The Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls is a 2014 American stop-motion animated fantasy comedy film about a human boy raised by trash-collecting trolls, known as "Boxtrolls", as he attempts to save them from Archibald Snatcher, a pest exterminator. Directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi. Written by Irena Brignull and Adam Pava, based on the novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes...even rectangles.taglines Dialogue Archibald Snatcher: [first line, Snatcher to Butler at the front door] Wake his Lordship. The unspeakable has happened, We must speak of it immediately! [struggles with Butler, trying to slam the door on him] Lord Portley-Rind: [Frustrated] What is is, Snatcher? Archibald Snatcher: BOXTROLLS HAVE COME AND STOLEN A CHILD! Lord Portley-Rind: Gasp, no. Archibald Snatcher: There's no doubt, picking their teeth with his adorable baby bones, by now. Lord Portley-Rind: Horribly tragedy. [uninterested] Let's deal with it in the morning. Archibald Snatcher: [while butler aggressively presses the door on Snatcher] STOP, that's not the worst of it. They'll come after... [Butler slams the door in Snatcher's face, and is now talking through the mail slot of the mansion] Our cheeses! Lord Portley-Rind: [scared] MY GOUDA? Archibald Snatcher: They'll stop at nothing. Lord Portley-Rind: Oh, you're the town exterminator; I'll pay whatever it takes. Archibald Snatcher: Oh, I don't want money; I want one of those [pointing at Portley Rind's hat]Lord Portley-Rind: A white hat? You? ABSURD! Archibald Snatcher: Alright then, by prepare to say bye-bye to your brie, cheerio to your cheddar, goodbye... Lord Portley-Rind: Hey, have every boxtroll gone, with proof. Archibald Snatcher: For a white hat? I WILL DESTROY EVERY LAST BOXTROLL IN THIS TOWN! [laughs maniacally]Lord Portley-Rind: [after learning that Snatcher was lying about the boxtrolls and the Trubshaws] He lied to us, and to poor Madame Frou Frou. Snatcher... Archibald Snatcher: [Using Madame Frou Frou's voice] We could have been something special, but you have broken our agreement. Lord Portley-Rind: Why is he talking like Madame Frou... [gasps; realises] Oh my god! I regret so much. Snatcher: You really think Portly-Rind and his mob will help a nobody like you? In this town, you want, you gotta help yourself. That's what a man does. Eggs: You're a liar. When I tell Winnie's father the truth, he'll-[Snatcher pushes Eggs to a wall]Snatcher: HE'LL THANK ME. Because... all your little boxtroll friends... are going to die. TONIGHT! Eggs: WHAT? Snatcher: THEY'LL MAKE ME THE MOST RESPECTED MAN IN THIS TOWN! They'll have no choice but to give me a white hat, they'll parade me, They'll take up on their shoulders. And I'm NOT gonna let that be ruined by some little boxtroll sewer rat! Archibald Snatcher: [Dons a "white hat"] Men, don your white hats. [Mr. Pickles, Mr. Trout, and Mr. Gristle take off their red hats and put on their "white hats".]Mr.Pickles: [nervously] Are you sure about this, boss? Archibald Snatcher: Huh? Mr. Pickles: You know what cheese can do to you... Archibald Snatcher: Unless you are referring to how cheese brings men of respect and power together in brotherhood, [leans over to Mr. Pickles] no, I do not know what Cheese. Does. To. MeMr. Pickles: [gulps] That's what I meant then... Archibald Snatcher: [delighted] Marvelous. Then let us begin![Mr. Trout begins to cut the cheese into normal bits, before cutting the rest into smaller pieces, with Snatcher watching.]Archibald Snatcher: [impatient, slamming his fists onto the table] ENOUGH![Startled, Mr. Trout serves the remaining pieces of cheese onto three plates, which are taken by Mr. Pickles and Mr. Gristle, leaving the smallest piece on the last plate. After setting it down, he slowly rotates the table. Annoyed, Snatcher spins the table around to his side. Grabbing a fork, he tries to pick up the cheese piece, but his plate moves out of reach. Irritated, he looks up at his men, who have turned the table. He lifts the fork again as they move the plate back into place.]Archibald Snatcher: [eats a tiny bit of cheddar, and swallows. After a moment, he smiles in satisfaction]Mr. Trout: [surprisingly] Oh! Archibald Snatcher: I say, old chaps, it's quite, um [pause] It's, um [pauses] It's quite, um Mr. Trout: [breaking in] Aromatic? Oaky? With an undertone of a mother's smile on a warm spring day? Hmmm [smiling thoughtfully]Archibald Snatcher: Yes! Those things. Etcetera, ectetera, big words, chummy banter.[Said as he breaks into an allergic reaction to the cheese]Mr. Pickles: [Noticing that Snatcher is having an allergic reaction to a piece of cheese he just ate. Whispering to Mr. Trout] Someone's got the cheese fits again. Mr. Trout: [to Mr. Gristle] Oh, quickly, quietly get the leeches. Mr. Gristle: [while silently sneaking around Snatcher] Quietly. Quietly.Archibald Snatcher: [Noticing that Trout's leaving the table] Where's he going? Mr. Gristle: Quietly. Archibald Snatcher: Is he getting more cheese?[Snatcher's lower lip swells up. Making Mr. Pickles and Mr. Trout shocked.]Archibald Snatcher: What? Mr. Pickles: I think you've had enough for today, boss. Madame Frou-Frou: Trubshaw Senior loves his kid, like regular fathers should, and make sure he should keep him lock up tight and sure to keep him safe from BOXTROLLS.[Winnie and Mr. Pickles, with his moustache but without his red hat, come dancing on stage. Mr. Pickles treats Winnie like a child, and then he struggles to hold Winnie like a Baby; she pretends to dance and sleeps while Pickles walks off stage]Madame Frou-Frou: He likes to Sleep through the night, but as soon began to snore, the Boxtrolls came in to destroy... POOR BABY! [Mr. Gristle comes out of a trapdoor, in a Boxtroll Costume, made of cardboard machma]Eggs: [Shocked]'' What? Crowd: Booooo!!! Taglines Heroes come in all shapes and sizes...even rectangles. The Fun Begins This Winter. Cast Ben Kingsley - Archibald Snatcher Isaac Hempstead Wright - Eggs Elle Fanning - Winnie Portley-Rind Dee Bradley Baker - Fish, Wheels, and Bucket Steve Blum - Shoe and Sparky Toni Collette - Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind Jared Harris - Lord Charles Portley-Rind Nick Frost - Mr. Trout Richard Ayoade - Mr. Pickles Tracy Morgan - Mr. Gristle Simon Pegg - Herbert Trubshaw Max Mitchell - Baby Eggs Nika Futterman - Oil Can and Knickers Pat Fraley - Fragile and Sweets Fred Tatasciore - Clocks and Specs Maurice LaMarche - Sir Langsdale James Urbaniak - Sir Broderick, Male Workman #1 and Male Workman #2 Brian George - Boulanger, Male Aristocrat #3 Lori Tritel - Female aristocrat #1 Tom Kenny - Ed Vartis, Himself Laraine Newman - Female Townsfolk #1 and Female Townsfolk #2 Reckless Jack - Background boy Rich Moore - Madame Frou-Frou, Leeches, Papa Trubshaw, and Monster Brendan Fraser - Trubshaw Baby, Quattro Sabatino, Himself Patrick Doyle - singing voice Frou-Frou External links 0787474 The Boxtrolls laika2014 The Boxtrolls the_boxtrolls The Boxtrolls the-boxtrolls The Boxtrolls Category:2014 films Category:2010s American animated films Category:Stop-motion animated films Category:American children's animated adventure films Category:American children's animated comedy films Category:American children's animated fantasy films Category:Films set in a fictional country