FADE IN:
1 EXT. PRIVET DRIVE - DAY 1
WIDE HELICOPTER SHOT. Privet Drive. CAMERA CRANES DOWN,
DOWN, OVER the rooftops, FINDS the SECOND FLOOR WINDOW of
NUMBER 4. HARRY POTTER sits in the window.
2 OMITTED 2
3 INT. HARRY'S BEDROOM - DAY 3
Harry pages through a SCRAPBOOK, stops on a MOVING PHOTO
of Ron and Hermione. SQUAWK! Harry jumps. HEDWIG pecks
at the LOCK slung through her cage door, then glowers at
Harry.
HARRY
I can't, Hedwig. I'm not allowed
to use magic outside of school.
Besides, if Uncle Vernon --
At the sound of the name, HEDWIG SQUAWKS again, LOUDER.
UNCLE VERNON (O.S.)
Har-ry Pot-ter!
HARRY
Now you've done it.
4 INT. KITCHEN - DAY 4
While AUNT PETUNIA puts the finishing touches to a
PUDDING of WHIPPED CREAM and SUGARED VIOLETS, UNCLE
VERNON struggles with DUDLEY'S BOW TIE, all the while
glowering at Harry.
UNCLE VERNON
I warned you. If you can't
control that bloody bird, it'll
have to go.
HARRY
She's bored. If I could just let
her out for an hour or two --
UNCLE VERNON
And have you sending secret
messages to your freaky little
friends? No, sir.
(CONTINUED)
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HARRY
But I haven't gotten any messages.
From any of my friends. Not one.
All summer.
DUDLEY
Who'd want to be friends with you?
UNCLE VERNON
I should think you'd be more
grateful. We raise you since you
were a baby, give you food off our
table, even let you have Dudley's
second bedroom... purely out of
the goodness of our hearts.
DUDLEY
I thought he got the second
bedroom because Mum was afraid
he'd turn us into dung beetles if
you put him back in the cupboard
under the stairs.
AUNT PETUNIA stops cold, exchanges a dark look with Uncle
Vernon, then sees Dudley extending a finger for the
pudding.
AUNT PETUNIA
Not yet, popkin. That's for when
the Masons arrive.
UNCLE VERNON
Which should be any moment. Now.
Let's run through our schedule one
more time. Petunia, when the
Masons get here, you will be --
AUNT PETUNIA
In the lounge, waiting to welcome
them graciously to our home.
UNCLE VERNON
Good. And Dudley?
DUDLEY
I'll be waiting to open the door.
UNCLE VERNON
Excellent.
(turning on Harry)
And you?
(CONTINUED)
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HARRY
I'll be in my bedroom, making no
noise and pretending I don't
exist.
UNCLE VERNON
Too right you will. With any
luck, this could well be the day I
make the biggest deal of my
career.
DOORBELL RINGS. Instantly, Uncle Vernon shoves Harry out
of the kitchen and into the hallway.
UNCLE VERNON
Upstairs! Hurry!
5 OMITTED 5
6 INT. HARRY'S BEDROOM - DAY 6
Harry enters, turns, and stops dead: a tiny CREATURE
with bat-like ears and bulging green eyes is jumping on
his bed as if it were a trampoline. This is DOBBY.
DOBBY
Harry Potter! Such an honor it
is!
(CONTINUED)
4.
6 CONTINUED: 6
HARRY
What... Who are you?
DOBBY
Dobby, sir. Dobby the house elf.
HARRY
I see. Not to be rude or
anything, but this isn't a great
time for me to have a house-elf in
my bedroom.
DOBBY
Oh, yes, sir, Dobby understands.
It's just that, Dobby has come to
tell you... it is difficult, sir...
Dobby wonders where to begin.
HARRY
Why don't you sit down?
DOBBY
S-s-sit down?
Suddenly Dobby BURSTS INTO TEARS. LOUD TEARS. Harry
panics.
HARRY
Shhhh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean
to offend you or anything --
DOBBY
Offend Dobby! Dobby has heard of
your greatness, sir, but never has
he been asked to sit down by a
wizard, like an equal...
HARRY
You can't have met many decent
wizards then.
Dobby shakes his head, then without warning, LEAPS off the
bed and starts to BANG HIS HEAD FURIOUSLY ON THE FLOOR.
DOBBY
Bad Dobby! Bad Dobby!
7 INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY 7
Uncle Vernon pours champagne for MR. and MRS. MASON. As
Dobby's HEAD BANGING sounds from above, all eyes shift to
the ceiling. Uncle Vernon chuckles nervously.
(CONTINUED)
5.
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UNCLE VERNON
Don't mind that. It's just the...
cat.
DUDLEY
Cat? What cat?
UNCLE VERNON
Our cat, tiger.
8 INT. HARRY'S BEDROOM - DAY 8
Dobby gets back to his feet, wobbling, eyes spinning
dizzily. Harry regards him with a mixture of concern...
and wariness.
HARRY
Are you... all right?
DOBBY
Dobby had to punish himself, sir.
Dobby almost spoke ill of his
family, sir.
HARRY
Your... family?
DOBBY
The wizard family Dobby serves,
sir. Dobby is bound to serve one
family forever. If they ever knew
Dobby was here...
Dobby shudders in fear, then looks up, WHISPERS urgently.