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The Final Act of the Game
Sidney Prescott
What?
Phone Voice
You follow directions well, Sidney. Now, welcome to the final act. See that metal detector? Use it. All over, Sidney. Everywhere. Everywhere. The other leg, too. Show it to me. Throw it in the pool. Now, come inside, Sidney.
[Sidney picks up a metal detector; Sidney scans herself; Sidney scans her other leg, causing the detector to beep; She takes out a gun; She does so]
Sidney Prescott
No fucking way. How do I know they're not dead already?
Phone Voice
They're right inside, waiting for you. Look for yourself. Now that we're all here, the party can begin.
[Sidney sees Dewey and Gale tied up and walks over to them]
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The Burden of Blame in Filmmaking
Roman Bridger
Not only did they-did they kill the film, but they killed my cast. Now, nobody's gonna work with me. Variety called me a "pariah". I don't even know what a "pariah" is. Why-why couldn't somebody have killed the cast of Stab 1, huh? Or Stab 2? Why me? What, John? What did we do wrong?
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Threatening Revelations and Innuendos
Cotton Weary
So, why don't you tell me, who you are?
Female Voice
Oooh. You're a naughty boy, Cotton. Now, what would your girlfriend say?
Cotton Weary
What makes you think I have a girlfriend?
Phone Voice
I know you do. I'm right outside her bathroom door.
Cotton Weary
Who is this?
Phone Voice
She's in the shower. She's got a nice little ... voice. Let's come in for a closer look. Oh, she's very pretty, Cotton. A step up from Maureen Prescott. Speaking of which, let's play a little game. Answer right, your girlfriend lives. Answer wrong, she dies. Where's Maureen's daughter Sidney?
Cotton Weary
Who the fuck is this?
Phone Voice
Somebody who kills to know where Sidney Prescott is. One chance, Cotton. You've got connections, where is she?
Cotton Weary
You listen to me, you fucking psycho. You lay a finger on Christine, I swear to God, I'll kill you.
Phone Voice
Wrong answer.
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Appreciating a Character's Voice
Roman Bridger
She's got a nice little...voice.
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Confrontation of Past Traumas and Accountability
Sidney Prescott
Fine, you got what you wanted: hero and villain face-to-face. Well, you know what happens now? The villain dies!
Roman Bridger
Exactly! But I'm not the villain, Sid. You are. Here he is, the man who gave away your mother's innocence. Huh? What he did to her made her a slut, didn't it? Huh? She never recovered from that night, right here in this room. They fucked her three ways from Sunday, ruined her life. Ruined yours, too, didn't it, Sid? You hate him, Sid? Come on, I know you do. I'm sure you do.
[Brings out a captured John Milton]
Sidney Prescott
I know who you are. I know what happened to my mother, and I want you to understand, I'm gonna make you pay!
Roman Bridger
That's what the police are gonna find on Milton's answering machine, right next to his lifeless, mutilated corpse. What? Can't hear ya.
[John mumbles]
John Milton
You don't have to do this, Roman. Just tell me what you want. I can make it happen. Any picture. Name your budget. Script approval. Final cut!
[hurriedly; Roman chuckles in amusement and annoyance]
Roman Bridger
I already have it.
Sidney Prescott
No! God! You spineless bastard!
Roman Bridger
No, Sid, that would be you! You did it all. You did it! You killed them all, even your closest...friends. Living in total isolation, the pressure of another movie about you, the discovery that Milton destroyed Mommy dearest, you finally just SNAPPED! And who's our hero, huh? The sole survivor. Who's the one who bravely faced down the psychopath and killed her with her own knife?! You're gonna pay for the life you stole from me, Sid. For the mother, and for the family, and for the stardom, and... GODDAMN IT! EVERYTHING YOU HAVE THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN MINE!
[Starts having a breakdown]
Sidney Prescott
God, why don't stop your whining and get on with it? I've heard this shit before!
[annoyed]
Roman Bridger
STOP!
[struggling not to hear Sidney's words]
Sidney Prescott
Do you know why you kill people, Roman? Do you?
Roman Bridger
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!
[pleading]
Sidney Prescott
BECAUSE YOU CHOOSE TO! There is no one else to blame!
Roman Bridger
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT!
[smacks himself in the face]
Sidney Prescott
Why don't you take some FUCKING responsibility?!
Roman Bridger
FUCK YOU!!!
[finally snaps and charges at Sidney]
Sidney Prescott
FUCK YOU!
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Favorite Scary Movies Discussed Among Detectives
Sidney Prescott
Hey, Detective. What's your favorite scary movie?
Sidney Prescott
Mine, too.
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The Loudest Scream Awaits
Taglines
The final Scream is going to be the loudest!
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The Millennium Begins with Scream
Taglines
The Millennium Starts With Scream
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Crisis Call Unfolds in Disturbing Confession
Sidney Prescott
California Women's Crisis Counseling. My name is Laura. How can I help you?
Female Voice
Oh, Laura. I do have a crisis.
Sidney Prescott
Okay, well, whatever it is, you can tell me.
Female Voice
Oh, my God! I've killed someone, Laura.
Sidney Prescott
Are you sure?
Female Voice
Uh-huh, I'm sure. I killed someone! I know it! Oh, my God. I did.
Sidney Prescott
Well, then, uh...then the people you need to call are the police.
Maureen
No, I need to call you! Just you.
Sidney Prescott
I'm sorry. Your...your voice...
[confused]
Maureen
Don't you wanna know how you can help, Laura? Are you listening to me? Huh?
Sidney Prescott
Who is this?
Maureen
It's Mother, Laura. Now be a good girl and turn on the news. Do as Mother tells you.
Sidney Prescott
You're not my mother. How did you get this number? Who is this?
Maureen
You know your mother's voice when you hear it! Now turn on the news!
Phone Voice
Just one question. Do you think it's over, Sidney? Do you?!
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Confrontation Over a Deadly Legacy
Roman Bridger
I shot you!
[shocked]
Sidney Prescott
I guess we think alike.
Roman Bridger
Mother's dead. And there's nothing you can do about that. I still got to make my movie.
[chuckles painfully]
Sidney Prescott
Stab 3, right?
[completely unfazed at Roman's words]
Gale Weathers
Roman? It was Roman?!
Deputy Dewey Riley
Be careful, Sid. Randy said the killer's always superhuman.
Sidney Prescott
Yeah, well, he wasn't superhuman, Dewey. He wasn't superhuman at all.
Roman Bridger
Fuck! You can't fucking kill me!!
Sidney Prescott
Head! Head! HEAD, DEWEY!
Deputy Dewey Riley
What?!
[turns to Sidney.]
Sidney Prescott
HEAD! Shoot him in the head!
Deputy Dewey Riley
Thanks.
Sidney Prescott
No problem.
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The Last Scream Is the Scariest
Taglines
The last Scream is always the scariest.
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Uncertainty in a Mysterious Phone Call
Sidney Prescott
Hello?
Sidney Prescott
Hello?
Sidney Prescott
Who is this?
Sidney Prescott
Who is this?
Sidney Prescott
Um, who's calling?
Sidney Prescott
Um, who's calling?
Sidney Prescott
Gale, Dewey, whoever, call me back. I can only hear myself.
Phone Voice
I only hear you, too, Sidney.
Sidney Prescott
Who is this?
Phone Voice
The question isn't who I am. The question is: Who's with me?
Dewey
Sidney, stay away!
Gale
Sidney!
Phone Voice
Don't do it. If you do one thing to attract attention to yourself, one thing, I'll kill them both. Now, do you have somewhere we can be... alone?
Sidney Prescott
Yes.
Phone Voice
Yeah. Go there. Oh, it's hard being friends with you, Sidney. When you're friends with Sidney, you die. Well, these friends don't have to, Sidney. It's up to you.
[Sidney goes into the staff room]
Sidney Prescott
How do I know their voices are...?
Phone Voice
Are real? How do you know you're not hearing things? How do you know I'm not someone in your head? Somewhere, you know. Or do you?
[More yells are heard from Dewey and Gale]
Sidney Prescott
You're dead.
Phone Voice
I don't want them. I want you. It's simple. You show yourself, they survive. You run, they die! Don't you wanna know, Sidney, who killed her? Don't you wanna know who killed your mother?
Sidney Prescott
Where?
Phone Voice
She'd have been so happy, Sidney, to know we'd be together.
Sidney Prescott
Where?!
Phone Voice
I'll call you when you're on your way.
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Love of trilogies taken too far
Taglines
Someone has taken their love of trilogies one step too far.
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The Final Scream: Hope It's Not Yours
Taglines
The best Scream is always the last one. Just hope the last one isn't your own.
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Isolation in Communication
Roman Bridger
I only hear you, too, Sid.
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The Perils of Friendship with Sidney
Roman Bridger
Oh, it's hard being friends with you, Sidney. When you're friends with Sidney, you die.
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Discussing Character Development in Scream 3
Sarah
Director's office.
Roman Bridger
Sarah, it's Roman. I'm sorry I'm running late. I'm still on the 405. I'm about 10 minutes away.
Sarah
Oh, it's no problem. I'm just looking at your music video awards.
Roman Bridger
Uh, look, since I got you on the phone, let's talk about your character, okay?
Sarah
What character? I'm Candy, the chick who gets killed second. I'm only in two scenes.
Roman Bridger
You're not happy with your part.
Sarah
I'm not happy that I am 35 playing a 21 year-old. I'm not happy that I have to die naked. And I'm not happy that my character is too stupid to have a gun in the house after her boyfriend's been cut into fish sticks.
Roman Bridger
Mm-hm. Mm-hm. Great, okay. So let's run the lines.
Sarah
Fine.
Roman Bridger
Page 28. Candy's big moment.
Sarah
Page 28. "Ring-ring. Hello?
Roman Bridger
Hello?
Sarah
Who's this?
Roman Bridger
Who's this?
Sarah
This is Candy. Hang on, let me get some clothes." See? I don't understand why I have to start the scene in the shower. The whole shower thing's been done. Vertigo. Hello? And I mean, my boyfriend just died. Why am I showering?
Roman Bridger
Why don't we just read the scene? "Candy. Nice name. Is that like Candy Cane or Candy Apple?
[sighs]
Sarah
Whatever. "Come on, who is this? I think you have the wrong number.
Roman Bridger
But you know my favorite name?
Sarah
I'm hanging up right now.
Roman Bridger
It's Sarah.
Sarah
Roman, that's not the line.
[confused]
Roman Bridger
It is in my script.
Sarah
Has there been another goddamn rewrite? How the fuck are we supposed to learn our lines when there's a new script every 15 minutes?
Roman Bridger
It's not just a new script. It's a new movie.
Sarah
What? What movie?
Roman Bridger
My movie.
Phone Voice
And it's called "Sarah Gets Skewered Like a Fucking Pig"! Still in character, Sarah?
[Sarah's eyes widen]
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A Son's Search for Maternal Connection
Roman Bridger
I searched for a mother, too. An actress named Rena Reynolds. Tried to find her my whole life. And four years ago, I actually tracked her down, knocked at her door thinking she'd welcome me with open arms, but she had a new life and a new name: Maureen Prescott. You were the only child she claimed, Sidney. She shut me out in the cold forever, her own son...Roman Bridger, director. (in Ghostface's voice) And brother.
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A Character's Dark Reflection on Violence
Roman Bridger
It's called Sarah gets skewered like a fucking pig! Still in character, Sarah?
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Confronting the Past and Unseen Truths
Maureen
Sid... Sid... come in here... please. It's just me, Sid. Oh, I was so pretty. Everybody loved me. Have you missed me, Sidney? Would you like to hold me one last time? What's the matter? What are you staring at? Don't you remember your-
Phone Voice
Mother?
Ghostface
You're not going anywhere, Sidney. It's time you came to terms with me and with Mother. Maybe you never knew her at all, Sidney. Maybe you just can't get past the surface of things.
[speaking in the Phone Voice; Reveals his bulletproof vest]
Sidney Prescott
Who the hell are you?
Ghostface
The other half of you. I searched for a mother, too, an actress named Rina Reynolds, tried to find her my whole life. And four years ago, I actually tracked her down, knocked at her door, thinking she'd welcome me with open arms. But she had a new life and a new name: Maureen Prescott! You were the only child she claimed, Sidney. She shut me out in the cold forever! Her own son.
Roman Bridger
Roman Bridger, director.
[Uses voice changer]
Roman Bridger/Phone Voice
And brother.
Roman Bridger
She slammed the door in my face, Sid. She said I was "Rina's" child and Rina was dead... and then it struck me. What a good idea. So I watched her. I made a little movie, a little family film. Seems Maureen -"Mom"- she really got around. I mean, Cotton was one thing; everybody knew about that. But Billy's father - that was the key. Your boyfriend didn't like seeing his daddy in my film too much. He didn't like it at all. And once I supplied the motivation, all the kid needed was a few pointers. Have a partner to sell out in case you got caught, find someone to frame, it was like he was making a movie.
Sidney Prescott
You. This is all because of you.
Roman Bridger
I'm a director, Sidney. I direct.
Sidney Prescott
Oh.
[softly and sarcastically; raising an eyebrow]
Roman Bridger
I had no idea they were gonna make a film of their own. What a film it turned out to be, huh? I mean, introducing Sidney the Victim, Sidney the Survivor, SIDNEY THE STAR!
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Consequences of Secrets in a Dangerous Game
Roman Bridger
It was a simple game, Cotton. You should've told me where Sidney was. Now, you lose!
[To a dying Cotton Weary]
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A Tense Encounter Between Sidney and Roman
Sidney Prescott
Hey! Lose something?
[Lifting up the killer's knife]
Roman Bridger
Found something.
[Shoots Sidney with Mark's gun, but she is wearing a bulletproof vest]
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Tension Escalates Between Detectives
Detective Kincaid
Do you want to have this conversation with a polygraph?
Dewey
Is that a threat, Detective?
Detective Kincaid
When it's a threat, you'll know it.
Dewey
Was that a threat?
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Identity and Control in Directing
Roman Bridger
I'm a director, Sid. I direct.
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Life's Tragedy on a Celebratory Day
Roman Bridger
Yes, as if life isn't tragic enough. (After being told "Happy Birthday")
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Final Chapter of Laughter and Terror
Taglines
The Third and Final chapter in the trilogy that made you laugh, and made you Scream.
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Defiance in the Face of Death
Roman Bridger
Fuck! You can't fucking kill me!
[last words]
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Millennium Era Begins with a Scream
Taglines
The millennium starts screaming.
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Confronting the Past and Family Ties
Roman Bridger
You're not going anywhere, Sidney. It's time you came to terms with me and with mother! Maybe you never knew her at all, Sidney. Maybe you just can't get past the surface of things.
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Family Secrets Unveiled in Scream 3
Roman Bridger
Turns out, Maureen...mom, she really got around!
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The Rise of Sidney in Scream 3
Roman Bridger
I had no idea they were going to make a film of their own. I mean, introducing: Sidney, the victim. Sidney, the survivor. Sidney, the star!
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