Saving Flora (2018) - full transcript

Flora is a circus elephant who has grown too old to perform her tricks. Seventeen-year-old Dawn, daughter of the circus owner, Henry, is deeply attached to Flora. Dawn discovers an elephant refuge, located only three hundred miles from the circus. But the director of this refuge informs Henry that the cost of feeding and caring for an elephant forces them to require a two hundred thousand dollar adoption fee. Henry has no choice but to have Flora euthanize. Dawn tells Henry she can't be there when it happens, so Henry puts her on a train to her aunt's, where she'll stay for a week. But Dawn has no intention of going away. She gets off the train and returns to the circus. She and her seventeen year old friend, Sebastian, who also works at the circus, sneak Flora away at night. A thickly wooded forest separates the circus from the town where the elephant refuge is located. They're well prepared for the journey. Sebastian has made a big backpack for Flora to carry their supplies. They have enough food to last the length of the trip. They enter the woods and the journey begins.

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- Ladies and gentlemen,

the tropical Isabella!

Isn't she spectacular!

- Cool, huh?

- Where's the elephant?

- She's retired.

But you get to see

the silly clowns!

- The clowns should

retire, not the elephant.

- And next, coming to the stage!

Bring on the clowns!

- Hey, Albert.

Hey!

- Oh, hey!

Hey, Dawn!

Dawn, come over here!

- Hey!

- You missed some of the

greatest silk drops ever.

- That's why they call her

The Incredible Isabella.

- It's not the same without

Flora, it's just not.

- No, man, we miss

her, we miss her.

- She misses you, too.

But she's gonna

love her new home.

2,900 acres of grazing, barns

and water pools everywhere.

- Hope I get a place that

swanky when I retire.

- "Retire."

- She'll be lonely at first.

But she'll make new friends.

Flora's a very sociable

elephant.

- Yeah, for sure.

Sure.

- Hey, everyone.

So, uh...

We're a little short this week.

Yeah.

The storm wiped out the main

road and people stayed home.

They missed an

incredible performance.

- Yeah, it was

great, but how short?

- I expect word to spread and

a full house tomorrow night.

You'll all get the rest

of your money, okay?

- Thanks, Boss.

- Three weeks in a row.

Look at this.

- Something's

better than nothing, right?

- Yeah, but it's

like three weeks of this.

- He says

it's gonna get better.

It'll get better.

- You

know I have followers

all over the world, right?

- It's good for

stars to have big egos.

- And this is not even half.

- Every time you eat an apple,

who you gonna think of?

That's right, me.

And every time someone steals

an apple when I'm not looking,

I'm gonna think of you.

Here.

Got it?

- Sure, just come on in.

- "Folks, I'm a little

late this week."

Of course you are, you

keep putting all that money

in the elephant who hasn't

even performed in a year.

How is that fair?

Elephant orthotics, $70.

- Let's see here.

Acrobatic harness, 380.

- Well, I am the

star of the show,

and I am the one

people come to see.

So...

- You are, now that

Flora's retired.

You're the star.

- I refuse to let you bait me.

- You should be thanking me.

When I don't pay

you, you get mad.

And when you get mad,

you perform better,

and when you perform better,

you get your name in the paper.

Then maybe you'll get some

more Instagram followers.

- You know, they

called me again.

That circus from Ashton.

Maybe next time I won't hang up.

- Hey.

Hey, Gabriella, no.

It's not too late at

all, we just had a show.

Oh.

Oh, I see.

No, I...

I understand.

- Thank you, Annie.

- Hey, don't beat yourself

up about the crowd.

- I promised Dawn I'd

find a home for Flora.

- But you did.

- Yeah, we're gonna

be there soon.

- They lost their funding.

The preserve director

called me and said

now they're only accepting

sponsored elephants.

$200,000.

And I don't even have 50

bucks to pay my clowns.

- Then we can find

another preserve.

- Chilipingo was the only

one in the whole country.

- Well, what about zoos?

- I've called every

zoo in North America.

Nobody wants an old

elephant with arthritis.

- Well, then what?

- What do you think?

What am I supposed to do?

You can't walk an elephant

around the neighborhood.

They don't curl up at

the foot of your bed!

- Yeah, that's good.

- Oh, Milo, you outdid

yourself this time.

- Hey, you know, most

people add the garlic

and thyme too soon, what

you have to do is wait

for the butter to foam

and start to turn brown.

Thank you.

- Hey, Milo.

Your cottage cheese casserole

was perfect last night, but,

this omelet's even better.

- Thank you, Dawn, you

know, it's nice to know

a barbarian palette is

not a Jacobs family trait.

How far is that preserve again?

- 320 miles, we'll

be there in six days.

- Henry, it's your favorite.

- No, thanks.

Dawn, when you're done with

breakfast, can I speak with you?

- Okay.

- Oh hey, sweetheart.

You know, Flora's in pain.

You've seen her walk around.

Her arthritis is

only gonna get worse.

You know, I love her, too.

But she's had a good

life, a long life.

53 years.

It's the kindest thing

we could do for her.

- Whatever, Dad.

- Um...

Well, I think, I, um...

I might have made a mistake.

- I can't right now.

I'm sending her away.

- Away?

What do you mean away?

- She's gonna stay with her

aunt, Cathy, in Santa Rosa.

She doesn't wanna be

here when the vet comes.

I'm gonna miss you.

Everything's gonna be alright.

- I know.

- Do you have your ticket?

- Yeah, it's right here.

- Okay.

- Welcome aboard.

Watch your step.

- Let's hear it for the

hilarious Bob and Barnaby!

And now, coming to the stage.

The Incredible Isabella!

- Hey, beautiful.

Such a good girl.

Let's go.

Come here.

Come on, Flora.

Come on!

- Get ready.

- Let's hear it for

these hilarious clowns!

- Cathy!

I can't...

What do you mean she's

not on the train?

She texted me that she

arrived over an hour ago.

Okay, I'll call you back.

Come on.

Dawn, where are you?

- Henry!

- Cover for me!

- Alright.

We're good, Flora, come on.

Come on, Flora.

- Dawn!

Dawn!

Dawn!

Where are you, honey?

It's dad.

I want you to know that...

We canceled the vet and

Flora can stay with us.

Until we find her a new home.

I just, I really, I

need you to come home.

I'm, I'm so sorry.

Please, I love you.

Okay, call me back.

- Flora the elephant

has just performed

her most amazing stunt.

Saturday night, Flora

snuck out of her tent,

accompanied by

14-year-old Dawn Jacobs.

The elephant was spotted

taking a late-night stroll

down Main Street by a local

resident walking her dog.

Flora is part of

the Ocotillo Circus,

currently performing in Tapos.

Authorities are confident

they'll find Flora soon because,

well, she's an elephant.

Police are putting out an

APB on this four-ton runaway.

- Has anybody reported

seeing an elephant?

- As a matter of

fact, someone did.

- Well, that's my elephant.

- Why was your elephant wandering

Main Street at 11 o'clock?

- Nobody's up to any good

at that time of night.

- My daughter ran away.

- The elephant

was searching for her?

- No, she ran away

with the elephant.

- Henry's been looking for

both of them all night.

- And they're

not back at the circus?

- No, I wouldn't be

here if they were.

- I'll put a few of

my people right on it.

- Thank you so much, Sheriff.

- If she's run off with a

Chihuahua, it'd take a day or two.

But she ran off with

an elephant, so,

expect a call within an hour.

- Thank you.

Mm-mm.

- Hey.

Hey.

I know how much you

like your sleep, but,

gotta keep going, okay?

Did Dad really think I'd go

to Santa Rosa and leave you?

Hey.

Come on, let's go.

- Flora the circus

elephant and her 14-year-old

companion, Dawn, still

have not been located.

If you happen to see Flora

bathing in your pool,

there's a $1,000 reward.

- Are we staying here?

- Relax.

Why should we be nervous?

If you did your job

well, nobody saw you.

Did you do it well?

Show me.

Not here!

Go around, not here,

what's wrong with you?

What's that?

You made me wait 20

minutes for this?

What's wrong with you?

Go get me a cellphone

or something better!

Get me a cellphone!

Go!

- Hey, guys, gather

round, one last thing.

- What's goin' on, Boss?

- Okay.

I don't expect this to take

more than a day or two, but,

if we can't stay on schedule,

then we have to

cancel the next stop.

Don't worry, 'cause you're

all still getting paid.

- It's not about the money.

- It's cool.

Don't worry about it.

- Yeah, you're

good, man, go find Dawn.

- Family first, man.

- Thank you, guys, I really

appreciate your support.

I'll call Isabella with updates.

Thanks, guys.

- No problem, man.

- I'm going with him.

I'll call you guys

with updates, okay?

- I don't need your help.

This is not open for discussion.

- You're right, it's not.

Get in.

- Buckle up.

- Keep it coming, girl.

It's kinda hot, huh?

Come on, look.

Here's some water.

Ready?

Alright.

Come here.

There we go.

Is that good for you?

A little bit more.

There we go.

Are you good?

There we go.

Like that?

- Leave me alone!

Get off of me!

- Give it to me!

- Hey, leave him alone!

Hey, leave him alone!

Hey, get off of him!

Come on, Flora.

- Give it to me.

Give it to me.

- Get off of him.

- I'm calling the police.

- Let's go, Flora.

Come on, Flora!

- Come on!

This way takes us

further from the road.

This way.

- What've you got?

What's funny?

- You just sound

like someone I know.

- Let me see.

Cabbage and spinach?

You got cabbage and spinach?

- It's all he had.

- Why didn't you rob a farm

that grows something good,

like strawberries?

- Can we put this in

the elephant's pack?

- Her name is Flora.

Bend down, Flora.

Come on, girl.

There you go.

It's a little rocky.

Okay, in you go.

What's your name?

- Sebastian.

- I'm Dawn.

Well?

- What?

- Aren't you gonna ask me

why I'm traveling

with an elephant?

- You're famous, all over TV.

- Let's go.

Come on, Flora.

Come on!

Come on, girl.

Did the news say

where I was headed?

- Just

that you ran away.

- It's no secret.

There's an elephant

preserve in Chilipingo.

- You know how far that is?

And what about the mountain?

- Saw it on the map.

- You do realize

how big that is?

If she can't do circus tricks,

what makes you think she

can climb a mountain?

- Flora's ancestors

crossed the Alps

with the Roman general Hannibal.

I don't think she's worried

about a rinky dink--

- Right.

Hey!

- Come on, girl.

Thanks for the spinach.

- Thanks for the bread.

- Bye.

- Pleasure to make

your acquaintance.

Let me come with you.

- No chance.

- Part of the way?

- Why?

- My penance.

Stealing is wrong and I

wanna do a good deed like

help a lost girl

and her elephant.

- You lie.

- My penance for lying.

- Goodbye.

- You know why I wanna help?

Flora's scared away that

farmer, I owe you guys.

- We don't need help.

- What if you get

bitten by a scorpion?

- I know what to do.

- Scorpions don't

bite, they sting.

- I knew that.

- No, you didn't, but I do.

I know the mountain that you're

headed to is 11,000 feet,

and there's only

one road through.

I know what berries you

can eat and what you can't.

I know how to hide when

people are searching for me.

- Oh, like the

cops looking for you now?

- Hey, I've only been to

jail once, what about you?

- Are you serious?

Never.

Obviously.

- Not so obvious.

I've never stole

anything as big as Flora.

The biggest thing I've

stolen was a truck.

- I didn't steal Flora.

- The circus let you take her?

- They were going,

why am I even talking to you?

- Don't worry.

Elephant larceny is only a

misdemeanor in this county.

- Oh, you think you're funny?

- Hey, if you're gonna

travel 300 miles with a boy,

wouldn't you want

him to be funny?

- Oh my god, I'm not traveling

300 miles with a boy.

Especially if that boy is you.

I'm saying goodbye right here.

Come on, Flora.

- You're right.

The cops will be after me,

that's why I don't wanna go back.

I thought we could

help each other out.

But you want to go

into the barren,

rattlesnake-infested

desert alone, that's cool.

Bye.

- Hey, Sebastian.

- Yes?

- You can stay with

us for one more hour.

- Let's go.

- He's testing me.

- What if they make

it to the preserve?

- Well, we'll

find them first.

- But I'm just saying, what if

they make it to the preserve?

They'll be turned away, they

still don't have the money.

- But we will find her, right?

- Yes.

Yes, we'll find her.

- Hey, can I see that?

Thank you.

You alright?

After I finish

setting up this fire,

gonna get some rest, alright?

Sound good to you?

I love you.

That's my girl.

- I told you there's only

one road over the mountain.

- It's the fastest way.

- If you go to Sabinas, you

can head north from there,

and go around the mountain.

- That's the way

they expect me to go.

- You should listen to me.

♪ Wasted words can find a home ♪

- Alright, we gotta get going.

- I know.

Give Flora some, she

probably needs some water.

♪ And every dream

inside my head ♪

- I'm going to get you.

♪ I'm gonna chase it ♪

♪ I wanna taste it ♪

♪ Faithfully I'll

give you all of me ♪

- Hey, I got it!

♪ I'll give you the best of me ♪

♪ I'll give it everything ♪

♪ And I'm gonna run up to

the top of the world ♪

♪ Every step is a

lesson I learned ♪

♪ All that I've conquered

is all that I've earned ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'll do the best

that I can every time ♪

♪ I won't lose faith,

no I won't compromise ♪

♪ I've got a hold on

this life of mine ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

- Down, Flora.

- We can ride her?

- Yeah.

There we go.

Alright, step here.

- Okay.

Just hop on?

- Yeah.

See, there you go!

Alright, back up a little

bit so I can get on.

- No way.

- Like it?

It feels weird at first, right?

- It does!

- Alright, come on.

Stand up, Flora.

- Whoa.

- Careful.

♪ And I'm gonna run up to

the top of the world ♪

♪ Every step is a

lesson I learned ♪

♪ All that I've conquered

is all that I've earned ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'll do the best

that I can every time ♪

♪ I won't lose faith,

no I won't compromise ♪

♪ I've got a hold on

this life of mine ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

- I'm on an elephant!

Yeah!

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'll give it everything ♪

♪ And I'm gonna run up to

the top of the world ♪

♪ Every step is a

lesson I learned ♪

♪ All that I've conquered

is all that I've earned ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'll do the best

that I can every time ♪

♪ I won't lose faith,

no I won't compromise ♪

♪ I've got a hold on

this life of mine ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

- Barnaby says that

stars are really spotlights

in search of clowns.

- My uncle says they're

bullet holes in the sky.

There's more than one?

- They travel in packs.

- They're closer than before.

- Are you afraid of coyotes?

- No, of course not.

- They don't harm people.

- Yeah, I know that.

- They're probably just

talking about Flora.

"Hey.

"What's that big gray animal

by the fire over there?"

- "No idea, dude."

- "You should go check it out."

- "I'm not checking it

out, you check it out."

- "Let's get outta here and

find ourselves a rabbit."

- I just can't believe

she's out there.

- You know, you really

underestimate her.

She's much more

resilient than you think.

Not to mention Flora.

Who'd wanna mess with Flora?

This is a good picture, what

do you think about this one?

- Awesome.

- It's a good one, right?

Should I post it?

- Yes, absolutely.

- Hashtag...

Life on the road.

- Hello?

Hello?

Hold on.

Hello?

Yeah, I can hear you.

They did?

Where?

We'll be right there.

- What happened?

- She was spotted.

- Great, let's go!

- Yeah.

- It's gonna be okay.

This is good, this is good.

What else did he say?

- They spotted an elephant

with a little girl.

At this farm.

He's gonna send me the address.

- Okay, okay, you

drive, I do this.

- She couldn't have made it

this far in that amount of time.

- Is it possible you

underestimate your daughter?

- Yes, he does.

- I was talking about Flora.

- Mr. Suarez claims that

Dawn and the elephant

ran off with a teenage boy

who stole his cabbages.

- Well, this just gets

better and better!

- Forgive him, what

else can you tell us?

- There's not much more

information right now.

I've got my guys searching

the entire county.

- Who is this kid?

- We don't know who

the boy is right now.

- Flora's on TV!

- Oh my gosh.

- After six days, searchers

still haven't located Flora

the runaway circus elephant

and 14-year-old Dawn Jacobs.

They were spotted earlier outside

the farm of Javier Suarez.

- I caught a boy stealing my

crop, so I went to go stop him,

and then that's when the

elephant came out of nowhere.

It stood up in the air.

If I didn't run from that

elephant it would have crushed me.

- Flora wouldn't hurt a fly.

- Who let that

buffoon on television?

Everyone's gonna

think she's a threat.

- Picture yourself crushing

a big fat dung beetle

with a giant fly swatter.

Yeah, that's how easy this

job's gonna be for me.

I promise you.

Okay, thank you.

Bob, got some bad news, I

know how much pride you take

in decorating the home front

here, but we gotta move Mick.

- We gotta move Mick?

- We gotta move Mick.

Sorry, Mick.

You've been good to us,

you've been faithful,

but we got a new head comin'

in, a bigger and better head.

We got ourselves an elephant.

- Elephant?

- Don't worry, Keith,

you're not goin' anywhere.

There's an elephant

marauding through the desert,

threatening persons

and property.

- So we're hired to kill it?

- Well, he said something

about a tranquilizer dart, but,

then my phone got funky and I

would have swore I heard him

say, "Runyon, I want you

to stalk that elephant.

"I want you to shoot it

dead and then I want you

"to put its head on

the wall of your home."

So, that's what I'm gonna do.

- But won't Kieth get lonely?

- Kieth?

Kieth won't even notice

the difference.

Oh, Kieth.

God bless him.

- How long has

your dad owned a circus?

- Well, he started off

as a candy butcher.

Those are the people who

sell cotton candy and stuff.

Yeah, they called

him the Handsome Henry.

- Handsome Henry.

- He bought the Ocotillo

Circus 16 years ago,

and I was born on the road

in a town called El Capitan.

We had a

show that same night.

The tightrope walker needed

a prop, so he carried me.

- What?

- Geez, I'm kidding!

You take it so seriously.

- So, do you guys

travel all year long?

- Spring till fall.

My dad says the circus is

a city without a zip code.

- A city without a zip code.

- Mm-hm.

- That's where I wanna live.

I should join the circus!

- What's your act?

- Who's the guy that says,

"ladies and gentlemen,

"welcome to the most

amazing show on Earth."

- That's the ringmaster.

- Oh.

- That's my dad's job.

- Well, I could be a clown.

- Remember when I told

you you're not funny?

- Oh, yeah, back when you

said you wouldn't travel

300 miles with a boy like me.

- Hey, you're still on

a trial period, alright?

Settle down.

- Alright.

- Okay.

Right, small.

Just about the size you'd

expect from a 14-year-old girl.

- Bob.

- I think we found 'em, man.

- Bob, those are human

footprints there.

- Huh?

Oh, hey, hey, look over here.

We got another set of

prints a little bigger.

No, no, it's not them.

Unless the girl's

travelin' with a friend.

- Bob, wouldn't it be better

to focus on these big,

round elephant footprints, huh?

- Elephant prints?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, huh, you make

a good point, man.

Can't deny it.

Yeah, Runyon.

Oh, that's a good one.

Yep.

- They are

somewhere in this desert.

My volunteers will find her.

- Well, they're going here.

- Chilipingo.

- Yeah, it's

an elephant preserve.

- You see that mountain,

it's 11,000 feet.

- They'll never

make it over that.

They'll have to go around.

- We're gonna find

Dawn, Mr. Jacobs.

We're gonna find her real soon.

- Thank you.

- That a girl.

How're you doin'?

- Shh, check this out.

Trust me.

Go on, I'll catch up.

- You sure?

- Go.

- Alright, alright.

- Stay quiet.

- You know, when

I have trouble sleepin',

I just count my trophies.

Black rhino, white

rhino, hippopotamus,

zebra, giraffe, grizzly

bear, black bear,

lion, tiger, leopard,

panther, jaguar.

- So, uh, what's

the plan tomorrow?

- It's a simple plan, really.

One, locate the elephant.

Two, kill the elephant.

Three, place the elephant's

head on the wall.

Gonna be a big day.

- Are you sure they were

talking about Flora?

- Positive, I was three

feet away from their tent.

- Why would they wanna kill her?

Why would anyone wanna

kill an elephant? I...

- I don't know.

But they do, and

they have quads.

Look, we can't

sleep here for long.

- I'm cold!

I can't walk anymore.

- Dawn!

We can't stay here!

- You don't have

to stay with us!

Go.

Don't let us slow you down.

- Alright, alright,

we'll take a break.

Hey.

- I can't do this.

- Hey.

Hey, you fooled them!

You snuck Flora

out of the circus!

Dawn, you saved her life,

you're brave, you're smart.

You wanna take her to the

preserve, I know, I know you will.

Come on.

- Fine.

- Alright, let's go.

- Come on, Flora.

Flora!

Flora!

Flora!

- Try some of this?

Oh, hey.

Good morning.

- Morning.

- Want some?

So how'd you sleep?

- Good.

We gotta go.

Let's go, Flora.

Come on.

Come on, girl.

- Come on, Flora.

Let's go, girl.

- I should

have known she'd never

get on that train without Flora.

- She fooled us all.

- She shouldn't have fooled me.

I had a clue.

- What clue?

- I know that Dawn is

just like her mother.

- You never talk about her.

- Sophia.

She was Flora's trainer.

She loved Flora like she

was another daughter.

When she got diagnosed

with breast cancer,

she fought so hard.

She always took care of

Flora, right up to the end.

So, when she died, I...

Dawn took over.

And they've been inseparable.

- Hey, where do

you think you're goin'?

- Find Dawn and Flora.

- We thought you'd say that.

- Get in!

- Hey.

- Huh?

- Where's the guns?

That elephant's gonna pay.

Whoa.

- There it is!

- It's a lot bigger in person.

How deep do you

think the water is?

- Hard to say.

Thanks.

- What if it's too

deep for Flora?

- Oh, she's a great swimmer.

Hey, I'll find a

more narrow crossing.

- No, no, no, we cross here.

- We'll find somewhere else.

It looks much further

than it looked at first.

I can't swim that far.

- You're just saying that so

I don't feel like a loser.

- Come on!

- I can do it.

- We'll find a better place.

- Dawn, the hunters!

- Come on, we gotta

go, we can do this!

Let's go, Flora!

- There's the elephant!

- Huh?

- Come back!

Okay.

Say goodnight, sweetheart.

Okay, here we go.

- Come on!

Almost there!

- I got it!

- Well, don't look at me!

- What do you mean he hasn't

called the hunters off?

- What?

- No, that's not what

happened, he said they fired

two shots at Dawn while

she was in the river!

Call the big game hunters off!

- Okay.

Okay.

Take a deep breath.

- I slept so good, I don't

even remember my dreams.

- I can't believe

I slept so long.

- You were tired.

- Yeah, I guess.

- Probably had a hard

time falling asleep.

Thinking about all

that reward money.

Your friend should be proud.

You totally had me fooled.

Especially with that

speech in the rain.

"You're gonna make it

to that preserve, Dawn.

"I know you are."

- Dawn, please.

- Leave, Sebastian.

- I sent those

texts the first day.

- You wanted

me to go to Sabinas.

- Yeah, I didn't--

- That's where your

friend was waiting.

- I didn't know you

then, but now I...

Please let me

help, I wanna help.

- Stop lying.

- You have to believe me.

Please believe me?

- Leave, Sebastian!

- Dawn.

Dawn--

- Leave now.

Hey.

You ready?

Let's go, Flora.

I trust Dad, he

decides to kill you.

I trust Sebastian, he wants

to collect a $1,000 reward.

Time I learned my lesson, huh?

Stop trusting people.

Come on, girl.

Got a long distance today.

- Runyon here.

Yes, sir.

I understand.

The elephant's no longer

in Herschel County, so,

it's out of his jurisdiction.

- So what, the hunt's over?

- Unless the elephant comes

back to Herschel County.

- Yeah, but why would

the girl lead it back

to where they came?

- Well, we could promise her

an elephant ear umbrella,

or...

- Hey!

- Hey, Fernando!

Hey, what's up, man?

- What's wrong with you?

- Hey, hey, Fernando.

- You don't answer my texts.

- There was no service.

- Where is my elephant?

- They got away, they got

away when I was sleeping!

- Watch yourself.

Get my elephant.

Get my elephant!

- Hey, hey!

Quickly!

- Okay, that's 18.38.

- Oh, sorry.

Keep the change.

- Thank you!

- Thanks!

- Thank you.

- Hello?

Yeah, I saw a poster about

a girl and an elephant.

Says there's a reward?

Yeah, yeah, I saw them,

they're in Sabinas.

Sabinas.

Did you write that down?

Okay, I have to hang up now

'cause I have to catch a plane.

Alright, okay.

- Hey, we got a sighting

in Sabinas, move out.

- Right.

Gonna go in here.

Okay, come on, Flora.

Come on.

That a girl.

Alright, we're gonna

stop here for the night.

- Dawn!

Don't be scared, you

and Flora have to leave.

- I'm sorry, I fell asleep.

- I want you to stay, but my

dad saw you and called someone.

- Thank you.

- Hey,

it's not deer season.

- Oh, we're huntin'

bigger game than that.

- Elephant?

- Have you seen the elephant?

- Do you have permits

for these rifles, sir?

- What kind of a game warden

wears a Hawaiian shirt?

- Have you got a permit

for that idiot, sir?

- That's funny, but

if you don't mind,

we're here on official

government business, so--

- We do mind.

- Oh boy, oh boy.

Yeah, yeah.

- The hunt's over.

- Why'd you stand there while

they were breakin' my gun,

flossin' you teeth?

- Sorry, man.

Dental hygiene's important.

- A barn, where?

I thought they were in Sabinas?

- Oh, an elite

force, you said, huh?

"They know this area like

the back of their hand!"

- When we got to

the barn, they were gone.

But take a look at this.

- What?

I'll call you back.

- Oh my god.

- Somebody likes apples.

Good, that elephant

loves apples.

We've gotta get all the apples.

- All the apples, got it.

- Alright, Bob.

- Yep.

- This is our first date.

You gotta make a good

impression on a first date.

- That's what I'm told, yeah.

- It's our last

date, too.

- Right, right, 'cause

we're gonna kill the elephant.

- Well, I am.

- Well, yeah, yeah.

Hey, can I have one?

- Yeah.

Worm, worm, here.

- Oh, thanks, man!

- Oh my god, oh my god.

- That's good!

- Come on, hurry.

- That's really good!

- You're sickening.

Flora, come on.

Flora, Flora, come on!

Come on.

Come on.

Keep on coming.

Wait, no, no!

No, no.

No.

Wait one second, Flora!

Are you okay, Flora?

- Dawn!

Whoa.

Are you hurt?

- Who cares?

I don't!

- I'm getting rope.

- No, no, call the cops first!

Make sure I don't run away

and deprive you of your money.

- I need rope.

Okay.

Watch your head!

Put it around.

- I know what to do.

Get Flora to help!

- What command do I

use to make her walk?

- She's not a dog.

Tell her what you want,

she'll understand.

- Okay.

Okay.

Okay, Flora.

Hey, I can't Dawn

up from that ledge.

I can't get Dawn up from that

ledge without your help, okay?

Come on, Flora.

Get Dawn up from

that ledge, let's go.

Come on, girl.

That's it.

- Hey.

Hey.

Hey, I am so sorry.

I thought it was over.

You did so good, such a

good girl, right?

You're such a good girl.

Hey.

Eat up, alright?

- You said apples

were her favorite.

- That a girl.

Searchers will be out soon.

- They're wasting their time.

Did you steal the bike?

- No.

- The food?

- No.

I stole the money that

I used to buy them.

- Ah, there it is!

- I stole them from the man

who texted me about Flora.

He calls himself my uncle.

I steal for him,

or, or he beats me.

And sometimes he beats

me 'cause he likes to.

I don't have a dad.

So don't lose yours.

- Woo!

- We made it!

Woo-hoo-hoo!

- I am so proud of you.

Woo!

Woo-hoo-hoo!

- My leg's starting to ache,

you know what that means right?

- We get to kill the elephant.

- I get to kill the elephant.

- Yeah, right, yeah.

Yeah, you get to

kill the elephant.

- And it's close.

Can you feel it?

It's really close.

- I think I can feel it.

- There it is!

Just kidding.

Flora.

Hey, girl.

Shh.

- Hey, stop banging

around back there!

- Yeah!

- I don't want any

bruises on my trophy!

- I need you to rock, alright?

Rock, that a girl.

- You know, I'm gonna pull

over and tie that beast down.

- That makes sense.

- Okay, here we go.

Quiet!

Quiet down, old lady!

- Noisy.

- Alright, you get up there.

I'll get you some rope.

- Wait, wait, up there?

- Are you kidding?

I have to do everything?

- What's goin' on?

Oh, wow.

How'd the elephant

learn how to drive?

Oh, that's gotta hurt.

- My leg's broken.

- Well, looks like that

elephant bagged herself

a big game hunter, huh?

- That's funny.

- Yeah.

- You laugh again, your head's

gonna end up on the wall

between Mick and

Kieth, you got it?

- I got it.

- Oh, that elephant!

- Hey, excuse me, sir?

Yeah, um, can you

tell me how to get

to the elephant

preserve from here?

Come on.

- How did you get this?

We're gonna make it.

We're gonna make it!

- Woo!

Yes!

- The cops are behind us.

- Come on, girl,

you're almost home.

- What about the money?

- We've come so far.

They wouldn't dare

turn her away.

- Go, go, go, go!

We got this.

You got this.

- Alright, Flora.

- We made it.

- Sir, sir, that's

my daughter driving.

There's an elephant in there.

She's gonna let it out, just

give it some room, guys.

- Look, look.

- Alright, come on, Flora.

Come on, Flora.

- And here they

are, Dawn and Flora.

After a grueling 320-mile

journey, they have reached

the gates of the Chilipingo

Elephant Preserve.

- Who are all these people?

- They're here to

see you and Flora!

- Dawn.

Dawn, it's great to meet you.

You've been quite a journey.

- Uh, I've been thinking

about Flora's fee.

I can't pay it all at once,

but maybe I could work here,

for free, you don't--

- No.

Flora's fee has been paid.

- Wait, what?

- In fact, Flora's

journey has helped raise

enough to sponsor four new

elephants in addition to Flora.

- People all over the world

have been following your journey

through The Incredible

Isabella's Instagram account.

- Thank you.

- I'm so proud of you.

You're amazing.

- I'm so glad you're safe.

- I, um...

I heard your voicemail.

Thank you.

- So why didn't you come home?

- It would have never been fair.

You can't afford to keep Flora.

Oh, uh, Dad, Isabella,

this is Sebastian.

Couldn't have done

it without him.

- Sebastian, thank

you, thank you so much.

- Dawn says you were the greatest

candy butcher of all time.

- "The greatest of all time,"

he sounds like a ringmaster.

- Yeah, that's your job,

but I could be a clown.

- Yeah, he's not

funny.

- I'll start as a candy butcher.

- More like you'll hot-wire

the cotton candy machine.

See?

Flora.

You've made a new

friend already?

- Maybe not so new.

- What?

- Well, I've been lookin'

into Flora's history.

Flora was shipped from

Malaysia to New York in 1983,

and from there, she went to

a circus in Wichita, Kansas.

Flora's friend is

named Samantha.

She's been with us for 16 years.

She was two when we got her,

from the circus in Wichita.

- The same one?

- I was able to track down

someone who used to work there.

She clearly remembers

an elephant giving birth

shortly before

the circus closed.

That elephant was sold

to the Ocotillo Circus.

The elephant's baby came to us.

Dawn.

I wanna introduce you to

Flora's daughter, Samantha.

- Hey, Samantha.

- Wow.

- Hi.

Hi, Samantha.

- You're beautiful.

- Ladies and gentlemen!

The Incredible Isabella

and her flying friends!

♪ Wasted words can find a home ♪

♪ It's not over till it's done ♪

♪ And every dream

inside my head ♪

♪ I'm gonna chase it ♪

♪ I wanna taste it ♪

♪ Faithfully I'll

give you all of me ♪

♪ I'll give you the best of me ♪

♪ I'll give it everything ♪

♪ And I go run up to

the top of the world ♪

♪ Every step is a

lesson I learned ♪

♪ All that I've conquered

is all that I've learned ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'll do the best

that I can every time ♪

♪ I won't lose faith,

no I won't compromise ♪

♪ I've got a hold on

this life of mine ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ Broken hearts

still have a beat ♪

♪ And I won't dare

admit defeat ♪

♪ If I just get out my head ♪

♪ I'm gonna chase it ♪

♪ Oh, I swear I can taste it ♪

♪ Faithfully I'll

give you all of me ♪

♪ I'll give you the best of me ♪

♪ I'll give it everything ♪

♪ And I go run up to

the top of the world ♪

♪ Every step is a

lesson I learned ♪

♪ All that I've conquered

is all that I've learned ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'll do the best

that I can every time ♪

♪ I won't lose faith,

no I won't compromise ♪

♪ I've got a hold on

this life of mine ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'll give it everything ♪

♪ And I go run up to

the top of the world ♪

♪ Every step is a

lesson I learned ♪

♪ All that I've conquered

is all that I've learned ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'll do the best

that I can every time ♪

♪ I won't lose faith,

no I won't compromise ♪

♪ I've got a hold on

this life of mine ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪

♪ I'm a fighter ♪