Jennifer Lawrence - Aurora Dunn (Passengers) #1 ~ “There’s the title of my memoir. ‘A Highly Ambitious Failure,’ by Aurora Dunn.”

TPF1138 · 03-03-2015, 07:22 AM

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Aurora Dunn (Passengers)
Spoilers&Speculation thread #1
(A little premature perhaps, but I've decided to be optimistic)

“This is a love story, a character drama between two people. It just happened to be in space, which is the beauty of it. It’s a very different kind of sci-fi—not laser guns and fights. It’s a very existential film about what we need to be fulfilled as people. It goes very deep and very dark and very dramatic.” - Morten Tyldum

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Set on a spacecraft in the future, with thousands of passengers making an interstellar voyage to a distant new planet. One passenger awakens from cryogenic sleep 90 years before anyone else and eventually decides to wake up a female passenger, sparking the beginning of a love story.

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VARIETY: Jennifer Lawrence in Talks for Sci-Fi Drama ‘Passengers’ (Exclusive)

Chris Pratt in Talks to Star Opposite Jennifer Lawrence in Sony’s ‘Passengers’ (Exclusive)

PASSENGERS by Jon Spaights

Elif_ZV · 03-03-2015, 08:14 AM

Interesting..

Thanks for opening

**J-LawForever** · 03-03-2015, 08:53 AM

You got me excited when I saw the thread. I thought it was a green light. But as you said I'm very optimistic and would just absolutely love to see Jen in this movie!

But thanks for opening. of all her movies she's in talks for. This has to be the one I'm most excited for!

I just so badly wanna see her in this.

As the song goes. Don't go breaking my heart now.

TPF1138 · 03-03-2015, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by J-LawForever (View Post)

You got me excited when I saw the thread. I thought it was a green light. But as you said I'm very optimistic and would just absolutely love to see Jen in this movie! :in_love

Sorry man, I didn't mean to get your hopes up. I am optimistic though. I think this one will go.

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But thanks for opening. of all her movies she's in talks for. This has to be the one I'm most excited for!

I just so badly wanna see her in this

The Spielberg flick for me. My God , I'm so excited for that one.

**J-LawForever** · 03-03-2015, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TPF1138 (View Post)

Sorry man, I didn't mean to get your hopes up. I am optimistic though. I think this one will go.

It's okay. I'm being hopefully optimistic aswell. Because for her to not be in it and me reading the script a few times already. That would just be heart breaking for me. lol.

But as you said. Here's hoping and wishing.

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The Spielberg flick for me. My God , I'm so excited for that one.

Oh, I wanna see that one aswell. Along with The Dive too! Just so many to see!

So those who have read it. What are some of your fave scenes or dialogue bits in it? here are some of my fave parts of it.

Spoiler:

Quote:

JIM
I’m not saying the universe is evil.
It’s just got an ugly sense of humor.
It doesn’t just crush you. It crushes
you ironically.

Quote:

JIM
You get to fly to another planet, but
you die on the way. You’re completely
alone, with the perfect woman right
in front of you, just out of reach.

Quote:

JIM
Yes, Aurora! Arthur, I’m falling for
her. I’ve read all her stuff.
Sometimes I talk to her and I know
exactly what she’d say.

Quote:

JIM
Arthur. Say you were trapped on a
desert island, and you had the power
to wish somebody there with you. You
wouldn’t be alone anymore, but you’d
be stranding another person on the
island. Would you make the wish?

Quote:

JIM
Okay. Say you figured out how to do
something that would make your life a
hundred times better. But it’s wrong,
and there’s no taking it back. How
wrong would it have to be to stop
you? I mean, what if it made your
life a thousand times better? How do
you do the math?

Quote:

AURORA
I did find the gene bank. Five
thousand sperm and egg samples on
ice. I should be glad they do that.
By the time we get to Homestead II,
that little capsule in the freezer is
going to be all that’s left of me. We
really are screwed, aren’t we?

Quote:

AURORA (V.O.)
The other passengers will sleep for
another ninety years.

AURORA (V.O.)
By the time they wake, Jim and I will
have lived, grown old and died.

AURORA (CONT’D)
A hundred and twenty years’
hibernation means you never see your
family and friends again. You sleep
your way to another planet and
another century. The ultimate
geographical suicide.

Quote:

Aurora gets ready for dinner. A slim gown, a few pieces of
jewelry, her hair up. She looks like a goddess.
The doorbell rings. She answers it.
Jim stands on her doorstep in a black jacket, looking dapper.
His eyes widen as he takes Aurora in.

She pulls him to the photo booth. They tumble inside. As the
strobe flashes, she kisses him hard.
Outside, the photo strip drops into the tray: four color
pictures. In the first they laugh; in the second they clown;
in the third, they kiss. In the last image, Aurora smiles at
the camera; Jim looks at Aurora.
Aurora taps the pictures: they start to move: each is a one second movie clip. The pictures laugh, and clown, and kiss.

Quote:

JIM
You are the most beautiful woman I’ve
ever seen. You’re so beautiful it
hurts me. (That could be my reaction for Jen.

)

She stares, shocked. Leans across the table and kisses him.
Soon they’re making out right on top of breakfast.

Quote:

Swimming, Aurora reaches the end of a lap. A hand reaches
down and catches her before she can turn.
Jim kneels at the edge of the pool, in coveralls and work
boots, a tool belt slung over his shoulder.
Aurora pulls herself up and kisses him.

Quote:

AURORA (V.O.)
Like seeds, we carry what we need.
The wind drives us - whether the
trade winds, the solar winds, or the
winds of chance.

AURORA (V.O.) (CONT’D)
We take root where we fall. And
helplessly we grow.

Quote:

AURORA
For very unlucky people, we got
pretty lucky.

Quote:

AURORA
(breathlessly)
That was incredible.

JIM
Closest we’ll get to a star on the
whole trip. Happy birthday.

She throws her arms around him.

JIM
(singing)
Happy birthday to you...
Happy birthday, dear Aurora...
Happy Birthday to you.

Aurora sits bathed in candlelight, and for this moment she is
truly and fundamentally happy. She blows the candles out.

Quote:

AURORA
Jim’s not a gentleman. Anyway there’s
no secrets between me and Jim.

ARTHUR
I remember your last birthday, a year
ago. Jim was really looking forward
to meeting you.

Aurora frowns, processing this sentence - her smile fading.

AURORA
What?

Aurora scowls at Arthur, trying to get her bearings.

AURORA
What do you mean, he was looking
forward to it? How could he...

ARTHUR
He couldn’t stop talking about you,
let me tell you. He spent months
deciding whether to wake you up.

Aurora eyes widen in shock.

AURORA
Jim woke me up.

ARTHUR
Oh, yes. Said it was the hardest
decision of his life, but I see it
worked out just fine.

Quote:

AURORA
Did you wake me up, Jim?

Jim’s hand slides out of his jacket pocket. He shoots a look
at Arthur, who smiles back, oblivious.
Aurora’s eyes bore into him. Finally Jim finds his voice.

JIM
Yes. I woke you up.

AURORA
(in agony)
How could you do it?

JIM
I tried not to.

AURORA
You pulled me out of hibernation. You
destroyed the rest of my life. You
murdered me!

JIM
That’s a little strong...

AURORA
You murdered me. I’m going to be
sick. Oh, my God. I...I can’t see.

She gets up to leave.

JIM
Aurora.

He goes after her.

AURORA
Get away from me!
She slaps at him blindly, almost hysterical. Stumbles away.

Aurora stares out at the stars. Jim appears behind her.
She speaks without turning.

AURORA
(bitterly)
How did you decide?
(turning on him)
Did you just go shopping? A couple
thousand women in their underwear,
and you get to pick your favorite.

JIM
It wasn’t like that.

AURORA
What was it like? And you had it all
planned out! Dinner and movies and
our big date...Oh, my God! And I just
ate it up. Fake! All fake!

JIM
This was real. I didn’t plan this.
It...happened.

AURORA
(mocking)
“Find true love on the Starship
Excelsior! Romance between the Stars!
The woman of your dreams!” Was it
everything you thought it would be?

JIM
Aurora. I love you.

AURORA
This is sick.
(she glares at him)
Show me how you did it.

AURORA
I’m so stupid. I fell for all of it.
I fell for you. I thought you saved
me. But you didn’t save me, Jim. You
did this to me. And now I’m stuck
with you. Stuck with the second-rate
mechanic who ruined my life.

JIM
(lamely)
Rate two mechanic.

Aurora walks in, barely under control, and breaks down. Sinks
to her knees, racked by sobs.

Jim sits at the foot of Aurora’s hibernation pod, staring
into the empty tube.

Jim walks in. All of Aurora’s things are gone. Her half of
the bed has been made. She’s moved out.

Quote:

JIM
Can I talk to you?

AURORA
I don’t want to talk anymore. I don’t
want to look at you anymore. If you
see me coming, get out of my way. If
you see me sitting, find somewhere
else to be. There’s plenty of
choices. It’s a big boat.

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Aurora sits reading. Digital slates surround her. A whir
distracts her. She looks down.
Jim’s pet robot sits beside her. A note on its back.
She picks up the note. It’s the photo strip from her first
date with Jim: their first kiss captured on film. Clipped to
the photo strip is a handwritten note: “This was real.”
Aurora leans down toward the robot’s binocular eyes.

ROBOT’S POV

Aurora looms close. She holds the note up to the robot’s eyes
and crumples it up.

AURORA
Watching me through a robot is
creepy, Jim. Cut it out.

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Jim sits at the security console, disheveled and bearded.
Twenty screens give different views of the ship.
One screen shows the Elite Promenade. As he watches, Aurora
jogs by in sneakers and shorts.
Jim has her route mapped: as she vanishes from one screen she
appears on the next. He follows her from screen to screen.
He picks up a microphone.

JIM (VIA INTERCOM)
Aurora.

Aurora stops in surprise, looking up.

JIM (VIA INTERCOM) (CONT’D)
Please, just hear me.

Aurora rolls her eyes and resumes running.

Jim watches Aurora move from screen to screen. He holds the
mic in both hands. His voice reverberates through the ship.

JIM
The day I first saw you, my life
changed. I couldn’t forget your face.
I kept coming back to see you. Trying
to know you through the glass. I read
every word you ever wrote, trying to
hear you. The day you woke up...

Aurora doesn’t break stride. But she’s listening.

JIM (VIA INTERCOM)
When you woke up I had no idea what
would happen next. I had no reason to
believe you would see anything in me.
When you did, when we found each
other, this ship I’m trapped inside
suddenly felt like a limitless place.
My pointless life suddenly had
meaning.

Aurora skids to a stop beside a Deck Steward’s station.
She leans over the counter, finds an intercom terminal and
grabs the microphone. A whine of feedback. She looks into the
lens of the nearest security camera.

AURORA
That’s great, Jim. Just great. I’m
glad that ruining my life somehow
improved yours. But I have a run to
finish, so...

Arthur looks up, listening, as voices echo through the ship.

JIM (VIA INTERCOM)
Wait. Aurora. Don’t go.

AURORA (VIA INTERCOM)
You may be the only game in town,
Jim, but that doesn’t mean I have to
play. Just pretend I’m not here.
Because as far as you’re concerned, I’m not.

At the Deck Steward’s station, Aurora stares into the camera.

JIM (VIA INTERCOM)
I don’t want to lose you.

Jim stares at Aurora on the video screen.

AURORA (VIA INTERCOM)
Jim, you lost me.

She drops the microphone and walks out of frame. Jim slumps
over the console in defeat.

Quote:

AURORA
It’s the modern way of life. We
surround ourselves with people. A
constant din of conversation. As if
we need the mirror of other faces to
see ourselves. The clamor of voices
in our ears to reassure us that we
exist. Do we need it? Can we live
without it?

VIENNA SUITE - DAY
The TV blares. Jim lies asleep in an armchair, covered with
snack chips.

AURORA (V.O.)
I think the secret to survival is
productive activity.

SHOPPING DISTRICT - CRAFT SHOP - DAY
Aurora investigates the craft shop’s shelves. Collects an
electronic book on painting. Paints and canvasses. An easel.

AURORA (V.O.)
We need to be good for something.

VIENNA SUITE - BATHROOM - DAY
Jim lounges in the bathtub in his bathrobe: sopping wet and
drunk. Gold glitters in his hand: the RING he made for
Aurora. He scowls at the ring.

AURORA (V.O.)
A challenge equal to our character.

With a snarl, Jim tosses the ring into his mouth. Chases it
with a slug of vodka straight from the bottle. Swallows hard.

SERVICE DECK - CELESTIAL PROMENADE
Aurora stands in front of her easel on the promenade. She
looks out the window and begins to paint.

AURORA (V.O.)
Something worth doing.

Quote:

JIM
I’m going to kill myself.

ARTHUR
Why’s that?

JIM
I’m a murderer.

ARTHUR
Who’d you murder?

JIM
Aurora
.
ARTHUR
But she’s alive. She was just here.

JIM
She won’t talk to me. She won’t let
me tell her what happened. How I fell
in love with her. How I want to be
with her. And I’m not sorry I woke
her up. I’m not. I love her. And you
know what? She loves me.

Around the corner, out of sight, Aurora stands listening.

JIM (CONT’D)
What was I supposed to do? I couldn’t
live without her. It was now or
never, and I chose now. I chose now.
And I was right. But I woke her up,
Arthur. I woke her up, and she says I
killed her. And now she’s gone. She’s
gone.
(sobbing)
Gimme another bottle.

ARTHUR
I think you’ve had enough.

Jim looks at Arthur as if he’s said something profound.

JIM
You know what? You’re right. I’ve had
enough.

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GUS
I was thinking what a lucky son of a
bitch you were, stuck with a beauty
like Aurora. But it wasn’t luck.

Quote:

AURORA
So you know. What Jim did.

Aurora’s chin begins to tremble.

GUS
Yeah, he told me.

AURORA
He told you? Just like that? And?

She waits, trembling with righteous indignation. Gus doesn’t
want to get into this: he looks away uncomfortably.

AURORA (CONT’D)
It’s not forgivable, Gus. It’s not.
Don’t tell me it is.

GUS
No, it’s a bad thing. But...
(he shrugs helplessly)
Look. When a drowning man drags
somebody down with him, you don’t
call it right. But he’s drowning. A
starving man steals a loaf of bread,
what can you say? You should have
starved?

AURORA
I would have starved.

GUS
Really?

Aurora looks hard at Gus, thinking, and says nothing.

Quote:

Gus pushes himself off his stool. Momentarily shaky, he pulls
himself together.
He takes a seat at the grand piano and plays - a fine
beerhall pianist. Gus touches a switch and lifts his hands:
the piano keeps playing.
Gus stands and extends a hand to Aurora. She takes it, and
Gus sweeps her across the floor.
Jim watches from the bar.

ARTHUR
(aside, to Jim)
Gus always dances with the ladies.

Aurora follows Gus’s lead - but steals looks at Jim. Her eyes
unreadable. They watch each other as the dance goes on.

Quote:

GUS
And take care of each other.

Aurora covers her mouth. Jim raises a hand in stunned
farewell. The airlock door closes. Red lights flash.
Through the porthole they see Gus look out into space.
Then the outer door slams open and a blast of air shoots Gus
out among the stars. His body lost in the infinite night.
Aurora steps into Jim’s arms. Lays her head on his chest. For
a moment he holds her. Then she pushes him gently back. Meets
his eyes sadly.

Jim watches her walk away.

Quote:

AURORA
It’s beautiful.

JIM
Scares the hell out of me.

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Inside, the Captain opens his eyes. He stares in astonishment
at the first thing he sees: Aurora, in her bathing suit and
shirt, a disheveled angel.

BOOM-CHAK!

The pod beside the Captain’s shoots out of sight. He sees it.
Looks at Aurora in alarm. Reaches out, his hand spread flat
on the glass.

She reaches back, her hand matching his.

The Captain’s pod rises through the ceiling and vanishes. Jim
roars in frustration. Aurora leaps back with a cry of horror.

Jim and Aurora stare out the windows. In the ship’s wake,
five thousand pods glitter like diamonds. The cloud of pods
dispersing as they watch.

Stricken, Aurora walks away.

Jim watches her go, then turns back to the window, looking
out at the tumbling sparks

Aurora’s writing couch. Jim and Aurora sit facing each other.
Aurora gathers her thoughts. Takes a deep breath.

Quote:

AURORA
You know, if it wasn’t for you waking
me up, I’d be drifting out in space
right now with the others. And if
you’d never awakened, the whole ship
would have been lost while we slept.

Jim shakes his head at the tangle of it.

AURORA (CONT’D)
But no matter how we got here, the
fact is that we’re here. All I know
is, when I have a good idea, you’re
the person I want to tell. When I
wake up in the morning, I wish you
were there. When I look at you, I
just see Jim. And I miss him.

Jim looks at her, moved and caught off-guard..

JIM
I’ve missed you too.

AURORA
I don’t want to be angry anymore. I
can’t be. We’ve come through too
much. No matter what you’ve done...
the fact is, I love you.

Jim reaches out and takes her hand. She watches him
intertwine his fingers with hers.
Aurora gazes out at the stars - the endless shining sky that
enfolds them. She looks at Jim and smiles.

AURORA (CONT’D)
Hell of a life.

Jim meets her eyes.

JIM
Hell of a life.

She climbs into his lap, and they kiss. A kiss with a year’s
frustration behind it. A kiss that matters.

They sit side by side. Aurora takes Jim’s hand.
They lean together, helmets touching, and look together into
the blue stars of their future.

**Violent Delights** · 03-03-2015, 12:48 PM

Time will tell, but why the hell not.

**J-LawForever** · 03-03-2015, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Devil's Cry (View Post)

Time will tell, but why the hell not.

Better to be prepared. I am so in love with this already that I need it to happen!

TPF1138 · 03-03-2015, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Devil's Cry (View Post)

Time will tell, but why the hell not.

That was my thinking. Let's be optimistic.

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Originally Posted by J-LawForever (View Post)

So those who have read it. What are some of your fave scenes or dialogue bits in it? here are some of my fave parts of it.

I like the stuff with Aurora writing, which then becomes voice over.

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**J-LawForever** · 03-03-2015, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TPF1138 (View Post)

That was my thinking. Let's be optimistic.

Yes. Just keep saying "I think I can" "I think I can" "I think I can" Over and over again and hopefully our prayers will be answered.

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I like the stuff with Aurora writing, which then becomes voice over.

I like that also, and it's just so sad. I liked alot of the Jim stuff.

Spoiler:

TPF1138 · 03-03-2015, 02:31 PM

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Spoiler:

I actually thought that part could use a little punching up.

Spoiler:

**J-LawForever** · 03-03-2015, 02:42 PM

I guess I like gaining and losing a romance and the stuff you go through to get it back.

TPF1138 · 03-03-2015, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by J-LawForever (View Post)

I guess I like gaining and losing a romance and the stuff you go through to get it back.

No, you're right. Absolutely!

That's all great. I just think they need to burrow a little deeper, and not let Jim off the hook until he really, properly gets the depth of his selfishness.

Like I say they're almost there, they just need to push it a little further. Make us all hurt just a little more.

**J-LawForever** · 03-03-2015, 02:57 PM

Plus i kinda see me and Jen in those roles in a weird, weird way.

Why I feel so self involved.

TPF1138 · 03-03-2015, 03:32 PM

Why am I not surprised?

**J-LawForever** · 03-03-2015, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TPF1138 (View Post)

Why am I not surprised?

I mean especially these lines of dialogue.

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