pop?
FRIDGE’S FATHER
You’re just not trying hard enough. Which
is why you gotta make a mental
adjustment.
FRIDGE’S MOM
Can’t you at least say “good morning” to
each other before you start into all
this?
FRIDGE
Later.
CUT TO:
BETHANY
Cute, right...?
KYLIE
Did you post a pic?
BETHANY
Yeah.
KYLIE
How many likes does it have?
BETHANY
What? I don’t know. Who cares?
She does, a lot. She glances at her phone, and sees that in
the time it’s taken to have this conversation, she has --
BETHANY (CONT’D)
Like, 7 “likes” and... 3 comments.
Whatever. Who cares.
SPENCER
I gotta run. I have a thing.
SPENCER’S MOM
Well, drink your orange juice, at least.
I don’t want you to get sick. It’s cold
season...
SPENCER
I know. Everyone at school is sniffling.
It’s a nightmare.
5.
SPENCER’S MOM
Nightmare. Hey, Denise and I are having a
Words-With-Friends tournament tonight...
SPENCER
You’re having a “tournament”, just the
two of you?
SPENCER’S MOM
And you, if you’re interested...?
SPENCER
I better be walking.
SPENCER’S MOM
Ok. Remember-- the world is terrifying.
Be careful of everything, all the time.
And I love you more than life itself.
SPENCER
You’re making me into a crazy person. I
can feel you doing it. I love you,
goodbye.
BULLY 1
(doing a voice)
“Gilpin! It’s Gilpin!”
SPENCER
Guys. Good morning.
BULLY 1
“Oh yes. Good morning.”
SPENCER
Just meeting somebody.
BULLY 1
(sort of mimicking, so
annoying)
Oh really? You’re “meeting somebody”?
SPENCER
(annoyed)
Yes... I’m meeting somebody.
One of the other guys GRABS the backpack from his hand and
SKY-HOOKS it over the fence, into the spooky Vreeke yard.
They laugh.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
What the... Why’d you do that, Max?!
BULLY 1
“Why’d you do that, Max?!”
SPENCER
(quietly)
That bit never gets old for you, does it?
The repeating me thing? Just as funny
every time?
FRIDGE (O.S.)
Yo.
Fridge has appeared from around the corner-- the Lion in this
particular wilderness, seemingly twice the size of anyone
else. The three bullies FREEZE.
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Get outta here.
The three bullies instantly FLEE, trying not to run like the
scared kids they are.
SPENCER
Excellent timing.
7.
FRIDGE
Shut up. Where’s my paper at?
SPENCER
Here you go...
FRIDGE
You’re sure this shit is B-level, right?
‘Cause if it’s lower than that, I fail.
But if it’s too good, I’ll get busted.
Gotta be B-level.
SPENCER
B-level it is. Accurate but not too...
interesting or anything.
FRIDGE
Good.
SPENCER
(cautiously)
You headed to school?
FRIDGE
What do you care? Don’t make me hurt you.
As he heads off--
SPENCER
Haaa... Yeah. We have fun...
(quietly, to himself)
Dick.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Okay. Very quietly, very quickly...
Careful of sharp objects...
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Oh mother of--!
SPENCER (CONT’D)
I-I’m sorry, sir. My duffel bag got
tossed--
BETHANY
That guy is super weird.
BETHANY’S MOM
Well, a tragedy will do that to a person.
So awful what happened to those people...
BETHANY
I’m talking about the kid.
KYLIE
Yeah, he’s so weird!
SPENCER
Yes, sir. I’m sorry, sir...
MARTHA
Excuse me! Girl with stuff! Watch where
you’re going!
(sotto)
Alright. Friday.
BETHANY
It’s been over two hours since I posted
it and he like hasn’t commented, hasn’t
even liked it? I mean, you saw it...
BETHANY
Thank you. I mean, whatever, it’s a vibe
I’m putting out there. And it’s not like
I post all the time. Just enough to stay
relevant. But it’s at least cute enough
for Noah to like it and you know...
reconsider his decisions.
BETHANY’S FRIEND
(distracted)
Huh?
BETHANY
Are you even listening to me?
BETHANY’S FRIEND
Sorry, I got a text from Ryan... So lame.
BETHANY
(to her friend)
Hold on.
TEACHER
Bethany, did you just make a call during
a quiz?
BETHANY
Facetime. But I finished the quiz
already.
TEACHER
Ok, but you may notice that other people
haven’t?
BETHANY
So...?
TEACHER
Let me back up, you are aware that there
are other people in the world?
FRIDGE
You just blew her mind.
TEACHER
(pointed)
Fridge, why don’t you focus on the quiz?
BETHANY
(oddly patronizing)
Look... I’m kinda dealing with something
right now? I’m no happier about it than
you are. I’m having a crisis. Lucinda is
supporting me, as a woman. And it feels
like maybe you should too.
TEACHER
Hang up the phone.
11.
BETHANY
Two minutes and we’re done.
TEACHER
That’s detention.
GYM TEACHER
Bethany!
On the other side of the gym, a bunch of GUYS check her out.
She notices and it changes her posture a bit. (In the jungle,
this would be some kind of mating behavior...)
Martha see the whole thing-- and realizing there are guys
watching makes all of this that much worse.
FUSSFELD
She’s like... a different species. I
heard she broke up with that football
player guy.
SPENCER
(very sarcastic)
This could be your opening, Fussfeld.
FUSSFELD
She’s actually really nice.
SPENCER
No, she’s not. She just wants everyone to
think she’s nice. But you can’t trust
girls like her. Believe me.
FUSSFELD
Because you’re such an authority on
women?
12.
SPENCER
(lying)
At camp, I was like a chick magnet.
FUSSFELD
At math camp?
GYM TEACHER
Okay, Martha. You’re up! Let’s do this,
this time.
MARTHA
No.
GYM TEACHER
Sorry?
MARTHA
No, I’m not doing it.
GYM TEACHER
Why are you even here if you’re not
gonna try?
MARTHA
It’s a requirement.
GYM TEACHER
Can you at least pretend to try?
MARTHA
Why? It’s gym.
MARTHA (CONT’D)
Gym class is not going to get me
into Princeton.
(referencing the boys on the
other side of the gym)
I don’t understand the obsession with
throwing a ball into a hoop. “Ooh,
touchdown, five points!”
MARTHA (CONT’D)
When in my life, as a civilized human
being, am I going to need to climb a
rope? It’s totally insane that we would
even be asked to!
GYM TEACHER
Ok, Martha... let’s settle down. I get
that this makes you uncomfortable...
MARTHA
I want to do something that actually
matters. We only have a certain amount of
time in this life and I personally don’t
want to waste it being, like...a gym
teacher.
GYM TEACHER
Aaaand that’s detention.
MARTHA
That came out wrong.
GYM TEACHER
Yeah, it really did.
FUSSFELD
That got real.
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY
Have a seat, Mr. Gilpin.
MISS MATHERS
In my 20 years of grading term papers, I
have come across the word “climacteric”
in a grand total of three of them. And
all three of those papers were written by
you, Mr. Gilpin. Until today at lunch,
when I came across it for the fourth
time. In Anthony’s paper on Westward
Expansion.
SPENCER
(very high voice)
Oh... really? That’s so... interesting...
MISS MATHERS
Is it?
SPENCER
I mean... I think so.
MISS MATHERS
And what do you think the interesting
part is, exactly...?
SPENCER
Just that we would have such similar
thoughts about... Westward Expansion, was
it...?
FRIDGE
What are you tryin’ to say?
MISS MATHERS
We’ve discussed this, Anthony. You can’t
rely on sports to get you through life.
Your brothers always understood that.
FRIDGE
Maybe I’m not like them.
MISS MATHERS
Look, you don’t have to get all A’s, but
this?! Cheating? You’re not even trying.
FRIDGE
I didn’t cheat.
MISS MATHERS
Do you even know what “climacteric”
means, Anthony?
SPENCER
It was my fault! I made him do it!
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY
Oh yeah? How’d you do that exactly?
SPENCER
(weakly)
I can be... very... compelling...?
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY
I’ll bet. Detention. Both of you.
Detention.
SPENCER
(whispers)
Fridge, I just... I panicked, okay? I’ve
never really gotten in trouble before--
FRIDGE
Shhh-shhh-shhh. You’re dead.
SPENCER
Right... I figured.
FRIDGE
Shhh-ssh! Dead people don’t talk.
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY
Well, this is a fun group. Welcome to
detention.
BETHANY
Principal Bentley, all I did was make a--
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY
Bethany, please. You’re all here for a
reason and you know what it is.
(MORE)
16.
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY (CONT'D)
But this is what you really need to think
about -- you need to think about who -
you - are - at this moment in time, and
who you want to be. You get one life. You
have to decide how you’re going to spend
it.
(lets this hang a beat)
And there’s no better place for self-
reflection... than detention.
SPENCER
Have you tested the air quality down
here, like, in the last decade? A lot of
basements have dangerous radon levels--
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY
You’ll be fine, Spencer.
SPENCER
Do you hear that...?
BETHANY
(terrible mood)
What?
SPENCER
Nothing... sorry.
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY
We are turning this into a new computer
center. But before we do, it has to be
cleaned out.
In the center of the room are a DOZEN LARGE BINS stacked with
OLD MAGAZINES. There must be thousands of them.
BETHANY
That. Sucks.
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY
Whatever you don’t finish, you finish
tomorrow--
PRINCIPAL BENTLEY
--so I suggest you get to work.
BETHANY
Shit balls. No reception.
MARTHA
Are you gonna help or are you too pretty?
BETHANY
(returning fire)
I would, but you’re doing such a good job
already.
Martha rolls her eyes-- she can’t stand girls like this.
FRIDGE
What was the bowling ball for?
SPENCER
Um... I saw you tell off Coach Web. I
thought you were making some very good
points. About why PE sucks.
MARTHA
Thanks...
SPENCER
Spencer.
MARTHA
I know who you are.
SPENCER
You do?
Maybe she wishes she hadn’t said that, moves quickly past--
MARTHA
It was stupid. I should have just shut up
and said I was on my period. Is this
gonna go on our transcripts?
SPENCER
(worried)
I don’t think so...?
FRIDGE
Hey Gilroy.
SPENCER
Gilpin... Yeah?
FRIDGE
What is this?
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
An old Nintendo or something?
SPENCER
I don’t know. I don’t recognize it. And
there’s no logo or anything.
19.
FRIDGE
Seems like the kind of thing you would
know about.
SPENCER
(sarcastic)
Hilarious.
FRIDGE
Put this thing on eBay.
MARTHA
Um, staples? Anyone...?
SPENCER
Just one sec...
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Whoa, this is “JUMANJI”!
FRIDGE
What’s “JUMANJI”?
SPENCER
It’s kind of mythical among gamers.
Supposedly, all the copies were destroyed
because people would just get too... into
it.
FRIDGE
“Too into it”?
SPENCER
Like people thought it was dangerous or
something? This was a long time ago.
(MORE)
21.
MARTHA
Staples, people! Staples!
SPENCER
Jefferson “Seaplane” McDonough. Pilot and
scoundrel...
FRIDGE
It’s not working.
SPENCER
Try another one.
FRIDGE
Franklin “Moose” Finbar... Sounds like a
bad-ass.
SPENCER
And a zoology expert... which is awesome.
FRIDGE
You pick.
Spencer selects--
SPENCER
“Dr. Xander Bravestone”...
FRIDGE
(to Bethany)
Hey, Hot Girl-- pick.
BETHANY
(faux-offended)
Hey “Big Dude”, I would but I don’t play
video games because I don’t spend my life
staring at a tv screen.
FRIDGE
No, you spend your life staring at a
phone.
BETHANY
Touche.
BETHANY (CONT’D)
Fine... I’ll be the curvy genius.
FRIDGE
Makes sense.
(to Martha)
Staples, you’re up.
MARTHA
I don’t think so.
SPENCER
Just one game? It will be fun. Then we’ll
go back to work.
Once she does, all four chosen character names PULSE on the
monitor. And then, on-screen, appears: “WELCOME TO JUMANJI”.
BETHANY
This might be the lamest thing I’ve ever
done.
MARTHA
I doubt that.
SPENCER
It’s supposed to be pretty intense
actually.
BETHANY
What’s going on?!
SPENCER
I think it’s shorting out!
FRIDGE BETHANY
What’s up with your hand?! What’s wrong with you?!
SPENCER
I don’t know!
FRIDGE
HOLY--
But before he can finish, his MOUTH DISSOLVES into 1’s and
0’s.
RUGGED MAN
What is... you guys...?!
His eyes anxiously dart back and forth now. His jaw
quivering, as --
WHOMP! WHOMPP!-- behind him, TWO MORE PEOPLE tumble into the
swampy water--
SHORT MAN
What the hell, man?! What kind of stupid
ass--
RUGGED MAN
Who are you?
SHORT MAN
Who is she?
CHUBBY MAN
OhmiGod! I am totally suing the-- What’s
wrong with my voice...
But then he clears the mud from his eyes, looks around--
The Short Man climbs out from beneath the Chubby Man--
SHORT MAN
Get the hell off me!
25.
RUGGED MAN
Oh my god... Fridge?
SHORT MAN
Yes, I’m Fridge! Who are you?
RUGGED MAN
It’s me! Spencer!
SHORT MAN
What?! What are you talking about?!
RUGGED MAN
I’m Spencer.
SHORT MAN
The hell you are! What is going on?!
RUGGED MAN
I think... somehow...
The Rugged Man looks from the Short Man to the Beautiful
Woman to the Chubby Man.
RUGGED MAN
Jumanji. I think we’re in it.
(still trying to process)
Somehow, I don’t know how, but-- somehow
we were like... sucked into the game.
And... we’ve become the avatars we chose.
(spooked)
So... it’s me, Spencer, who writes your
papers. Except I look... and sound...
like Dr. Xander Bravestone.
26.
SHORT MAN/FRIDGE
Can you hear what you’re saying, right
now? You’re telling me you’re Gilroy?!
RUGGED MAN/SPENCER
Gilpin. Yes. And you’re... “Moose”
Finbar.
(to Beautiful Woman)
And Martha, you’re Ruby Roundhouse. And-
(to Chubby Man)
... Bethany, you’re Professor Shelly
Oberon. Only... I guess “Shelly” is short
for Sheldon.
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN/MARTHA
Oh my god. He’s right.
CHUBBY MAN/BETHANY
And - you’re... Spencer?
(re: the Rugged Man’s body)
You?
RUGGED MAN/SPENCER
Yes! I’m telling you...
SHORT MAN/FRIDGE
Yep. That’s Spencer.
CHUBBY MAN/BETHANY
So, that means... you’re telling me... ?
BETHANY
I’m an overweight middle-aged man.
BETHANY (CONT’D)
But... I picked the “curvy genius”!
MARTHA
That’s what people usually mean when they
say “curvy”.
FRIDGE
I picked “Moose”! Do I look like a
“Moose” to you? But let’s back the hell
up for a second-- WHAT. IS. HAPPENING?!!
BETHANY
Wait a second!
BETHANY (CONT’D)
WHERE is my PHONE?
They all look at her for a beat, then return to more urgent
business, as they examine their new bodies. They each have a
small METALLIC CUFF on their bicep, with 3 GLOWING STRIPES.
Spencer attempts to pull the hunting knife from his belt, but
it won’t come out--
SPENCER
Weird...
MARTHA
Okay, okay. Let’s just... Think. Don’t
panic. There has to be some way out of
this...
MARTHA (CONT’D)
What? What are you looking at?
SPENCER FRIDGE
Uh... a... bird. Your boobs.
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
You’ve got some amazing boobs.
BETHANY
(girl-compliment)
You do have really nice boobs. And I look
like a living garden gnome. WHERE’S MY
PHONE?!
28.
FRIDGE MARTHA
That’s what you’re worried We’re in different people’s
about right now?! bodies!
SPENCER
It’s true, it doesn’t seem like the most
pressing... concern... at this moment?
BETHANY
This doesn’t seem to you like a good
moment to make a call?! Or text somebody?
Or update your status to “stuck in a
freakin’ video game”!?!
SPENCER
I’m just saying, I don’t have any
Claritin and I’m allergic to almost
everything.
FRIDGE
I DON’T HAVE THE TOP TWO FEET OF MY BODY!
BETHANY
This can’t actually be happening. We’re
all... in a coma.
MARTHA
Together?!
BETHANY
I guess! That old game machine must have
electrocuted all of us and now--
MARTHA
She’s gonna die! Someone do something!!
FRIDGE
Get the hell in there and help her!
29.
SPENCER
Me? Why me?
FRIDGE
Because you’re... huge.
SPENCER
I, I, I...
THEN-- an odd electronic PING that seems to come from the sky
itself. They all turn toward the sound as --
BETHANY
Owwwwww!
They all try to comprehend what the hell just happened-- but
they are all speechless. Finally--
FRIDGE
WHAT THE HELL?!
SPENCER MARTHA
Bethany?! Are you... Okay?
BETHANY
(quietly)
That was so intense.
FRIDGE
What... WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO YOU?
BETHANY
I got eaten by a crocodile. And then fell
like a thousand feet from the sky.
SPENCER
Yeah, that’s what it looked like.
FRIDGE
It wasn’t a crocodile, it was an
alligator. Crocodiles have a more V-
shaped mouth and tend to live in-- HOW DO
I KNOW THIS?
30.
MARTHA
(realizing)
You’re an expert in zoology.
FRIDGE
What?!
BETHANY
(feels her beard)
I’m still an old fat guy, right?
SPENCER
I am afraid so.
BETHANY
Just making sure.
FRIDGE
WHY IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THIS?!
He turns to Spencer--
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO US?
SPENCER
You’re blaming this on me?!
Fridge SHOVES him-- and Spencer STUMBLES, off balance and not
fully in control of this massive body--
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Can we just talk about this like
rational...
MARTHA
GUYS!
FRIDGE SPENCER
Whoa! Holy...
SPENCER (CONT’D)
“From the deep...”?
MARTHA
(amazed)
I just did that!
BETHANY
Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!
You do not want to get eaten by one of
those things. The landing blows.
FRIDGE
(turns to Spencer)
You! “Dr. Bravestone”! Do something!
SPENCER
RUN!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!
DRIVER
Ah, Dr. Bravestone! There you are!
With his prim, North London accent and exuberant manner, this
is NIGEL WALMSLEY, a British Indian expedition guide,
straight from Central Casting (khakis, vest, jungle boots)--
NIGEL
Don’t just stand there! In you go!
They don’t need to be told twice. They all leap in and the
Jeep RACES OFF, leaving the alligators behind.
32.
NIGEL
Doctor Xander Bravestone! Famed
archeologist and international explorer,
known across the seven continents for his
courageous exploits!
SPENCER
Is there a seat belt?
NIGEL
I can’t tell you what an honor it is to
finally meet you! And, I’m not
embarrassed to say, you’re even more
dashing in person!
SPENCER
Um... thanks.
MARTHA
Who are you?
NIGEL
Nigel Walmsley, at your service, Ruby
Roundhouse! Welcome to Jumanji! I have
been so anxious for your arrival! As you
know, Jumanji is in grave danger. We are
counting on the four of you to lift the
curse...
SPENCER
Curse? What curse?
BETHANY
Am I in a coma? Are you a doctor and
I’m, like, hallucinating?
NIGEL
Doctor? No! Nigel Walmsley, at your
service, Professor Sheldon Oberon.
Welcome to Jumanji! I have been so
anxious for your arrival--
BETHANY
(whispering)
What’s with this guy?
SPENCER
I think he’s an N.P.C.
33.
BETHANY
A what?
SPENCER
A “Non-Player-Character”. He’s part of
the game. Whatever we ask him, he only
has his programmed series of responses.
FRIDGE
Did you see that? He... I mean, she...
got eaten by an alligator and fell out of
the sky.
NIGEL
Ahh, hello! Godfrey “Mouse” Finbar.
Welcome to Jumanji!
FRIDGE
It’s “Moose”. Not “Mouse”.
NIGEL
No, good sir. I’m quite sure it’s
“Mouse”.
FRIDGE
Mouse?!
SPENCER
A nickname given for your diminutive
stature and adorable manner! I knew you’d
be here! Doctor Bravestone never goes
anywhere without his trusty sidekick!
FRIDGE
“Sidekick”?!?
NIGEL
Ever since Doctor Bravestone rescued you
from the clutches of a Warlord in the
jungles of Peru, you’ve never left his
side. And your vast knowledge of so many
fields-- including Weaponry and
Indigenous Species -- has availed you
both brilliantly!
SPENCER
Can we go back to the thing about the
curse?
34.
DRIVER/NIGEL
It was all documented in the letter I
sent you, Doctor Bravestone. Perhaps you
should read it aloud.
SPENCER
I don’t have a lett--
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Right.
(beat, he begins to read:)
“Doctor Bravestone, My name is Nigel
Walmsley and I am the sole survivor of
Professor Van Pelt’s expedition. We need
your help at once!“
BETHANY (V.O.)
What’s happening? What is this?
SPENCER (V.O.)
I think it’s a cut scene. A lot of games
have them. It’s like a little movie to
tell you the backstory.
BETHANY (V.O.)
Can you guys real quick check your
pockets for my phone? Just in case maybe
you accidentally...
FRIDGE (V.O.)
YOUR PHONE’S NOT HERE!
SPENCER (V.O.)
I’m going to keep reading.
NIGEL (V.O.)
“... As you may have heard, your old
nemesis, Doctor Van Pelt, recently
arrived in Jumanji.”
SPENCER (V.O.)
“Van Pelt had come to lead an expedition,
looking for the fabled Jaguar Jewel Of
Jumanji. Legend tells that the ancient
gem is able to fulfill one’s innermost
desires.”
SPENCER (V.O.)
“They needed an experienced guide who was
familiar with the jungle. They found
one...”
SPENCER (V.O.)
“And, I’m afraid, after a four day trek,
I led them right to the Jaguar Temple...”
SPENCER (V.O.)
“Situated at the base of Mount Mlilo, the
only active volcano in Jumanji...”
VAN PELT
Well, well, well. What have we here?
SPENCER (V.O.)
“I was told that they wanted to behold
it’s beauty. What I did not know, was
that Van Pelt intended to take it for
himself!”
SPENCER (V.O.)
“The Jaguar’s Jewel imbued Van Pelt with
its malevolent power. Van Pelt assumed
dominion over all of Jumanji. And a
terrible curse befell this once placid
land... ”
Van Pelt’s body GROWS six inches, his hair turns shockingly
white, as suddenly, a shadow spreads across the trees.
BETHANY (V.O.)
This. Is so. Nasty.
SPENCER
“And so that the curse could never be
reversed, Van Pelt intended to destroy
the jewel. To hurl it into the crater of
Mount Mlilo, where it would be swallowed
by its molten lava...”
Where Van Pelt and his men have set up camp. And there is
much drinking and rollicking...
SPENCER
“They caroused into the night...”
Van Pelt and his men are passed-out drunk. Van Pelt snores,
clutching the jewel in one clawed hand...
SPENCER
“But when they finally slept, I made my
move...”
Nigel emerges from the woods. And tip-toes over to Van Pelt,
then gently extracts the jewel from his dozing clutches.
37.
DRAGOON (O.S.)
Hey--
SPENCER (V.O.)
“...and then I ran.”
DRAGOON
THE JEW-ELLLLLLLL -- !
SPENCER
“And so I write to you, and beg for your
assistance.”
NIGEL
It’s even more magnificent in person.
NIGEL (CONT’D)
With the invaluable help of your
associates, working together, you must
use your complimentary skills to restore
the jewel to its rightful place and lift
the curse.
NIGEL (CONT’D)
Ahh, here we are! I’m sure you want to
get started right away!
SPENCER
Um... actually...
NIGEL
Wonderful! Out you go!
38.
NIGEL (CONT’D)
And remember: “The Goal For You I Will
Specify / Return The Jewel To The
Jaguar’s Eye/ If You Wish To Leave The
Game / You Must Save Jumanji And Your
Good Name.”
BETHANY
It’s okay, you can handle this. In real
life, people love you, you could hook up
with anyone you want...
MARTHA
Is that what you tell yourself when
you’re scared?
BETHANY
Can you not judge me for like 2 seconds?!
God! I broke up with Noah, turned into a
guy and I cannot find my phone. I’m
allowed to be upset.
SPENCER
Nigel, do you have anything else to give
us? Like a clue or something?
NIGEL
I almost forgot! Here’s a map of Jumanji!
You must find The Man With One Eye. He
will tell you the secret mantra you must
utter upon returning the jewel to the
jaguar...
MARTHA SPENCER
Like a password? The Man With One Eye... Where
do we find him, Nigel?
NIGEL
Cheerio. Off you go!
NIGEL (CONT’D)
And remember: “If You Wish To Leave The
Game / You Must Save Jumanji And Your Good
Name... “
39.
SPENCER
You want to... uh... put this in there?
FRIDGE
(takes it)
So... we take this map... and use it to
find a guy with one eye... who I’m
guessing is not on the map, because he’s
a guy. Not a place. And then he tells us
a secret password... So that we can... do
what exactly...?
MARTHA
We return the Jewel to the Jaguar Temple.
Say the password. And go home. No
problem.
FRIDGE
While being chased by possessed animals.
BETHANY
Can’t we just, like, leave?! Stop the
game? Without doing all this stuff?
SPENCER
No. I think we have to... “save Jumanji”.
Unfortunately.
BETHANY
Damn. That is a man, right there.
SPENCER
Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
So many diseases out here... And so hot.
Humid...
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Okay, this is going to be fun. I’m good
at games like this. This is what I do.
All the time. It’s the main thing I do.
There’s going to be levels that we have
to win, using our skills. The alligators
were the first level. They probably get
harder as we go. In order to finish the
game, you have to complete all the
levels. Now, I think we each have three
lives. These metal cuff thingys...?
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Man, will you look at that thing...?
FRIDGE
You were saying?
SPENCER
Sorry... I think these stripes are our
lives. Bethany got eaten by the
alligator, so now she only has two.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
See?
MARTHA
What happens if we use up all our lives?
SPENCER
Well, usually that would be... game over.
FRIDGE
I’m sorry, are you saying we could die in
here?!
SPENCER
I mean, I don’t know for sure... but...
FRIDGE
You “don’t know for sure”? Mr. Video Game
genius...?
SPENCER
Well, I’ve never been stuck in one
before, ok?
(MORE)
41.
SPENCER (CONT'D)
So I’m not certain, but yes, I’m afraid
we could die! That is my... large fear
here.
BETHANY
We better find the One-Armed man, then.
SPENCER MARTHA
Eyed. The One-Eyed Man.
SPENCER
There’s nothing on here.
BETHANY
What do you mean, there’s nothing there?
It’s a map. Just like he said.
BETHANY (CONT’D)
It’s a map of Jumanji.
MARTHA SPENCER
Oh... “Cartography”.
BETHANY
What’s that?
MARTHA
The study of maps. It was one of
Professor Oberon’s skills.
SPENCER
Remember, when we picked our characters?
We all have different skills. Which
means... there should be some way to...
access our skill profile.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
There it is!
42.
STRENGTHS: WEAKNESS:
Fearless Passion
Speed
Climbing
Smouldering Intensity
Chopper
Boomerang
FRIDGE
(incredulous)
“Strengths-- Fearless, Speed, Climbing,
Smouldering Intensity?!”
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Weakness-- Passion?! That’s your only
weakness?
SPENCER
I’m too... passionate, I guess...?
SPENCER (CONT’D)
You’d think “knife” would have been a
good one for this guy... but I guess it’s
just part of the look.
MARTHA
How’d you do that? That list?
SPENCER
I think right breast. I just kinda
pressed on it.
FRIDGE
Hey. Lemme get that for you--
MARTHA
That’s okay--
STRENGTHS: WEAKNESS:
Karate Venom
T’ai chi
Jujitso
Dance Fighting
43.
MARTHA (CONT’D)
“Dance Fighting”? Is that even a
thing...?
STRENGTHS: WEAKNESS:
Cartography Endurance
Archaeology
Paleontology
BETHANY
Seriously...? Paleon...tology... what
does that even mean?
MARTHA
Study of fossils, I think. That’s kind of
cool...?
BETHANY
Says the gorgeous karate badass to the
old fossil guy with no endurance.
STRENGTHS: WEAKNESS:
Expert Cake
Weapons Valet Strength
Cranial Assault Speed
FRIDGE
Are you kidding me?! Those are my
strengths?!
MARTHA
What’s “Cranial Assault”?
FRIDGE
Head-butts. They’re illegal in football--
and every other sport in the world--
because they HURT LIKE HELL! So I’m good
at -- head-butts. And my weaknesses are --
“cake”. Of course. Oh and also strength
and speed. Strength is my weakness. And
I’m sure I’m not going to need speed when
I’m being chased through the jungle by
enormous killer zebras or some shit! I’ll
just head-butt them!
MARTHA
(helpful)
You’re also a good weapon valet...?
44.
FRIDGE
What’s that?
SPENCER
Um, I think it means... you carry my
weapons? And give them to me, if I need
them...?
FRIDGE
I swear, I’m gonna kill you.
MARTHA (O.S.)
Um... you guys?!
BETHANY
(reading)
“The Mighty... Roar”...?
SPENCER
Where’d that come from?!
MARTHA
What is that? Lions...?
BETHANY
There are people trying to kill us too?
FRIDGE
What is this game?!
SPENCER
Van Pelt must be trying to get the jewel
back!
BETHANY
And the little English guy couldn’t have
mentioned that?!
45.
SPENCER
GO! GOGOGO!!!
They TAKE OFF as Van Pelt’s Men give chase: the cycles
darting through the tangle of trees and hanging vines --
BETHANY
So! Not! Cool!
SPENCER
Those guys have guns! HUGE guns!
FRIDGE
Oh really? Is that what those are?!
SPENCER
Ohmygod, whatdowedo, whatdowedo--?! Maybe
check the backpack!
FRIDGE
What?!
SPENCER
Your backpack! I think you have my
weapons!
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Boomerang... That’s one of my powers!
FRIDGE
This?
SPENCER
Oh GOD!
FRIDGE
You’re gonna use that to kill him?!
46.
SPENCER
I mean, it seems ridiculous, I know...
FRIDGE
Nice work. Maybe I have a hacky sack in
here, too.
-- BUT THEN the boomerang ARCS in the sky, angles around and
SLAMS the merc square in the head!! The out of control merc
hits a massive exposed root-- PINWHEELS into the sky and
SMASHES into a giant tree trunk --
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Whoa!
SPENCER/FRIDGE
AAAAAAAHHH!!!
SPENCER
Yes!
FRIDGE
What?!
SPENCER
I think you have to hit them in the head!
MARTHA
RUN!
They DO--
FRIDGE
They can do that?!
47.
SPENCER
Yeah. It’s kind of a thing. If you don’t
kill them properly--
FRIDGE
--THEY TURN INTO THREE GUYS?!
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
What are you...?! Put me down!!
Spencer sort of SLINGS him over his back, then TAKES OFF ON
THE MOST AWKWARD, INTENSE PIGGY-BACK RIDE EVER. Martha
FOLLOWS.
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Put me down or I will beat the living...
Despite the terror in his eyes-- and the man on his back--
Spencer moves with balletic athleticism. Running, leaping,
dodging tracers. He just can’t believe what he’s doing.
BETHANY
Are you kidding me?!
Martha and Spencer emerge from the trees, Fridge still on his
back; they STOP SHORT--
FRIDGE
THIS SUCKS.
POP WIDE-- to see they all stand atop a ridge, just above --
A HUNDRED-FOOT HIGH WATERFALL.
MARTHA
We have to jump!
BETHANY
Are you out of your mind?!
48.
SPENCER
I would literally rather do anything
else...
MARTHA
Jump!
SHE JUMPS off the ridge, her legs bicycle-- Bethany FOLLOWS,
much less graceful.
SPENCER
We don’t even know how deep that is...
FRIDGE
JUMP, YOU WUSS!
SPENCER
AAAAAWWWWHHH!
SPENCER
Gahhh!!! I think I’m having a coronary.
I’m serious. Palpitations... Took in a
lot of water...
Spencer drags Fridge’s body from the water and flops down on
the sandy shore, coughing and choking and sputtering--
SPENCER (CONT’D)
I hope I don’t get giardia. I had that
once and it sucked...
49.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Just give it a minute.
Just then-- that odd electronic PING! from above-- and WHAM--
Fridge’s avatar FALLS FROM THE SKY AND SLAMS ONTO THE SAND at
high velocity.
FRIDGE
Ooowww!
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Aaah man, that hurts!!
SPENCER
See? It makes sense.
FRIDGE
Does it?! Does it make sense, Spencer?!
That I get killed by a laser gun by some
Mad Max asshole on a motorcycle and then
I fall out of the sky and I’m alive?! Do
you know how much that hurt?! I’m a
Defensive Tackle and that hurt!
(pulling himself up)
And just for the record, if you ever try
to pick me up again, I will murder your
ass. I don’t care how big your fake body
is.
SPENCER
Dick...
FRIDGE
We gotta get the hell out of here. Now.
Bethany pulls out the cryptic map and studies it. Then
points:
BETHANY
There’s a village on the other side of
this mountain.
(points)
(MORE)
50.
BETHANY (CONT'D)
Maybe somebody there knows where we can
find The One-Eyed Man.
Hazy sun cuts through the trees as Bethany leads our gang
across a series of narrow switchbacks that lead up a sharp
rise overlooking A STEEP, ROCKY CLIFF.
SPENCER
Careful of the ground. It’s a little
uneven and it would be a real bummer to
turn an ankle. I did that once, hiking at
camp and--
MARTHA
Can I borrow your jacket?
BETHANY
What are you doing?
MARTHA
Just...
FRIDGE
You’re ruining the only good part of this
game.
BETHANY
What’s wrong with you? That bod is
insane.
MARTHA
You don’t get it.
BETHANY
That’s what Noah always tells me.
MARTHA
Your boyfriend?
BETHANY
Once and future, yes.
51.
MARTHA
So... the guy you’re trying to get back
together with is always telling you that
you don’t get it?
BETHANY
Just, like... when he’s in a bad mood,
he’ll be like “just shut up and look
pretty”.
MARTHA
Ewww.
BETHANY
Whatever, he’s totally kidding. He has a
really dark sense of humor...?
BETHANY (CONT’D)
But seriously, you’ve got the package.
Give it a spin. Rock it while you’ve got
it.
FRIDGE
Are you hitting on her... as a dude?
BETHANY
I’m not hitting on her, I’m giving her
some good advice, woman to woman.
MARTHA
What if she were hitting on me? So what?
Maybe her sexuality is on a continuum.
Also-- my body is not just some object
for you to look at!
FRIDGE
Who says I just want to “look” at it? And
for the record, it’s not your body. It’s
a loaner.
MARTHA
At least in my body I don’t have to deal
with little skeeves perving out on me all
the time!
FRIDGE
What are you laughing at?
SPENCER
What, I can’t laugh now?
52.
FRIDGE
Shut up. It’s your fault I’m in this
stupid situation. You’re the one who made
us play the stupid game! You’re the
reason I got detention in the first
place!
SPENCER
(not quite buying that)
Well...
FRIDGE
You got something to say?
SPENCER
You’re the one who has me writing your
papers! That wasn’t my idea!
FRIDGE
You write my papers, I don’t kick your
ass. That’s the deal. I even try to stop
other people from kicking your ass! Which
is not easy, because you’re one of the
most ass-kick-able dweebs in history.
SPENCER
Am I? Am I really, “Fridge”?
FRIDGE
You think just cause you’re 6 foot five,
270 pounds of muscle I’m afraid of you?
SPENCER
Maybe...?
FRIDGE
You’re still the same Gilroy.
SPENCER
Gilpin. My name is Spencer. Gilpin. And
who are you? “The Refrigerator”.
(getting carried away)
More like... Mini-Fridge.
FRIDGE
What’d you call me?
53.
SPENCER
Mini-Fridge.
FRIDGE
Call. Me. Mini-Fridge. One. More. Time.
Beat.
SPENCER
Mini-Fridge.
Fridge tries to figure out how to hurt him-- but it’s not
obvious.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
That’s what I thought.
(turns away, to himself)
Dumbass...
FRIDGE
What’d you call me?!
MARTHA/BETHANY
Noooo!
FRIDGE
Oh, chill. He’ll be back.
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Don’t call me a dumbass...
SPENCER
Don’t push me.
FRIDGE
Or what?
SPENCER
Or... I’ll push you back.
54.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Wow.
FRIDGE
Get ready for the head-butt!
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Owwww!!
BETHANY
Whoa!
SPENCER
That’s your big head-butt power?
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Okay, are we done?
SPENCER (CONT’D)
We can’t waste lives. Nigel said --
“Working together, you must use your
complimentary skills”. I’m pretty sure
that means we all have to survive, in
order to get out. Like it or not...
(then, with sudden
“smouldering intensity”)
We have to do this together.
FRIDGE
Whatever, man. You’re still the same
dude.
55.
SPENCER
Maybe. But until we get out of here...
I’m this guy too.
VOICE (O.S.)
Bravestone.
MERC
Him and that whole lot. The little guy.
And the puffy professor. And that right
lovely bird with the fierce left hook.
VAN PELT
You are certain?
MERC
Saw ‘em meself.
VAN PELT
Then this is no longer about sending the
creatures and the soldiers to do my
bidding, is it then?
MERC
How you mean, sir?
VAN PELT
I mean, get me my biggest guns; get me
my sharpest knives; and get me the
fastest jungle bike in the fleet...
56.
And, to their horror, Van Pelt pops the beetle into his
mouth.
BETHANY
Are these bananas?
SPENCER
Yes. And coconuts, up there. We should
probably eat a lot of them. We have to
keep our health up.
MARTHA BETHANY
This guy... Mm-hm.
MARTHA
Here!
She puts her hand out and he TOSSES one down to her, which
she CATCHES, one-handed-- no problem. Then another and
another. On her face, see that she is still stunned -- and
sort of delighted -- by this sudden physical prowess.
SPENCER
Fridge, come here...? We have to put as
many of these as possible into your bag.
57.
FRIDGE
(annoyed)
Sure, no problem! Just pick as many as
you can, then I’ll carry ‘em around.
SPENCER
You’re the only one with a backpack.
BETHANY
(eating a banana)
Yeah, that’s kind of one of your
powers...?
FRIDGE
Yeah, that sounds about right.
(points to Spencer)
Him-- “running, jumping, climbing
trees”... Me-- “has a backpack”.
SPENCER
“The Slither Queen”.
BETHANY
Oh no...
FRIDGE
Maybe a snake?
MARTHA
(worried)
Snake...?
SPENCER/FRIDGE/BETHANY
SNAAAAAKE!!!!
SPENCER
Snake! Snake! Snake! Snake! Snake! Snake!
Snake!
As the VERY LONG BLACK AND WHITE SNAKE TWISTS and WRITHES in
her hand, MOUTH OPEN, tiny soulless eyes straining to bite
her-- TERRIFYING -- they all FREAK--
SPENCER/FRIDGE/BETHANY
Get rid of it!/ Kill it! /EAAAAAA!
58.
MARTHA
Venom is my weakness!
FRIDGE
Oh no...
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
They’re Black Mambas! A quarter milligram
of their venom is enough to kill an
adult. You’ll feel a tingling sensation
in your mouth and extremities, followed
by tunnel vision, fever, foaming at the
mouth, ataxia, which means loss of muscle
control... WHY DO I KNOW THIS?!
(then)
OH MY GOD!
SPENCER
EEEEEEAAH!
SPENCER (CONT’D)
What is this for?!
SPENCER (CONT’D)
MARTHA!!
59.
Martha TURNS to fight but it’s too late-- the snake RISES UP
and SPRINGS AT MARTHA, BITES her hard, right in the jugular.
She falls to the ground.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Okaaay... I can do this....
FRIDGE
WHAT are you doing?!
SPENCER
I don’t know!
The snake DIVES for Spencer’s leg and he manages to GRAB it!
But as the wildly SNAPPING MAMBA strains against his grip,
it’s clear that he has no idea what to do next.
FRIDGE
We gotta de-fang it!
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Pull its mouth back from the blind spot
to disorient-- very careful of the venom
gland and the exposed secondary venom
duct-- and then-- you snap its teeth out
of its head! HOW THE HELL DO I KNOW THIS?
SPENCER
Thanks.
60.
FRIDGE
That’s one win for zoology, right there!
SPENCER
Martha...
FRIDGE BETHANY
Let’s go! Now! Now! Now! Let’s get out of here!
Spencer SCOOPS a dying Martha into his arms-- and they FLEE.
SPENCER
Welcome back!
MARTHA
Thanks.
BETHANY
This must be the village.
FRIDGE
What are we looking for again?
SPENCER
The Man with One Eye.
61.
FRIDGE
I know that, but do we think we’re just
gonna run into him? Should we be counting
everybody’s eyes?
SPENCER
I’m sure it’s not that simple.
SCARF VENDOR
Beware The Dragoons!
MARTHA
(spooked)
What’s a... Dragoon?
SPENCER
I think it’s like a soldier or something.
SCARF VENDOR
Beware The Dragoons!
MARTHA
Do you know where we can find the Man
with One Eye?
SCARF VENDOR
Beware the Dragoons!
FRIDGE
Thinking that’s all she says.
BETHANY
Yeah, she’s “beware the Dragoons” lady.
SPENCER
Look...
BARTENDER
I’m Rick. This is my bar. What’ll it be?
SPENCER
We are looking for The Man With One Eye.
RICK
I’m Rick. This is my bar. What’ll it be?
MARTHA
Should we just ask around?
WOMAN (O.S.)
Tu siempre has tenido unos cojones.
SPENCER
Um... excuse me?
WOMAN
(in subtitled Spanish)
I should never have trusted you. I should
have known not to believe a word that
came out of that beautiful face.
RICK
Fiona, you know this guy?
Then in English--
WOMAN/FIONA
Yes... I know him.
SPENCER
Uuummmm... Good to... see you again...?
FIONA
Don’t give me that. After what you did to
me.
SPENCER
Right... um... sorry... about that? What
did--
She SLAPS him across the face, then pulls him close enough to
KISS him.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Oww!
63.
BETHANY
(whispering)
I think you hooked up, Dude.
SPENCER FRIDGE
Seriously...? SERIOUSLY?!
BETHANY
That’s the vibe I’m getting.
SPENCER
There is no way that she... although I
guess maybe... Whoa.
FIONA
(in Spanish)
You opened my eyes. Taught me to see. To
feel. You showed me the world... And then
you were gone. And I was never the same
again.
SPENCER
Anyone getting this?
FIONA
(in English)
Don’t give me that. After what you did to
me.
BETHANY
Man! Needy anyone?
MARTHA
I mean, right?
BETHANY
Ohmygod. Is this is what I’ve been doing
with Noah?
Fiona just stares deeply into his eyes, chest heaving against
his. He has never been more uncomfortable--
SPENCER
Uh... not sure what I’m supposed to do
here...
64.
FRIDGE
I know exactly what you should do here.
SPENCER
I think this might be why passion is my
weakness. ‘Cause I’m having some...
pretty strong feelings here...
BETHANY
(whisper-coaching)
Maybe try a little smouldering intensity.
SPENCER
Right... good thought...
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Fiona, usted debe eschuchar a mi.
(eyes go wide)
What the hell?!
FRIDGE
Wait, you speak Spanish?
SPENCER
No! I mean... I guess I do...?
MARTHA
You’re an “International Explorer”.
SPENCER
Is that what that means?
FRIDGE
That you speak Spanish? No, I don’t think
that’s what “International Explorer”
means.
BETHANY
Keep going...
SPENCER
(in Spanish, with subtitles)
Fiona, I’m sorry I hurt you. What we had
was... so real. And what I did-- was
unforgivable.
FRIDGE
I can’t watch this.
65.
SPENCER
(now in English, still
“smouldering”)
But now... I need you. I need you to help
me find the Man with One Eye.
FIONA
“I shouldn’t help you / After you made me
cry/ But you May Ask Six Questions / To
Find The Man With One Eye.”
BETHANY
(so obvious)
Okaaay... how ‘bout-- where’s the Man
with One Eye?
FIONA
“I shouldn’t help you / After you made me
cry/ Now You Have Five Questions / To
Find The Man With One Eye -- “
MARTHA
Wait, you mean...
Spencer surveys the room. The stakes have just become clear--
if they ask the wrong questions they will be crushed--
SPENCER
Careful! Don’t waste a question. Let’s
just look around for clues.
(to Fiona)
I’ll be right back.
FIONA
Don’t you give me that. After what you
did to me.
SPENCER
(forgetting to smolder)
I said I was sorry!
MARTHA
You know, whatever happened between you
two-- and I’m sure it was “amazing”-- I’m
also sure it’s not all his fault.
(MORE)
66.
MARTHA (CONT'D)
Like, I’m sure you’re “really fun” or
whatever, but you use your sexuality in a
really weird, intense way and it’s very
manipulative.
SPENCER
Martha, she’s not a real...
MARTHA
You ever think about that?
SPENCER
Wait, that’s a question!
MARTHA
Sorry!
(whispers)
I don’t like her.
FIONA
(a little bitchy?)
“Now you have four questions/ To Find the
Man with One Eye.”
SPENCER
Hi.... um... Excuse me.... gentlemen. Do
you know how we find the Man With One
Eye?
WRONG THING TO SAY-- the Two Nasty Fellows JUMP to their feet
to FIGHT Spencer-- all of them crouching slightly, because
the ceiling is too low to stand straight.
SPENCER (CONT'D)
Oh boy.
FIONA (O.S.)
“Now you have three questions...”
SPENCER
Rad.
67.
And now it’s a bar fight-- three more NPCs come at Spencer--
Martha RUNS over to join-- two on five.
BIKER GUY
Get ready to die, little guy.
FRIDGE
That’s what I always say.
Martha and Spencer are now holding off a dozen NPCs. Martha
is especially efficient in this increasingly cramped space,
sweeping legs, working low to the ground.
SPENCER
Holy... I’m kicking ass!
BETHANY
So I’m supposed to beat this guy with my
knowledge of fossils?!
FRIDGE FIONA
Hot chick! “Now you have two questions/
To find the man with one
eye.”
BETHANY
Sorry! I’m sorry!
Unsure what to do, she PUNCHES the guy-- and much to her
surprise, he GOES DOWN.
COCKTAIL WAITRESS
Use your head.
FRIDGE
Head-butt... I’m supposed to head-butt
that guy?!
SPENCER
No, Fridge--
MARTHA
NOBODY ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS!!!
FRIDGE
OOOOWWWWWW!!!
COCKTAIL WAITRESS
Uuuse yooouuour heeeaaad.
FRIDGE
Use my head...
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Man with one... “i”... The letter “I”!
(to the others)
I got it! I got it!
SPENCER
You have to be sure. We’re out of
questions... If you’re wrong, we’ll die!
FRIDGE
I’m sure! I’m an expert!
MARTHA
In zoology!
69.
FRIDGE
And some other stuff too! Whatever, I’m
the smart one here... I used my head. I’m
asking!
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Rick, are you The Man With One “I”?!
SPENCER
(to Fridge)
That must be a “Cranial Assault”!
FIONA
Adios, Doctor Bravestone.
VAN PELT
Find them.
BETHANY
Holy-- You guys! You guys!
MARTHA FRIDGE
Eewww... What the hell!?
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Rick! What’s the password?!
RICK
You must return the Jewel to the Eye of
the Jaguar.
FRIDGE
(in a hurry)
We know...
RICK
The Temple of the Jaguar is located at
the base of Mlilo-- right here...
BETHANY
We know, we know! It’s on the map!
RICK
To get there, you need to cross the
canyon. But beware of the albino rhinos.
FRIDGE
What’s the goddamm password, Rick?!
RICK
“If you want to leave the game/You must
save Jumanji and call out its name.”
MARTHA
“Call out its...”
SPENCER FRIDGE
You mean... “Jumani”? That’s the password?
RICK
“If you want to leave the game/You must
save Jumanji and call out its name.”
FRIDGE
What is this?
71.
RICK
That’s my mother’s famous pound cake.
FRIDGE
It looked like bread...
MARTHA
But... that’s your weakness!
FRIDGE
(still in a hurry)
It was one bite. I’ll be fine. How can
one bite of cake possibly--
Van Pelt and the Dragoons STOP in their tracks-- the bar now
on fire. Then-- PING!-- AS A TINY FRIDGE DROPS out of the
sky, into the blaze. They RUN AT THE BAR--
RICK
Good luck. You’re gonna need it. Beware
the Albino Rhinos!
FRIDGE
Couldn’t have given me a heads up on the
pound cake?
As Rick CLOSES the hatch behind them, HEAR him address the
arriving Dragoons--
RICK (O.C.)
Good afternoon, Gentlemen. What’ll it be?
MARTHA SPENCER
Wow. That is some trap door.
FRIDGE
So this is the canyon we need to cross?
BETHANY
Yep.
SPENCER
We have to figure out how to get down.
FRIDGE
(resigned)
I gotta take a leak.
BETHANY
(somber)
I’ve been dreading this moment all day...
but so do I.
BETHANY
Okay. How do we do this?
FRIDGE
Easy. Unzip. Take it out. Fire away.
BETHANY
Hello... I’m Bethany... nice to meet you.
FRIDGE
That’s the first you’ve seen it?
BETHANY
Yes! I didn’t want to look!
FRIDGE
I checked mine literally within the first
two minutes of getting here. And I’m
happy to report to that I was able to
bring one thing from the outside world.
73.
BETHANY
Now what do I do?
FRIDGE
Just aim and fire.
BETHANY
Wow... WOW!
Spencer and Martha scan the area near the canyon rim, trying
to find a way down--
SPENCER
There must be a trail head somewhere...
MAN
Don’t move.
SPENCER
Okay...
MAN
Hands up. Nice and slow.
BETHANY (O.S.)
(approaching)
That is so much more convenient, it’s
crazy. Actually it’s super-unfair...
The Man whirls at the sound of her voice... Seeing the gun,
Bethany SCREAMS.
The Man holds the gun on them, re: Fridge and Bethany--
74.
MAN
You don’t look like Van Pelt’s usual
brand of psychotic fascist scumbags.
SPENCER
We’re not with Van Pelt...
MAN
Whoa. How many of you are there?
(to Martha)
OVER HERE. SLOWLY. KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE
I CAN --
MAN (CONT’D)
Whoa. Take it easy, dude... This doesn’t
have to be, like... a whole thing...
SPENCER
Wait a minute... are you the pilot?
“Seaplane”-something?
MAN
Maybe, maybe not.
BETHANY
You know this guy?
SPENCER MARTHA
No. You mean...?
FRIDGE
You’re the character that was already
taken. You’re playing the game too!
The man considers that a moment. Then his mouth breaks into a
big, puppy dog smile.
MAN
Yes! Oh my god... soooo stoked!
MAN (CONT'D)
Actual people?! Are you kidding me?
(reeling)
(MORE)
75.
MAN (CONT'D)
When did you guys get here?! Oh, man, I
have so many questions... I’m Alex!
SPENCER
Spencer. This is Martha, Fridge, and
Bethany.
ALEX
“Bethany”? You’re... a girl?
BETHANY
(rolls her eyes)
Enchanted.
FRIDGE
In real life, you’d probably want to hit
that.
ALEX
“Fridge”, was it?
FRIDGE
Short for Refrigerator.
MARTHA ALEX
So to speak. Right...
FRIDGE
Been a weird day, man.
ALEX
What am I doin’? Come in, come in!
SPENCER
What is that?
POP WIDE: our heroes have joined Alex inside his cave, which
he has transformed into a beachcomber’s hideaway. Music plays
on a BOOM BOX--
ALEX
Margaritas. It’s one of my strengths.
That and piloting. Although I got shot
down by a couple of Orangutans in fighter
jets, so maybe not that great at it...?
SPENCER
Margaritas are one of your strengths?
76.
ALEX
Well, blended cocktails. Yeah.
ALEX (CONT’D)
Cheers!
SPENCER
Mmmm. This is really good!
MARTHA
How long have you been in the game, Alex?
ALEX
I’m not sure. Time is funny here. Few
months at least.
BETHANY
A few months?
ALEX
Yep. I just can’t seem to make it past
the transportation shed level.
MARTHA
The transportation shed?
ALEX
It’s the next one. First time, my hot air
balloon wouldn’t even take off. Then the
whole plane thing that I mentioned... And
once I was down to my last life, I found
this cave and decided to just park it.
Lay low. Been here ever since.
ALEX (CONT’D)
But man, it is sooo good to meet you
guys! You have no idea how long it’s been
since I’ve talked to a person who has
more than like four things they can say!
So which characters are you? I don’t even
remember who the other ones were...
MARTHA
Ruby Roundhouse.
77.
BETHANY
Shelly Oberon.
(bitter)
The curvy genius.
FRIDGE
And I’m Mouse-something. Zoologist and
backpack guy.
SPENCER
I’m Dr. Xander Bravestone.
ALEX
Wait... you’re Bravestone?
SPENCER
Yep. And I have to say, this margarita is
awesome. Can I get seconds?
FRIDGE
Have you ever even had alchohol before?
SPENCER
(lying)
Yes.
ALEX
Dude! I’ve heard so - much - about you.
SPENCER
You have?
ALEX
Everybody talks about you, man. I just
figured you were part of the game! This
chick I was hanging out with for a while,
Fiona...
SPENCER
Yeah. I think she’s my ex...?
ALEX
You really messed her up, man. It’s
literally all she talks about.
MARTHA
Yeah, we noticed.
ALEX
We dated for a while, but it ran out of
gas pretty quick. She has this sick pad
though...
78.
BETHANY
(impressed)
You tapped that?
ALEX
(confused)
“Tapped?” What do you mean?
BETHANY
Like, you know...
FRIDGE
So you’ve just been sitting in this cave
for months?! What have you been doing?
ALEX
What else could I do? I went back to the
transportation shed, for the third time,
and I had a full-on panic attack. I’m
down to one life. I get killed again...
that’s it, I actually die. Like... dead.
MARTHA
What does that mean exactly?
ALEX
It means... a vulture drops you in the
Volcano. And you never get out of the
game. You’re dead.
SPENCER
Can you show us where the shed is?
ALEX
Oh man... I don’t know... It’s pretty
messed up, out there. At least here I’m
safe.
BETHANY
Maybe the reason you couldn’t do it
before was because... you needed us.
ALEX
Maybe...
SPENCER
(feeling the booze,
thoughtful)
(MORE)
79.
SPENCER (CONT'D)
And maybe you’re the guy that we needed
to find.
(meaningful, powerful)
We’ll protect each other. We’ll help each
other... Join us, Alex. Together we can
beat the game.
BETHANY
Please?
ALEX
I’ll get you to the shed. But that’s as
far as I’m going.
After a beat--
SPENCER
Can I get one more of those?
ALEX
(having a flashback)
There it is. The transportation shed.
TWO OF VAN PELT’S DRAGOONS stand before it, rifles slung over
their shoulders.
ALEX (CONT’D)
There’s all sorts of vehicles inside.
It’s where I got the plane. And the
balloon. And those guys... are Dragoons.
MARTHA
So those are Dragoons...
ALEX
Yeah. And they’re total dicks.
Spencer laughs.
FRIDGE
What are you laughing at?
80.
SPENCER
What? Nothing...
MARTHA
Are you drunk?
SPENCER
No... Just a little tired. And warm. And
dizzy.
MARTHA
He’s drunk.
SPENCER
Hi there.
MARTHA
Hi.
SPENCER
You’re so cool!
FRIDGE
(no time for this)
Smooth. Okay, what do we do here?
ALEX
You need a vehicle to get across the
canyon.
MARTHA
But how do we get past the guards?
ALEX
I don’t know. They weren’t here last
time. Maybe there are more obstacles
because there are more players...?
SPENCER
Can I just say -- you guys are the best.
FRIDGE
(shakes his head)
Ok, there might be another door
somewhere, but we need to distract those
guys.
BETHANY
I’ve got it.
BETHANY (CONT’D)
It’s not that hard to distract guys.
That’s, like, the main thing I do.
(re: Spencer)
He plays video games, I distract guys.
FRIDGE
Yeah, but how do I put this-- right now,
you don’t exactly have the tool kit...
MARTHA
What?
BETHANY
We need you to hot the place up. Go in
there, show a little skin, draw them away
from the shed. Then we sneak in, get some
kind of armored... jungle tank or
something and we blow them away, head for
the mountain range.
MARTHA
(terrified)
No! That is the... dumbest...
ALEX
It’s a pretty good idea, actually. Some
of the Dragoons are kind of...
BETHANY
Horny?
ALEX
Yeah.
MARTHA
I’m not a girl who uses her body...
BETHANY
Yes, we know. That’s not your thing and
that’s why you hate me.
MARTHA
I don’t hate you.
BETHANY
You don’t?
82.
MARTHA
No. I just think you live in the hot
popular girl bubble, where everybody
either treats you like a princess or like
an object. And maybe it makes you a
little... self-absorbed or something...?
BETHANY
That’s fair. But right now, we need a hot
person and I’m having what might be the
worst bad hair day in history. So you’re
gonna have to step up.
SPENCER
What’s the matter?
MARTHA
I don’t think I can do this. I’m not this
girl.
SPENCER
What are you talking about? You’re
awesome!
MARTHA
(referencing her body)
You mean she is...
SPENCER
No, I mean you are. You’re smart and
funny and tough. You can do... anything!
You just have to believe that you can.
MARTHA
Alright. Show me how it’s done.
Back with the girls, now tucked behind a tree, out of sight.
Bethany steps back, sizing up Martha--
83.
BETHANY
Okay, the key is to make them check you
out without letting them know that you
know that they’re checking you out.
You’re just like, whatever... “I’m doing
me”. Then when they try to talk to you,
you play it one of three ways-- dumb,
fascinated or nasty. Which one you pick
depends on what kind of guy you’re
dealing with...
MARTHA
This is like my dream and my nightmare,
all at one time.
BETHANY
I won’t take that personally.
-- ELSEWHERE
FRIDGE
Hope she can pull this off.
SPENCER
She can do it.
FRIDGE
She’s into you, man.
SPENCER
(full teenager)
What?! Me? Seriously? You think so...?
No! Really? I mean... seriously?!
FRIDGE
There! Door!
BETHANY
--arch your back a little bit, shoulders
even with your body-- not rolled back--
that’s a common mistake.
(MORE)
84.
BETHANY (CONT'D)
Leave your lips slightly parted-- not
gross, just relaxed -- and touch your
tongue to the roof of your mouth--
(trouble talking)
--li- dis.
BETHANY (CONT’D)
No offense, you’re not great at this.
Maybe it’s harder than I thought. I don’t
give myself enough credit.
MARTHA
Maybe I should just try this my way.
BETHANY
(worried)
Ok... be careful.
Martha steels herself and then heads off toward the shed.
BETHANY (CONT’D)
Just don’t lecture them about what
they’re doing wrong!
ALEX
This may work. She’s pretty fine. And
these guys don’t meet a lot of new
people.
FRIDGE
“Fine?”
ALEX
I mean, not like Cindy Crawford-fine. But
for Jumanji? Total 10.
BETHANY
Cindy Crawford...?
FRIDGE
That’s your go-to...?
ALEX
You don’t think Cindy Crawford’s hot?
85.
SPENCER
Alex... what year do you think it is?
ALEX
What do you mean?
FRIDGE
(dawning on him)
No - shit.
ALEX
It’s 1995.
SPENCER
(solemn)
You’re Alex Vreeke, aren’t you?
ALEX
(confused)
Yeah... That’s right.
BETHANY
You mean... Freak House?
ALEX
What are you guys talking about? How do
you know me?
SPENCER
Alex... I don’t know exactly how to tell
you this--
FRIDGE
YOU’VE BEEN IN HERE FOR LIKE 20 YEARS,
DUDE!
SPENCER
--that’s probably not how I would have
done it.
ALEX
What?! What are...? You’re messing with
me...
BETHANY
(sadly)
We’re not. Alex Vreeke. Everyone in
Brantford knows about you. You’re the kid
who disappeared. Twenty years ago.
FRIDGE
Cindy Crawford’s like fifty, bro.
SPENCER
(spots Martha)
There she is.
MARTHA
Hey! You guys? Can you help me?
She flips her hair, like a music video-- the guards walk
straight over, away from their posts.
BACK WITH--
SPENCER
(notices)
Is she wet? Is it raining over there...?
BETHANY
That’s genius.
DRAGOON 1
(creepy)
What are you doing out here, all alone?
MARTHA
I’m so glad I found someone. My
motorcycle... broke down... ran out of
gas. Down by the river. So I went skinny
dipping. Because I... love to party and
I’m a lot of fun. Which is why I went
skinny dipping, as I mentioned. With...
(riffing now)
...my twin sister! She’s still down
there. Naked. Can you guys help me?
DRAGOON 2
Hello, little lady.
DRAGOON 1
What are you doing out here, all alone?
87.
MARTHA
(deep breath)
Oookaay...
(one more time)
My motorcycle...
SPENCER
Let’s go.
ALEX
This brings back some really bad
memories.
The Guards HEAR the noise from the shed-- turn to it-- then
back to Martha, suddenly suspicious; she plays through--
MARTHA
So, anyway... my twin sister... did I
tell you about her?
DRAGOON 1
Care to dance?
MARTHA
I’d love to.
And though she has no idea how she’s doing it-- she starts
dancing closely -- and very provocatively -- with the
Dragoons-- both of them-- switching between them...
88.
UNTIL SUDDENLY, one of them DIPS her low, and she SWINGS her
LEGS up to KICK the other in the HEAD-- then TRANSFORMS it
into a BACKFLIP and lands on her feet.
BETHANY FRIDGE
GO MARTHA! Kill that dude!
MARTHA
I guess this is Dance Fighting!
FRIDGE
WE GOTTA GO, MAN!
SPENCER
You did it!
MARTHA
I did!
89.
BETHANY
That was amazing!!
MARTHA
Thank you!
FRIDGE
We’ve got those motorcycle freaks coming!
We need to fly! Seaplane, you’re the only
pilot! We need you!
ALEX
No. No way... You guys go without me.
BETHANY
You picked the plane and the hot air
balloon. Maybe you were supposed to pick
the helicopter?
ALEX
I can’t do it. I’m freaking out. I don’t
want to die...
FRIDGE
I’m not seeing a lot of other options
here, Vreeke!
SPENCER
Choppers!
SPENCER (CONT’D)
That’s one of my strengths! I can pilot
it!
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Come on. Get in!
MARTHA BETHANY
No. No way.
FRIDGE
You’re hammered, man.
ALEX
Ahh, hell. Move over!
The ‘copter banks, just a half dozen feet off the ground as
it ZIPPPS past the Guards.
The Guards recover and FIRE their rifles, JUMP back on their
motorcycles, giving chase as--
ALEX
It’s not working! Something’s broken!
SPENCER
Woo-hoo! That was awesome!
ALEX
It’s the pitch control. Spencer broke it.
SPENCER
Huh?
91.
ALEX
That piece you broke off?
(points to the roof)
It controls a plate up there which
controls the tilt of the rotors. It’s how
we go up and down.
BETHANY
But, we’re okay, right? We’re still
flying --
ALEX
Oh my god!
ALEX (CONT’D)
“Stampede”?!
FRIDGE
Oh no...
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
The Albino Rhinos!
And they are ENORMOUS and VERY FAST. Bleached white, devoid
of pigment. And mad about it. Scary.
The albino rhinos STOMP for the ‘copter, racing headlong for
it. Everyone SCREAMS!
MARTHA
Fridge, what do you know about them?!
FRIDGE
(losing it)
They’re indigenous to Jumanji, they’re
huge, white, angry, stupid and they eat
people! Also they’re invincible. You
can’t kill them!
SPENCER
That doesn’t make sense, there must be
some way to defeat them!
FRIDGE
You defeat them by getting the hell out
of their way! Fly, Vreeke, fly goddamit!
92.
Alex BANKS the craft and it zips along one of the canyon
walls (a video game maneuver, if ever there was one)!
SPENCER
The tilt of the rotors? That’s what makes
us go up?
ALEX
Yeah. Up and down. But it’s shot!
MARTHA
Can’t this thing go any faster?
ALEX
Oh, God!
SPENCER (V.O.)
Try it now!
MARTHA BETHANY
Spencer! No! What is he doing?
SPENCER
Sort of regretting those last couple
margaritas right now! Very dizzy!
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Try it!
As the chopper is RACING for the sheer cliff wall, the rhinos
gaining ground--
BETHANY
OhmiGod... OhmiGodOhmiGodOhmiGod!
MARTHA
Spencer, you did it!
SPENCER
I did it!
FRIDGE
No more margaritas for you.
ALEX (O.S.)
AAAAAAHHH!
FRIDGE
Whoa!!!!
SPENCER
There weren’t even any drums or
anything... The game is getting harder.
FRIDGE
It’s like it’s trying to kill us.
SPENCER
It is. We must be getting close.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Nice work.
MARTHA
Thanks.
BETHANY (O.S.)
You guys...
94.
See that she is crouched over Alex, WHO LAYS THERE-- DEAD.
She pulls up his sleeve to reveal his cuff-- no more stripes.
Our gang stand there a beat, hoping for the familiar PING...
but it doesn’t happen.
FRIDGE
Game Over?
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
We made him come with us... He didn’t
want to, and we made him.
SPENCER
He’s been stuck in here for 20 years...
And now...
MARTHA
Look--
FRIDGE
Oh no...
BETHANY
Can I give him one of mine?
FRIDGE
You mean... a life?
BETHANY
Is that possible?
SPENCER
I don’t know. Maybe? In CONTRA, players
can transfer lives to each other...
MARTHA
But... what if you need it for yourself?
BETHANY
(shrugs)
I want Alex to come home too.
MARTHA
Wow.
95.
BETHANY
What?
MARTHA
That’s really... generous.
BETHANY
Ok. How do we do this?
SPENCER
I... have no idea. Maybe try the old-
fashioned way? Like... mouth to mouth?
FRIDGE
Tilt chin up. Pinch nose closed. Full lip
lock-- one breath -- two breaths -- then
release-- and repeat. I’M AN EXPERT IN
CPR TOO?!
BETHANY
Hoo-kay...
She awkwardly pinches his nose, puts her lips to his and
starts breathing into his mouth. Nothing. She does it again--
SPENCER
It worked!
BETHANY
I kinda nailed that.
ALEX
What happened...?
BETHANY
What? What are you looking at?
SPENCER FRIDGE
A... bird. Your boner.
BETHANY
These things are crazy!
BETHANY
Sorry about that before... the um...
ALEX
Oh, that’s... cool? It happens...
BETHANY
Twenty years, huh?
ALEX
I guess so.
BETHANY
Well... at least we’re going home soon?
ALEX
(unsure)
I hope so.
BETHANY
You’ll be like a total celebrity, when we
get out. Everyone will wanna insta snap
your ass. Your phone will be blowing - up
for, like, weeks.
ALEX
My... phone’s gonna blow up?
97.
BETHANY
(realizes)
You’ve missed some stuff, babe.
ALEX
I just keep thinking about my poor
parents. What they must have been
through... And why? Because I couldn’t
finish the game?
BETHANY
That’s not your fault. You didn’t know
how to.
ALEX
But I should have at least tried.
Instead, I was just... hanging out, in my
little cave. Because I was too scared to
risk it. Without even thinking about how
it was affecting them... or anyone else.
I mean... how incredibly selfish is that?
This hits her. She watches him, feels his distress. He sees
her caring face, pulls himself together--
ALEX (CONT’D)
I’m sorry... I don’t need to lay all this
on you. For some reason, you’re just
like... easy to talk to.
BETHANY
It’s easy to get so focused on your own
stuff, that you forget other people have
problems too.
ALEX
(genuine)
That’s really deep.
BETHANY
Thanks. I feel like since I lost my
phone, my other senses are kind of
heightened.
ALEX
You guys are so cool. It’s awesome how
you all take care of each other. You have
good friends.
BETHANY
Yeah... the funny thing is, in real life,
we don’t hang out. We barely even know
each other.
ALEX
Seriously?! No way. I just thought...
because you’re all so great together. But
it’s different out there, I guess.
BETHANY
What are you like? In the real world?
What’s your vibe?
ALEX
(smiles wide)
Full metal head. A drummer. Like my dad.
--he moves to the water and peers down at his own reflection--
only it’s not Bravestone. It’s actual Spencer, the child,
staring back at him-- baby faced and tiny, nothing like the
action hero he’s been today. And he’s not sure how he likes
that little guy, right now.
MARTHA (O.C.)
Hey.
SPENCER
Hey.
MARTHA
What are you doing?
SPENCER
Um...
SPENCER (CONT’D)
I...
MARTHA
Yeah...?
99.
SPENCER
There’s something I want to say... And I
want to say it now... just in case the
next time we have a minute to, you
know... talk... I’m no longer brave.
MARTHA
Spencer...
SPENCER
And no longer cool. And no longer able
to...
(smouldering)
...smoulder.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
(full-smoulder)
I like you, Martha. I, like, like you.
Like... I’m into you.
MARTHA
You’re just drunk...
SPENCER
I’m not. I’m clearer than I’ve ever
been... I’m just really into you.
MARTHA
I’m into you. Spencer.
(doesn’t want to say it)
I’ve been into you for a long time.
SPENCER
You have?!
MARTHA
Mm hm. You’re smart and sweet. Cute. You
just never noticed, I’m not sure why...
SPENCER
Maybe because... it never occurred to me
that such a thing might be possible.
MARTHA
(she relates to that)
Yeah. Well... guess what? It is.
SPENCER
I mean, I know it’s not obvious.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
That was so much better!
MARTHA
So much!
SPENCER
Our learning curve is like...
MARTHA
...so steep!
In the b.g., Fridge jiggles a bit, then ZIPS as... the RAT
EMERGES, carrying the JEWEL, and disappears off into the
jungle.
SPENCER
I was thinking about something.
MARTHA
What?
SPENCER
What if we... didn’t go back?
101.
MARTHA
What?
SPENCER
We’re so... cool here. I’ve been playing
video games my whole life. Now I’m
actually living one and... I’m good at
it! And you are too! Like... awesome!
Maybe this... is who we really are! And I
was just thinking, what if... after we
finish the game...
(then)
What if you and I stay here for a while?
Like Alex did. Except... together?
MARTHA
Spencer...
SPENCER
You don’t have to answer now. Just think
about it...
FRIDGE
WE GOT JACKED!
SPENCER
What?
FRIDGE
ROBBED! THE JEWEL! IT’S GONE!
BETHANY
It’s them!
She points out across the bridges -- where VAN PELT AND A
DOZEN OF HIS DRAGOONS hustle across, carefully dropping from
bridge to bridge... they are about forty yards away -- which,
given the maze-like need to jump from bridge to bridge, is an
almost insurmountable lead.
102.
FRIDGE
And they’re heading for that!
SPENCER
Oh, no.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
He’s going to drop the jewel into the
volcano --
MARTHA
Where it can never be recovered...
FRIDGE
And then we’re stuck here forever!
SPENCER
No. Nonono -- we’ve come too far to lose
now.
(then, determined)
I’ve played a lot of games that have
stuff like this. You just pick a route...
ALEX
How does he do that?
FRIDGE
Climbing is one of his strengths.
ALEX
I see.
FRIDGE
Cake makes me explode.
SPENCER
We can cut him off. We can get to him
before he gets to the volcano. If we
take our time and make careful
decisions...
FRIDGE
Okay. We should hurry.
SPENCER
Fridge! Wait!
FRIDGE
What?
SPENCER
How do we cut off Van Pelt?
FRIDGE
You’re asking me?! I don’t know!
SPENCER
You see things.
FRIDGE
What things?
SPENCER
Things. Things the rest of us don’t.
Just like back at Rick’s. Your mind...
It works differently...
FRIDGE
Last I checked it was working differently
into four D’s and a C minus...
SPENCER
I’m telling you. Think. Visualize. How
do we cut him off? What’s the path?
There must be a way for us to win. What
is it?
SPENCER
(a little shaken)
Yeah...
MARTHA
But now you’re down to one life.
BETHANY
Just like the rest of us.
ALEX
We better hurry.
BETHANY
Seriously with this?!
FRIDGE
Ok, just wait for it to come back down...
SPENCER
(scared to death)
Okay... Okay. I’ll wait...
FRIDGE
Spencer--
SPENCER
I can’t.
FRIDGE
What do you mean, you can’t?
SPENCER
I can’t!
(spiraling)
(MORE)
106.
SPENCER (CONT'D)
I mean, who was I kidding?! I’m not an
adventurer. I’m not actually brave. I’m
scared of everything!
FRIDGE
Ten minutes ago, you were hanging out of
a flying helicopter! You’re brave!
SPENCER
No!
(points to himself)
He is! Bravestone! Not me! I’m afraid of
puppies! I’m afraid of un-manicured
lawns!
(looking at his cuff)
It’s easy to be brave when you have lives
to spare... It’s a lot harder when you
only have one life.
FRIDGE
Spencer, this is not easy for me to
say... at all.. but we need you. I need
you.
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
We always only have one life. That’s how
it works. That’s all we get. The question
is-- how are you going to live it? Which
guy are you going to decide to be?
(realizes)
Did I just quote our principal?! What is
this game doing to me?! We gotta get
outta here!
Spencer looks up ahead where the others are all watching him,
then back at Fridge. Then, as if to convince himself--
SPENCER
Okay...
FRIDGE
Okay?
SPENCER
(sure now)
Okay. We got this.
FRIDGE
That’s what I’m saying. We got this!
107.
He looks back to Van Pelt and his men -- sees that they have
opened up a lead again. They are a bit more than half way
across the bridges. Van Pelt is at the lead of the pack.
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
Okay, Spencer, you’re the distraction --
you take out the dragoons. The rest of
you help me cut off Van Pelt.
MARTHA
I’m going with Spencer.
SPENCER
You sure about that?
MARTHA
If everything goes according to plan,
then I’m only gonna have this body a
little bit longer. I might as well take
it out for one last spin.
SPENCER
Duck!
Fridge hits the DECK-- as the bat FLIES just over head,
STRAIGHT AT SPENCER, who PUNCHES IT OUT OF THE SKY-- IT SAILS
back to where it came from-- DEAD.
They recover for a beat, when they hear, far, far away, the
distant and dreadful-- PING!-- which can only mean one thing.
As his bridge LOWERS beneath Bethany’s --
SPENCER (CONT’D)
COME ON!!!
SPENCER (CONT’D)
RUN!!!
AND THEY DO-- RUNNING AND JUMPING, approaching Van Pelt and
his dragoons. Bethany sees the distant flying BLUR--
108.
BETHANY
What is that?!
FRIDGE
(quickly)
Vampire Bats! They eat your blood! THEY -
EAT - YOUR - BLOOD! GO! GO!
SPENCER
Hey! Brain dead!
MARTHA
Brain dead? That’s the best you could
think of?
SPENCER
I was in the moment. It just came to me.
WITH VAN PELT-- moving at the head of his men, he drops from
one bridge to another, he’s about fifty yards from where the
bridges end at the volcano. He steals a glance back to see
Fridge, Bethany and Alex all pursuing on different bridges --
VAN PELT
Stop them!
ALEX
Hey!
109.
ALEX (CONT’D)
(stunned, then ELATED)
These guys don’t multiply! If you hit
them with their own weapons, they don’t
multiply!
BETHANY
Behind you --
BETHANY (CONT’D)
Give me a gun...
ALEX
... No. It’s too dangerous. You gave up
a life for me, I owe you. Just stay down
until it’s over.
BETHANY
“One for all and all for one.”
(then)
“A TALE OF TWO CITIES”.
ALEX
(smiles)
“THREE MUSKETEERS”. But I appreciate it.
BETHANY
(flirty)
Thaaank you.
(then very intense)
Now gimme a goddamm gun!
SPENCER
(while fighting)
You have to admit, we make a pretty
dynamic duo here, right?!
She does. She nods. And knocks the crap out of two more
dragoons... As--
BACK WITH VAN PELT-- he’s nearing the end of the bridges,
twenty yards from the volcano and victory when --
FRIDGE
I’ll take that jewel back now.
(”f” you)
Please.
VAN PELT
Don’t think so, tiny. I think this is
where the game ends.
-- who FIRES AT HER. But the bullet goes harmlessly over her
tumbling body as she HITS him with a KICK to the head.
And causes the JEWEL TO FLY FROM HIS HAND and tumble to the
ground.
BETHANY (O.S.)
Help!
Fridge and Martha look up toward the sound of her voice. And
whatever they see, it causes their faces to fall.
WITH MARTHA AND FRIDGE-- as Van Pelt looks back at them, and
grins maliciously.
VAN PELT
Here’s an idea. How about a trade? The
jewel for your friends’ lives.
FRIDGE
Stop calling me that.
VAN PELT
Tiny tiny tiny. The jewel please.
FRIDGE
You know what you are, Van Pelt?
VAN PELT
Illuminate me, tiny.
FRIDGE
You’re a bully. And there’s no place for
bullies in Jumanji...
VAN PELT
Be that as it may. The jewel. Or you can
watch your friends get parboiled...
BETHANY
If this is how I die... then I will have
spent way too much time thinking about
stuff that really doesn’t matter at all.
Like Noah... It’s kind of embarrassing.
ALEX
It’s not embarrassing. You’re a gorgeous,
intelligent, popular teenage girl...
(still hard to imagine)
(MORE)
112.
ALEX (CONT'D)
...I’m told. But you’re also a killer
person. And whoever this Noah dude is...
he doesn’t deserve you.
SPENCER
So this is what this is for!
Spencer GRIPS the knife-- but then we see as, for just a
brief moment, that Spencer Gilpin anxiety creeps back into
his eyes...
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Don’t give it to him! Don’t give him the
jewel!
SPENCER (CONT'D)
WHEN I SAY NOW, THROW IT TO ME.
FRIDGE
Spencer --
SPENCER
JUST TRUST ME! Ready --
And with one hand Spencer grabs the rope support beside him,
the other hand lifts the knife high in the air-- and SWINGS
IT DOWN HARD--
SPENCER (CONT’D)
NOW!
113.
And the knife CLEAVES the rope-- the bridge breaks in half--
Spencer SWINGS out clutching the other side of the rope, like
Tarzan on a vine-- looking eagerly at Fridge, but Fridge
hesitated--
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Now! NOW!
VAN PELT
Nooooooo -- !
SPENCER
This one’s for you, pal.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
... call out its name...
(then yelling)
CALL OUT IT’S NAME! EVERYONE...
ALL
JUMANJI!
FRIDGE
Check it out!
Van Pelt has been restored to human form. His white hair gone
back to brown. His body now free of vermin.
The dragoons carrying Bethany and Alex set them gently down
beside the mouth of the volcano, as if confused as to what
they are all doing there--
DRAGOON
Sorry, mate.
VAN PELT
Dr. Bravestone, welcome to Jumanji!
But before they can respond, the TREES RUSTLE-- AND A WILLYS
MILITARY JEEP BLASTS OUT OF THE BRUSH BELOW-- IT’S NIGEL.
NIGEL
Well done, intrepid adventurers! You’ve
lifted the curse!
BETHANY
We did, didn’t we? My mains!
FRIDGE
We lifted the shit out of that curse!
NIGEL
Your work here is done! And so, sadly...
this is where we part.
(then, to Alex)
Goodbye, Seaplane.
NIGEL (CONT’D)
Adieu, Professor Oberon.
115.
BETHANY
Later, dude.
NIGEL
I may miss you the most, Little Mouse...
FRIDGE
GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE!
NIGEL
Farewell, Ruby Roundhouse!
MARTHA
Spencer... we... I...
NIGEL
All of Jumanji thanks you, Doctor
Bravestone--
SPENCER
Wait.
MARTHA
Spencer, come ho--
NIGEL
Yes, Doctor?
SPENCER
I’m just wondering...
SPENCER (CONT’D)
Here you go, Nigel. I’m ready.
NIGEL
You won’t be needing this in your further
adventures?
SPENCER
I think I’ve got what I need for my
further adventures.
NIGEL
Farewell, my good man!
SPENCER
(to himself)
See ya later, Bravestone.
VAN PELT
Well, well, well. What have we here?
Fetch that, men, yes?
NIGEL
Oh, dear.
The game console WHINES and CRACKLES-- and SPITS OUT those
STREAMS OF 1s AND 0s--
BETHANY
Thankgod! Thankgod! Thankgod!
She pats down her cute figure, making sure all her original
parts are accounted for--
BETHANY (CONT’D)
I will never complain about my body
again! OHTHANKGOD!
SPENCER
Whoa...
MARTHA
You came back.
SPENCER
Yep.
BETHANY
Where’s Alex?
They all look around-- indeed, he’s not here. And we can see
on Bethany’s face that she’s a little disappointed.
It’s a grey, blustery day. School has been out a few hours.
MARTHA
What do we do now?
BETHANY
Go home, I guess?
SPENCER
(remembers)
I have a chemistry test Monday.
BETHANY
(equally weighty)
And Homecoming is tomorrow.
FRIDGE
(deep breath)
Yeah, it is.
And they all start walking. Fridge hangs back for beat,
staring up at the big sign announcing “Homecoming!”--
SPENCER
You okay?
FRIDGE
I liked who I was in there. I liked being
smart.
FRIDGE (CONT’D)
I’ve never said this out loud... I don’t
even like football that much.
SPENCER
Fridge... you are smart. The knowledge
came with the game. But the smart? That
was you. You can become an expert in
anything you want.
(realizes)
It’s just about who you decide to be in
your one life.
Fridge smiles.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
A very wise sidekick once told me that.
FRIDGE
I don’t miss the backpack. That thing was
heavy.
SPENCER
Look!
--up ahead, at the end of the block, the Vreeke house. Except
it’s it looks totally different. No longer run-down, no
longer ominously gated, no longer freaky at all-- rather a
lovely house, on a charming street, which itself is no longer
weighted with all that darkness.
SPENCER (CONT’D)
You think...
BETHANY
That means... maybe...
119.
MOTHER
Hiiiii...
MR. VREEKE
Hello Bethany, my sweet...
Which is when the Driver’s door OPENS-- and out steps a MAN
in his 30s, suburban father wearing a Metallica t-shirt--
BETHANY
(sotto)
Alex...?
MAN
Hey Dad, can you grab the cake out of the
back seat?
As his father grabs a cake box and a bunch of baby gear from
the car--
ALEX
I’ll be right there...
ALEX (CONT’D)
Bethany...? Spencer? Martha... And you
must be Fridge.
120.
BETHANY
You made it back.
ALEX
I did. It spit me out, right where I
started. 1995.
SPENCER
And your parents... your house...?
ALEX
All good, bro.
After a beat.
BETHANY
You’re an adult. You have a family.
ALEX
I do.
(re: baby)
This is Andy. And my little girl... is
named Bethany.
ALEX (CONT’D)
She’s named after the girl who saved my
life.
SPENCER
Yeah, it’s me!
SPENCER’S MOM
What are you doin’, babe? You’re a little
late. I was worried. Everything ok?
121.
SPENCER
Um... yeah.
(realizes)
Everything’s ok.
SPENCER’S MOM
So how was your day...?
SPENCER
Good, actually. How ‘bout you?
FRIDGE’S FATHER
You’re not gonna play football anymore?
FRIDGE
That’s right.
FRIDGE’S FATHER
But... why? I mean, look at you.
FRIDGE
I just realized... I’ve gotta protect my
head.
His mother can see the quiet confidence in his decision-- and
though she might not say it aloud right now, she’s proud.
BULLY 1
(same annoying impression)
“Gilpin! It’s Gilpin!”
BULLY 2
Need some help, Gilpin?
122.
BETHANY’S FRIEND
Backpacking? Like... in nature?
BETHANY
(laughs)
Yes! Next summer. Somewhere amazing. What
do you think?
GUY (O.S.)
Yo Beth, wassup?
NOAH
Where you been, girl? You look goood.
NOAH (CONT’D)
You want to... hit it?
BETHANY
Naw... I’m good.
BETHANY (CONT'D)
I’ll see you later, Noah.
BETHANY (CONT’D)
(to herself)
The curse is lifted.
BETHANY’S FRIEND
Huh?
SPENCER
Here you go...
BETHANY
Thank you, sir.
BETHANY’S FRIEND
(looking at her phone,
disturbed)
Thanks... I’m having an issue here. It’s
kind of life or death... Excuse me.
SPENCER BETHANY
“Life or death”? Really...?
SPENCER
Is Martha’s coming?
BETHANY
I don’t know. I was texting with her...
(delicately)
Did you call her?
Fridge approaches--
FRIDGE
And how’s everyone doing this fine
evening? On Earth?
SPENCER BETHANY
Hey! Fiiine, you look cute.
SPENCER
So, how was your first day as a non-
player?
124.
FRIDGE
Hm. It was pretty... climacteric,
actually.
SPENCER
That kind of works!
FRIDGE
Yes, it had “extreme or far-reaching
implications”. Looked that up, as soon as
I got home.
BETHANY
Hey look...
BETHANY (CONT’D)
Go get that girl. Doctor Bravestone.
--AT MARTHA
MARTHA SPENCER
Hi... Hi.
MARTHA
I wasn’t sure I was gonna...
SPENCER
I’m so glad you did. I’ve been afraid to
call you... I don’t know why...
MARTHA
I get it. It’s kinda weird being back and
not knowing... What?
MARTHA (CONT’D)
Oh my.
That’s all he needs-- he KISSES HER. And she kisses him. And
this time, despite being back to their ungainly teenage
selves, it’s a kiss worthy of the movies.
MARTHA (CONT’D)
Let’s dance!
SPENCER
Okay!
MARTHA
It turns out I’m a really good dancer!
He smiles and she follows him out onto the dance floor--
CUT TO:
THE END