A Summer to Remember (1985) - full transcript

Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the world and his family, refusing to accept his new stepfather. But when a highly trained orangutan named Casey is thrown from a truck near Toby's home, the boy soon has a secret friend he can communicate with via sign language.


Try to avoid any
sudden stops, okay?

No kiddin'.

Trish?

She's bent the chair in half,
but otherwise, no problem.

We should be home
in about an hour.

Heat up some coffee for me.

That guy's drunk.

Yeah, I'll try and get
in front of him here.

Well, be careful.

I'd rather be in front of
him, though, than behind him.

Still dizzy?



You want a
ride in the ambulance?

I just talked to the people at
the Radford Institute, Howard.

It's an ape, alright.

Some kind of research animal.

What about the drunk?

Did he pull the woman
from the wreck?

He says, "no". Why?

Take a look at that
door on her side.

It's been peeled
back like a banana.

Have a good night, Trev.

On my regular drive,
I'll make it the next run

Good seein' ya.

Jill, honey.

Where's Toby now?



There he is!

I'll go get him.

He says that he saw Bigfoot.

[Man]
Is that right?

Was that a *big* Bigfoot
or a *little* Bigfoot?

He says, "was it a *big* Bigfoot
or a *little* Bigfoot?"

He says that you
don't believe him.

Of course I do.

You hear those dogs?

Those are Bigfoot hunters.

One's a crawlin'. Come on.

[Sheriff]
Okay, no more dogs.

They weren't any good, anyway.

Look, Dr. McKeever.

I don't want anything to happen
to this animal.

I love animals.

But no one can say exactly
what she'll do out there, right?

Now, there's got to be something
you can think of that might draw
her out.

Some sound, maybe.

Or a bell, or something.

She should have responded
to Trish's voice.

Well, she didn't.

Is there anything else
that you can think of?

Wait a minute!

Sesame Street.

How's that?

The music to Sesame Street.
She loves the record.

Especially that
Bert and Ernie song,

"I love my rubber ducky".

"I love my rubber ducky".

We're home.

Welcome home.

Hey, momma.

Toby's just gettin'
his things together.

You got a sleepy one here.

Yeah.

Everything alright?

So, how did it go with Toby?

He didn't exactly call me
"daddy", if that's what you
mean.

This was more or less a...

a business trip.

What I gotta do is I got to take
him fishin' or something like
that.

Yeah, well, you got all summer.

Oof! Hey, Toby!

Toby!

What's wrong?! What?!

What's he saying?

He says he saw a gorilla.

It's Bigfoot again

Toby, stop!

Stop. Jill's asleep, look.

Toby!

Jill, it's alright, honey.
It's alright, it's alright.

Okay, okay!

Where?

Where's the gorilla?

A gorilla?

Toby, there is nothing
out there. Stop it.

No.
Escaped from the circus?

What circus?

As I just pulled into town,
we passed it on the way in.

No, Toby. No, Toby.
Just stop it.

Toby!

Toby, stop it!
Stop it!

I love you.

Well, at least that
makes two of you.

Toby loves you, too.

It's just difficult
for him to show it.

I love Toby.

Come on, Jeannie.

I didn't walk into this
with my eyes closed.

I knew it was going to be hard,
but I didn't realize how hard

It's only been six months.

What do you want from him?

I want him to accept me.

If not as his
step-father, at least...

as a friend.

It'll be alright.

Maybe I expect too much
from him, but you do, too.

You keep pushing him,
expecting him to talk again.

The doctors say..

I know the doctors said that the
meningitis affected his hearing.

It has nothing to do with
why he cannot talk.

There are no guarantees,
Jeannie. No guarantees.

Toby will talk again.

We just have to give it time.

I'll try.

And I'm learnin', Jeannie.

I am learnin'.

And I got all the
time in the world.

Let's do it.

I

am

o-v

[Jill]
I bet it could.

It could climb right up
the side of the house.

And I wouldn't even hear it.

Toby?

Did this thing look more scared?

Or more angry?

Toby.

Was it more scared
or more angry?

It probably wouldn't
want to get us.

Or anything,

would it?

Toby.

Did you really see the gorilla?

Not like "Gremlins" or Bigfoot.

But did you really
see the gorilla?

Okay! Okay!

It probably did escape
from the circus.

And it came here

because of all the
fruit and everything.

It's probably hungry.

Huh, Toby?

♪ Sunny day

♪ Sweepin' the clouds away

♪ On my way
To where the air is sweet

Howard!

We're patched through to her.

♪ Come and play

♪ Everything's A-Okay.
Thanks, Carl.

Dr. McKeever?

Can you hear me okay?

Hello, Sheriff.
Any luck?

[Sheriff on phone]
No, not yet.

But we still have
a lot of country to cover.

♪ Can you tell me how to get

Look, Doctor.
The reason I called is...

Well, you sure you don't want
the media in on this?

You'd have the whole
countryside looking for her

No, that's exactly what I
*don't* want.

If you tell everybody that...

King Kong's on the loose,

they'll just be out
loading their guns.

Can you wait awhile?
Please?

Okay, we'll give Bert and Ernie
a try again tomorrow.

I'll keep you posted.

Goodnight, Doctor.

♪ Friendly neighbors say
that's where we meet.

♪ Can you tell me how to get

♪ How to get to Sesame Street?

♪ How to get to Sesame Street?

Toby!

Toby.

Tom's got a surprise.

Oh-ho-ho, Toby. Come on,
now just give me a chance.

Give me a chance.

Okay, uh,

Tonight,

because
I'm

such a

good

guy,

I'm taking all of us to the, uh,

Don't help me, Jill.
I'll get it.

Help me.

Circus.

Okay?

Okay? Huh?

Come on! Get excited!
We're going to the circus!

Jill?

What's the sign for
"bananas", hmmm?

You guys are too much.

Too much.

Go on into the house, get
ready for lunch. Go on!

♪ Sunny day,
Sweepin' the

♪ clouds away

♪ On my way

Yuck

♪ To where the air is sweet

♪ Can you tell me how to get

♪ How to get to Sesame Street?

♪ Come and play

♪ Everything's

♪ A-Okay

♪ Friendly neighbors
ask, that's where...

♪ Can you tell me how to get

♪ How to get to Sesame Street?

Tom!

Time to eat!

In the old days, the circus
would come to town

in a train, and
it would always be

A Big! Parade!

comin' right through town.
Mwah!

So, Toby,

Honey, what did you do today?

Huh?

What is this? What's this?

Oh!

It's a pretty picture.

A picture of a...

a big...black animal, eating...

What? A banan...

Banana?
Okay.

What's going on?

Where are those bananas?

Toby?

Jill?

The treehouse?!
Why?

Tom, did you
know anything about this?

Well, we have to,
if there *was* a gorilla,

he'd be hungry.

Well, that's just fine,
except there isn't a gorilla.

Jeannie.

Toby.

Let's stop this right now.
Okay?

There is...
no...gorilla...

in Salem.

That's not funny, Tom.

The gorilla is in the circus;
not our back yard.

[Jill]
He must have escaped, he says.

It didn't escape.

If the gorilla escaped,
we'd see it on...

TV.
And in the newspapers.

And probably, we'd see policemen
knocking on our front door.

Unless the guys at the circus
didn't want panic in the
streets.

[Jeannie] Tom.
Really, Jeannie, I mean.

Think of it. I mean,
people fleeing, in terror,

while this huge monster...

raging throught the streets

and attacking little girls.
Jill, Hmmmm

No, Toby.

No, you thought you
saw a gorilla. You...

wanted to see, bu...

Toby, let's not start
this again, please?

No, there's no gorilla.
No Peter Pan.

There are no gremlins.

Jeannie.
What?

He says he knows what he saw.

Period.

Toby.

I'm sorry.

I know that you

believed what you saw.

But,

Sometimes,

your imagination is so strong,

Remember...

when you were sick
with meningitis?

You thought you were on a boat.

Remember?

I had to show you...

that we were still
in the army hospital.

You though your
father had come back.

Toby.

Listen.

I need to talk, too.

You thought your
father had come back.

You heard

his voice, and

even smelled

his cigarettes.

But,

he didn't come back.

I know

you saw it, Toby.

But let it go.

Please?

Let it go.

Now,

what about the circus, huh?

Okay.
Tomorrow.

And Toby?

Give Tom

a chance.

Please?

He deserves that.

He's a good man and...

I love him.

And I think that

you'll

love him, too.

Toby! Toby!
You were right!

Today, the bananas are gone!

See, look right down there.

See, it's the
bottom of the tree.

See it?
A banana peel.

What do you think they're doin'?

Furnishin' the treehouse,
it looks like, honey

It's called "playing", Jeannie.
Dr. Spock says it's very
healthy.

Am I that bad?

Well....

When you said, "There
was no Peter Pan..."

It kind of speared me
through the heart, too.

Hitting wood.

No, no.
This goes over here.

So we can put this right here.

Then, we'll put
the sleeping bag...

Right here.

And the pillow,
right here.

So you can look out the window.

Of course,

if we make

friends with the gorilla,

and he's

tame and everything,

he could sleep here

and look up at the stars.

Or you think

he'd rather

look at the house?

Well.

I think he'd like to
look up at the stars.

Of course,

if I put it the other way,

he could see our bedroom window.

Hand me the food, will ya?

Toby, you just put it down.

Up there.

Oh, no.

Whoa!

Toby!

Toby!

Wow!

Aw, yuck.

Want drink?

It signed "more drink".

Toby, this thing can talk!

Where do you come from?

From trees?

It came from trees?

Yeah. What's your name?

K

C

K.C....?

Casey!

Is that boy's name
or a girl's name?

A girl.

What she want?

A doll?
She wants a doll?

Alright. I got plenty of them.

She sure is picky.

Jill?

Jill?
You kids still up there?

Yeah.
We found the gorilla, mommy!

And he can tal...

Well, that's fine,
dear, but, uh...

it's time to come in now,
so tell the gorilla goodbye.

We should tell her, Toby.

Yeah, it's alright.
Don't be afraid.

And if you're real good,

and do everything that we say,

tomorrow I'll find
you another doll.

Yeah, we have to go now.

Boy, I gotta get a camera.

Jill, will you come on?
And bring Toby.

Coming!

Nice meeting you.

Now, you don't have to keep
the place like this.

You know.
I mean,

If you want the sleeping bag
over there...

[Announcer]
Orphaned at six months,

Casey would have remained
in a zoo all her life

if not for Dr. Dolly McKeever.

Dr. McKeever, a
Ph.D in linguistics,

persuaded zoo officials to let
her try to teach Casey American
sign language,

the language commonly
used by the deaf

which translates words
into hand signals.

Incredibly, within two months,
Casey was using sign language

in two word combinations.

Signing "more drink", for
example, or "apple good".

Seen here in her workshop,

Dr. McKeever asked Casey
what she wants to do now.

Casey signs "dolly".

"house"

"eat".

She wants to go home for dinner.

As Casey's vocabulary grew, her
sentences became more complex.

When irritated, for example,
she's apt to call someone "a
rotten bird"

or "dirty toilet face".

Now the doctor has asked Casey
to find the kitty among three
drawing

on the blackboard.

The ape has shown the ability to
rhyme, both in sign and in
English

and has become an
excellent liar.

Usually blaming a broken lamp or
plate on one of Dr. McKeever's
assistants.

Dolly! I saw the light on!

I thought maybe you found her.

No, I'm just showing them
an old video on Casey.

So...

Now I know why this place looks
more like a nursery than a cage.

She's my little girl.

I promise you I'll find her.

Uh,

We couldn't sleep, mommy.

Because of the circus.

But you can go back to sleep
if you want to.

We'll be downstairs.

Okay?

Okay, mom?

Okay.

[audio from TV]
♪ Can you tell me how to get

♪ How to get to Sesame Street

[Jill]
Sorry!

♪ Everything's A-okay.

♪ Friendly neighbors ask

♪ That's where we meet

♪ Can you tell me how to get

♪ How to get to Sesame Street

♪ How to get to Sesame Street

♪ How to get to Sesame Street

♪ I got so close to givin' up

♪ And no one seemed
to understand

♪ Well life was justn't
living up to my day dream

♪ I can't believe you came along

♪ And now at last I know
where I belong

♪ We're strong

♪ Together

♪ It's you

♪ Who makes me feel so free

♪ To be all I can be

♪ You've opened up the world

♪ As it is

♪ And it's you

♪ Who makes me wanna smile

♪ You've made it all worthwhile

♪ It's true

♪ It's you

♪ I never thought
you'd be the one

♪ I know how many
different roads we've run

♪ And yet

♪ We're friends forever

♪ And it's you

♪ Who makes me feel so free

♪ To be all I can be

♪ You opened up the world
as it is

♪ And it's you

♪ Who makes me wanna smile

♪ You've made it all worthwhile

♪ It's true

♪ It's you

Come here.
Gimme that.

Enough peanut butter.

Casey, you have to do what we
say.

Remember?

We're going to put
this right over here.

Okay?

Boy.

She sure likes peanut butter.

I bet she did escape
from the circus.

Do you live in the circus?

In the circus?

Do you live with the other
animals in the circus?

Doll

Doll

House

Doll

House

She keeps saying that.

Yeah.
Who taught you to sign?

Doll

Teaches her?

Doll teach you?

Oh! Doll's a person.

Right! Like Dolly Parton.

You...
talk not?

Talk sign not?

Talk you?

Why don't you talk?

Yes, you can.

Yes, you can.

You can, too.

Even Dr. Trimble says so.

Toby, I heard you
in your sleep once.

You have a

a block of some kind.

Now look.
You're almost talking now.

I'm the one who
can hear you, bozo.

And you're making once.

[boy 1]
Yours is much nicer here, man.

[boy 2]
Aw, yeah!

[boy 2]
No way, man!

[boy 1] Oh, neat!
[boy 3] Yeah!

[boy 2]
You're a cheap guy, buddy!

You're an armpit, Axleman!

I don't like them, either.

Jill!

It's time to get ready
to go to the circus!

Mommy says it's time to go.

Now, you have to stay here.
Stay here.

That's right.
You have to stay here.

But as soon as we
leave in a car,

In the car, Casey.

Then you can go back up
to the treehouse.

Bye, Casey.
Bye.

[circus barker]
Howdy, folks, welcome to...

See the exotic Dave
Cantor, my friends.

Hey, look!
They do have a gorilla!

He has to go to the bathroom.

You want me to go with him?

No, he'll be fine.

Toby.

We're all going to
be in there, okay?

Whoops.

Oh, come on, now.
Will you stop worrying?

Come on, honey.
Let's go inside.

Excuse me.

Smitty.

How many times I tell you about
stacking up them camels outside
my camper?

They're on next, Mr. Fargo.

I don't care.
Get them out of here.

What'll I do with them?

Don't tempt me.

Put 'em...put 'em in the back
with Mighty Max.

Mighty Max don't feel so good,
Mr. Fargo.

He's feelin' a little
ill, that's all.

They're like us. They get a
toothache or a headache, they
don't work.

They just...
slump down in the cage.

Smitty, who owns
this great circus?

[Smitty]
You do.

Who's my animal feeder here?

Need I say more?

Alright, come on, girls.

Come on.

Hey, kid!
Whaddya doin'?!

Get back here!

Grab him!

Hey, Smitty!
Get that kid!

Dammit, Toby!

You're in trouble, understand?

Smitty!

Smitty!

Come on!
Get everybody movin'!

Alright, eh...
Back to work, y'all!

Quiet those horses, too.

Yes, sir, Mr. Fargo.

Yeah, yeah, I know.
Was it there?

Was it there?

Was the gorilla there, huh?!

Okay.

No. More. Gorillas.

It's finished.

Huh?!

Come on.

[Tom]
What the...?

Oh, my.

[Tom]
Dammit.

It's gotta be that Axleman kid.

I caught him and his pals
sneakin' around the barn
yesterday.

What a mess.

Kids.

You might as well start
cleanin' this stuff up.

We have to clean up.

Here, sweetheart.

Honey. Come on, let's
take a look around.

She's probably just scared.
She'll come back.

♪ Sunny day

♪ Sweepin' the
Clouds away

♪ On my way
To where the air is sweet.

♪ Can you tell me how to get

♪ How to get to Sesame Street?

♪ Come and play

♪ Everything's A-okay.

♪ Friendly neighbors ask

♪ That's where we meet

♪ Can you tell me how to get

Jeannie.

If I hear "Sesame
Street" one more time...

you're going to have to
put me away.

♪ Sunny day

♪ Sweepin' the clouds away

♪ On my way

♪ To where the air is sweet

♪ Can you tell me how to get

♪ How to get to Sesame Street

Jill.

Honey, you're driving Tom nuts.

Whaddya doin'?

[Jill]
Playing cards.

You kids are up to something.
I just know it.

No, we're not.

Really.

Yeah, but how?

What are you looking at?

Nothing?
What do you mean, 'nothing'?

What are you looking at?

You better get outta here,
or you'll be sorry.

Hey, here comes her brother!

Can he talk, man?!
Huh!?

C'mon! [Jill] You
better leave him alone!

We got a gorilla up here!

Oh, right.
A gorilla!

Stop it! Stop it!
Leave him alone!

Stop it!

Leave him alone!

Ow! Stop it!

Stop it!

Ow!

Toby, don't!
Don't!

Toby!

Jeannie, call the sheriff!

Jill!

Jill, are you alright?!

Yes, Tom!

Alright.
Don't move!

She's scared, Tom!
Casey's mad!

Don't move.

No, it'll be alright.
It'll be alright.

No, Toby!

Jill, stay down!

[Tom]
Jill, you stay down.

Jill?!
[Jill] Okay!

No!!!!

No, no.

No.

Hey, it's alright.

[Tom] It's alright.

Jeannie, she's okay.

Poor Casey.

Toby.

It's okay.
It's going to be alright.

Because the vet

says that she going to sleep
for a little while

and he's taking
her to the circus

until he finds her owner.

You...
talked.

You screamed!

You didn't hear it, but

I did.

I heard.

Alright, stay back.

You got it.
Watch yourself!

You're doin' fine.

Straight ahead.

Ho!

You got it.

Hey, Bill!
Give me a hand here?

Hey, Max.
You got company.

Yeah.

Okay, we're set.

Ah, that's no damn gorilla.
That's an orang.

Keep 'em apart, Smitty.

C'mon, Smitty.
Shackle his leg.

He's startin' to come around.

Sure, look at Max.
You open your eyes, Max?

First he's moved in six months.

It's like I've been telling
you, Mr. Fargo. He's sick.

He ain't sick, Smitty.
He's goldbrickin'.

That's one thing I know about;
goldbrickin'.

I'll take care of him when
he starts takin' care of me.

Like perform,
you know what I mean?

Oh.

Max, you like the way she looks?

Woo-hoo.

That's gratitude for ya.

Close it up!

Wait here, okay?

Yes?
Mr. Wyler?

That's right.
What can I do for you?

I'm Phil Meadows
from KPRW in Salem.

I'm sorry to bother
you, sir, but

we were hoping to do a piece
on your kids and the orangutan?

Not tonight.
The kids are asleep.

It'll only take a minute.

Can we just talk to you, then?

How's he doin'?

This is, uh,

a reporter wants to do
a piece on the kids.

Look, it doesn't
have to be tonight.

Uh, we're going to tape the
orang at the circus tomorrow,

so maybe if your kids want to
say goodbye to it,

we could all get together.
Goodbye?

[Phil]
Yeah.

The circus is pulling out
the day after tomorrow.

We'll call you tomorrow, then.
Thanks, goodnight.

That'll be fine.
Thanks.

Unbelieveable. This whole
thing is unbelieveable.

How is Toby?

I don't know.

He...

He just sits there,
with his head down.

It scares me, Tom.
I've seen it before.

You only can try.
Okay.

You look at me.

Now you listen!

We're sorry.

We were wrong.
You were right.

We're sorry.

Now what?

Pals?

Toby.

Alright.

I was wrong.

It was my fault.

I didn't believe you.

But from now on,

anything you say,

I'll

believe it.

Okay?

Okay, Toby?

What do you mean, 'no'?
Yes!

If you say it,

I'll

believe it.

True.
C-C'mon.

Try me.

C'mon.

K

C

can

talk.

The ape talks.

Where is she?!
Where is she at?!

Is she told me she's in jail.

Yeah, we're real sorry.

We didn't want anything
to happen to you.

Okay, Al. Start rolling.

No, you have to stay here.

They're looking for dolly.

Me go home.

Hurry. Hurry.

Want

Doll want Toby

My God, it really can talk.

[Fargo]
What do you mean it can talk?

It's speaking Ameslan

Sign language. Someone's
taught it sign language.

Sign language, huh?

What's it sayin'?

She wants to go home.

She's saying, "Go home".

Hurry. Hurry.

I don't believe it.

[Jeannie]
Neither do I, but it's true.

[Fargo]
What's it saying now?

Sick

His gorilla's sick.

Sick.

That's an orangutan,
not a gorilla.

No.
She means Mighty Max is sick.

Mighty Max got a touch of the
flu bug and he'll be fine.

Dark?
Dark goodbye?

Dark, dark goodbye?

What is it, hon?
She's saying that the

the other gorilla
is going to die.

Now wait a minute. Now just
how sick is he, Mr. Fargo?

I mean, have you had a vet
out here to take a look at him?

I said he's got the flu bug.

Who you going to believe?
Me or the ape?

Smitty, close her up.

Now, hold on, Mr. Fargo.
You don't own this animal.

I own the cage, so I got
possession until someone claims
it.

You just want to keep her
for your two-bit circus!

Smitty, close her up.

'scuse me, boys.

We'll come back.

Don't cry.

Toby and Jill love Casey.

We'll come back!

Come on.

Tom and I have been
watching you kids, and...

Well...

We just want you to know

that

we're going to do

everything that we can
to make sure

Casey's okay.

Like what?

Try to find her real
owner, first thing.

But the circus is
leaving tomorrow.

I know that, Jill.

Yeah, why can't we buy Casey
from the circus?

Kids.

The circus doesn't own Casey.

Remember?
She's not theirs to sell.

What about the animal keeper?

Maybe we could pay him
to let Casey go?

Aw, no-no-no-no, wait a minute.
Just hold on a minute.

We're not about to kidnap
a 200 pound ape.

But it would only be
for a little while.

Honey.

Somebody's bound to claim her
when they see the TV reports,
right?

Right?

What if they don't?

Then the circus keeps her

and she ends up just like
that other gorilla.

No, Jill.
That's the end of it.

He says no.

[Tom]
What was that?

He just said,
"See? I told you so."

[Tom]
Jill

Tell him I'm sorry.

Now, maybe you think your real
father could perform miracles.

But he's not here and I am
and I'm tryin' the best I can.

You tell him that, Jill.

He just said
that Daddy was gone.

And now, he's our daddy.

And he's doin' the best he can.

So, uh,

What do you think, Toby?
We still going to do it?

[Police on PA]
Paging Dolly McKeever.

Paging Dr. Dolly McKeever.

Please come to the white
courtesy telephone.

Casey the orangutan is
alive and well in Oregon.

I repeat

Casey has been located in
Salem, Oregon.

Can you hear me, Doctor?

Oh, God!

How many times do we get a happy
ending in this business, huh?

Oh, wow!

Hurry, come on. Hurry.

Casey and Max,
it's Toby and Jill!

Casey, be quiet.

Shh! Be quiet!
Mighty Max, be quiet!

Shhh!
Hurry, Toby, hurry!

Shhh!

Shh! Be quiet!

Be quiet!

Shhh! Quiet!

Come on, hurry.
Hurry up.

[Jill]
Come on.

You can get it.

[Smitty]
Hey, kids! Get outta there!

What are you kids doing in
here?! Would you let me...Would
ya....

Will ya?

[Jill]
Toby hurry!

Mr. Fargo!

Pete!

Mr. Fargo!

Smitty, is that you?

[Jill] Come on, Toby! Come on!
Casey, come on!

Toby, come on!

Come on, Casey! Come on!

Whoa-ho-ho!

[Fargo]
Smitty.

Pete.

Oh, my gosh!

Casey!

Whoa-oh-oh-oh!

AH!

Hey!

[Fargo]
Whoa!!!

Oh, my!

What?!

Can somebody call the police!?

Let me go!

Oh, Casey.

Oh, oh, oh, Casey.
Poor Casey.

You must be Dr. McKeever.

Yes, I am. This is my
assistant, Trish Brown.

Hi, Trish.
This is Tom & Jeannie Wyler.

Dr. McKeever, Trish Brown.
Dr. Winter.

We're sorry about all this.

Oh, don't be. Listen. Anybody
who'd try to rescue Casey

from a cage in a circus,

is a friend of mine forever.

I just knew we were
going to get arrested.

Alright, kids, come on
outta there. Come on.

Casey!

Jill, Toby, are you alright?

We were just trying
to save Casey.

Casey.

Oh, God.

Toby.

That's Dolly.

She's been beaten.
Get the truck in here.

Casey, what happened?

Who hurt you?

We got all the roads blocked
from Newberry's to Pine Creek.

What now?

Come, Casey.

Come.

Gorilla?

Gorilla later.
Come now.

Want gorilla.
Gorilla later, Casey.

Come

Yes, you can stay with Casey.

Will you people move back?!

How's he look?

He look like he got
beat up by a gorilla.

Well, that's really nasty.
Aww.

Poor Casey.

...anything else?

Oh, yeah. Gee, uh,

They're going after Mighty Max.

Let Casey find Mighty
Max No, no.

We can't do that.

I'm sorry, but there's nothing
I can do.

I'm going to get something.

For Casey's head.

You stay with her, okay?

Sheriff.

Why can't you wait for the vet?
I know he's on the way.

Alright, he can catch up to us
in the field.

But that may be too late.

I understand your concern,
but what's the point of going...

The point is we have
a dangerous animal out there.

Dolly!

Dolly!

They're gone!
What?!

Casey and Toby!
I just left them for a minute!

And so, as the day drags on,

the sheriff's deputies and
volunteers continue their
unusual search.

The animal's owner, Dr. Dolly
McKeever, has arrived in Salem.

But at this point, there has
been no sign of her missing
orangutan

or 10 year old Toby Wyler

or the ferocious and dangerous
Mighty Max.

This is Phil Meadows reporting,
for Channel 3 News.

They couldn't be a kitty
to call out to, oh, no.

Well, deaf or not, this kid
has got some kind of guts.

We found it about 50 yards in,
but they're not here.

Any sign of that vet yet?

He just showed up. I sent him
your way. He should be there any
minute.

I want to go with them.
No. No, honey.

No, your folks want
you to stay here, okay?

Boy, is Toby in trouble.

Alright, sargeant, take your men
and move off in that direction.

We'll go this way.
- Yes, sir.

And be careful.
-Yes, sir.

Casey!

Casey, come to Dolly.

Bring Toby to Dolly, Casey!

Casey!

Casey, come to Dolly.

Casey!

Bring Toby!

Casey!

Bring Toby to Dolly!

Casey!

You should have
brought some peanuts.

Very funny, Sherman.

Casey!

Casey, come to Dolly!

Casey!

Bring Toby!

Casey!

Casey, come to Dolly!

Casey!

Casey!
Bring Toby to Dolly!

Casey!

Shh!

That's not Casey.

Is that...over there!
- C'mon.

Ooof!

Stop shooting!
Casey!

Casey!

Casey!
Please!

Casey don't!

Hold it!

Hold it.
Back off.

Gimme some light.

Call 'em, Toby.

Call 'em.

Day.

Casey.

Case.

Kay.

Kay.

Casey.

Please come.

Casey.

Please come.

Casey.

Please.

Come.

Casey.

Please.

Come.

Oh, Casey. I'm so sorry.

Let me see.

Oh, Casey.

[woman reporter] How is he,
doctor? What's his condition?

How is he, doctor?

He's going to be just fine. He's
going home with Dr. McKeever.

Watch yourself.
Get back!

People, can you
please stay back?!

Give the kids a chance
to say goodbye! Please?!

Will you please stay back!?

We're sad

because we have to say

goodbye now, Casey.

Oh, we'll come to see you,

we
promise

Goodbye, Casey.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Casey.

Goodbye.

Ready, Dolly?

Yeah.

I don't know why we're
all crying. It's so silly.

Because you're family now.

And we're going
to see each other.

Just like family.

I love you for what you did
for Casey and me.

I thought that I had

lost everything.

Casey had

two

guardian angels.

Right?

Thank you.

Thanks a lot.

We'll be in touch.

Goodbye, Casey.

Goodbye.

I love you.

She and Mighty Max

are going to be real happy.

Probably even name

their

kids after us.