What’s eating Gilbert Grape
Gilbert The uh. . . The ice cream’s gonna melt. Soon.
Mrs Carver You’re right. It is melting.
Gilbert Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Mrs Carver Oh, my. Oh, my.
Gilbert Oh, my God.
Mr Carver Come on up here, I wanna show you.
Todd Carver I don’t wanna do it.
Mr Carver You don’t wanna do it?
Doug Carver I wanna pool.
Mr Carver You wanna pool?
Doug Carver Yeah.
Todd Carver Yeah, we wanna pool.
Mr Carver Come on up here. Up, up, up, up, up, up.
Mrs Carver Gilbert was just making a delivery.
Mr Carver Oh. Oh. Gilbert. Come here for a second. Here.
Gilbert Oh, no, no, no, no, no, really, er…
Mr Carver Oh, no. No, no, here. I insist. You deserve it.
Gilbert Thank you.
Mr Carver Thank you.
Mrs Carver Bye, Gilbert.
Gilbert Bye.
Mr Carver Gilbert. Come by my office. We need to talk.
Gilbert Okay. Arnie?
Deputy Okay, son, it’s a little dangerous up there. Come on down.
Man Arnie, get down!
Deputy We’ve had enough fun for one day. Come on down.
Arnie Hey! Hey! Hi! I wanna go up there!
Deputy Son?
Arnie Yeah?
Deputy Come on down.
Arnie No! I’m not coming down, I’m going up there!
Deputy Son, come on down.
Arnie I wanna go up there!
Gilbert Arnie! Arnie, come on down, buddy.
Arnie Up here. Hi!
Deputy Okay, son. Come on down.
Arnie I wanna go up here!
Deputy Come on, son.
Arnie I’m going higher than before. I’m going high!
Deputy It’s getting dark soon. Come on down.
Bobby Hi.
Tucker Hey, Bob. Yeah, look, here we go again.
Mechanic Basically, I don’t like to work on carburetors and I can tell without getting into it that that is a complicated unit.
Grandma I, I understand. I, I can do it myself. But I need the part. Look, let me show you. See, it’s this little guy right here. See the needle valve. . . it’s worn down, and I need a new one. Could we order it?
Mechanic Yes, ma’am. Yes, ma’am, I can order it.
Grandma About how long do you think that would take?
Mechanic Probably a week.
Grandma A week.
Deputy Don’t make us come get you.
Arnie You don’t have to come and get me. I’m going up here.
Gilbert Arnie.
Arnie Whoa. I’m not gonna fall! Whoa!
Tucker & Bobby Whoa.
Arnie Hey! My shoe done fell off. My shoe done fell off, Gilbert.
Gilbert (singing) I know a boy whose name is Arnie, He’s, er, about to turn eighteen and have a big party, I know a boy whose name is Arnie.
Gilbert Come on down, buddy. Come on.
Gilbert (chanting) Match in the gas tank – boom, boom!
Arnie (chanting) Match in the gas tank – boom, boom.
Gilbert (chanting) Match in the gas tank – boom, boom!
Arnie (chanting) Match in the gas tank – boom, boom. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Match in the gas tank – boom, boom.
Gilbert Good boy.
Man Easy does it now.
Gilbert Come on down, buddy.
Earl All right!
Gilbert Come on down. Come on! There you go. All right. Thanks a lot. Really sorry. Good. Good boy. Good boy. Now, I’m gonna take him home. I promise it won’t happen again.
Sheriff Son, we hear this every time. Then after a couple of days he’s right back up there again.
Gilbert Yeah, but this is the last time. Right, buddy?
Arnie It’s the last time.
Gilbert Yeah. Come on, let’s go.
Arnie I wanna go back up there again. I wanna go up there again.
Earl Hey, Arnie. Good job, huh?
Gilbert Don’t touch him.
Boy Whoa, nice try.
Earl Way to go, Arnie. Could you do it again for me?
Tucker Get out of here, Earl.
Gilbert Could you help me out later?
Tucker Yeah.
Gilbert With the fridge.
Tucker With the what?
Gilbert Something wrong with the fridge.
Tucker The electricity?
Gilbert I don’t know. Maybe.
Tucker All right. I’ll have to get my tools.
Arnie Hi.
Tucker I’ll see you. I’ll have to stop by later. You be careful, all right, Arnie?
Arnie Okay.
Momma Don’t disappear like that again on me, okay?
Arnie I disappear. I disappeared on Momma like that.
Momma Please don’t disappear.
Gilbert Just let him go.
