WHALE MAGIC: AN OCEAN OF LOVE Animated Screenplay & Children's Adventure Novel--First of a Trilogy
ACT ISCENE 1
MUSIC BEGINS: An Ocean of Love Theme Song©
I am the one who made heaven and earth--planets and stars up above…
I am the ocean of love…
You are the ocean of love…
We are the ocean of love…
Camera travels through the solar system past galaxies and planets until PLANET WHALENNIUM (otherworldly watery whale planet) comes into view.
MUSIC CONTINUES. DIGITAL WHALE CRIES TYPE OUT TEXT:
PLANET WHALENNIUM1111 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY
Camera travels closer to reveal the watery PLANET WHALENNIUM spinning in a clockwise direction with such centrifugal force that the water stays in place. Whale angels (spirit forms) of every species and sizes are swimming in harmony--having a joyful time. Whale spirits are breaching, lob tailing and spy hopping. Some are flying through the air.
MUSIC: I am the ocean of love
You are the ocean of love
We are the ocean of love
PLANET WHALLENIUM begins to slow down and stops suddenly on its axis. Special effects create the illusion that this causes the water and whales angels to be dispersed throughout space showering the Universe with love and energy.
CAMERA FREEZES. DIGITAL WHALE CRIES TYPE OUT TITLE OVER SCENE:
WHALE MAGIC: AN OCEAN OF LOVE
After title is spelled out FREEZE FRAME returns to normal to reveal PLANET WHALLENIUM slowly beginning to spin in a new direction--counter clockwise. This motion is accelerated into its full effect restoring PLANET WHALLENIUM to a normal cycle. Camera continues on traveling throughout space towards PLANET EARTH.
An aerial view of PLANET EARTH appears. A partial shadow has been cast across the globe as a solar eclipse is occurring. Camera travels through the sky filled with stars and constellations on one side and a clear blue sky on the other. Camera travels through the clouds and over the Pacific Ocean surrounding Hawaii.
Digital whale cries type out text over the ocean near the big island of Hawaii:
JULY 11, 1991.
MAUNA LOA, HAWAII
Camera splashes through the ocean. The cries of humpback whales become louder and louder until a pod of humpback whales, lead by LORD RIPPLETAIL, comes into view. The whales are excitedly swimming along the path of the eclipse as if in a race with the shadow sweeping through the ocean. The shadow is more than the effect of the eclipse. A closer view reveals a shadow-within-the-shadow; a huge oil slick surreptitiously swimming along the path of the eclipse with a school of ANCHOVIES not far behind. It is very surreal.
Camera zooms the sky towards the eclipse as it begins to reach totality. The pod of humpbacks surface and begin a spectacular water ballet, breaching and spy hopping as the afternoon sky grows darker and darker. As the eerie day turns pitch black, LORD RIPPLETAIL and the pod begin spouting fountains of watery light particles illuminating the dark sky with a brilliant firework-like display. The finale magically creates the faces of the ancient mystic SIR P.S. EIDON and his beloved angel, ANGEL LUNA.
The whale cries grow louder and louder in salutation to SIR P.S. EIDON and ANGEL LUNA. As the particles of their illusion shimmer downward the camera zooms into the mysterious alien eye of LORD RIPPLETAIL. His eye dissolves into the corona of the eclipse seconds before it reaches totality. It has the appearance of a huge cosmic diamond ring.
The cries of the whales fade into the cries of a newborn baby as the camera zooms into the eclipse and explodes into:
INTERIOR-MAUNA LOA HOSPITAL-HAPPY HOLIDAY'S ROOM:
ROMAN HOLIDAY is overjoyed standing next to his wife's bed. HAPPY is holding her wailing infant son, NICHOLAS. Above her bed a mobile of a pod of humpback whales is spinning out of control in a clock-like fashion. Suddenly the energy in the room changes and everything begins to move in slow motion. NICHOLAS' cries fade into swirling energy as a fountain of white light cascades upon the room manifesting the embodiment of the otherworldly presence of SIR P.S. EIDON and ANGEL LUNA.
They are standing on the other side of HAPPY'S bed glowing a near blinding light and radiating unconditional love. NICHOLAS smiles at SIR P.S. EIDON, as if he recognizes him. SIR P.S. EIDON beams and winks at NICHOLAS. An aura of indigo blue, white and violet light radiates from NICHOLAS and he begins to gurgle and coo. HAPPY and ROMAN are in awe.
P.S. EIDON
And what shall you call this child--
this child of the eclipse?
HAPPY
(proudly)
His name shall be
NICHOLAS SOLARI HOLIDAY!
SIR P.S. EIDON touches NICHOLAS' forehead and suddenly the eclipse passes across the infants third eye as it reaches totality. The brilliant electro-magnetic energy from the total eclipse as it appears on his forehead is dispersed throughout the room. The whale mobile begins spinning in the opposite direction.
ANGEL LUNA
(excitedly)
"The glory of the corona!"
CAMERA ZOOMS INTO THE GLORY OF THE CORONA ON NICHOLAS'S FOREHEAD THEN FADES INTO THE ACTUAL ECLIPSE.
P.S. EIDON
(echo across the universe)
A mark of greatness! A mark supreme!
God's eye tribute set to thee!
Camera fades back to NICHOLAS giggling. Little bubbles float out of his mouth. ROMAN and HAPPY are spellbound.
SIR P.S. EIDON christens the child making the sign of the cross across his tiny body. A cluster of bright twinkling stars magically appears in the form of a cross and remain suspended above his tiny body--mostly above his heart charka.
CAMERA PANS TO ANGEL LUNA'S FACE
ANGEL LUNA
(excitedly)
The Crux! The Crux! The Southern Cross!
HAPPY looks to ANGEL LUNA for an explanation.
HAPPY
(astonished)
The Southern Cross?
ANGEL LUNA
Yes! The Southern Cross!
ROMAN
(perplexed)
The Southern Cross?
SIR P.S. EIDON
Yes! The Southern Cross!
NICHOLAS playfully reaches to touch the tiny cluster of stars magically floating above.
SIR P.S. EIDON
(dramatically-in Latin)
En hoc signis vinces!
SIR P. S. EIDON
(dramatically-in English)
In this sign he shall conquer!In this sign he shall conquer!
The cluster of the Southern Cross stars above NICHOLAS swirl and spin into his heart planting the seeds of his future. He giggles and winks knowingly at SIR P.S. EIDON.
FADE TO BLACK SCREEN
SCENE 2
A PANORAMIC VIEW OF MIAMI BEACH--CHRISTMASTIME--BRIGHT SUNNY DAY.
WHALE CRIES DIGITALLY TYPE OUT TEXT:
TEN YEARS LATER
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
PRINCESS BEE flies across the screen humming An Ocean of Love. Camera follows her as she flies along the coast of South Beach and around the high-rise headquarters of NETWORTH, NETWORT & NETWORTH at the tip of South Beach. She continues merrily along her way across Key Biscayne Bay and circles several times high above a tiny island floating in the middle of the bay (THINK FLAGLER ISLAND).
In the center of this landmark island is a huge monument of CONCRETE MAIDENS--THE 4 GODDESSES OF FAITH, HOPE, LOVE and CHARITY. The statuesque Goddesses are facing the 4 directions of the Universe and encircle a towering obelisk.
PRINCESS BEE dips down and circle the Goddesses and stops to inhale the fragrant scent from the honey suckle bushes growing wildly about the tiny island. Satisfied, she flies away past Miami Beach's famous enclave, STAR ISLAND, and along the bay until she comes to the beachside property of the HOLIDAY'S house. She travels around the HOLIDAY'S old, but charming, Key West style pink house with white plantation shutters. She circles the abandoned lighthouse attached to the property and flies around the lavishly landscaped grounds with miniature palm trees, honeysuckle, hibiscus and bougainvillea plants until she reaches their screened-in terrace that faces the Atlantic ocean. Music fades and the sound of a television is heard. A newscaster is wishing everyone a "Happy Holiday".
PRINCESS BEE
(delighted)
"Happy Holiday"--Happy Holiday!
A bright smile crosses her face and she flies off camera.
Camera pans to the interior of the terrace. The floor is terra cotta tile. White wicker outdoor furniture is placed invitingly. A gaily-decorated Christmas tree with ornaments of whales and dolphins is in a corner of the terrace where HAPPY and ROMAN HOLIDAY are sitting. HAPPY has a pile of newspapers on a table in front of her, and she's reading one of them. The HOLIDAY'S mischievous Yorkshire terriers, DUKE and DUCHY, are under the Christmas tree, sniffing presents.
NICHOLAS is playing with the dogs and shaking presents--when his parents aren’t watching. ROMAN, sitting next to HAPPY, is switching channels on the TV. The volume is low, and all that can be heard is "Happy Holiday" as he surfs the channels. Suddenly an antique orca whale Christmas ornament falls from the tree onto NICHOLAS' lap. He stands to put it back on the tree and a shiney object above the ocean catches his eye. He sees an unusual young orca whale, PRINCE PATCHES d'ORCA, playfully breaching in the waters close to the shoreline of their property. NICHOLAS has never seen this whale before and his face registers a happy surprise.
NICHOLAS watches PRINCE PATCHES as he resurfaces time and again. NICHOLAS gets a curious look on his face when he realizes the shiny object is a crown worn by the young whale!
Cut to PRINCE PATCHES playing a game with himself--shooting the crown high in the air with each fountain of water he spouts, then dives underwater and surfaces just in time for the crown to land perfectly on his head. NICHOLAS laughs to himself. His face lights up even brighter when he sees a whole pod of orcas surface. The camera picks up the pod swimming behind PRINCE PATCHES.
NICHOLAS
Wow! Mom! Dad! Look at all the whales!
There must be at least a million
of them. There's one wearing a crown!
DUKE and DUCHY look up at him like he's nuts!
HAPPY continues to scan the newspaper and, humoring him she says:
HAPPY
A crown? Oh, Nicholas! Really!
NICHOLAS excitedly runs out the screen door towards the shore calling to his parents.
NICHOLAS
Really Mom! Come see! Dad, come look!
Camera cuts to HAPPY as she says to ROMAN:
HAPPY
(laughing)
Your son has quite an imagination!
ROMAN
(teasing)
He gets it from his Mother!
HAPPY pokes him in his side playfully and goes back to reading her paper. ROMAN smiles as he continues to surf the channels. Camera zooms to the TV as he surfs. Every channel is pronouncing "Happy Holiday".
HAPPY
I've never heard so many holiday greetings in all my life, Mr. Holiday!
The networks are really overdoing it, don't you think?
ROMAN
I know, Hon, but at least there's some positive greetings with all the negative news we've been hearing lately...
HAPPY turns to ROMAN with a sad expressing-showing him an article in the paper.
HAPPY
(sadly)
Especially the distressing news here in the paper. It says the International Coast Guard is giving up their search to find any survivors of the pod of blue whales destroyed by that mysterious oil slick off the Russian coast--it just breaks my heart!
ROMAN glances at the article.
ROMAN
I know Happy, but chances of finding a survivor now, is next to impossible. After all, it's been nearly six months since it happened. I wish they would find out who's responsible for that oil spill, once and for all! We've got to stop any future destruction.
HAPPY
The illusive oil slick! It's so strange--the Coast Guard says it picked it up on radar just days after the poor whales were beached. Then it disappeared--vanished right off their screen.
ROMAN
Disappeared? I assure you there is a lot more going on than they are telling us.
HAPPY
(frustrated)
I wish there was something we could do!
Honey, turn to the international channels and see if there are any reports on TV.
Cut to TV as ROMAN flips through the channels. News Reporters from around the world are pronouncing "Happy Holiday" in different languages.
SPANISH TV
Día de Fiesta Feliz!
FRENCH TV
Vacances Heureuses!
ITALIAN TV
Festa Felice!
GERMAN TV
Glücklicher Feiertag!
ROMAN stops at the Global News Network where a breaking news story is underway…
NEWSCASTER
…the only known survivor of this holocaust is believed to be the youngest member of the pod--a young blue whale named Prince Sky of Russia. Scientists believe he is the last of a royal pod of Russian whales, and with his brain ten times larger than man's, the blue whale is one of the smartest creatures on this planet. Last week two deep sea divers off the coast of---claim to have heard a haunting cry from a whale and followed the sound to a young blue whale swimming alone and unprotected in the deep blue sea. The divers followed the whale as far as possible and then returned to their craft to summons help from the International Coast Guard.
An SOS went out for the whale, believed to be Prince Sky of Russia, however, the ICG informs us they have been unsuccessful in tracking the whale.
Marine biologists tell us that whales always travel in their own pod, with their own species, unless they have been orphaned or abandoned. Experts are hoping that the orphaned whale will find another pod to live with. Very much like humans, it's unsure how long a whale can survive in the wild without the love and protection of a family.
Camera flashes to HAPPY who has tears in her eyes. ROMAN puts his arm around her and pulls her close to him.
HAPPY
(sadly)
Oh Roman-that's awful! Surely there issomething we could do. How can we possibly have a Merry Christmas when there is so much suffering and destruction in the world? The ocean kingdoms and marine life are being destroyed by the hands of mankind…And that poor little whale abandoned at sea!
SCENE 3
Cut to NICHOLAS at the beach watching the whales. He waves his arms. PRINCE PATCHES comes closer to the shore. He waves his flippers back at him. NICHOLAS then throws his baseball cap up in the air and jumps to catch it. PRINCE PATCHES spouts his crown into the air, lobtails and catches it. NICHOLAS is dumbfounded, but laughs. He yells out:
NICHOLAS
Ahoy there, Matey!
PRINCE PATCHES
Whale sounds in reply--it comes out like:
"Ahoy there, Matey!"
NICHOLAS
Who are you?
PRINCE PATCHES
Whale sounds like:
"Who are you?"
Cut to NICHOLAS as his mouth drops open. Camera follows him as he turns excitedly and runs inside to tell his parents. Cut back to PRINCES PATCHES smiling and dives underwater.
Cut to NICHOLAS inside the terrace.
NICHOLAS
(panting with excitement)
Did you hear that?! Did you hear that?! The whale was talking to me…
NICHOLAS suddenly realizes that his Mother has been crying and grows to a somber mood.
NICHOLAS
(worried)
What's wrong, Mom?
HAPPY
(trying to be happy)
Oh, nothing, Sweetie--just some sad news on TV.
HAPPY changes her mood so as not to trouble her son.
HAPPY
(upbeat)
Now, what's all this about a whale talking to you?!
NICHOLAS
(excited again)
Mom, there's a pod of orcas out there that I've never seen before! They're going wild!Breaching and spy hopping as if they're celebrating--one of them even talked to me!
ROMAN
(perplexed)
Orcas?
ROMAN and HAPPY exchange glances. Before they can respond to him, something on the TV catches ROMAN'S eye. Camera flashes the screen to the news and a beautiful picture of HAPPY HOLIDAY behind DAN RATHER. ROMAN suddenly turns the volume of the TV up.
DAN RATHER
The winner for the Nobel Prize for Science was announced this afternoon after a very long and controversial debate…
HAPPY
Oh my God! Roman turn it up!
DAN RATHER
…Johnny Networth of Networth, Networth & Networth, the self-proclaimed King of Cyberspace lost out to Happy Holiday, of the Whale Magic Institute of Technology, the world leading expert…
Cut to the HOLIDAYS. They are speechless and look at each other in disbelief. DUKE and DUCHY run over to them barking wildly and jumps up on HAPPY'S lap licking her face.
ROMAN
Did we hear that right?
NICHOLAS
Oh, my God, Mom!
ROMAN
Happy! Congratulations! Wow!
You've won! You've really won!
HAPPY'S mouth drops open in shock. NICHOLAS is jumping in the air with joy. DUKE and DUCHY continue yapping and barking with delight.
Cut back to TV.
DAN RATHER
…along with the money prize is a luxury cruise for the winner donated by an anonymous patron. According to reports, the past and present Nobel Prize winners from every category from around the world have been invited to join the cruise for an extraordinary whale watching expedition off the coast of South America.
Cut to NICHOLAS and his parents.
NICHOLAS
(thrilled)
A cruise? It’s like Wheel of Fortune!
DUKE and DUCHY jump off HAAPY and run to the TV barking wildly at DAN RATHER.
Camera pans back to ROMAN holding HAPPY'S hand:
ROMAN
A whale watching expedition? A yacht?
We're going to have the most exciting
Happy Holiday yet, Mrs. Holiday!
NICHOLAS
It's going to be a whale-of-a holiday!ROMAN
Shhh! There's more…
Camera pans back to the TV.
DAN RATHER
…luxury yacht, the TSARINA docked at the Port of Miami last night in anticipation for this cruise. There was speculation as to the arrival of the yacht as the winner was not announced until about an hour ago.
A cruise ship in its own right, the recently refurbished 99 year old vessel was once part of the Russian Imperial Dynasty's fleet, belonging to Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra. It was designed and appointed at the turn of the last century by the House of Faberge. Reputed to be the most expensive yacht in the world, it is the envy of all the Carnivals, Royal Caribbeans and Cunards…
HAPPY
(shocked)
Did you hear that? It belonged to the Last Russian Tsar!
DAN RATHER
We now go to NBC's correspondent in Miami.
REPORTER'S voice is heard off camera as a pre-recorded film clip of the TSARINA is scene sailing in to port at sunset the evening before.
REPORTER (VOC)
Sailing into port last night like a queen reclaiming her throne, the majestic yacht, the TSARINA, has always held a certain mystique that compliments its illustrious and haunting history. Chartered by an unnamed donor, speculated to be a mega wealthy international tycoon, the TSARINA was returned to her former glory just last year. The restoration took 4 years, with 700 workers toiling 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to the tune of an estimated $30 million dollars. This virtual floating palace......
The cries of the whales fade into the cries of a newborn baby as the camera zooms into the eclipse and explodes into:
INTERIOR-MAUNA LOA HOSPITAL-HAPPY HOLIDAY'S ROOM:
ROMAN HOLIDAY is overjoyed standing next to his wife's bed. HAPPY is holding her wailing infant son, NICHOLAS. Above her bed a mobile of a pod of humpback whales is spinning out of control in a clock-like fashion. Suddenly the energy in the room changes and everything begins to move in slow motion. NICHOLAS' cries fade into swirling energy as a fountain of white light cascades upon the room manifesting the embodiment of the otherworldly presence of SIR P.S. EIDON and ANGEL LUNA.
They are standing on the other side of HAPPY'S bed glowing a near blinding light and radiating unconditional love. NICHOLAS smiles at SIR P.S. EIDON, as if he recognizes him. SIR P.S. EIDON beams and winks at NICHOLAS. An aura of indigo blue, white and violet light radiates from NICHOLAS and he begins to gurgle and coo. HAPPY and ROMAN are in awe.
P.S. EIDON
And what shall you call this child--
this child of the eclipse?
HAPPY
(proudly)
His name shall be
NICHOLAS SOLARI HOLIDAY!
SIR P.S. EIDON touches NICHOLAS' forehead and suddenly the eclipse passes across the infants third eye as it reaches totality. The brilliant electro-magnetic energy from the total eclipse as it appears on his forehead is dispersed throughout the room. The whale mobile begins spinning in the opposite direction.
ANGEL LUNA
(excitedly)
"The glory of the corona!"
CAMERA ZOOMS INTO THE GLORY OF THE CORONA ON NICHOLAS'S FOREHEAD THEN FADES INTO THE ACTUAL ECLIPSE.
P.S. EIDON
(echo across the universe)
A mark of greatness! A mark supreme!
God's eye tribute set to thee!
Camera fades back to NICHOLAS giggling. Little bubbles float out of his mouth. ROMAN and HAPPY are spellbound.
SIR P.S. EIDON christens the child making the sign of the cross across his tiny body. A cluster of bright twinkling stars magically appears in the form of a cross and remain suspended above his tiny body--mostly above his heart charka.
CAMERA PANS TO ANGEL LUNA'S FACE
ANGEL LUNA
(excitedly)
The Crux! The Crux! The Southern Cross!
HAPPY looks to ANGEL LUNA for an explanation.
HAPPY
(astonished)
The Southern Cross?
ANGEL LUNA
Yes! The Southern Cross!
ROMAN
(perplexed)
The Southern Cross?
SIR P.S. EIDON
Yes! The Southern Cross!
NICHOLAS playfully reaches to touch the tiny cluster of stars magically floating above.
SIR P.S. EIDON
(dramatically-in Latin)
En hoc signis vinces!
SIR P. S. EIDON
(dramatically-in English)
In this sign he shall conquer!In this sign he shall conquer!
The cluster of the Southern Cross stars above NICHOLAS swirl and spin into his heart planting the seeds of his future. He giggles and winks knowingly at SIR P.S. EIDON.
FADE TO BLACK SCREEN
SCENE 2
A PANORAMIC VIEW OF MIAMI BEACH--CHRISTMASTIME--BRIGHT SUNNY DAY.
WHALE CRIES DIGITALLY TYPE OUT TEXT:
TEN YEARS LATER
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
PRINCESS BEE flies across the screen humming An Ocean of Love. Camera follows her as she flies along the coast of South Beach and around the high-rise headquarters of NETWORTH, NETWORT & NETWORTH at the tip of South Beach. She continues merrily along her way across Key Biscayne Bay and circles several times high above a tiny island floating in the middle of the bay (THINK FLAGLER ISLAND).
In the center of this landmark island is a huge monument of CONCRETE MAIDENS--THE 4 GODDESSES OF FAITH, HOPE, LOVE and CHARITY. The statuesque Goddesses are facing the 4 directions of the Universe and encircle a towering obelisk.
PRINCESS BEE dips down and circle the Goddesses and stops to inhale the fragrant scent from the honey suckle bushes growing wildly about the tiny island. Satisfied, she flies away past Miami Beach's famous enclave, STAR ISLAND, and along the bay until she comes to the beachside property of the HOLIDAY'S house. She travels around the HOLIDAY'S old, but charming, Key West style pink house with white plantation shutters. She circles the abandoned lighthouse attached to the property and flies around the lavishly landscaped grounds with miniature palm trees, honeysuckle, hibiscus and bougainvillea plants until she reaches their screened-in terrace that faces the Atlantic ocean. Music fades and the sound of a television is heard. A newscaster is wishing everyone a "Happy Holiday".
PRINCESS BEE
(delighted)
"Happy Holiday"--Happy Holiday!
A bright smile crosses her face and she flies off camera.
Camera pans to the interior of the terrace. The floor is terra cotta tile. White wicker outdoor furniture is placed invitingly. A gaily-decorated Christmas tree with ornaments of whales and dolphins is in a corner of the terrace where HAPPY and ROMAN HOLIDAY are sitting. HAPPY has a pile of newspapers on a table in front of her, and she's reading one of them. The HOLIDAY'S mischievous Yorkshire terriers, DUKE and DUCHY, are under the Christmas tree, sniffing presents.
NICHOLAS is playing with the dogs and shaking presents--when his parents aren’t watching. ROMAN, sitting next to HAPPY, is switching channels on the TV. The volume is low, and all that can be heard is "Happy Holiday" as he surfs the channels. Suddenly an antique orca whale Christmas ornament falls from the tree onto NICHOLAS' lap. He stands to put it back on the tree and a shiney object above the ocean catches his eye. He sees an unusual young orca whale, PRINCE PATCHES d'ORCA, playfully breaching in the waters close to the shoreline of their property. NICHOLAS has never seen this whale before and his face registers a happy surprise.
NICHOLAS watches PRINCE PATCHES as he resurfaces time and again. NICHOLAS gets a curious look on his face when he realizes the shiny object is a crown worn by the young whale!
Cut to PRINCE PATCHES playing a game with himself--shooting the crown high in the air with each fountain of water he spouts, then dives underwater and surfaces just in time for the crown to land perfectly on his head. NICHOLAS laughs to himself. His face lights up even brighter when he sees a whole pod of orcas surface. The camera picks up the pod swimming behind PRINCE PATCHES.
NICHOLAS
Wow! Mom! Dad! Look at all the whales!
There must be at least a million
of them. There's one wearing a crown!
DUKE and DUCHY look up at him like he's nuts!
HAPPY continues to scan the newspaper and, humoring him she says:
HAPPY
A crown? Oh, Nicholas! Really!
NICHOLAS excitedly runs out the screen door towards the shore calling to his parents.
NICHOLAS
Really Mom! Come see! Dad, come look!
Camera cuts to HAPPY as she says to ROMAN:
HAPPY
(laughing)
Your son has quite an imagination!
ROMAN
(teasing)
He gets it from his Mother!
HAPPY pokes him in his side playfully and goes back to reading her paper. ROMAN smiles as he continues to surf the channels. Camera zooms to the TV as he surfs. Every channel is pronouncing "Happy Holiday".
HAPPY
I've never heard so many holiday greetings in all my life, Mr. Holiday!
The networks are really overdoing it, don't you think?
ROMAN
I know, Hon, but at least there's some positive greetings with all the negative news we've been hearing lately...
HAPPY turns to ROMAN with a sad expressing-showing him an article in the paper.
HAPPY
(sadly)
Especially the distressing news here in the paper. It says the International Coast Guard is giving up their search to find any survivors of the pod of blue whales destroyed by that mysterious oil slick off the Russian coast--it just breaks my heart!
ROMAN glances at the article.
ROMAN
I know Happy, but chances of finding a survivor now, is next to impossible. After all, it's been nearly six months since it happened. I wish they would find out who's responsible for that oil spill, once and for all! We've got to stop any future destruction.
HAPPY
The illusive oil slick! It's so strange--the Coast Guard says it picked it up on radar just days after the poor whales were beached. Then it disappeared--vanished right off their screen.
ROMAN
Disappeared? I assure you there is a lot more going on than they are telling us.
HAPPY
(frustrated)
I wish there was something we could do!
Honey, turn to the international channels and see if there are any reports on TV.
Cut to TV as ROMAN flips through the channels. News Reporters from around the world are pronouncing "Happy Holiday" in different languages.
SPANISH TV
Día de Fiesta Feliz!
FRENCH TV
Vacances Heureuses!
ITALIAN TV
Festa Felice!
GERMAN TV
Glücklicher Feiertag!
ROMAN stops at the Global News Network where a breaking news story is underway…
NEWSCASTER
…the only known survivor of this holocaust is believed to be the youngest member of the pod--a young blue whale named Prince Sky of Russia. Scientists believe he is the last of a royal pod of Russian whales, and with his brain ten times larger than man's, the blue whale is one of the smartest creatures on this planet. Last week two deep sea divers off the coast of---claim to have heard a haunting cry from a whale and followed the sound to a young blue whale swimming alone and unprotected in the deep blue sea. The divers followed the whale as far as possible and then returned to their craft to summons help from the International Coast Guard.
An SOS went out for the whale, believed to be Prince Sky of Russia, however, the ICG informs us they have been unsuccessful in tracking the whale.
Marine biologists tell us that whales always travel in their own pod, with their own species, unless they have been orphaned or abandoned. Experts are hoping that the orphaned whale will find another pod to live with. Very much like humans, it's unsure how long a whale can survive in the wild without the love and protection of a family.
Camera flashes to HAPPY who has tears in her eyes. ROMAN puts his arm around her and pulls her close to him.
HAPPY
(sadly)
Oh Roman-that's awful! Surely there issomething we could do. How can we possibly have a Merry Christmas when there is so much suffering and destruction in the world? The ocean kingdoms and marine life are being destroyed by the hands of mankind…And that poor little whale abandoned at sea!
SCENE 3
Cut to NICHOLAS at the beach watching the whales. He waves his arms. PRINCE PATCHES comes closer to the shore. He waves his flippers back at him. NICHOLAS then throws his baseball cap up in the air and jumps to catch it. PRINCE PATCHES spouts his crown into the air, lobtails and catches it. NICHOLAS is dumbfounded, but laughs. He yells out:
NICHOLAS
Ahoy there, Matey!
PRINCE PATCHES
Whale sounds in reply--it comes out like:
"Ahoy there, Matey!"
NICHOLAS
Who are you?
PRINCE PATCHES
Whale sounds like:
"Who are you?"
Cut to NICHOLAS as his mouth drops open. Camera follows him as he turns excitedly and runs inside to tell his parents. Cut back to PRINCES PATCHES smiling and dives underwater.
Cut to NICHOLAS inside the terrace.
NICHOLAS
(panting with excitement)
Did you hear that?! Did you hear that?! The whale was talking to me…
NICHOLAS suddenly realizes that his Mother has been crying and grows to a somber mood.
NICHOLAS
(worried)
What's wrong, Mom?
HAPPY
(trying to be happy)
Oh, nothing, Sweetie--just some sad news on TV.
HAPPY changes her mood so as not to trouble her son.
HAPPY
(upbeat)
Now, what's all this about a whale talking to you?!
NICHOLAS
(excited again)
Mom, there's a pod of orcas out there that I've never seen before! They're going wild!Breaching and spy hopping as if they're celebrating--one of them even talked to me!
ROMAN
(perplexed)
Orcas?
ROMAN and HAPPY exchange glances. Before they can respond to him, something on the TV catches ROMAN'S eye. Camera flashes the screen to the news and a beautiful picture of HAPPY HOLIDAY behind DAN RATHER. ROMAN suddenly turns the volume of the TV up.
DAN RATHER
The winner for the Nobel Prize for Science was announced this afternoon after a very long and controversial debate…
HAPPY
Oh my God! Roman turn it up!
DAN RATHER
…Johnny Networth of Networth, Networth & Networth, the self-proclaimed King of Cyberspace lost out to Happy Holiday, of the Whale Magic Institute of Technology, the world leading expert…
Cut to the HOLIDAYS. They are speechless and look at each other in disbelief. DUKE and DUCHY run over to them barking wildly and jumps up on HAPPY'S lap licking her face.
ROMAN
Did we hear that right?
NICHOLAS
Oh, my God, Mom!
ROMAN
Happy! Congratulations! Wow!
You've won! You've really won!
HAPPY'S mouth drops open in shock. NICHOLAS is jumping in the air with joy. DUKE and DUCHY continue yapping and barking with delight.
Cut back to TV.
DAN RATHER
…along with the money prize is a luxury cruise for the winner donated by an anonymous patron. According to reports, the past and present Nobel Prize winners from every category from around the world have been invited to join the cruise for an extraordinary whale watching expedition off the coast of South America.
Cut to NICHOLAS and his parents.
NICHOLAS
(thrilled)
A cruise? It’s like Wheel of Fortune!
DUKE and DUCHY jump off HAAPY and run to the TV barking wildly at DAN RATHER.
Camera pans back to ROMAN holding HAPPY'S hand:
ROMAN
A whale watching expedition? A yacht?
We're going to have the most exciting
Happy Holiday yet, Mrs. Holiday!
NICHOLAS
It's going to be a whale-of-a holiday!ROMAN
Shhh! There's more…
Camera pans back to the TV.
DAN RATHER
…luxury yacht, the TSARINA docked at the Port of Miami last night in anticipation for this cruise. There was speculation as to the arrival of the yacht as the winner was not announced until about an hour ago.
A cruise ship in its own right, the recently refurbished 99 year old vessel was once part of the Russian Imperial Dynasty's fleet, belonging to Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra. It was designed and appointed at the turn of the last century by the House of Faberge. Reputed to be the most expensive yacht in the world, it is the envy of all the Carnivals, Royal Caribbeans and Cunards…
HAPPY
(shocked)
Did you hear that? It belonged to the Last Russian Tsar!
DAN RATHER
We now go to NBC's correspondent in Miami.
REPORTER'S voice is heard off camera as a pre-recorded film clip of the TSARINA is scene sailing in to port at sunset the evening before.
REPORTER (VOC)
Sailing into port last night like a queen reclaiming her throne, the majestic yacht, the TSARINA, has always held a certain mystique that compliments its illustrious and haunting history. Chartered by an unnamed donor, speculated to be a mega wealthy international tycoon, the TSARINA was returned to her former glory just last year. The restoration took 4 years, with 700 workers toiling 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to the tune of an estimated $30 million dollars. This virtual floating palace......
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