Mr. Mosher, sir. M. GUSTAVE
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
ZERO
A screenplay character in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
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Sample dialogue
A moist, black ash dampens the filth of a dung-dark rat’s-nest and mingles with the thick scent of wood-rot while the lark- song of a gutter-snipe echoes across a -- INT. CORRIDOR. DAY M. Gustave pushes a metal cart with a stack of plates and a steel tureen on it through a barred door. He stops in front of a large cell where four convicts loiter on their bunks playing cards, scratching graffiti on the walls, and looking at dirty pictures. M. GUSTAVE May I offer any of you inmates a plate of mush? The convicts all look to M. Gustave at once. No one speaks. M. Gustave hesitates. M. GUSTAVE No? Anyone? You -- with the very large scar on your face? M. Gustave points to a seven-foot giant with a deep slash from the top corner of his forehead all the way down and across to the other side of his chin. The giant frowns. He stands up. The other convicts look uneasy. M. GUSTAVE Come now. Try it. It’s, actually, quite warm and nourishing this morning. It needs a dash of salt. M. Gustave prepares a plate of lumpy gruel for the giant. He shakes-in a touch of salt from a shaker. The giant tastes it. Pause. He shrugs, pleased. He nods. M. Gustave smiles. M. GUSTAVE Good day. M. Gustave pushes his cart to the next cell. A bald wrestler lifts weights while an old man spots him. M. GUSTAVE Mush, gents? Any takers? The wrestler and the old man look at M. Gustave blankly with the barbell in the air. M. Gustave shrugs and says regretfully: M. GUSTAVE Suit yourselves.
scene 18 — INT. VISITING ROOM. DAYStraighten that cap, Anatole.
scene 5 — INT. SITTING ROOM. DAYThe pleasure is mine, Herr Schneider. ANATOLE
scene 5 — INT. SITTING ROOM. DAYYou’re a pastry chef. One of the best in the -- AGATHA Not a “fence” (if that’s the term). I don’t trade in stolen property. ZERO
scene 21 — INT. LAWYER’S OFFICE. DAYYes, sir. M. Gustave and Zero exchange a quick look: well-handled. They run. INT. ELEVATOR. DAY As the lift ascends: Dmitri casts a side-ways look to Agatha. She stares ahead and avoids his eyes. He looks away. Agatha casts a side-ways look to Dmitri. He snaps his head suddenly to look at her. She turns away again immediately, stricken. Dmitri reaches out toward Agatha. She retreats further into the corner. He touches the package under her arm with his long fingers and peels-back the edge of the wrapping-paper -- revealing a white hand holding a golden apple. He says quietly: DMITRI Pretty picture. Agatha does not respond. They come to a stop, and the elevator operator opens the gate. ELEVATOR OPERATOR Sixth floor. Neither Agatha nor Dmitri move. Silence. The elevator operator turns around slightly to look at them. Agatha exits. The elevator operator starts to close the door, but Dmitri holds up a finger. He follows Agatha. The gate closes behind him. Agatha walks swiftly but calmly down the long corridor. She looks back. Dmitri walks behind her, equally swiftly and significantly more calmly, thirty feet back. Agatha turns a corner. Dmitri cracks his knuckles as he continues. He clears his throat. He turns the corner now, himself, and sees: Agatha running as fast as she can, already sixty feet ahead, nearly at the end of the corridor. She looks back again as she disappears around the next corner.
scene 43 — INT. VAN. DAY
Bookends
That’s a Migratory Visa with Stage Three Worker Status, darling. Read this. M. Gustave hands the soldier Henckels’ special document. The soldier shows it to his associates. They confer