Starlight Express live action-animated film/Transcript

This is the transcript for the Starlight Express live action-animated film.

Part 1: Overture
(Shows Universal Pictures logo)

(Shows Disney logo)

(Shows Original Film logo on the left and Bad Hat Harry logo on the right at the same time. The Overture from Starlight Express begins.)

Universal Pictures

and

Disney

present

An

Original Film

and

Bad Hat Harry

production

In association with

The Really Useful Group

and

Perfect World Pictures

A

WingNut Films

and

PlayTone

production

A

Rob Marshall

film

Control: This is Control! This is Control! Tonight is the most important night in the history of the world! Take your seats for the World Championship Railroad Race! Who will win? Will it be diesel? Will it be electric? Or will it be steam? The tension is unbearable here at the track tonight!

(Then Door Is Knocked.Mother Appeared.)

Mother: Put those trains away.

Control:Oh Mum - just five more minutes.

Mother:Put those trains away and get into bed.

Control: But...

Mother: No buts.

Mother: When the night is darkest, Open up your mind, The dream begins, it's becoming clearer. Listen to the distance, Listen and you'll find The Midnight Train is getting nearer.

Mother And Control: Starlight Express, Starlight Express, Are you real? Yes or no? Starlight Express, Starlight Express...

Directed by Rob Marshall

Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Rob Marshall

Produced by Neal H Mortiz, Gary Goetzman, Peter Jackson and Bryan Singer

Executive producer Christian Rivers, Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks

Director of photography Russel Carpenter

Production designer Robert Stromberg

Edited by Martin Walsh

Costume designer Coleen Atwood

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alistair Lloyd Webber

Based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Music producer Mike Higham

Casting by Don Zimmerman

Freddie Highmore

Saoirse Ronan

Ray Shell

Christine Baranski

Tom Cruise

Daniel Craig

Jennifer Lawrence

Rebel Wilson

Mackenzie Foy

Gavin Ashbarry

Toby Kebbel

Robert Sheehan

David Thewlis

Whitney Martins

Ben Mendelsohn

Matthew Broderick

Tom Hardy

Tyler Perry

Hiroshi Watari

Brian Tee

Sylvester Stallone

Andrew Garfield

and Max Charles

(The closing credits scroll started playing afterwards, followed by the closing logos for Perfect World Pictures, WingNut Films and PlayTone.)

Part 2: Rolling Stock
(Rolling Stock from Starlight Express begins.)

(A pounding rock anthem to the power of engines, it introduces the reigning champion, Greaseball, and his gang.)

Greaseball And Gang: I'm just the fastest thing you'll ever see. That streak of lightning you just missed was me. Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night Rolling stock! rolling stock !

Greaseball: You bet you'll never know the way it feels.

Greaseball And Gang: Rolling stock! rolling stock !

Greaseball: Rock 'n' rollin' on a pair of wheels. Come on and heat me up the way you do.

Greaseball And Gang: And I can keep it going longer than you. Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night!

Greaseball: What makes you think you can go faster than me? Check out my back view 'cause it's all you'll see.

Greaseball And Gang: Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night! Rolling stock! we're rolling stock! Rolling stock! we're rolling stock!

(instrumental break)

Greaseball: This locomotive's 'bout to have some fun We're rock and rollin' 'til the race is won.

Greaseball And Gang: Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night! Rolling stock! we're rolling stock! Rolling stock! we're rolling stock! Rolling stock! we're rolling stock!

Part 2: Crazy
(After the song, Rusty and Coaches Appear)

Rusty: Woowoo! Woowoo! Nobody can do it like a Steam Train!

Coaches: WooWoo! WooWoo! Listen to him, He pretends he is the great train!

Control: Hey, here comes Rusty the steam train! The very first locomotive of my life, I was six. He‘s so cute!

Rusty: Where I go the rest better follow! Look out everybody, move aside! May go now or may go tomorrow, Hold on, I'll take you for a ride!

Coaches: Crazy - can you believe him? He's crazy - love him or leave him He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy

Rusty: Watch me, see me, hit that horizon!

Pearl: Take it slowly, what you got to prove?

Rusty: Ride with me, you'll know you've been riding! No one can move the way I move!

Coaches: Crazy - can you believe him? He's crazy - love him or leave him He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy

Rusty: You know I'm crazy!

Coaches: Crazy!(Come on Everyone! Put your hand together!)Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!(I always Crazy! Crazy! You know I'm crazy!) Crazy! Crazy! Crazy!

Rusty: Hold on tight! I'll turn up the pressure. Must be right, no way it can be wrong! You and me go steamin' together!

Pearl: Till someone better comes along!

Coaches: Crazy - can you believe him? He's crazy - love him or leave him He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy

Rusty: I'm always crazy!

Greaseball And Gang And Coaches: Crazy - can you believe him? He's crazy - love him or leave him He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy Going crazy! Going crazy!

Rusty: I'm always crazy!

All: Going Crazy!

Part 3: Taunting Rusty/This is Gonna be the Day
Rusty: Woowoo! Woowoo! Nobody can do it like a -

Greaseball: You going in for the race, steam train?

Gang Member: Should do!

Gang Member: Nobody can do it like a steam train!

Greaseball: Who can do it like a steam train?

Gang Member: He said nobody,

Gang Member: So he's nobody!

Gang: Hi nobody!

Gang: Nobody,

Gang Member: Steam train

Greaseball: That'll teach you to show some respect for Diesel.

Gang Member: 'Cos Diesel's gonna win!

Gang Member: OK Rusty?

Greaseball: OK, steam train?

Gang: OK Rusty?

Control: Shut it, guys. This is Control. Engines to get fuelled up. Rusty to fetch the Coaches. Move it. MOVE IT!

Gang: Hear that Rusty, Rusty bye-bye.

Greaseball: Go fetch the coaches like the boss man said.

Gang: Hear that Rusty, Rusty bye-bye.

Greaseball: Or you could enter for the race instead!

Gang: Bye-bye Rusty, Rusty Bye-bye! Bye-bye Rusty, Rusty Bye-bye! Bye-bye Rusty!

Greaseball: Hey, Rusty, Bye-bye!

Rusty: This is gonna be the day.

Coaches: Come on Rusty!

Dinah: Cool off!

Rusty: Soon I'll show you And I'll show you good.

Buffy: Don't Push!

Rusty: There's a champion Underneath my hood.

Coaches: Get a grip!

Ashley: Who d'ya think you're shoving?

Rusty: Come on Pearl, we're on our way!

Pearl: Rusty, turn your fire down!

Rusty: This is gonna be the day.

Ashley: He'll blow his top.

Rusty: Cos when you see me on the finishing line.

Buffy: He's off the rails.

Rusty: And when I take the place that's rightfully mine.

Dinah: He always fails!

Rusty: This is gonna be the day!

Part 4: A Whole Lotta Locomotion
Ashley: Hey listen to the one man band.

Pearl: Rusty, you don't understand!

Dinah: You'll be nowhere, you'll be last.

Buffy: You ain't going nowhere fast.

Coaches: Got style, got grace,Got a smile on my face And a heart that is built for devotion. But a girl can't get. What a girl's gotta get.Unless she's got A whole lotta locomotion.

Part 7: Entry of the National Engines/AC/DC
Control: Control, Control! Coaches and Trucks to selection grid. Champion Engines assemble for Parade! National Champions for Parade. From France, the 120mph Sud-est! The power of the Sud-est, Bobo And Coco! From Italy, the Rome to Milan Express, the Settebello. Powered by Espresso And Pendelino! From Germany, Right on time, Here comes the ICE, the Intercontinental Express. Powered by Weltschaft And Ruhrgold. From Russia - as fast as possible - the Trans-Siberian Express. Powered by Turnov And Vladimir. From Japan, the Shinkansen Bullet Train. The power of the Bullet - Hashimoto And Nintendo! From Great Britain, battling through the wrong kind of snow, the royal train! Powered by the Prince of Wales And Brexit! Oh, Excuse Me, British Rail announce a delay in the arrival of the royal train. This is due to staffing difficulties. And from the U.S. of A, the reigning champion! The greatest Diesel Locomotive in History, the Union Pacific! The power of the pacific - Greaseball! From the sidings... Rusty the steamer.

Rusty: Nobody can do it like a steam train!

All: Rusty go home, Rusty go home. Rusty, get back, clear off the track!

Control: Any more entries?

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Control: We have a technical problem, What's going on?

Control:

Pearl: He's got a gun!

Krupp: Halt. I am Krupp, Electra's armaments truck. Clear Electra, Verify

Killerwatt: I am Killerwatt, Electra's Security truck. Go to Electra, Load

Wrench: I am Wrench, Electra's repair truck. Shift Electra.

Pearl: Who's Electra?

Purse: We ask the questions. I am Purse, Electra's money truck. Electra is rich. Switch your allegiance to Electra. Space Electra.

Volta: I am Volta, Electra's freezer truck. Enter Electra.

Joule: I am Joule, Electra's dynamite truck. Run Electra.

Volta: Electra is cool.

Joule: Electra is hot.

Volta: Cool.

Joule: Hot

COMPONENTS: A megastar. A megawatt. Rich, hot, powerful - rich, hot, cool. Rich, hot, powerful - rich, hot, cool. Electra ... Electra ... Electra ... Electra ...

Part 12: The Blues/Rusty Why You Looking Sad
Poppa: Rusty why you looking sad?

Rusty: I got no hope. Pearl decided she's not racing with me.

Poppa: So, take Hoppers with you!

Hoppers: Why not take three?

Momma: Maybe Flat-top would be good.

Rusty: No,Momma,No! For all the chance I got, I might as well take Dustin! Jeez I'm sorry Dustin, but you could lose a few pounds huh?

Poppa: Rusty, you ain't got no faith.

Momma: We are a steamer, He was a champion once! You like the rest, you just blind.

Rusty: No no, I see good, I see without no coach. I got no chance in the race.

Poppa: Look behind you, what do you see?

Rusty: Nothing but an old sleeping car.

Momma: You got an alarm bell?

Rusty: I do.

Poppa: Then Ring it boy

Hoppers: Ring That Bell.

Rusty: I can't pull that, It's peeling, and, well, old.

Part 13: Belle's Song/Starlight Express Intro
Rusty: No, I'm out of it. There ain't no power in steam no more Electricity is faster now.

Poppa: No! Now boy, let me hear you say 'Steam!

Rusty: Steam...

Momma: Now let me hear you all say 'Steam!

All: Steam!

Flat-top: Oil! Oil! Oil!

Poppa: Oil? Oil is the work of the diesel himself!

Part 18: U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D/ Girl's Rolling Stock/Dinah, You're Honoured
Electra: No one pulls the plug on me, don't play with electricity. You'll both regret this when we race. The sparks will fly, will fly! (speaks) Suddenly I feel polluted.

Part 19: Wide Smile
Caboose: Greaseball! Mr Greaseball! Excuse me a minute? Just a Word?

Greaseball: Yeah, what is It?

Caboose: I want you to know that I'm going to ensure Your position as champ is completely secure.

Greaseball: I know I'm winning this race, duh! Stop grinning and cut to the chase!

Caboose: Rusty's got some power. We just haven't seen it yet. The rusty little engine Could turn out to be a threat.

Greaseball: I’m listening, keep talking.

Caboose: If he can’t start, then he can win. Let’s wipe him out when the race begins!

Greaseball: Oooh, that’s nasty… I Like It!

Caboose: Hahaha! I thought you would. No more Mr. Goody-Good. Just ‘cause I smile all the time. Don’t mean I’m not into crime.Under the smiles, under the fun.I’m public enemy number one. Hahaha!

Part 21: That's Us
Rusty: All alone, They leaves us all alone, And do I fight? No, I just take it. Why do Us? I don't know why. That's Us.

Dinah: Everytime, My friends say it's a crime, To take him back, But frankly, We don't give a damn. That's how I am, That's Us.

Rusty: I may cry, now and then, Say goodbye, Until then, They appears, Dry the tears,Here we go again...

Rusty And Dinah: Guess I know, Each time I watch them go, They won't go far, For who would let him do? The things We let them do, There's only Two, that's us, That's who? That's us. Why do We let them do, The things We let them do? That's how we are, that's us, That's why We' are us.

Part 24: World Championship Race
Control:     Control. Control. Re-run of championship on downhill course Rerun of championship. In track one: Greaseball And Ashley and Pearl. In track two: Electra and - carriage change! Carriage change! Electra and Buffy And Caboose.

Greaseball: Lo-co-mo-tion, Lo-co-mo-tion, Lo-co-mo-tion, Lo-co-mo-tion, Lo-co-mo-tion, Lo-co-mo-tion, Lo-co-mo-tion, Lo-co-mo-tion.

Ashley: Gonna be hot, hotter than hot, Gonna be hot, hotter than hot, Gonna be hot, hotter than hot

Pearl: Why should I have to Lie? Why should I have to Lie?

Caboose: Just for me, I'm in this Just for me, I'm in this

Electra: I'm gonna win, Must help me win, I'm gonna win.

Buffy And Caboose: I'll help you win.

All: I'll be victorious, I'm gonna win.

Control: Who are you?

Rusty: "The Starlight Express". (sing) Earth, Water, Air, Fire, See the steam rise higher. Earth, Water, Air, Fire, See the steam rise higher. Earth, Water, Air, Fire, See the steam rise higher. Earth, Water, Air, Fire-

Dustin: Aggregates are really great! Aggregates never complain! Humping all the rubble At the double, no trouble, It's great to be an aggregate train. Aggregates are really great! Aggregates never complain-

Dinah: We will win. We will the win this Race. Because, We want get back our Lovers. We will win. We will the win this Race. We will win. We will the win this Race. Because, We want get back our Lovers-

Control: Hey, marshalls. Stop Stranger!

All: They gonna race, They replace Rusty They gonna race, race in the final! Who'll be victorious, who's gonna to win? I'll be victorious, I'm gonna to win. I'll be victorious, I'll be victorious. I'll be victorious, I'm gonna to win. I'll be victorious, I'll be victorious. I'll be victorious, I'm gonna to win! Who'll be victorious, who's gonna to win!

Control: Trains to your tracks! Marshalls! Check the Course! Twenty Seconds! Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Go! And here they come! It's Greaseball, Electra and Rusty as they come down from the high level.

Pearl: Greaseball Stop!

Control:

Pearl: Rusty Help! Help!

(Greaseball then stops in a hazardous part of the tunnel and starts to beat up Electra. His impacts and blows against Electra cause the tunnel to start falling apart.(which is impossible as they are making no physical contact with the tunnel wall or supports; which were already weakened from Ruhrgold's earlier collision)Electra strikes back and rams Greaseball into the wall, and into a circuit box causing the electrical circuits to go haywire.

Caboose: See'ya Pearl!

(Caboose grabs Pearl and shoves her down the tunnel as she screams in terror.)

Pearl:(screaming Terrorly)

Control: Oh, no We have a runaway.

(At the same moment, Rusty and Dustin and Dinah come racing down the tunnel whilst dodging falling debris, with Rusty managing to catch Pearl from behind, unwittingly saving her from being electrocuted by a stray wire.)

Rusty: I got you, Pearl.

(Back at the fight, Caboose tries to stop the two engines, but Electra shoves him into the supports, weakening them even more and knocking Caboose unconscious. Electra continues to fight with Greaseball until Rusty, now both pulling Dustin and Dinah and pushing Pearl, Ashley And Buffy, shoves both quarrelling engines into the tunnel walls.)

Control: Watch out! It's gonna explode!

(The tunnel supports cave in and debris lands on the main circuit box, causing the tunnel to explode. Rusty, Pearl, and Dustin barely make it out of the tunnel unharmed.)

Control: At the Finishing line. Here comes Dustin, Ashley, Buffy, Dinah, Pearl And Starlight Express. Yes! Starlight Express is Winner! Starlight Express is the champion in the World! Starlight Express for lap of honour.

(After Rusty returns to the train yard victorious, Pearl, out of shame, quietly leaves.)

Rusty: Where's Pearl? Where's Pearl? I must find Pearl, I must find Pearl, I must find Pearl, I must find Pearl!

Control: Oh No, The Starlight Express was Rusty.

All: Where's Starlight gone? He must be the Starlight Express?

Part 25: One Rock & Roll Too Many
Ashley: Hold on a minute.

Buffy: What is that?

(when out from the tunnel rolls the mangled wrecks of Greaseball, Caboose, and Electra.)

Greaseball, Caboose And Electra: One Rock 'n' Roll too many. One night's sleep too few. Too much ringing that bell. Takes its toll, out of you.

Caboose: The sound's too loud.

Electra: And the light's too bright.

Greaseball: My chains are too heavy, and my pants are too tight.

Greaseball, Caboose And Electra: One Rock 'n' Roll too many. Takes its toll... out of you. One Rock 'n' Roll too many. One more farewell show. Come on clap your hands.

Caboose: Are you having a good time?

Greaseball And Electra: No!

Caboose: My breakdance is broken! My hip has hopped!

Greaseball: My mojo ain't working!

Electra: And my pill has just popped!

Greaseball, Caboose And Electra: One Rock 'n' Roll too many. Takes its toll... out of you. One Rock 'n' Roll too many. I can't hear no more!

Greaseball: What did you say?

Caboose: I can't hear nothing.

Greaseball: What did you say?

Electra: I can't hear nothing.

Greaseball: I can't hear nothing.

Electra: What did you say?

Greaseball: I can't hear nothing.

Caboose: What did you say?

Greaseball, Caboose And Electra: I said one Rock 'n' Roll too many. Takes its toll, And the soul, Out of you.

Control: Control! Control! Rusty to return immediately! Rusty to return immediately, or lap of honour will be cancelled! Lap of honour will be cancelled!

Poppa: This is End of the Line!

Dinah: Sorry, Greaseball.

Poppa: Where's Rusty gone?

All: Where's Rusty gone?

Dustin And Dinah: Looking for Pearl.

Momma: What happened to Pearl?

All: What happened to Pearl? What happened to Pearl?

Poppa: You'll show us if it takes you all night.

(The crashed trains are dragged to their feet to help find Pearl and Rusty.)

Part 27: Long Live Rusty King of the Track
All: Long live Rusty, king of the Track! Long live Rusty, King of the Track!

Control: Lap of honour cancelled. Lap of honour cancelled. Engines must obey Control!

Dinah: Greaseball, you're hurt!

Greaseball: No Dinah, please don't cry I'm washed up, I'm finished, but gee, Dinah, I - I don't know how to tell it

Dinah: Come on Greaseball, you can spell it.

Greaseball: Okay Dinah, I'm S.O.R.R.R.Y.

Poppa: You could be converted.

Greaseball: What d'you mean?

Poppa:Rebuilt, with a new and better form of power.

Electra: You think I could be converted to steam?

Poppa: Sure could - and with steam, you'd be under your own control!

Control: Engines must obey control! Engines must obey control! Do what you're told!

All: Shut it, Control!

Part 28: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Poppa: Diesel is for unbelievers. Electricity is wrong