The Shape of Water (2017) - full transcript
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
Something
to eat?
It's beautiful.
Thanks.
What would you say?
I'm sure.
I'm sure.
It's not shit.
Nothing for me.
Good luck.
Egg.
Egg.
Music.
Music.
Music.
Are you okay?
That's the password...
"And the Eagle takes the Prey."
Let's go.
Bob!
How are you?
I was sitting like a moron on a concrete block
in the middle of nowhere for an hour.
We meet in this shitty restaurant every time!
I could change my mind.
But you don't.
Tell us,
"Bob".
Dimitri.
Comrade.
Not "Bob".
What is this?
Dimitri.
Anatomical notes...
and...
layout of the laboratory
where the asset is being studied.
Everything we need for
the extraction.
I will pass it on to the directorate.
We must do it as soon as possible.
Mihalkov...
This creature...
I think it may be able
to communicate.
Communicate?
Yes, communicate with us.
I have reason to believe
it is intelligent.
It responds,
It responds to...
language...
music...
Will you please
pass that up also?
I will.
Now...
eat, Dimitri.
They call this...
Surf...
...and Turf.
Surf and Turf.
The lobsters are boiled right here.
They squeak a little,
but they are...
so soft...
and sweet.
Why not?
He's alone.
All alone.
Say what I sign.
You're not
hearing me.
Repeat.
Repeat.
Repeat.
Say what I sign.
If we
do nothing
neither are we.
Moscow will not support your plan.
Why?
Too risky.
Too soon.
What?!
We only have two choices Dimitri.
One...
you delay the procedure,
one week, minimum.
It's happening tomorrow.
Which...
brings us
to option two.
Israeli "Popper".
You set it next to a fuse box,
it will buy you five to ten minutes in the dark.
No cameras, no containment doors.
Then...
you inject it with this.
Inject it.
Kill it.
Destroy it.
Are you feeling okay?
I came to this country
to learn what I could
as a patriot, yes...
but also as a scientist.
There is still so much we can learn.
We don't need to learn.
We need Americans
not to learn.
It will rain.
F
U
C
K
Y
O
U
You're hurt!
You're bleeding.
Please, come in.
Your extraction papers...
...will be ready soon.
First, I have a question for you.
Yes? Go ahead.
Would you like some...
butter cake?
Yes please.
The asset...
after you injected it,
What did you do with the corpse?
I am a little curious.
I performed an autopsy-
Unenlightening.
As Lenin said,
There is no profit in last week's fish.
Lenin
said that?
Great cake!
Do you have any milk?
Perhaps...
Perhaps...
Perhaps...
...you're misremembering.
Wait for our call.
Shouldn't be much longer.
You
and me
together.
Extraction...
...is ready.
Same place,
in forty-eight hours.
Forty-eight hours?
Forty-eight hours.
Egg.
You'll...
never...
know...
It's raining like hell, isn't it?
No password today?
No - no - comrade -
No - no -
No, please!
You
and me
Together
Together
No - without me.
Without me.
to eat?
It's beautiful.
Thanks.
What would you say?
I'm sure.
I'm sure.
It's not shit.
Nothing for me.
Good luck.
Egg.
Egg.
Music.
Music.
Music.
Are you okay?
That's the password...
"And the Eagle takes the Prey."
Let's go.
Bob!
How are you?
I was sitting like a moron on a concrete block
in the middle of nowhere for an hour.
We meet in this shitty restaurant every time!
I could change my mind.
But you don't.
Tell us,
"Bob".
Dimitri.
Comrade.
Not "Bob".
What is this?
Dimitri.
Anatomical notes...
and...
layout of the laboratory
where the asset is being studied.
Everything we need for
the extraction.
I will pass it on to the directorate.
We must do it as soon as possible.
Mihalkov...
This creature...
I think it may be able
to communicate.
Communicate?
Yes, communicate with us.
I have reason to believe
it is intelligent.
It responds,
It responds to...
language...
music...
Will you please
pass that up also?
I will.
Now...
eat, Dimitri.
They call this...
Surf...
...and Turf.
Surf and Turf.
The lobsters are boiled right here.
They squeak a little,
but they are...
so soft...
and sweet.
Why not?
He's alone.
All alone.
Say what I sign.
You're not
hearing me.
Repeat.
Repeat.
Repeat.
Say what I sign.
If we
do nothing
neither are we.
Moscow will not support your plan.
Why?
Too risky.
Too soon.
What?!
We only have two choices Dimitri.
One...
you delay the procedure,
one week, minimum.
It's happening tomorrow.
Which...
brings us
to option two.
Israeli "Popper".
You set it next to a fuse box,
it will buy you five to ten minutes in the dark.
No cameras, no containment doors.
Then...
you inject it with this.
Inject it.
Kill it.
Destroy it.
Are you feeling okay?
I came to this country
to learn what I could
as a patriot, yes...
but also as a scientist.
There is still so much we can learn.
We don't need to learn.
We need Americans
not to learn.
It will rain.
F
U
C
K
Y
O
U
You're hurt!
You're bleeding.
Please, come in.
Your extraction papers...
...will be ready soon.
First, I have a question for you.
Yes? Go ahead.
Would you like some...
butter cake?
Yes please.
The asset...
after you injected it,
What did you do with the corpse?
I am a little curious.
I performed an autopsy-
Unenlightening.
As Lenin said,
There is no profit in last week's fish.
Lenin
said that?
Great cake!
Do you have any milk?
Perhaps...
Perhaps...
Perhaps...
...you're misremembering.
Wait for our call.
Shouldn't be much longer.
You
and me
together.
Extraction...
...is ready.
Same place,
in forty-eight hours.
Forty-eight hours?
Forty-eight hours.
Egg.
You'll...
never...
know...
It's raining like hell, isn't it?
No password today?
No - no - comrade -
No - no -
No, please!
You
and me
Together
Together
No - without me.
Without me.