Earthy Encounters (2018) Movie Script
1
Security to seven, please.
Finally in the Cotswolds
the recent cold front has done nothing
to deter the unusual plant activity
the area's been experiencing.
The MET office is expected to issue
a statement later in the week.
Sorry.
Kyle.
This has got to stop.
Your brother's too fragile.
- What the hell is wrong with you?
- I was just taking Charlie for some air.
Don't get smart with me, boy.
Dad, the plant.
Okay, no, no, the plant, it can help him.
Okay, enough.
We do not have time for your fantasies.
Now, you pull another stunt like this
and you're not coming back here again,
do you understand?
John, can we talk about Charlie's surgery?
Aren't you meant to be at work?
I'm so sorry, I don't know
why he keeps doing this.
- His behavior is totally unacceptable.
- It's fine.
We've got to be careful.
Charlie's heart can only take so much.
Chris, engineering
to garden toys, please
Well, that went well.
I need a new plan.
New plan, new plan, new plan.
Any ideas?
No, great, thought not.
Moving onto 158
I need all the fields swept today.
Find me that plant.
Okay, okay, okay.
Hello?
Just a minute.
Hello?
Can I help you?
I've been told to look in on you.
Look in on me?
I think 'cause of your personal situation,
they wanted someone to come in person.
Don't, sorry, don't touch that plant.
They usually just use the radio.
What's wrong with that?
I didn't know this was back here.
- You're one of the storage guys, right?
- Yeah.
I work in garden toys and go-karts,
but I'm off them because of this,
so I pulled the short straw.
You work on go-karts?
What? Because I'm a girl?
Oh, no.
Why were you trying to get
that guy out of the hospital?
Don't, thank you.
Oh, that was you in the hospital.
Right, of course, your arm.
'Course it was you.
You're never gonna do this by yourself.
I know this hospital, believe me.
Have you tried bribing a security guard?
It's Kyle, right?
I'm Alice.
You know my name?
It's on the rota.
Right.
You should go, 'cause I've
got a lot of work to do.
- Thank you.
- Okay.
Well, I'm gonna have to come back here
because I have orders, so
have a great day with your friends, Kyle.
A slot's opened up in surgery on Sunday.
You need to do everything you can
to persuade Charlie to take it.
Frankly, John, we're running out of time.
He won't do it.
I don't understand it, his mindset.
This is new.
Your latest stunt
got them all very excited.
The view's better up here, anyway.
Dad was livid.
Makes a change.
He doesn't need
any trouble at the moment, Kyle.
Still chasing your meteorologists, huh?
They're not meteorologists.
Meteorologists don't carry guns, do they?
It's a rainbow plant.
Mum's favorite.
Oh yeah.
Carnivorous.
Yeah.
You two and your plants.
Look, Charlie
I heard Dad and the doctor
talking and I know--
I don't wanna talk about it, Kyle.
Okay.
I'll see ya later.
No, no, no, what are you doing?
Hi, this is mental.
Why are you building a portable terrarium?
It's for this rainbow plant?
They're really rare, right, and old?
Yeah.
Everything in here's
older than it should be.
How'd you hurt your arm?
Driving a go-kart.
I just had an operation that's
gonna leave a really cool scar.
I got this from a garden secateurs.
That's nothing, I got this
from falling off a horse.
Yeah well, I got this
from a hogweed sting.
- I didn't know they could scar.
- Yep.
Hurts like hell, too.
That's really cool.
I got it on a bike ride
with my brother Charlie.
That's him at the hospital.
He's really ill.
He's in the alienation phase,
which is where you start hating your body,
and everything else, basically.
So why are you trying to break him out?
There's something here
that could help him.
But I can't get it to him.
It's really, really fragile and--
What do you mean, fragile?
Come here.
It can't take the cold.
Cool.
I think it's that garden center again.
It's not just that.
There's people watching.
- Are you a conspiracy theorist?
- No, I'm not.
I'm not being mean, but you have to
understand how it sounds.
Yeah, 'course I do.
But I'm not an idiot or a fantasist.
Look, look.
They're listening.
Right, because that thing heals.
Right, Kyle there's a limit.
No, watch.
- Whoa, bye.
- No, just wait.
Wait, just wait.
I've done this before.
Oh my God.
You're insane.
Give it a minute.
It just takes a minute.
Okay.
Sometimes it takes a few minutes.
Fine, fine, fine.
I don't care. You don't believe me,
but that's alright.
No one believes me.
I just wanna help my brother, okay?
How are you gonna transport it?
I haven't got that far, yet.
It's really, really fragile.
This is way too heavy.
It's not even ready yet.
I can drive, I have a car.
I can transport you.
- That'd be amazing.
- Okay.
Gonna scope your bad guys, as well.
Seems like you need the manpower.
Excuse me, boys.
Do you think you could
help me unload my shopping?
He's getting worse.
Genius.
What are you gonna do, freak?
Any luck with your anemometer?
The what?
It's what meteorologists
use to measure wind.
Oh.
You ever see one of these before?
Someone around here knows something.
They dunno who they're dealing with.
I need to get Charlie out now.
I need your help.
MS-7 have smoked you out?
They're a pharmaceutical company, I think.
Actually, look, I've got no one else, please.
I'm going in for a checkup later.
This has been feeling really
weird, but I don't know.
Yeah well, as long as
we can use the car, it'll be fine.
- Do you even drive?
- I have a car.
I'm just not 17 for six months.
It's not a big deal, Kyle.
Not a big, not a big deal?
How are we meant to get him out?
Kyle.
Charlie, I need to get you
out of here right now.
Please, not now.
Look, I'm running out of time.
- You're running out of time?
- They're on to me.
They're on to me. I can help you,
I just, I need to move you.
Kyle, do you have
any idea what's going on here?
Yeah, I'm not an idiot.
No, that's exactly what you are.
And selfish, too.
- I'm just trying to help.
- Why?
So you can be the little hero?
I don't need your help
and I don't want it.
Stop being pathetic.
Pathetic?
Half of healing is believing, Charlie.
Can't just give up.
Because that worked
so well for Mum, didn't it?
Alice.
Sorry.
Did you hear what I said?
I've got the scans of your arm through.
You have made remarkable progress.
I've never seen a recovery like it.
It's extraordinary.
Alice?
You're right, okay?
Everything that you said was true.
- Alice, I'm not in the mood.
- Kyle, they're here.
There's loads of them.
You need to hide the plant.
It's over.
Charlie doesn't want my help.
Since when has that ever stopped you?
Why are you here, Alice?
What do you want?
Just go home.
Nothing for me at home.
Actually, I volunteered to come out here.
I wasn't told to. I wanted to.
Nobody else wanted to.
'Cause I thought that
there was something here.
You just don't get it, do you?
I can't get the plant to him.
The terrarium isn't ready.
I have no way of even getting it there.
They're gonna destroy your plant.
But if you show 'em
that it's worked for me,
and then when it works for Charlie,
then they'll keep it safe.
Charlie doesn't want my help.
Charlie needs you, Kyle.
You're giving him hope
but he can't see it yet.
I can help you do this.
We can do this together, I promise.
The Generator's down, moving in.
Talk to me, I'm not hearing anything.
Approaching the target.
Readings are off the chart.
Removing homemade outer casing.
Son of a
Hold on!
They're in a what?
- Maybe I should drive.
- No chance, you're doing the best part.
Do you know where to go?
- Yeah, left here.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- What?
No, no, no, head for the back exit.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Are they following us?
Yes, they're following.
Who else would they be following?
Alright, chill out.
I can't get rid of them.
Hold on, let me try something.
What was that?
Baking soda and vinegar,
gardener's staples.
Maybe I should try one.
Ooh!
Oh, we're like Butch Cassidy
and The Sundance Kid!
- Or Thelma and Louise.
- Yeah, or Thelma and Louise.
Do you trust us?
No, not really, no.
We're gonna jump it.
Not quite what I had in mind.
We're so getting fired.
Where's Charlie?
Charlie's fine.
He's been moved.
Where have you been?
Look, Dad, I don't have time.
First, I beat a shadowy agency,
managed to get the plant here,
- got the girl.
- No you haven't.
I need to see Charlie now.
Okay, I'm not an idiot.
I'm not a fantasist.
Look, they're prepping
Charlie for surgery.
He changed his mind, because of you.
Can I see him?
I don't know how much
good it's gonna do, Kyle.
You need to trust me.
Go on.
Bye.
Oh and Dad, if anyone comes in,
you know, just
Seen a boy and a girl?
Who's asking?
It's family only beyond this point.
Healing is believing, right?
And who's this? Is this your girl--
Absolutely not. I'm Alice, Kyle's friend.
Told you.
Security to seven, please.
Finally in the Cotswolds
the recent cold front has done nothing
to deter the unusual plant activity
the area's been experiencing.
The MET office is expected to issue
a statement later in the week.
Sorry.
Kyle.
This has got to stop.
Your brother's too fragile.
- What the hell is wrong with you?
- I was just taking Charlie for some air.
Don't get smart with me, boy.
Dad, the plant.
Okay, no, no, the plant, it can help him.
Okay, enough.
We do not have time for your fantasies.
Now, you pull another stunt like this
and you're not coming back here again,
do you understand?
John, can we talk about Charlie's surgery?
Aren't you meant to be at work?
I'm so sorry, I don't know
why he keeps doing this.
- His behavior is totally unacceptable.
- It's fine.
We've got to be careful.
Charlie's heart can only take so much.
Chris, engineering
to garden toys, please
Well, that went well.
I need a new plan.
New plan, new plan, new plan.
Any ideas?
No, great, thought not.
Moving onto 158
I need all the fields swept today.
Find me that plant.
Okay, okay, okay.
Hello?
Just a minute.
Hello?
Can I help you?
I've been told to look in on you.
Look in on me?
I think 'cause of your personal situation,
they wanted someone to come in person.
Don't, sorry, don't touch that plant.
They usually just use the radio.
What's wrong with that?
I didn't know this was back here.
- You're one of the storage guys, right?
- Yeah.
I work in garden toys and go-karts,
but I'm off them because of this,
so I pulled the short straw.
You work on go-karts?
What? Because I'm a girl?
Oh, no.
Why were you trying to get
that guy out of the hospital?
Don't, thank you.
Oh, that was you in the hospital.
Right, of course, your arm.
'Course it was you.
You're never gonna do this by yourself.
I know this hospital, believe me.
Have you tried bribing a security guard?
It's Kyle, right?
I'm Alice.
You know my name?
It's on the rota.
Right.
You should go, 'cause I've
got a lot of work to do.
- Thank you.
- Okay.
Well, I'm gonna have to come back here
because I have orders, so
have a great day with your friends, Kyle.
A slot's opened up in surgery on Sunday.
You need to do everything you can
to persuade Charlie to take it.
Frankly, John, we're running out of time.
He won't do it.
I don't understand it, his mindset.
This is new.
Your latest stunt
got them all very excited.
The view's better up here, anyway.
Dad was livid.
Makes a change.
He doesn't need
any trouble at the moment, Kyle.
Still chasing your meteorologists, huh?
They're not meteorologists.
Meteorologists don't carry guns, do they?
It's a rainbow plant.
Mum's favorite.
Oh yeah.
Carnivorous.
Yeah.
You two and your plants.
Look, Charlie
I heard Dad and the doctor
talking and I know--
I don't wanna talk about it, Kyle.
Okay.
I'll see ya later.
No, no, no, what are you doing?
Hi, this is mental.
Why are you building a portable terrarium?
It's for this rainbow plant?
They're really rare, right, and old?
Yeah.
Everything in here's
older than it should be.
How'd you hurt your arm?
Driving a go-kart.
I just had an operation that's
gonna leave a really cool scar.
I got this from a garden secateurs.
That's nothing, I got this
from falling off a horse.
Yeah well, I got this
from a hogweed sting.
- I didn't know they could scar.
- Yep.
Hurts like hell, too.
That's really cool.
I got it on a bike ride
with my brother Charlie.
That's him at the hospital.
He's really ill.
He's in the alienation phase,
which is where you start hating your body,
and everything else, basically.
So why are you trying to break him out?
There's something here
that could help him.
But I can't get it to him.
It's really, really fragile and--
What do you mean, fragile?
Come here.
It can't take the cold.
Cool.
I think it's that garden center again.
It's not just that.
There's people watching.
- Are you a conspiracy theorist?
- No, I'm not.
I'm not being mean, but you have to
understand how it sounds.
Yeah, 'course I do.
But I'm not an idiot or a fantasist.
Look, look.
They're listening.
Right, because that thing heals.
Right, Kyle there's a limit.
No, watch.
- Whoa, bye.
- No, just wait.
Wait, just wait.
I've done this before.
Oh my God.
You're insane.
Give it a minute.
It just takes a minute.
Okay.
Sometimes it takes a few minutes.
Fine, fine, fine.
I don't care. You don't believe me,
but that's alright.
No one believes me.
I just wanna help my brother, okay?
How are you gonna transport it?
I haven't got that far, yet.
It's really, really fragile.
This is way too heavy.
It's not even ready yet.
I can drive, I have a car.
I can transport you.
- That'd be amazing.
- Okay.
Gonna scope your bad guys, as well.
Seems like you need the manpower.
Excuse me, boys.
Do you think you could
help me unload my shopping?
He's getting worse.
Genius.
What are you gonna do, freak?
Any luck with your anemometer?
The what?
It's what meteorologists
use to measure wind.
Oh.
You ever see one of these before?
Someone around here knows something.
They dunno who they're dealing with.
I need to get Charlie out now.
I need your help.
MS-7 have smoked you out?
They're a pharmaceutical company, I think.
Actually, look, I've got no one else, please.
I'm going in for a checkup later.
This has been feeling really
weird, but I don't know.
Yeah well, as long as
we can use the car, it'll be fine.
- Do you even drive?
- I have a car.
I'm just not 17 for six months.
It's not a big deal, Kyle.
Not a big, not a big deal?
How are we meant to get him out?
Kyle.
Charlie, I need to get you
out of here right now.
Please, not now.
Look, I'm running out of time.
- You're running out of time?
- They're on to me.
They're on to me. I can help you,
I just, I need to move you.
Kyle, do you have
any idea what's going on here?
Yeah, I'm not an idiot.
No, that's exactly what you are.
And selfish, too.
- I'm just trying to help.
- Why?
So you can be the little hero?
I don't need your help
and I don't want it.
Stop being pathetic.
Pathetic?
Half of healing is believing, Charlie.
Can't just give up.
Because that worked
so well for Mum, didn't it?
Alice.
Sorry.
Did you hear what I said?
I've got the scans of your arm through.
You have made remarkable progress.
I've never seen a recovery like it.
It's extraordinary.
Alice?
You're right, okay?
Everything that you said was true.
- Alice, I'm not in the mood.
- Kyle, they're here.
There's loads of them.
You need to hide the plant.
It's over.
Charlie doesn't want my help.
Since when has that ever stopped you?
Why are you here, Alice?
What do you want?
Just go home.
Nothing for me at home.
Actually, I volunteered to come out here.
I wasn't told to. I wanted to.
Nobody else wanted to.
'Cause I thought that
there was something here.
You just don't get it, do you?
I can't get the plant to him.
The terrarium isn't ready.
I have no way of even getting it there.
They're gonna destroy your plant.
But if you show 'em
that it's worked for me,
and then when it works for Charlie,
then they'll keep it safe.
Charlie doesn't want my help.
Charlie needs you, Kyle.
You're giving him hope
but he can't see it yet.
I can help you do this.
We can do this together, I promise.
The Generator's down, moving in.
Talk to me, I'm not hearing anything.
Approaching the target.
Readings are off the chart.
Removing homemade outer casing.
Son of a
Hold on!
They're in a what?
- Maybe I should drive.
- No chance, you're doing the best part.
Do you know where to go?
- Yeah, left here.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- What?
No, no, no, head for the back exit.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Are they following us?
Yes, they're following.
Who else would they be following?
Alright, chill out.
I can't get rid of them.
Hold on, let me try something.
What was that?
Baking soda and vinegar,
gardener's staples.
Maybe I should try one.
Ooh!
Oh, we're like Butch Cassidy
and The Sundance Kid!
- Or Thelma and Louise.
- Yeah, or Thelma and Louise.
Do you trust us?
No, not really, no.
We're gonna jump it.
Not quite what I had in mind.
We're so getting fired.
Where's Charlie?
Charlie's fine.
He's been moved.
Where have you been?
Look, Dad, I don't have time.
First, I beat a shadowy agency,
managed to get the plant here,
- got the girl.
- No you haven't.
I need to see Charlie now.
Okay, I'm not an idiot.
I'm not a fantasist.
Look, they're prepping
Charlie for surgery.
He changed his mind, because of you.
Can I see him?
I don't know how much
good it's gonna do, Kyle.
You need to trust me.
Go on.
Bye.
Oh and Dad, if anyone comes in,
you know, just
Seen a boy and a girl?
Who's asking?
It's family only beyond this point.
Healing is believing, right?
And who's this? Is this your girl--
Absolutely not. I'm Alice, Kyle's friend.
Told you.