:00:28
-What about the kid who rings the bell?
-What kid? What bell?
:00:32
The kid. After the mine caves in,
he rings the bell to alert the town.
:00:37
-Is that in the script?
-What if we gave the kid a disease?
:00:42
-A disease?
-Braces on the leg, that sort of thing.
:00:46
-But he runs.
-He could hobble.
:00:48
A How Green Was My Valley thing.
Is that McDowall kid available?
:00:53
-Too old. Plus, hes English.
-So?
:00:56
-The scripts set in Tennessee.
-Did I get that page?
:01:00
Forget the disease. Nobody wants it.
Its depressing.
:01:03
-Boss is right. Who needs disease?
-Its horrible.
:01:07
-I hate disease.
-Box-office poison.
:01:09
Hold on. I think I got a "what if."
:01:12
What if we give the character--
Whats his name?
:01:16
-Floyd.
-Terrible name. Change it.
:01:18
-Say we give no-name a dog.
-A dog?
:01:22
A dog. No-names faithful companion.
:01:25
Toils at his masters side
in the coal mine.
:01:28
Cave-in happens,
only the dog gets out.
:01:32
Cause dogs are smaller, usually.
:01:34
And its the dog that runs
up the hill and rings the bell.
:01:39
Holy crap, thats beautiful.
:01:41
-Im choked up.
-I got goose bumps.
:01:44
Lassie pictures always gross high.
:01:47
Instead of a disease,
we give the kid a dog?
:01:50
-There is no kid. The kids a dog.
-Could be just what the movie needs.
:01:56
Lets ask the writer.
What do you think, Pete?