1 00:00:43,978 --> 00:00:48,438 Everyone is born. But not everyone is born the same. 2 00:00:48,607 --> 00:00:52,936 Some will grow to be butchers, or bakers or candlestick makers. 3 00:00:53,111 --> 00:00:56,694 Some will only be good at making Jell-O salad. 4 00:00:56,865 --> 00:01:03,531 But every human being is unique, for better or for worse. 5 00:01:05,039 --> 00:01:08,988 Most parents think their children are the most beautiful things alive. 6 00:01:09,168 --> 00:01:13,414 - Others are less emotional. - What a waste of time. 7 00:01:13,589 --> 00:01:18,380 - $9.25 for a bar of soap! - I had to take a shower. 8 00:01:18,551 --> 00:01:22,715 $5,000! I'm not paying it! They can't repossess the kid! 9 00:01:39,487 --> 00:01:43,698 - There's no way out. - Make a U-turn. 10 00:01:48,454 --> 00:01:50,861 Harry! 11 00:01:54,376 --> 00:01:59,334 Harry and Zinnia Wormwood lived in a very nice neighborhood. 12 00:01:59,506 --> 00:02:02,423 But they were not nice people. 13 00:02:12,518 --> 00:02:15,352 Get out of the street, you dodos! 14 00:02:21,484 --> 00:02:27,189 The Wormwoods were so busy, they forgot they had a daughter. 15 00:02:27,365 --> 00:02:33,200 If they had paid her any attention, they'd have seen she was special. 16 00:02:33,370 --> 00:02:38,495 Oh, my gosh! Matilda! Now look what you did! 17 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:42,082 You're supposed to eat the spinach! 18 00:02:50,678 --> 00:02:55,920 Babies... You're better off raising tomatoes! 19 00:02:56,099 --> 00:03:03,430 At two, Matilda had already learned how to take care of herself. 20 00:03:06,692 --> 00:03:10,939 As time went by, she developed a sense of style. 21 00:03:11,905 --> 00:03:15,819 Every morning, Matilda's brother went to school. 22 00:03:15,993 --> 00:03:20,488 Her father went to work. selling used cars for unfair prices. 23 00:03:20,663 --> 00:03:25,491 - Her mother took off to play Bingo. - Soup's on the stove... 24 00:03:25,668 --> 00:03:29,203 Matilda was left alone. 25 00:03:29,380 --> 00:03:32,998 That was how she liked it. 26 00:04:06,789 --> 00:04:10,952 At four. she had read every magazine in the house. 27 00:04:11,126 --> 00:04:17,496 One night, she asked her father for something she desperately wanted. 28 00:04:17,674 --> 00:04:21,754 - A book? Why do you want a book? - To read. 29 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:27,135 Why would you want to read, when the television is right there? 30 00:04:28,142 --> 00:04:34,939 - You get more out of watching TV. - Get out of the way. 31 00:04:35,732 --> 00:04:39,777 Matilda already knew she was different from her family. 32 00:04:39,945 --> 00:04:44,820 She saw that whatever she needed. she'd have to get herself. 33 00:04:46,951 --> 00:04:48,848 There's fish fingers in the microwave. 34 00:04:48,884 --> 00:04:50,744 There's fish fingers in the microwave. 35 00:04:52,665 --> 00:04:58,204 The next morning, Matilda set off in search of a book. 36 00:05:37,247 --> 00:05:41,873 - Where are the children's books? - In that room. 37 00:05:42,043 --> 00:05:49,255 - Would you like me to pick out one? - No, thank you. I can manage. 38 00:06:05,315 --> 00:06:12,444 From then on, every day, Matilda walked to the library. 39 00:06:13,364 --> 00:06:16,483 She devoured one book after another. 40 00:06:20,704 --> 00:06:26,457 When she finished all the children's books. she searched for others. 41 00:06:26,626 --> 00:06:31,038 Mrs. Phelps, who had been watching her with fascination, - 42 00:06:31,213 --> 00:06:34,333 - offered Matilda some information. 43 00:06:34,508 --> 00:06:39,929 You can have your own library card, and take books home. 44 00:06:40,096 --> 00:06:47,807 - You can take as many as you like. - That would be wonderful. 45 00:06:50,398 --> 00:06:56,934 Matilda's strong mind continued to grow, nurtured by the authors - 46 00:06:57,112 --> 00:07:02,901 - who had sent their books out into the world, like ships onto the sea. 47 00:07:10,624 --> 00:07:17,540 The books gave Matilda a comforting message: You are not alone. 48 00:07:37,774 --> 00:07:40,692 Did any packages come today? 49 00:07:41,695 --> 00:07:45,692 - Where did all this come from? - The library. 50 00:07:45,865 --> 00:07:53,243 - The library? You're only four! - 6... 51 00:07:53,414 --> 00:07:57,114 Then you'd be in school already. 52 00:07:57,292 --> 00:08:02,084 I was supposed to start school in September. You wouldn't listen. 53 00:08:02,255 --> 00:08:05,209 Get up. 54 00:08:06,217 --> 00:08:09,502 Give me that book! 55 00:08:10,012 --> 00:08:13,677 - How old is Matilda? - Four. 56 00:08:13,849 --> 00:08:19,436 - I'm 6... I was six in August. - You're a liar. 57 00:08:19,604 --> 00:08:26,223 - I want to go to school. - Who'd sign for the packages? 58 00:08:26,402 --> 00:08:32,274 We can't leave valuable packages on the doorstep. Go watch TV. 59 00:08:32,450 --> 00:08:38,534 - There's something wrong with her. - Tell me about it. 60 00:08:38,705 --> 00:08:43,699 Hey, dipface! Have a marshmallow. Have another! 61 00:08:44,669 --> 00:08:46,745 Dipface! 62 00:08:54,053 --> 00:09:00,850 Matilda longed for a friend, like the kind people in her books. 63 00:09:01,017 --> 00:09:06,438 It occurred to her that talking dragons and princesses - 64 00:09:06,606 --> 00:09:10,306 - might exist only in story books. 65 00:09:10,484 --> 00:09:13,653 But she was about to discover she had a strength she didn't know of. 66 00:09:13,690 --> 00:09:16,822 But she was about to discover she had a strength she didn't know of. 67 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:23,159 I'm great! I'm incredible! Michael, pencil and paper. 68 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:27,279 - Did we sell some cars today? - Did we! 69 00:09:27,458 --> 00:09:30,708 - Can I get that new TV? - Yeah! 70 00:09:30,878 --> 00:09:37,627 It's time you learned the family business. Write this down. 71 00:09:37,801 --> 00:09:46,638 The first car I sold cost $320. I sold it for $1.158. 72 00:09:46,809 --> 00:09:54,555 The second one cost $512. I sold it for $2.269! 73 00:09:54,733 --> 00:09:59,395 - You're going too fast. - Just write. The third cost $68. 74 00:09:59,571 --> 00:10:06,902 I sold it for $999. The fourth cost $1.100. 75 00:10:07,078 --> 00:10:14,160 I sold it for 7,839 big American boffos! 76 00:10:14,335 --> 00:10:20,373 - What was my profit for the day? - $10.265. 77 00:10:22,634 --> 00:10:26,334 Check it if you don't believe me. 78 00:10:29,432 --> 00:10:34,556 - You saw the paper. - From all the way over here? 79 00:10:34,728 --> 00:10:38,429 Are you being smart with me? 80 00:10:38,607 --> 00:10:43,399 - If you are, you'll be punished. - Punished for being smart? 81 00:10:43,570 --> 00:10:49,738 When a person is bad, that person has to be taught a lesson. 82 00:10:49,909 --> 00:10:53,278 - Person? - Get up! 83 00:10:53,454 --> 00:10:59,574 Harry had unintentionally given his daughter some practical advice. 84 00:10:59,751 --> 00:11:05,207 He meant to say, "child". Instead, he said, "person". 85 00:11:05,382 --> 00:11:12,511 Thereby, he introduced the idea that children could punish their parents. 86 00:11:13,931 --> 00:11:17,715 Only when they deserved it, of course. 87 00:12:35,714 --> 00:12:38,751 Michael, come into my room! 88 00:12:40,511 --> 00:12:46,264 - What? - I'll take you to work today, okay? 89 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:51,390 - I don't know. What do you think? - I think appearance is important. 90 00:12:51,562 --> 00:12:56,603 People don't buy a car. They buy me. So I take pride in my appearance. 91 00:12:56,775 --> 00:13:03,656 Well-oiled hair. clean shave... Get ready for a big day of learning. 92 00:13:03,824 --> 00:13:09,446 There's a sucker born every minute. We'll take them for all they've got. 93 00:13:09,621 --> 00:13:14,366 - Give me the cookies. - Here. 94 00:13:19,630 --> 00:13:25,668 Okay, my boy! Heir to the throne! Today we diddle the customers. 95 00:13:25,844 --> 00:13:29,010 What are you looking at? 96 00:13:29,180 --> 00:13:34,933 - Lovekins, where's my breakfast? - Here we are, my heartstrings... 97 00:13:36,228 --> 00:13:40,890 Snickerdoodle. what did you do to your hair? 98 00:13:42,317 --> 00:13:45,152 My hair? 99 00:13:55,746 --> 00:14:01,784 Give me those things. Get in the car. 100 00:14:04,337 --> 00:14:06,626 Get in. 101 00:14:06,798 --> 00:14:10,926 Dirty dealings, like buying stolen car parts, never stay secret. 102 00:14:11,094 --> 00:14:14,628 Especially when the FBI gets involved. 103 00:14:20,352 --> 00:14:27,184 - 9:17. Subject exits domicile. - I've got 9:18. 104 00:14:28,151 --> 00:14:31,935 9:17 is correct. 105 00:14:40,371 --> 00:14:45,365 - One day, all this will be yours. - This? 106 00:14:45,542 --> 00:14:51,414 See this junker? I paid $100 for it. She's got 120,000 miles on her. 107 00:14:51,589 --> 00:14:54,792 Transmission's shot. bumpers are falling off... 108 00:14:54,967 --> 00:15:00,174 What do I do with her? I sell her! 109 00:15:00,347 --> 00:15:06,883 We should weld these bumpers on, but that takes time and money. 110 00:15:07,062 --> 00:15:10,347 So we use Super Super Glue instead. 111 00:15:10,523 --> 00:15:14,900 - Go ahead. Put it on there. - Won't it fall off? 112 00:15:15,069 --> 00:15:21,818 - Isn't that dangerous? - Not to me. Okay? Transmission! 113 00:15:21,992 --> 00:15:27,828 The sawdust lets the engine run sweet as a nut. for a few miles. 114 00:15:27,998 --> 00:15:32,576 - Daddy, that's cheating. - Nobody ever got rich being honest. 115 00:15:32,752 --> 00:15:37,959 20 years ago, we could turn the numbers back by hand. 116 00:15:38,132 --> 00:15:42,509 But the Feds like to test the ingenuity of American businessmen. 117 00:15:42,678 --> 00:15:48,264 Two-directional drill. If you run it backwards, the numbers go down. 118 00:15:50,602 --> 00:15:52,760 Cool! 119 00:15:54,814 --> 00:15:58,942 - Daddy, you're a crook. - What? 120 00:15:59,109 --> 00:16:04,186 - This is illegal. - Here, keep drilling. 121 00:16:04,364 --> 00:16:10,200 - Do you make money? - Don't people need good cars? 122 00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:13,205 Can't you sell good cars? 123 00:16:13,373 --> 00:16:19,375 I'm smart, you're dumb. I'm right, you're wrong! 124 00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:23,210 There's nothing you can do about it. 125 00:16:35,143 --> 00:16:40,765 Harry, I won! I hit the double bingo! 126 00:16:40,940 --> 00:16:44,854 I'm taking you all to Cafe Le Ritz! 127 00:16:45,027 --> 00:16:48,442 Let me see the money! 128 00:16:48,613 --> 00:16:53,607 Your hair looks awful! I hope they'll let you in. 129 00:16:53,868 --> 00:16:58,031 - Here's your hat, Daddy. - Get in the car. 130 00:17:01,625 --> 00:17:05,954 - How much? - It's for me to know. 131 00:17:10,592 --> 00:17:15,834 - You never take us out. - I took you to The Flipper. 132 00:17:16,013 --> 00:17:22,680 - There was a comb in the soup. - Oh, yeah! I like that joint. 133 00:17:22,853 --> 00:17:26,802 - This way, please. - Harry, take your hat off. 134 00:17:27,899 --> 00:17:31,398 - I can't. - You can't wear a hat inside. 135 00:17:31,569 --> 00:17:36,147 - I can't take it off. - Nobody cares about your hair. 136 00:17:36,324 --> 00:17:39,657 I can't get it off. 137 00:17:40,786 --> 00:17:43,822 I'm gonna get this hat off. 138 00:17:46,375 --> 00:17:49,790 I think your head swelled up. 139 00:17:49,961 --> 00:17:54,504 - You're pulling the skin! - You're such a baby! 140 00:17:54,674 --> 00:17:59,750 - The fibers are fused to the head! - What's that supposed to mean? 141 00:18:33,084 --> 00:18:37,876 I will not be a figure of ridicule! I want respect! 142 00:18:39,924 --> 00:18:45,344 I still don't see how you glued your hat on, Harry. 143 00:18:45,512 --> 00:18:51,716 I did not glue my hat to my head! The fibers fused to my hair! 144 00:18:51,893 --> 00:18:58,429 Baby, wait a minute! I'm getting it now. 145 00:18:59,275 --> 00:19:02,560 Oh, my God! 146 00:19:10,202 --> 00:19:16,156 From now on, this family does exactly what I say, when I say it! 147 00:19:16,332 --> 00:19:19,001 Here's your hat. 148 00:19:19,168 --> 00:19:24,873 Right now, we are eating dinner and watching TV. 149 00:19:26,425 --> 00:19:28,274 Are you ready to get sticky with Mickey? 150 00:19:28,311 --> 00:19:30,124 Are you ready to get sticky with Mickey? 151 00:19:31,596 --> 00:19:35,047 Shut your light off. 152 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:40,477 For those idiots who don't know how to play, here's how it goes. 153 00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:45,189 For each correct answer, you'll move one step closer to our cube of cash! 154 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:52,191 Any money that sticks to your gooey body, you get to take home! 155 00:19:54,325 --> 00:19:57,659 - Hi. Dad. - Are you in this family? 156 00:20:00,956 --> 00:20:05,832 Hello. Are you in this family? 157 00:20:08,630 --> 00:20:11,963 What is this trash you're reading? 158 00:20:12,133 --> 00:20:16,676 It's lovely. It's "Moby Dick", by Herman Melville. 159 00:20:17,722 --> 00:20:23,095 Moby what? This is filth! 160 00:20:23,269 --> 00:20:28,938 - It's a library book! - I'm fed up with all this reading! 161 00:20:29,107 --> 00:20:34,314 You're a Wormwood! Act like one! Sit up and look at the TV! 162 00:20:34,487 --> 00:20:39,279 Get real sticky and get cash for free. 163 00:20:39,450 --> 00:20:41,822 Let's get sticky! 164 00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:25,072 - I didn't do it. - Of course not, you little twit! 165 00:21:26,201 --> 00:21:31,492 - I told you that was a cheap set. - It's not cheap, it's stolen. 166 00:21:31,998 --> 00:21:35,497 Put your light on! 167 00:21:36,669 --> 00:21:40,453 Was it magic, or coincidence? 168 00:21:40,631 --> 00:21:44,498 We only use a tiny portion of our brains. 169 00:21:44,677 --> 00:21:52,007 The events of the following day made Matilda discover her strength. 170 00:21:52,183 --> 00:21:57,937 - I need a car. Can you service me? - Yes. Welcome to Wormwood Motors. 171 00:21:58,106 --> 00:22:05,520 - Harry Wormwood, owner and founder. - Agatha Trunchbull, Principal. 172 00:22:05,696 --> 00:22:11,449 I want a tight car, because I run a tight ship. 173 00:22:11,618 --> 00:22:16,493 My school is a model of discipline. "Use the rod. beat the child." 174 00:22:16,664 --> 00:22:19,120 Do you have brats? 175 00:22:19,292 --> 00:22:24,712 - A boy, Mikey, and one mistake. - They're all mistakes, children. 176 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:29,755 - I'm glad I never was one. - I'm gonna make you a great deal. 177 00:22:29,926 --> 00:22:32,298 You had better. 178 00:22:34,305 --> 00:22:35,889 Thank you. Enjoy it. 179 00:22:35,926 --> 00:22:37,473 Thank you. Enjoy it. 180 00:22:38,351 --> 00:22:43,178 Hey, you. You're going to school. 181 00:22:43,355 --> 00:22:46,890 You'll get a real education at this place. 182 00:22:49,444 --> 00:22:54,071 Matilda had always wanted to go to school. 183 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,487 She tried to imagine what her new school would be like. 184 00:22:59,704 --> 00:23:05,955 She pictured a lovely building, surrounded by trees and flowers. 185 00:23:07,419 --> 00:23:10,705 There was a building. And children! 186 00:23:10,881 --> 00:23:16,551 Regardless of how the school looked, she was happy to be there. 187 00:23:18,012 --> 00:23:24,132 After all, any school is better than no school at all. Isn't it? 188 00:23:58,508 --> 00:24:01,212 You... detention. 189 00:24:06,140 --> 00:24:09,176 You're too small. Grow up quicker! 190 00:24:11,812 --> 00:24:14,184 Heads up! Shoulders back! 191 00:24:14,356 --> 00:24:19,480 - Sorry. - It's better than being out there. 192 00:24:19,652 --> 00:24:25,655 - Is that my teacher? - No, that's the principal. 193 00:24:25,824 --> 00:24:33,321 The principal likes to snap a whip in here to see who's hiding. 194 00:24:35,625 --> 00:24:37,783 - I'm Matilda. - Lavender. 195 00:24:37,961 --> 00:24:43,121 - I'm Hortensia. - Does she really hit children? 196 00:24:43,299 --> 00:24:50,131 No. What she does is worse. Like yesterday, in the second grade. 197 00:24:50,305 --> 00:24:56,058 She makes weekly visits to show the teachers how to handle kids. 198 00:24:56,227 --> 00:24:58,602 - Julius ate two M&Ms. - And she caught him? 199 00:24:58,639 --> 00:25:00,978 - Julius ate two M&Ms. - And she caught him? 200 00:25:01,149 --> 00:25:03,437 Of course! 201 00:25:08,447 --> 00:25:15,410 - Was Julius okay? - He lived, if that's what you mean. 202 00:25:15,578 --> 00:25:21,663 She used to be in the Olympics. Shot-put, javelin, hammer throw. 203 00:25:21,834 --> 00:25:25,084 So she does this all the time? 204 00:25:25,254 --> 00:25:28,171 - It's better than the Chokey. - Chokey? 205 00:25:28,340 --> 00:25:35,635 It's a tall hole in the wall. a drippy pipe with jagged edges. 206 00:25:35,805 --> 00:25:39,256 The walls have nails sticking out. 207 00:25:39,434 --> 00:25:42,968 Get in, you festering bowl of pus! 208 00:25:43,145 --> 00:25:46,561 I've been in there twice. 209 00:25:46,732 --> 00:25:52,355 - Didn't you tell your parents? - Would your parents believe it? 210 00:25:52,529 --> 00:25:55,565 You must obey Miss Trunchbull. 211 00:25:55,740 --> 00:25:59,323 No. Here she comes! 212 00:26:01,662 --> 00:26:05,280 Ah! Fresh meat! 213 00:26:11,922 --> 00:26:16,797 - Amanda Thripp. - Yes. Miss Trunchbull. 214 00:26:16,968 --> 00:26:22,721 What are those... hanging down by your ears? 215 00:26:22,890 --> 00:26:27,552 - You mean my pigtails? - Are you a pig? 216 00:26:27,728 --> 00:26:32,935 - No. Miss Trunchbull. - Do I allow pigs in my school? 217 00:26:33,108 --> 00:26:40,902 - My mommy thinks they're sweet. - Your mommy is a twit! 218 00:26:41,074 --> 00:26:45,367 - Chop them off by tomorrow, or... - But... 219 00:26:45,536 --> 00:26:49,403 But? Did you say "but"? 220 00:26:49,581 --> 00:26:52,251 - Hammer throw. - Definitely. 221 00:26:52,417 --> 00:26:55,620 I'll give you "but". 222 00:27:04,595 --> 00:27:07,845 - Good loft! - Excellent release! 223 00:27:11,977 --> 00:27:15,476 Think she'll make the fence? 224 00:27:35,832 --> 00:27:39,877 Get to class before I throw you all in the Chokey. 225 00:27:40,044 --> 00:27:44,836 - Lavender, what's my teacher like? - Run. run. run! 226 00:27:45,007 --> 00:27:47,878 Faster! Get in! 227 00:27:49,219 --> 00:27:53,548 Matilda's teacher, Miss Honey, was one of those people - 228 00:27:53,724 --> 00:27:57,768 - who appreciates every child for who she or he is. 229 00:27:57,936 --> 00:28:03,392 - I scooped these up for you. - How lovely. Thank you, Amanda. 230 00:28:03,566 --> 00:28:07,433 We have a new student with us today. 231 00:28:07,611 --> 00:28:12,273 This is Matilda Wormwood. I'd like you to sit with Lavender. 232 00:28:12,449 --> 00:28:18,736 You all know how scary the first day of school is. so be nice to Matilda. 233 00:28:18,913 --> 00:28:23,908 Could you get her workbook, please? You can sit down. 234 00:28:24,085 --> 00:28:27,418 Miss Honey was a wonderful teacher. 235 00:28:27,588 --> 00:28:33,957 But her life was not as beautiful as it seemed. She had a dark secret. 236 00:28:34,136 --> 00:28:39,640 Though it caused her pain, it didn't interfere with her teaching. 237 00:28:39,808 --> 00:28:46,604 You've come on a good day. We're going to review what we've learned. 238 00:28:46,772 --> 00:28:54,317 If you know an answer, just raise your hand. 239 00:28:54,488 --> 00:28:59,363 We've been working on our times tables. Who'd like to demonstrate? 240 00:29:00,368 --> 00:29:05,077 Let's do some together. 241 00:29:06,249 --> 00:29:09,368 - 2 x 4 is? - 8. 242 00:29:09,543 --> 00:29:12,829 - 2 x 6 is? - 12. 243 00:29:13,005 --> 00:29:16,208 - 2 x 9 is? - 18. 244 00:29:16,383 --> 00:29:21,887 Soon you'll be able to do them all, whether it's 2 x 7... 245 00:29:22,055 --> 00:29:26,800 - 14. - Or 13 x 379. 246 00:29:26,976 --> 00:29:30,558 4,927. 247 00:29:32,147 --> 00:29:36,560 - I beg your pardon? - I think that's the answer. 248 00:29:36,735 --> 00:29:41,480 13 x 379 is 4.927. 249 00:30:00,173 --> 00:30:03,755 - It is. - Wow... 250 00:30:07,847 --> 00:30:15,723 - You can multiply big numbers? - I read a book on mathematics. 251 00:30:17,439 --> 00:30:21,602 - You like to read? - Yes. I love to read. 252 00:30:21,776 --> 00:30:30,151 - What do you like to read? - I've been reading Darls Chickens. 253 00:30:30,326 --> 00:30:35,034 Charles Dickens. I could read him every day. 254 00:30:35,205 --> 00:30:39,333 So could I. 255 00:30:40,668 --> 00:30:47,169 All right, take out your workbooks and let's start with section three. 256 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,930 I'll be back in a moment. 257 00:31:07,652 --> 00:31:12,527 Gotcha! Right in the neck. 258 00:31:14,575 --> 00:31:17,409 Come in. 259 00:31:19,579 --> 00:31:22,533 Almost got you. 260 00:31:22,707 --> 00:31:26,657 Good to see you, Jen. 261 00:31:26,836 --> 00:31:30,785 Time for one of our little heart-to-hearts? 262 00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:38,756 It's about the new girl in my class, Matilda Wormwood. 263 00:31:38,930 --> 00:31:41,599 Her father says she's a real wart. 264 00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:45,716 A carbuncle. A blister. A pustule of malignant ooze. 265 00:31:45,895 --> 00:31:52,312 - Matilda is sweet and very bright. - A bright child? 266 00:31:52,484 --> 00:31:57,644 - She can multiply large sums. - So can a calculator. 267 00:31:57,823 --> 00:32:04,157 I think she might be happier in an older and more advanced class. 268 00:32:04,329 --> 00:32:09,323 You can't handle the little viper, so you're trying to get rid of her. 269 00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:14,292 - No... - Typical, slothful cowardice! 270 00:32:14,463 --> 00:32:21,461 The distance the shot-put goes depends on your effort. 271 00:32:21,636 --> 00:32:28,172 If you can't handle the little brat, I'll lock her in the Chokey! 272 00:32:30,227 --> 00:32:33,561 - Get it? - Yes. ma'am. 273 00:32:33,731 --> 00:32:37,313 Everything I do is for your own good. 274 00:32:37,484 --> 00:32:41,980 And the good of those putrescent, little children! 275 00:33:06,969 --> 00:33:11,049 - Mom. I'm home. - How was school? 276 00:33:11,223 --> 00:33:16,727 - I get to do sixth grade work. - Hold on a minute. 277 00:33:16,895 --> 00:33:22,138 - Can't you see I'm on the phone? - You just asked me how school was. 278 00:33:23,651 --> 00:33:28,609 - The baby wasn't his. - Well, it was really great. 279 00:33:28,781 --> 00:33:33,608 - No way. They have to be implants. - The principal is insane. 280 00:33:33,786 --> 00:33:40,286 - She threw a girl over the fence. - You should wax yours, too. 281 00:33:40,458 --> 00:33:43,495 I have the most wonderful teacher. 282 00:33:43,670 --> 00:33:49,256 Mine are driving me crazy. Six hours at school is not enough. 283 00:33:49,425 --> 00:33:51,583 I'll say. 284 00:33:51,761 --> 00:33:57,466 A whack to the belly. A smack to the face. Burns is hurt. 285 00:33:57,641 --> 00:34:00,179 Saved by the bell. 286 00:34:00,352 --> 00:34:05,144 - Packages at this hour? - Come here. 287 00:34:08,609 --> 00:34:13,520 - Hello. - We don't give money, charity... 288 00:34:13,697 --> 00:34:18,074 I'm Jennifer Honey. I'm Matilda's teacher. 289 00:34:18,243 --> 00:34:24,411 What's she done now? You! Go to your room, right now! 290 00:34:24,582 --> 00:34:30,585 - She's your problem now. - There is no problem. 291 00:34:30,755 --> 00:34:34,503 Then beat it. We're watching TV. 292 00:34:34,675 --> 00:34:42,006 If a TV show is more important than Matilda, you shouldn't be a parent. 293 00:34:42,182 --> 00:34:45,467 Turn it off and listen to me. 294 00:34:49,647 --> 00:34:55,103 Come on in. Get this over with. Mrs. Wormwood won't like this. 295 00:34:57,738 --> 00:35:00,573 - Close the door. - Who is it? 296 00:35:00,740 --> 00:35:04,608 Some teacher. 297 00:35:05,578 --> 00:35:10,240 - What did you do that for? - What do you want? 298 00:35:10,416 --> 00:35:16,121 - Matilda has a brilliant mind. - Yeah, right. Give me a beer. 299 00:35:16,296 --> 00:35:20,923 - Her math skills are extraordinary. - Do you want one? 300 00:35:21,093 --> 00:35:27,973 No thank you. She's reading material that I didn't see until college. 301 00:35:28,141 --> 00:35:30,263 College! 302 00:35:30,434 --> 00:35:35,641 With private instruction, she'd be ready for college in a few years. 303 00:35:35,814 --> 00:35:41,817 A girl does not get anywhere by acting intelligent. 304 00:35:41,987 --> 00:35:47,610 Look at you and me. You chose books. I chose looks. 305 00:35:47,784 --> 00:35:56,288 I have a nice house and a husband. You teach children their ABC's. 306 00:35:56,458 --> 00:35:59,874 You want Matilda to go to college? 307 00:36:00,045 --> 00:36:04,422 I didn't go to college. I don't know anybody who did. 308 00:36:04,591 --> 00:36:08,042 A bunch of hippies and cesspool salesmen. 309 00:36:08,219 --> 00:36:11,919 Don't sneer at educated people. 310 00:36:12,098 --> 00:36:17,518 If you became ill, your doctor would be a college graduate. 311 00:36:17,686 --> 00:36:23,060 If you were sued, your lawyer would have gone to college, too. 312 00:36:23,233 --> 00:36:28,440 Sued by who? Who have you been talking to? 313 00:36:28,613 --> 00:36:32,361 Nobody. 314 00:36:32,533 --> 00:36:38,785 I can see we're not going to agree. Are we? 315 00:36:38,956 --> 00:36:43,368 I'm sorry I burst in on you like this. 316 00:36:45,503 --> 00:36:49,370 We ought to sue her for interrupting our show. 317 00:36:50,675 --> 00:36:54,754 - Why's he standing in the middle? - Because it's over. 318 00:36:54,929 --> 00:36:58,926 - Thank you. - See you tomorrow. 319 00:37:00,350 --> 00:37:06,353 - Who won? - I don't know. You shut it off. 320 00:37:06,523 --> 00:37:09,626 The entire school will go to the assembly room immediately! 321 00:37:09,663 --> 00:37:12,730 The entire school will go to the assembly room immediately! 322 00:37:12,903 --> 00:37:15,311 Sit! 323 00:37:15,489 --> 00:37:18,324 - What's up? - Beats me. 324 00:37:21,578 --> 00:37:25,528 Bruce Bogtrotter. 325 00:37:32,713 --> 00:37:36,129 Would little Brucey come up here? 326 00:37:48,311 --> 00:37:51,098 He lives on my block. 327 00:37:55,776 --> 00:38:04,068 This boy, Bruce Bogtrotter, is a vicious sneak thief. 328 00:38:04,242 --> 00:38:09,283 - You're a disgusting criminal. - What are you talking about? 329 00:38:09,455 --> 00:38:12,207 Chocolate cake. 330 00:38:12,375 --> 00:38:18,958 You slithered like a serpent into the kitchen and ate my snack! 331 00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:22,547 Do you deny it? 332 00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:28,639 Confess! 333 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:36,814 - I can't remember a specific cake. - This one was mine. 334 00:38:36,981 --> 00:38:42,520 - It was the best cake in the world. - My mom's is better. 335 00:38:42,694 --> 00:38:49,408 How can you be sure unless you have another piece? 336 00:38:51,035 --> 00:38:54,700 Sit down, Bog. 337 00:39:11,554 --> 00:39:18,766 Here we go. Smells chocolaty, eh? 338 00:39:18,936 --> 00:39:22,269 Now. eat it! 339 00:39:24,357 --> 00:39:27,477 I don't want any. Thank you. 340 00:39:27,652 --> 00:39:31,068 Eat it! 341 00:39:31,823 --> 00:39:34,444 Don't eat it. 342 00:39:34,617 --> 00:39:38,032 - She wouldn't give him cake. - It's poison. 343 00:40:09,023 --> 00:40:14,100 - You look like you enjoyed that. - Yes. ma'am. 344 00:40:14,278 --> 00:40:19,521 - You must have some more. - No thanks. 345 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:24,196 But you'll hurt the cook's feelings. 346 00:40:27,207 --> 00:40:32,201 She made this cake just for you. 347 00:40:34,630 --> 00:40:38,295 Her sweat and blood went into this cake. 348 00:40:38,467 --> 00:40:44,801 You will not leave this platform until you have eaten the whole cake! 349 00:40:44,973 --> 00:40:50,596 - The whole cake! See you at lunch. - Thank you, Cookie. 350 00:40:50,770 --> 00:40:56,274 You wanted cake, you got cake. Now eat it! 351 00:41:09,996 --> 00:41:12,617 Poor Brucey. 352 00:41:45,112 --> 00:41:47,400 He's going to puke. 353 00:41:47,572 --> 00:41:52,814 - I can't look. Is he going to puke? - Without a doubt. 354 00:42:00,542 --> 00:42:05,916 - Bruce looks real bad. - Give up? 355 00:42:09,134 --> 00:42:13,048 You can do it, Brucey! 356 00:42:14,764 --> 00:42:17,764 Yeah, you can do it! 357 00:42:17,933 --> 00:42:20,341 Go. Bruce! 358 00:42:27,150 --> 00:42:30,067 Silence! 359 00:42:36,951 --> 00:42:41,244 Silence! 360 00:42:42,289 --> 00:42:44,862 Stop! Silence! 361 00:43:08,355 --> 00:43:14,807 The entire assembly will stay five hours after school! 362 00:43:14,986 --> 00:43:21,486 Any children who object will go straight into the Chokey. Together! 363 00:43:30,250 --> 00:43:34,792 Code R's the official way of saying we've caught a bad one. 364 00:43:40,676 --> 00:43:45,836 - Where were you? - Miss Trunchbull kept us late. 365 00:43:46,014 --> 00:43:52,182 That's a lie! The packages were left outside because you weren't here. 366 00:43:52,353 --> 00:43:58,225 You get all this stuff from catalogues and I don't get anything! 367 00:43:58,401 --> 00:44:01,900 It's car parts. It's business. 368 00:44:02,071 --> 00:44:07,147 - Why isn't it sent to the office? - The cops are watching the office. 369 00:44:07,325 --> 00:44:10,575 The cops are watching the house. 370 00:44:10,745 --> 00:44:17,626 - They're parked outside, right now. - Those are speedboat salesmen. 371 00:44:17,793 --> 00:44:21,292 - Really nice guys. - Cops. 372 00:44:23,465 --> 00:44:27,712 Speedboats? There are no lakes around here. 373 00:44:27,886 --> 00:44:34,090 - Some people go away on weekends. - And some people are cops. 374 00:44:34,267 --> 00:44:42,808 They're not cops! Go to bed, you lying little earwig! 375 00:44:42,983 --> 00:44:47,941 With the FBI watching her father, and the Trunchbull at school. - 376 00:44:48,113 --> 00:44:52,193 - it was a rare moment when Matilda could just play. 377 00:44:52,367 --> 00:44:55,866 A frog! A frog! A frog! 378 00:44:56,037 --> 00:44:59,619 - What is it. Lavender? - A frog! 379 00:45:01,584 --> 00:45:05,166 - It's a salamander. - It's a chameleon. 380 00:45:05,337 --> 00:45:09,714 "Any of the semiaquatic salamanders from the genus triturus." 381 00:45:09,883 --> 00:45:15,553 "Some are brightly colored and secrete irritating substances." 382 00:45:17,848 --> 00:45:22,557 Useless, flaming car! 383 00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:28,521 Wormwood! Sell me a lemon! 384 00:45:28,692 --> 00:45:32,772 You're heading for the Chokey! Teach you a lesson! 385 00:45:32,946 --> 00:45:37,691 You and your father think you can make a fool out of me! 386 00:45:37,867 --> 00:45:42,030 - I'm nothing like my father! - You're the spitting image! 387 00:45:42,204 --> 00:45:44,330 The apple never rots far from the tree! 388 00:45:44,367 --> 00:45:46,457 The apple never rots far from the tree! 389 00:45:46,625 --> 00:45:51,121 - Miss Honey! - Trunchbull is teaching our class. 390 00:45:51,296 --> 00:45:55,080 She'll be here any second! 391 00:45:55,883 --> 00:46:01,672 Make sure the water is cold. Cover the fish! 392 00:46:01,847 --> 00:46:05,097 Put away the art projects. 393 00:46:05,267 --> 00:46:09,216 Most great ideas come from careful planning. 394 00:46:09,396 --> 00:46:14,057 But sometimes. they just jump out at you. 395 00:46:17,695 --> 00:46:23,199 Last time, you forgot yourselves. Don't speak unless you're spoken to. 396 00:46:23,367 --> 00:46:29,654 - Don't laugh. Don't breathe loudly. - Don't breathe at all. 397 00:46:31,875 --> 00:46:35,208 Good morning, Miss Trunchbull. 398 00:46:37,338 --> 00:46:40,208 Sit! 399 00:46:43,135 --> 00:46:45,424 Shoo. 400 00:46:47,389 --> 00:46:52,383 I don't understand why children are so disgusting. 401 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,846 They're like insects. 402 00:46:56,022 --> 00:46:59,473 They should be got rid of. 403 00:47:02,653 --> 00:47:10,316 The perfect school is one in which there are no children. 404 00:47:11,203 --> 00:47:14,654 Do you agree, Miss Honey? 405 00:47:17,458 --> 00:47:22,120 You! Front of the class! 406 00:47:28,135 --> 00:47:31,171 Are you okay? 407 00:47:31,346 --> 00:47:36,767 Next time I tell you to empty your pockets, do it faster! 408 00:47:36,934 --> 00:47:41,062 This could be the most interesting thing you've ever done. 409 00:47:45,692 --> 00:47:49,772 Sit down, you squirming worm! 410 00:48:00,498 --> 00:48:02,989 Get up! 411 00:48:04,627 --> 00:48:10,914 - Can you spell? - We can spell "difficulty". 412 00:48:11,091 --> 00:48:17,045 - You can't spell "difficulty". - She taught us with a poem. 413 00:48:17,221 --> 00:48:20,756 How sweet. What poem is that? 414 00:48:20,933 --> 00:48:27,101 Mrs. D. Mrs. I. Mrs. F. F. I. 415 00:48:27,272 --> 00:48:32,646 Mrs. C. Mrs. U. Mrs. L. T. Y. 416 00:48:32,819 --> 00:48:39,438 Why are all these women married? You teach spelling, not poetry! 417 00:48:45,164 --> 00:48:49,790 Why do small children take so long to grow up? 418 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:54,088 They do it deliberately, just to annoy me. 419 00:49:09,227 --> 00:49:12,062 What's funny? 420 00:49:12,230 --> 00:49:17,473 Spit it out! I like a joke as well as the next fat person. 421 00:49:23,741 --> 00:49:26,362 It's a snake! 422 00:49:27,411 --> 00:49:30,281 It's a snake! 423 00:49:31,248 --> 00:49:34,663 One of you tried to poison me. Who? 424 00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:39,376 Matilda! I knew it. 425 00:49:39,547 --> 00:49:44,374 - It's not a snake. It's a newt. - What did you say? 426 00:49:44,552 --> 00:49:51,514 - It's a newt. Miss Trunchbull. - Stand up! You did this. 427 00:49:51,683 --> 00:49:56,179 - No. Miss Trunchbull. - Did you have accomplices? 428 00:49:57,689 --> 00:50:04,189 - I didn't do it! - You thought you'd pay me back? 429 00:50:04,361 --> 00:50:08,774 - Well, I'll pay you back. - For what. Miss Trunchbull? 430 00:50:08,949 --> 00:50:14,488 - For this newt, you pissworm! - I'm telling you, I didn't do it! 431 00:50:14,663 --> 00:50:20,831 Anyway, I'm big and you're small, I'm right and you're wrong. 432 00:50:21,002 --> 00:50:25,877 There's nothing you can do about it. You're a liar and a scoundrel. 433 00:50:26,048 --> 00:50:32,216 Your father is a cheat! You're the most corrupt low-lifes in history! 434 00:50:32,387 --> 00:50:35,672 Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. 435 00:50:35,849 --> 00:50:41,933 In this classroom. in this school, I am God! 436 00:51:12,966 --> 00:51:15,718 - You! - I didn't move! 437 00:51:15,885 --> 00:51:21,092 - You did this. - She was sitting way over here. 438 00:51:21,265 --> 00:51:26,093 I'll be watching you. Each and every one. 439 00:51:26,270 --> 00:51:31,145 When you turn the corner, when you get your smelly coats. 440 00:51:31,316 --> 00:51:36,476 When you skip merrily to lunch. I'll be watching you. All of you. 441 00:51:36,654 --> 00:51:40,023 And especially you! 442 00:51:50,584 --> 00:51:55,744 - Thanks for not telling. - Best friends don't tell. 443 00:51:55,922 --> 00:51:59,540 She can really dance. 444 00:51:59,717 --> 00:52:05,423 I'm gonna clean up this mess. I'll be out there in a minute. 445 00:52:08,267 --> 00:52:11,018 - Miss Honey... - Yes. Matilda? 446 00:52:12,646 --> 00:52:16,726 - I did it. - Did what? 447 00:52:16,900 --> 00:52:22,523 - I made the glass tip over. - Don't let her make you feel bad. 448 00:52:22,697 --> 00:52:30,074 - It was an accident. - I did it with my eyes. Watch. 449 00:52:32,247 --> 00:52:39,210 It's wonderful you feel so powerful. Many people don't. 450 00:52:47,803 --> 00:52:52,299 Come on. Tip over. 451 00:52:52,474 --> 00:52:56,768 - Tip over. - It's all right, Matilda. 452 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:06,643 - I really did do it, Miss Honey. - Sometimes you can do things. 453 00:53:06,821 --> 00:53:11,529 But when you want to show someone, then you can't. 454 00:53:11,700 --> 00:53:17,785 - Or maybe something is broken... - This isn't like that. 455 00:53:18,790 --> 00:53:24,246 I don't know. Maybe I made myself tired. 456 00:53:24,420 --> 00:53:31,798 - Would you like to go to my house? - I'd like that very much. 457 00:53:32,761 --> 00:53:34,132 Good. 458 00:53:34,169 --> 00:53:35,504 Good. 459 00:53:36,223 --> 00:53:41,845 I just stare very hard and I can feel the strongness. 460 00:53:42,019 --> 00:53:45,768 I feel I can move almost anything. 461 00:53:45,940 --> 00:53:53,069 - You do believe me. Don't you? - You should believe in it. 462 00:53:53,238 --> 00:53:57,615 Believe it with all your heart. 463 00:53:58,952 --> 00:54:02,783 That's where Miss Trunchbull lives. 464 00:54:03,873 --> 00:54:09,745 - Why is there a swing? - A girl used to live in that house. 465 00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:16,800 Her life was good and happy. When she was two. her mother died. 466 00:54:16,968 --> 00:54:21,594 Her father was a doctor. He needed someone to look after things. 467 00:54:21,764 --> 00:54:25,215 He asked the mother's stepsister to live with them. 468 00:54:25,393 --> 00:54:29,935 But the girl's aunt was mean and treated her badly. 469 00:54:30,105 --> 00:54:33,225 - Trunchbull? - Yes. 470 00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:39,023 - Then the girl's father died. - How did her father die? 471 00:54:39,197 --> 00:54:43,775 - The police said he killed himself. - Why would he do that? 472 00:54:43,951 --> 00:54:47,402 No one knows. 473 00:54:50,207 --> 00:54:54,204 The end is happier. She found a small cottage. 474 00:54:54,378 --> 00:55:01,839 She rented it for $50 a month and planted hundreds of wild flowers. 475 00:55:02,010 --> 00:55:07,134 - And she moved out of the house. - Good for her. 476 00:55:07,306 --> 00:55:11,173 - Do you know why I told you this? - No. 477 00:55:13,145 --> 00:55:19,728 Your family doesn't appreciate you. One day, things will be different. 478 00:55:25,072 --> 00:55:29,948 - Should we have tea and cookies? - Yes, please. 479 00:55:34,581 --> 00:55:38,246 - It's the cottage from your story. - Yes. 480 00:55:39,085 --> 00:55:43,165 The young woman is you! 481 00:55:43,339 --> 00:55:48,843 - Then... No! - Yes. 482 00:55:49,011 --> 00:55:52,676 Aunt Trunchbull. 483 00:55:54,975 --> 00:56:00,016 When I left Aunt Trunchbull's home. I left all my treasures behind. 484 00:56:00,188 --> 00:56:05,182 - Treasures? - Photos of my mother and father. 485 00:56:05,359 --> 00:56:11,611 And a beautiful doll my mother gave me. Lissy Doll, I called her. 486 00:56:11,782 --> 00:56:15,731 - Milk? - Yes, please. 487 00:56:15,911 --> 00:56:19,362 Why don't you run away? 488 00:56:19,539 --> 00:56:24,117 I've thought about it, but I can't abandon my children. 489 00:56:24,293 --> 00:56:29,002 - Without teaching I'd have nothing. - You're very brave. 490 00:56:31,050 --> 00:56:36,126 - Not as brave as you. - I thought adults weren't afraid. 491 00:56:36,304 --> 00:56:41,844 All adults get scared, just like children. 492 00:56:42,018 --> 00:56:43,932 I wonder what Miss Trunchbull is afraid of. 493 00:56:43,969 --> 00:56:45,847 I wonder what Miss Trunchbull is afraid of. 494 00:56:52,653 --> 00:56:55,689 There she is! 495 00:57:01,494 --> 00:57:06,737 - Shot-put. Hammer throw. - Javelin. 496 00:57:17,592 --> 00:57:19,715 Back. Back. Back. 497 00:57:19,886 --> 00:57:24,097 - She's afraid of a cat? - Black cats. She's superstitious. 498 00:57:34,316 --> 00:57:38,693 - Poor kitty. - He's all right. 499 00:57:45,493 --> 00:57:48,577 - Let's go get your treasures. - No! 500 00:57:48,746 --> 00:57:52,245 She's gone. Come on! 501 00:57:54,543 --> 00:57:56,749 Matilda! 502 00:57:56,920 --> 00:57:59,956 Miss Honey! 503 00:58:05,303 --> 00:58:10,842 Move, you piece of junkyard fodder! Shift, you filthy... 504 00:58:19,316 --> 00:58:22,435 My house! 505 00:58:29,784 --> 00:58:33,484 Oh, my! 506 00:58:35,372 --> 00:58:41,825 - My father's portrait was there. - The artist must have been brave. 507 00:58:42,003 --> 00:58:44,541 Really brave. 508 00:59:06,484 --> 00:59:12,237 We should go... Father's chocolate box. 509 00:59:16,034 --> 00:59:20,363 After supper, he'd take a chocolate and cut it in half. 510 00:59:20,538 --> 00:59:23,623 And he'd give me the bigger half. 511 00:59:23,791 --> 00:59:27,291 When he died. I couldn't even sneak one. 512 00:59:27,462 --> 00:59:31,957 She'd take a chocolate and say: 513 00:59:32,132 --> 00:59:35,667 Much too good for children! 514 00:59:39,222 --> 00:59:41,891 Have one. 515 00:59:44,894 --> 00:59:48,726 No. She'd notice. 516 00:59:48,898 --> 00:59:52,313 - Where's Lissy Doll? - Upstairs. 517 00:59:54,361 --> 00:59:56,982 Matilda... 518 01:00:13,087 --> 01:00:16,040 This is my room. 519 01:00:20,719 --> 01:00:24,170 - That's my dad. - What's his name? 520 01:00:24,347 --> 01:00:29,507 Magnus. I called him King Magnus. And he called me Bumblebee. 521 01:00:30,895 --> 01:00:35,521 - I don't think he killed himself. - Neither do I. 522 01:00:37,651 --> 01:00:41,648 Is that Lissy Doll? 523 01:00:42,739 --> 01:00:45,526 Wormwood! 524 01:00:45,700 --> 01:00:50,741 You useless. used car salesman scum! Come here. now! 525 01:00:51,664 --> 01:00:57,250 I know what "caveat emptor" means, but I'm gonna sue you! 526 01:00:57,419 --> 01:01:02,413 I'll burn down your shop! I'll shove that jalopy up your bazonga! 527 01:01:02,590 --> 01:01:08,426 You're gonna look like roadkill! You what? 528 01:01:30,783 --> 01:01:33,700 Come on. 529 01:01:38,165 --> 01:01:43,289 - Shouldn't we hide? - Go out the kitchen door. 530 01:01:43,461 --> 01:01:46,130 I'll distract her. 531 01:01:54,305 --> 01:01:56,795 Who's in my house? 532 01:02:02,646 --> 01:02:05,646 Come out and fight like a man! 533 01:03:00,699 --> 01:03:02,940 Tally-ho! 534 01:05:05,980 --> 01:05:09,598 Come on. 535 01:05:25,832 --> 01:05:28,584 Over there. 536 01:05:28,751 --> 01:05:32,535 Some rats are gonna die today. 537 01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:13,911 Oh, my goodness. 538 01:06:14,377 --> 01:06:20,331 Feel my heart. Weren't you the most scared you've ever been? 539 01:06:24,928 --> 01:06:31,511 She shouldn't treat people that way. Somebody has to teach her a lesson. 540 01:06:31,684 --> 01:06:35,183 When she leaves, we'll get the doll. 541 01:06:35,354 --> 01:06:40,182 - What? - Just kidding. 542 01:06:40,359 --> 01:06:43,478 Come here. 543 01:06:43,653 --> 01:06:49,027 Promise me you'll never go back in that house again. 544 01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:55,155 - I promise. - Okay. Come on. 545 01:07:02,921 --> 01:07:08,876 He came home with $2.000 cash and he threw it up in the air. 546 01:07:09,052 --> 01:07:14,212 We swam in it like we were on "The Million Dollar Sticky"! 547 01:07:14,390 --> 01:07:19,597 - Do you like that show? - I love that show. 548 01:07:19,770 --> 01:07:25,475 Now he has money in banks all over. But does he give me a dime? 549 01:07:25,650 --> 01:07:29,814 - Matilda. this is Bob and Bill. - They're cops. 550 01:07:29,988 --> 01:07:36,108 - They are Ace Power Boat salesmen. - Babyface, I'm starved! 551 01:07:36,285 --> 01:07:40,697 - Hi, Harry. - Who are you? 552 01:07:40,873 --> 01:07:44,288 What is this? A hot tub party? 553 01:07:44,459 --> 01:07:49,833 - You're entertaining surfers? - They're cops, Dad. 554 01:07:50,006 --> 01:07:51,835 - Are you interested in time-share? - Get out. 555 01:07:51,871 --> 01:07:53,665 - Are you interested in time-share? - Get out. 556 01:07:53,843 --> 01:07:57,461 You don't let me talk to people! 557 01:07:57,638 --> 01:08:00,758 I need to talk to someone besides the kids. 558 01:08:00,933 --> 01:08:07,730 A man is entitled to come home and find dinner on the table! 559 01:08:07,897 --> 01:08:13,852 - Dad. Yell at me, okay? - Shut up and leave us alone! 560 01:08:14,028 --> 01:08:19,651 - Yell at me again! - I'll pound your miserable hide! 561 01:08:19,825 --> 01:08:25,329 I want respect! You'll get a tanning you won't forget! 562 01:08:25,497 --> 01:08:27,952 My word is law! 563 01:08:33,588 --> 01:08:38,498 No kid likes being yelled at. But Harry's ranting and raving - 564 01:08:38,676 --> 01:08:41,511 - gave Matilda the key to her power. 565 01:08:41,678 --> 01:08:45,890 To unlock that power, all she had to do was practice. 566 01:08:56,067 --> 01:09:01,191 Start acting like a Wormwood! What are you? Stupid? 567 01:09:01,363 --> 01:09:04,530 There's something wrong with her. 568 01:09:04,700 --> 01:09:10,286 If you're a Wormwood, it's time you started acting like one! 569 01:10:21,645 --> 01:10:27,149 That was one of my favorites, played for all you pretty ones. 570 01:10:27,317 --> 01:10:28,877 Playing music to make you smile... 571 01:10:28,913 --> 01:10:30,437 Playing music to make you smile... 572 01:10:42,831 --> 01:10:47,292 - Don't we need a search warrant? - No. This guy's dirty. 573 01:10:47,461 --> 01:10:54,875 We'll show this tape in court. That box is full of stolen parts. 574 01:10:55,051 --> 01:10:59,843 How about letting me handle that camera for a while? 575 01:11:00,014 --> 01:11:04,759 Do you know how to use it? Do you know about the zoom? 576 01:11:04,935 --> 01:11:09,643 - How to adjust the eye piece? - I can handle it. 577 01:11:11,983 --> 01:11:14,521 It's my turn. 578 01:11:14,694 --> 01:11:19,854 - Your turn to drop it. - I won't drop it. 579 01:11:22,368 --> 01:11:25,487 You'll be in a lot of trouble. 580 01:11:26,621 --> 01:11:29,326 The female minor. 581 01:11:30,542 --> 01:11:34,669 - Shouldn't you be in school? - I hope you have a search warrant. 582 01:11:34,837 --> 01:11:41,255 If you don't, you could lose your job or even go to prison. 583 01:11:43,012 --> 01:11:46,795 Your father is going to prison. Do you know where you'll end up? 584 01:11:46,973 --> 01:11:50,841 - In an orphanage. - We can make it a nice one. 585 01:11:51,019 --> 01:11:56,523 The kind with food... and tiny cockroaches. What do you say? 586 01:11:57,942 --> 01:12:02,687 Your car is about to run a stop sign. 587 01:12:13,957 --> 01:12:17,456 She bought some time for her dad. 588 01:12:17,627 --> 01:12:23,747 But now. Matilda had bigger fish to fry. Much bigger. 589 01:12:37,687 --> 01:12:43,273 - Hey, dipface. Where are you going? - Out. 590 01:12:45,569 --> 01:12:49,020 Have a carrot. 591 01:13:02,668 --> 01:13:04,019 Chew your food! 592 01:13:04,056 --> 01:13:05,370 Chew your food! 593 01:13:10,675 --> 01:13:14,838 Having power isn't as important as what you do with it. 594 01:13:15,013 --> 01:13:20,552 And what Matilda had in mind was nothing short of heroic. 595 01:14:43,344 --> 01:14:46,547 Come on! 596 01:14:46,722 --> 01:14:49,841 Lissy Doll, come on! 597 01:14:50,016 --> 01:14:53,183 Please come here. 598 01:16:52,420 --> 01:16:55,374 Leave me alone! 599 01:17:28,620 --> 01:17:30,696 Magnus! 600 01:18:29,885 --> 01:18:33,799 Miss Honey! You'll never believe what I got you! 601 01:18:39,602 --> 01:18:43,552 I also brought you this. I ate mine last night. 602 01:18:57,952 --> 01:19:01,403 I will be teaching your class today. 603 01:19:07,586 --> 01:19:14,205 Miss Honey was getting nervous, but Matilda had a plan. 604 01:19:14,384 --> 01:19:20,007 - She is really raving mad. - What did your father call you? 605 01:19:20,181 --> 01:19:23,016 - Hummingbird? - Bumblebee. 606 01:19:23,184 --> 01:19:27,561 - She knows the doll is missing. - And he called her Trunchbull? 607 01:19:27,730 --> 01:19:34,859 - He called her Agatha. - She called him Magnus, right? 608 01:19:35,028 --> 01:19:40,733 Maybe I could put the doll back. No. I can't do that. 609 01:19:40,908 --> 01:19:44,776 Calm down. It's gonna be okay. I promise. 610 01:19:44,954 --> 01:19:51,490 - You promised you wouldn't go back. - I was on the garage roof. 611 01:19:51,668 --> 01:19:56,828 - I did it with my powers. - All right. I need to think. 612 01:20:18,068 --> 01:20:22,528 Powers? 613 01:20:26,325 --> 01:20:30,572 I think I got them down. Watch this. 614 01:20:48,262 --> 01:20:52,591 And no more Miss Nice Girl. 615 01:20:52,766 --> 01:20:55,802 Get inside, quickly! Run! 616 01:20:57,228 --> 01:21:01,142 Get against that wall, quickly! 617 01:21:01,316 --> 01:21:03,889 Water! 618 01:21:04,068 --> 01:21:08,112 And hold the newt! 619 01:21:10,449 --> 01:21:14,446 Join the ranks. Move! 620 01:21:16,121 --> 01:21:20,866 I am here to teach you all a lesson. 621 01:21:23,878 --> 01:21:29,464 Sometimes in life. horrible and unexplainable things happen. 622 01:21:33,136 --> 01:21:37,348 These things are a test of character. 623 01:21:41,519 --> 01:21:44,224 And I have character. 624 01:21:44,397 --> 01:21:48,643 Form a line across the room! 625 01:21:48,817 --> 01:21:51,735 Fill this gap! 626 01:21:51,904 --> 01:21:56,150 I expect you're wondering what I'm talking about. 627 01:21:58,993 --> 01:22:02,409 A child came to my house. 628 01:22:02,580 --> 01:22:06,198 I don't know how, when or why. 629 01:22:06,375 --> 01:22:09,993 - May I? - No, you may not. 630 01:22:10,170 --> 01:22:13,621 But I know a child came. 631 01:22:13,799 --> 01:22:20,880 Did you know it was illegal to enter someone's home without permission? 632 01:22:21,055 --> 01:22:23,890 Yes. Miss Trunchbull. 633 01:22:24,976 --> 01:22:28,676 Stomach in! Shoulders back! 634 01:22:28,854 --> 01:22:34,394 Do any of you recognize this? 635 01:22:35,986 --> 01:22:38,559 Let's play a game. 636 01:22:38,738 --> 01:22:44,242 Who was wearing a pretty, red ribbon yesterday - 637 01:22:44,410 --> 01:22:47,280 - and isn't wearing one today? 638 01:22:47,455 --> 01:22:54,999 Who does this disgusting ribbon belong to? 639 01:22:57,214 --> 01:23:03,002 I shall personally see to it that the demented Lilliputian - 640 01:23:03,177 --> 01:23:08,764 - who owns this ribbon will never see the light of day again! 641 01:23:08,933 --> 01:23:12,432 I was at your house last night. 642 01:23:12,603 --> 01:23:16,766 I broke your arm once before. I can do it again. 643 01:23:16,940 --> 01:23:21,685 I'm not seven years old anymore, Aunt Trunchbull. 644 01:23:23,404 --> 01:23:26,571 Shut your holes! 645 01:23:26,741 --> 01:23:33,621 You'll be put away in a place where no one will find you. 646 01:23:33,789 --> 01:23:36,743 Look! 647 01:23:36,917 --> 01:23:39,917 The chalk! 648 01:23:45,842 --> 01:23:50,752 "Agatha..." 649 01:23:52,181 --> 01:23:55,881 "This is Magnus." 650 01:23:56,059 --> 01:24:01,350 "Give my little Bumblebee... 651 01:24:01,523 --> 01:24:07,892 ...her house and her money." 652 01:24:08,070 --> 01:24:13,064 "Then get out of town. If you don't, I will get you." 653 01:24:13,242 --> 01:24:17,405 "I will get you like you got me." 654 01:24:17,579 --> 01:24:21,030 "That is a promise." 655 01:25:38,320 --> 01:25:41,155 Please don't throw him. 656 01:26:48,551 --> 01:26:51,421 Lavender! 657 01:27:07,110 --> 01:27:09,185 It's the Trunch! 658 01:27:13,407 --> 01:27:16,491 Look at this! 659 01:27:19,621 --> 01:27:23,037 Let go. 660 01:27:27,378 --> 01:27:31,043 - I didn't know I could do that. - Pretty good. 661 01:28:17,341 --> 01:28:22,964 Trunchbull was gone, never to be seen or heard from. - 662 01:28:23,138 --> 01:28:24,991 - never to darken a doorway again. 663 01:28:25,028 --> 01:28:26,845 - never to darken a doorway again. 664 01:28:27,016 --> 01:28:33,599 Miss Honey moved back to her house, and Matilda was a frequent visitor. 665 01:28:33,772 --> 01:28:38,101 Did you know the heart of a mouse beats 650 times a minute? 666 01:28:38,277 --> 01:28:41,396 - Where did you learn that? - In a book. 667 01:28:41,571 --> 01:28:45,236 It beats so fast. it sounds like it's humming. 668 01:28:51,580 --> 01:28:53,952 Hey, you! 669 01:28:54,124 --> 01:28:57,291 We're leaving. Let's go. 670 01:28:57,461 --> 01:29:02,039 - Let's wrap these up. - I'd be happy to walk her home. 671 01:29:02,215 --> 01:29:07,553 - We're moving to Guam. - Guam? 672 01:29:07,720 --> 01:29:11,504 - Daddy's out of business. - I don't want to! 673 01:29:11,682 --> 01:29:16,640 - We're taking a permanent vacation! - We have to hurry to the airport. 674 01:29:16,812 --> 01:29:21,639 I love it here! Please don't let them take me. 675 01:29:21,817 --> 01:29:26,277 - Get in the car. Melinda! - Matilda! I want to stay here! 676 01:29:26,446 --> 01:29:29,980 Why would she want a disobedient kid? 677 01:29:30,158 --> 01:29:33,609 She's wonderful and I love her. 678 01:29:33,786 --> 01:29:39,871 - Adopt me, Miss Honey! - I don't have time for this. 679 01:29:40,042 --> 01:29:44,039 - I have the adoption papers. - What? 680 01:29:44,212 --> 01:29:48,921 - Where did you get those? - From a book in the library. 681 01:29:49,092 --> 01:29:52,507 Are you hearing this, Harry? 682 01:29:52,678 --> 01:29:56,925 - You just have to sign. - I'll be an only child again! 683 01:29:57,099 --> 01:30:00,016 I can't think with all these sirens! 684 01:30:01,686 --> 01:30:04,604 What do you think, pumpkin? 685 01:30:06,232 --> 01:30:13,397 You're the only daughter I ever had. And I never understood you. 686 01:30:16,158 --> 01:30:19,776 Who's got a pen? 687 01:30:19,953 --> 01:30:23,903 - Here. - Thanks. 688 01:30:24,999 --> 01:30:32,745 This was perhaps the first decent thing they ever did for Matilda. 689 01:30:32,923 --> 01:30:36,541 And here. 690 01:30:38,804 --> 01:30:42,753 Come here. Turn around. 691 01:30:44,726 --> 01:30:51,179 - You won't want support payments? - No. We have everything we need. 692 01:30:51,357 --> 01:30:55,022 Let's roll. 693 01:31:08,665 --> 01:31:12,911 So Harry and Zinnia got away. And as bad as things were, - 694 01:31:13,085 --> 01:31:17,213 - that's how good they became. 695 01:31:19,007 --> 01:31:25,591 Miss Honey was made principal of the school. 696 01:31:25,764 --> 01:31:31,517 And Matilda found, to her surprise, that life could be fun. 697 01:31:31,686 --> 01:31:35,304 She decided to have as much fun as possible. 698 01:31:35,481 --> 01:31:39,312 After all, she was a very smart kid. 699 01:31:53,873 --> 01:32:01,002 Matilda and Miss Honey each got what they had always wanted: 700 01:32:01,171 --> 01:32:05,003 A loving family. 701 01:32:05,175 --> 01:32:09,967 And Matilda never had to use her powers again. 702 01:32:10,138 --> 01:32:13,553 Well. I mean almost never. 703 01:32:22,941 --> 01:32:25,610 "Call me Ishmael." 704 01:32:25,777 --> 01:32:31,908 "Some years ago, never mind how long, precisely..."