The Wide Window

THE DREAMWORKS LOGO APPEARS

HEDWIGS THEME SLOWLY STARTS. THE SCREEN IS BLACK, AND THEN THE WORDS APPEAR IN OCEAN BLUE.

NARRARATOR - The town of Lake Lachrymose is as safe as the privacy of your own home.

SEE VIOLET WALKING IN THE SUPERMARKET THEN BUMP INTO SOMEONE.

VIOLET - Oops, I'm so sor-

VIOLET LOOKS UP AND GASPS .

MALE VOICE - Are you alright?

NARRARATOR - Or so they hoped.

SEE A FLASH OF THE BAUDELAIRE ORPHANS ON DAMOCLES DOCK.

MR.POE - * coughs * Your new guardian is Josephiine Anwhistle. She apologizes for not meeting you here, but she's afraid of the dock.

THE BAUDELAIRES EXCHANGE NERVOUS GLANCES.

KLAUS - I wonder if Aunt Josephine will be a good guardian ?

VIOLET - Can she possibly be worse than Count Olaf?

THE WORDS ( STARRING JIM CARREY ) APPEAR IN OCEAN BLUE PRINT.

SEE THE BAUDELIRES AND THEIR NEW GUARDIAN AT THE KITCHEN TABLE.

AUNT JOESEPHINE - Here's your soup.

KLAUS - Ugh, its cold!

AUNT JOSEPHINE - Yes, I know I'm afraid of the stove. Truhfully , the only thing I'm not afraid of is grammar.

NARRARATOR - But grammar wasn't enough.

(WE HEAR A BIG BANG OF THUNDER FOLLLOWED INSTANTLY BY LIGHTNING. )

(WE CUT BACK TO THE SEECENE IN THE SUPER MARKET. )

MALE WOICE - Are you lost?

VIOLET - N-no , I-I'll just go -

(WE SEE KLAUS, SUNNY AND JOSEPHINE COME UP BEHIND VIOLET. KLAUS AND SUNNY GASP.)

NARRARATOR - Count Olaf ad found them yet again.

(WE HEAR THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AGAIN. THE SOUND GETS LOUDER AND LOUDER. )

VIOLET - Aunt Josephine! Aunt Josephine!

KLAUS - Aunt Joephine?

SUNNY - Josephine!

(WE HEAR GLASS SHATTERING. THEN WE SEE VIOLET, KLAUS AND SUNNY RUNNING INTO THE KITCHEN. KLAUSPICKS UP A NOTE ON THE COUNTER. )

KLAUS - * reading a note *

Dear Violet, Klaus and Sunny ,

By the time you read this note, my life will be at it's end.

(KLAUS LOOKS UP HIS EYES FILLED WITH TEARS. )

VIOLET - Oh no.

(THE MUSIC QUICKENS. WE CUT TO A SCENE WITH KLAUS IN AUNT JOSEPHINE'S LIBRARAY. VIOLET AND SUNNY BURST IN.)

VIOLET - Did you find out anything ?

KLAUS - * grins * Curdled Cave.

SUNNY - Curdled what?

NARRARATOR - The journey continues ...

(SEE THE BAUDELAIRES IN TH ESAILBOAT ; VIOLET PULLING ON A ROPE ; KLAUS READING AN ATLAS AND SUNNY MOVING THE BOAT TILLER.)

NARRARATOR - ... as the Baudelaires search for a life full of happiness and peace.

(MUSIC SLOWLY STOPS. WE HEAR THE TELEPHONE RINGING. WE SEE VIOLET WALK UP TO THE PHONE AND PICK IT UP. )

VIOLET - Hello ?

CAPTAIN SHAM - Is this Josephine Anwhistle?

VIOLET - No, this is Violet Baudelaire. May I help you?

CAPTAIN SHAM - Put the old woman on the phone orphan!

SEE VIOLET LOOK TERRIFIED.

VIOLET - I-I'm sorry. Y-you must h-have the wrong number.

CAPTAIN SHAM - Dont play with me, you wrethched girl -

(THE SCREEN GOES BLACK. WE HEAR THE DISTANT SOUND OF A TELEPHONE LINE.

THEN THE WORDS ( LIVE THE JOURNEY WINTER 2004 ) SWIRL INTO VIEW IN OCEAN BLUE. )

A PREVIEW OF THE MISERABLE MILL

WE SEE THE BAUDELAIRE ORPHANS WALK UP TO THE GATE OF LUCKY SMELLS LUMBERMILL. ( LUCKY SMELLS LUMBERMILL ) IS WRITTEN IN CHEWED UP GUM.

KLAUS - No , it can't be - Violet look.

VIOLET - I know, its written in chewed up gum.

KLAUS - No, look .

THE CAMERA SLOWLY GOES UP A NEARBY BUILDING WHICH IS THE EXACT SAME SHAPE, AND COLOR AS COUNT OLAF'S TATTOO.

ALL 3 BAUDELAIRES - * gasp *