Draft:Thomas the Tank Engine (film)/Transcript

Garry Marshall: (voice over, after the Paramount logo is finished) Now, where to begin? (clears throat) How about "Once upon a time..."? (opening door slams and cuts to black) How many times have you heard that to begin a story? Let's do something else. (gasps) I got it. I got it. Here we go. Here's how to open a movie. (opening to Thomas the Tank Engine intro) No, I don't think so. It sounds familiar, doesn't it to you? (Thomas the Tank Engine storybook) Oh, no, no. Not the book! How many have seen "opening the book" before? (screech) Close the book. We're not doing that. (storybook closes awkwardly) Here's what we're gonna do. Why don't I just go back to the day... things took a turn... for the worst?