"Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 84. KEN I know it's got an aftertaste! I like it! BARRY (re: Ken) I always felt there was some kind of barrier between Ken and me.
(puts his hands in his pockets) I couldn't overcome it. Oh well.
VANESSA Are you going to be okay for the trial tomorrow? BARRY Oh, I believe Mr. Montgomery is about out of ideas.
CUT TO: SEQ. 3300 - "ADAM STINGS MONTY" INT.
COURTROOM - NEXT DAY ANGLE ON: Medium shot of Montgomery standing at his table. MONTGOMERY We would like to call Mr.
Barry Benson Bee to the stand. ADAM (whispering to Vanessa) Now that's a good idea.
(to Barry) You can really see why he's considered one of the very best lawyers-- Oh. Barry rolls his eyes.
He gets up, takes the stand. A juror in a striped shirt APPLAUDS.
MR. GAMMIL (whispering) Layton, you've got to weave some magic with this jury, or it's going to be all over.
Montgomery is holding a BOOK, "The Secret Life of Bees". "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 85.
MONTGOMERY (confidently whispering) Oh, don't worry Mr. Gammil.
The only thing I have to do to turn this jury around is to remind them of what they don't like about bees. (to Gammil) You got the tweezers? Mr.
Gammil NODS, and pats his breast pocket. MR.
GAMMIL Are you allergic? MONTGOMERY Only to losing, son. Only to losing.
Montgomery approaches the stand. MONTGOMERY (CONT'D) Mr.
Benson Bee. I'll ask you what I think we'd all like to know.
What exactly is your relationship to that woman? Montgomery points to Vanessa. BARRY We're friends.
MONTGOMERY Good friends? BARRY Yes. MONTGOMERY (softly in Barry's face) How good? BARRY What? MONTGOMERY Do you live together? BARRY Wait a minute, this isn't about-- "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 86.
MONTGOMERY Are you her little. .
. (clearing throat) .
. .
bed bug? BARRY (flustered) Hey, that's not the kind of-- MONTGOMERY I've seen a bee documentary or two. Now, from what I understand, doesn't your Queen give birth to all the bee children in the hive? BARRY Yeah, but-- MONTGOMERY So those aren't even your real parents! ANGLE ON: Barry's parents.
MARTIN BENSON Oh, Barry. BARRY Yes they are! ADAM Hold me back! Vanessa holds him back with a COFFEE STIRRER.
Montgomery points to Barry's parents. MONTGOMERY You're an illegitimate bee, aren't you Benson? ADAM He's denouncing bees! All the bees in the courtroom start to HUM.
They're agitated. MONTGOMERY And don't y'all date your cousins? "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 87.
VANESSA (standing, letting go of Adam) Objection! Adam explodes from the table and flies towards Montgomery. ADAM I'm going to pin cushion this guy! Montgomery turns around and positions himself by the judge's bench.
He sticks his butt out. Montgomery winks at his team.
BARRY Adam, don't! It's what he wants! Adam shoves Barry out of the way. Adam STINGS Montgomery in the butt.
The jury REACTS, aghast. MONTGOMERY Ow! I'm hit! Oh, lordy, I am hit! The judge BANGS her gavel.
JUDGE Order! Order! Please, Mr. Montgomery.
MONTGOMERY The venom! The venom is coursing through my veins! I have been felled by a wing-ed beast of destruction. You see? You can't treat them like equals.
They're strip-ed savages! Stinging's the only thing they know! It's their way! ANGLE ON: Adam, collapsed on the floor. Barry rushes to his side.
BARRY Adam, stay with me. ADAM I can't feel my legs.
Montgomery falls on the Bailiff. BAILIFF Take it easy.
"Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 88. MONTGOMERY Oh, what angel of mercy will come forward to suck the poison from my heaving buttocks? The JURY recoils.
JUDGE Please, I will have order in this court. Order! Order, please! FADE TO: SEQ.
3400 - "ADAM AT HOSPITAL" INT. HOSPITAL - STREET LEVEL ROOM - DAY PRESS PERSON #1 (V.
O) The case of the honey bees versus the human race took a pointed turn against the bees yesterday, when one of their legal team stung Layton T. Montgomery.
Now here's Don with the 5-day. A NURSE lets Barry into the room.
Barry CARRIES a FLOWER. BARRY Thank you.
Barry stands over Adam, in a bed. Barry lays the flower down next to him.
The TV is on. BARRY (CONT'D) Hey buddy.
ADAM Hey. BARRY Is there much pain? Adam has a BEE-SIZED PAINKILLER HONEY BUTTON near his head that he presses.
ADAM (pressing the button) Yeah. .
. I blew the whole case, didn't I? "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 89.
BARRY Oh, it doesn't matter. The important thing is you're alive.
You could have died. ADAM I'd be better off dead.
Look at me. Adam THROWS the blanket off his lap, revealing a GREEN SANDWICH SWORD STINGER.
ADAM (CONT'D) (voice cracking) They got it from the cafeteria, they got it from downstairs. In a tuna sandwich.
Look, there's a little celery still on it. BARRY What was it like to sting someone? ADAM I can't explain it.
It was all adrenaline. .
. and then.
. .
ecstasy. Barry looks at Adam.
BARRY Alright. ADAM You think that was all a trap? BARRY Of course.
I'm sorry. I flew us right into this.
What were we thinking? Look at us, we're just a couple of bugs in this world. ADAM What do you think the humans will do to us if they win? BARRY I don't know.
ADAM I hear they put the roaches in motels. That doesn't sound so bad.
"Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 90. BARRY Adam, they check in, but they don't check out.
Adam GULPS. ADAM Oh my.
ANGLE ON: the hospital window. We see THREE PEOPLE smoking outside on the sidewalk.
The smoke drifts in. Adam COUGHS.
ADAM (CONT'D) Say, could you get a nurse to close that window? BARRY Why? ADAM The smoke. Bees don't smoke.
BARRY Right. Bees don't smoke.
Bees don't smoke! But some bees are smoking. Adam, that's it! That's our case.
Adam starts putting his clothes on. ADAM It is? It's not over? BARRY No.
Get up. Get dressed.