Buddy (1997)

[bunniefuu]

TRUDY: When I was a child,

I dreamed I lived in a forest

and was queen of the animals.

I loved that world

where the creatures ran wild

and only I could tame them,

where they taught me

their secret language

and only I could hear it.

It didn't matter

that I grew up.

I refused to surrender

my crown.

Now, when people ask

my husband, the doctor,

about me,

I think what they're

really asking is,

"Is she still crazy?"

Well, tell them, "Yes."

Tell them that I filled

your life with folly.

Tell them I haven't

finished dreaming

and I never will.

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

(CROWD CHATTERING)

Here we are.

Three, please.

How many?

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

Hey! Sit down!

WOMAN: Shh!

Shush yourself!

WOMAN: Usher!

This man is

bothering...

Me?

Talk to her!

(SCREECHING)

(AUDIENCE GASPING)

(CHIMP GIBBERING)

Miss?

Mrs. Mrs. Gertrude Lintz.

What are these

little...

Apes.

Just over from Africa.

This is Maggie Klein

and this dashing fellow

is called Joe Mende,

named after

the Mende tribe.

(WHISPERING)

Cannibals.

Come on, let's

watch the movie.

Turn around,

Maggie.

(CHITTERING)

(CHIMP CHITTERING)

(LAUGHING)

(GASPS)

(CHIMPS CHITTERING)

(CAR HORN HONKING)

(CHUCKLES)

Let me take your hat.

Thank you, Joe.

Go ahead, Joe.

Go on. Go on.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(SHOUTING BIRD CALLS)

(DOGS BARKING)

(WHINNIES)

(SQUAWKING)

(SQUAWKING LOUDLY)

(CHIRPING)

(SQUEAKING)

(LOUDLY) Aah-ooh!

(MEOWING)

(CHIRPING)

(GRUNTS)

(CLUCKING)

Mmm-hmm.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Dr. Lintz.

Hang on. Trudy!

TRUDY: Oh, Bill,

are you here?

No, I'm due at the hospital.

The phone's for you.

Have you seen

Joe and Maggie?

Yeah, they're up here.

They're pretending

to look at me

through binoculars.

(LAUGHING) Opera glasses.

They saw it at the movies.

Oh, yeah.

How stupid of me.

Send them down,

sweetheart.

Skedaddle.

Don't forget the phone.

I won't. Thanks.

(CHITTERING)

(GIBBERING)

(BLOWS RASPBERRY)

Go on, you two.

Get outta my kitchen.

It's not suppertime.

(BEATER WHIRRING)

(CHIMPS CHITTERING)

Didn't I tell you?

(IMITATING CHIMP

CHITTERS)

(SQUAWKS RASPBERRY SOUND)

Why they want

all you all around?

It's enough to drive a person

to the nuthouse.

Course, this place probably

already is the nuthouse.

(IMITATING BEATER)

(CONTINUING MIMIC)

(BEATER WHIRRING LOUDLY)

How long has

he been there?

What have you

done for him?

Nothing. You aren't

doing anything!

All right. All right,

I'm on my way.

(HOOTING)

(HOOTING)

d*ck.

I won't be back

until late tonight.

Will you make sure Maggie

and Joe get their supper

and into bed on time?

Yes, Mrs. Lintz.

Ah, wish me luck.

Where are you going?

Philadelphia.

Philadelphia?

Yeah.

(GEAR GRINDS)

(WHEEZING)

TRUDY: Where is his mother?

No gorilla has ever

survived captivity

without its mother.

Not one.

How did you

expect him to?

We've had

other firsts here.

Oh. Of course

you have.

And I'm sure you're

very proud of yourselves.

What are you doing?

Taking him home.

(WHEEZING)

This is double pneumonia.

Very far advanced.

How far is very far?

Let's see if the heat lamp

helps him any.

He can't die.

Not every baby gorilla

can die the instant

people get a hold of it.

(WHISPERS)

Here.

I don't think he can eat,

sweetheart.

Mmm.

Well, if you don't eat,

how will I ever see

your bright eyes, hmm?

Beautiful little Buddy.

You named him.

Buddha.

But right away

he was Buddy.

Why did you do that?

You know it'll only

make it harder when he...

Just try, Buddy.

Come on.

Just try.

That's perfect, Maggie.

You're getting

better at that every day.

Isn't she, Joe?

Hmm?

You ready for breakfast?

(GIBBERING)

(SOFTLY) Wait.

Maggie, no.

Maggie.

Maggie. Maggie,

come on.

There's a sick baby

in there.

(SOFT SNORING)

He all right?

(CLICKS TONGUE)

(SIGHS)

I'll go warm the milk.

(SQUAWKING)

Go on, you two,

get out of my kitchen!

(BOTH SQUEALING)

Hey, hey! Now,

what's going on? Maggie.

(SQUAWKING)

Go on! Get out

of my kitchen!

Maggie!

What are you doing?

Maggie!

(CHIMP-LIKE GRUNTING)

(SHRIEKING)

d*ck: Joe!

(CHARLIE SQUAWKING)

Maggie, don't

go up there.

(GASPS)

Joe!

Uh...

(SQUAWKING)

Uh-oh.

Joe!

(GASPS)

TRUDY: Put that down! Maggie!

Shame on you!

(RATTLE SHAKING)

(MOCK WAILING)

Maggie!

Whoo-oo-oo!

Here comes

the bogeyman.

(RATTLING CONTINUES)

(MOCKING GASPS) Joe!

Here comes

the bogeyman.

(SHRIEKING)

(GHOSTLY WAILING)

(SHRIEKING)

(WHIMPERING)

(LOW MOANING)

What in the world

can I do for you?

d*ck: Come on, push up.

Okay, Joe.

Push up. Up. Good boy.

Maggie, come on.

Up, up, up.

(DISGUSTED SIGH)

Good. Up. Up.

That's ridiculous.

Up you go. Up, up.

Good girl!

Anything useful?

Oh, not so far.

There's almost

no information.

But at least

this Professor Spatz

has been to the Congo.

Finally something by someone

who's actually seen gorillas

with his own eyes.

(SIGHS)

No, no,

stay here awhile.

There's no change.

We've done everything

humanly possible.

Except pull him

out of it.

As long as he's

still breathing,

we've got to keep trying.

Do you know I've figured out

what it is, Trudy?

You have to save

this gorilla

so we finally have someone

in the house who can wear

my hand-me-downs.

(LAUGHING)

Bill!

Oh, good. I can still

make you laugh.

Oh!

Yeah, that's it.

You hold on tight.

(LABORED BREATHING)

(BREATHING STOPS)

TRUDY: Buddy looked up at me

with such trust,

but I didn't know anything.

I didn't know how to raise

a baby gorilla.

So, I went for advice

to that most dangerous

of species,

the expert.

Every detail is perfect.

Look at the teeth.

TRUDY: Where

did you get these?

They're specimens

I collected myself.

They're from all over

the world.

Mrs. Lintz, my dear,

certainly you have

questions for me.

I need information,

Professor.

I have a gorilla

living in my house.

What do they eat?

How do they

groom themselves?

When do the mothers

wean their young?

What are their daily habits?

But most of all,

what is their play like?

(SMUG CHUCKLE)

My dear woman,

the gorilla is an

unfathomable mystery.

He's completely

taciturn.

He's humorless,

introverted,

unresponsive.

He utterly lacks

what we would call

"imaginative invention."

May I ask how long you

actually spent with them

in the jungle?

Ten astonishing days.

You're kidding.

I would never jest about

something like that.

Survival in the Congo

is not to be taken lightly,

Mrs. Lintz.

No, I'm sure.

Well, thank you

for your time,

Professor Spatz.

But Mrs. Lintz,

what do you intend on doing

with your gorilla?

I'll raise him

the same way

I raised my chimps.

Which is?

As far as possible

like human children.

Oh! That's

preposterous!

Revolutionary as it

might seem to you,

I have encountered

no limits or

even real difficulties.

When they catch cold,

do you have any idea

what they need?

Chicken soup.

Hmm.

Buddy, Buddy, Buddy,

Buddy, Buddy! Whoo!

(GRUNTING)

Take a little bite.

Come on, just a little bite.

Open your mouth.

Come on.

Oh, Mrs. Lintz,

thank heaven you're back.

What is it?

He won't eat,

not for anything.

Oh, what do you mean?

Of course he will.

Here, here, here.

Hmm.

EMMA: I got to

chew it for him?

Well, it's the only way

he eats. You know that.

I got enough to do

without chewing up food

for monkeys.

Come here, Buddy.

(SIGHING)

I missed you.

Yes. Mmm.

(CHUCKLING)

Oh, that's a nice hug.

That's a nice hug.

Oh, Buddy.

Let me see you.

Let me see you.

(PANICKED SQUEAL)

(LAUGHS) Oh.

Okay.

Okay.

All right, here we go.

Here, let me just

take off my coat.

(SQUEALING)

Oh, my! Buddy!

(CHUCKLES)

Oh!

Taciturn, honestly.

Buddy.

Then you must

keep yourself calm.

Yes, that is easy for me

to say. Mmm-hmm.

Well, where is his

hand now, exactly?

Really.

Look here.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(SHRIEKING)

Buddy, please, I'm burning up,

for heaven sakes.

Buddy, what are you...

I'd recommend

two aspirins.

TRUDY: (SCREAMING) Bill!

No, not for him.

For you.

Well, plenty of butter

and a gentle pull

should fix that.

(BUDDY SHRIEKS)

TRUDY: Bill!

No, I think he's been punished

enough, don't you?

(SIGHS) Bill!

Yes, just natural curiosity

about his body.

Certainly.

TRUDY: Emma!

No, just trust your instincts.

You're a very good...

You're a very able mother,

Mrs. Warner.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

(BUDDY SHRIEKING)

Have mercy!

d*ck: Don't. Now look,

you're making the baby cry!

Stop it!

Joe, please.

Maggie, let go.

Bend back

his fingers, Emma.

Bend back his fingers?

He might bite me!

Just try it.

We don't know

that he'll bite.

We don't know

that he won't either!

Will you at least

get Joe off my leg?

d*ck: Joe, come on,

let go!

Oh! Help!

Joe, please don't do that!

Look at the baby's crying.

Maggie...

(SHRIEKING CONTINUES)

Well!

I suppose Buddy found

exactly what he wants.

What?

A warm, comfortable mother.

(SARCASTIC LAUGH)

A very warm,

very uncomfortable mother.

No, Joe!

Maggie, will you

stop screaming?

He will let go.

He's bound to.

He's bound

to let go sometime.

Oh, you're so funny,

darling, sometimes.

Oh. Oh!

Night, Trudy.

Good night, Bill.

(BUDDY GURGLING)

Night, Buddy.

Very funny.

(SIGHING)

(WHISPERING)

Bill.

Bill.

(SIGHING)

Oh, thank you.

(RELIEVED SIGH)

(CHUCKLES)

(GIGGLING)

(HAPPY GRUNTING)

Oh, no, you don't!

We're not going through

that again.

(LAUGHS)

Did I tell you we have

two more chimps coming today?

They're from a zoo,

just like you. Yes.

Yes.

d*ck found them.

Yes. We'll move the chimps

into their own building

and then we'll move you

into the sunroom.

Oh, yes.

It'll be good for you.

Yeah. Here we go,

bright eyes.

(TOILET FLUSHING)

Maggie? Joe?

What're you...

(CHITTERING)

Maggie!

You're a very bad girl.

You can forget your bath

for today.

Come on up here.

Go to your room.

(WHINES)

Go on.

(MAGGIE SQUEALING)

(SNICKERING)

Joe.

Here we go.

Ah, here we go.

There.

All right.

Are you ready for

your first bath? Hmm?

(GRUNTS)

All right.

(UNEASY GRUNTING)

(PANICKED SQUEALING)

Whoa!

Buddy!

All right, okay!

(LAUGHING)

All right, Buddy!

There now.

That's much better.

Okay, then.

Cheer up, wee man.

(MEOWING)

(CHITTERING)

There.

I didn't know

you don't like water.

(SOFT GRUNTING)

There you go.

Got your nose.

I got your nose

a little bit.

Yes, I do.

(BOTH GRUNTING EXCITEDLY)

(HUMMING SOFTLY)

(GRUNTING MELODICALLY)

That's it!

(LILTING CONTINUES)

Ooh, that's pretty.

(DOG BARKING)

Venus, remember your manners.

Good dog.

Come on, Adonis.

(IMITATING MEOW)

(CAT MEOWS)

Hello, Joe.

(JOE SCREECHES)

Oh, no, Joe.

He's still too little

for you play with.

Come on

Stay in line.

Good dogs.

(MEOWS)

(SQUEALING)

Oh! Joe.

(SQUAWKING)

Kitty, kitty, kitty!

(MEOWING)

(ALL BARKING)

(SQUEALS)

(PANTING)

d*ck: Whoa!

(ANIMALS CLAMORING)

Heel!

(IMITATING MEOW)

What...

d*ck: I said, heel!

Uh-oh.

Aah! Ooh!

Oh, d*ck!

Heel!

Sit!

All of you, down!

(SCREECHING)

Down.

Oh, don't worry, Buddy.

You can make friends

with them.

(SQUEALING)

(SNORTING)

(SPITS)

Buddy!

(GRUNTS)

What do you think

you're up to?

Uh-uh.

Buddy, no!

Shame on you!

(WHIMPERING)

(PITIFUL MOANING)

Buddy, Buddy, Buddy.

Shh. Shh.

It's okay.

It's okay.

(CHITTERING)

No, no, you two.

Not now.

(GRUNTS)

Come on, Joe.

Captain Jiggs.

Come on.

(MOANING CONTINUES)

I don't just

belong to you,

you know.

Well.

Maybe I do.

Don't worry.

She didn't mean it.

I know what'll

cheer you up. Look.

Here's a coin.

It's okay.

It's only a coin.

This is magic.

Ready?

It's in the air, in the air.

It's going in the hand.

It's in the hand.

Look what's in there.

It's gone!

It's gone!

Do you know

where it is?

(SNAPS FINGERS)

It was in Joe's ear!

That's magic.

TRUDY: Oh, you can

walk on two feet, Buddy.

You know you can.

(CRASHING)

Try. Just try.

Come on, just try,

Buddy. Oh!

Trudy, do you think

you'll be here by dessert?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm coming.

Don't know what

she's missing, does she?

You know, if I could just

get his mind off his fear,

he'd be walking now.

You know what?

Wait a minute.

Give me a couple

of those bananas.

You want some of that?

No, no, have

some of this.

With your cranberry sauce,

go on.

Up you go.

There. Hold these

right under your arms

and hold tight. Lettuce?

Here we go. There.

All right, now.

(GROANS)

What, Buddy?

What's wrong?

Oh, it's wilted.

Hmm, you'll keep that

green grocer honest yet,

won't you?

Is the celery fresh?

I hope so.

Oh, all right. Here.

Here we go.

All right.

All right, go on.

Go to the dining room.

No, no, don't eat it.

Don't eat it.

Go to the dining room.

Whoo-hoo!

There you have it!

Walking!

(SLURPING)

Buddy, hold your fork like...

Hold your fork like this.

Trudy.

There you go.

Yes? Sorry.

Buddy!

Your foot goes

on the floor.

(SIGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

Darling, I hate to be the one

to tell you this, but...

Before we know it,

he is gonna be huge.

Well, I imagine you know

how I feel about that.

Yes, well,

I'm not a gorilla.

Don't underestimate

yourself, darling.

You know you're capable

of almost anything.

Besides, Buddy's

a perfect gentleman.

Not with your foot,

Buddy.

Sweetheart,

do you know anyone

offhand

who has

a full-grown gorilla

in their house?

No.

But I have my suspicions

about that new fellow

down at the drugstore.

Oh.

All right, Buddy.

All right.

Now,

take your plate

to Emma.

She'll give you

dessert.

Okay.

(GRUNTING)

TRUDY: And so, my sweet Buddy

grew and grew.

A hundred pounds a year.

His massive size and strength

always competing with

his sensitivity and grace.

(CHITTERING)

(WHIMPERING)

Buddy.

Oh, it's all right, Buddy.

It's all right.

Night-night, Skippy.

Snuggle up,

Captain Jiggs.

It's cold out there.

Night, Joe.

Bedtime, Maggie.

Sweet dreams, Maggie.

(CHITTERING)

(GRUNTING)

Oh, Buddy!

Who let you out,

hmm?

It was that bad Maggie,

wasn't it?

Come on, Buddy.

All right.

Ready to go, Trudy?

Almost.

I'll warm up the car.

All right.

I'll be out

in a minute.

Make sure you leave

the blanket for him

at the foot of his bed

in case he needs it

during the night.

Yes, I know. Bye-bye.

Stay with me.

Because he prefers

the blanket to the quilt.

I know.

And he likes you

to fluff his pillow.

Yes, I know that,

Mrs. Lintz.

Come on, Buddy.

Good boy.

Oh! And, uh,

don't forget to leave on

a couple of lights,

because one's not enough.

(GRUNTING)

Yes, Mrs. Lintz,

I know all the particulars.

All right.

Come on, now,

good boy.

Easy, boy.

Stay with me, Buddy.

Oh, d*ck, remember,

a little snack

around 9:00.

Yes. I think it would be best

if you went now, Mrs. Lintz.

Yes, all right.

Night-night, Buddy.

Look. See?

See, she's gone.

There, now.

It's okay, big man.

(SAD GRUNTING)

Good boy.

(FRUSTRATED GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING)

(CONTENTED GRUNTING)

(LAUGHING)

Oh, Bill.

Oh, my feet

are k*lling me.

That's what you get

for dancing on the table.

Listen, next time

we're invited to

one of these gala shindigs,

would you remind me

how much I hate them?

Maybe.

Don't you think

it does you good

to get out?

No. People

are such bores.

Oh, thank you

very much.

(LAUGHS)

(GRUNTING)

(LAUGHING)

Red's my favorite

color too, Buddy.

(HONKING)

(CHITTERING)

(HONKING CONTINUES)

(CHITTERING)

(BUDDY GRUNTING)

Easy, Buddy.

You've cleaned

enough right there.

Better move along before

you scrub all the linoleum

off the floor.

(GRUNTS)

(SQUAWKING)

Easy, Buddy.

The only useful one

out the whole bunch.

How'd you like

to learn how

to cook?

(GRUNTS)

Jane Aldrich, uh,

tells me that your

monkeys wear clothes

all the time.

They're apes.

Chimps and gorillas

are apes, not monkeys.

Oh.

Well, last I heard,

you raised dogs and

competed in dog shows.

Oh, Westminster,

Bunny.

She's won five times,

five consecutive years.

No one's broken

that record,

have they?

No, no

they haven't.

I also understand

that these, uh,

little fellows

brush their teeth and,

uh, wash their faces?

Jane also told me that

they even say their

prayers at night.

(CHUCKLES)

Is it all right

for him to...

Oh, Joe.

Yes, well, when they're

clean and dressed,

they're always

under better control.

They're mentally stimulated

and they're proud of

themselves, just as we are.

JOE: Do you realize what

you have accomplished,

Mrs. Lintz?

You are the

missing link.

(TRUDY LAUGHS)

TRUDY: Oh, Mr. Bowman,

there's such a long

way to go.

But I believe I may have

blundered on enough

to keep the scientists

picking up after me

for a good long while.

The difference between chimps

and gorillas, for instance,

is absolutely fascinating.

Why, when Maggie here

got her first Kiddie Kar...

Her first

Kiddie Kar?

Yes, well, she didn't

know what in the world

to make of it.

Oh, Mrs. Lintz.

The World's Fair

needs them.

You cannot

refuse us.

You must bring them

to Chicago.

Our organizers have

combed the globe,

gathering the fruits

of humanity's genius.

You belong there.

You must be there.

It is not by accident

that we've called it,

"The Century of

Progress Exposition."

The century

of progress.

Why, it wouldn't be

complete without you,

and what better example

of progress than you

and your apes.

(JOE AND TRUDY CHUCKLING)

Oh, aren't these the most

fantastic times we live in?

Oh, yes. Yes,

they are, Mr. Bowman.

(CHUCKLES)

They are.

Whoo, Buddy!

(GRUNTS)

(SNORTING)

Oh, my God!

May I have a bite

of your banana, Buddy?

Oh, it looks delicious.

Thank you.

Would you?

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

No, no,

thank you.

Hmm.

None of the chimps

will do that.

Not one of them will

share food with me.

Buddy, open your mouth.

(TRUDY CHUCKLES)

Okay, let go now.

You see? He's as

gentle as a lamb.

(GRUNTS)

Then why is there

a chain on his door?

Oh, well.

He doesn't know his

own strength sometimes.

(LAUGHS SHEEPISHLY)

I'll think about

the World's Fair,

Mr. Bowman,

and I'll let you know

in a week or two.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

(LAUGHING UNEASILY)

(CHARLIE LAUGHS MOCKINGLY)

Don't you like

them, Charlie?

(CHARLIE LAUGHS MOCKINGLY)

Shh!

(SQUAWKS)

It's definite.

Mr. Bowman brought

the contract this afternoon.

We're off to Chicago

in a month.

Well, that's terrific.

I only wish I could

drop everything

and come with you.

Well, you can't do

that to your patients.

Yeah. Do we have

any mustard?

I'll get it.

I'm just sorry I'm

gonna miss you there

in all your glory.

Oh, well,

my glory's here.

The World's Fair

is just an adventure.

Oh, that

looks delicious.

Do me a favor, Trudy.

Oh, a bigger glass?

No. Don't take Buddy.

Why not?

'Cause I don't

think it's safe.

Not for you, not for him,

not for anybody.

I honestly don't.

Oh, horsefeathers.

Tomato would be good

on those, don't you think?

Oh, knife!

Look, indulge me.

Just for a minute.

How many people has

Buddy ever been around

at one time?

I know we have

more than one knife

in this kitchen.

You can answer the question

with the fingers of one hand,

Trudy.

Do you know how many people

go to these things?

Millions.

Well, we have

our own pavilion.

Millions of people

won't be seeing

Buddy all at once.

Gertrude.

Well, they won't!

That's ridiculous!

There's nothing

to worry about.

TRUDY: In the annals

of fair-making,

no show ever matched

"The Century of

Progress Exposition."

Visitors swarmed to Chicago

from everywhere.

Eighty miles of free exhibits,

spectacles and pageants

were the wonder of the nation.

The scene of new adventure,

new knowledge, new experience.

The chimps loved the crowds.

They were natural performers.

Ladies and gentlemen.

We're very privileged

to have you with us today.

So come on in

and enjoy the show!

(APPLAUDING)

(CHEERING)

d*ck: Thank you.

Thank you very much,

ladies and gentlemen.

(CHATTERING)

(DRUMS AND HARMONICA PLAYING)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING CONTINUES)

I beg your pardon.

I know that no one

is permitted back here.

Oh, no,

don't worry,

Father.

His eyes are not

the eyes of an animal.

There isn't the slightest

doubt, is there?

No, there isn't,

Father.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(CROWD EXCLAIMS)

(ALL EXCLAIM)

(LAUGHING)

(LAUGHING)

Whoo, Buddy!

You'll have your turn

on stage this afternoon.

Okay?

(TRAIN RUMBLING)

(GRUNTING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHATTERING)

(THUDS)

(GRUNTING UNEASILY)

(BELL RINGS)

(HISSING)

(SNORTING)

(TRIBAL DRUMS PLAYING)

You wait here.

(ALL LAUGHING)

(CHITTERING)

(TRIBAL DRUMS CONTINUE)

(GRUNTING)

(APPLAUSE)

TRUDY: Maggie?

(CROWD SCREAMING)

(NEIGHING)

Gorilla's out!

(ALL YELLING)

(SCREAMING)

(SNORTS)

(PIANO PLAYING)

(BUDDY WHIMPERING)

(GRUNTS)

(TRIBAL DRUMS INCREASING)

MAN: Over there!

(WHIMPERING)

Buddy!

Buddy!

Buddy!

Hey, wait, stop!

Found him yet?

No, not yet.

I'd like to get

out and walk.

Yes, ma'am.

(GRUNTS)

MAN: Mrs. Lintz!

Stop!

Please, get back.

Buddy?

Buddy?

Buddy.

(SNIFFLING)

(WHIMPERING)

Oh, Buddy.

(WHIMPERS)

I was so worried

about you.

Where were you?

Whoo, Buddy!

Buddy!

(LAUGHS)

Buddy, let me down.

Whoa.

You let me go.

(LAUGHING)

Buddy, let me go.

Mrs. Lintz?

Oh, call my assistant,

d*ck Croner.

And tell him to bring

a truck down here.

Right away.

Buddy, let me down now.

Oh, and I need

a pan of milk.

Okay.

Oh, whoo! Buddy.

(LAUGHS)

Let me down.

Oh, Buddy.

Look what I've

got for you.

Milk.

You must be starving.

d*ck's here, Buddy.

Time to go.

Yeah.

(SIGHS)

Oh, Buddy,

they're all alike.

You must have sat

in every single one

ten times by now.

(GRUNTS)

(BANGING ON DOORS)

(WHIMPERING)

(HORN HONKING)

(DOGS BARKING)

Oh, hello, Emma.

CHARLIE:

Hello, Emma!

EMMA: Welcome home!

(DOGS CONTINUE BARKING)

(GIGGLES) Oh!

Oh, come here, come here,

come here, come here.

(DOGS WHIMPERING)

Hi.

Oh, I missed you!

I missed you!

Hey, what kind

of hello is that?

We're still friends,

aren't we?

(SQUAWKING)

Is he gonna

be all right?

He'll be fine,

now that we're home.

Come on.

Oh, I'm so glad

to see you.

Thank you for not saying,

"I told you so."

Oh, did I forget?

I told you so.

Oh, I'm so happy

to be back.

TRUDY: Oh, that's beautiful.

Look.

TRUDY: And I was

happy to be back.

Now, more than anything else,

I wanted a new start.

For me, for all of us.

But most of all,

for Buddy.

TRUDY: Buddy!

Come and join us, Buddy!

(PIANO PLAYING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

(LAUGHTER)

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

(TRIBAL DRUMS PLAYING)

It's freezing

out there.

EMMA: Miserable.

I'll take Dr. Lintz's mail

up to him in the study.

I'll go brew some tea.

(TRIBAL DRUMS CONTINUE)

(TRUDY GASPS)

(BUDDY ROARS)

(TRUDY SCREAMS)

TRUDY: Buddy!

Buddy, stop it!

No!

(TOY RATTLES)

Buddy!

(BUDDY ROARS)

TRUDY: No!

(GRUNTING)

I just can't stop

thinking about it.

Thank God

she's all right.

It's a nightmare, Joe.

It's an absolute

nightmare.

Pour me another,

would you?

(WHEEZES)

(GRUNTS)

You ready

to go in yet?

Oh, just a little

while longer.

Ah, it's nice to be

outside, isn't it?

Oh, it's very nice.

Trudy.

Mmm-hmm?

Have you decided

what to do about Buddy?

What are you saying?

(GRUNTING)

I'm sorry, Buddy.

You know I can't

let you out.

Hey.

Look what I've

got for you.

See?

It's your favorite.

It was my fault.

I startled him.

He didn't mean it.

So you've said,

over and over.

Am I a bad person, Bill?

Was I wrong?

Should I have let him

die when he was a baby?

Would that have been kinder?

Would that have been

the right thing to do?

No, sweetheart.

I'd give anything to be

able to send him home.

That's what he needs.

He belongs in the jungle.

He belongs with his own kind.

That's what he's aching for.

Then why don't we?

Because the truth is,

is he wouldn't survive there.

He wouldn't have a clue how.

This is it.

This is the only world

he's ever known.

He sleeps in a bed, Bill.

He sleeps in a bed.

Come on.

Eat your dinner.

We can't let him

out of that cage,

and you know it.

Yes, we'll be able to.

Why would you want to?

What have you

got to prove?

What?

I haven't lost

control over him.

You don't really

believe that.

I haven't.

(SIGHS)

(GRUNTING)

(SOFT GRUNTS)

Buddy.

(BUDDY MOANS)

(SIGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

Look, Buddy.

Poor Trudy.

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING CONTINUES)

Go sit in your

chair, Buddy.

Don't disobey me, Buddy.

I can't have lost you,

now go sit in your chair.

(POT CLATTERS)

Shame on you!

Go sit in your chair now!

(GROWLS)

(GASPS)

Oh.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(WHIMPERS)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(WHIMPERING CONTINUES)

(DOOR OPENS)

(BUDDY SNORTING)

(WHIMPERING)

(WHIMPERING CONTINUES)

(WHISPERING)

Buddy.

Don't be afraid.

It's just a storm.

It's all right, Buddy.

(WHIMPERING)

It's all right.

You're okay.

Don't be afraid,

Buddy.

It's all right,

Buddy.

It's all right,

Buddy.

Easy.

(WHIMPERS)

That's it.

That's it.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Don't be afraid.

You'll be safe, Buddy,

you'll be safe.

Trudy's here.

Trudy's here.

It's okay, Buddy.

You're all right,

Buddy.

It's all right,

Buddy. Stairs.

One at a time.

Here we go.

(SIGHS)

Let go a little,

Buddy.

It's too tight.

Buddy,

you'll be fine.

You're hurting me,

Buddy.

Buddy, let go.

Let go, Buddy,

please.

Okay, that's better.

Here we go.

Good boy.

Good boy.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Good boy.

Okay, Buddy.

All right,

you're still with me.

Look at this beautiful,

perfect pear.

Oh, yeah.

Look at that.

You can tell it's ripe,

can't you?

Smell.

See, Buddy? Look.

So good.

It'll taste more gorgeous

than any pear in the history

of pears, Buddy.

Good boy, Buddy!

Buddy, look.

Look at that.

It's yours, Buddy.

It's your pear

for being such

a good boy.

There we go.

That's a good boy,

Buddy.

Such a good boy.

Here we go.

Let's go.

That's good,

Buddy.

There we go.

Good Buddy.

(GRUNTS)

Buddy, wait!

(GRUNTS)

(GASPS)

(GROWLING)

(CLATTERING)

(GROWLS)

You mustn't sh**t!

Only if we have to,

Mrs. Lintz.

Now where is he?

On my signal.

Do you hear me?

On my signal only!

(SCREECHING)

(BUDDY GRUNTING)

(SCREECHING)

(ROARS)

(ROARING)

CHARLIE: Oh, Buddy!

Wonderful, Buddy.

Wonderful.

Oh.

Wonderful.

Oh.

Oh, Buddy.

(GRUNTS)

(WHIMPERING)

TRUDY: I knew

Buddy could think,

that he could love.

What I hadn't wanted to face

was how deeply he could hurt.

Bill was right.

Buddy didn't belong

here anymore.

But the heart is stubborn.

The heart won't always listen.

Thanks to you, here's a

first the zoo can really

be proud of, eh, Mrs. Lintz?

Oh, well,

I hope it works.

Of course

it'll work.

It's excellent.

Look at it, Tru.

It's bound to

inspire people.

(SIGHS)

We need to make sure we

plant enough walnut trees.

Buddy's crazy

about walnuts.

And I forgot

the gooseberry bushes.

Gosh, we need to get

some gooseberry bushes.

Yes, ma'am.

Oh, and it's also time

we got started on the

jungle for the chimps.

(ENGINE PUTTERING)

Oh, he's here.

I told you about this place,

but I bet you didn't

believe me, did you?

There are caves

to go into

when it rains.

And all kinds

of trees, Buddy.

Walnut trees.

And some open areas

where it's just grass.

Here they come.

Look!

The big one

from Dallas, see?

And the mother

and baby from Ohio.

And there's the wee one

from here.

(GRUNTS)

I know you don't

remember, Buddy.

But you belong with them.

(SIGHS)

Try, Buddy.

Just try.

TRUDY: Letting Buddy go

was the hardest thing

I've ever had to do.

Here, I hoped,

was a place where he

could finally be happy

and safe.

All of us,

all animals on earth,

are happiest when

we are understood.

I will be grateful to him

as long as I live.