1 00:00:44,177 --> 00:00:46,790 Everyone is born... 2 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:48,581 ...but not everyone is born the same. 3 00:00:48,748 --> 00:00:52,952 Some will grow to be butchers or bakers or candlestick makers. 4 00:00:53,153 --> 00:00:56,790 Some will only be really good at making Jell-O salad. 5 00:00:56,990 --> 00:01:01,270 One way or another, though, every human being is unique... 6 00:01:01,194 --> 00:01:06,366 ...for better or for worse. Most parents believe their children... 7 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:09,369 ...are the most beautiful creatures ever to grace the planet. 8 00:01:09,703 --> 00:01:11,571 Others take a less emotional approach. 9 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:13,640 What a waste of time. And painful. 10 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,543 And expensive. $9.25 for a bar of soap? 11 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:19,779 Well, I had to take a shower, Harry. $5000? 12 00:01:19,946 --> 00:01:22,982 I'm not paying it. What are they gonna do, repossess the kid? 13 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:41,167 There's no way out. Make a U-turn. 14 00:01:41,334 --> 00:01:42,402 All right. 15 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:50,477 Harry! All right. 16 00:01:51,478 --> 00:01:53,130 Harry! 17 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:54,581 The Wormwood guy's back! 18 00:01:54,748 --> 00:01:56,416 Harry and Zinnia Wormwood... 19 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:59,486 ...lived in a very nice neighborhood, in a very nice house. 20 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:02,455 But they were not really very nice people. 21 00:02:12,766 --> 00:02:15,268 Get out of the street, you little dodos! 22 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:25,110 The Wormwoods were so wrapped up in their own silly lives... 23 00:02:25,178 --> 00:02:27,447 ...that they barely noticed they had a daughter. 24 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:29,816 Had they paid any attention to her at all... 25 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:33,319 ...they'd have realized she was a rather extraordinary child. 26 00:02:33,486 --> 00:02:35,855 Oh, my gosh, Matilda, now look what you did! 27 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:38,391 They named her Matilda. 28 00:02:38,558 --> 00:02:41,895 You're supposed to eat the spinach. 29 00:02:51,370 --> 00:02:52,572 Babies! 30 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:55,642 You're better off raising tomatoes. 31 00:02:56,209 --> 00:02:57,877 By the time she was 2... 32 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,381 ...Matilda had learned what most people learn in their early 30s: 33 00:03:01,548 --> 00:03:03,717 How to take care of herself. 34 00:03:06,986 --> 00:03:11,257 As time went by, she developed a sense of style. 35 00:03:12,158 --> 00:03:14,894 Every morning, Matilda's brother, Michael, went to school. 36 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:16,363 Bye, Mom. Get out of here. 37 00:03:19,432 --> 00:03:22,502 Soup's on the stove. Heat it up if you get hungry. 38 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:24,871 Matilda was left alone. 39 00:03:26,272 --> 00:03:28,274 That was how she liked it. 40 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:07,981 By the time she was 4, Matilda had read every magazine in the house. 41 00:04:08,515 --> 00:04:10,417 One night, she got up her courage... 42 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:14,320 ...and asked her father for something she desperately wanted. 43 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:17,257 A book? What do you want a book for? 44 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:18,758 To read. 45 00:04:18,958 --> 00:04:22,195 To read? Why would you wanna read when you got the television set... 46 00:04:22,362 --> 00:04:24,431 ...sitting right in front of you? 47 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:29,602 There's nothing you can get from a book you can't get from a television faster. 48 00:04:29,803 --> 00:04:31,538 Get out of the way! 49 00:04:32,739 --> 00:04:36,543 Matilda already knew that she was somewhat different from her family. 50 00:04:36,710 --> 00:04:39,379 She saw that whatever she needed in this world... 51 00:04:39,546 --> 00:04:41,548 ...she'd have to get herself. 52 00:04:42,150 --> 00:04:43,717 Bye. Ciao. 53 00:04:43,883 --> 00:04:46,753 There's fish fingers in the microwave. 54 00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:52,692 The next morning, after her parents left... 55 00:04:52,859 --> 00:04:55,261 ...Matilda set off in search of a book. 56 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:36,803 Where are the children's books, please? 57 00:05:36,970 --> 00:05:38,672 In that room right over there. 58 00:05:38,872 --> 00:05:41,975 Would you like me to pick you out one with lots of pictures in it? 59 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:45,945 No, thank you. I'm sure I can manage. 60 00:06:02,128 --> 00:06:05,632 From then on, every day, as soon as her mother went to bingo... 61 00:06:05,932 --> 00:06:09,502 ...Matilda walked the 10 blocks to the library 62 00:06:10,637 --> 00:06:13,506 ...and devoured one book after another. 63 00:06:17,677 --> 00:06:20,130 When she finished all the children's books... 64 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:23,216 ...she started wandering around in search of something else. 65 00:06:23,383 --> 00:06:26,319 Mrs. Phelps, who had been watching her with fascination... 66 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:27,954 ...for the past few weeks... 67 00:06:28,121 --> 00:06:31,124 ...offered Matilda some valuable library information. 68 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:34,127 You know, you could have your very own library card. 69 00:06:34,294 --> 00:06:36,663 And then you could take books home... 70 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:39,833 ...and you wouldn't have to walk here every day. 71 00:06:39,999 --> 00:06:42,168 You could take as many as you like. 72 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:44,704 That would be wonderful. 73 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,844 So Matilda's strong, young mind continued to grow... 74 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:53,747 ...nurtured by the voices of all those authors... 75 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:56,416 ...who had sent their books out into the world... 76 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:59,552 ...like ships onto the sea. 77 00:07:07,527 --> 00:07:11,998 These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: 78 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:14,267 You are not alone. 79 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:36,122 Any packages come today? 80 00:07:38,591 --> 00:07:40,293 Where did all this come from? 81 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:42,462 The library. 82 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:46,800 The library? You've never set foot in a library. You're only 4 years old. 83 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:48,368 Six and a half. 84 00:07:48,535 --> 00:07:50,700 You're 4. Six and a half. 85 00:07:50,236 --> 00:07:52,639 If you were 6 and a half, you'd be in school already. 86 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:56,810 I want to be in school. I told you I was supposed to start school in September. 87 00:07:56,976 --> 00:07:58,278 You wouldn't listen. 88 00:07:58,945 --> 00:08:01,147 Get up. Get up! 89 00:08:01,915 --> 00:08:04,617 Get out here. Give me that book. 90 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,323 Dearest pie, how old is Matilda? Four. 91 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:13,426 I'm 6 and a half, Mommy. Five, then. 92 00:08:13,626 --> 00:08:15,995 I was 6 in August. You're a liar. 93 00:08:16,396 --> 00:08:19,499 I wanna go to school. School! 94 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:22,936 Out of the question. Who would be here to sign for the packages? 95 00:08:23,103 --> 00:08:26,172 We can't leave valuable packages sitting out on the doorstep. 96 00:08:26,439 --> 00:08:29,900 Now, go watch TV like a good kid. 97 00:08:29,209 --> 00:08:32,579 You know, sometimes I think there's something wrong with that girl. 98 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:35,281 Tell me about it. 99 00:08:35,815 --> 00:08:37,283 Hey, dip-face... 100 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:40,854 ...have a marshmallow. Have another marshmallow, dip-face! 101 00:08:41,755 --> 00:08:43,323 Dip-face! 102 00:08:51,231 --> 00:08:53,867 Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend. 103 00:08:54,340 --> 00:08:57,671 Someone like the kind, courageous people in her books. 104 00:08:57,837 --> 00:09:01,207 It occurred to her that like talking dragons and princesses... 105 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:07,130 ...with hair long enough to climb, such people might exist only in storybooks. 106 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:10,950 But Matilda was about to discover that she could be her own friend. 107 00:09:11,117 --> 00:09:13,987 That she had a kind of strength she wasn't even aware of. 108 00:09:14,521 --> 00:09:17,123 I'm great! I'm incredible! 109 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:19,726 Michael, pencil and paper, in the kitchen. 110 00:09:19,893 --> 00:09:22,495 Did we sell some cars today, honeydew? 111 00:09:25,165 --> 00:09:28,335 Yeah. Son, one day you're gonna have to earn your own living. 112 00:09:28,501 --> 00:09:30,603 It's time you learned the family business. 113 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:33,173 Sit down. Write this down. 114 00:09:33,807 --> 00:09:38,678 All right. The first car your brilliant father sold cost $320. 115 00:09:38,845 --> 00:09:42,515 I sold it for $1158. 116 00:09:42,682 --> 00:09:45,218 The second one cost $512. 117 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:50,557 I sold it for $2269. 118 00:09:50,724 --> 00:09:53,590 Wait, Dad, you're going too fast. Just write. 119 00:09:53,226 --> 00:09:58,565 The third cost $68. I sold it for $999. 120 00:09:58,732 --> 00:10:02,736 And the fourth cost $1100. 121 00:10:08,742 --> 00:10:12,946 Could you repeat the last one...? $10,265. 122 00:10:15,648 --> 00:10:17,984 Check it if you don't believe me. 123 00:10:22,422 --> 00:10:24,457 You're a little cheat. You saw the paper. 124 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:26,292 From all the way over here? 125 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:29,763 Are you being smart with me? 126 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:34,670 If you're being smart with me, young lady, you're gonna be punished. 127 00:10:34,234 --> 00:10:36,503 Punished for being smart? 128 00:10:36,670 --> 00:10:38,638 For being a smart aleck. 129 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:42,609 When a person is bad, that person has to be taught a lesson. 130 00:10:42,776 --> 00:10:44,678 Person? Get up! 131 00:10:45,178 --> 00:10:47,147 Get up. Harry Wormwood... 132 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:49,582 ...had unintentionally given his daughter... 133 00:10:49,749 --> 00:10:52,485 ...the first practical advice she could use. 134 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:55,288 He meant to say, "When a child is bad." 135 00:10:55,455 --> 00:10:58,910 Instead he said, "When a person is bad." 136 00:10:58,258 --> 00:11:01,761 And thereby introduced a revolutionary idea... 137 00:11:01,928 --> 00:11:05,980 ...that children could punish their parents. 138 00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:09,302 Only when they deserved it, of course. 139 00:12:29,683 --> 00:12:31,284 Michael, come into my room. 140 00:12:33,620 --> 00:12:35,255 What? 141 00:12:35,422 --> 00:12:39,292 My boy, today's the day I take you to the shop. What do you say? 142 00:12:39,459 --> 00:12:41,695 I don't know. What do you say, Dad? 143 00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:44,297 I say appearance is nine-tenths of the law. 144 00:12:44,464 --> 00:12:46,533 People don't buy a car, they buy me. 145 00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:49,636 Which is why I personally take such pride in my appearance. 146 00:12:49,803 --> 00:12:53,273 Well-oiled hair, clean shaved, snappy suit. 147 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,576 Now, run along and get ready for a big day of learning, kid. 148 00:12:56,743 --> 00:12:58,878 It's gonna be a big day of learning too. 149 00:12:59,450 --> 00:13:02,482 There's a sucker born every minute. We're gonna take them for all they got. 150 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:04,818 Give me the cookies. 151 00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:06,786 Here. 152 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:15,495 Okay, my boy, heir to the throne. 153 00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:18,331 Today we diddle the customer. 154 00:13:18,598 --> 00:13:21,501 What's wrong with you? What are you looking at? 155 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,304 Lovekins, where's my breakfast? 156 00:13:24,471 --> 00:13:27,140 Here we are, my heartstrings. 157 00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:32,178 Snickerdoodle, what did you do to your hair? 158 00:13:35,348 --> 00:13:36,983 My hair? 159 00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:51,364 Give me those things. Give me that. Where are you going with those? 160 00:13:51,531 --> 00:13:53,867 Give me those. Get in the car. Go on. 161 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:59,539 Get in. Dirty dealings... 162 00:13:59,706 --> 00:14:03,977 ...like buying stolen car parts, never stay secret for long. 163 00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:07,213 Especially when the FBI gets involved. 164 00:14:13,486 --> 00:14:17,230 9: 17, suspect exits domicile. 165 00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:19,590 I've got 9:18. 166 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:22,896 9: 17 is correct. 167 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:37,243 Michael, one day all this will be yours. 168 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:39,145 This? 169 00:14:39,312 --> 00:14:42,415 See this junker? I paid $100 for it. 170 00:14:42,582 --> 00:14:44,718 She's got 120,000 miles on her. 171 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:47,821 Transmission shot, bumpers have fallen off. 172 00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:49,889 What do I do with her? 173 00:14:51,858 --> 00:14:53,193 I sell her. 174 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,829 We really should weld these bumpers on... 175 00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:59,766 ...but that takes time, equipment, money. 176 00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:02,200 So we use Super Super Glue instead. 177 00:15:03,603 --> 00:15:06,600 Go ahead, put it on there. 178 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:07,741 Won't it fall off? 179 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,944 Definitely. Isn't that dangerous? 180 00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:13,246 Not to me, okay? 181 00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:14,914 Transmission. 182 00:15:15,810 --> 00:15:19,285 The sawdust quiets the gears, and lets the engine run as sweet as a nut... 183 00:15:19,452 --> 00:15:21,955 ...for a couple of miles. Daddy, that's cheating. 184 00:15:22,122 --> 00:15:25,625 Of course it's cheating. Nobody ever got rich being honest. 185 00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:28,795 20 years ago, we could turn the numbers back by hand. But... 186 00:15:28,962 --> 00:15:30,964 Here, take my hat. 187 00:15:31,297 --> 00:15:35,535 But the feds like to test the ingenuity of the American businessman. 188 00:15:35,735 --> 00:15:37,270 Two-directional drill. 189 00:15:37,437 --> 00:15:39,906 You run it backwards, the numbers go down. 190 00:15:40,730 --> 00:15:42,275 Watch the speedometer. 191 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:44,978 Cool. 192 00:15:47,213 --> 00:15:48,248 See? Yeah. 193 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:50,450 Daddy, you're a crook. 194 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,753 What? This is illegal. 195 00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:55,955 Here, keep drilling. 196 00:15:57,757 --> 00:16:00,560 Do you make money? Do you have a job? 197 00:16:00,727 --> 00:16:03,960 No, but don't people need good cars? 198 00:16:03,263 --> 00:16:05,932 Can't you sell good cars, Dad? 199 00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:08,635 Listen, you little wiseacre. 200 00:16:08,802 --> 00:16:12,439 I'm smart, you're dumb. I'm big, you're little. I'm right, you're wrong. 201 00:16:12,605 --> 00:16:14,841 And there's nothing you can do about it. 202 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:30,623 Harry, I won! I won! 203 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:33,693 I hit the double bingo! 204 00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:37,964 Come on, everybody! I'm taking you all to Café Le Ritz. 205 00:16:38,131 --> 00:16:39,999 Let me see the money. Never mind. 206 00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,968 Double bingo, huh? 207 00:16:42,268 --> 00:16:45,638 God, your hair looks awful. I hope they let you in. 208 00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:47,807 They'll let me in. Here's your hat, Daddy. 209 00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:49,843 Get in the car. 210 00:16:51,111 --> 00:16:52,545 Go on, get in. 211 00:16:54,781 --> 00:16:55,815 How much? 212 00:16:55,982 --> 00:16:58,485 It's for me to know and you to find out. 213 00:17:03,823 --> 00:17:05,692 It's nice to go out sometimes. Yeah. 214 00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:06,893 You never take us out. 215 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:08,828 Of course I do. I took you to the Flipper. 216 00:17:08,995 --> 00:17:11,331 I don't remember any of the Flipper. The fish joint. 217 00:17:11,498 --> 00:17:12,999 You found that comb in the bouillabaisse. 218 00:17:14,334 --> 00:17:15,735 Oh, yeah. I like that joint. 219 00:17:16,236 --> 00:17:18,204 Bonjour. This way, please. 220 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:19,873 Harry, take your hat off. 221 00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:22,475 I can't. This is a nice place. 222 00:17:22,642 --> 00:17:24,477 You can't wear a hat inside. 223 00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:25,745 I can't take it off. 224 00:17:25,912 --> 00:17:28,748 Harry, nobody cares what your hair looks like. 225 00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:32,152 What's with this hat? I can't get it off. I can't get it off. 226 00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:36,890 Just a minute. I'm gonna yank this hat off. I'm pulling it. 227 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,728 I think your head swelled up really bad. 228 00:17:43,930 --> 00:17:47,167 You're pulling the skin! You're such a baby! Stop it! 229 00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:49,769 Fibers are fused to the head! Fibers are fused? 230 00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:52,872 What is that supposed to mean? Give me that hat! 231 00:18:26,106 --> 00:18:28,475 I will not be the figure of ridicule! 232 00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:30,877 I want respect, and I want it now! 233 00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:35,548 I still don't see how you glued your hat on, Harry. 234 00:18:35,715 --> 00:18:38,318 I mean, I know you say you didn't, but obviously you did. 235 00:18:38,485 --> 00:18:40,954 I did not glue my hat to my head. 236 00:18:41,121 --> 00:18:45,291 The hat shrunk, the fibers fused to my hair. 237 00:18:45,492 --> 00:18:47,894 Baby, wait a minute. I'm getting it now. 238 00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:49,829 I'm getting it. One more. 239 00:18:52,432 --> 00:18:53,967 Oh, my God. 240 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:06,446 From now on, this family does exactly what I say... 241 00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:09,150 ...when, exactly when, I say it! 242 00:19:09,182 --> 00:19:11,685 Here's your hat, Harry. Give me that. 243 00:19:11,951 --> 00:19:13,787 And right now... 244 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:17,323 ...we are eating dinner and watching TV. 245 00:19:19,459 --> 00:19:23,196 Are you ready to get sticky with Mickey? 246 00:19:24,631 --> 00:19:26,199 Shut your light off. 247 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:29,369 I'm just giving it away! 248 00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:33,540 But for those idiots out there who don't know how to play, here's how it goes. 249 00:19:33,707 --> 00:19:38,440 For each correct answer, they'll move one step closer to our cube of cash. 250 00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:42,148 Once in our cube of cash, any money that sticks to your gooey body... 251 00:19:42,315 --> 00:19:44,484 ...you get to take home. 252 00:19:47,454 --> 00:19:49,289 Hi, Dad. 253 00:19:49,456 --> 00:19:50,857 Are you in this family? 254 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:55,895 Hello? 255 00:19:56,620 --> 00:19:58,665 Are you in this family? 256 00:20:01,668 --> 00:20:04,971 Dinnertime is family time. What is this trash you're reading? 257 00:20:05,238 --> 00:20:07,407 It's not trash, Daddy, it's lovely. 258 00:20:07,574 --> 00:20:09,843 It's called Moby ****, by Herman Melville. 259 00:20:10,744 --> 00:20:12,178 Moby what? 260 00:20:13,346 --> 00:20:18,651 This is filth! Trash! Here. It's not mine! It's a library book. 261 00:20:18,818 --> 00:20:20,353 Trash! 262 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:24,724 I'm fed up with all this reading! You're a Wormwood, you start acting like one! 263 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:26,226 Sit up and look at the TV. 264 00:20:26,393 --> 00:20:30,960 Producers are not liable for any skin irritation that may result from playing. 265 00:20:30,263 --> 00:20:32,399 Get real sticky and get cash for free. 266 00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:35,869 All right, that's enough. Let's get sticky! 267 00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:15,275 I didn't do it. 268 00:21:15,442 --> 00:21:18,278 Of course you didn't do it, you little twit. 269 00:21:19,450 --> 00:21:20,947 I told you that was a cheap set. 270 00:21:21,114 --> 00:21:24,818 It's not a cheap set, it's a stolen set. 271 00:21:24,984 --> 00:21:26,720 Put your light on! 272 00:21:28,655 --> 00:21:29,723 Bummer. 273 00:21:29,889 --> 00:21:31,825 Was it magic or coincidence? 274 00:21:31,991 --> 00:21:33,493 She didn't know. 275 00:21:33,660 --> 00:21:37,397 It is said that we humans use only a tiny portion of our brains. 276 00:21:37,564 --> 00:21:41,670 Matilda might never have discovered her own great strength of mind... 277 00:21:41,234 --> 00:21:44,904 ...were it not for the events that began on the very next day. 278 00:21:45,710 --> 00:21:47,474 I need a car, inexpensive but reliable. 279 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,310 Can you service me? In a manner of speaking, yes. 280 00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:51,911 Welcome to Wormwood Motors. 281 00:21:52,780 --> 00:21:54,314 Harry Wormwood, owner, founder, whatever. 282 00:21:54,481 --> 00:21:58,418 Agatha Trunchbull, principal, Crunchem Hall Elementary School. 283 00:21:58,852 --> 00:22:02,355 I warn you, sir, I want a tight car, because I run a tight ship. 284 00:22:02,522 --> 00:22:06,459 Oh, yeah, huh? Well, uh... My school is a model of discipline. 285 00:22:06,626 --> 00:22:09,696 "Use the rod, beat the child," that's my motto. 286 00:22:09,863 --> 00:22:12,198 Terrific motto. You have brats yourself? 287 00:22:12,365 --> 00:22:14,801 Yeah, I got a boy, Mikey, and one mistake, Matilda. 288 00:22:14,968 --> 00:22:19,105 They're all mistakes, children. Filthy, nasty things. Glad I never was one. 289 00:22:19,806 --> 00:22:22,776 Well, since you're an educator, I'm gonna make you a great deal. 290 00:22:22,942 --> 00:22:25,478 You had better. Let's do business. 291 00:22:27,313 --> 00:22:28,815 Thank you. 292 00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:30,550 Enjoy it. 293 00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:33,820 Hey, you, you're going to school. I am? 294 00:22:33,987 --> 00:22:35,822 First thing tomorrow. 295 00:22:36,289 --> 00:22:40,260 Yeah, yeah, okay, okay. You'll get a real education at this place. 296 00:22:42,495 --> 00:22:46,666 Matilda had always wanted to go to school because she loved to learn. 297 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,470 She tried to imagine what her new school would be like. 298 00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:52,405 Go ahead. 299 00:22:52,706 --> 00:22:55,742 She pictured a lovely building surrounded by trees... 300 00:22:55,909 --> 00:22:57,844 ...and flowers and swings. 301 00:23:00,547 --> 00:23:02,549 Well, there was a building... 302 00:23:02,749 --> 00:23:04,417 ...and children. 303 00:23:04,584 --> 00:23:07,220 So regardless of what Crunchem Hall looked like... 304 00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:09,890 ...she was happy to be there. 305 00:23:09,255 --> 00:23:10,590 Hey, wait up! 306 00:23:11,570 --> 00:23:15,950 After all, any school is better than no school at all. 307 00:23:15,995 --> 00:23:17,263 Isn't it? 308 00:23:51,531 --> 00:23:52,899 You, detention. 309 00:23:59,239 --> 00:24:01,307 You're too small. Grow up quicker! 310 00:24:04,644 --> 00:24:06,546 Heads up! Shoulders back! Stomachs in! Stand straight. 311 00:24:06,713 --> 00:24:07,914 Hey. Sorry. 312 00:24:08,810 --> 00:24:09,115 Detention for you. 313 00:24:09,282 --> 00:24:12,318 That's okay. It's much better than being out there. 314 00:24:12,485 --> 00:24:13,787 Is that my teacher? 315 00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:16,389 No, that's the principal, Miss Trunchbull. 316 00:24:16,556 --> 00:24:18,491 You've gotta be kidding. 317 00:24:18,725 --> 00:24:21,294 You squirts better skedaddle. I'm not kidding. 318 00:24:21,461 --> 00:24:24,330 The Trunchbull likes to snap a whip in there to see who's trying to hide. 319 00:24:24,497 --> 00:24:26,660 Stomach in! 320 00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:28,401 Change those socks! Too pink. 321 00:24:28,568 --> 00:24:30,136 I'm Matilda. Lavender. 322 00:24:30,770 --> 00:24:32,472 I'm Hortensia. Hi. 323 00:24:32,772 --> 00:24:36,509 She doesn't really hit children with that riding crop, does she? 324 00:24:36,676 --> 00:24:38,812 No, it's mostly for scare. 325 00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:40,680 What she does is worse. 326 00:24:40,847 --> 00:24:44,651 Like yesterday, in the second grade, the Trunchbull makes a weekly visit... 327 00:24:44,818 --> 00:24:46,920 ...to every classroom to show the teachers... 328 00:24:47,870 --> 00:24:49,122 ...a thing or two about handling kids. 329 00:24:49,289 --> 00:24:50,690 And Julius Rottwinkle ate... 330 00:24:50,857 --> 00:24:53,760 ...two M&M's during her lesson. And she caught him? 331 00:24:53,927 --> 00:24:55,528 Of course. 332 00:25:01,468 --> 00:25:04,771 Was Julius okay? After being thrown out the window? 333 00:25:04,938 --> 00:25:08,341 Of course he wasn't okay. He lived, if that's what you mean. 334 00:25:08,508 --> 00:25:11,344 The Trunchbull used to be in the Olympics. 335 00:25:11,511 --> 00:25:14,447 Shot put, javelin, hammer throw. 336 00:25:14,614 --> 00:25:16,216 The hammer throw is her specialty. 337 00:25:16,383 --> 00:25:19,719 So she does this all the time? Better than being put in the choky. 338 00:25:19,886 --> 00:25:22,655 Choky? Yeah, the choky. 339 00:25:22,822 --> 00:25:25,658 It's a tall, narrow hole in the wall behind a door. 340 00:25:25,825 --> 00:25:28,661 You have to stand in a drippy pipe with jagged edges. 341 00:25:28,828 --> 00:25:31,364 And the walls have broken glass and nails sticking out. 342 00:25:31,531 --> 00:25:34,401 Get inside, you festering ball of pus! 343 00:25:34,567 --> 00:25:37,700 She puts kids in there? I've been in twice. 344 00:25:37,237 --> 00:25:39,472 Sometimes she leaves you in there all day. 345 00:25:39,639 --> 00:25:42,409 Didn't you tell your parents? They didn't believe me. 346 00:25:42,642 --> 00:25:44,978 I mean, would your parents believe it? 347 00:25:45,145 --> 00:25:47,914 Sixty lines after school: "I must obey Miss Trunchbull." 348 00:25:48,515 --> 00:25:50,500 No. 349 00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:52,419 Out of my way. Here she comes. 350 00:25:56,890 --> 00:25:58,425 Fresh meat. 351 00:26:05,980 --> 00:26:07,233 Amanda Thripp. 352 00:26:08,535 --> 00:26:09,936 Yes, Miss Trunchbull. 353 00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:12,939 What are those? What's what, Miss Trunchbull? 354 00:26:13,206 --> 00:26:15,942 Hanging down by your ears. 355 00:26:16,109 --> 00:26:17,610 You mean my pigtails? 356 00:26:19,179 --> 00:26:22,949 Are you a pig, Amanda? No, Miss Trunchbull. 357 00:26:23,416 --> 00:26:26,119 Do I allow pigs in my school? 358 00:26:26,286 --> 00:26:29,556 My mommy thinks they're sweet. 359 00:26:29,889 --> 00:26:32,459 Your mommy is a twit! 360 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,970 You'll chop those off before school tomorrow or I will... 361 00:26:37,464 --> 00:26:38,865 But... But?! 362 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,735 I don't... But? Did you say "but"? 363 00:26:42,302 --> 00:26:43,636 Hammer throw. What? 364 00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:45,438 Definitely. 365 00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:47,640 I'll give you "but"! 366 00:26:57,584 --> 00:27:00,920 Good loft! And excellent release. 367 00:27:04,958 --> 00:27:07,660 Think she'll make the fence? Gonna be a close one. 368 00:27:29,820 --> 00:27:32,185 Quiet! Get to class before I throw you all in the choky. 369 00:27:32,852 --> 00:27:34,587 Lavender. 370 00:27:34,754 --> 00:27:36,322 What's my teacher like? 371 00:27:36,790 --> 00:27:40,527 Run, run, run. Faster! Get in. 372 00:27:40,927 --> 00:27:42,195 Quickly! 373 00:27:42,362 --> 00:27:44,330 But Matilda's teacher, Miss Honey... 374 00:27:44,497 --> 00:27:46,499 ...was one of those remarkable people... 375 00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:50,537 ...who appreciates every single child for who she or he is. 376 00:27:50,704 --> 00:27:52,706 I scooped these up for you, Miss Honey. 377 00:27:52,872 --> 00:27:56,209 Oh, how lovely. Thank you, Amanda. 378 00:27:56,509 --> 00:28:00,447 Okay, listen up, everybody. We have a new student with us today. 379 00:28:00,613 --> 00:28:04,150 This is Matilda Wormwood. I'd like you to sit over here with Lavender. 380 00:28:04,317 --> 00:28:07,187 Now, you all remember how scary your first days at school were. 381 00:28:07,354 --> 00:28:11,791 So I'd like you to be especially nice to Matilda and make her feel welcome. 382 00:28:11,958 --> 00:28:13,360 Could you get her workbook for her, please? 383 00:28:13,526 --> 00:28:16,296 Yes, Miss Honey. You can sit down. 384 00:28:16,963 --> 00:28:20,400 Miss Honey was a wonderful teacher and a friend to everyone. 385 00:28:20,567 --> 00:28:23,903 But her life was not as simple and beautiful as it seemed. 386 00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:26,906 Miss Honey had a deep, dark secret. 387 00:28:27,730 --> 00:28:28,908 Though it caused her great pain... 388 00:28:29,750 --> 00:28:32,178 ...she did not let it interfere with her teaching. 389 00:28:33,460 --> 00:28:36,820 Well, Matilda, you've come on a very good day... 390 00:28:36,249 --> 00:28:39,753 ...because we're going to review everything that we've learned so far. 391 00:28:40,153 --> 00:28:43,890 Now, it's all right if you don't understand any of this because you're brand-new. 392 00:28:43,256 --> 00:28:46,426 But if you do know an answer, just raise your hand. Okay? 393 00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:49,763 All right. We've been working on our two-times tables. 394 00:28:49,929 --> 00:28:52,320 Would anyone like to demonstrate? 395 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:54,701 Okay. 396 00:28:54,868 --> 00:28:56,936 Let's do some together. 397 00:28:59,439 --> 00:29:02,275 Two times four is? Eight. 398 00:29:02,442 --> 00:29:05,745 Two times six is? Twelve. 399 00:29:06,112 --> 00:29:08,415 Two times nine is? Eighteen. 400 00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:10,784 Excellent! You've been practicing. 401 00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:13,286 Pretty soon you'll be able to do any multiplication... 402 00:29:13,453 --> 00:29:16,560 ...whether it's two times seven... Fourteen. 403 00:29:16,222 --> 00:29:19,793 Very good. Or 13 times 379. 404 00:29:19,959 --> 00:29:23,630 4927. 405 00:29:25,231 --> 00:29:26,966 I beg your pardon? 406 00:29:27,133 --> 00:29:29,469 I think that's the answer. 407 00:29:29,636 --> 00:29:32,972 13 times 379. 408 00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:34,641 4-9-2-7. 409 00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:54,828 It is. 410 00:30:00,967 --> 00:30:03,670 Matilda, you know how to multiply big numbers? 411 00:30:04,304 --> 00:30:08,308 I read this book last year on mathematics at the library. 412 00:30:10,610 --> 00:30:12,278 You like to read? 413 00:30:12,445 --> 00:30:14,681 Oh, yes, I love to read. 414 00:30:14,981 --> 00:30:16,449 What do you like to read? 415 00:30:18,318 --> 00:30:22,455 Everything, but lately I've been reading Darles Chickens. 416 00:30:23,690 --> 00:30:27,494 Charles ****ens. I could read him every day. 417 00:30:28,862 --> 00:30:30,697 So could I. 418 00:30:33,767 --> 00:30:35,101 All right, everyone... 419 00:30:35,268 --> 00:30:38,772 ...take out your workbooks and let's start with section three. 420 00:30:46,713 --> 00:30:48,381 I'll be back in a moment. 421 00:31:01,494 --> 00:31:04,297 Gotcha right in the neck! And you. 422 00:31:06,660 --> 00:31:08,902 Yes! You... Come in, come in, whoever you are. 423 00:31:12,739 --> 00:31:15,750 Almost got you. 424 00:31:15,709 --> 00:31:19,746 Good to see you, Jen. Good, good, good. 425 00:31:19,913 --> 00:31:23,830 Time for one of our little heart-to-hearts? 426 00:31:26,519 --> 00:31:29,989 Actually, it's about the new girl in my class, Miss Trunchbull... 427 00:31:30,156 --> 00:31:31,758 ...Matilda Wormwood. 428 00:31:31,925 --> 00:31:34,761 Her father says she's a real wart. A what? 429 00:31:34,928 --> 00:31:38,398 A carbuncle, a blister, a festering pustule of malignant ooze. 430 00:31:38,565 --> 00:31:43,670 Oh, no, Matilda Wormwood is a very sweet girl, and very bright. 431 00:31:43,837 --> 00:31:45,405 A bright child? 432 00:31:45,572 --> 00:31:47,874 Yes. She can multiply large sums in her head. 433 00:31:48,208 --> 00:31:50,610 So can a calculator. 434 00:31:50,777 --> 00:31:56,383 Well, I think she might be happier in an older and more advanced class. 435 00:31:57,117 --> 00:31:59,753 I knew it! You can't handle the little viper... 436 00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:02,555 ...so you're trying to foist her off on one of the other teachers. 437 00:32:02,722 --> 00:32:04,457 No, no, no, Miss Trunchbull. Yes! 438 00:32:04,624 --> 00:32:07,293 Typical, slothful cowardice. 439 00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:09,796 Listen to me, Jen. 440 00:32:09,963 --> 00:32:14,601 The distance the shot put goes depends upon the effort you put into it. 441 00:32:14,768 --> 00:32:16,269 Perspiration! 442 00:32:16,436 --> 00:32:20,774 If you can't handle the little brat, I'll lock her in the choky! 443 00:32:23,376 --> 00:32:25,578 Get it? Yes, ma'am. 444 00:32:25,745 --> 00:32:30,316 One day, Jen, you'll see that everything I do is for your own good... 445 00:32:30,483 --> 00:32:34,821 ...and the good of those putrescent little children! 446 00:32:56,476 --> 00:32:58,845 Get back at Tiffany. Before. 447 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,140 When she was having that... Mom, I'm home. 448 00:33:01,181 --> 00:33:04,250 How was school? School was great. 449 00:33:04,417 --> 00:33:07,200 My teacher lets me do sixth-grade work. Look. 450 00:33:07,187 --> 00:33:09,522 Algebra and geography. Hold on a minute. 451 00:33:09,689 --> 00:33:12,425 Can't you see I'm in the middle of an important phone call? 452 00:33:12,759 --> 00:33:14,994 Well, you just asked me how school was. 453 00:33:15,161 --> 00:33:16,629 Quiet. 454 00:33:16,796 --> 00:33:19,199 What else was she supposed to do? The baby wasn't his. 455 00:33:19,366 --> 00:33:21,701 Well, it was really great. 456 00:33:21,868 --> 00:33:24,437 No way. They gotta be implants. 457 00:33:24,604 --> 00:33:29,442 The principal is insane. She threw a girl over the fence by her hair. 458 00:33:29,609 --> 00:33:33,480 It would change your life too if you waxed yours, I'm positive. 459 00:33:33,646 --> 00:33:36,649 I have the most wonderful teacher. 460 00:33:36,883 --> 00:33:38,718 Mine are driving me crazy. 461 00:33:38,885 --> 00:33:42,222 I'm telling you, six hours a day at school is not enough. 462 00:33:42,389 --> 00:33:43,823 I'll say. 463 00:33:44,357 --> 00:33:47,527 Whack to the belly! A smack to the face. Another smack to the face! 464 00:33:47,694 --> 00:33:50,530 Burns is hurt. He's on the ropes, ladies and gentlemen. 465 00:33:50,830 --> 00:33:52,799 Saved by the bell. 466 00:33:53,166 --> 00:33:55,468 Packages at this hour? Come here. 467 00:33:55,635 --> 00:33:58,171 What? Okay. 468 00:34:01,708 --> 00:34:02,742 Hello. 469 00:34:02,909 --> 00:34:06,846 We don't give money. We don't like charities. We don't buy raffle tickets. 470 00:34:07,130 --> 00:34:08,915 Mr. Wormwood. 471 00:34:09,820 --> 00:34:11,251 I'm Jennifer Honey. I'm Matilda's teacher. 472 00:34:11,418 --> 00:34:13,530 What has she done now? 473 00:34:13,219 --> 00:34:17,590 You! Go to your room right now! Right now. Beat it! 474 00:34:18,580 --> 00:34:21,361 Look, whatever it is, she's your problem now. 475 00:34:21,528 --> 00:34:23,430 No, there is no problem. 476 00:34:23,763 --> 00:34:26,320 Then beat it. We're watching TV. 477 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,371 Mr. Wormwood, if you think watching some rotten TV show... 478 00:34:31,538 --> 00:34:35,175 ...is more important than your daughter, then maybe you shouldn't be a parent. 479 00:34:35,342 --> 00:34:38,678 Now, why don't you turn that darn thing off and listen to me? 480 00:34:42,849 --> 00:34:44,918 All right, come in. Get this over with. 481 00:34:45,850 --> 00:34:48,288 Mrs. Wormwood's not gonna like this. Come on, get in. 482 00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:52,292 Close the door. 483 00:34:52,459 --> 00:34:54,461 Who is it? Some teacher. 484 00:34:54,627 --> 00:34:57,464 Says she's gotta talk to you about Matilda. 485 00:34:58,631 --> 00:35:01,935 What did you do that for? He had Velasquez on the ropes. 486 00:35:02,369 --> 00:35:03,403 What do you want? 487 00:35:03,570 --> 00:35:07,400 I'm sure you're aware by now that Matilda has a brilliant mind. 488 00:35:07,207 --> 00:35:09,750 Yeah, right. Mikey, get me a beer. 489 00:35:09,242 --> 00:35:11,878 Her math skills are simply extraordinary. 490 00:35:12,450 --> 00:35:14,114 She's reading material that I... Want one? 491 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,649 Oh, no, thank you, dear. 492 00:35:16,816 --> 00:35:21,121 Material that I didn't see until my second year of college. 493 00:35:21,287 --> 00:35:23,323 Oh, college. Great, college. 494 00:35:23,490 --> 00:35:25,658 I really feel, with private instruction... 495 00:35:25,825 --> 00:35:28,661 ...that she'd be ready for college in just a few short years. 496 00:35:28,828 --> 00:35:31,331 Look, Miss Snit. 497 00:35:31,498 --> 00:35:34,901 A girl does not get anywhere by acting intelligent. 498 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,300 I mean, take a look at you and me. 499 00:35:37,437 --> 00:35:40,573 You chose books. I chose looks. 500 00:35:40,740 --> 00:35:44,344 I have a nice house, a wonderful husband... 501 00:35:44,511 --> 00:35:49,416 ...and you are slaving away teaching snot-nosed children their ABC's. 502 00:35:49,582 --> 00:35:52,686 You want Matilda to go to college? 503 00:35:53,486 --> 00:35:57,691 College! I didn't go to college. I don't know anybody who did. 504 00:35:57,857 --> 00:36:01,428 Bunch of hippies and cesspool salesmen. 505 00:36:01,594 --> 00:36:04,764 Don't sneer at educated people, Mr. Wormwood. 506 00:36:04,931 --> 00:36:07,300 If you became ill, heaven forbid... 507 00:36:07,467 --> 00:36:10,637 ...your doctor would be a college graduate. 508 00:36:10,837 --> 00:36:13,773 Or say you were sued for selling a faulty car. 509 00:36:13,940 --> 00:36:16,209 The lawyer who defended you would've gone to college too. 510 00:36:16,376 --> 00:36:19,713 What car? Sued by who? 511 00:36:19,879 --> 00:36:23,160 Who you been talking to? Nobody. 512 00:36:25,819 --> 00:36:31,524 Oh, dear, I can see we're not going to agree, are we? 513 00:36:32,125 --> 00:36:35,362 No. I'm sorry I burst in on you like this. 514 00:36:35,528 --> 00:36:37,230 Sorry. 515 00:36:38,665 --> 00:36:41,670 We ought to sue her for interrupting our show. 516 00:36:41,668 --> 00:36:43,503 Tell me about it. 517 00:36:43,903 --> 00:36:45,705 Why's he in the middle of the ring? 518 00:36:45,872 --> 00:36:48,410 He's standing in the middle of the ring because it's over. 519 00:36:48,208 --> 00:36:49,509 Thank you. 520 00:36:49,676 --> 00:36:51,344 We missed it? Tomorrow. 521 00:36:51,511 --> 00:36:55,181 Great, it's over. Who won? 522 00:36:55,348 --> 00:36:56,983 How do I know? You shut it off! 523 00:36:57,150 --> 00:36:59,486 Was it my fault that she came in the middle of the fight? 524 00:36:59,652 --> 00:37:01,187 Hop to. Hippity-hop. 525 00:37:01,354 --> 00:37:05,925 The entire school will go to the assembly room immediately. 526 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:07,727 Sit! 527 00:37:08,762 --> 00:37:11,531 What's up? Beats me. 528 00:37:14,834 --> 00:37:17,103 Bruce Bogtrotter. 529 00:37:25,945 --> 00:37:29,349 Would little Brucey come up here, please? 530 00:37:41,695 --> 00:37:44,297 He lives on my block. 531 00:37:48,968 --> 00:37:53,730 This boy, Bruce Bogtrotter... 532 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:57,143 ...is none other than a vicious sneak thief. 533 00:37:57,310 --> 00:37:59,646 You're a disgusting criminal, aren't you? 534 00:37:59,813 --> 00:38:02,248 I don't know what you're talking about. 535 00:38:02,415 --> 00:38:05,318 Cake. Chocolate cake. 536 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,955 You slithered like a serpent into the school kitchen... 537 00:38:09,122 --> 00:38:11,491 ...and ate my personal snack! 538 00:38:12,125 --> 00:38:14,427 Do you deny it? 539 00:38:18,998 --> 00:38:21,835 Confess! 540 00:38:22,335 --> 00:38:25,605 Well, it's hard for me to remember a specific cake. 541 00:38:26,339 --> 00:38:28,274 This one... 542 00:38:28,441 --> 00:38:29,843 ...was mine. 543 00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:33,847 And it was the most scrumptious cake in the entire world. 544 00:38:34,140 --> 00:38:35,148 My mom's is better. 545 00:38:36,783 --> 00:38:39,152 It is, is it? 546 00:38:39,352 --> 00:38:42,655 How can you be sure unless you have another piece? 547 00:38:44,190 --> 00:38:47,160 Sit down, Bog. 548 00:39:04,711 --> 00:39:07,147 Here we go. 549 00:39:07,547 --> 00:39:10,784 Smells chocolaty, eh? 550 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,888 Now, eat it! 551 00:39:17,524 --> 00:39:20,226 I don't want any, thank you. 552 00:39:20,994 --> 00:39:22,280 Eat it! 553 00:39:24,898 --> 00:39:26,700 Don't eat it. 554 00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:28,902 She wouldn't give him cake. 555 00:39:29,690 --> 00:39:31,237 It's poison. Something's up. 556 00:39:40,513 --> 00:39:41,981 Yeah. 557 00:40:02,202 --> 00:40:05,205 You look like you enjoyed that, Brucey. 558 00:40:05,772 --> 00:40:07,273 Yes, ma'am. 559 00:40:07,607 --> 00:40:09,943 You must have some more. 560 00:40:10,744 --> 00:40:12,545 Oh, no, thanks. 561 00:40:12,712 --> 00:40:15,480 But you'll hurt Cook's feelings. 562 00:40:15,582 --> 00:40:17,517 Cookie. 563 00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:25,291 She made this cake just for you to have on your very own. 564 00:40:27,894 --> 00:40:31,631 Her sweat and blood went into this cake... 565 00:40:31,798 --> 00:40:33,767 ...and you will not leave this platform... 566 00:40:33,933 --> 00:40:37,971 ...until you have consumed the entire confection! 567 00:40:38,138 --> 00:40:40,306 Entire confection. 568 00:40:40,707 --> 00:40:42,976 See you at lunch. Thank you, Cookie. 569 00:40:43,143 --> 00:40:46,913 Rotten kids. You wanted cake, you got cake. 570 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,482 Now, eat it! 571 00:41:03,229 --> 00:41:05,331 Poor Brucey. 572 00:41:38,298 --> 00:41:40,333 He's going to puke. 573 00:41:41,201 --> 00:41:43,970 I can't look. Is he going to puke? 574 00:41:44,137 --> 00:41:46,390 Without a doubt. 575 00:41:53,713 --> 00:41:55,382 Bruce looks real bad. 576 00:41:55,548 --> 00:41:57,217 Give up? 577 00:42:02,222 --> 00:42:04,657 You can do it, Brucey! 578 00:42:05,580 --> 00:42:07,327 You can do it, Bruce! 579 00:42:08,161 --> 00:42:09,529 Yeah, you can do it! 580 00:42:10,897 --> 00:42:13,233 Go, Bruce! 581 00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:15,568 Bruce! Bruce! Bruce! Bruce! Bruce! 582 00:42:20,206 --> 00:42:21,241 Silence! 583 00:42:24,744 --> 00:42:26,346 Yes! 584 00:42:26,579 --> 00:42:28,715 Yeah! 585 00:42:30,383 --> 00:42:31,418 Silence! 586 00:42:35,522 --> 00:42:38,910 Stop! Silence! 587 00:43:01,448 --> 00:43:04,500 Shut up! The entire assembly... 588 00:43:04,217 --> 00:43:08,880 ...will stay five hours after school and copy from the dictionary. 589 00:43:08,588 --> 00:43:12,258 Any children who object will go straight into the choky... 590 00:43:12,425 --> 00:43:14,294 ...together! 591 00:43:19,799 --> 00:43:23,436 Rescue 8 out of Station 8, Los Angeles County. 592 00:43:23,603 --> 00:43:27,707 This was a Code R, an official way of saying we've caught a bad one. 593 00:43:27,874 --> 00:43:31,311 The kind of accident where death itself holds a stopwatch on us. 594 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,830 Young lady, where were you? Miss Trunchbull kept the school late... 595 00:43:37,250 --> 00:43:39,119 ...because a boy ate some chocolate cake. 596 00:43:39,285 --> 00:43:42,155 That's the biggest lie I ever heard. You see those packages over there? 597 00:43:42,322 --> 00:43:45,592 They were left out for the world to see because you weren't here to take them in. 598 00:43:45,759 --> 00:43:47,961 I don't think it's fair, bumpkins. What? 599 00:43:48,128 --> 00:43:51,297 You get all this stuff from catalogs, and I don't get anything. 600 00:43:51,464 --> 00:43:55,680 It's not catalogs, it's car parts, sweetness. It's business. 601 00:43:55,235 --> 00:43:58,171 Oh, if it's business, why don't you have it sent to the office? 602 00:43:58,338 --> 00:44:00,340 Because the cops may be watching the office. 603 00:44:00,507 --> 00:44:02,776 The cops are watching the house. 604 00:44:02,942 --> 00:44:06,120 What? They're parked outside right now. 605 00:44:06,479 --> 00:44:08,515 You are such an ignoramus. 606 00:44:08,682 --> 00:44:12,686 Those are speedboat salesmen. Really nice guys. 607 00:44:12,852 --> 00:44:14,521 Cops. 608 00:44:16,690 --> 00:44:20,126 Speedboats? There are no lakes around here. 609 00:44:20,293 --> 00:44:23,763 Yeah, but some people like to go away on the weekends. 610 00:44:23,930 --> 00:44:27,100 Some people have fun. And some people are cops. 611 00:44:27,267 --> 00:44:29,202 They are not cops. Are too. 612 00:44:29,369 --> 00:44:31,871 They are not. I ought to know if there's cops watching my house. 613 00:44:32,380 --> 00:44:35,410 Now, go to bed, you lying little earwig. 614 00:44:36,509 --> 00:44:38,445 With the FBI watching her father... 615 00:44:38,611 --> 00:44:41,140 ...and the Trunchbull terrorising her school... 616 00:44:41,181 --> 00:44:44,984 ...it was a rare, happy moment when Matilda could just play with her friends. 617 00:44:45,151 --> 00:44:48,488 A frog! A frog! A frog! 618 00:44:49,356 --> 00:44:52,826 What is it, Lavender? A frog! 619 00:44:54,794 --> 00:44:55,995 It's a salamander. 620 00:44:56,162 --> 00:44:58,640 It's a chameleon. It's a newt. 621 00:44:58,231 --> 00:45:02,702 "Any of the small semiaquatic salamanders from the genus Triturus." 622 00:45:02,869 --> 00:45:07,507 "Some are brightly colored and secrete irritating substances." 623 00:45:10,910 --> 00:45:13,213 How could you keep going? 624 00:45:13,380 --> 00:45:16,916 Useless, flaming car! 625 00:45:17,751 --> 00:45:19,185 Wormwood! 626 00:45:19,419 --> 00:45:21,210 Sell me a lemon? 627 00:45:21,187 --> 00:45:23,189 You're heading for the choky, young lady! 628 00:45:23,356 --> 00:45:24,424 Choky? Teach you a lesson. 629 00:45:24,591 --> 00:45:25,725 What lesson? 630 00:45:25,892 --> 00:45:28,194 You and your father think you can make a fool out of me! 631 00:45:28,361 --> 00:45:30,897 My father? The guy with that stupid haircut! 632 00:45:31,231 --> 00:45:35,235 I'm nothing like my father. You're the spitting image. 633 00:45:35,435 --> 00:45:38,505 The apple never rots far from the tree. 634 00:45:39,606 --> 00:45:40,707 Miss Honey! 635 00:45:40,874 --> 00:45:43,900 Miss Trunchbull teaches our class today, Lavender. 636 00:45:43,176 --> 00:45:44,678 Please get a water pitcher. But Miss Honey... 637 00:45:45,211 --> 00:45:47,947 Quickly. She'll be here any second. Come on. 638 00:45:49,150 --> 00:45:52,786 Make sure the water's cold, Lavender. Hurry. Vinnie, cover the fish. 639 00:45:53,453 --> 00:45:56,523 Put away the art projects. Put away anything colorful. 640 00:45:56,690 --> 00:45:58,258 Oh, Charlie, won't you get those crayons for me. 641 00:45:58,425 --> 00:46:02,950 Most great ideas come from hard work and careful planning. 642 00:46:02,262 --> 00:46:05,965 Of course, once in a while, they just jump out at you. 643 00:46:06,132 --> 00:46:08,768 Raina, cover the birds and beetles. Hurry! Hurry! 644 00:46:08,935 --> 00:46:13,873 I hear her coming. Okay, now, last time, some of you forgot yourselves. 645 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,811 Don't speak unless you're spoken to. Don't laugh. Don't smile. 646 00:46:17,977 --> 00:46:20,113 Don't even breathe loudly. 647 00:46:20,380 --> 00:46:22,816 Don't breathe at all. 648 00:46:25,850 --> 00:46:26,653 Morning, Miss Trunchbull. 649 00:46:26,820 --> 00:46:29,550 Good morning, Miss Trunchbull. 650 00:46:30,657 --> 00:46:31,791 Sit! 651 00:46:40,633 --> 00:46:45,138 I have never been able to understand why small children are so disgusting. 652 00:46:45,305 --> 00:46:47,507 They're the bane of my life. 653 00:46:47,674 --> 00:46:50,110 They're like insects. Where's Matilda? 654 00:46:50,276 --> 00:46:53,613 They should be got rid of as early as possible. 655 00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:58,184 My idea of a perfect school... 656 00:46:58,351 --> 00:47:03,256 ...is one in which there are no children at all. 657 00:47:04,357 --> 00:47:06,826 Do you agree, Miss Honey? 658 00:47:10,764 --> 00:47:15,368 Now, you, front of the class! 659 00:47:21,374 --> 00:47:23,543 Are you okay? 660 00:47:24,544 --> 00:47:28,648 Next time I tell you to empty your pockets, you'll do it faster, won't you? 661 00:47:28,815 --> 00:47:31,217 Yes, Miss Trunchbull. Miss Honey. 662 00:47:31,785 --> 00:47:35,722 This could be the most interesting thing you've ever done. 663 00:47:39,590 --> 00:47:41,661 Sit down, you squirming worm of vomit! 664 00:47:41,828 --> 00:47:44,197 Thank you, Miss Trunchbull. 665 00:47:53,707 --> 00:47:55,408 Get up! 666 00:47:57,911 --> 00:47:58,978 Can you spell? 667 00:47:59,212 --> 00:48:02,315 Miss Honey taught us how to spell a long word yesterday. 668 00:48:02,482 --> 00:48:04,217 We can spell "difficulty." 669 00:48:04,384 --> 00:48:08,880 You couldn't spell "difficulty" if your life depended on it. 670 00:48:08,555 --> 00:48:10,323 She taught us with a poem. 671 00:48:10,490 --> 00:48:12,158 A poem, how sweet. 672 00:48:12,325 --> 00:48:17,731 What poem would that be? Mrs. D, Mrs. I 673 00:48:17,897 --> 00:48:20,367 Mrs. F-F-I 674 00:48:20,533 --> 00:48:25,380 Mrs. C, Mrs. U Mrs. L-T-Y 675 00:48:25,939 --> 00:48:28,108 Why are all these women married? 676 00:48:28,274 --> 00:48:32,612 Mrs. D? Mrs. I? You're supposed to be teaching spelling, not poetry! 677 00:48:38,118 --> 00:48:40,860 I cannot, for the life of me, understand... 678 00:48:40,253 --> 00:48:43,230 ...why small children take so long to grow up. 679 00:48:43,189 --> 00:48:45,925 I think they do it deliberately just to annoy me. 680 00:49:02,409 --> 00:49:04,577 What's funny? 681 00:49:04,811 --> 00:49:07,580 Come on, spit it out. Speak up. 682 00:49:07,747 --> 00:49:10,650 I like a joke as well as the next fat person. 683 00:49:16,923 --> 00:49:19,592 It's a snake. It's a snake! 684 00:49:20,593 --> 00:49:22,462 It's a snake! 685 00:49:24,464 --> 00:49:27,901 One of you tried to poison me. Who? 686 00:49:29,169 --> 00:49:31,171 Matilda. 687 00:49:31,338 --> 00:49:32,405 I knew it! 688 00:49:32,639 --> 00:49:36,343 I just thought you'd like to know, it's not a snake. It's a newt. 689 00:49:36,509 --> 00:49:39,479 What did you say? It's a newt. 690 00:49:39,646 --> 00:49:44,851 Stand up, you villainous sack of goat slime! You did this. 691 00:49:45,180 --> 00:49:46,152 No, Miss Trunchbull. 692 00:49:46,319 --> 00:49:50,824 Did you act alone, or did you have accomplices? 693 00:49:50,990 --> 00:49:52,625 I didn't do it. 694 00:49:52,792 --> 00:49:55,195 You didn't like the choky, did you? 695 00:49:55,362 --> 00:49:57,464 Thought you'd pay me back, didn't you? 696 00:49:57,630 --> 00:50:00,767 Well, I'll pay you back, young lady. 697 00:50:00,934 --> 00:50:03,970 For what, Miss Trunchbull? For this newt, you piss-worm! 698 00:50:04,137 --> 00:50:07,400 I'm telling you, I didn't do it! 699 00:50:07,707 --> 00:50:10,143 Besides, even if you didn't do it, I'm gonna punish you... 700 00:50:10,310 --> 00:50:14,470 ...because I'm big and you're small, and I'm right and you're wrong. 701 00:50:14,214 --> 00:50:16,816 And there's nothing you can do about it. 702 00:50:16,983 --> 00:50:20,887 You're a liar and a scoundrel, and your father's a liar and a cheat. 703 00:50:21,540 --> 00:50:25,558 You're the most corrupt lowlifes in the history of civilization. 704 00:50:25,725 --> 00:50:28,228 Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. 705 00:50:28,862 --> 00:50:34,734 In this classroom, in this school, I am God! 706 00:51:06,399 --> 00:51:08,101 You! I didn't move. 707 00:51:08,768 --> 00:51:10,337 You did this! 708 00:51:10,503 --> 00:51:14,607 How could she possibly have done it when she was sitting way over here? 709 00:51:15,709 --> 00:51:19,179 I'll be watching you, each and every one. 710 00:51:19,346 --> 00:51:21,140 When you turn the corner... 711 00:51:21,181 --> 00:51:24,284 ...when you go to your cubbies to get your smelly coats... 712 00:51:24,451 --> 00:51:26,453 ...when you skip merrily to lunch... 713 00:51:26,619 --> 00:51:29,456 ...I'll be watching you, all of you... 714 00:51:29,622 --> 00:51:32,192 ...and especially you. 715 00:51:41,434 --> 00:51:43,269 Oh, sweetheart, I'm sorry. 716 00:51:43,803 --> 00:51:47,474 Thanks for not telling. Best friends don't tell. 717 00:51:49,242 --> 00:51:51,578 She can really dance. 718 00:51:53,146 --> 00:51:56,816 I'm gonna clean up this mess, then I'll come and help you fill the bird feeder. 719 00:51:56,983 --> 00:51:58,985 I'll be out there in a minute. 720 00:52:01,388 --> 00:52:04,124 Miss Honey? Yes, Matilda? 721 00:52:05,825 --> 00:52:08,595 Miss Honey, I did it. 722 00:52:09,129 --> 00:52:11,664 Did what? I made the glass tip over. 723 00:52:11,831 --> 00:52:15,835 Oh, sweetheart, don't let Miss Trunchbull make you feel that way. 724 00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:17,671 Nobody did it. It was an accident. 725 00:52:17,837 --> 00:52:21,841 I did it with my eyes. Watch, I'll prove it to you. 726 00:52:25,345 --> 00:52:27,647 It's wonderful you feel so powerful. 727 00:52:28,448 --> 00:52:31,685 Many people don't feel powerful at all. 728 00:52:41,270 --> 00:52:45,532 Come on, tip over, you glass. Glass, tip over. Tip over. 729 00:52:45,699 --> 00:52:48,201 Come on, tip over. Tip over, glass. 730 00:52:48,368 --> 00:52:50,360 It's all right, Matilda. 731 00:52:53,707 --> 00:52:56,976 I really did do it, Miss Honey. 732 00:52:57,143 --> 00:53:01,214 One of the odd things about life is sometimes you can do something... 733 00:53:01,381 --> 00:53:04,484 ...until you wanna show someone, and then you can't. 734 00:53:04,651 --> 00:53:07,554 Or sometimes you think something's broken and then you take it to be fixed... 735 00:53:07,721 --> 00:53:09,356 This isn't like that. 736 00:53:11,991 --> 00:53:14,270 I don't know. 737 00:53:14,894 --> 00:53:17,564 Maybe I made myself tired. 738 00:53:18,798 --> 00:53:21,835 Matilda, would you like to come over to my house this afternoon? 739 00:53:22,736 --> 00:53:25,710 I'd like that very much, Miss Honey. 740 00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:27,173 Good. 741 00:53:29,409 --> 00:53:32,412 I just stare very hard, and then my eyes get all hot... 742 00:53:32,579 --> 00:53:34,914 ...and I can feel the strongness. 743 00:53:35,810 --> 00:53:39,850 I feel like I can move almost anything in the world. 744 00:53:39,819 --> 00:53:41,988 You do believe me, don't you? 745 00:53:42,155 --> 00:53:44,257 Oh, I believe that you should believe in whatever power... 746 00:53:44,424 --> 00:53:49,262 ...you think you have inside of you. Believe it with all your heart. 747 00:53:52,165 --> 00:53:55,101 That's where Miss Trunchbull lives. 748 00:53:57,170 --> 00:53:58,938 Why is there a swing? 749 00:54:00,273 --> 00:54:05,779 A girl I know used to live in that house. Her life was good and happy. 750 00:54:05,945 --> 00:54:09,916 When she was just 2 years old, her mother died. 751 00:54:10,830 --> 00:54:11,851 Her father was a doctor... 752 00:54:12,180 --> 00:54:14,788 ...and he needed someone to look after things at home... 753 00:54:14,954 --> 00:54:18,358 ...so he invited the mother's stepsister to come and live with him. 754 00:54:18,525 --> 00:54:22,896 But the girl's aunt was a mean person who treated the girl very badly. 755 00:54:23,630 --> 00:54:26,232 The Trunchbull. Yes. 756 00:54:26,399 --> 00:54:30,470 And worst of all, when the girl was 5, her father died. 757 00:54:30,637 --> 00:54:32,105 How did her father die? 758 00:54:32,272 --> 00:54:35,108 The police decided he'd killed himself. 759 00:54:35,275 --> 00:54:37,430 Why would he do such a thing? 760 00:54:37,210 --> 00:54:39,145 No one knows. 761 00:54:43,550 --> 00:54:45,318 The end is happier. 762 00:54:45,485 --> 00:54:47,153 She found a small cottage. 763 00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:51,157 She rented it from this lovely rhubarb farmer for just $50 a month... 764 00:54:51,324 --> 00:54:54,994 ...and she covered it in honeysuckle, and she planted hundreds of wildflowers... 765 00:54:55,161 --> 00:54:58,331 ...and she moved out of her wicked aunt's house and she finally got her freedom. 766 00:54:58,498 --> 00:55:00,600 Good for her. 767 00:55:00,767 --> 00:55:03,837 Do you know why I told you this? No. 768 00:55:06,506 --> 00:55:09,843 You were born into a family that doesn't always appreciate you... 769 00:55:10,410 --> 00:55:13,847 ...but one day, things are gonna be very different. 770 00:55:18,351 --> 00:55:21,321 Should we go inside and have tea and cookies? 771 00:55:21,488 --> 00:55:23,256 Yes, please. Okay. 772 00:55:27,927 --> 00:55:31,531 This is the cottage from your story. Yes. 773 00:55:32,465 --> 00:55:35,100 The young woman is you. 774 00:55:36,436 --> 00:55:38,438 But then... 775 00:55:38,938 --> 00:55:42,108 No. Yes. 776 00:55:42,275 --> 00:55:44,544 Aunt Trunchbull. 777 00:55:48,481 --> 00:55:50,950 When I left my home, Aunt Trunchbull's home... 778 00:55:51,117 --> 00:55:53,219 ...I had to leave all my treasures behind. 779 00:55:53,820 --> 00:55:58,224 Treasures? Photographs of my mother and father... 780 00:55:58,458 --> 00:56:02,696 ...and a beautiful doll my mother gave me with a china face. 781 00:56:02,862 --> 00:56:04,898 Lissy Doll, I called her. 782 00:56:05,650 --> 00:56:07,667 Would you like some milk? Yes, please. 783 00:56:09,202 --> 00:56:11,805 Why don't you run away? 784 00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:17,143 I've often thought about it, but I can't abandon my children. 785 00:56:17,310 --> 00:56:20,480 And if I couldn't teach, I'd have nothing at all. 786 00:56:20,647 --> 00:56:23,416 You're very brave, Miss Honey. 787 00:56:24,417 --> 00:56:26,353 Not as brave as you. 788 00:56:26,519 --> 00:56:29,255 I thought grownups weren't afraid of anything. 789 00:56:29,422 --> 00:56:30,757 Quite the contrary. 790 00:56:31,257 --> 00:56:34,394 All grownups get scared, just like children. 791 00:56:35,261 --> 00:56:38,765 I wonder what Miss Trunchbull is afraid of. 792 00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:48,274 There she is. 793 00:56:54,681 --> 00:56:56,549 Shot put. 794 00:56:56,716 --> 00:56:57,917 Hammer throw. 795 00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:00,186 Javelin. 796 00:57:11,464 --> 00:57:12,866 Back, back, back, back! 797 00:57:13,233 --> 00:57:14,968 She's afraid of a cat? 798 00:57:15,135 --> 00:57:17,404 Black cats. She's very superstitious. 799 00:57:17,604 --> 00:57:22,142 Go! 800 00:57:27,547 --> 00:57:28,648 Poor kitty. 801 00:57:28,982 --> 00:57:31,985 Oh, he's all right. Hopefully. 802 00:57:38,892 --> 00:57:41,761 Let's go get your treasures. No, Matilda. 803 00:57:41,928 --> 00:57:45,565 Well, she's gone. Come on. 804 00:57:48,168 --> 00:57:51,738 Matilda! Miss Honey. 805 00:57:58,780 --> 00:58:01,848 Come on, move, you piece of junkyard fodder. 806 00:58:02,150 --> 00:58:04,184 Shift, you... No, no. 807 00:58:12,592 --> 00:58:15,128 My house. 808 00:58:23,603 --> 00:58:25,972 Oh, my. 809 00:58:28,708 --> 00:58:31,444 My father's portrait used to hang there. 810 00:58:31,611 --> 00:58:35,148 Whoever painted the Trunchbull must have had a strong stomach. 811 00:58:35,882 --> 00:58:37,884 A really strong stomach. 812 00:59:00,140 --> 00:59:01,508 We should go. 813 00:59:02,242 --> 00:59:05,211 Father's chocolate box. 814 00:59:09,315 --> 00:59:13,553 After supper, he'd take a chocolate, cut it in half... 815 00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:16,156 ...and he'd always give me the bigger half. 816 00:59:16,923 --> 00:59:20,360 When he died, Trunchbull would count them so I couldn't even sneak one. 817 00:59:20,527 --> 00:59:25,980 She'd take a chocolate, bring it to her lips and say: 818 00:59:25,265 --> 00:59:27,867 Much too good for children. 819 00:59:32,839 --> 00:59:34,941 Have one. 820 00:59:38,545 --> 00:59:42,480 No, she'd notice. 821 00:59:42,215 --> 00:59:45,618 Where's Lissy Doll? Upstairs. 822 00:59:47,354 --> 00:59:49,289 Matilda. 823 00:59:51,958 --> 00:59:53,590 What? 824 00:59:54,794 --> 00:59:55,962 Matilda. 825 01:00:02,302 --> 01:00:05,372 You filthy... Crush the little weasel! 826 01:00:06,139 --> 01:00:08,742 This is my room. 827 01:00:14,147 --> 01:00:15,749 That's my dad. 828 01:00:15,915 --> 01:00:18,585 What's his name? Magnus. 829 01:00:18,752 --> 01:00:22,822 I used to call him King Magnus and he called me Bumblebee. 830 01:00:24,290 --> 01:00:27,227 I don't think Magnus killed himself. 831 01:00:27,394 --> 01:00:28,828 Neither do I. 832 01:00:30,997 --> 01:00:32,499 Is that Lissy Doll? 833 01:00:36,136 --> 01:00:40,730 Wormwood, you useless, used-car-salesman scum! 834 01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:44,244 I want you around here now with another car! 835 01:00:45,780 --> 01:00:49,150 Yes, I know what caveat emptor means, you lowlife liar! 836 01:00:49,182 --> 01:00:51,618 I'm gonna sue you. I'm gonna burn down your showroom! 837 01:00:51,785 --> 01:00:55,155 I'm gonna take that no-good jalopy you sold me and shove it up your bazooga! 838 01:00:55,321 --> 01:00:58,658 When I'm finished with you, you're gonna look like roadkill! 839 01:00:58,825 --> 01:01:00,660 You what? 840 01:01:24,117 --> 01:01:25,819 Come on. 841 01:01:31,558 --> 01:01:33,493 Shouldn't we hide or something? Yeah. Yeah, go. 842 01:01:33,660 --> 01:01:36,863 Go to the end of the hall, down the stairs and out the kitchen door. 843 01:01:37,300 --> 01:01:38,998 I'll distract her. 844 01:01:47,640 --> 01:01:51,440 Who's in my house?! 845 01:01:55,982 --> 01:01:57,851 Come out and fight like a man! 846 01:02:53,973 --> 01:02:55,909 Tallyho! 847 01:04:59,990 --> 01:05:01,167 Come on, come on. 848 01:05:19,285 --> 01:05:20,954 Come on, over there. 849 01:05:21,755 --> 01:05:25,458 Some rats are gonna die today. 850 01:06:04,230 --> 01:06:06,766 Oh, my goodness. 851 01:06:07,834 --> 01:06:09,636 Feel my heart. 852 01:06:09,803 --> 01:06:13,673 Weren't you the most scared you've ever been in your whole life? 853 01:06:16,843 --> 01:06:18,244 Come on, let's go. 854 01:06:18,411 --> 01:06:21,848 She shouldn't be allowed to treat people like that. 855 01:06:22,150 --> 01:06:24,851 Somebody's gotta teach her a lesson. I know. 856 01:06:25,180 --> 01:06:28,521 We'll wait until she leaves again, then we'll go get your doll. 857 01:06:28,855 --> 01:06:30,957 What? Just kidding. 858 01:06:33,793 --> 01:06:35,929 Come here. 859 01:06:37,297 --> 01:06:41,668 Matilda, promise me you will never go back in that house again. 860 01:06:42,369 --> 01:06:44,104 I promise. 861 01:06:45,171 --> 01:06:47,107 Okay. Come on. 862 01:06:56,349 --> 01:06:59,953 So he came home with $2000 cash... 863 01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:02,550 ...and he threw it up in the air... 864 01:07:02,222 --> 01:07:07,560 ...and we both just swam in it like we were on The Million Dollar Sticky. 865 01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:10,397 Do you like that show? 866 01:07:10,563 --> 01:07:12,532 I love that show. 867 01:07:12,699 --> 01:07:14,167 That was the old days. 868 01:07:14,334 --> 01:07:18,204 Now he's got money in banks all over this planet, and does he give me a dime? 869 01:07:18,371 --> 01:07:22,575 Matilda, this is Bob and Bill. They're cops. 870 01:07:23,760 --> 01:07:26,346 They are not cops. They are Ace Powerboat salesmen. 871 01:07:26,513 --> 01:07:27,981 Babyface, I'm starved! 872 01:07:29,582 --> 01:07:31,818 Hi, Harry. 873 01:07:31,985 --> 01:07:33,586 Who are you? 874 01:07:33,753 --> 01:07:36,856 What is this, a hot tub party? Get the hell out of here! 875 01:07:37,230 --> 01:07:38,525 I slave all day, I come home... 876 01:07:38,692 --> 01:07:41,428 ...you're entertaining a couple of surfer-dude bodybuilders. 877 01:07:41,761 --> 01:07:43,196 They're cops, Dad. 878 01:07:43,730 --> 01:07:46,199 You interested in time-share? Get out of here. 879 01:07:46,866 --> 01:07:50,270 You don't let me talk to people. I am in a cage, Harry. 880 01:07:50,437 --> 01:07:54,700 I need to talk to somebody besides our stupid kids. 881 01:07:54,174 --> 01:07:57,877 Oh, yeah? A man is entitled to come home and find dinner on the table... 882 01:07:58,211 --> 01:08:00,947 ...without having to wade through male strippers! 883 01:08:01,114 --> 01:08:03,160 Dad? What do you want? 884 01:08:03,516 --> 01:08:07,187 Yell at me, okay? Shut up and leave us alone! 885 01:08:08,210 --> 01:08:10,457 Yell at me again. Yell at you? 886 01:08:10,623 --> 01:08:12,959 I'll come in and pound your miserable hide! 887 01:08:13,126 --> 01:08:15,562 What do I have to do to gain respect around here?! 888 01:08:15,729 --> 01:08:18,398 I'm gonna give you a tanning like you've never had in your life! 889 01:08:18,565 --> 01:08:22,135 My word is my law! You understand?! Law! 890 01:08:27,407 --> 01:08:29,209 No kid likes being yelled at... 891 01:08:29,376 --> 01:08:32,212 ...but it was precisely Harry's ranting and raving... 892 01:08:32,379 --> 01:08:34,647 ...that gave Matilda the key to her power. 893 01:08:34,814 --> 01:08:39,252 To unlock that power, all she had to do was practice. 894 01:08:49,496 --> 01:08:51,831 You're a little cheat. What, are you stupid? 895 01:08:51,998 --> 01:08:55,135 I'm smart, you're dumb. The apple never rots far from the tree. 896 01:08:55,301 --> 01:08:56,936 I think there is something wrong with that girl. 897 01:08:57,103 --> 01:08:59,439 I'm right, you're wrong. Hey, dip-face, here's your book. 898 01:08:59,606 --> 01:09:03,677 You're a Wormwood. It's time you started acting like one! 899 01:10:14,381 --> 01:10:15,915 That was my personal favorite... 900 01:10:16,820 --> 01:10:18,551 ...played especially for all you little bitty pretty ones... 901 01:10:18,718 --> 01:10:20,420 ...moving and grooving on this sunny afternoon. 902 01:10:20,587 --> 01:10:23,857 Playing music to make you smile, so you'd better not touch that d... 903 01:10:36,102 --> 01:10:37,904 Shouldn't we have a search warrant to do this? 904 01:10:38,710 --> 01:10:40,440 No, this guy's dirty. 905 01:10:40,607 --> 01:10:44,511 Once we show this tape in court, Wormwood's goose is cooked. 906 01:10:44,678 --> 01:10:48,214 I'm sure that box is full of stolen car parts. 907 01:10:48,448 --> 01:10:50,283 You've been taping all week. 908 01:10:50,450 --> 01:10:53,286 How about letting me handle that camera for a while? 909 01:10:53,453 --> 01:10:55,221 You know how to use it? 910 01:10:55,388 --> 01:10:57,957 You know about the zoom and the white balance? 911 01:10:58,124 --> 01:11:02,950 You know how to adjust the eyepiece? I can handle it. 912 01:11:05,365 --> 01:11:07,801 Besides, it's my turn. 913 01:11:07,967 --> 01:11:10,570 Yeah, your turn to drop it. 914 01:11:10,737 --> 01:11:13,473 I won't drop it. 915 01:11:13,640 --> 01:11:15,375 Come on. 916 01:11:15,775 --> 01:11:19,813 You two men are gonna be in a lot of trouble very soon. 917 01:11:19,979 --> 01:11:22,649 It's the female minor. 918 01:11:23,950 --> 01:11:25,785 Aren't you supposed to be in school, young lady? 919 01:11:25,952 --> 01:11:27,987 I really hope you have a search warrant. 920 01:11:28,154 --> 01:11:31,458 According to a constitutional law book I read in the library... 921 01:11:31,624 --> 01:11:35,995 ...if you don't have one, you could lose your job or even go to federal prison. 922 01:11:36,429 --> 01:11:38,331 It's your father who's going to federal prison. 923 01:11:38,631 --> 01:11:41,668 And you know where you'll end up? In a federal orphanage. 924 01:11:41,835 --> 01:11:44,270 If you cooperate, we'll make sure it's a nice orphanage. 925 01:11:44,637 --> 01:11:48,675 The kind with food and teeny-weeny cockroaches. 926 01:11:48,842 --> 01:11:49,909 What do you say? 927 01:11:51,344 --> 01:11:56,116 There's another crime in the making. Your car's about to run a stop sign. 928 01:12:07,293 --> 01:12:10,864 So she bought a little time for her dad to come to his senses. 929 01:12:11,310 --> 01:12:14,340 But now Matilda had bigger fish to fry... 930 01:12:14,200 --> 01:12:16,269 ...much bigger. 931 01:12:30,817 --> 01:12:34,554 Hey, dip-face, where are you going? 932 01:12:34,721 --> 01:12:36,790 Out. 933 01:12:39,590 --> 01:12:42,562 Hey, dip-face, have a carrot. 934 01:12:55,909 --> 01:12:58,745 Chew your food. You're an animal. 935 01:13:04,840 --> 01:13:06,860 Having power isn't nearly as important... 936 01:13:06,252 --> 01:13:08,188 ...as what you choose to do with it. 937 01:13:08,355 --> 01:13:12,525 And what Matilda had in mind was nothing short of heroic. 938 01:14:36,776 --> 01:14:39,612 Come here. Come on. Lissy Doll, come on. 939 01:14:39,779 --> 01:14:42,782 Come, Lissy. Come on, doll. Please. Come on. 940 01:14:42,949 --> 01:14:45,850 Come on, Lissy. Please come here. 941 01:15:00,934 --> 01:15:02,435 Yes! 942 01:16:45,805 --> 01:16:48,141 Leave me alone! 943 01:17:21,975 --> 01:17:24,100 Magnus! 944 01:18:23,236 --> 01:18:27,707 Miss Honey! Miss Honey, you'll never believe what I got you. 945 01:18:28,908 --> 01:18:31,244 Oh, Matilda. 946 01:18:32,120 --> 01:18:34,914 Matilda. Oh, I also brought you this. 947 01:18:35,810 --> 01:18:36,916 I ate mine last night. 948 01:18:51,531 --> 01:18:54,834 I will be teaching your class today. 949 01:19:01,107 --> 01:19:04,511 In the time it took Miss Honey to get very, very nervous... 950 01:19:04,678 --> 01:19:07,714 ...Matilda had formulated a plan. 951 01:19:08,181 --> 01:19:10,617 She is really raving mad. 952 01:19:10,784 --> 01:19:14,220 What is it your father used to call you? Hummingbird? 953 01:19:14,387 --> 01:19:17,891 Bumblebee. I'm sure she knows the doll's missing. 954 01:19:18,580 --> 01:19:19,926 And he called her Trunchbull? 955 01:19:20,930 --> 01:19:23,730 No, I suppose he called her Agatha. Yes, that's... 956 01:19:23,897 --> 01:19:28,101 She called him Magnus, right? Yeah. Yes. 957 01:19:28,268 --> 01:19:29,969 Maybe I could go back to the house... 958 01:19:30,136 --> 01:19:32,572 ...and put the doll back while she's still at school. 959 01:19:32,739 --> 01:19:36,142 No, I can't do that. Calm down, Miss Honey. Really. 960 01:19:36,309 --> 01:19:38,244 It's gonna be okay, I promise. 961 01:19:38,578 --> 01:19:41,815 Sweetheart, you promised you wouldn't go back in that house again. 962 01:19:41,981 --> 01:19:46,252 I didn't. I was on the garage roof. I did it with my powers. 963 01:19:46,586 --> 01:19:49,122 Okay, on the garage roof with your powers. 964 01:19:49,289 --> 01:19:52,659 All right, I need to think. Let's see. 965 01:20:11,444 --> 01:20:13,790 Powers. 966 01:20:19,753 --> 01:20:23,356 I think I've got them down. Watch this. 967 01:20:41,708 --> 01:20:44,440 No more Miss Nice Girl. 968 01:20:46,212 --> 01:20:49,215 Get inside. Inside! Quickly, run! 969 01:20:49,382 --> 01:20:52,385 Run! Get against the wall! Against that wall. Quickly! 970 01:20:52,552 --> 01:20:54,354 Don't make me wait. 971 01:20:54,521 --> 01:20:56,623 Water! 972 01:20:57,557 --> 01:20:59,993 And hold the newt. 973 01:21:03,897 --> 01:21:06,399 Join the ranks. Move! 974 01:21:09,569 --> 01:21:13,740 I am here to teach you all a lesson. 975 01:21:17,410 --> 01:21:22,849 Sometimes in life, horrible and unexplainable things happen. 976 01:21:26,486 --> 01:21:30,824 These things are a test of character. 977 01:21:35,950 --> 01:21:37,330 And I have character. 978 01:21:37,497 --> 01:21:42,350 Form a line across the room! Quickly! Run, run, run! Don't keep me waiting. 979 01:21:42,435 --> 01:21:43,937 Fill this gap! 980 01:21:45,205 --> 01:21:49,609 I expect you're wondering what I'm talking about. 981 01:21:50,110 --> 01:21:52,212 Yes. 982 01:21:52,379 --> 01:21:55,715 A child came to my house. 983 01:21:55,882 --> 01:21:59,619 I don't know how, I don't know when, I don't know why. 984 01:21:59,786 --> 01:22:02,455 Miss Trunchbull, may I...? No, you may not. 985 01:22:03,390 --> 01:22:06,593 But I know a child came. 986 01:22:06,760 --> 01:22:10,463 So did you know it was illegal... 987 01:22:10,630 --> 01:22:14,300 ...to enter someone's home without their permission? 988 01:22:14,467 --> 01:22:18,304 Yes, Miss Trunchbull. Sir. 989 01:22:18,471 --> 01:22:20,707 Stand straight! Stomachs in! Shoulders back! 990 01:22:22,308 --> 01:22:24,811 Do any of you recognize... 991 01:22:25,812 --> 01:22:27,480 ...this? 992 01:22:29,416 --> 01:22:32,520 Let's play a game. Shall we? 993 01:22:32,218 --> 01:22:37,657 Who was wearing a pretty red hair ribbon yesterday... 994 01:22:37,824 --> 01:22:40,660 ...and isn't wearing one today? 995 01:22:40,827 --> 01:22:43,930 Can you answer me that? 996 01:22:44,970 --> 01:22:49,335 Who does this disgusting ribbon belong to? 997 01:22:50,637 --> 01:22:52,505 I shall personally see to it... 998 01:22:52,672 --> 01:22:56,176 ...that the demented, drooling, slime-breathed little Lilliputian... 999 01:22:56,343 --> 01:22:59,120 ...who owns this disgusting ribbon... 1000 01:22:59,179 --> 01:23:03,650 ...will never see the light of day again. You. 1001 01:23:03,817 --> 01:23:07,454 Miss Trunchbull, I was the one who was at your house last night. I know what... 1002 01:23:07,620 --> 01:23:11,358 I broke your arm once before, I can do it again, Jenny. 1003 01:23:11,524 --> 01:23:14,461 I am not 7 years old anymore, Aunt Trunchbull. 1004 01:23:16,863 --> 01:23:19,199 Shut your holes! 1005 01:23:19,366 --> 01:23:22,350 You will be put away in a place... 1006 01:23:22,202 --> 01:23:26,973 ...where not even the crows can land their droppings on you. 1007 01:23:27,207 --> 01:23:28,375 Look. 1008 01:23:29,542 --> 01:23:32,145 The chalk. The chalk. 1009 01:23:32,312 --> 01:23:34,647 Chalk. The blinds. 1010 01:23:39,219 --> 01:23:42,555 "A." "Agatha... 1011 01:23:45,225 --> 01:23:47,794 ...this is Magnus. 1012 01:23:50,630 --> 01:23:52,132 Give my... 1013 01:23:52,298 --> 01:23:54,401 ...little Bumblebee... 1014 01:23:54,567 --> 01:23:57,637 ...her house... 1015 01:23:57,804 --> 01:23:59,572 ...and her money." 1016 01:23:59,739 --> 01:24:03,760 Money? "Then get out of town. 1017 01:24:03,243 --> 01:24:06,513 If you don't, I will get you. 1018 01:24:06,680 --> 01:24:10,717 I will get you like you got me. 1019 01:24:10,884 --> 01:24:12,986 That is a promise." 1020 01:25:31,831 --> 01:25:34,601 No, no, Miss Trunchbull, please don't throw him. 1021 01:26:40,734 --> 01:26:43,690 Lavender! Lavender! 1022 01:26:48,800 --> 01:26:50,844 Neat! That's cool. 1023 01:27:00,553 --> 01:27:02,756 It's the Trunch. 1024 01:27:06,659 --> 01:27:08,395 Hey, you guys, look at this. 1025 01:27:08,561 --> 01:27:10,196 Yes! 1026 01:27:13,166 --> 01:27:14,934 Let go. 1027 01:27:19,572 --> 01:27:22,409 Cool. I didn't know I could do that. 1028 01:27:22,575 --> 01:27:24,611 Pretty good, huh? 1029 01:27:39,793 --> 01:27:41,961 Yeah! 1030 01:28:11,910 --> 01:28:15,829 And the Trunchbull was gone, never to be seen or heard from... 1031 01:28:15,995 --> 01:28:18,798 ...never to darken a doorway again. 1032 01:28:20,834 --> 01:28:23,503 Miss Honey moved back into her father's house. 1033 01:28:23,670 --> 01:28:25,400 Teatime. 1034 01:28:25,171 --> 01:28:26,973 Of course, Matilda was a frequent visitor. 1035 01:28:27,140 --> 01:28:31,578 Did you know that the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of 650 times a minute? 1036 01:28:31,845 --> 01:28:34,914 My, where'd you learn that? In a book. 1037 01:28:35,810 --> 01:28:38,685 It beats so fast, it doesn't sound like beating. It sounds like it's humming. 1038 01:28:38,918 --> 01:28:42,220 A porcupine's heart beats 300 times a minute. 1039 01:28:42,622 --> 01:28:44,624 All right. Quick! 1040 01:28:45,125 --> 01:28:46,426 Hey, you. 1041 01:28:47,460 --> 01:28:50,463 Hey, we're leaving. Let's go. Get in the car. Hurry up. 1042 01:28:50,930 --> 01:28:53,633 Let's wrap up these cookies. Come on, we're leaving. Now. 1043 01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:55,468 I'd be happy to walk her home. 1044 01:28:55,802 --> 01:28:58,471 Well, nobody will be there. We're moving to Guam. 1045 01:28:58,638 --> 01:29:00,140 Come on, let's go. Guam? 1046 01:29:00,306 --> 01:29:02,342 Daddy's not gonna be in the auto business anymore. 1047 01:29:02,542 --> 01:29:04,811 I don't want to leave. 1048 01:29:04,978 --> 01:29:06,946 But we're going on a permanent vacation. 1049 01:29:07,313 --> 01:29:09,883 Yeah, and we gotta beat the speedboat salesmen to the airport. 1050 01:29:10,500 --> 01:29:13,653 I love it here. I love my school. It isn't fair. 1051 01:29:13,820 --> 01:29:15,155 Miss Honey, please don't let them take me. 1052 01:29:15,321 --> 01:29:16,723 Get in the car, Melinda. Matilda. 1053 01:29:16,890 --> 01:29:19,250 Whatever. I want to stay with Miss Honey. 1054 01:29:19,192 --> 01:29:20,994 Well, Miss Honey doesn't want you. 1055 01:29:21,161 --> 01:29:23,229 Why would she want some snotty, disobedient kid? 1056 01:29:23,396 --> 01:29:27,670 Because she's a spectacularly wonderful child, and I love her. 1057 01:29:27,534 --> 01:29:30,970 Adopt me, Miss Honey. You can adopt me. 1058 01:29:31,137 --> 01:29:33,239 Look, I don't have time for all these legalities. 1059 01:29:33,406 --> 01:29:35,742 One second, Dad, I have the adoption papers. 1060 01:29:35,909 --> 01:29:37,344 What? 1061 01:29:37,510 --> 01:29:40,130 Hey, where'd you get those? From a book in the library. 1062 01:29:40,180 --> 01:29:42,349 I've had them since I was big enough to Xerox. 1063 01:29:42,582 --> 01:29:44,718 Are you hearing this, Harry? 1064 01:29:46,186 --> 01:29:49,356 All you have to do is sign them. I'll be an only child again. 1065 01:29:49,522 --> 01:29:53,493 Shut up! I can't think with all these sirens. 1066 01:29:55,228 --> 01:29:57,430 What do you think, pumpkin? 1067 01:29:59,933 --> 01:30:02,936 You're the only daughter I ever had, Matilda. 1068 01:30:03,103 --> 01:30:06,873 And I never understood you, not one little bit. 1069 01:30:09,743 --> 01:30:11,945 Who's got a pen? 1070 01:30:13,613 --> 01:30:16,616 Here. Thanks. 1071 01:30:18,451 --> 01:30:22,355 And doing, perhaps, the first decent thing they ever did for their daughter... 1072 01:30:22,522 --> 01:30:26,920 ...the Wormwoods signed the adoption papers. 1073 01:30:26,459 --> 01:30:29,396 And here. Okay. 1074 01:30:32,198 --> 01:30:35,268 All right, come on. Here. Turn around. 1075 01:30:38,405 --> 01:30:41,141 You're not gonna be calling us for support payments or something like that? 1076 01:30:41,307 --> 01:30:44,444 Oh, no, no. We'll have everything we need. Don't worry. 1077 01:30:44,611 --> 01:30:46,646 All right, here. Let's roll. 1078 01:30:52,318 --> 01:30:53,386 Ciao. 1079 01:31:02,262 --> 01:31:04,631 So Harry and Zinnia got away. 1080 01:31:04,798 --> 01:31:09,269 And as bad as things were before, that's how good they became. 1081 01:31:12,505 --> 01:31:15,642 Miss Honey was made principal of Crunchem Hall... 1082 01:31:15,809 --> 01:31:19,579 ...which had to add an upper school because children never wanted to leave. 1083 01:31:19,746 --> 01:31:22,916 And Matilda found, to her great surprise... 1084 01:31:23,830 --> 01:31:24,818 ...that life could be fun. 1085 01:31:24,984 --> 01:31:28,955 And she decided to have as much of it as possible. 1086 01:31:29,122 --> 01:31:32,926 After all, she was a very smart kid. 1087 01:31:47,374 --> 01:31:49,376 But the happiest part of the story... 1088 01:31:49,542 --> 01:31:51,778 ...is that Matilda and Miss Honey... 1089 01:31:51,945 --> 01:31:54,781 ...each got what they had always wanted: 1090 01:31:54,948 --> 01:31:57,617 A loving family. 1091 01:31:59,152 --> 01:32:03,123 And Matilda never had to use her powers again. 1092 01:32:03,490 --> 01:32:06,393 Well, I mean, almost never. 1093 01:32:16,469 --> 01:32:19,720 "Call me Ishmael. 1094 01:32:19,239 --> 01:32:22,242 Some years ago, never mind how long precisely... 1095 01:32:22,409 --> 01:32:25,879 ...having little or no money in my purse and nothing particular to..."