Daily Dialogue — July 24, 2014

Wally’s meter fully charges.
His head slowly rises from his box. 
Blinks.
The cockroach hops with joy.
Eve is relieved.

…She holds out her hand to him.

EVE 
(with love)
Wally…

Wally gives her a blank stare.
He turns away from Eve. 
Motors out the truck. 
She grabs him.
Turns him back around.

EVE 
(It’s me!)
Eve!

Wally just stares.
Doesn’t seem to know who she is.

EVE 
(hums)
[Here, look at these.]

She grabs the RUBIK’S CUBE and LIGHT BULB from the shelf. 
The light bulb glows in her hand.
She gives them to Wally.
No reaction.

EVE 
(Remember?)
Wally?

Wally looks blankly at the junk on the shelves.

EVE 
(hums) 
[I know!]

She hovers over to the video player. 
Plays HELLO DOLLY.
Looks back to see if it has any effect.

Wally is over at the shelves.
Has scooped all his prized possessions into his compactor. 
Crushes them into a cube.
Eve is gut-punched.

Wally motors outside.
Runs over the cockroach on his way out. 
The insect pops back to life.
Watches his friend in shock.

EXT. WALLY’S TRUCK — DAY

Wally rolls up to a nearby trash pile. 
Scoops up trash. 
Spits out a cube. 
Eve hovers over to him.
Still in disbelief.

EVE 
(somber)

Wally continues to stack his cubes. 
She stops him.
Lifts his head. Stares into his eyes. 
Nobody home.

Eve presses his “play” button. 
Nothing but STATIC.
Eve begins to panic.
Shakes him.

EVE 
Wally…Wally! WALLY!

No response.
He’s gone.
She hovers in silence next to him for a long time…

Finally, Eve grasps Wally’s hand.
Forces his fingers to interlace with hers. 
Holds him close one last time.
Leans her head against his.
Hums softly.

EVE 
[Hums IOTAM]

She touches her forehead to his. 
Goodbye Wally.
A TINY SPARK between them.

Eve turns to hover away. 
Jerked back.
Her fingers caught between his. 
She checks his eyes again. 
Nothing.

But then… 
No.

…a tiny SERVO NOISE.
She looks down at their hands.

CLOSE ON WALLY’S FINGERS

They start to move. 
Slowly close around Eve’s.

She looks back at his face.
Wally’s eyes gradually come into focus. 
His brows raise…

WALLY
Ee-vah?

EVE
Wally!

He notices their hands entwined. His dream come true.

WALLY 
(amazed)
Ee-vah!!

She giggles.

— Wall-E (2008), screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, story by Andrew Stanton and
Pete Docter

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Robot.

Trivia: Within the first 5 minutes there is a monologue via the holographic billboards. The first dialogue between WALL·E and EVE begins 22 minutes into the movie. The first human dialogue begins 39 minutes into the movie.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is such a great moment, a deft payoff to this:

Wall-E watches Hello Dolly, then imitates the humans holding hands. And we know from that visual what Wall-E wants. Therefore his ‘reawakening’ here is not out of the blue, but rather set up, then paid off beautifully.

If you have any suggestions for this week’s theme, please post in comments.

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