Stuart Little (film)
Appearance
Stuart Little is a 1999 American live-action/animated comedy film in which the Little family adopts a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him.
- Directed by Rob Minkoff and written by M. Night Shyamalan and Greg Brooker, based on the novel of the same name by E. B. White.
Stuart Little
[edit]- Hey, Smokey! His name is Snowbell!
Snowbell
[edit]- Don't worry, buddy. I'm sure you'll land on your... FEET!
Mrs. Keeper
[edit]- Mr. and Mrs. Little, we try to discourage couples from adopting outside of their own...species. It rarely works out.
Dialogue
[edit]- [Snowbell tries to eat Stuart]
- Eleanor: [to Snowbell, enraged] Snowbell! Drop him right now!
- Frederick: [to Snowbell, enraged] You spit Stuart out this instant, Snowbell! Spit him right out!
- [Snowbell spits out Stuart]
- Eleanor: [to Stuart] Stuart? Are you alright?
- Stuart: Wait! [Mr. Little picks up Snowbell, as Stuart checks his tail, which is in one piece, and sighs in relief] I'm fine.
- Frederick: [sternly to Snowbell] You must never harm Stuart. Do you understand?
- Eleanor: Never, or out you'll go, Mr. Snow!
- Frederick: Stuart is one of the family now. We do not eat family members.
- Stuart: [to Snowbell] Can I scratch your ears? I could rub your tummy.
- Snowbell: [threateningly] How'd you like to rub it from the inside, mouse boy?
- Stuart: Snow, where are you going?
- Snowbell: Ah. I got to stare at traffic, yawn, lick myself. And believe me, that could take hours if you doing it right. Ciao.
- Eleanor: Is he going to be alright?
- Dr. Beechwood: Well, a lad that size swallowing all that detergent. Amazingly, I think he's going to be fine. Also, he's very clean.
- George: Are you all nuts?! Bicycles and bowling balls? How's he gonna toss a baseball? How's he gonna do any of those things? He's not my brother, he's a mouse.
- Monty: Uh, aren't you gonna run?
- Stuart: Why?
- Monty: Because you're a mouse.
- Stuart: I'm not just a mouse. I'm a member of this family.
- [Snowbell groans]
- Monty: [confused] A mouse with a pet cat? [after a pause, he rolls over and roars with laughter] A MOUSE WITH A PET CAT! [continues laughing]
- Stuart: I guess that is...pretty funny.
- Monty: Pretty funny?! I'm gonna wet my fur! [laughs hard more, and Stuart laughs along with him. He looks down at Snowbell] Your new little master! [laughs] Wait until the boys hear all about this!
- Snowbell: [embarrassed] Ohh! The humiliation. [to Stuart, angrily] I'M GONNA KILL YOU!
- Stuart: [alarmed] Oh, dear!
- Snowbell: Come back here! [after a few chases, and ending up in the garbage can] Alright, no more Mr. Nice Kitty. You!
- Stuart: Ahh! [runs off into George's basement]
- George: Maybe we should go home.
- Frederick: Why?
- George: I'm not wearing my lucky underwear.
- Frederick: You don't have lucky underwear.
- George: Well, maybe we should get some and come back for another race.
- [After it is revealed that the Stouts lied about being Stuart's real parents]
- Snowbell: They know about the Stouts! They know about the Stouts! The jig is up! What are we gonna do?!
- Monty: Hey, get ahold of yourself. What are you talking about?
- Snowbell: This is very - I'm in big-! I'm in DEEP POOPY-DOO!
- Monty: Calm down, calm down. Don't get your fur in a bunch. All we need is a new plan.
- Smokey: We do what we should have done in the first place; We scratch him out.
- Monty: Scratch him out?
- Snowbell: But Smokey, the police are involved! I don't wanna get kicked out of my house! I'm not a street cat, I'm a house cat! I don't wanna lose my furry basket or my tinkleball that I push across the floor with my nose!
- Monty: Snow, buddy, pull yourself together.
- Smokey: It's settled. Stuart Little get scratched tonight.
- [At the golf course house, Reginald wakes Stuart up]
- Reginald: Stuart, wake up.
- Stuart: Huh?
- Reginald: Get dressed.
- Stuart: Why?
- Reginald: Uh, we're taking you for a ride.
- Stuart: Where we're going?
- Reginald: Some friends of ours have gathered just to meet you.
- Stuart: A gathering? What should I wear?
- Reginald: It doesn't matter. Wear anything.
- Stuart: Is it formal?
- Reginald: Just put something on!
- [Camille starts crying]
- Stuart: Why's Mom crying? Mom? I'm not angry at you for putting me up for adoption. [Camille still cries] And now that I'm a Stout again, I'll always be here to take care of you. Because that's what families do. Mom, they, they take care of each other.
- [Camille finishes crying as she passes Reginald, who's holding her purse. She snatches the purse from her husband's hands, then smacks it on his side]
- Reginald: Ow!
- Camille: [shouts] TELL HIM THE TRUTH!
- Lucky: Bad news! The Stouts squealed.
- Smokey: I knew those mice were rats.
- Lucky: The kid's on his way home. What do we do?
- Smokey: No problem. He's gotta go through the park, right? Let's meet him there and have ourselves a little "picnic".
- Lucky: [starts to leave] Great! I'll bring herring!
- Smokey: Hey, hey, moron! The mouse is the picnic!
- Lucky: Oh...
- [Smokey meets Stuart in Central Park]
- Smokey: How ya doin'? You must be Stuart.
- Stuart: Actually, I must be going. [gets into his car]
- Lucky: What's your hurry, Murray?
- Red: Yeah, where ya goin', Murray-uh, Stuart? What's his name?
- [Stuart speeds off]
- Snowbell: Didn't your mothers warn you not to go into Central Park at night?
- Smokey: My mother was the reason you didn't go into Central Park at night!
- Red: Yeah, you tell 'em, Smokey!
- [Snowbell sits Stuart down on a branch]
- Stuart: Snowbell, you saved me?
- Snowbell: Yeah, yeah. Look, let's get one thing straight. I'm doing this for the Littles. They love you. George loves you. They're all miserable without you.
- Stuart: [surprised] But, Snowbell, you said-
- Snowbell: I know what I said, I...I lied, okay? Welcome to Manhattan. I'm the one that hates you.
- Stuart: [smiles] Oh, Snowbell. You do care! [hugs his front leg]
- Snowbell: Ugh. Yeah, yeah, okay. Okay, that's enough.
- Monty: [arriving with the other cats] Snow, what's he doin' to your leg? I can't help but think this is wrong.
- Smokey: What the hell's goin' on here?
- Snowbell: Uh, look, Smokey, uh, call me fickle, but...I want to call this whole thing off, okay?
- Smokey: Too late.
- Snowbell: Come on, Smokey, can't we talk it over? See, Stuart's not so bad once you get to know him, and he's got his own car.
- Smokey: Careful, house cat. You're askin' for it.
- Monty: Snow, what are you doin'? Come on, he's just a mouse.
- Snowbell: He's not just a mouse. He's...He's... [looks at Stuart, then at the cats] He's family.
- Smokey: Oh, yeah! [laughing hysterically] I could see the resemblance! [he and the other cats laugh hysterically]
- Stuart: [angrily] Is that what you think? You have to look alike to be family? [the cats abruptly stop laughing] You don't have to look alike. You don't even have to like each other. Look at Snowbell: he hates me. And still, he's tryin' to save me. Sure, you'll probably scratch him up pretty bad, you'd tear him to shreds; you may even kill him... [Snowbell gulps] ...but Snowbell will not run away, and that is what family is all about. Right...Snow? [looks up to him]
- Snowbell: [chuckles nervously] Maybe family's too strong a word.
- Smokey: Scratch 'em both!
- Snowbell: Both?!
- Stuart: [unbuckles Snowbell's collar] Hey, it's me you want! Come and get me!
- Snowbell: Well, what have we got here?
- Monty: Snow, don't come out here! The branch is breaking!
- Snowbell: Stuart! Are you all right?
- Stuart: Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.
- Snowbell: Just hang on! I'll take it from here!
- Monty: Huh? Take what? [Snowbell breaks away the tree branches] Whoa! Hey, come on, Snow. You wouldn't do this to me. Not your old buddy.
- Snowbell: Don't worry, buddy! I'm sure your land on your....
- Monty: What are you doing? Wait! I gotta ask you something!
- Snowbell: ...FEET!! [lets go of the tree branch]
- [Monty, Lucky, Unnamed Grey Cat and Red fall in water, and get out of water]
- Lucky: Cold! Cold! Cold water! I can't swim. Dog paddle!
- Red: Dog paddle? I'd rather drown! And I had my fur just the way I like it.
- Lucky: I'll be licking myself for days!
- Monty: How could he do this to me, after all we've meant to each other? I mean, I love that guy! Hey, you guys! Wait up for me!
- Snowbell: [laughing] Pack up the pineapple, Stuart! This luau's over!
- Stuart: Thanks, Snowbell. You were great.
- Snowbell: Well, it must've been quite a show from up there.
- [Suddenly, Smokey comes up behind Snowbell]
- Stuart: [clears throat] Snowbell.
- Snowbell: Those cats think they're so tough.
- Stuart: Snowbell.
- Snowbell: I guess I showed them. Not bad for a house cat!
- Smokey: Not bad for a dead house cat! [Snowbell gasps, Stuart climbs to the tree] Say good night...Tinkerbell.
- [Snowbell gulps]
- Stuart: [standing up for Snowbell] Hey Smokey! His name is Snowbell! [lets go of the tree branch he is holding onto; it flies up and hits Smokey in the face, knocking him off his own branch and sending him falling into the river]
- Smokey: [gets out of the water] This water's damn cold! I can't believe this! [shivering] Beaten by the mouse and his pet cat! What can be worse?! [suddenly, dogs barking heard in distance and chasing Smokey] NICE DOGGIES!! NO! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
- Stuart: Tsk tsk tsk. Little high, Little low.
- Snowbell: Little hey, Little ho. Let's go home.
- [Last lines; Stuart rides Snowbell home]
- Stuart: You know, Snow, I don't know how to thank you.
- Snowbell: How about not kicking me in the sides? I'm beginning to bruise.
- Stuart: Oh sorry. I was getting excited, I've never ridden a cat bareback before.
- Snowbell: Well, don't get used to it. Hold on Cowboy. Well here we are partner end of the line.
- Stuart: Thanks for the ride.
- Snowbell: Don't mention this ever.
- [They went up to the window to see the depressed Little family. Both Frederick and Eleanor are deeply sad while George is sleeping]
- Stuart: [from outside the window] Mom! Dad! George! [Frederick carries the sleeping George to bed] It's me, Stuart! I'm back! [knocks on the window]
- George: [wakes up, and his eyes widen as he sees Stuart outside the window; relieved] Stuart!
- [The Little family ran up to the window]
- Stuart: Mom! Dad! George! [they opened the window] I missed you all so much! I thought I'd never see you again!
- [Eleanor kisses Stuart on the head]
- Frederick: I don't understand. How did you manage it?
- Stuart: Every Little in the world can find the Little house. And Snowbell. I just couldn't have done it without him.
- [Eleanor picks up Snowbell]
- Frederick: Really? What's the matter?
- Stuart: I was just thinking.
- Eleanor: What, dear?
- Stuart: That this is how people look...
- George: At the end of a fairy tale.
- Stuart: Yeah. Exactly.
- [They both carry Stuart and Snowbell into the house, and George closes the shade as the words "The End" appears before we fade to black]
Cast
[edit]- Michael J. Fox — Voice of Stuart Little
- Geena Davis — Eleanor Little
- Hugh Laurie — Frederick Little
- Jonathan Lipnicki — George Little
- Nathan Lane — Voice of Snowbell
- Chazz Palminteri — Voice of Smokey
- Steven James Zahn — Voice of Monty
- David Alan Grier — Voice of Red
- Jim Doughan — Voice of Lucky
- Jeffrey Jones — Crenshaw Little
- Connie Ray — Tina Little
- Allyce Beasley — Beatrice Little
- Brian Doyle — Edgar Little
- Estelle Getty — Estelle Little
- Harold Gould — Spencer Little
- Patrick O'Brien — Stretch Little
- Julia Sweeney — Mrs. Keeper
- Jon Polito — Detective Officer Sherman
- Jim Doughan — Detective Officer Allen
- Dabney Coleman — Dr. Beechwood
- Bruno Kirby Jr. — Voice of Reginald Stout
- Jennifer Tilly — Voice of Camille Stout
- Stan Freberg — Voice of the Race Announcer
External Links
[edit]- Stuart Little (film) quotes at the Internet Movie Database