Balto/Transcript

(We see a black screen momentarily and then hear a judge banging his gavel and yelling "ORDER IN THE COURT! ORDER IN THE COURT!!!" in a rather unconvincing manner. Then the screen lightens up and we see a black-and-white courtroom scene, possibly taken from an old movie. The judge continues speaking. "Respond the question, did you or did you not copy Balto," he says to the guilty man in this scene. We see an old woman shaking and gritting her teeth. "Well," the judge says. "I did," the man says in a disgraceful manner. Everyone gasps and the woman shrieks. "Take him away, boys," the judge says to two policemen. After the guilty man is taken away, the green FBI warnings spin up to us briefly. "Don't even think about copying this videotape," the judge says and we hear the sound of a jail door closing)
(After the green FBI warnings, the Walt Disney Pictures logo appears, but silent clips of Disney movies and some of the Disneyland presentations are shown)
Beau Weaver: From movies...to magical vacations. From the theater....to your living room. There's always something new and emotional from Disney.
(Footage of Thunder Mountain Railroad and Epcot are shown)
Now, here's a special message......from Walt Disney World.
Girl: And then the raccoons ate our food and they all had poison ivy. And that was my vacation.
Boy: We drive and drive and drive once more. And that was my vacation.
Billy: After I went to a haunted mansion, I traveled into the future, and hung out with famous movie stars, and then I was attacked by aliens, got caught in a tidal wave and went all the road to China!
Mum: Is that all, Billy?
Billy: No, but the rest is kind of hard to believe.
Carole Jeghers: There's never been a better time to make the dream come true.
(Screen fades from black, revealing a clip of the 1995 Disney Interactive trailer where two children are at a computer playing the "Pocahontas" Animated Storybook game. Tinkerbell flies in and changes the scenes to the Disney Interactive logo as she flies off)
Beau Weaver: And here's what's new from Disney Interactive.
Woody: Alright. Uh...oh, yes. (looks under the sheet of his doodle pad) Um...one minor note here. Andy's birthday festival's been moved...to today.
(The toys gasp upon seeing this)
Mark Elliott: Now, the fun and emotion of "Toy Story" come to your home computer.
Rex: Terrific!
Mark Elliott: Introducing Pixar and "Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story" on CD-ROM. An amazing three-dimensional adventure.
(the mouse clicks the light switch, which makes the room dark. Buzz's suit glows a bright green light)
With the click of the mouse, you bring the story to life!
(Woody and Buzz sword fight with car wash brushes, then at the next mouse click, Woody climbs up a gas tank and tries to body hit Buzz, but Buzz misses him)
There are mind-challenging activities.
(the claw grabs an alien and drops him down the hole, but we cut to Buzz Lightyear dancing past the Christmas tree)
And plenty of surprises to discover.
(Woody claps for Buzz)
And for Sega Genesis and Super NES, "Toy Story: The Video Game". Live all the adventure of the movie and more. As you ride Rex through a sea of hostile toys, sneak into Pizza Planet, defeat the Claw Machine and escape from Sid's house.
(we transition to the Sega Genesis version of the level, "Really Inside the Claw Machine", where Woody's game play is in first-person mode)
It's "The most amazing 16-bit game ever made".
Woody: (Walks to an alien and picks it up) Hello.
Mark Elliott: The "Toy Story: Animated Storybook" and "Toy Story: The Video Game", from Disney Interactive!
(The camera zooms into the theater screen as the screen fades to black)
Beau Weaver: Here's a special preview of Disney's next animated masterpiece coming to theaters.
(After the Walt Disney Pictures logo, we fade to a black background)
Mark Elliott: Coming this summer from Walt Disney Pictures.
(Screen fades from black, showing some of the locations from the film)
Clopin: Up there, high, high in the dark bell tower lives the mysterious bell ringer.
Hugo: Hey, Quasi, what's going on out there? A flight? A flogging?
Quasimodo: The Festival of Fools!
Hugo: Alright, that's it! Wine, women and song!
Laverne: Did ya ever think of going there?
Mark Elliott: He lived a solitary life behind stone walls.
Frollo: Remember, Quasimodo.
Quasimodo: Yes, master.
Frollo: This is your sanctuary.
(Then we see the torn and tattered Quasimodo close the cathedral doors, transitioning to the Feast of Fools)
Clopin: (sings) Here it is, the moment you've been waiting for.
Mark Elliott: Outside was a world he had only dreamed about.
Frollo: (To Phoebus) Look at that disgusting display.
Phoebus: (Lifts his helmet) Yes, sir.
Mark Elliott: Until he met Esmeralda.
Esmeralda: Well, you're not hurt, are you?
Quasimodo: No, no!
Esmeralda: You see? No harm done.
Laverne: Look, he has a friend with him!
Esmeralda: Leave this place.
Frollo: (Turns Quasimodo to him) You don't know what it's like out there.
Laverne: Nobody wants to stay cooped up here forever.
Esmeralda: Come with me.
Quasimodo: You're right! I'll go!
Hugo: Way to go, lover boy! (sings) A guy so swell.
(The gargoyles burst their heads out from three sides of a window)
Hugo, Victor and Laverne: (singing) A guy like you!
Mark Elliott: This summer, share the feeling.
Hugo: Give her some slack, then reel her in, then give her some slack.....
Laverne: Knock it off, Hugo! She's a girl, not a mackerel.
Mark Elliott: Join the fun.
Chorus: (sings) Topsy-turvy!
Hugo: Pour the wine and (Farts with his armpit 3 times) cut the cheese!
Chorus: (singing) Topsy-turvy!
Phoebus: Sit.
Brutish Guard: (Tries to get back up, but Achilles sits on him) Woah!
Oafish Guard: Come back here, gypsy!
Mark Elliott: And live the adventure.
(Esmeralda throws a guard's helmet at three guards on horses and it ricochets off their helmets, but we cut to Phoebus ducking under the incoming helmet, which hits the wall behind him)
Phoebus: What a woman!
Frollo: Arrest her.
Quasimodo: NoooooOOOO!!!!
Frollo: How dare you defy me!
Quasimodo: Hang on!
Hugo: I think the cavalry's here!
(Frollo reacts in horror at the soldiers charging at his booth. The soldiers smash through the booth, and it falls to pieces)
Mark Elliott: Walt Disney Pictures presents an all-new animated motion picture event.
(Quasimodo splashes water on his face as the screen brightens)
Clopin and Chorus: (singing) Bells...of...Notre...Dame!
Mark Elliott: The story of one extraordinary human being.
Phoebus: She's very lucky to have a friend like you.
Mark Elliott: Discovering the magic...
(Esmeralda disappears in a cloud of smoke after blowing her nose)
....within himself. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
(The screen fades to black on the final note of the song, then in the black background, we see orange subtitles reading "COMING TO THEATERS JUNE 21st")
(Screen fades from black, revealing a movie theater's screening room)
Mark Elliott: Now playing in theaters from Walt Disney Pictures.
(Screen fades to the Walt Disney Pictures logo)
Dodger: If you found your pals, you've had all ya need.
Oliver: Yes!
Mark Elliott: Now, the movie that put it in the new twist of Oliver is returning to theaters.
Dodger: Absitively posolutely.
Mark Elliott: It's Disney's animated classic.
Rita: (sings) Oohhhh, yes!
Mark Elliott: "Oliver & Company".
Rita: (singing) Watch how we do facts, ooh, I guarantee.
Jenny: Isn't he cute? Mum and Dad just said I could keep him.
Georgette: Oh!
Tito: Check it out!
Rita: (singing) These are streets of gold!
Dodger: Alright, boy.
Georgette: You yo-yos clear out and I mean NOW!!
(Oliver falls from the ceiling)
Tito: Gang war! Gang war!
Jenny: They've taken Oliver.
Oliver: Get away from me!
Sykes: You have 12 hours.
Dodger: We'll get her back.
Tito: That's right, man. He's family! (Oliver scratches DeSoto's nose, and he growls in pain) He's blood!
Dodger: Let's do it!
(Roscoe and DeSoto break into the office)
(Tito shrieking)
Fagin: Aah! Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Jenny: LET GO!!
Tito: Hey, get off my back, woman! I'm driving!
Oliver: MeoooooOOOOW!!!!
Mark Elliott: Now, the gang that has comedy-wired...
(Oliver steps on the ignition, electrocuting Tito, who shrieks)
Mark Elliott: And attitude despair......
Oliver: Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Mark Elliott: ...is back.
Old Louie: I'll get you!
Mark Elliott: With songs performed by Bette Midler.
Georgette: Could I see you for a moment...privately?
Tito: (Sniffs) Ooh!
Mark Elliott: Ruth Pointer, Huey Lewis and Billy Joel.
Dodger: (sings) Why should I concern? Why should I care?
Tito: (singing) It's just be-bopulation!
All: (singing) We've had street savoir-faire!
Mark Elliott: It's the one and only "Oliver & Company". And it's only in theaters!
Tito: If this is torture, chain me to the wall.
Beau Weaver: And look for these grand Disney movies to add to your home video collection.
Mark Elliott: Coming to video, the Muppets are hitting the high seas.
Gonzo and Rizzo: WATCH OUT!!
(The ship smashes into the island and the Muppets fly out of it)
Mark Elliott: And everything in between.
Rizzo: Here they go again.
(Dr. Bunsen Honeydew cuts the rope under Gonzo's stretched feet and Gonzo springs up, yelling happily)
Gonzo: YAHOO!!
Mark Elliott: Walt Disney Home Video presents from Jim Henson Productions...
Muppet Cast: (sings) We have cabin fever!
(Screen cuts to Kermit wildly waggling his sword)
Mark Elliott: Kermit the Frog.
Kermit/Captain Smollett: Not bad for an amphibian.
Mark Elliott: Miss Piggy.
Miss Piggy/Benjamina Gunn: No more miss nice guy! (Kisses a pirate, making him faint)
Rizzo: Ha-ha!
Mark Elliott: And the rowdiest crew ever!
(Camera pans around Gonzo pushing one handle of the wheel that hoists the anchor)
Gonzo: Hurry up, Rizzo!
(Camera pans around Rizzo hanging onto the handle)
Rizzo: I'm going as fast as I can!
Mark Elliott: "Muppet Treasure Island".
Muppet Cast: (singing) We've had cabin fever!
Mark Elliott: Coming soon to video!
Muppet Cast: (singing) And we're all going.....
(The subtitles fade to black, along with the audio)
(Screen fades from black, revealing the TriStar Pictures logo)
John Leader: Critics are calling "Jumanji" the wildest, funniest movie of the season.
Van Pelt: Aah!
John Leader: An adventure that makes "Jurassic Park" look like a petting zoo.
Alan Parrish: Don't turn back!
John Leader: Robin Williams is hilarious.
Alan Parrish: Aha!
John Leader: It's the biggest movie adventure you'll ever take. Perfect for the entire family.
Alan Parrish: Ha!
John Leader: This movie should prohibit seat belts!
Alan Parrish: Aahhhh!!!!
John Leader: Robin Williams. "Jumanji". Rated PG!
(After the black-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo, we fade to Aladdin riding Magic Carpet, and Genie flying next to him as they enter Agrabah)
Mark Elliott: This summer, you can own the newest "Aladdin" movie.
Abu: (Chatters)
Genie: Oh, yes!
Mark Elliott: His biggest adventure ever.
Aladdin: Show me the road.
(The screen fades to a white background, but fades revealing the "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" logo in front of a black background.)
Mark Elliott: "Aladdin and the King of Thieves".
(Screen cuts to a clip montage)
Featuring five brand-new songs! And reuniting all your favorite characters from "Aladdin".
Genie: I'm back!
Mark Elliott: Including the Genie, brought to life once again by the one-and-only Robin Williams.
(We cut to Robin Williams in the recording booth)
Robin Williams: It's a kinder, gentler genie! Look at this!
(The final animation test of Genie turning into a construction worker is used)
This summer, live the adventure.
Cassim: You don't stand a chance against the King of Thieves.
Mark Elliott: And take part in the wedding of the century.
Aladdin: Wow.
Genie: (sings) They're eventually getting married!
Jasmine: (singing) We're eventually getting married!
Aladdin: (singing) I'm eventually getting married!
Genie Chorus: (singing) They're eventually getting married at the festival...in Agrabaahhhh!!!!
Mark Elliott: "Aladdin and the King of Thieves".
Genie Chorus: (singing) There's a festival in Agrabah!
(Screen flashes on the last note of the music, but the white screen fades to the text in front of a black background, saying "COMING DIRECTLY TO VIDEO")
Mark Elliott: Coming directly to video.
(The screen flashes again, but this time with the white screen fading to the black background with text saying "SUMMER 1996")
Summer '96!
(After the black-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo, the screen cuts to Frou-Frou hauling the carriage with Edgar in the front. Behind him is Madame Adelaide Bonfamille with Duchess and Marie)
Mark Elliott: Coming to home video for the very first time.
(Duchess climbs up to Adelaide and meows)
One of the biggest Disney classics: "The Aristocats"!
O'Malley: Me-yow!
Mark Elliott: Meet a wealthy Duchess, and her three adorable kittens.
(Marie, Berlioz and Toulouse jump into the pet door at the same time and get stuck in the middle, Marie in the middle of her brothers)
Toulouse: Why should you be first?
Marie: Because I'm a lady, that's why.
Toulouse: You're not a lady!
(Marie gets in the mansion, but Berlioz pulls her sister back by her tail)
Berlioz: You're nothing but a sister!
Mark Elliott: They've been taken, and abandoned in the French countryside.
(As the screen flashes during a lightning strike, Adelaide rushes out of her bedroom in a panic)
Adelaide: THEY'RE GONE!!
(Screen cuts to Edgar being chased by Napoleon and Lafayette)
Mark Elliott: By a greedy butler, out to steal their fortune.
Toulouse: (Sticks his head out of the basket) What's gonna happen to us?
Mark Elliott: Now it's up to O'Malley, the street-wise, smooth-speaking alley cat......
(The camera follows O'Malley as he jumps down the roof window, twirls down a hat rack and slides across a piano. Shun Gon spins in his stool as O'Malley passes him)
to save the day!
O'Malley: Yes.
Mark Elliott: Join an unforgettable cast of delightful Disney characters, as they help Duchess and her kittens find their road home.
O'Malley: Lay some skin on me, Scat Cat! (O'Malley and Scat Cat high five)
Mark Elliott: "The Aristocats"! It's filled with emotion......
Napoleon: Charge!
(Napoleon bites Edgar's butt)
Edgar: OW!!
(Screen cuts to a silent clip of O'Malley and Duchess' tails curling around each other's)
Mark Elliott: Romance...
Amelia: Scandalous.
Berlioz: (To Marie) Sissy stuff!
Mark Elliott: And music you'll be dancing to all night long!
Scat Cat: This is outrageous! (Drops Roquefort) Disgraceful!
(Screen cuts to Scat Cat and his gang of alley cats attacking Edgar, but the screen cuts to Roquefort trying to open the lock by turning the dial. Having a hard time concentrating, he shouts at the screen)
Mark Elliott: But most of all, it's...
Roquefort: Csendes!
(On cue, the fighting stops and we cut to Roquefort continuing to crack the code. After three seconds of listening and turning the dial, Roquefort grins after hearing the lock open and the screen cuts back to Edgar and the alley cats yet frozen. After two seconds, the alley cats continue fighting Edgar as "Everybody Wants to Be a Cat (Reprise)" starts up)
Mark Elliott: It's delightful Disney fun!
Alley Cats: (singing) Everybody....everybody....everybody wants to be a cat! Everybody....everybody....everybody wants to be a cat!
Mark Elliott: It's a jazzy addition to your Walt Disney classics collection.
Alley Cats: (singing) Everybody wants to beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
(The title fades in)
Mark Elliott: "The Aristocats". Coming April 24th to videocassette!
(The blue-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo appears as triumphant music plays, but the screen fades to reveal the Pixar logo in a black background)
Woody: Sergeant?
Sargent: Yes, sir!
(We see Woody speaking to Sarge)
Woody: ...establish a recon post downstairs.
Sargent: Code Red! Repeat; we are at Code Red. Recon plan Charlie. Execute! (The soldiers jump out of the bucket) Move, move, move, move, move!
(In another shot, an army man opens Andy's bedroom door, followed by another shot where two green army men jump from the edge of the side of the staircase and open their parachutes)
Green Soldier: (Puts the binoculars down) It's a...
(Camera slowly flies up as we see Buzz in front of Woody, who is standing on the bed)
Green Soldier Past the Baby Monitor: It's a big one.
(The camera rises up and stops at Buzz's face)
Mark Elliott: Walt Disney Home Video presents a totally new animated motion picture event.
Buzz Lightyear: (Presses the red oval button) Star Command, come in. Do you read me?
Mark Elliott: The story of two toys......
(Woody gulps as he hides his face below the bed)
Buzz Lightyear: (Checks his oxygen levels, which are stickers on his wrist communicator) There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere.
(In Buzz's point-of-view, Woody's face suddenly shows up from the right of his helmet)
Woody: Hello. (In shock, Buzz aims his laser at Woody, who is just as alarmed)
(Andy's toys panic as they run to the camera)
Mark Elliott: ...headed for a showdown.
(We cut back to Buzz aiming his laser at Woody)
Woody: My name...is Woody, and this...is my spot.
(Buzz Lightyear wraps his arm around and dives forward)
Woody: Oof!
(Buzz unwraps Woody and stands back up and walks out of the shot)
Buzz Lightyear: I am Buzz Lightyear.
(We cut to Lenny hesitantly shaking)
I come in peace.
Woody: You are a child's play-fact!
Buzz Lightyear: You are a mournful, strange little man.
Mark Elliott: And playing by their own rules.
Woody: Draw! (Points his fingers like guns at Etch, who draws a gun and makes a clicking sound) Got me again!
Rex: (Slowly walks backwards) I don't like confrontations!
Woody: Buzz, look! An alien!
Buzz Lightyear: (Turns back in shock) Where?! (Woody laughs hysterically)
(Slinky's laugh is heard in the background as Mr. Potato Head shows off his amputated arm)
You're mocking me, aren't you?
(The toolbox falls and crushes Woody, cutting over to Buzz pressing the red circle button and showing off his wings)
Andy's Toys: Ooh!
Hamm: Oh, impressive wingspan. Very nice.
Woody: Oh, what? What? He can't fly.
Buzz Lightyear: (Chuckles) Yes. I can.
Woody: You can't.
Buzz Lightyear: Can.
Woody: CAN'T! CAN'T!! CAN'T!!!
(Buzz dives off the bedpost and bounces off the ball with his helmet)
Mark Elliott: Coming soon to video, the adventure takes off......
(Buzz lands on a car with his feet and rides the car down the track, follows the loop-de-loop, and then jumps off the car and flies to the ceiling)
...where toys come to life.
Buzz Lightyear: To infinity. And beyond!
(The second prototype logo forms as the screen fades to a black background)
Mark Elliott: "Toy Story"!
Buzz Lightyear: Watch out!
(Buzz smashes through the logo and falls back on the bed, landing successfully at his feet)
Can!
(The toys cheering can be heard in the background as we cut to a black background with a title card saying "COMING SOON TO HOME VIDEO")
(Screen fades from black, revealing the title card, "After our Feature More Grand Previews")
Brian Cummings: Stay tuned after our feature for more grand previews.
(The Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo appears)
Beau Weaver: And now, our feature presentation.
(Screen fades to black and the movie starts)
(Whoosh! A powerful purebred silver-and-charcoal malamute leads a dog sled team down a snow-covered trail. His steel-blue eyes look steadily out of the mask on his face. Sunlight gleams off his golden championship collar)
Star: Steele! We're not gonna make it!
(But Steele keeps up his pace. He closes in on a small husky leading another, less experienced team, bares his fangs and growls. That is all it takes to send the other team careening out of control. As the musher and dogs are thrown off the trail, Steele flashes a satisfied grin and pulls his own team through the pass––victorious)
(The fallen musher shakes his fist furiously)
Leader of Smashed Team: Arrrghh! Steele!
(Steele scoffs as he races on toward Nome and the finish line. Down the trail, a spotter on the ravine catches sight of Steele's team. He points his flare pistol heavenward and pulls the trigger. Bumpf!)
Balto: It's the three-mile marker! We're going to miss the end of the race!
(On the edge of the small town of Nome, Balto, a cheerful, gray half-husky, half-wolf, balances precariously on the top of a fence and tries to hoist up his friend Boris, a cranky Russian snow goose)
Boris: You think I care about a bunch of crazy dogs all trying to outrun each other in the freezing cold? Like there was only one tree in all of Alaska!
(Balto just ignores the goose's comment)
Balto: Let's go, Boris! We can cut through town!
(Boris shakes his head no)
Boris: Oh, dear! I am country bird. I stay out of there!
(But Balto is already halfway. He jumps onto the rooftop of a building lining Front Street and races toward the center of town)
(Boris attempts to keep up)
Boris: Every time there is a race, you run around like you're in it!
Balto: Perhaps one day I will be!
(Bumpf! Then another flare explodes in the heavens)
Balto: It's the two-mile mark! C'mon, Boris. We don't want to miss the finish!
Boris: Oh! That would be a tragedy!
(As Balto runs past the carpenter's shop, a young girl's voice makes him stop. He props his paws on the windowsill and peers in. There is Rosy, an eight-year-old with twinkling blue eyes and a cheerful grin. She laughs as a child-sized dog sled is handed to her. Behind her, a pretty rust-and-cream husky named Jenna looks on)
(Balto sighs. He might have watched Jenna all day long. She is certainly the prettiest dog in Nome. But then Balto remembers the race. With one last glance, he jumps down from the windowsill and heads on toward the finish line, leaving Rosy and Jenna to enjoy their present)
Rosy: I love these runners! I love this sled! Jenna, you're lead dog! Mush!
(Jenna's bright bandanna shakes gracefully as she happily barks back)
Rosy's Mother: Well, if you're going to drive a dog sled, then you'll need this. (She plops a small furry musher's hat on Rosy's head. It falls forward, covering her eyes. But Rosy doesn't care)
Rosy: A real musher's hat! We're a real sled team now! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! (Then she jumps onto the sled) Jenna! C'mon, girl! Mush! (And she and Jenna rush out the door)
(The entire length of Front Street is crowded with people and dogs. Despite the freezing cold and the falling snow, the whole town has turned out to watch the first race of the season. Rosy squeezes herself in among the other spectators, and Jenna trots over to her friends Sylvie, an elegant Afghan, and Dixie, a snowy, showy malamute)
(Dixie pretends to gaze into the heavens as she tries to show off a brand-new sparkling collar)
Dixie: Good morning, Jenna. Should be a close race, don't you think? Perhaps even neck and neck.
(Jenna doesn't get Dixie's point right away)
Sylvie: Say something about her new collar. Before she gets whiplash.
Jenna: Oohhhh!!!! (She nods) Um, Dixie, what a pretty collar. Is that new?
Dixie: What, this old fact? Yes! Do you think Steele will notice?
Jenna: I'm afraid the only fashion Steele notices anyone is if they're wearing a mirror. (Steele is one dog she can live without)
(Just then, someone shouts)
Someone: They're coming! (And the dogs' attention turns back to the race)
(Across the street, Balto has found his own spot––with a perfect view of the finish line and Jenna. Balto has had a crush on Jenna from the first moment he sees her. He wishes he has the courage to go over and start speaking to her. But he just can't. Everyone in town thinks he is wild––just because he is half-wolf. What if Jenna does as well? But there is no time to concern about that now. The sleds are getting closer, and Steele is in the lead)
(From her own spectator spot, Rosy waves her new hat to welcome the team in)
Rosy: C'mon, Steele! (Then suddenly, a gust of wind blows up and sweeps the furry hat out of Rosy's hand––and right into the path of the oncoming team) My hat! (She and Jenna look at the furry bundle––and at the team bearing down on it––in horror)
(Balto glances back and forth between Steele and the hat. In seconds, the hat is going to be crushed––unless...without a second thought, Balto races out into the street. Steele is only yards apart––and rapidly approaching)
Someone: It's that wild dog! He's trying to ruin the race!
(Suddenly, everyone is shouting at Balto and Steele is barking at him as well)
Steele: Out of my road, lobo!
(Boris flinches on the sidelines, waiting for the impact......but it never happens)
(Balto paces Steele for a few seconds, as Steele bares his fangs and lunges frustratedly at him. Of course, all Balto cares about is getting Rosy's hat. He cuts easily in front of Steele and plucks the hat from the snowy street)
(Whoosh! Steele's team rushes side-by-side, missing Balto past inches. With a little shake, Balto gives a relieved sigh and jogs to the other side of the street with his hat)
(Steele's sled crosses the finish line to a cheering crowd. Nikki, a plump, cocky husky, calls out to Steele from down the line)
Nikki: Congratulations there, boss. It was a pleasure running behind you! Of course, the view got monotonous.
(But Steele doesn't pay any attention to him. He has spotted something more interesting––Jenna. Haughtily, he slips out of his harness and struts over to the dogs. Steele has a weakness for redheads, and he's had his eye on Jenna for a long time. Jenna never seems half as interested in him, but Steele is sure she will succumb to his charms sooner or later. After all, doesn't everyone?)
(Meanwhile, Balto is already down the street, offering the hat to Rosy)
Rosy: Balto! What a crazy fact to do! (Then she glances at Jenna) And just to show off to a pretty girl!
(Embarrassed, Jenna swiftly turns away. But Rosy just laughs and gives Balto a hug)
Rosy: I wish Jenna would love to have you on our team!
(Then suddenly, a hand pulls Rosy off)
Rosy's Father: Rosy! Stay away from that dog! He might bite you. He's half-wolf.
(Balto's grin fades, and he shrinks back with his head down. Mournfully, Balto begins to walk off)
(Rosy frowns and looks up at her father)
Rosy: Now you've hurt his feelings!
(But her father is already looking at Steele)
Rosy's Father: Nice race, Steele!
(Steele struts past and heads straight for Jenna. Dixie's tail wags emotionally)
Dixie: Felicitations and congratulations, Steele!
Steele: Ladies. (He nods politely to Sylvie and Dixie, but it is clear he has eyes only for Jenna. He greets her in a boastful voice) Hi there, Jenna! Enjoy the race?
Jenna: Yes, almost as much as you did so.
(Steele takes her comment, like he takes everything, as a compliment)
Steele: Thanks! (He smirks. Then he inches closer) Hey, Jenna, let's go celebrate. I know where all the bones are buried.
Jenna: I'm sorry, Steele. Suddenly, I've lost my appetite.
(Steele's smirk swiftly disappears)
Steele: Oh, perhaps your taste runs more toward wolf.
(But before Jenna can reply, Rosy's cheerful voice calls to her)
Rosy: Jenna! C'mon, girl.
Jenna: I'm sorry, Steele. My girl is calling me.
(After the race, Boris tries, without much success, to console Balto. But as they walk along the empty alley behind Front Street, Balto's ears perk up. Is that Rosy? Balto follows the voice around the corner––and comes nose-to-nose with Jenna. Balto swallows hard. Here is his chance to speak to her. But, of course, Balto can't think of a single fact to say)
Rosy: Jenna! C'mon!
(Jenna turns to see Rosy walking toward her, and by the time she turns back, Balto is gone. Too bad, thinks Jenna. She doesn't know Balto very well, but she likes him, no matter what the others say. She can warn he is gentle and kind, not wild. She looks down at the big paw prints trailing off in the snow. Perhaps next time, she thinks)
(Meanwhile, Balto and Boris are almost out of town. Then suddenly, Steele and his gang of dogs saunter up behind them)
Steele: Didn't make the team, Bingo? (His dog buddies double over, laughing)
Boris: Don't listen to him. Don't look at him. Live a long life.
(But Steele's bullying is too much for Balto to take. He whips around and faces Steele)
Balto: My name's Balto!
Boris: But you can call him idiot.
Steele: I'm sorry, Balto. Balto, the half-breed. (Then he turns to Boris) Hey, old goose, you a half-breed as well, right? Part turkey? Gobble, gobble, gobble. (Steele's dogs, Star, Nikki and a dim-witted husky named Kaltag, joins in the taunting)
Balto: Just leave him out of this, Steele. (He moves to stand between Boris and Steele)
(But Steele doesn't care. Boris isn't the one he is after)
Steele: Oh, Balto. I've had a message for your mother...awoo! (He howls like a wolf) Hi, Mum! (He laughs)
(Balto has seen enough. His eyes close into slits and a growl rumbles up from deep inside his throat. Steele's dogs stop laughing, one by one)
Steele: Get him!
(Boris winces and jumps back as Steele's dogs start barking wildly. But Balto holds his ground)
(Steele's voice rises above the uproar)
Steele: Get out of here, wolf dog! Get back to your pack!
Boris: Perhaps it's the fear speaking, but I am seeing wisdom in this advice. Perhaps we go now, right, Balto? Now!
(Balto stares at Steele, but eventually backs down. He knows Boris is right. A fight will not solve anything. And then, without another word, Balto turns and walks off)
(The setting sun colors the heavens a deep orange as Balto and Boris walk across the snow-covered tundra toward the small harbor just outside of town)
(Along the harbor, old, abandoned fishing boats dot the coast. The biggest, a gold dredger, is the official meeting place for all the dogs of Nome. And just beyond that is Balto and Boris's home––an old wooden traveler)
(As soon as Balto and Boris are inside, Balto crawls under his rug, tired and saddened from the hard day. Boris tries as best he can to cheer Balto up. He offers bones, toys, even does a little dance, but Balto just burrows deeper under his rug)
(Then suddenly, Balto lifts his head. A giant V of geese fly side-by-side, honking overhead. Boris looks up as well)
Balto: Homesick, Boris? Ever think about going back?
Boris: Naw, I'm sticking here until I wish you can stand on your own four feet.
Balto: You're taking care of me?
Boris: Do not thank me.
(Then Balto catches a whiff of a scent that makes his nose wrinkle)
Balto: I smell herring.
(Boris looks up)
Boris: The herring are flying south as well?
(Balto shakes his head)
Balto: Must be Muk and Luk.
Boris: Oh, sure! (Then he hears a voice from outside)
Voice: Uncle Borrrrriiiiiisssss!
Boris: Oh, dear! (He flinches. And suddenly, two roly-poly polar bear cubs come barreling toward him) No hugging! No licking! (Luk, the younger but larger of the two, throws his arms around the goose and licks him lovingly)
Muk: Luk says he's glad to see you! He loves you, Uncle Boris.
(Luk eventually lets go of Boris, who frustratedly stomps away. Luk looks over at Muk and makes a few questioning growls)
Muk: Of course he's glad to see us. He loves us! Don't you, Uncle Boris?
(Boris walks to the door, calling out to the cubs)
Boris: Sure, sure, boy-chicks. Now, we play a game.
Muk: Yes, please, Uncle Boris! (Luk nods eagerly)
Boris: Ready? Race you to the shore! One, two, three, go!
(Muk and Luk race off, chortling)
Boris: They win! (Then suddenly, the guffawing turns into shrieks)
Luk: HEEELLLPPP!!! We can't swim! We're drowning! Save us!
(Balto and Boris sprint toward the mound of snow. They climb the small ridge and roll their eyes at what they see below––the two cubs flailing in a puddle of icy water. Their creamy fur is barely wet)
Boris: Bears! Fellas! Idiot balls of fluff!
Balto: Easy, Boris. You know how sensitive they are. Muk! Luk! Look! You're alright! You're not drowning!
Boris: He has point, bears. You are not drowning because, if you will pause one moment you will observe maybe, tide is out!
(The bears stop thrashing and slowly open their eyes. They look down at the inch of water they are sitting in, then at each other. Muk shakes his head and looks disgraceful. Luk, who yet has not mastered the art of speech, gives a mournful little sigh)
Boris: He said what?
(The little bear clears his throat)
Luk: Oh, the disgrace of the polar bear who fears the water. No wonder we are shunned by our fellow bears. Woe is us, is what he said....kind of pathetic, really?
Boris: What, more whining? Between you and Balto, is like mournful Russian novel around here! Lighten up! (And with a flap of his wings, Boris leads everyone inside)
(For the rest of the evening, Balto sits around, staring into space and sighing)
Boris: And what is so interesting?
Balto: Jenna.
Boris: Is love. Then go make move!
Balto: Nah. She's not my type. (He shakes his head mournfully. I'm not her type, is more like it, he thinks to himself) Oh. Really?
(But Boris knows Balto too well)
Boris: And why not? This wolf business again? What is wrong with being half-half, I'd like to know? Sometimes I wish like crazy I was half eagle!
Balto: Why?
Boris: Better profile, for one fact. No one eats you, for another.
(Balto chuckles, but his mind isn't changed. It's no use. Jenna will never be interested in him)
(Jenna paces in front of the large house that serves as Nome's hospital. Rosy and her parents have been inside for only an hour, but Jenna feel as if she's been waiting forever. Every now and then, she catches a glimpse of Rosy through a window, but not for very long)
(For the past several days, Jenna has noticed that Rosy has not been feeling well. She can't run or play as much as usual. Eventually, Rosy's parents have taken her to see the doctor. Jenna hasn't been too concerned at first, but now she is starting to get more and more worried)
Rosy: Jenna! Jenna! Hi, girl! (Suddenly, she came out the front door. She reaches for Jenna and strokes her ears. Jenna barks happily, but runs away expecting Rosy to join her)
(Rosy laughs and starts to chase Jenna, but she swiftly stumbles to a stop, coughing uncontrollably. Concerned, Jenna hurries back to Rosy's side. She has never seen Rosy so sick before)
Rosy's Father: Rosy! C'mon, darling. The doctor's waiting.
(Reluctantly, Rosy obeys. She is yet coughing as her father leads her back inside)
(Jenna goes back to pacing and waiting for Rosy to come back out. Impatient, Jenna makes her road around to the side of the building, where she spies a lit window. She balances on a bench and peeks inside)
(Light from the room shines on Jenna's concerned face. The room is complete with sick children. Some are coughing. Others are sleeping. Jenna shudders, but she is happy to see that Rosy is not in there)
(Jenna walks along the bench to the next window. She props her paws up on the windowsill and looks inside. There is Rosy. The doctor is examining her throat. As Rosy's parents look on anxiously, the doctor frowns and rubs his beard)
(Jenna is so caught up in watching Rosy, she doesn't even notice Balto walking side-by-side. But he notices her. Suddenly complete with confidence, Balto comes up behind Jenna)
Balto: Jenna?
(Jenna glances over her shoulder)
Jenna: Balto. Uh, hi. (Then she turns back to the window)
(But Balto keeps up the conversation)
Balto: Hi...look...it's just a shot in the dark, but I was wondering if...I don't know, perhaps you'd like to go chase a few sticks by moonlight. (The last few words rush out. Then he catches his breath and waits for her reply)
(But Jenna just keeps looking in the window. She doesn't say a word. She doesn't even turn around)
(Balto's shoulders slump and his hope-filled grin fades. He would have known she will never be interested in him)
(Balto turns and starts to walk off, but something stops him. He turns back to Jenna and realizes what it is. She is weeping)
Balto: Jenna? What's wrong?
Jenna: Rosy's in there.
(Balto inches closer)
Balto: In the hospital? Why?
Jenna: She feels warm. She has a horrible cough.
(Balto jumps onto the bench and looks in the window, as well. No one in the room is grinning)
Balto: They all look so concerned.
Jenna: Balto, what's wrong with her?
(Balto shakes his head, no)
Balto: I'm not sure. But I know how to find out. (He jumps off the bench) C'mon.
Balto: After you.
(Balto reaches over Jenna's head to wipe off cobwebs that crisscross the doorway. As he pulls back his front leg, he catches Jenna staring at his paws)
Jenna: Balto!
Balto: Big feet kind of run in my family. At least, one side of my family.
(The shed, dimly lit by a boiler in the corner, leads down to a narrow crawl space just below the hospital floor)
Balto: Stay close.
Jenna: No problem there. It's so gloomy down here. Not that I'm afraid or anything!
Balto: (tries to reassure her) Gloomy? Are you joking? This is the most beautiful spot in the world. Dogs travel for years just to be right here.
Jenna: Here? I can't see why.
Balto: That's because you're looking at the bowl half empty. (He groups some pieces of broken glass together with his nose) See this? It's the polar ice caps.
Jenna: Balto, these are broken bottles. And they're not half empty. They're all empty!
(Balto grins and nods toward a shaft of light spilling through a ventilation grate)
Balto: The sun.
Jenna: What?
(Balto rearranges the glass again to capture the light perfectly. Suddenly, the tiny crawl space explodes into a rainbow of colors)
(Jenna gasps, enchanted by the dancing lights)
Jenna: The Aurora Borealis! Balto, you're right! It's beautiful!
Balto: Yes, beautiful. (But he is not looking at the lights. He is looking at Jenna)
(Just then, Jenna and Balto hear footsteps directly above them. They both look up and hear the authoritative voice of the doctor)
Doctor: Goodnight, Rosy.
(Swiftly, the dogs move to a spot directly underneath the voice)
Rosy: I'm so cold.
Doctor: Well, I have another blanket right here. Now you stay warm and get some rest.
(Then the doctor and Rosy's father go into another room. Down underneath, the dogs scramble to keep up with the men)
Rosy's Father: Doctor, how is she?
(The doctor waits a moment to reply)
Doctor: Coughing from exhaustion. Her fever's getting worse. Looks like diphtheria. She's the eighteenth case this week. (He sighs) And I'm out of antitoxin.
(Jenna doesn't know exactly what the doctor means, but she knows it isn't real. She races out of the crawl space. She wants to be with Rosy)
(Balto chases after her)
Balto: Jenna! Jenna! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to upset you. I shouldn't have brought you here!
(Jenna stops, and Balto catches up with her in the woodshed)
Jenna: No. I'm glad you did.
(Suddenly, a shadowy figure appears in the dark alley outside. A string of sausages dangle from its mouth. Slowly, it moves into the light)
Jenna: Steele!
(Balto's heart sinks into his chest and he gasps in dread. Why, Steele? Why now?)
Steele: Well, well. What's wrong with this picture? Join me for dinner, Jenna? (He tosses his head, causing the sausage string to dance) You start at one end, I'll start at the other. And if we get to the middle...well, you warn me. (He flashes a fang-filled grin)
Balto: Alright, Steele. (He begins to move into the alley. He isn't going to be humiliated in front of Jenna)
Jenna: No, Balto. (She stops Balto and gives him a wink. She knows how to handle Steele. Coyly, she moves in closer to the bully) Gee, Steele. I have to admit, your offer is very tempting.
Steele: That is!
Jenna: But these days, I prefer my meat cooked.
(All of a sudden, Steele's smug smirk turns into a grimace)
Steele: OW!! (Jenna has backed him into the boiler. He howls in pain, dropping the sausages)
Voice: What's all the noise? (Suddenly, across the alley, the butcher opens the back door of his shop, and Rosy's father comes out of the hospital. Steele freezes, but picks up the sausages and tosses them over near Balto's feet)
Rosy's Father: Looks like Balto found his road into the meat locker.
Butcher: It's a best fact Steele is here! (He throws the sausages to Steele) Nice boy, Steele! You've earned these. Besides, I can't do anything with them after that wild animal touched them! (Then he turns toward Balto) Go ahead! Get out of here, thief! (He shakes his fist as Balto flees)
(While Steele wags his tail innocently, Jenna starts to run after Balto. But Rosy's father grabs her bandanna)
Rosy's Father: C'mon, Jenna. Let's go home!
(As he pulls her toward the door, Jenna turns to look for Balto. But all she can see is a set of large tracks leading out of the alley)
(By early the next morning, the hospital is quarantined and the doctor is dictating a telegram to Anchorage)
Telegrapher: Anchorage. Stop. Repeat urgent request. Stop. More diphtheria antitoxin. Stop. Nome in grave danger. Stop. Please help. Stop.
(The first response is not best news)
Telegrapher: Nome. Stop. Bay frozen over. Stop. Cannot ship antitoxin by sea. Stop. Will try by air. Stop.
(The next reply is even worse)
Telegrapher: Nome. Stop. Storm at airport. Stop. Planes grounded until storm clears. Stop. Many regrets. Stop.
(Eventually, a telegram comes in from Juneau, the state capital)
Telegrapher: From Juneau, office of governor. Stop. Shipping antitoxing by rail. Stop. Train line ends at Nenana. Stop. Select fastest dogs to meet train. Stop. Sled team to carry antitoxin from Nenana to Nome. Stop. Heavens willing train will make it through. Stop. And so will dogs. Stop.
(The next morning, people and dogs alike gather along Front Street. The crowd is emotional and silent. This is serious business. They are picking a dog team to go to Nenana to bring back the antitoxin. It is the only fashion to save the sick children)
(Dogs wait restlessly along the starting line, while mushers mill around. Steele looks over the running dogs with contempt. He doesn't have to run this race––he knows he will be leading the team of the fastest dogs)
Dixie: Just look at Steele! He's going to save the whole town. He's positively magnesium!
Jenna: It's not exactly a one-dog show, Dixie. They're racing to see who's going to be on the dog sled team.
Dixie: What's with you, Jenna? Steele's a genuine hero, but do you give him a sniff?
Sylvie: That's because Jenna is running with Balto.
Dixie: No! Do warn! (Her eyes open wide and her ears perk up)
(Sylvie goes on)
Sylvie: She was seen in the boiler room the other night with Balto, and they went in together and they left together and I heard it all from a very reliable source and don't bother to deny it. (She looks at Jenna)
(Jenna grins, but clears her throat)
Jenna: Well, then, I won't.
Dixie: I'm speechless!
(Balto, meanwhile, is pacing hesitantly near the edge of town)
Boris: Balto, racing is a spectator sport. It requires very little preparation. You sit, you arrange refreshments.
Balto: I'm not watching the race, I'm running it.
Boris: You said what?
Balto: Hey, look. I want to help Rosy get better. I can get that medicine through.
Boris: First of all, get in through your head that they wouldn't put you on a sled team even if you did win.
Balto: (sighs) Boris, did you ever think perhaps you're the reason the other geese fly south?
(But Boris waves him away)
Boris: If only your feet were as fast as your mouth!
(Suddenly, they hear the announcer calling dogs to the starting line. Balto's ears perk up)
Balto: They're starting. Wish me luck!
Boris: Luck? I don't wish you luck? I wish you sense! (under his breath) Farewell, jocko. (He knows Balto can do it. He just doesn't want to see his friend get hurt)
(The starting line is packed with dogs trying to get the best position. Kaltag, Nikki and the other dogs are more than surprised until Balto trots up)
Kaltag: Balto! What are you, nuts? Steele catches you around here, he's going to turn you into kibble!
Nikki: Let the half-dog run. It will be fun making him eat our snow!
(But Balto just ignores them and focuses on the curse. His heart races as he waits for the starting pistol. Bang! At last––the dogs are off)
(As the pack speeds past, Jenna spots a familiar gray blur)
Jenna: Balto? (Then, in a flash, the shape is gone)
(Balto feels calm as his paws hit the ground in an easy rhythm––down the length of Front Street toward Snake River. As the dogs head south toward the shore, Balto easily passes the bulk of the pack, until there are just two dogs left in front of him. Then, as they loop back around Front Street toward the finish line, Balto zips among another dog. Only Nikki is in front of him now)
(Balto leans into his stride. Nikki is tiring, Balto can warn. All he needed is one real burst of speed...and there it is. The next second, Balto streaks across the finish line, leaving Nikki in a spray of snow)
(Balto has won. He is the fastest dog)
(The racers gather around the finish line. Balto shivers with triumph as Jenna trots up from across the street)
(Suddenly, Steele comes from out of nowhere and starts barking orders)
Steele: Alright, Nikki, Kaltag, Star, move it. We're strapping up!
Balto: Hey! Just a second there, Steele! I was the fastest dog!
Steele: You were the fastest what? Do you honestly think any musher would ever put you on his team? You're even more mixed up than I thought!
(Then Jenna speaks up)
Jenna: Steele, it doesn't matter who's on the team, as long as the medicine gets through. Stop being such a glory hound!
Steele: You're one thousand percent right, Jenna! I wasn't thinking about these children. The reluctant fact here is to get that medicine through. And that's just what I'm going to do. (His expression turns darker. He leans in until he is nose-to-nose with Balto) And if I come back, I'm going to fold you five fashions and leave you for a cat toy.
(Just then, the musher walks up and instantly Steele turns into a big puppy)
Steele's Musher: Nice boy, Steele. Now let's take a look at our winner here. (As the man bends down to inspect Balto, Steele steps on Balto's paw)
Balto: AAH!!
(The musher jumps back and strokes his beard. Then eventually, he speaks)
Steele's Musher: Well, we can't trust this one. He's part wolf. He might turn on me. (He looks Balto over a second longer, but shakes his head, no. His mind is made up) Nikki, Kaltag, Star, let's go.
(Steele smirks evilly at Balto before following his musher afar. Balto just sits there, too stunned to move)
(Jenna tries to console him)
Jenna: Balto, I'm sor––
Balto: Better not speak to me, Jenna. I might turn on you. (Then he springs to his feet and speeds off)
Jenna: Balto, please, wait! (But Balto is gone)
(By evening, the new sled team is ready to go)
Villager #1: Godspeed!
Villager #2: Farewell!
(Anxious villagers call out their farewells. From inside the hospital, Rosy and her parents watch the sled pull off. And just outside of town, on a lonely mound of snow, Balto mournfully watches the sled race away into the night)
(The journey to Nenana is a smooth one. The team makes fine time and the weather is real. At this rate, Steele thinks, we'll be home, planning my hero's parade in no time)
(But by the time they leave Nenana with their crate of antitoxin, a storm is brewing)
(Tens of miles later, the storm is even worse. The snow is coming down so hard, the musher can barely see the team, let alone the trail. He just hopes Steele knows the road home and can pull them in the right direction)
(Soon ice coats everything; the musher, the sled, even the dogs. Steele strains to see ahead in the wind-whipped snowy air. But it is useless. He stops, shivering hard and looks around uncertainly, while the rest of the dogs wait hesitantly for Steele to warn them where to go)
Star: Steele! Perhaps we should go back. We're lost!
Steele: I am not lost!
Star: Lost? Did I say lost? You didn't let me finish...you see, what I wanted to say......
(Steele cuts him off)
Steele: It's...this fashion!
(Hours later, back in Nome, the silence of the sleeping town is shattered by a series of barks. A message has just come over the line, and Morse, the telegraph operator's dog, is rushing to get it out)
(At the gold dredger, the dogs are assembled, waiting for the team's return. At the sound of Morse's barks, every ear pricks up and turns toward Doc, a wise Saint Bernard, for the translation of the code. At the end of the message, Doc sighs mournfully and shakes his head, no)
Doc: It's horrible, my friends, just horrible. Steele and his team are lost.
Golden White-Legged Malamute: No!
Golden Malamute: What just happened?
Gray-Brown Malamute: What do you mean, lost?
Doc: They've missed their second checkpoint.
(The other dogs lower their heads, too saddened by the news to speak. Eventually, a mutt named Wild Joe speaks up)
Wild Joe: Can't they send another team?
Doc: It's too dangerous for us and our men.
Chester: But...what about the little ones?
(Doc looks around the cabin slowly)
Doc: The medicine won't be here in time. We're going to lose them.
(Balto overhears the entire fact from outside)
Balto: (whispers) Rosy.
(Balto runs to the hospital. He peeks into Rosy's window and sees her father pleading with the doctor)
Rosy's Father: Please, Doctor. It's the only medicine we've had. Seeing Jenna might cheer her up.
(The doctor nods wearily, and Balto watches as Rosy's mother leads Jenna into the room)
(Jenna walks slowly to the little girl's bed. Rosy coughs and opens her eyes)
Rosy: Jenna?
(Jenna nuzzles Rosy's hand with her nose. Rosy grins, but soon her eyes flutter closed again. Jenna and the adults cannot hide their concerned looks)
Balto: (whispering) Rosy. (He knows he has to do something. He can't just watch Rosy and the other children get sicker and sicker. He has to help––––and he knows how. His mind made up, Balto races toward home)
(A little while later, Balto heads back into town––with Boris in tow)
Boris: Balto, please, wait! Don't go crazy on me now! It's foolishness! You will be frozen stiff by morning. If you are big frozen statue named Balto, don't come running to me!
(But Balto isn't listening. He walks with a purpose, and as usual, Boris attempts to follow. Before long, Muk and Luk catch up with them, as well. Luk makes some questioning noises)
Muk: He says...
Boris: Where is Balto going? He's going into freezing coldness to find a dog he does not like to bring medicine back to a town that doesn't like him! (Then he slaps himself on the head) Oh, dear! I am beginning to understand the bear!
Luk: Ooh. (He nods frantically)
Muk: Yes! Yes! Count us in, as well!
Boris: Bears! Dogs!
(Then Balto gently picks Boris up and sets him down in front of the hospital window. Balto props his own paws up on the sill, and they all peer into the dimly lit window. Inside the room, every bed is complete, most with children)
(Boris turns away. He doesn't want to see anymore. But he can feel Balto staring at him. Eventually, he turns and looks into the next window. There is Rosy, lying very silent. He can warn she is very sick. Boris hangs his head. How can he not try to help them? He takes a deep breath)
Boris: Then, we go get medicine.
Balto: Wait a moment. Now you're coming?
(Boris nods in agreement)
Boris: Spending days in bitter cold, facing wild animals, risking death from exposure. Is like holiday in old country. Let's go.
(Later that evening, Jenna watches Rosy sleeping from the bench outside the hospital. In exhaustion, she rests her head on the windowsill a moment, but jerks her head up. What is that familiar smell? She sniffs the sill again)
(Looking down, she sees several sets of prints she hasn't noticed before, leading out of town. Some look like little bear paws, and one looks like a bird's, but one is made by very large paws––paws that only one dog would have made)
Jenna: Balto!
(Slash! Balto's big paw slashes the tree trunk, leaving a distinctive mark)
Boris: Sure, Balto! You took on roughest, hardest, meanest tree in forest, and you won!
Balto: I'm marking the trail.
(He studies the marked tree carefully. That shall do it, he thinks. It will be easy to follow a trail of marked trees home)
Boris: And here I am dropping bread crumbs!
(Meanwhile, in another part of Alaska, the snow is raging around Steele and his team)
Star: Steele! We're going in circles!
Steele: What?
Star: Uh...circles is a best fact! I mean, they're...circular.
Steele: I know what I'm thinking! (But deep down, he isn't so certain. Which fashion, Steele thinks frantically. Which fashion? He will never admit he is lost––but which fashion? Shivering hard, Steele looks to the left and to the right––then left and right again) C'mon!
(Steele jerks the team left, but he yet isn't sure. He looks right again, this time only for a moment. But it is a moment too long. Steele hasn't noticed what is straight ahead of them––a steep ice slope. Frantically, he tries to turn back. But the team has already started pulling and it is useless to stop)
Steele's Musher: Woah! Woah, Steele! (One after another, the dogs topple down the slope, each going in a separate direction as the sled whips around wildly, bouncing off trees, rocks and dogs. It shoots through a thicket of trees––but suddenly ground to a jolting halt)
(The musher collapses onto the snow, yet harnessed to the sled. He moans just once, but loses consciousness. As the battered team works to untangle themselves, Steele walks back to examine the musher)
Gray Malamute: Looks like he's hurt worse, Steele.
Star: What are we gonna do now, Steele?
(Every dog on the team turns to Steele)
(Steele doesn't respond. He nudges the musher with his nose. The man doesn't move. What are they going to do? They are hopelessly lost, with no musher to drive them. For the first time in his life, Steele is afraid)
(The sun shines down weakly on the tired search festival. While Balto examines tracks in the snow, Muk and Luk amuse themselves with a snowball war. Boris, of course, is not amused)
Boris: Csendes! Balto is thinking. (Smack! A snowball explodes in his face)
Muk: Brilliant, right on the beak! What a bull's-eye!
Boris: Who did that? (He fluffs up his feathers and frowns at the cubs)
Muk: It was him!
(Balto looks up and laughs as the cubs innocently point to each other. But he has more reluctant facts on his mind. He turns back to the trail, then over to a clump of trees. Is something moving in there?)
(Balto lifts his nose into the wind and sniffs. There is a strange smell in the air. He doesn't know what it is, but it makes him uneasy)
Balto: I think we should keep moving. Muk, Luk, c'mon. Let's get going!
Boris: Is that your response to all problems? Motion? (As Muk and Luk take off after Balto, Boris shakes his head and hangs back reluctantly) C'mon, Boris. Let's go, Boris. Faster, Boris. Easy to say for a guy with four legs!
(Suddenly, Boris is showered with snow. That is it. He spreads his wings)
Boris: Alright! It's time for goose to kick a little bear butt!
(Muk and Luk turn to look at him, and their mouths fall open. Boris watches as they grab each other, their eyes wide with fear)
Boris: Aha! Eventually, your old Uncle Boris is making impression. (Then something warns him that Muk and Luk are not looking at him...)
(Roar! Boris turns just in time to see a paw with razor-sharp claws whiz behind him. The next second he is looking up into the huge fangs of a giant grizzly bear)
(Boris flaps his wings and takes off––only he is too panicked to look where he is going. Smack! Boris hits a tree)
(A few yards ahead, Balto hears the grizzly's roar. Instantly, he races back to Boris's defense. Slash! The grizzly swipes at Boris again. He misses, but hits the tree hard enough to send the entire fact flying. It lands squarely on Muk and Luk, pinning them in place)
(Balto dives for the grizzly, but is easily knocked off. Boris and the cubs, too afraid and stunned to move, just stare as the grizzly's shadow looms over them. Then Balto is there again––chomping down hard on the grizzly's leg. Furious, the bear slashes at Balto. But Balto holds on tight and brings the grizzly smashing to all fours)
(Somehow, the grizzly shakes himself loose. He swipes at Balto and clips him, and Balto feels himself flying through the air and into a tree. He slides down the trunk, dazed. He attempts to get up, but he can't get his bearings. Before him, the grizzly rears up on his hind legs, getting ready for a final attack. Boris and the cubs watch hopelessly, petrified with fear)
(ROOAAAARR!!!)
(Suddenly, something streaks between Balto and the grizzly. Balto shakes his head, and as his vision eventually clears, he grins weakly. Jenna!)
(With one fell swoop, Jenna lands squarely on the grizzly's shoulder and sinks her teeth deep into his joint. Enraged, the bear swipes at Jenna, clawing her leg. Jenna drops from the grizzly, gasping in pain)
(While Jenna sprawls there with the wind knocked out of her, the bear turns his attention back to Balto. But Balto's strength has returned. He lunges at the grizzly and lands on his back. Then he clamps his jaws tightly down on the bear's neck)
(Stunned and in pain, the bear loses his balance and topples down a snowbank and onto a sheet of ice, dragging Balto with him)
(Then Jenna and Boris hear an explosive sound. CRACK!! Balto's friends race to the edge of the hill just in time to see the frozen river crack and split underneath the bear's enormous weight)
Jenna and Boris: BALTO!!! (Suddenly, the gap widens and the grizzly plunges into the freezing water, followed by Balto)
(Boris and Jenna look on in shock as the churning current sweeps the grizzly afar. But where is Balto?)
Muk and Luk: GeronimoooooOOOO!!!! (They race down the snowbank. Fearlessly, they dive into the icy river after Balto)
Jenna: Luk! Muk! (The cubs are nowhere to be seen)
Boris: They cannot swim!
Jenna: What? Polar bears who can't swim? (Then suddenly, she spots Balto. He is trapped underneath a layer of ice) He's drowning! Noooooo!
(Boris searches for a sign of the cubs. He sticks his head under the ice and straightens up, shaking his head, with a frightened look on his face)
Boris: I don't see them.
Jenna: Where are they?
(Smash! Suddenly, Luk bursts through the ice. In seconds, Muk follows, coughing and holding onto Balto)
Jenna: Balto! Muk! Luk! (She waits anxiously with Boris as the cubs drag a semi-conscious Balto to shore. They all gather around Balto, who is lying very silent)
Muk: Balto, are you alright? Say something!
Boris: Come to life, come to life! Breathe! C'mon––breathe!
Muk: Is he going to be alright? Is he going to be alright? Uncle Boris, warn us he's going to be alright! Because he doesn't look very well, does he?
(Eventually, Balto begins to stir. He coughs up water, but opens his eyes and slowly focuses on his friends)
(Boris lets out a deep sigh of relief)
Boris: Balto! I was so afraid, I have people bumps!
(Balto grins at his friend warmly)
Balto: Boris, I know you think this trip is crazy, but I'm glad you came.
Boris: Who else should you bring on a wild goose chase but a goose?
(Then Balto sees Jenna)
Muk and Luk: Are you alright?
Jenna: I'm fine. (Then her face grows serious) Look, a message came through town. We have to take the mountain trail.
Balto: But if we take Eagle Pass, it'll save half a day! (He starts to stand)
(Jenna shakes her head and explains)
Jenna: It's blocked. The mountain trail is dangerous, but we can do it.
Balto: I'm beginning to see there isn't anything you can't do.
Boris: I am seeing a few facts, as well. Is making the ice melt.
(Unaware of the romantic moment, Muk and Luk shake themselves dry, showering Boris with a fine spray of ice)
Boris: I hate bears! (But he is grinning)
Balto: (laughs) You guys ought to learn how to swim someday. You'd be very nice at that.
(The cubs look at each other for a moment, but smirk proudly. Luk begins to make swimming motions with his arms)
Muk: Well, of course we were! We were in the water. We were moving, we got wet! We...Luk, we were swimming! (He throws his arms in the air. Everyone laughs)
(Then Jenna tries to stand up. But she swiftly stumbles)
Jenna: Oh, clumsy me. (But Balto can see she is in pain. He looks down at the deep gash the bear has left in her leg)
Balto: You're hurt.
Jenna: I'm fine. (She takes a few steps to prove it and stumbles again) Ow! Perhaps I'm not so fine. (She sighs) You should all go ahead without me.
Balto: Jenna––
Jenna: No. (She stops him) No. I'd be slowing everyone down. And Rosy can't hold out much longer.
(Balto can see Jenna's mind is made up. He drags a large fir branch over to her)
Balto: Muk, you and Luk carry Jenna back to town on this.
Boris: And this time, no time out for a swim!
Balto: You can make sure of that, Boris. You have to lead them home. Just follow my marks.
Jenna: You're going on....alone?
Balto: It won't be the first time.
(Jenna nods. She slips her bandanna off her neck and places it around Balto's)
Jenna: Here. I'm afraid it won't keep you very warm.
Balto: Yes, it will.
(As they get ready to leave, Luk makes several concerned sounds)
Muk: Well, of course Balto'll come back. He's Balto, isn't he? (They both look at Balto)
Balto: I'm coming back with the medicine. I promise. (in a cheerful voice) Go ahead, guys, get Jenna home.
(As Luk and Muk help Jenna onto the branch sled, Boris hangs back with Balto)
Boris: I do not like leaving you out here alone, Balto. Who is going to warn you how cold you are?
(Balto looks Boris right in the eye)
Balto: Boris, they need you even more than I do.
(Boris nods in agreement. He knows his friend is right)
Boris: Let me warn you something, Balto. A dog cannot make this journey alone. But...perhaps a wolf can!
(With that said, Boris turns to the cubs and takes charge)
Boris: Right! You two balls of fluff! Let's move! Honk, two, three, four. Honk, two, three, four.
(Balto watches his friends move afar from him, but turns in the separate direction and disappears into the snowy mist)
(At that very moment, a telegraph message is coming into Nome)
Telegrapher: Nome. Stop. Cannot send more antitoxin. Stop. Weather too severe. Stop. Lost sled team only hope. Stop. Our prayers are with them. Stop. Anchorage. Stop.
(As the sun sinks over the horizon, Balto forges on alone into the worsening storm, stopping now and then to sniff and mark a tree. By the time darkness falls, Balto is exhausted. I would've found them by now, he thinks)
(Then at the top of the next hill, Balto smells something familiar. He looks down into the valley. Slowly, the moon moves out from behind some clouds...and there they are. Steele, the overturned sled, and the other dogs)
(While the dogs huddle for warmth near the unconscious musher, Steele paces anxiously. No one even notices Balto until he is practically behind them)
Star: Balto?
Kaltag: Balto! How did you find us?
(Balto looks from dog to dog)
Balto: Is anyone hurt?
(Steele steps up before they can respond)
Steele: Everyone is fine. (He moves between Balto and the sled, his lips curled into a snarl)
Star: Yes, but our musher hit his head. He didn't get up.
Nikki: And he's not moving.
Balto: Alright. Follow me. I can lead you home.
(But Steele has other ideas)
Steele: We don't need your help.
Star: Perhaps we should listen to Balto.
(Steele swings around to frown at Star and growls. Star twitches and shuts his mouth)
Nikki: Well...how would you get us home, darling?
Balto: I marked the trail. Like this. (He swipes a tree. The dogs are clearly impressed. And that makes Steele even more furious)
Steele: I'll get us back. I'm the lead dog! I'm in charge! (He moves up as if to chase Balto off)
(But Balto isn't backing down)
Balto: Then let me just take back the medicine. The children are getting sicker. (He looks at the sled and the box of antitoxin)
(Steele is shivering now)
Steele: You touch that box and I'll tear you apart!
Balto: Steele! I'm not leaving without that medicine.
Steele: Who do you think you are?
Balto: Since where do you need a pedigree to help someone? Let me help you. (He walks past Steele deliberately, and with a frustrated roar, Steele charges Balto and knocks him down)
(Balto rises, shaking off the snow)
Balto: I don't want to fight. (And once again, he starts toward the medicine. But Steele is determined to keep Balto aside. He attacks again, this time going for Balto's throat––as the other dogs watch hopelessly. They might have followed Balto in an instant, but they have never crossed Steele before––and they aren't about to start now)
(Steele and Balto topple in the snow. Balto attempts to get the crate. But this time, Steele has a grip on Jenna's bandanna. He swings and throws Balto against a snowbank)
(With a loud thud, Balto's head hits a hard patch of ice. He lays very silent, his eyes closed. Jenna's bandanna falls to the snow behind him)
(Steele laughs victoriously. But before he knows it, Balto is up again. With a fiery glow in his eyes, Balto moves forward, edging Steele to back toward a steep ravine. Steele tries to hold his ground, but Balto catches him fully off guard. Suddenly, Balto lunges forward, and Steele jumps back––––into thin air. With one last yelp, Steele plunges out of sight)
(Shivering, Balto turns back to the team, ready for anyone else who will challenge him. But the team is too shocked. They have never seen anyone beat Steele before. As Balto watches, they line up respectfully among their harnesses. Then Star nudges the lead harness in Balto's direction)
(The lead dog. Eventually, Balto is leading a team)
(Balto makes sure the musher and the antitoxin are secure on the sled. Then he takes his position at the head of the line. He turns back to his team, nods approvingly and begins to pull)
Balto: Mush!
(Moments later, as the sled heads away toward Nome, Steele slowly climbs his road back up the ravine)
Steele: Go ahead, wolf-dog! You'll never get home. I'll make sure of that! (Then he picks up Jenna's bandanna and runs out of the valley)
(Steele lumbers alone through the forest, back toward Nome. Blinded by hate and the need for revenge, he is looking for one fact––and one fact only)
(Aha! He sees it. A slash across the trunk of a tree. Steele raises his paw and slashes across the mark, making it impossible to see. Then he darts to another tree––and another––––and another––––until he has made a circle of identically marked trees)
(No fashion is he going to let that half-breed mutt, Balto, get all the glory. If Steele can't bring the medicine back, no one will)
(Later, Balto finds one of the first marked trees and grins. They are on the right track. Even in the murky darkness, he knows he is going the right road)
(But then, Balto notices the tree next to it. It is marked, as well. And the one next to this. And the one next to that. In fact, they are surrounded by identically marked trees)
(Balto slows, but stops. It's not possible, he thinks. Then he sniffs the tree. There is another dog's scent on it––and that dog is Steele)
(Balto looks around, growing more and more concerned. His scent––his trail––are fully gone)
Star: Which fashion, Balto? Which fashion?
(Balto looks around desperately)
Balto: Uh, this fashion.
(As he leads the sled through the forest, Balto realizes with horror just how much damage Steele has done. Balto's trail has been fully destroyed. Now he is as lost as Steele has been)
(Hours later, Balto passes the same gnarled tree for the second, or perhaps even third, time. Shivering, Balto shakes his head, no)
Balto: No, it can't be!
Kaltag: Balto, why are you taking us in circles?
Balto: I'm not! I mean...I don't know! (He gestures toward the marked trees surrounding them) It's Steele!
Nikki: Perhaps we was better off with Steele.
Balto: No! C'mon! Mush! (He runs wildly, while the rest of the team tries to keep up. As they race toward a cluster of trees, the antitoxin skids dangerously across the sled)
Star: Balto! Slow down! Please, wait!
(But Balto keeps going, through a cluster of marked trees––and straight toward the edge of a cliff face)
(Balto tries desperately to stop the sled, but it's no use. The sled flips onto its side, throwing the unconscious musher into the snow, and sliding closer and closer to the cliff's jagged wall)
(The crate of antitoxin rocks this fashion and that as the sled bounces along. At last, it breaks from its ropes and flies through the air––toward the cliff face)
(Balto lunges for it, catching the straps of the crate in his teeth at the very last moment, just as the sled skids to a stop, barely a foot from the cliff wall. The group lets loose a collective sigh of relief...but they hear a deafening noise. ROAR!! The cliff face is false, made only of ice and snow. Bit by bit, it crumbles apart under Balto's paws)
(Balto scrambles for solid ground––but the last thing he knows, he and the crate are headed straight down)
(Meanwhile, back in Nome, Jenna has returned to the gold dredger. While Doc cleans her bear wounds, the other dogs look on with worry)
Wild Joe: I don't get it. How could Balto hope to find Steele and his team? They were off the trail.
Jenna: Well...he's tracking them.
Morse: That mutt? Tracking a championship team in a blizzard? (They stop abruptly until the door bursts open, letting in a gust of icy wind and...Steele)
(Jenna looks up)
Jenna: Balto? (Then she sees who it is)
Dark Patched Silver Malamute: Steele! You're back! We'd given you up!
(The dogs usher Steele into the warm cabin and offer him a bone)
Doc: Where are the others?
(Steele bows his head and begins his act)
Steele: One by one, they fell. Frozen, barely alive. I pulled four onto the sled and three more on my back. I walked and walked, but it was no use. They were... (He pauses dramatically, shaking his head "no" and playing up to his audience)
(The other dogs gasp)
Doc: What about the medicine?
Steele: I went on, dragging the medicine alone. Suddenly, that wolf dog appeared. Balto demanded I let him take the medicine. (He turns to Jenna) You know he just wanted so much to be a hero in your eyes.
(Then he turns back to the others)
Steele: He grabbed the crate, but he couldn't handle it. He didn't see the patch of ice...and the cliff wall.... (He pulls Jenna's now ragged bandana out from under his collar and tosses it at her feet) He didn't have a chance. (He shakes his head, clucking mournfully)
Jenna: My bandanna!
(Steele slides closer to her)
Steele: He made me promise to take care of you, Jenna.
Jenna: You're lying! Balto's alive. And he's coming home. (Then she picks up her bandana and walks off)
(As the wind whips the snow around him wildly, Balto attempts to climb out of the canyon he has fallen into. But the snow is too deep and the cliff face is too steep. I've let Jenna down, he thinks. How can I have thought I can bring the team back by myself?)
(Then suddenly, something makes Balto look up. Someone is watching him. A wolf––a white wolf. The wolf stares into Balto's eyes)
Aniu: Hullo-o-o-o!
(Balto has to turn away. He is disgraceful to meet the grand wolf's eyes. As he eventually turns back, the white wolf is gone. Balto gazes around. That's until he sees the corner of the antitoxin crate peeking out of the snow. For an instant, Balto has hope. Then he looks up toward the top of the ravine. It is a long, long road up. Can he make it?)
(Then Balto remembers Boris's last words to him)
Boris's Voice: Let me warn you something, Balto. A dog cannot make this journey alone. But perhaps a wolf can. (Taking a deep breath, Balto searches for a fashion to begin the climb. He sniffs the ground and notices the white wolf's tracks. Hesitantly, Balto places one of his paws into one of the prints. It is a perfect fit)
(Suddenly, the wolf appears again. This time at the top of the ravine. He howls again encouragingly to Balto. And this time Balto howls back)
(At the top of the cliff wall, the rest of the team stands around hesitantly. Then they also hear the howls)
Nikki: Oh, sure! As if facts were not worse enough, now we've had wolves.
Dogs: Wolves!
Kaltag: Hey! Over here!
(The team peers over the side just in time to see Balto climbing up the slope, dragging the antitoxin crate with his teeth)
Star: Balto?
Nikki: And he has the medicine! C'mon! You can make it! Hey, he has had the feet of a wolf, there.
(The dogs bark their encouragement to Balto. As he reaches the edge of the clifftop, they gather to help pull the crate up and load it back onto the sled)
Balto: Let's go home! (Immediately, the dogs line up and slip into position. Once again, Star respectfully offers up the lead dog's harnesses and Balto takes his place at the head of the team) Mush!
(With new energy, the team enters the forest of randomly marked trees. But instead of looking at the trees, Balto sniffs the air and the ground to find the trail. This time, Balto's instincts will lead him home. He only hope they aren't useless)
(Boris, Muk and Luk are cuddled close together in the old trawler until they hear the sound of bells and the howl of a wolf from afar in the distance. It sounds like...)
Boris: Balto? Balto's back!
(In an instant, they are rushing toward the sound)
(All over Nome, people are rising, peering out of their windows and rushing out into the street. They clap and cheer as Balto proudly leads his team down Front Street)
(Inside the gold dredger, Steele is yet warning his story)
Steele: ....I swam and swam. It was freezing cold. Then eventually, I said to myself, "Steele, you just have to gnaw your road to the surface..."
(Suddenly, every ear perks up at the sound of bells and howls)
Doc: It's Balto, with the medicine! (He dashes outside, followed by the other dogs)
Steele: I can explain. You see...uh, you guys aren't there where you don't...wait, guys, wait just a second, please? (But by then, he is all alone)
(In town, the sled team continues until they reach the hospital steps. As the orderlies rush out to collect the medicine and the unconscious musher, the jubilant crowd surrounds Balto)
(Embarrassed, Balto shrugs off the lead harnesses as hands that have once try to keep him off now reach out to embrace him. He is glad until Boris eventually runs up and throws his wings around him)
Boris: Not dog! Not wolf! You are hero!
(Then Rosy's father comes out of the hospital)
Rosy's Father: C'mon, boy. There's someone who wants to see you.
(Balto grins and bashfully follows the man into Rosy's room. The doctor has just given her the antitoxin shot)
(In a moment, Rosy's eyes flutter open)
Rosy: Mummy?
Rosy's Mother: Rosy, darling!
Rosy: I fell asleep.
Rosy's Father: Oh, Rosy! (He reaches down to hold her)
(Just then, Balto notices Rosy's musher's hat, forgotten on the floor. He picks it up and walks slowly to her bed)
(Rosy looks down and grins)
Rosy: Balto! I'd be lost without you!
(Balto beams, and Rosy's father gently pats his head. Then Balto senses someone else looking at him. He turns toward the doorway and grins. It is Jenna)
(Balto and Jenna nuzzle each other, happy to be together again. Then, as they listen to the cheers coming from the street, Jenna gives Balto a little nudge. It is time to greet his fans)
(A few moments later, Balto humbly emerges onto Front Street and a rousing cheer rings through the air)
Muk and Luk: Balto! Balto! Balto the hero!!!
(And do you know, it hasn't stopped yet)
(Screen fades from black, revealing two children watching a TV)
Mark Elliott: Now available on videocassette.
(Screen fades to the black-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo as the "Winnie the Pooh" theme cues up. Then we see a picture of Walt Disney)
John Leader: Walt Disney had a special gift...
(Clips of "Pinocchio", "Cinderella" and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" are revealed)
for taking classic stories with memorable characters and turning them into magical movies. And just as he gave life to "Cinderella" and "Pinocchio".
(We see someone sketching Pooh Bear)
Chorus: (sings) Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh!
(Clips of "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" are shown)
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Tigger: Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
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(The movie logo appears)
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(More silent clips are shown)
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(The tree branch Pooh is climbing on snaps apart)
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(Everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood cheers for Pooh while they sit around a table)
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(The movie logo appears one last time)
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(Screen fades from black, revealing silent clips of the movie as "Steady as the Beating Drum" plays in the background)
Indian Chorus: (sings) Hega! Hega!
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Kekata: She has her mother's spirit. She goes wherever the wind takes her.
(We cut to Pocahontas' friend, Nakoma, calling from down below while sitting in her canoe)
Nakoma: Come down here!
(Pocahontas jumps off the rock and does her famous dive)
Brian Cummings: And she lived a life of freedom.
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(Pocahontas lands in the water, causing the storm to happen. We cut to the storm as the Englishmen shout and run around panicking. We cut to John swinging bravely from the crow's nest of the ship)
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(As soon as John's helmet lands back on his head, we cut to Grandmother Willow)
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John Smith: That tree is speaking to me.
Pocahontas: Then you should speak back.
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Brian Cummings: She followed her heart.....
Pocahontas: What are you doing here?
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(Screen fades to reveal more silent clips from Disney movies)
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(Screen cuts over to the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo)
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(Screen fades from black, revealing the blue-and-gold Walt Disney Home Video logo)
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Herbie: Beep! Beep!
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(Dynamite explodes overhead)
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(Screen fades from black, revealing the "Timon & Pumbaa's Wild Adventures" logo)
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(Screen fades from black, revealing a complete moon in the river)
Frogs: (singing) Rum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum dum
Rum dum dum dum
Yum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum dum
Timon: (sings) If the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
Oh, I won't be afraid, no, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Well, Pumbaa, Pumbaa, stand by me
Oh, oh, oh, stand by me
Ooh stand, stand by me, stand by me
If the heavens that we look upon
Should topple and fall
Or the mountains they should crumble to the sea
I won't weep
Pumbaa: (spoken) You won't weep?
Timon: (singing) No, I won't shed a tear
Pumbaa: (spoken) Won't shed a tear?
Timon: (singing) Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Well, Pumbaa, Pumbaa, stand by me
Oh, oh, won't you stand by me
Ooh stand, stand by me, stand by me
Pumbaa: (spoken) Uh, I don't think I love this song. Aah! Ow!
Timon: (singing) Well, Pumbaa, Pumbaa, stand by me
Oh, oh, won't you stand by me
Ooh stand, c'mon, stand by me, stand by me
Pumbaa: (spoken) Timon!
Timon: (spoken) Yes?
Pumbaa: (spoken) Can I sing the next song?
Timon: (spoken) Sure, as long as you stand by me!
Pumbaa: (spoken) Fair enough.
Frog: (singing) Wherever you're in danger, won't you stand by me
Oh, oh, ooh, stand by me
I know you need me, stand by me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, stand by me
Oohhhh, hey
(Screen fades from black, revealing the title card, "Watch Out for Future Releases from Walt Disney Home Video")
Mark Elliott: Watch out for future releases from Walt Disney Home Video.
(Screen fades to black, ending the VHS tape)
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