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1 written byBruce joel Rubinrevisions byLowell Ganz & Babaloo MandelREVISED DRAFTF ebruary 2, 2001 STUART LITTLE 2 FADE IN:1 EXT. NEW YORK CITY - DAWN1A look at how birds live in the city, emphasizing thescavenging nature of their existence. We see birds eatingoff the ground, out of trash cans, even swooping down tosteal a piece of donut out of the hand of a sleepy citizenjust leaving his last bird we see flies towards the house of the LITTLE HOUSE - DAY2 The first hint of morning light enters the Littlehousehold. All is quiet and peaceful. MR. AND are asleep in bed. THROUGH the window we see birdeyes spying in on - ALARM CLOCKBLASTING a rendition of "STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER" intothe Little's bird flies off the window sill and before they're awake, Mr. and Mrs. Little's feetbegin swiveling in time to the we hear a BABY - MRS. LITTLE sitting upright in bed. She turns OFF the ALARM. On herring finger is a beautiful engagement Little gets out of bed and we FOLLOW her OVER TO acrib wherein sits a beautiful nine-month-old girl, MARTHALITTLE.

2 Mrs. Little picks her LITTLEM oomy's here. No more 's diaper is askew.(CONTINUED) :2 MRS. See this is what happenswhen Daddy changes you at 4! (calls out) BOY'S ROOM3 ANOTHER ALARM CLOCK. It GOES OFF and makes a FACTORYWHISTLE ON GEORGEin the lower bunk. He grumbles and turns ON UPPER BUNKA tiny lump under a blanket as it begins to move. Momentslater a tail emerges from underneath the sheet. It movestentatively, as if checking things out. The tail isfollowed by a rear-end dressed in bright pajamas with aprint pattern featuring pineapples (or something funnier)and then the remainder of a four-inch body. It is STUART. (For those who haven't read the book or seen the movie,Stuart is a mouse.)Stuart is sleepy. He staggers around almost blindly. Healmost steps off the edge of his bunk. This wakes himmore completely. He rubs his eyes and stretches andsmiles. Grabbing hold of a miniature fireman's pole builtout of tinker toys, slides down to the lower bunk andcrosses over to George's sleeping , wake is a hard stands on George's chest and jumps up and 's know.

3 But it's the first day ofPee Wee Soccer. Our first game.(CONTINUED) :3 George's eyes pop open and he gasps. He's No I can't today, caught a cold while I sneezes and blows Stuart halfway across the bed. Stuart scrambles back quickly. He grabs George's glassesfrom the nightstand and masterfully engineers them ontoGeorge's face. He taps on the 'll be fine. Come on, we'regonna be great. We're gonna playlike Brazilians!Stuart takes off his pajama top and soccer-kicks it acrossthe room into a KITCHEN - DAY4 Mrs. Little is rushing around the kitchen, feeding thebaby and making breakfast for everyone at the same CAMERA FOLLOWS her TO the kitchen table as she putsanother spoonful of cereal into the baby's mouth. Thebaby is sitting in her highchair between her brothers whoare in their LITTLES tuart, don't forget your waterbottle. Little enters on the LITTLE(finishing her sentence).. don't forget your cleats.(to Mrs. Little)You look especially LITTLESome people just know how to BABBLES something that is not a word.

4 (CONTINUED) :4 MRS. LITTLE(excited)Did you hear that? She said'bluh-bluh,' her first word. Where's the baby book? I'll writeit LITTLEI' not sure that's actually LITTLEYour Uncle Crenshaw said thatevery Little starts talking bynine LITTLEYes and in Uncle Crenshaw's casenever you both coming to the game?MR. LITTLEW ouldn't miss LITTLE(sotto)Frederick, this soccer game ismaking me proud?He starts opening a LITTLE(sotto)Anxious. Especially ' points at Stuart who is trying to get jelly out of ajar. He almost falls in, but then swings himself outsafely onto the 'm LITTLEHe's fine.(CONTINUED) : (2)4 MRS. LITTLE(sotto)But all those stompingaround with What pantomimes squishing and LITTLE(sotto)Honey, he's a Little. We're allnatural athletes.(handing her the jar)Could you open this?She toast is burning, the TEA is WHISTLING, the BABY isCRYING, and Mrs. Little is clearly the baby pours the remainder of the cereal onto herhead and throws the bowl onto the floor.

5 Mrs. Littlequickly lifts her from the highchair and rushes her to LITTLEOkay, that's it for you.(calling out)Snowbell. LIVING ROOM - SAME TIME6 SNOWBELL perks !!He dashes pell-mell into the kitchen, careening KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS ACTION7 Snowbell rushes (excitedly)Tuna? Is it tuna? Or herring. Or -- dare I say it -- is it lox? Oh, please be lox!(CONTINUED) :7 MRS. LITTLE(points to the glop on the floor)That's for you, (disappointed)Oh great. It's glop.(starts eating it)Look what I'm reduced to. I'm apaper towel with LITTLE(enthusiastically)How about it, boys? Are we readyto play some soccer?8 EXT. SOCCER FIELD - DAY8 The game is in progress. George is trying, but some ofthe kids are bigger, more aggressive and better co-ordinated. The whole pack blows right by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Little watch the game. Mrs. Little holds LITTLEF rederick, why are all the kidsrunning one way while George isgoing the other way?MR. LITTLEWell, he, he's anindependent spirit.

6 What bothersme is, every kid has had a chanceto play except LITTLEWell, there's plenty of LITTLEP lenty of time? There's LITTLEHe did an excellent job handingout the orange slices. And that'snot as easy as it gives her a look.(CONTINUED) :8 MRS. LITTLEAll right. I admit it. I'm gladhe's not in the game. I don'twant him to get LITTLEH oney, it's Pee Wee Soccer. Nobody gets KID on George's team gets kicked in the stomach. Hehowls in pain. A whistle blows, stopping the action. TheCOACH runs out to you all right, Irwin?IRWIN (KID)(doubled over)Do I look all right?REFEREEYou'd better ON BENCHOnly Stuart is (to his assistant)Tie game. We could play with (an obnoxious kid)Yeah, but we have George, so itwould be like having ! We'll have none of not? That's how you talk on, Coach.(CONTINUED) : (2) Stuart. Go in for !!He runs 's teammates look as if this seals their LITTLEYeah, Stuart!MRS. LITTLE(nervously)Oh (to Stuart)Try gives Play is back ball is kicked around by a pack of boys.

7 Stuartchases the pack. The pack turns and Stuart is LITTLE(rises)I'm going down there and snatchinghim off that Little holds her down.(CONTINUED) : (3)8 FIELDThe ball comes flying out of the pack towards the goalthat George and Stuart's team are attacking. The closestplayers to the ball are George and Stuart, who werelagging behind the (hysterical)Get it! George! Go after it!George and Stuart from opposite directions run towards theball. Stuart is closer, but George is faster and isgetting to the ball , shoot!Wallace appears out on the me the ball, lame-o!COACHG eorge, shoot!George shuts his eyes and kicks at the exact moment Stuartreaches the ball. The ball flies off the ground withStuart pasted to it, screaming. The ball hits Wallace --hard -- in the middle of his face and ricochets off. Wallace, knocked loopy, has the imprint of a mouse on ball -- still flying. Stuart still on it, screaming. It sails into the goal. The GUN GOES OFF. The game is mobbed by happy teammates.

8 He is literallycarried off on their and Mrs. Little run in to look for Stuart. The ballis on the ground. They pick it up. No ( )I'm all ON STUARTE nmeshed in the goal netting, dangling upside-down by onefoot.(CONTINUED) : (4)8 STUARTDo I get an assist?Then he falls several feet into the MR. AND MRS. LITTLE'S BATHROOM - NIGHT9 They're preparing for LITTLEHe just looked so small out there. lacking in bigness. Doeshe have to go back next week?MR. LITTLEH oney, we have to give him room LITTLEI give him room. I let him drivehis car to school. No othermother does LITTLEYes, but with George walking rightbeside him every LITTLEI let him go out without LITTLEWhen it's not LITTLESo? How much more room do I needto give him?MR. LITTLEA little more than you're givinghim How little?10 INT. BOYS' BEDROOM - NIGHT10 The boys are in their respective 'm worried that Mom's not goingto let me play soccer anymore.(CONTINUED) :10 GEORGEShe wouldn't do , she already didn't let me goout for fencing or wrestling orroller , what does she want you to goout for?

9 STUARTP ainting or 's hard to get hurt doing (glumly) guess it's my fault. I'm sorryI kicked you into the 's okay. Hey, you won thegame. That's the main the main thing was I hitWallace in the both LITTLE HOUSE - DAY10 AMrs. Little is pruning roses in a tiny planter in front ofthe house. She hears:WILL ( )Hello, Mrs. looks up and sees WILL WILSON. He's George's age, LITTLEOh hi, George home?(CONTINUED) :10 AMRS. LITTLEYes. He's playing with Stuart. Go on DINING ROOM - SAME TIME12 George and Stuart are working on a model airplane that hastaken over the dining table. It is a bright-red replicaof a WWII Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighter plane with a decalof an American flag and Betty Grable on the is putting the propeller on. Stuart is vocallymaking engine , hand me the is sitting in the plane, a scarf around his neck, 's, twelve o'clock! I gothim, Brooklyn!GEORGES tuart!STUART(brought back to reality)Huh?GEORGEWhat are you doing?STUARTOh -- Wouldn't it be cool ifI actually flew this thing?

10 GEORGEYeah. Mom's gonna let you fly aplane. Check the wires in , George. Hi, Stuart.(CONTINUED) :12 GEORGE(delighted) , , neat , George, you want to take abreak for awhile? I brought mychess , what about the plane?GEORGEI want to play with Will can tell Stuart is dejected and that this is painfulfor him. The older boys exit. Stuart turns to Snowbellsleeping on the work , Snowbell?(louder)Snowbell!Snowbell, wakes up, noisily -- snorting and clearing to help me fix the plane?SNOWBELLLet me explain something to you. I am trying -- desperately -- tocling to the last shreds ofdignity I possess. I'm licking upafter that little (MORE)(CONTINUED) :12 SNOWBELL (CONT'D).. I've had my claws trimmed so Iwon't scratch 'Mommy's LittlePrecious'.. and now a mouse --because he's lonely and desperatefor companionship asks -- as alast resort -- to become his'playmate.' The gall. Yeah, TO:13 OMITTED13&&141415 INT. DINING ROOM - LITTLE LATER15 Stuart climbs back into the cockpit of the PLANE.