The Mighty (1998) - full transcript
This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and friendship. Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not allowed out unauthorized. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are "freaks" and nothing will stop them.
It was Freak
told me about King Arthur...
How he got this round table,
and how he got the bravest
knights in the whole world...
to sit at that table.
"We will be brothers,"
said King Arthur.
"And we will fight for all those
who ask for help.
"We will be gentle to the weak,
but terrible to the wicked."
It was Freak
told me about King Arthur.
It was Freak told me everything.
I live with my grandparents...
My mother's people.
I call them Gram and Grim.
I saw a painting in a book once.
Must be famous.
This old dude and his wife standing
in front of a farmhouse or somethin'.
This dude's holding a pitchfork,
and he looks like he never smiles.
And his wife don't look
too much happier.
That's Gram and Grim.
'Course, there's a good reason
they look like that all the time:
They got stuck with me.
When you're in the seventh grade
and you look like Godzilla,
you're gonna get
the looks, and you're gonna get the whispers.
Sometimes it seemed like
the whole world...
had just seen me
on America's Most Wanted.
Get the hell off there!
Go on! Come on! Get away!
This is my friend!
He's staying in the guest bedroom.
Leave him alone. He doesn't
like to be disturbed!
Look who's at the bus stop.
The Doghouse Boys liked
to make trouble any way they could.
Get out of here,
you little prick!
Their leader was Blade,
whose claim to fame
was three months in juvey hall.
Okay. Let's go!
Go, go!
Yeah! We're on!
Here's a nice place to sit.
Hey, check it out.
It's the missing link
with headphones, uh?
How do you fail the seventh
grade twice in a row, uh?
You gotta try pretty hard
to do that, uh?
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who got no brain!
Killer Kane, Killer...
Stop, stop.
People look at you and laugh,
or they run the other way.
You got no friends.
You got nobody.
You're a freak of nature, dude.
And we wanna be your friends.
Yeah, we could use
some muscle like you.
I bet you could do some damage.
- Just like your big bad dad.
- Oh!
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who got no brain!
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who got no brain.
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who got no brain.
There's a
place I go in my head sometimes.
It's cool and dim in there,
and you float like a cloud.
No, you are a cloud...
The kind you see in the sky
on a windy day.
You don't have to think
about anything.
You're nothin'.
You're nobody.
Well,
I have to go to the market anyway.
I see that Cooper's
has pot roast on special.
$1.49 a pound.
Did you notice
we have new neighbors?
They moved up here
from St. Louis.
Her name's Gwen Dillon.
She'd be just about
your mother's age.
You know, what I heard is,
her son has been in some kind of
special hospital down in St. Louis.
The good Lord gives women
the cross to bear.
Would the good Lord get you
to bring me a cup of coffee?
It was Freak
told me about King Arthur.
It was Freak told me everything.
See, I never had a brain...
till Freak came along and
let me borrow his for a while.
Kevin, your room's
still a pile of boxes.
Do you want me to help you
unpack the books?
No, Mom. It's okay.
I can do it myself.
You have my word,
and my word is my bond.
- What do you have there?
- It's an ornithopter.
Trying to take advantage of what looks
like ideal flight conditions this evening.
Say that again.
An ornithopter is defined
as an experimental device...
propelled by flapping wings.
That's a big word
for a mechanical bird.
Congratulations, Mrs. Dillon.
It was a tough delivery, but you've given
birth to a healthy seven-pound dictionary.
You must be very proud.
Hey!
What's the matter?
Never seen a robot before?
All right.
Let's pick it up, ladies.
Use the back court.
Hey, you too, Kane!
Or do I have to translate it
to Neanderthal for you?
Come on!
Line it up, boys.
Line it up, line it up.
What do you got, a piano tied
to your leg? Move it!
Hustle it!
Hustle it, ladies.
Hey, check out
the March of Dimes.
Fellas, I think it's time
for bowling for midgets.
Our defending champion,
Blade Fowler,
is bowling for the Corvette.
Yes!
Aw, shucks!
All right.
Hold it! Hold it!
Who's responsible for this?
It was Kane,
Mr. Sacker, sir.
Oh, yes.
Most amusing.
Shall we all go out and rile up
a Seeing Eye dog now?
Kane, you got yourself
a detention for the week.
Now help that boy up.
Kane, are you buckin'
for two weeks?
Weekends
generally meant two things:
One was helping Grim
patch up the place.
The other was L.D....
Reading class.
That stands
for learning disabled,
which was a nice way of saying
"reading for dummies,"
like me.
Your tutor'll be
right along, Max.
I'm Kevin Dillon. I'll be
your student reading tutor.
Hi, Kevin.
My name is...
- Max.
- He talks.
- You're a tutor?
- Yeah, in between basketball seasons.
Did you bring a book?
I don't have no book.
Don't have a book.
How do you expect to read
without a book?
Read this.
Go on. Read it.
First you have to open it.
Chapter one.
Now it's your turn.
"In... the... old... days,
"as... it... is... told,
"there...
was... a... king...
"in... Brit...
Brit... "Here.
Close your eyes.
"There was a king in Britain...
"named Uther Pendragon.
"He was a good king and mighty,
"and much of his strength he
owed to his chief counselor, Merlin,
"for Merlin was an enchanter...
"who could read the stars...
"and hold discourse
with the fairy world.
"Merlin knew the secrets of
nature and the hearts of men.
To him the future
was as clear as the past."
See anything?
Every word is part of a picture.
Every sentence is a picture.
All you do is let your imagination
connect them together.
If you have an imagination,
that is.
Read chapter one by tomorrow.
Wait. I can't.
Can't?
No, no. You will.
If you want to make it
to the eighth grade, that is.
Or if not, you can always go to
one of those special schools...
and sit around with a bunch of kids
who can't even say their own names.
Get the picture now?
It was Blade...
who threw the basketball at you.
Not me.
So you let those punks make a chump
out of you, uh? What's the matter with you?
I don't like to cause trouble.
Oh, so you're a pacifist.
A what?
A pacifist.
Pass on the fist.
Get it?
Right.
It's not my best material.
I didn't read the first
chapter by tomorrow or the next day...
or the day after that,
but Freak was patient.
He told me dinosaurs had brains
the size of walnuts,
and they ruled the Earth
for 60 million years,
so I shouldn't feel bad.
"Sir Ector called to Arthur...
"and quest-questioned him,
"and Arthur said,
'I drew... the sword...
from the anthill.'"
Anvil.
It's just a big stone.
Anvil.
Not bad.
You made it to chapter two...
this century.
Coming up next: Sir Lancelot
and the fair Guinevere.
Violence and sex.
How'd you like to earn
a gold crown?
Run that by me again.
A gold crown.
Roughly five bucks,
taking into account
inflation since 900 A.D.
Five bucks?
For what?
For taking me to the
fairgrounds next Saturday...
to see the fireworks.
It's the Riverfest.
My mom doesn't like fireworks.
She doesn't like crowds. She
never lets me go anywhere by myself.
She thinks I'll get trampled
or something.
But if I go with someone as big as you,
I think I could convince her.
Look, I don't know anybody else.
Do you want five bucks or not?
Do you think it's easy for me?
Sometimes I think my mom would like me to
stay at home all the time in a wheelchair...
with a tube down my throat.
She's always worried,
and I feel sorry for her.
I bet your mom doesn't have to worry
about you much, huh? My mom's in heaven.
Want a corn dog? I'll
pass on the triple bypass.
Well, well, if it isn't
Frankenstein and Igor.
Tell me, is the freak show
before or after the fireworks?
- Just forget about it.
- At least I know the dwarf man can talk.
Can't you,
dwarf? Why don't you cretins plug it up?
You wanna say that again,
you little freak? Which part?
Why don't we start with cretin?
C-r-e-t-i-n.
Look it up in the dictionary.
You'll find your mug shot. Come on!
Cretin! Hey, hey! Back off!
Hey! You're not get... Hey, hey!
Not here! You're not gonna
have... Back off!
What?
What'd I do?
Big mistake, big mistake. You can take 'em,
though, right?
Are you kidding? You just don't mess
with Blade and the Doghouse Boys.
So you mean you couldn't take 'em,
and I was givin' 'em lip.
That's about the size of it.
Oh, my God.
Ladies and gentlemen,
please move forward
as much as you can,
and please enjoy tonight
Cincinnati's...
45th Riverfest fireworks.
Hey, down in front!
I said, down in front!
And that's how it started.
He didn't ask me,
but I know all he can see
are feet and knees.
And so I just sort of
reached down without thinkin'.
Hey, what are you doing?
Whoa! Yeah!
Whoa!
All right!
I'd seen fireworks before,
but that night...
they looked like
the most brightest,
beautiful things
in the whole world.
'Course Freak had his own way
of puttin' it.
Yeah! All right!
Copper!
Sodium nitrate!
Magnesium!
Ho-ho!
Yeah! Whoo!
Hey! Stop, uh?
Amazing perspective
from up here.
It's just about as tall
as I'd like to be.
Uh-oh. Cretins at 10:00. What?
Hey,
you touch me ag... Check it out! The freak!
Hang right.
Damn. Two more at 2:00.
They've locked onto us.
Go left. Left.
Wait. Steady, steady.
That's how it started,
all right.
Only at first, it seemed
like that's how it might end.
But a funny thing happened.
I felt Freak's foot hit my side.
Go, go!
And it was like, at that moment
he became my brain,
and I became his feet.
How did he do that?
Go, go, go!
Here you go!
Have a balloon! Ow! Oh!
Hurry up! They're gaining
on us! There's a train coming.
Don't worry.
We can beat it.
Damn!
No, it's all right.
It's all right. We'll get 'em.
Go straight.
Are you crazy?
This is all your fault. If you
hadn't opened your big mouth!
I don't know how someone as small
as you could have a mouth so big!
And I don't know how someone
as big as you could be such a wuss!
Look at you. You're built
like the Terminator.
I'd trade places
with you any day.
I say we got about five seconds
till we get messed with real good.
Now it's time for the
freak show. Yeah!
Straight. Trust me.
That's cold.
Go get 'em.
Keep going.
Go get 'em.
Go, yeah!
All right, man.
Just, just keep going.
Come on, come on. Go, go!
Better start going faster.
Keep going!
I can't!
I'm stuck in the mud!
Well, then kiss
your butt good-bye.
Go back, man!
Go get 'em!
Max! Max,
get up! I'm stuck!
The mud... The mud's too thick.
Oh, oh.
You all right?
- How'd they get through the mud?
- Go on! Keep going!
Help me, you assholes!
Just wait.
Go! Keep going!
My blade!
My blade!
Hey, you kids. Stay right
there now. Hold it. Right there.
Hey, hey!
I didn't do nothing!
Hey, hey!
Yes.
Oh, Lord.
This is what I've been
afraid of. Just like his daddy.
Hush up!
Just hush up!
- Max!
- Mr. and Mrs. Pinneman.
I'm okay. Just give him this
blanket. Okay. I'll be right back.
You have a brave young man here.
- Hi. Hello.
- Hello. Hello.
Your grandson
saved my boy's life.
Stay warm, Max.
Good night.
What happened? Had some
trouble at the fairgrounds this evening.
Local punks.
We got a lid on it.
Good night now.
Are you all right?
I'm okay.
Get him
in here. Old people.
You gotta reassure 'em.
I'm gonna get you
some orange juice.
No. What this man needs
is a cup of coffee.
Real coffee.
There ya go.
Um...
I just wanna tell ya, uh,
what you done, um,
was good,
helpin' that crippled boy.
Real good.
I'm proud of ya.
Thank you, sir.
Rise and shine!
Come on! Wake up!
Sleeping destroys brain cells.
Come on. The day is new. There are
fair maidens to rescue and dragons to slay.
Get your lazy butt up.
I'm not going anywhere with you.
You almost got me killed last night.
A knight of the realm
fears not death.
So they keep you in
the dungeon.
Look, take it back.
I don't have no friends,
and I don't need no friends.
Don't think of it
as a friendship.
Think of it as a partnership.
You need a brain,
and I need legs.
And the wizard of Oz doesn't
live in South Cincinnati.
♪ Walkin' this high road
♪ Like warriors
from an olden time ♪
♪ A curse on this land
from the days far behind us ♪
♪ Dragons we've slain and
rescued many maidens fair ♪
♪ No man ever dared
break our stride ♪
♪ Or the brotherhood
that binds us ♪
♪ When the broken are strong ♪
♪ When the beaten are proud
♪ When the twisted can stand ♪
♪ When the silenced are loud
♪ When the haunted are turned ♪
♪ When the tortured are seen ♪
♪ When the blindest can stare ♪
♪ When no poison remains
♪ When the voiceless can sing
♪ When the shackled can run
♪ And the downtrodden man
holds his face to the sun ♪
♪ We'll be walkin' high
above the world ♪
♪ Legend will say
Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey ♪♪
Morning, Mr. Hampton.
Good morning, Max.
Where is it? It was here
this morning.
Where is it?
Is it in this bag?
It's in the bag,
isn't it? It is! Oh! Stop it!
Hey, take it outside!
You're hurting me!
You think
I'm hurting you now?
A knight proves
his worthiness by his deeds.
So where is it?
Where is it?
You think it hurts now? You
think it hurts now?
Do ya? Do ya?
Well, come on!
Unhand her, knave.
- You say somethin'?
- I said...
Get your filthy hands
off of her!
Thank you.
It's on the house.
Did you guys have lunch today?
Indeed, in the kingdom
of Baby Ruth.
Yeah, as I suspected.
You wanna take some of that
home with you?
Methinks his name
is Sir Eats-A-Lot.
I'm sorry. It's just
Gram never cooks like this.
Well, I'll take that as a compliment. Yes,
ma'am.
You slow down, Kevin.
You heard me.
Come on.
I'm fine. I'm okay.
Here, take some water.
Okay. Okay.
What does the fair Guinevere
have for dessert?
Well, there's chocolate pudding
if Merlin agrees to do the dishes.
Dishes?
Dishes.
- But knights don't do dishes.
- In this castle they do.
Sorry.
It was packed.
Popular Science! Popular.
You're a popular guy.
Got it?
Yeah.
Lock your door.
- Oh!
- Hey!
Max.
Max. Max.
Wake up. Wake up!
What time is it?
A band of highwaymen ambushed
the Queen of Saxony on the North Road.
They stole her chest. No pun
intended. But I know where they hid it.
Here. Put this on.
It's the treasure,
cleverly concealed in the slime of dragons.
It's a woman's purse,
and it's covered with crap.
And it's our
duty as the knights of the realm,
to return it
to its rightful owner.
And how are we gonna do that?
Voila. A rope.
Dude, you've lost it.
Funny. That's the same thing
they told Sir Isaac Newton.
Here. Tie the end
of that to the grate.
- Who the heck is Isaac Newton?
- Oh, just some British nerd who said...
if a fire escape exerts a force
on a sewer grate,
the sewer grate exerts
an equal and opposite force...
on a fire escape.
Now all you have to do
is descend...
and retrieve the treasure.
Me? How come I always end up
knee deep in crap?
Just think of it as a close
encounter of the turd kind.
I'll hold the torch.
I really don't like rats.
Well, somewhere down there a rat is saying,
"I really don't like Max."
Hey!
Sorry.
Thought I heard someone.
Not bad for the Queen of Saxony.
Hey, you know. I thought
Halloween was next week, uh?
There's no millpond between
you and me now. Is there, big guy?
Just tell the little freak man
to give up the purse.
Just give it to him.
- No.
- Oh!
What's the problem?
Give it to him! This isn't a
game. Just give him the purse.
A knight fights
for what is good and right.
This is no time for that knight
crap! Just give him the purse!
Hey, punk.
Aaah!
- What?
- En garde.
Okay,
Maxy boy. Just put it down.
Hey, man, don't throw that!
- That was awesome.
- Let's get out of here.
No, that was more than awesome.
It was mythical.
It was simply perfection.
Yeah, well, we look like a couple
of freaks in these butt-stupid clothes.
That's what we are...
A couple of freaks.
Loretta Lee. 240 Crescent
Heights. Apartment 103.
This is the place,
all right. Yeah?
Well, it looks like the Queen
of Saxony just fired her decorator.
She ain't home.
When you're on a quest,
you see it through to the end.
If she ain't home,
she ain't home.
Loretta Lee?
Iggy,
is the circus in town?
Believe this is yours.
Have a nice day.
Just wait here a second,
boys. Wait a minute!
Jesus Christ! You just
scared me half to death.
Wait a minute.
- I know you.
- No, you don't. We were just leaving.
Sure as hell, I know you.
Iggy!
Come see who's here.
Hang on now. What's your hurry,
little fella?
You're drunk, lady.
What the hell are you hollerin'...
Ain't he the spittin' image?
What are they doin' here? They
just came to return my purse.
And there ain't nothin' missin'. If that
ain't gentlemanly, I don't know what is.
Name.
- Name!
- That won't be necessary. We were just leaving.
Max Kane.
- Kenny Kane's boy. What did I tell you?
- Shut up, Loretta.
Kenny Kane's boy, all growed up.
My, oh, my, how time flies.
Get away from him. I knew you
when you were just a young thing.
You got your picture in the paper. Woman,
you're drunk.
Yes, I believe I am.
Oh, you're crazy as a polecat.
You know, Iggy and your daddy, they did
some time together up there in Langford.
They go way back.
Isn't that right, Iggy?
- We got, we gotta...
- I've got a good idea.
I think y'all deserve a reward.
Poor thing.
You couldn't speak, could you?
What did the papers call you?
"Mute Boy."
That's what it was.
Poor little Mute Boy all alone
up there on the witness stand.
Wait! Max!
Hey, Max!
Stay away!
Just stay away from me!
- Wait, damn it!
- I said stay away!
Nothin' but trouble's
what you've been.
We almost had
a hundred bucks there.
My life was fine before you
and your stupid quests.
Bunch of bull.
My father was a magician.
At least that's
what my mom says.
He heard the words "birth defect,"
and he disappeared.
But I don't really care,
you know.
'Cause I don't even know
who my father is.
I just know that's not who I am.
And that's not
who you are either.
A knight proves his worthiness
through his deeds.
This is the most beautiful place
I've ever been.
If you think hard enough,
you can put yourself in their armor.
Lancelot the Brave.
Tristan the Strong.
Galahad the Pure-Hearted.
With this Excalibur,
in the name of God,
Saint Michael and Saint George,
I hereby knight us... Freak.
Freak?
Freak...
the Mighty.
From that day, Freak
never asked me nothin' about my father,
and I never asked him nothin'
about his.
'Cause that's not who we were.
Hey,
look! It's alive! It's alive!
Bolton. Sir.
Fowler.
Yeah.
Elwood.
Sir.
- Kane.
- Sir.
Dillon?
Sir.
Miss Dillon,
school district policy
prohibits any child...
with a serious physical
or medical handicap...
from participating in
school athletic activities.
Mrs. Addison...
It's a liability matter.
Now I'm sure
you understand that.
You see, my son Kevin...
He's been made fun of and
called names his whole life.
And if you've been made fun of your
whole life, you find another place to live.
And he's found that place
up here.
Kevin lives in this world
of books...
and words and ideas.
Things I don't even understand.
But I understand this:
Kevin would trade it all
for a chance to be normal...
To have a friend,
to do the things that
normal kids do every day.
Max Kane has given him
that chance.
Well, I'm not gonna let that
be taken away from my boy.
Oh, if you wanna kill yourself
in gym class, Kevin Dillon,
don't expect me to cry for you.
Yes!
All right.
Move it! Move it! Move it!
Come on! Come on!
That's it! That's it!
Come on! Go, go!
Boo!
Freak! Freak!
Freak! Freak! Freak!
Freak!
Freak! Freak! Freak! Freak!
Freak! Freak the Mighty!
Freak the Mighty!
Freak the Mighty! Freak
the Mighty! Freak the Mighty!
We shall yield not to you...
or any man.
Miss Addison,
you wanted to see me?
Come in, Max.
Sit down.
Is something wrong, ma'am?
Did Gram call or...
No, Max.
Your grandparents are fine.
We've been notified
by the parole board.
Your father's been granted
a parole.
No! No!
Max.
- No! No!
- Listen to me, Max. Listen to me!
He can't come near you,
all right?
No. I wanna make that very clear to you,
Max.
No! No!
Max!
Shh! No! I
don't wanna hear it! No!
No!
Elt, you get that gun
out of this house.
Don't start with me, Susan.
He serves nine years
out of thirty,
and they let him loose,
just as free as you and me.
That's called justice. And
don't give a damn for the victims.
You heard the lawyers
same as me.
If he comes within five miles
of Max or us or,
or the house or anything, they're gonna
grab him and put him right back in jail.
The law...
You believe the damn lawyers?
It's because of the lawyers that
he's out walkin' around right now.
That's what's wrong
with this country... lawyers.
They'll make you believe any
damn thing as long as they get paid.
Well, I'll tell you
what I believe.
If Kenny Kane comes anywhere
near my grandson,
or you or my home, he's gonna
get a taste of some real justice.
No, you can't. You can't.
You're not gonna have any of this.
Don't tell me what to do,
woman! I'm telling you!
Our Annie's gone.
All we have left of her smile...
All we have left of her heart
is in that boy down there.
I'm not gonna have hatred comin'
into this house and poisonin' it.
I don't know.
I don't know.
How can you eat
that slop, Dillon?
I'm hungry.
You're eating too fast.
Excuse me, Mom.
I said you're eating too fast.
What's eatin' you?
Where does the fair maid
Mary get her perm?
Hey.
You call this spaghetti?
What have I done
to deserve this disrespect?
Hi.
I see you are new to our family.
I don't like you.
I like you.
Maf...
Help!
Help! Help! Somebody help
me! Help! He fell down.
Mrs. Dillon.
Yeah?
We need to speak.
Spock.
Spock. It's him.
"We will be brothers,"
said King Arthur.
"And we will fight for all those
who ask for help."
Mrs. Dillon.
Please.
Kevin is, uh, is out of danger.
Uh, but I'm sure
you understand...
the, uh, progressively degenerative
nature of Morquio's syndrome.
I'm sure I do.
There was an airway blockage.
Kevin stopped breathing long enough
for unoxygenated blood to circulate,
weakening some nerve tissue.
Why don't you just tell me
when I can take him home?
Right.
Uh, Mrs. Dillon, from
my examination of Kevin,
I think I can s...
I can say that, uh...
That's a nice hammer. Can you
maybe go hammer over there?
Go hammer over there, okay?
I think I can say that his, uh,
his bone growth has ceased...
while his internal organs are
continuing their natural growth.
I am not a counselor,
Mrs. Dillon.
This is very hard for me to say,
but I would have to recommend that you start
thinking about making some... preparations.
Why don't you tell me how long?
I'm not an expert
on Kevin's disease,
but I would say...
maybe a year.
Want somethin'?
No, thank you, ma'am.
Stop "ma'am"-ing me. It makes me
nervous when you "ma'am" me all the time.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm just gonna have a hot
chocolate with extra whipped cream.
He's gonna be all right.
He's gonna be all right.
He's gonna be all right.
It's my fault. It's my fault.
He was just eatin' too fast like before.
He's gonna be just fine. You'll see.
But I'll tell you somethin'. The next
time he tries to eat chop suey that fast,
I'm gonna dump it on his head.
You do that, Max.
Oh, God.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
The deal was, Freak
had to stay in the hospital for two weeks.
It was the longest two weeks
of my life.
Even Mr. Sacker signed it.
I didn't know he could write.
Freak was told it might be a while
before he could go back to school.
Also, we had to cut back
on quests. Doctor's orders.
But once in a while,
we'd sneak out like before.
He'd have good days
and bad days.
On the bad days,
I'd just never put him down.
Well, here it is.
Here's what?
You see the wing
of that closest building?
Yeah.
I want you to swear...
that what you're about to hear,
you will tell no one...
A sacred oath upon
your good name and honor.
I, Max Kane... Here do swear...
Here do swear
that I will tell no one.
Inside there is a laboratory...
called the Experimental
Biogenetic Intervention Unit.
At some near future date,
as yet undetermined...
but likely within the next year,
I will enter that lab.
King Arthur wanted to improve his men,
so he made them armor-plated.
Today we have biogenetics,
the science of designing
replacement parts for the human body.
- You're getting new legs?
- No, I mean a whole new body.
A new body?
Yeah. Go closer.
I never told you this.
I had to keep it a secret.
But every few months
I've gone for tests.
They measured me,
analyzed blood, metabolic rates.
I've been X-rayed,
CAT scanned and sonogrammed.
They're fitting me
for a transplant.
I'm going to be the first
biogenetically improved human.
Sounds like it's gonna hurt.
Maybe, but so what?
You can think your way
out of anything, even pain.
Sounds too dangerous.
Hey, life is dangerous.
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who's got no brain.
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who's got no brain.
Killer Kane, Killer Kane...
Matt? You okay?
I'm just like him.
Just like him?
Oh, Lord.
I thought I'd gotten rid
of every last picture.
I look in the mirror
and I see him.
I hear my voice and I hear his.
It's no use. You are who you are,
and nothing else.
"Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who's got no brain."
Listen to me:
You are nothing like him!
You will never be like him.
You know why?
Because you have
your mother's heart.
You're my noble knight.
That's what you are.
All right!
All right!
Not a word, boy.
Not a sound.
I came back, like I said.
Shh-shh-shh-shh.
Everything changes now, son.
Once, on TV,
this dude hypnotized a lobster.
Maybe you saw it.
He touches a lobster
and it freezes.
It can't move.
That's sort of
what happened to me.
Like I'm paralyzed
and my head is empty...
and nothing matters.
Not Gram and Grim, or Freak,
or the stars in the sky.
They're all just make-believe,
this dream I was having
for a long time,
and now I'm awake again,
and he's there.
And for some reason
I'm thinking this weird thought:
He doesn't need a suit of armor.
Well, let me look at you.
Like lookin'
at an old picture of myself.
Christmas Eve!
Christmas Eve!
Them letters I sent you, or them
birthday presents and Christmas presents...
I bet you never got
a-one of 'em, did ya?
Oh, they poisoned your mind
against me. I know that.
Get down!
Yes, sir, you and me, we're gonna
have the time of our lives, boy!
Something going on?
Good evening,
Mrs. Pinneman. What?
We're here to inform you
that Kenneth Kane...
did not report to his parole
officer yesterday in Cleveland.
You wait here. He's
been missing for 24 hours.
He's considered in
violation of his parole.
No. No,
that can't happen, no.
We don't want to alarm you,
ma'am, but just as a precaution.
He's gone.
Ow!
Voila! Size 14.
Of course.
The Queen of Saxony.
"Iggy...
"and... your daddy...
"did some time together up there
in Langford, you know.
They go way back."
I got an old buddy here.
He's gonna take care of us.
He owes me a favor.
It ain't much. Old bat that lived here
went to visit her sister for the holidays.
Lousy spark plugs!
You wouldn't light out
on me, would you?
- No, sir.
- Nope.
That's good...
'cause we gotta talk.
Man to man.
See, this is only a temporary
thing, just for one night.
Tomorrow we're gonna get on the road.
Just you and me, the way it oughta be.
You know, there's...
There's something you need
to know about your daddy.
I never killed nobody.
I loved your mother.
I never harmed her,
not one golden curl on her head.
I swear.
You understand
what I'm tellin' you?
Yes, sir.
All right, then.
We don't need
to discuss it no more.
Whoa!
Oh, my God!
No!
Kevin?
Oh, boy.
Steady!
Get out! Get out
of the way! Move!
Aaaah!
Ow. Ow. Ow!
The only person I want coming
through this door is Iggy.
Merry Christmas.
I just thought I'd make you boys
a nice Christmas meal.
Oh, my.
He's gonna have a hard time
eating like that.
I can feed him if you like.
You just set that tray down
right there...
and you get yourself
out of here.
Leftover pizza.
It's nice, Loretta.
You haven't changed a bit.
My, it's cold in here.
Ohh!
It's cold as a witch's tit.
Oh, come on, Kenny.
Can't you be nice? We had some
good times in the old days, didn't we?
But the old days are over. You and
I got nothing to discuss. Come on!
"Thank you for the pizza,
Loretta."
Thank you, Loretta.
Now come on. Let's go.
Oh, did you tell your daddy about
that time you returned my purse?
What are you talkin' about?
Oh, well, I guess Iggy
just forgot to mention it.
He came by
with this crippled kid...
and they returned my purse
with $400 still in it.
Hey.
What crippled kid?
Well, I told Iggy.
I said, "Iggy, you better
tell Kenny about this."
- Who is he?
- Just a crippled kid.
Just a crippled kid.
Friend of yours?
I said,
"A friend of yours?"
Yes, he's a friend of mine.
Young maiden, a favor, I beg.
Call the police.
Tell 'em to come here.
Do you understand that, boy? They're
gonna be lookin' everywhere for us.
They're gonna talk to everybody,
and they're gonna talk to this crippled
kid, and he's gonna remember this place!
Why didn't you tell me
you'd been here before?
- You didn't ask me, sir.
- I didn't ask you?
Now, what are you,
some kind of moron?
Yeah. Uh-huh.
You brought those here
to give to him.
Trying to poison my son's mind against me,
aren't you?
Now, Kenny...
I told you to keep your hands off my boy,
but you brought your filth in here!
You are the only piece of filth
around here, Kenny.
- Yeah? I'll teach you to...
- Get your paws off of me!
I said...
- Let go!
- That's it! You're seein' red now!
- Let go of her!
- Look away, son.
Let go!
Let go of her! She can't breathe!
She can't breathe!
She can't breathe!
Shh!
She
can't breathe! She can't breathe!
Aaah!
You were wearing a black T-shirt
with no sleeves.
Y-You carried me back to
my room. You put me to bed.
You told me to "shh,"
that I was dreaming!
Is that any way to talk to your
daddy? But I wasn't dreaming!
I remember, I saw you!
I saw you kill my mom!
Lord, I wish you hadn't said that,
boy. Well, I said it!
And you're never gonna stop me
from saying it again...
because I've wanted to say it
for a long time!
Looks like we got a situation here,
huh? Huh?
I've come
for my brother in arms.
A knight proves his worthiness
by his deeds.
You're the crippled kid.
This your partner in crime,
this little freak?
What are you,
soft in the head, boy?
- Guess what I got for Christmas, Mr. Kane.
- Well, I don't know.
This squirt gun and a chemistry
set. Good old reliable H2SO4.
Sulfuric acid:
oily, colorless,
and able to strip the paint
off a car in two seconds.
So ask yourself:
Am I feelin' lucky today?
Bull!
Aaah!
In the five-tenths of a second it would take
you to execute movement in any direction,
your crotch will look like
a nuclear accident.
You little...
Aaaah!
Hold it!
What'd you have in there anyway?
Just some soap, vinegar
and chile pepper.
Worked like a charm,
didn't it? Oh, did you lose this?
Come on.
We shall yield not to you...
Or any man.
We had
Christmas a week late that year.
By then, Gwen
had forgiven Freak,
Killer Kane was back
in prison for good,
and we got our pictures
in the paper.
♪ Jingle,
jingle jingle, jingle ♪
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells
♪ Jingle all the way
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Oh, jingle bells
jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh
♪ Dashing through the snow
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh
♪ O'er the fields we go
♪ Laughing all the way
♪ Bells on
Bobtail ring ♪ Ho-ho-ho
♪ Making spirits bright
♪ What fun
it is to ride and sing ♪
♪ A sleighing song tonight
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells
♪ Jingle all the way
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh
♪ Oh, jingle bells
jingle bells ♪♪
Oh, I just love Christmas.
I remember all we ever had for
Christmas was an apple core...
and a lump of coal in our stocking,
if we were lucky.
Oh, Elton, you never had
a lump of coal in your life!
You're right. They were so poor,
they couldn't even afford coal.
All they got in their stocking was a little
piece of paper with "coal" written on it,
if they were lucky.
Don't anybody
let me have one more bite.
Merry Christmas. Thank
you. Merry Christmas.
Best meal I ever had.
You know, the sky's like a
photograph from a billion years ago.
Just some old movie
they're showin' up there.
Lots of those stars
have switched off by now.
We're just seeing the rerun.
Almost forgot.
This is for you.
You don't have to say anything. I
know you're overcome with gratitude.
What kind of book is this?
It doesn't say nothin'.
Close your eyes.
Every word is part of a picture.
Every sentence is a picture.
All you do
is let your imagination...
connect them together.
If you have an imagination,
that is.
He went in his sleep.
No.
It wasn't supposed to happen.
You're supposed to give him
a new body!
Stop, you idiots! He's supposed
to get a new biogenetic body!
No! He was tested,
measured!
He told me he'd be the first.
I know. Listen to me.
Listen to me. Kevin knew
he wasn't gonna live very long.
He knew it was just
a matter of time.
You see, what happened was...
his heart just got too big
for his body.
It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay.
You go home.
Go home.
Go home.
Can I help you, son?
There's a
place I go in my head sometimes.
It's cool and dim in there,
and you float like a cloud.
No, you are a cloud,
the kind you see in the sky
on a windy day.
You don't have
to think about anything.
You're nothin'.
You're nobody.
I stayed in the down-under
for days and days...
and kept the door closed,
which is why I missed the funeral
and Kevin's mom moving away.
Grim threatened
to unscrew my door,
but he never did.
He just kept saying I should
come out for Gram's sake.
And sometimes she'd come down and
say I should come out for Grim's sake.
It comes off
in a couple of weeks.
Whatcha been doin' these days?
Nothin'.
Nothin's a drag, kid.
Think about it.
So I thought about it.
Matter of fact,
I started thinkin' real hard.
Can anyone tell me why Miss Havisham
wanted Pip to fall in love with Estella?
Lisa, you've had your turn.
Max?
Well...
I think it's because...
she wanted Estella...
to break Pip's heart,
just like her heart
had been broken long ago.
Thank you, Max.
And
then... I started connecting...
all these things
I was thinking about,
and I had a crazy thought.
Since Freak showed me
I could read a book,
maybe I could write one too.
Then I thought to myself,
"Who you kiddin', Max Kane?
You got no brain."
So I wrote that down...
and then kept on goin'.
Until it was spring again...
and I reached my last page.
Now, only this dumb writer
could get writer's block...
on his last page.
You see, I just didn't know
how to end it.
"That he shall come again,
"that there is written
this verse upon his tomb...
which lies
at the bottom of the lake:"
"Once and future king."
Now, that could either mean...
that he will come again,
or... I had a better idea.
That when someone
so great once was,
then someone so great
will always be.
And by the time we get here...
Which I guess
should be the end...
You're gonna know the story
of Freak the Mighty,
who slayed dragons,
saved maidens,
and walked high above the world.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪ Walkin' this high road
♪ Like warriors
from an olden time ♪
♪ A curse on this land
♪ From the days far behind us
♪ Dragons we've slain
Rescued many maidens fair ♪
♪ No man ever dared
break our stride ♪
♪ Or the brotherhood
that binds us ♪
♪ Brothers are we
♪ Marching on the roads
of time ♪
♪ From this broken land
♪ In the days that defined us
♪ Till all men are free
♪ And justice
is the sword we hold ♪
♪ Trustin' in a knight's
noble vow ♪
♪ In the brotherhood
that binds us ♪
♪ When the broken are strong
♪ When the beaten are proud
♪ When the twisted can stand
♪ When the silenced are loud
♪ When the haunted have turned
♪ When the tortured are seen
♪ When the blindest can stare
♪ When no poison remains
♪ When the voiceless can sing
♪ When the shackled can run
♪ And the downtrodden man
holds his face to the sun ♪
♪ We'll be walkin'
high above the world ♪
♪ Legend will say
Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey ♪
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the broken are strong
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the beaten are proud
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the twisted can stand ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ When the silenced are loud
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the haunted have turned
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the tortured are saved
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the blindest can stare ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ When no poison remains
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the voiceless can sing
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ And the shackled can run
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ And the downtrodden man ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ Holds his face to the sun
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the broken are strong
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the beaten are proud
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the twisted can stand ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ And the silenced are loud
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the haunted have turned
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the tortured are saved
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the blindest can stare ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ When no poison remains
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the voiceless can sing
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the shackled can run
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ And the downtrodden man ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ Holds his face to the sun
♪ Freak the Mighty ♪
told me about King Arthur...
How he got this round table,
and how he got the bravest
knights in the whole world...
to sit at that table.
"We will be brothers,"
said King Arthur.
"And we will fight for all those
who ask for help.
"We will be gentle to the weak,
but terrible to the wicked."
It was Freak
told me about King Arthur.
It was Freak told me everything.
I live with my grandparents...
My mother's people.
I call them Gram and Grim.
I saw a painting in a book once.
Must be famous.
This old dude and his wife standing
in front of a farmhouse or somethin'.
This dude's holding a pitchfork,
and he looks like he never smiles.
And his wife don't look
too much happier.
That's Gram and Grim.
'Course, there's a good reason
they look like that all the time:
They got stuck with me.
When you're in the seventh grade
and you look like Godzilla,
you're gonna get
the looks, and you're gonna get the whispers.
Sometimes it seemed like
the whole world...
had just seen me
on America's Most Wanted.
Get the hell off there!
Go on! Come on! Get away!
This is my friend!
He's staying in the guest bedroom.
Leave him alone. He doesn't
like to be disturbed!
Look who's at the bus stop.
The Doghouse Boys liked
to make trouble any way they could.
Get out of here,
you little prick!
Their leader was Blade,
whose claim to fame
was three months in juvey hall.
Okay. Let's go!
Go, go!
Yeah! We're on!
Here's a nice place to sit.
Hey, check it out.
It's the missing link
with headphones, uh?
How do you fail the seventh
grade twice in a row, uh?
You gotta try pretty hard
to do that, uh?
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who got no brain!
Killer Kane, Killer...
Stop, stop.
People look at you and laugh,
or they run the other way.
You got no friends.
You got nobody.
You're a freak of nature, dude.
And we wanna be your friends.
Yeah, we could use
some muscle like you.
I bet you could do some damage.
- Just like your big bad dad.
- Oh!
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who got no brain!
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who got no brain.
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who got no brain.
There's a
place I go in my head sometimes.
It's cool and dim in there,
and you float like a cloud.
No, you are a cloud...
The kind you see in the sky
on a windy day.
You don't have to think
about anything.
You're nothin'.
You're nobody.
Well,
I have to go to the market anyway.
I see that Cooper's
has pot roast on special.
$1.49 a pound.
Did you notice
we have new neighbors?
They moved up here
from St. Louis.
Her name's Gwen Dillon.
She'd be just about
your mother's age.
You know, what I heard is,
her son has been in some kind of
special hospital down in St. Louis.
The good Lord gives women
the cross to bear.
Would the good Lord get you
to bring me a cup of coffee?
It was Freak
told me about King Arthur.
It was Freak told me everything.
See, I never had a brain...
till Freak came along and
let me borrow his for a while.
Kevin, your room's
still a pile of boxes.
Do you want me to help you
unpack the books?
No, Mom. It's okay.
I can do it myself.
You have my word,
and my word is my bond.
- What do you have there?
- It's an ornithopter.
Trying to take advantage of what looks
like ideal flight conditions this evening.
Say that again.
An ornithopter is defined
as an experimental device...
propelled by flapping wings.
That's a big word
for a mechanical bird.
Congratulations, Mrs. Dillon.
It was a tough delivery, but you've given
birth to a healthy seven-pound dictionary.
You must be very proud.
Hey!
What's the matter?
Never seen a robot before?
All right.
Let's pick it up, ladies.
Use the back court.
Hey, you too, Kane!
Or do I have to translate it
to Neanderthal for you?
Come on!
Line it up, boys.
Line it up, line it up.
What do you got, a piano tied
to your leg? Move it!
Hustle it!
Hustle it, ladies.
Hey, check out
the March of Dimes.
Fellas, I think it's time
for bowling for midgets.
Our defending champion,
Blade Fowler,
is bowling for the Corvette.
Yes!
Aw, shucks!
All right.
Hold it! Hold it!
Who's responsible for this?
It was Kane,
Mr. Sacker, sir.
Oh, yes.
Most amusing.
Shall we all go out and rile up
a Seeing Eye dog now?
Kane, you got yourself
a detention for the week.
Now help that boy up.
Kane, are you buckin'
for two weeks?
Weekends
generally meant two things:
One was helping Grim
patch up the place.
The other was L.D....
Reading class.
That stands
for learning disabled,
which was a nice way of saying
"reading for dummies,"
like me.
Your tutor'll be
right along, Max.
I'm Kevin Dillon. I'll be
your student reading tutor.
Hi, Kevin.
My name is...
- Max.
- He talks.
- You're a tutor?
- Yeah, in between basketball seasons.
Did you bring a book?
I don't have no book.
Don't have a book.
How do you expect to read
without a book?
Read this.
Go on. Read it.
First you have to open it.
Chapter one.
Now it's your turn.
"In... the... old... days,
"as... it... is... told,
"there...
was... a... king...
"in... Brit...
Brit... "Here.
Close your eyes.
"There was a king in Britain...
"named Uther Pendragon.
"He was a good king and mighty,
"and much of his strength he
owed to his chief counselor, Merlin,
"for Merlin was an enchanter...
"who could read the stars...
"and hold discourse
with the fairy world.
"Merlin knew the secrets of
nature and the hearts of men.
To him the future
was as clear as the past."
See anything?
Every word is part of a picture.
Every sentence is a picture.
All you do is let your imagination
connect them together.
If you have an imagination,
that is.
Read chapter one by tomorrow.
Wait. I can't.
Can't?
No, no. You will.
If you want to make it
to the eighth grade, that is.
Or if not, you can always go to
one of those special schools...
and sit around with a bunch of kids
who can't even say their own names.
Get the picture now?
It was Blade...
who threw the basketball at you.
Not me.
So you let those punks make a chump
out of you, uh? What's the matter with you?
I don't like to cause trouble.
Oh, so you're a pacifist.
A what?
A pacifist.
Pass on the fist.
Get it?
Right.
It's not my best material.
I didn't read the first
chapter by tomorrow or the next day...
or the day after that,
but Freak was patient.
He told me dinosaurs had brains
the size of walnuts,
and they ruled the Earth
for 60 million years,
so I shouldn't feel bad.
"Sir Ector called to Arthur...
"and quest-questioned him,
"and Arthur said,
'I drew... the sword...
from the anthill.'"
Anvil.
It's just a big stone.
Anvil.
Not bad.
You made it to chapter two...
this century.
Coming up next: Sir Lancelot
and the fair Guinevere.
Violence and sex.
How'd you like to earn
a gold crown?
Run that by me again.
A gold crown.
Roughly five bucks,
taking into account
inflation since 900 A.D.
Five bucks?
For what?
For taking me to the
fairgrounds next Saturday...
to see the fireworks.
It's the Riverfest.
My mom doesn't like fireworks.
She doesn't like crowds. She
never lets me go anywhere by myself.
She thinks I'll get trampled
or something.
But if I go with someone as big as you,
I think I could convince her.
Look, I don't know anybody else.
Do you want five bucks or not?
Do you think it's easy for me?
Sometimes I think my mom would like me to
stay at home all the time in a wheelchair...
with a tube down my throat.
She's always worried,
and I feel sorry for her.
I bet your mom doesn't have to worry
about you much, huh? My mom's in heaven.
Want a corn dog? I'll
pass on the triple bypass.
Well, well, if it isn't
Frankenstein and Igor.
Tell me, is the freak show
before or after the fireworks?
- Just forget about it.
- At least I know the dwarf man can talk.
Can't you,
dwarf? Why don't you cretins plug it up?
You wanna say that again,
you little freak? Which part?
Why don't we start with cretin?
C-r-e-t-i-n.
Look it up in the dictionary.
You'll find your mug shot. Come on!
Cretin! Hey, hey! Back off!
Hey! You're not get... Hey, hey!
Not here! You're not gonna
have... Back off!
What?
What'd I do?
Big mistake, big mistake. You can take 'em,
though, right?
Are you kidding? You just don't mess
with Blade and the Doghouse Boys.
So you mean you couldn't take 'em,
and I was givin' 'em lip.
That's about the size of it.
Oh, my God.
Ladies and gentlemen,
please move forward
as much as you can,
and please enjoy tonight
Cincinnati's...
45th Riverfest fireworks.
Hey, down in front!
I said, down in front!
And that's how it started.
He didn't ask me,
but I know all he can see
are feet and knees.
And so I just sort of
reached down without thinkin'.
Hey, what are you doing?
Whoa! Yeah!
Whoa!
All right!
I'd seen fireworks before,
but that night...
they looked like
the most brightest,
beautiful things
in the whole world.
'Course Freak had his own way
of puttin' it.
Yeah! All right!
Copper!
Sodium nitrate!
Magnesium!
Ho-ho!
Yeah! Whoo!
Hey! Stop, uh?
Amazing perspective
from up here.
It's just about as tall
as I'd like to be.
Uh-oh. Cretins at 10:00. What?
Hey,
you touch me ag... Check it out! The freak!
Hang right.
Damn. Two more at 2:00.
They've locked onto us.
Go left. Left.
Wait. Steady, steady.
That's how it started,
all right.
Only at first, it seemed
like that's how it might end.
But a funny thing happened.
I felt Freak's foot hit my side.
Go, go!
And it was like, at that moment
he became my brain,
and I became his feet.
How did he do that?
Go, go, go!
Here you go!
Have a balloon! Ow! Oh!
Hurry up! They're gaining
on us! There's a train coming.
Don't worry.
We can beat it.
Damn!
No, it's all right.
It's all right. We'll get 'em.
Go straight.
Are you crazy?
This is all your fault. If you
hadn't opened your big mouth!
I don't know how someone as small
as you could have a mouth so big!
And I don't know how someone
as big as you could be such a wuss!
Look at you. You're built
like the Terminator.
I'd trade places
with you any day.
I say we got about five seconds
till we get messed with real good.
Now it's time for the
freak show. Yeah!
Straight. Trust me.
That's cold.
Go get 'em.
Keep going.
Go get 'em.
Go, yeah!
All right, man.
Just, just keep going.
Come on, come on. Go, go!
Better start going faster.
Keep going!
I can't!
I'm stuck in the mud!
Well, then kiss
your butt good-bye.
Go back, man!
Go get 'em!
Max! Max,
get up! I'm stuck!
The mud... The mud's too thick.
Oh, oh.
You all right?
- How'd they get through the mud?
- Go on! Keep going!
Help me, you assholes!
Just wait.
Go! Keep going!
My blade!
My blade!
Hey, you kids. Stay right
there now. Hold it. Right there.
Hey, hey!
I didn't do nothing!
Hey, hey!
Yes.
Oh, Lord.
This is what I've been
afraid of. Just like his daddy.
Hush up!
Just hush up!
- Max!
- Mr. and Mrs. Pinneman.
I'm okay. Just give him this
blanket. Okay. I'll be right back.
You have a brave young man here.
- Hi. Hello.
- Hello. Hello.
Your grandson
saved my boy's life.
Stay warm, Max.
Good night.
What happened? Had some
trouble at the fairgrounds this evening.
Local punks.
We got a lid on it.
Good night now.
Are you all right?
I'm okay.
Get him
in here. Old people.
You gotta reassure 'em.
I'm gonna get you
some orange juice.
No. What this man needs
is a cup of coffee.
Real coffee.
There ya go.
Um...
I just wanna tell ya, uh,
what you done, um,
was good,
helpin' that crippled boy.
Real good.
I'm proud of ya.
Thank you, sir.
Rise and shine!
Come on! Wake up!
Sleeping destroys brain cells.
Come on. The day is new. There are
fair maidens to rescue and dragons to slay.
Get your lazy butt up.
I'm not going anywhere with you.
You almost got me killed last night.
A knight of the realm
fears not death.
So they keep you in
the dungeon.
Look, take it back.
I don't have no friends,
and I don't need no friends.
Don't think of it
as a friendship.
Think of it as a partnership.
You need a brain,
and I need legs.
And the wizard of Oz doesn't
live in South Cincinnati.
♪ Walkin' this high road
♪ Like warriors
from an olden time ♪
♪ A curse on this land
from the days far behind us ♪
♪ Dragons we've slain and
rescued many maidens fair ♪
♪ No man ever dared
break our stride ♪
♪ Or the brotherhood
that binds us ♪
♪ When the broken are strong ♪
♪ When the beaten are proud
♪ When the twisted can stand ♪
♪ When the silenced are loud
♪ When the haunted are turned ♪
♪ When the tortured are seen ♪
♪ When the blindest can stare ♪
♪ When no poison remains
♪ When the voiceless can sing
♪ When the shackled can run
♪ And the downtrodden man
holds his face to the sun ♪
♪ We'll be walkin' high
above the world ♪
♪ Legend will say
Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey ♪♪
Morning, Mr. Hampton.
Good morning, Max.
Where is it? It was here
this morning.
Where is it?
Is it in this bag?
It's in the bag,
isn't it? It is! Oh! Stop it!
Hey, take it outside!
You're hurting me!
You think
I'm hurting you now?
A knight proves
his worthiness by his deeds.
So where is it?
Where is it?
You think it hurts now? You
think it hurts now?
Do ya? Do ya?
Well, come on!
Unhand her, knave.
- You say somethin'?
- I said...
Get your filthy hands
off of her!
Thank you.
It's on the house.
Did you guys have lunch today?
Indeed, in the kingdom
of Baby Ruth.
Yeah, as I suspected.
You wanna take some of that
home with you?
Methinks his name
is Sir Eats-A-Lot.
I'm sorry. It's just
Gram never cooks like this.
Well, I'll take that as a compliment. Yes,
ma'am.
You slow down, Kevin.
You heard me.
Come on.
I'm fine. I'm okay.
Here, take some water.
Okay. Okay.
What does the fair Guinevere
have for dessert?
Well, there's chocolate pudding
if Merlin agrees to do the dishes.
Dishes?
Dishes.
- But knights don't do dishes.
- In this castle they do.
Sorry.
It was packed.
Popular Science! Popular.
You're a popular guy.
Got it?
Yeah.
Lock your door.
- Oh!
- Hey!
Max.
Max. Max.
Wake up. Wake up!
What time is it?
A band of highwaymen ambushed
the Queen of Saxony on the North Road.
They stole her chest. No pun
intended. But I know where they hid it.
Here. Put this on.
It's the treasure,
cleverly concealed in the slime of dragons.
It's a woman's purse,
and it's covered with crap.
And it's our
duty as the knights of the realm,
to return it
to its rightful owner.
And how are we gonna do that?
Voila. A rope.
Dude, you've lost it.
Funny. That's the same thing
they told Sir Isaac Newton.
Here. Tie the end
of that to the grate.
- Who the heck is Isaac Newton?
- Oh, just some British nerd who said...
if a fire escape exerts a force
on a sewer grate,
the sewer grate exerts
an equal and opposite force...
on a fire escape.
Now all you have to do
is descend...
and retrieve the treasure.
Me? How come I always end up
knee deep in crap?
Just think of it as a close
encounter of the turd kind.
I'll hold the torch.
I really don't like rats.
Well, somewhere down there a rat is saying,
"I really don't like Max."
Hey!
Sorry.
Thought I heard someone.
Not bad for the Queen of Saxony.
Hey, you know. I thought
Halloween was next week, uh?
There's no millpond between
you and me now. Is there, big guy?
Just tell the little freak man
to give up the purse.
Just give it to him.
- No.
- Oh!
What's the problem?
Give it to him! This isn't a
game. Just give him the purse.
A knight fights
for what is good and right.
This is no time for that knight
crap! Just give him the purse!
Hey, punk.
Aaah!
- What?
- En garde.
Okay,
Maxy boy. Just put it down.
Hey, man, don't throw that!
- That was awesome.
- Let's get out of here.
No, that was more than awesome.
It was mythical.
It was simply perfection.
Yeah, well, we look like a couple
of freaks in these butt-stupid clothes.
That's what we are...
A couple of freaks.
Loretta Lee. 240 Crescent
Heights. Apartment 103.
This is the place,
all right. Yeah?
Well, it looks like the Queen
of Saxony just fired her decorator.
She ain't home.
When you're on a quest,
you see it through to the end.
If she ain't home,
she ain't home.
Loretta Lee?
Iggy,
is the circus in town?
Believe this is yours.
Have a nice day.
Just wait here a second,
boys. Wait a minute!
Jesus Christ! You just
scared me half to death.
Wait a minute.
- I know you.
- No, you don't. We were just leaving.
Sure as hell, I know you.
Iggy!
Come see who's here.
Hang on now. What's your hurry,
little fella?
You're drunk, lady.
What the hell are you hollerin'...
Ain't he the spittin' image?
What are they doin' here? They
just came to return my purse.
And there ain't nothin' missin'. If that
ain't gentlemanly, I don't know what is.
Name.
- Name!
- That won't be necessary. We were just leaving.
Max Kane.
- Kenny Kane's boy. What did I tell you?
- Shut up, Loretta.
Kenny Kane's boy, all growed up.
My, oh, my, how time flies.
Get away from him. I knew you
when you were just a young thing.
You got your picture in the paper. Woman,
you're drunk.
Yes, I believe I am.
Oh, you're crazy as a polecat.
You know, Iggy and your daddy, they did
some time together up there in Langford.
They go way back.
Isn't that right, Iggy?
- We got, we gotta...
- I've got a good idea.
I think y'all deserve a reward.
Poor thing.
You couldn't speak, could you?
What did the papers call you?
"Mute Boy."
That's what it was.
Poor little Mute Boy all alone
up there on the witness stand.
Wait! Max!
Hey, Max!
Stay away!
Just stay away from me!
- Wait, damn it!
- I said stay away!
Nothin' but trouble's
what you've been.
We almost had
a hundred bucks there.
My life was fine before you
and your stupid quests.
Bunch of bull.
My father was a magician.
At least that's
what my mom says.
He heard the words "birth defect,"
and he disappeared.
But I don't really care,
you know.
'Cause I don't even know
who my father is.
I just know that's not who I am.
And that's not
who you are either.
A knight proves his worthiness
through his deeds.
This is the most beautiful place
I've ever been.
If you think hard enough,
you can put yourself in their armor.
Lancelot the Brave.
Tristan the Strong.
Galahad the Pure-Hearted.
With this Excalibur,
in the name of God,
Saint Michael and Saint George,
I hereby knight us... Freak.
Freak?
Freak...
the Mighty.
From that day, Freak
never asked me nothin' about my father,
and I never asked him nothin'
about his.
'Cause that's not who we were.
Hey,
look! It's alive! It's alive!
Bolton. Sir.
Fowler.
Yeah.
Elwood.
Sir.
- Kane.
- Sir.
Dillon?
Sir.
Miss Dillon,
school district policy
prohibits any child...
with a serious physical
or medical handicap...
from participating in
school athletic activities.
Mrs. Addison...
It's a liability matter.
Now I'm sure
you understand that.
You see, my son Kevin...
He's been made fun of and
called names his whole life.
And if you've been made fun of your
whole life, you find another place to live.
And he's found that place
up here.
Kevin lives in this world
of books...
and words and ideas.
Things I don't even understand.
But I understand this:
Kevin would trade it all
for a chance to be normal...
To have a friend,
to do the things that
normal kids do every day.
Max Kane has given him
that chance.
Well, I'm not gonna let that
be taken away from my boy.
Oh, if you wanna kill yourself
in gym class, Kevin Dillon,
don't expect me to cry for you.
Yes!
All right.
Move it! Move it! Move it!
Come on! Come on!
That's it! That's it!
Come on! Go, go!
Boo!
Freak! Freak!
Freak! Freak! Freak!
Freak!
Freak! Freak! Freak! Freak!
Freak! Freak the Mighty!
Freak the Mighty!
Freak the Mighty! Freak
the Mighty! Freak the Mighty!
We shall yield not to you...
or any man.
Miss Addison,
you wanted to see me?
Come in, Max.
Sit down.
Is something wrong, ma'am?
Did Gram call or...
No, Max.
Your grandparents are fine.
We've been notified
by the parole board.
Your father's been granted
a parole.
No! No!
Max.
- No! No!
- Listen to me, Max. Listen to me!
He can't come near you,
all right?
No. I wanna make that very clear to you,
Max.
No! No!
Max!
Shh! No! I
don't wanna hear it! No!
No!
Elt, you get that gun
out of this house.
Don't start with me, Susan.
He serves nine years
out of thirty,
and they let him loose,
just as free as you and me.
That's called justice. And
don't give a damn for the victims.
You heard the lawyers
same as me.
If he comes within five miles
of Max or us or,
or the house or anything, they're gonna
grab him and put him right back in jail.
The law...
You believe the damn lawyers?
It's because of the lawyers that
he's out walkin' around right now.
That's what's wrong
with this country... lawyers.
They'll make you believe any
damn thing as long as they get paid.
Well, I'll tell you
what I believe.
If Kenny Kane comes anywhere
near my grandson,
or you or my home, he's gonna
get a taste of some real justice.
No, you can't. You can't.
You're not gonna have any of this.
Don't tell me what to do,
woman! I'm telling you!
Our Annie's gone.
All we have left of her smile...
All we have left of her heart
is in that boy down there.
I'm not gonna have hatred comin'
into this house and poisonin' it.
I don't know.
I don't know.
How can you eat
that slop, Dillon?
I'm hungry.
You're eating too fast.
Excuse me, Mom.
I said you're eating too fast.
What's eatin' you?
Where does the fair maid
Mary get her perm?
Hey.
You call this spaghetti?
What have I done
to deserve this disrespect?
Hi.
I see you are new to our family.
I don't like you.
I like you.
Maf...
Help!
Help! Help! Somebody help
me! Help! He fell down.
Mrs. Dillon.
Yeah?
We need to speak.
Spock.
Spock. It's him.
"We will be brothers,"
said King Arthur.
"And we will fight for all those
who ask for help."
Mrs. Dillon.
Please.
Kevin is, uh, is out of danger.
Uh, but I'm sure
you understand...
the, uh, progressively degenerative
nature of Morquio's syndrome.
I'm sure I do.
There was an airway blockage.
Kevin stopped breathing long enough
for unoxygenated blood to circulate,
weakening some nerve tissue.
Why don't you just tell me
when I can take him home?
Right.
Uh, Mrs. Dillon, from
my examination of Kevin,
I think I can s...
I can say that, uh...
That's a nice hammer. Can you
maybe go hammer over there?
Go hammer over there, okay?
I think I can say that his, uh,
his bone growth has ceased...
while his internal organs are
continuing their natural growth.
I am not a counselor,
Mrs. Dillon.
This is very hard for me to say,
but I would have to recommend that you start
thinking about making some... preparations.
Why don't you tell me how long?
I'm not an expert
on Kevin's disease,
but I would say...
maybe a year.
Want somethin'?
No, thank you, ma'am.
Stop "ma'am"-ing me. It makes me
nervous when you "ma'am" me all the time.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm just gonna have a hot
chocolate with extra whipped cream.
He's gonna be all right.
He's gonna be all right.
He's gonna be all right.
It's my fault. It's my fault.
He was just eatin' too fast like before.
He's gonna be just fine. You'll see.
But I'll tell you somethin'. The next
time he tries to eat chop suey that fast,
I'm gonna dump it on his head.
You do that, Max.
Oh, God.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
The deal was, Freak
had to stay in the hospital for two weeks.
It was the longest two weeks
of my life.
Even Mr. Sacker signed it.
I didn't know he could write.
Freak was told it might be a while
before he could go back to school.
Also, we had to cut back
on quests. Doctor's orders.
But once in a while,
we'd sneak out like before.
He'd have good days
and bad days.
On the bad days,
I'd just never put him down.
Well, here it is.
Here's what?
You see the wing
of that closest building?
Yeah.
I want you to swear...
that what you're about to hear,
you will tell no one...
A sacred oath upon
your good name and honor.
I, Max Kane... Here do swear...
Here do swear
that I will tell no one.
Inside there is a laboratory...
called the Experimental
Biogenetic Intervention Unit.
At some near future date,
as yet undetermined...
but likely within the next year,
I will enter that lab.
King Arthur wanted to improve his men,
so he made them armor-plated.
Today we have biogenetics,
the science of designing
replacement parts for the human body.
- You're getting new legs?
- No, I mean a whole new body.
A new body?
Yeah. Go closer.
I never told you this.
I had to keep it a secret.
But every few months
I've gone for tests.
They measured me,
analyzed blood, metabolic rates.
I've been X-rayed,
CAT scanned and sonogrammed.
They're fitting me
for a transplant.
I'm going to be the first
biogenetically improved human.
Sounds like it's gonna hurt.
Maybe, but so what?
You can think your way
out of anything, even pain.
Sounds too dangerous.
Hey, life is dangerous.
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who's got no brain.
Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who's got no brain.
Killer Kane, Killer Kane...
Matt? You okay?
I'm just like him.
Just like him?
Oh, Lord.
I thought I'd gotten rid
of every last picture.
I look in the mirror
and I see him.
I hear my voice and I hear his.
It's no use. You are who you are,
and nothing else.
"Killer Kane, Killer Kane,
had a son who's got no brain."
Listen to me:
You are nothing like him!
You will never be like him.
You know why?
Because you have
your mother's heart.
You're my noble knight.
That's what you are.
All right!
All right!
Not a word, boy.
Not a sound.
I came back, like I said.
Shh-shh-shh-shh.
Everything changes now, son.
Once, on TV,
this dude hypnotized a lobster.
Maybe you saw it.
He touches a lobster
and it freezes.
It can't move.
That's sort of
what happened to me.
Like I'm paralyzed
and my head is empty...
and nothing matters.
Not Gram and Grim, or Freak,
or the stars in the sky.
They're all just make-believe,
this dream I was having
for a long time,
and now I'm awake again,
and he's there.
And for some reason
I'm thinking this weird thought:
He doesn't need a suit of armor.
Well, let me look at you.
Like lookin'
at an old picture of myself.
Christmas Eve!
Christmas Eve!
Them letters I sent you, or them
birthday presents and Christmas presents...
I bet you never got
a-one of 'em, did ya?
Oh, they poisoned your mind
against me. I know that.
Get down!
Yes, sir, you and me, we're gonna
have the time of our lives, boy!
Something going on?
Good evening,
Mrs. Pinneman. What?
We're here to inform you
that Kenneth Kane...
did not report to his parole
officer yesterday in Cleveland.
You wait here. He's
been missing for 24 hours.
He's considered in
violation of his parole.
No. No,
that can't happen, no.
We don't want to alarm you,
ma'am, but just as a precaution.
He's gone.
Ow!
Voila! Size 14.
Of course.
The Queen of Saxony.
"Iggy...
"and... your daddy...
"did some time together up there
in Langford, you know.
They go way back."
I got an old buddy here.
He's gonna take care of us.
He owes me a favor.
It ain't much. Old bat that lived here
went to visit her sister for the holidays.
Lousy spark plugs!
You wouldn't light out
on me, would you?
- No, sir.
- Nope.
That's good...
'cause we gotta talk.
Man to man.
See, this is only a temporary
thing, just for one night.
Tomorrow we're gonna get on the road.
Just you and me, the way it oughta be.
You know, there's...
There's something you need
to know about your daddy.
I never killed nobody.
I loved your mother.
I never harmed her,
not one golden curl on her head.
I swear.
You understand
what I'm tellin' you?
Yes, sir.
All right, then.
We don't need
to discuss it no more.
Whoa!
Oh, my God!
No!
Kevin?
Oh, boy.
Steady!
Get out! Get out
of the way! Move!
Aaaah!
Ow. Ow. Ow!
The only person I want coming
through this door is Iggy.
Merry Christmas.
I just thought I'd make you boys
a nice Christmas meal.
Oh, my.
He's gonna have a hard time
eating like that.
I can feed him if you like.
You just set that tray down
right there...
and you get yourself
out of here.
Leftover pizza.
It's nice, Loretta.
You haven't changed a bit.
My, it's cold in here.
Ohh!
It's cold as a witch's tit.
Oh, come on, Kenny.
Can't you be nice? We had some
good times in the old days, didn't we?
But the old days are over. You and
I got nothing to discuss. Come on!
"Thank you for the pizza,
Loretta."
Thank you, Loretta.
Now come on. Let's go.
Oh, did you tell your daddy about
that time you returned my purse?
What are you talkin' about?
Oh, well, I guess Iggy
just forgot to mention it.
He came by
with this crippled kid...
and they returned my purse
with $400 still in it.
Hey.
What crippled kid?
Well, I told Iggy.
I said, "Iggy, you better
tell Kenny about this."
- Who is he?
- Just a crippled kid.
Just a crippled kid.
Friend of yours?
I said,
"A friend of yours?"
Yes, he's a friend of mine.
Young maiden, a favor, I beg.
Call the police.
Tell 'em to come here.
Do you understand that, boy? They're
gonna be lookin' everywhere for us.
They're gonna talk to everybody,
and they're gonna talk to this crippled
kid, and he's gonna remember this place!
Why didn't you tell me
you'd been here before?
- You didn't ask me, sir.
- I didn't ask you?
Now, what are you,
some kind of moron?
Yeah. Uh-huh.
You brought those here
to give to him.
Trying to poison my son's mind against me,
aren't you?
Now, Kenny...
I told you to keep your hands off my boy,
but you brought your filth in here!
You are the only piece of filth
around here, Kenny.
- Yeah? I'll teach you to...
- Get your paws off of me!
I said...
- Let go!
- That's it! You're seein' red now!
- Let go of her!
- Look away, son.
Let go!
Let go of her! She can't breathe!
She can't breathe!
She can't breathe!
Shh!
She
can't breathe! She can't breathe!
Aaah!
You were wearing a black T-shirt
with no sleeves.
Y-You carried me back to
my room. You put me to bed.
You told me to "shh,"
that I was dreaming!
Is that any way to talk to your
daddy? But I wasn't dreaming!
I remember, I saw you!
I saw you kill my mom!
Lord, I wish you hadn't said that,
boy. Well, I said it!
And you're never gonna stop me
from saying it again...
because I've wanted to say it
for a long time!
Looks like we got a situation here,
huh? Huh?
I've come
for my brother in arms.
A knight proves his worthiness
by his deeds.
You're the crippled kid.
This your partner in crime,
this little freak?
What are you,
soft in the head, boy?
- Guess what I got for Christmas, Mr. Kane.
- Well, I don't know.
This squirt gun and a chemistry
set. Good old reliable H2SO4.
Sulfuric acid:
oily, colorless,
and able to strip the paint
off a car in two seconds.
So ask yourself:
Am I feelin' lucky today?
Bull!
Aaah!
In the five-tenths of a second it would take
you to execute movement in any direction,
your crotch will look like
a nuclear accident.
You little...
Aaaah!
Hold it!
What'd you have in there anyway?
Just some soap, vinegar
and chile pepper.
Worked like a charm,
didn't it? Oh, did you lose this?
Come on.
We shall yield not to you...
Or any man.
We had
Christmas a week late that year.
By then, Gwen
had forgiven Freak,
Killer Kane was back
in prison for good,
and we got our pictures
in the paper.
♪ Jingle,
jingle jingle, jingle ♪
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells
♪ Jingle all the way
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Oh, jingle bells
jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh
♪ Dashing through the snow
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh
♪ O'er the fields we go
♪ Laughing all the way
♪ Bells on
Bobtail ring ♪ Ho-ho-ho
♪ Making spirits bright
♪ What fun
it is to ride and sing ♪
♪ A sleighing song tonight
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells
♪ Jingle all the way
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride
♪ In a one-horse open sleigh
♪ Oh, jingle bells
jingle bells ♪♪
Oh, I just love Christmas.
I remember all we ever had for
Christmas was an apple core...
and a lump of coal in our stocking,
if we were lucky.
Oh, Elton, you never had
a lump of coal in your life!
You're right. They were so poor,
they couldn't even afford coal.
All they got in their stocking was a little
piece of paper with "coal" written on it,
if they were lucky.
Don't anybody
let me have one more bite.
Merry Christmas. Thank
you. Merry Christmas.
Best meal I ever had.
You know, the sky's like a
photograph from a billion years ago.
Just some old movie
they're showin' up there.
Lots of those stars
have switched off by now.
We're just seeing the rerun.
Almost forgot.
This is for you.
You don't have to say anything. I
know you're overcome with gratitude.
What kind of book is this?
It doesn't say nothin'.
Close your eyes.
Every word is part of a picture.
Every sentence is a picture.
All you do
is let your imagination...
connect them together.
If you have an imagination,
that is.
He went in his sleep.
No.
It wasn't supposed to happen.
You're supposed to give him
a new body!
Stop, you idiots! He's supposed
to get a new biogenetic body!
No! He was tested,
measured!
He told me he'd be the first.
I know. Listen to me.
Listen to me. Kevin knew
he wasn't gonna live very long.
He knew it was just
a matter of time.
You see, what happened was...
his heart just got too big
for his body.
It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay.
You go home.
Go home.
Go home.
Can I help you, son?
There's a
place I go in my head sometimes.
It's cool and dim in there,
and you float like a cloud.
No, you are a cloud,
the kind you see in the sky
on a windy day.
You don't have
to think about anything.
You're nothin'.
You're nobody.
I stayed in the down-under
for days and days...
and kept the door closed,
which is why I missed the funeral
and Kevin's mom moving away.
Grim threatened
to unscrew my door,
but he never did.
He just kept saying I should
come out for Gram's sake.
And sometimes she'd come down and
say I should come out for Grim's sake.
It comes off
in a couple of weeks.
Whatcha been doin' these days?
Nothin'.
Nothin's a drag, kid.
Think about it.
So I thought about it.
Matter of fact,
I started thinkin' real hard.
Can anyone tell me why Miss Havisham
wanted Pip to fall in love with Estella?
Lisa, you've had your turn.
Max?
Well...
I think it's because...
she wanted Estella...
to break Pip's heart,
just like her heart
had been broken long ago.
Thank you, Max.
And
then... I started connecting...
all these things
I was thinking about,
and I had a crazy thought.
Since Freak showed me
I could read a book,
maybe I could write one too.
Then I thought to myself,
"Who you kiddin', Max Kane?
You got no brain."
So I wrote that down...
and then kept on goin'.
Until it was spring again...
and I reached my last page.
Now, only this dumb writer
could get writer's block...
on his last page.
You see, I just didn't know
how to end it.
"That he shall come again,
"that there is written
this verse upon his tomb...
which lies
at the bottom of the lake:"
"Once and future king."
Now, that could either mean...
that he will come again,
or... I had a better idea.
That when someone
so great once was,
then someone so great
will always be.
And by the time we get here...
Which I guess
should be the end...
You're gonna know the story
of Freak the Mighty,
who slayed dragons,
saved maidens,
and walked high above the world.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
♪ Walkin' this high road
♪ Like warriors
from an olden time ♪
♪ A curse on this land
♪ From the days far behind us
♪ Dragons we've slain
Rescued many maidens fair ♪
♪ No man ever dared
break our stride ♪
♪ Or the brotherhood
that binds us ♪
♪ Brothers are we
♪ Marching on the roads
of time ♪
♪ From this broken land
♪ In the days that defined us
♪ Till all men are free
♪ And justice
is the sword we hold ♪
♪ Trustin' in a knight's
noble vow ♪
♪ In the brotherhood
that binds us ♪
♪ When the broken are strong
♪ When the beaten are proud
♪ When the twisted can stand
♪ When the silenced are loud
♪ When the haunted have turned
♪ When the tortured are seen
♪ When the blindest can stare
♪ When no poison remains
♪ When the voiceless can sing
♪ When the shackled can run
♪ And the downtrodden man
holds his face to the sun ♪
♪ We'll be walkin'
high above the world ♪
♪ Legend will say
Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey ♪
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ Freak the Mighty
Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the broken are strong
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the beaten are proud
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the twisted can stand ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ When the silenced are loud
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the haunted have turned
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the tortured are saved
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the blindest can stare ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ When no poison remains
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the voiceless can sing
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ And the shackled can run
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ And the downtrodden man ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ Holds his face to the sun
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the broken are strong
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the beaten are proud
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the twisted can stand ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ And the silenced are loud
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the haunted have turned
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the tortured are saved
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the blindest can stare ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ When no poison remains
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the voiceless can sing
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ When the shackled can run
♪ Freak the Mighty
♪ And the downtrodden man ♪
Freak the Mighty Freak the Mighty ♪
♪ Holds his face to the sun
♪ Freak the Mighty ♪