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Film By the Northern Rivers 2023 - 03. Alstonville Public School - The Cursed Compliment
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[upbeat music playing]
CLARICE: Emeline, your hair looks amazing today.
EMELINE: Thanks, Clarice. Gotta go order lunch. Bye.
CLARICE: Bye.
I bet Tom is going to absolutely beat Jim in that basketball game.
GIRL: I know.
ANNOUNCER: Could Clarice Bluewater please come to the principal's office, immediately.
GIRL: That does not sound good.
CLARICE: Guess I gotta go.
GIRL: Bye.
BOY: Ste-phen Cur-ry! Woo!
CLARICE: Oh my God, Emeline. What happened to your hair?
PRINCIPAL: Well, Clarice, I'm sure you can explain. Remember this morning when you complimented Emeline about her beautiful hair and now look how ugly it is? I think you're a witch. The date for the court trial is tomorrow.
EMELINE: We need a boat.
CLARICE: I don't see one.
EMELINE: Why don't we just swim to the island?
CLARICE: Are you serious? There could be sharks.
EMELINE: Better than a death sentence.
CLARICE: Fine. Let's go.
EMELINE: Come on.
Freezing.
CLARICE: Then go sit in the sunshine.
EMELINE: Like there's any.
CLARICE: I guess it is raining. What do we do now?
EMELINE: I don't know. I thought about getting to the island and keeping you safe. I didn't think about what we'd do when we got to the island.
CLARICE: OK.
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: Oh, shiver me [inaudible]. I see some [inaudible] on the island.
PIRATE SEADOG: Finally, someone to walk our plank.
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: Or we can make them [inaudible].
PIRATE SEADOG: Either way, we gonna catch 'em. They're on our land, our property.
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: What are we waiting for? [inaudible]. Let's get them.
PIRATE SEADOG: Let's do this. That's what's up.
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: It's wild.
PIRATE SEADOG: It's wild.
[upbeat music playing]
Get back here!
PIRATES: Gotcha.
CLARICE: Ah!
EMELINE: Let me go. Stop. Ah!
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: No chance.
PIRATE SEADOG: You're going to be stuck in our ship of Don--
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: Key--
PIRATE SEADOG: Forever.
CLARICE: No. Let Emeline go free. It's my fault we came here in the first place.
PIRATE SEADOG: Why are you here? We haven't have visitors in decades.
EMELINE: Clarice has a magical power. If she compliments anyone, the opposite of the compliment happens. She said my hair was beautiful and then it went blue and-- well, you can see.
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: You need a real lucky compliment to fix that.
PIRATE SEADOG: Eshay. Let you go on one condition, lad, that you compliment the [inaudible] on East.
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: Our eshay's come on our postcode. So he's richer than us and we can not let that stand. Dab me up.
PIRATES: It's wild.
CLARICE: I don't want to use my powers for bad.
EMELINE: Clarice, we have to.
RICHEST PIRATE: Oh ho, look who finally came to settle this, Captain Sea Puppy.
PIRATE SEADOG: I've got a special surprise for you.
CLARICE: Wow. You really are the richest person in the sea.
RICHEST PIRATE: Yes, I am. Would you like to come see my gold? What happened to my gold and all my clothes? All I can see is sand and, like, rags.
PIRATE SEADOG: Get in there.
EMELINE: I thought you were going to let us go.
CLARICE: You promised.
PIRATE SEADOG: We're pirates. What do you expect? You're going to be trapped in our ship, the Don--
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: Key--
PIRATE SEADOG: Forever.
CAPTAIN RALF RATTLEBONES: Now scrub the deck. Do you want a [inaudible]?
PIRATE SEADOG: Yes. I'd like.
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