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(CH ILDREN LAUGH ING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHATTER CONTIN U ES)

(BIRDS TW ITTERING)

(CHATTER CONTIN U ES)

MAN : Ho, ho!

(MOUSE SQU EAKING)

(SN IFFING)

CLARA: Shh! Fritz. Now, be very still .

This is how we'II do it.

With science, mechanics...

and a bit of luck.

First, we've got energy.

The heat from the candle will make the balloon rise.

(CLACKING)

With the momentum from the ball ...

-that hits the monkey. . . -(DINGS)

...and pivots onto the bellows.

(AIR H ISSING)

FRITZ: Which blows the longboat.

CLARA: Giving us Newton's third law of physics...

that says every action has an equal ...

-and opposite. . .? -Reaction .

-Yes! (LAUGH ING) -FRITZ: Yes!

-(MOUSE SN IFFING) -Do they bite?

I suppose they do.

If you're horrid to them .

(MOUSE SQU EAKS)

Oh, there you are.

U p and down I've been Iooking for you rascals.

Worn out, I am .

FRITZ: We were catching a mouse.

Well , if you catch one, I'm not cooking it.

Too many bones.

Now, come on, be quick.

We have a Iot to do before this evening.

LOU ISE: There you are!

I've been Iooking all over for you .

Look at the state of you .

We were trying to catch a mouse...

with toys and momentum and matches and ...

Matches?

-It was CIara's idea. -(SCOFFS)

LOU ISE: Catching mice on Christmas Eve?

Honestly, Clara.

We nearly had him .

What were you gonna do with him when you caught him?

FRITZ: Teach him tricks. He could dance.

Ah. There you are. What do we think?

It's wonderful , Father.

With a few adjustments, perhaps.

It's not how Mother did it.

(QU IETLY) Fritz.

Um . . . Now, children, I have some presents for you .

But it's not Christmas Day.

They're from your mother.

She asked me to give them to you on Christmas Eve.

That one's for you .

(CH UCKLES)

-Louise. -Thank you .

FRITZ: Soldiers! Yay!

BENJAMIN : CIara.

FRITZ: The enemy has found our location!

(IMITATING GU N FIRE)

We've been ambushed !

They're from both sides!

(GASPS) It's Mother's favorite.

Yes. Yes, it was.

What is it, CIara?

It's an egg of some sort.

What's inside? Is it jewelry?

I don't know.

It's Iocked .

Are you sure it opens?

There's a keyhole. Here.

But there's no key.

Why would Mother give me this without a key?

It's just a silly egg that doesn't open.

It's not just a silly egg, Fritz.

Clara.

Clara!

CLARA: "Everything you need is inside."

BENJAMIN : CIara.

Is everything all right?

No.

This is a pin tumbler Iock.

It's impossible to open without a key.

I see.

Well , why don't you get ready for the party,

and then you can work it out tomorrow.

Clara, Christmas comes...

whether we Iike it or not.

We must do our best to enjoy it.

I don't want to enjoy it.

I don't want to enjoy anything right now.

Well , that may be the case...

but it's important to maintain traditions as a family.

It's what's expected of us.

I don't care what's expected .

-Well , you should . -LOU ISE: Father?

It's almost time to go.

Do I look all right?

Yes.

Yes, indeed .

Please get your sister ready.

LOU ISE: You must be gentle with him, Clara.

I wish Mother was here.

We all do.

I have to open this.

LOU ISE: You'II work it out.

You're an extremely clever girl, just like Mother.

I don't feel very clever lately.

Maybe you should spend

a little Iess time in the attic...

and a little more time in the real world .

The real world just doesn't make sense to me anymore.

You must try, CIara.

If only for Father.

Father is acting as if nothing has changed .

But everything has changed .

"D." It's Drosselmeyer.

He must have made this.

And maybe he can open it!

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Good .

Now, will you Iet me finish with your hair?

Yes. But please hurry.

(LOU ISE CH UCKLES)

(FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(LAUGHTER)

BENJAMIN : It is important to be

on your best behavior tonight.

That means remembering our manners at dinner. Fritz!

I do want one dance with you, Louise.

And you, CIara.

-Do I have to dance? -BENJAMIN : Yes, you do.

And no disappearing tonight either.

Mingle and engage with the guests.

What about me?

What about you?

Who will dance with me?

(MECHAN ICAL WH IRRING)

FRITZ: Yay! Godfather's house.

Last one in is a nincompoop.

(LIVELY CHATTER)

BUTLER: Master Drosselmeyer welcomes

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Jones.

Doctor and Mrs. McDonald , Timothy and Ezekiel McDonald .

FRITZ: Magic!

CLARA: Fritz, come on.

FRITZ: How do we get them back?

BENJAMIN : The Stahlbaum family.

Benjamin, Louise, Fritz, and Clara.

(WALTZ MUSIC PLAYING)

Godfather?

-(OWL SCREECH ES) -(GASPS)

Hello.

(HOOTING SOFTLY)

Have you seen Godfather anywhere?

DROSSELMEYER: He sees everything.

Which can be a great help to an old man .

(CHUCKLING) Godfather.

Hello, CIara.

I need your help.

Ah. But I need your help first.

Look at this damn thing.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

-(CLANKING) -Backwards.

It moves...

backwards.

The mechanism must be reversed .

I know, but I can't, for the life of me,

figure out why.

May I?

Please.

-(SWITCH CLICKS) -(MUSIC STOPS)

It looks like the idler wheel has slipped .

DROSSELMEYER: H mm .

Causing the pinion ring

to engage the secondary drive gear.

Pliers.

DROSSELMEYER: Ah.

There.

-(SWITCH CLICKS) -(MUSIC RESU MES)

DROSSELMEYER: Ah.

Clever girl. (CH UCKLES)

I knew you could do it.

-All right now, Miss CIara. . . -(SWITCH CLICKS)

Why are you down here with me instead of upstairs, dancing?

I need your help with something.

With this.

DROSSELMEYER: Ah.

I haven't seen this in a very long time.

I made it for another clever girl ...

who came to Iive with me

after she was orphaned at a very early age.

-Mother. -Mmm-hmm .

You know, when she first arrived ...

she wouldn't Ieave her room .

Spent day and night locked away...

her head buried in her books.

So, what did you do?

I left this outside her door.

And, over time, she came to trust me...

but most importantly...

herself.

And now she's given it to you .

But she didn't leave me the key.

You must miss her terribly.

I know I do.

And I can't imagine how your father must feel .

All Father cares about is appearances.

No.

My guess is he feels every bit the way you do.

Remember, CIara,

some locks are harder to pick than others.

And I'm afraid this one is especially tricky.

Pin tumblers.

I know.

-I tried . -(CH UCKLES)

-(BELL TOLLS) -Oh .

It's time.

Here, you run along and I'll be up shortly.

It's Christmas Eve.

It's going to be a magical night.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

(OWL CH IRPS)

Yes, I know, my friend .

It won't be easy.

But it was her mother's dying wish...

so go keep an eye on her.

(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

-(MUSIC EN DS) -(AUDI ENCE APPLAU DING)

Ladies and gentlemen...

my favorite part of Christmas...

my favorite part of this evening...

I present to you ...

your gifts.

(EXCITED CHATTER)

(CH ILDREN GIGGLE)

(CHATTER CONTIN U ES)

"Fritz." (LAUGHS)

BENJAMIN : CIara.

Where have you been?

I've been Iooking everywhere for you .

I was in Drosselmeyer's workshop trying to open...

I told you not to disappear.

And I was expecting to dance with you .

Father, I really don't want to dance.

Why, Clara, must you think only about yourself?

I could ask the same of you .

GIRL: Come Iook! Come over here!

-Come Iook! -BOY: I need to go.

-No, this way. -GIRL 2: Okay.

(CH ILDREN CHATTERING)

GIRL 3: I found mine.

(CHATTER CONTIN U ES)

FRITZ: Look at my present.

-(GROWLS) -(GASPS)

(CH UCKLES) A nutcracker soldier?

What do you think of him?

How handsome.

FRITZ: He's your boytriend .

(FRITZ LAUGH ING)

(SUSPENSEFU L MUSIC PLAYING)

(LEAVES RUSTLING)

What?

Where?

-(OWL SCREECH ES) -(GASPS)

(SOFT TINKLING)

(TIN KLING CONTIN U ES)

Clever, Godfather.

Clever.

-(MOUSE SQU EAKS) -(GASPS)

(SQU EAKING)

That's mine!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

My key!

(SQU EAKS)

(CLARA GRU NTS)

(SQU EAKS)

Bring back my key!

(SQU EAKING)

(ICE CRACKING)

(SQU EAKS)

Filthy mouse.

(SQU EAKS)

A nutcracker soldier.

SOLDIER: Halt!

Who goes there?

-It's just me! -State your purpose, Just Me.

No, my name is CIara, and I must cross this bridge.

Impossible.

Nobody crosses the bridge to the Fourth Realm ...

without a direct order from the regents.

Fourth Realm?

Where am I?

You're in the Christmas Tree Forest.

But that is the Fourth Realm ...

which is currently at war with the other three realms.

War?

That is correct, Miss Clara Just Me.

No. My name isn't Clara Just Me.

It's Stahlbaum .

-(CLATTERS) -Clara Stahlbaum .

Stahlbaum?

Are you a relation to Marie Stahlbaum?

She's my mother.

Forgive me, Your Majesty!

I didn't recognize you , Princess Clara.

Princess?

Captain Phillip Hoffman.

At your service, Your Majesty.

(QU IETLY) Maybe I have been

spending too much time in the attic.

Captain Hoffman, I'd like to cross the river.

But the Fourth Realm is a very...

I have to go, Captain Hoffman.

Is that an order, Princess Clara?

Yes. I suppose it is.

And you can call me CIara.

Is that an order, too?

Yes.

Very well. Call me Captain.

-(PH ILLIP CLEARS TH ROAT) -(CLANKING)

(CREAKING)

PH ILLIP: Jingles!

Wake up, you Iazy horse.

-Jingles! -(J INGLES SNORTS)

CLARA: Guess I'm not in London anymore.

PH ILLIP: London? What's London?

CLARA: It's where I'm from .

PH ILLIP: CIara? What are we looking for?

A gold key.

It must be important, this key.

-(BIRD SQUAWKING) -It is. Very.

Are you scared, Captain?

Me? Never.

(J INGLES SNORTS)

CLARA: Are you out here all by yourself, Captain?

PH ILLIP: Of course.

I'm the only nutcracker in the entire kingdom .

-Don't you get Ionely? -Lonely?

No. I know my place.

That's good enough for me.

You're Iucky.

I wish I knew mine.

(MICE SQU EAKING)

PH ILLIP: But you're the daughter of the queen.

Surely you know your place.

CLARA: I'm afraid not.

That's why I have to find that key.

PH ILLIP: Then we shall do exactly that.

-(MOUSE SQU EAKS) -Stop!

There he is!

Mouserinks!

Ah! That diabolical little rodent.

We need to approach with extreme caution!

(J INGLES N EIGH ING)

Coward !

Clara, wait!

(SQU EAKING)

Give me my key back...

you horrid Iittle mouse!

That key belongs to me!

Come on out of there!

Come on!

-(LOUD SQU EAKING) -(SCREAMING)

PH ILLIP: CIara!

(SCREAMING)

CLARA: Let me go!

Put me down!

-(SQU EAKING) -Put me down!

Captain!

Captain, help me!

Captain!

PH ILLIP: Run!

-What is that thing? -It's the Mouse King.

Don't look back. Just keep running.

(LOUD SQU EAKING)

(MOUSERINKS SQU EAKING)

I think we've Iost him .

-(BRANCH SNAPS) -Show yourself!

-Oh. Jingles. -(J INGLES N EIGHS)

Jingles, good boy.

Clara, we need to go.

-Not without my key. -But...

Who's intruding in my realm?

Okay. Maybe going is a good idea.

Is that you, Clara Stahlbaum? (ECHOING)

Why are you here?

I have your key.

It's a trap. If you go...

you'll never come back. No one ever does.

Clara!

Come here and get your key!

Clara!

What was that?

That was Mother Ginger.

And she doesn't Iike intruders.

(SWEEPING MUSIC PLAYING)

CAVALIER: Halt.

I need to get to the palace.

I'm sure you do, sunshine.

But we have procedures around here.

Protocols.

I'm Captain Phillip Hoffman

and I demand you let us through.

-Oh! "Demand," is it now? -"Demand," oh .

Captain Hoffman of the famous Hoffmans, is it?

Well , if we'd known you were coming,

we would have rolled out the red carpet...

booked the trumpeteers. Captain Hoffman has arrived .

For goodness' sake, she's a princess.

HARLEQU IN : Well , they all say that these days.

Wishing don't make it so, my love.

Overindulgent fathers, that's what l put it down to.

Would it help if I told you

that her name was Clara Stahlbaum?

Daughter of Marie Stahlbaum?

(STAMMERS)

All right, just a few questions, Your Highness,

and you'll be on your way.

This is ridiculous.

Have you had any contact with mice

or mouse-like entities recently?

-I was in the Fourth Realm . -Thank you .

Do you have any cheese or cheese-based products

on or about your person?

-CLARA: I . . . -Thank you .

How would you describe your sympathies

towards rodents in general?

-Well . . . -Thank you. Good , right.

Well, that is the survey complete.

There's no ink coming out your pen.

You may pass, please. (CLEARS TH ROAT)

Attention! Lower the bridge!

Thank you .

HARLEQU IN : Lower the drawbridge!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

WOMAN : Is that Marie's daughter?

MAN 1 : She's so beautiful .

MAN 2: Make way for the princess.

(TRU MPETS PLAYING FAN FARE)

Mother.

Your Excellencies...

may I present Miss Clara Stahlbaum .

(GASPS AN D STAMMERS)

Is it true? It is true.

I'm Hawthorne...

Regent of the Land of Flowers...

at your most humble service.

I am Shiver...

Regent of the Land of Snowflakes, ma'am .

An honor.

And the Regent of the Land of Sweets...

Sugar PIum .

SUGAR PLUM: I never thought this day would come.

Oh, tell us, we Iong for news.

How is our queen, dear Marie?

-My mother? -We miss her so.

You don't know?

My mother, she's...

She died .

(ALL GASP)

Marie, dead?

We are so sorry for your Ioss.

To leave Iife so young...

She was the most beautiful , wonderful ...

She meant everything to us.

Everything.

SH IVER: This is your mother's throne...

Your Grace.

SUGAR PLU M: Have you come to save us, Clara?

No.

(SUGAR PLU M GASPS)

I'm sorry.

I didn't even know this place existed before today.

You see, I was Iooking for a Christmas present

from my godfather.

I love Christmas!

What's Christmas?

And then I ran into this horrible little mouse.

(W H ISPERS) Mouse?

And that's when I met the captain.

We barely escaped Mother Ginger

and the Mouse King.

(GASPS) You met Mother Ginger?

Oh, my dear CIara...

you're lucky to be alive.

You must promise never to go back

to the Land of Amusements, Clara!

Oh! Hawthorne!

Its title has been rescinded , Hawthorne!

Oh! (STAMMERS) Of course. I meant the Fourth Realm .

Apologies.

I'm just so upset.

Forget I ever mentioned the Land of...

SUGAR PLU M: Oh!

SUGAR PLU M: Oh.

HAWTHORN E: It's pure fortune you got out alive.

No one ever escapes from the Fourth Realm .

SH IVER: Hawthorne is right.

We can't risk losing our princess

when she's only just arrived .

-CLARA: But. . . -And talking of arriving...

we need to organize a pageant to celebrate your coming.

-Oh! -And a tour of the realms.

Oh, this is so exciting!

I love a pageant!

That sounds Iovely...

but I have to get back to Drosselmeyer's party.

(ALL LAUGH ING)

She doesn't know.

Time is very different in the realms.

Very.

SUGAR PLU M: Come.

I'll show you .

Princess CIara, I'II be returning to my post now.

You are not Ieaving me.

That's an order.

Sugar PIum ...

who's Mother Ginger?

SUGAR PLU M: Well , she used to be a regent.

Just Iike me and Hawthorne and Shiver.

She was the Regent of the Land of...

(W H ISPERS) Amusements.

(NORMAL vOICE) But now...

she is banished .

Why was she...

banished?

We had no choice, CIara.

She tried to take control of the other realms...

by force.

But when her evil intentions became clear...

even her own people deserted her.

And her realm ...

fell to ruin.

That's so tragic.

(SPEAKING FRENCH )

(GASPS) But things are looking up

now that you're here, dear Clara.

Come! It's time to put your mind at ease.

(MECHAN ICAL WH IRRING)

See anything familiar?

CLARA: It Iooks Iike the clock in Godfather's ballroom .

But that's impossible.

SUGAR PLU M: Is it?

Stand very still .

(TICKING)

I'm back.

Everything seems to be going so slowly.

How is this possible?

Your world moves much more slowly than our world .

Fritz and Louise.

There they are.

And look, there's Father.

He Iooks...

lost.

Everything Iooks different from the realms.

(CLOCK CH IMING)

Voilå.

For the pageant.

Which one will you choose?

I'm not very good at dresses and hair, shoes...

If I may be so bold as to suggest that I help?

-Would you? -It's my favorite thing!

(GASPS) Oh, we will not disappoint them .

You will look magnificent.

Did my mother ever talk about me?

Oh, yes. AII the time.

Sometimes it seemed as if you were right here with us.

Now, close your eyes.

Close your eyes.

Now, open your eyes.

Do you Iike it?

I love it.

I look so different.

SUGAR PLUM: You Iook Iike the daughter of a queen.

(PLAYING FAN FARE)

Ladies and gentlemen, on this momentous day...

in the history of the Four Realms...

We are proud and privileged to present before you ...

Clara Stahlbaum , daughter of Queen Marie.

(ALL APPLAU DING)

They're all staring at me, Sugar Plum .

Of course.

You're every inch your mother's daughter.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(PH ILLIP CLEARS TH ROAT)

(SIGHS)

(ORCH ESTRA PLAYING)

The ballet tells the story of the Four Realms...

how your mother discovered our world .

First, the Land of FIowers.

SUGAR PLU M: Now...

the Land of Snowflakes.

And the Land of Sweets.

(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS)

(BELLS J INGLING)

Mice?

SUGAR PLUM: Now we're in the Fourth Realm .

Watch closely, CIara.

This is where our troubles began.

With Mother Ginger and the mice?

Beastly woman.

There's nothing motherly about her.

(KEYS WH IRRING)

Mother Ginger's the one who began this war.

I hope you'II be the one to finish it.

What do you mean?

-(ORCH ESTRA STOPS PLAYING) -(ALL APPLAU DING)

Come, I'II show you .

Dear Queen Marie kept Mother Ginger in line...

but now that she's gone, we're utterly defenseless.

I don't understand .

You see, once we were lifeless toys...

mere playthings for children.

Then your mother arrived and changed everything.

She gave us life.

How?

With this.

The Engine.

CLARA: This is my mother's invention?

SUGAR PLU M: Yes. The Engine made us real .

And now we have feelings just like you have.

Happiness, sadness, anger, love.

Fear.

There's plenty of that going around .

You're right, sweet captain.

Our spies tell us that

Mother Ginger is on the warpath...

gathering all her forces.

The Engine is the only way

that we can build an army to defend ourselves.

But it doesn't work.

If we can't get it to work again, then all is Iost.

Perhaps I could fix it.

It's not broken.

We're simply missing the key.

-Key? -The key.

We've searched hither and yon throughout the kingdom .

(KEYS CLATTERING)

I fear your dear mother must have taken it with her.

But she never returned .

A pin tumbler.

Sugar PIum , Iook.

This was a present from my mother.

The locks match.

It must be the same key.

This key of which you speak...

where is it?

That horrible Iittle mouse took it.

PH ILLIP: Mouserinks!

He's diabolical .

But that means that Mother Ginger has it.

Oh, pooh!

Then we can't make the army...

and we'II be annihilated .

Unless we can bring the key back.

Get it back?

I could go to the Fourth Realm .

Oh, no! It's too, too dangerous!

I came here to find that key.

Clara, you're not going back there.

This must be why my mother sent me here.

I can't Iet Mother Ginger destroy

everything she created .

We were Iucky to escape with our lives the last time.

Mother Ginger's more dangerous than you know.

I must get that key.

MARI E: You found him .

CLARA: He's your favorite, isn't he?

Well , we can't have Christmas without the nutcracker.

I found him at Drosselmeyer's.

He reminds me of a Iand I discovered

when I was a little girl ...

full of sweets and flowers and the funniest people.

That sounds wonderful .

It was.

Maybe you'II go there too one day.

Maybe you can take me there.

Are you all right, Mother?

I'm fine.

I'd love to take you , my darling.

But there are some journeys...

you have to go on alone.

Clara, I know you sometimes wish

you were more Iike your sister.

But I Iove you because you're so different.

You see the world in a unique way.

When you realize that's your greatest strength...

you can change the world , my girl .

And I'll be watching you .

Now, where are you going to put him?

It's perfect.

(CLOCK TICKING)

(TAPPING)

(OWL HOOTS)

CLARA: Oh, Mother, it's so beautiful here.

I don't know if I can get the key back.

And if I fail ...

this whole world you discovered ...

(BREATH ING DEEPLY)

I wish you were here.

So you can tell me that I'm doing

the right thing like you used to.

(W IN D BLOW ING)

(TINKLING)

(OWL HOOTS)

Thank you .

Clara! (SPEAKS FRENCH )

Oh, I wish I could come with you .

You understand .

But you'II have my tippy-top top-notch

handpicked troops to protect you .

Good luck, my brave girl .

(SPEAKS FRENCH )

HARLEQU IN : (CLEARS TH ROAT) Your most gracious majesty...

Why are you talking like that?

-Shh! -Do it properly.

-Your Majesty, we request. . . -Look, we're volunteering.

Yep. That.

You?

Don't say it like that. We're trained killers, we are.

Deadly.

(CLATTERS)

Attention!

CAVALI ER: Pick up the dagger! The dagger!

-By the right. . . -Sorry.

...turn!

(CLANKING)

Squad march.

(HORSES SNORTING)

(SUSPENSEFU L MUSIC PLAYING)

CAVALIER: (QU IETLY) Remember your training.

Stay alert.

HARLEQU IN : I'm not alert.

I'm scared .

CLARA: What's going on up there?

Why have we stopped?

Come on! It's only a bit of fog!

(HORSE N EIGHS)

(CROW CAWS)

(MOUSE SQU EAKS)

(CROW CAW ING)

(TH U DS)

-(RUSTLING) -(GASPS)

CAVALI ER: What was that?

(METAL CREAKING)

-(RUMBLING) -(SOLDIER 1 GRU NTS)

(SOLDIER 2 SCREAMS)

Gather at the carousel !

We can't fight what we can't see.

(MICE SQU EAKING)

CLARA: It's the mice! They're under us!

(RU MBLING)

(SOLDIERS GRU NT)

CAVALI ER: Move it! Move it!

(SOLDI ERS SCREAMING)

CLARA: Captain!

-(CLARA YELPS) -(GRU NTS)

(MICE SQU EAKING)

Hang on!

(GRU NTS)

Clara!

Let me go!

Clara! Where are you?

(MICE SQU EAKING)

(GRU NTS)

Well, if it isn't CIara Stahlbaum.

L've been expecting you.

I'm here to reclaim what you've taken from me

and from my mother.

My key!

PIease, come in.

(DRUMS PLAYING)

-(BELLS J INGLING) -(GASPS)

-(CIRCUS MUSIC PLAYING) -(WHOOPING)

(LAUGHS)

Whee!

(W HOOPS)

(GIGGLES)

(W HOOPING)

(VOCALIZING IN H IGH-PITCH ED VOICE)

(SINGING) CIara Stahlbaum Lovely Clara Stahlbaum

Little Princess CIara.

She looks like a goose!

POLICH IN ELLE 2: What a clumsy thing she is.

-(LAUGHS) -(CLARA WH IMPERS)

-POLICH IN ELLE 4: Look out! -(YELPS)

(BOTH LAUGH ING)

(CLARA GRU NTS)

POLICH IN ELLE 3: Where are you going?

POLICH IN ELLE 2: Leaving so soon?

POLICH IN ELLE 3: Step right this way.

(SCATTING)

POLICH IN ELLE 1 : We have a surprise for you .

(GASPS)

-(CLARA GRU NTS) -POLICH IN ELLE 3: Have a seat.

POLICH IN ELLE 2: Bon voyage!

POLICH IN ELLE 4: Adiós.

(MUSIC STOPS)

MOTH ER GINGER: Hands off, young Iady!

You're Mother Ginger.

And you're Queen Marie's daughter, apparently.

(METALLIC W H IRRING)

Yes.

Now, what business brings you to the Fourth Realm?

Don't you know it's dangerous here?

I've come to get what belongs to me.

That key.

If this key belongs to anyone...

it belongs to your mother.

No.

She left it to me.

Why would she give it to you?

My mother, she...

she passed away.

Queen Marie is dead?

As if you care!

You're trying to destroy everything

my mother ever created .

(GRU NTS)

-(BELLS J INGLE) -(ALL GASP)

-(CIRCUS MUSIC STARTS PLAYING) -(ALL WHOOPING)

Look what you've done to your own realm .

You've ruined it.

-Whee! -(GRU NTS)

Clara!

-(RUMBLING) -(MOTH ER G lNGER GRU NTS)

(ALL GRU NTING)

POLICH IN ELLE 1 : (SPEAKS FRENCH) Look out!

Clara! No!

-(POLICH IN ELLES LAUGH ING) -PH ILLIP: Whoa.

(CLARA GRU NTS)

(POLICH IN ELLES LAUGH ING)

MOTHER GINGER: Bring it back!

Captain! I got the key.

MOTHER GINGER: Get back here!

CLARA: She was different.

PH ILLIP: Don't be fooled by that little old lady act.

The woman is deadly.

MOTH ER GINGER: That's a dangerous key!

Foolish girl .

(PANTING)

(MOUSERINKS SQU EAKING)

Our future depends on that girl, Mouserinks.

-To the palace! -(SQU EAKS)

Captain...

I need to stop.

I have to open this. It's important.

All right.

We should be safe here.

(CLICKING)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

It can't be.

No.

It's just a music box.

But my mother told me...

"Everything you need is inside."

There's nothing here.

There's music.

-I thought. . . -(MUSIC STOPS)

I thought if I found this key...

then I would find answers...

that everything would make sense.

I'm just as Iost as when I arrived here.

Here...

take the key.

Bring it to Sugar PIum .

Where are you going?

-Home. -Home?

But, Clara, we need you here.

No.

Captain, you need my mother.

She was a queen...

and I'm not.

I've never Ieft my post, you know.

I knew my place.

And I was happy.

But when you told me you were going into the Fourth Realm ...

I knew I'd go with you .

And it wasn't because you're Marie's daughter...

but because you have her same Iook...

of confidence...

and determination.

I don't feel very confident right now.

You just led a regiment of men into the Fourth Realm ...

and took back this key from Mother Ginger.

You're not Iost, Clara Stahlbaum .

-Your place is here. -(OWL SCREECH ES)

Thank you ...

Captain.

(HORSE N EIGHS)

It's time to save the kingdom .

SUGAR PLU M: CIara!

I have it!

(SQUEALS) You clever girl ! Down, quick!

Quickly!

Finally!

How long I've waited for this moment!

(CLICKS)

(W H IRRING)

(SQU EALS) Wonderful !

Bring me the tin soldiers.

(RATTLING)

You can't use tin soldiers.

Well , of course I can. Don't be silly.

You have no idea how they'll behave.

They're completely hollow.

They'II behave exactly as l tell them to.

The perfect soldier.

Put them on the platform .

It is time to think big.

Are you sure about this?

She has to protect the realms.

(SPEAKS FRENCH )

(CLATTERS)

Ready, steady, go! (GASPS)

(W H IRRING)

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

(RATTLING)

(METAL CREAKING)

Hello, boys!

They're huge!

I know. Isn't it magnificent?

Soldiers...

attention!

Report!

(CLANGING)

Prepare to march on the Fourth Realm .

March on the...

I thought this army was to defend us.

Well , attack is the best form of defense, my dear.

My mother wouldn't have wanted this.

I don't care what your mother wanted .

She's not here.

I ...

I order you to stop.

You order me?

Well , well , well .

Finally ready to play queen, are we?

Too Iate.

I only needed you to bring me the key,

and now that I have it...

I have no more use for you .

Seize them !

Take your hands off her!

SUGAR PLU M: Oh, they won't listen to you .

I gave them Iife...

so they'll only Iisten to me.

Traitor!

Why are you doing this?

Your mother abandoned us.

And then...

she just expects us to carry on and play nice.

Well , I don't want to play nice!

Mother Ginger didn't do anything wrong, did she?

You Iied to me.

To everyone.

But I have a very special plan for Mother Ginger...

and the other regents.

Watch.

Oh, Guard ...

will you stand over there, please?

Yes, just right in the center.

(LEVER CLICKS)

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES)

SUGAR PLUM: You see...

there's a funny Iittle perk...

to your mother's invention.

It works both ways.

You are horrible.

How dare you speak to your queen that way!

Guards!

Lock them up.

There's no way to escape.

HAWTHORN E: Get your hands off of me! Don't touch me!

SH IVER: Hands off! HAWTHORN E: How dare you !

SH IVER: I've never been treated like this...

in all my Iife.

Get off! Oh, my God !

-(GASPING) -Alas...

you're here as well , my dear.

What's happening?

What's Sugar PIum doing?

Why are we Iocked up here?

It's all my fault.

I've let you all down.

No. No.

Clara, that's not true.

Sugar PIum Iied to us.

But I gave her the key...

and now she's going to use it to destroy the realms...

and everything that my mother loved .

-Clara, Iisten to me. -CLARA: No!

I wanted to go home...

but you stopped me...

and now I've ruined everything.

(CLANGING)

This is more Iike it.

A proper army.

To create discipline...

order, control .

Boys in uniform with weapons.

Sends a quiver right through me.

(EXHALES)

(MUSIC PLAYING ON MUSIC BOX)

"Everything you need is inside."

It's me.

-(MUSIC STOPS) -Captain .

I'm sorry for blaming you .

This is all my fault, and I'm going to fix it.

Will you help me?

(PH ILLIP SIGHS)

Please?

Of course I will .

Nutcrackers are very Ioyal .

You are indeed .

Are you ready?

Ready.

Go!

(PH ILLIP GRU NTING)

(BOTH GASP)

I'm sorry.

CLARA: A Iittle more.

A bit more.

SH IVER: My dear, that doesn't look very secure.

HAWTHORN E: You can't.

It's not gonna work.

It's just the Iaws of physics.

Do those Iaws always work?

Always.

(QU IETLY) As far as I know.

Ready.

Ready.

(W H IMPERS)

Go!

-SH IVER: Whoa! -(GASPS)

Clara.

SUGAR PLU M: That's more like it.

There she is.

SUGAR PLU M: Out with the old ...

in with the new.

-Gather at the gate. -(DRUMS BEATING)

Wait for my command .

Jog on, boys.

She's going.

I have to get to the Engine Room and stop this.

(CLANGING)

We can't get in this way.

(SQU EAKS)

Mouserinks.

-Get out of here! -Wait!

I think he's trying to tell us something.

(SQU EAKS)

Quickly.

(SQU EAKS)

-(GRU NTS) -(WATER SPLASH ES)

CLARA: Thank you for your help.

(SQU EAKS)

Can you get us to the Engine Room?

Are you sure we can trust him?

(SQU EAKING)

Don't start with me, mouse!

All right, stop!

We don't have much time.

We need to work together.

(SQU EAKS)

Show us.

Where'd he go?

This way!

We should be able to ride the wheels

up to the Engine Room .

All right...

-I'll go first. -No!

You have to warn Mother Ginger.

Those soldiers will be heading to the Fourth Realm .

What? I'm not going to leave you , CIara.

I can handle this.

You have to trust me. Please.

I do.

Can you take the captain to Mother Ginger?

(SQU EAKS)

Thank you .

(SQU EAKS)

Be careful .

That's an order, Captain.

(SQU EAKS)

(CLARA YELPS)

Thank you, Captain.

Please, CIara, call me Phillip.

Thank you , Phillip.

Let's go, mouse.

Lead the way.

(SQU EAKING)

I don't speak rodent.

(SQU EAKS)

(SIGHS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

-(CROWS CAW ING) -(GASPS)

Mother Ginger!

POLICH IN ELLE: Oh.

(BELLS J INGLING)

Wait!

I come as a friend .

Look.

(SQU EAKS)

MOTH ER GINGER: Let him through!

(BELLS J INGLE)

-Where's CIara? -PH ILLIP: ln the palace.

But she has a plan. Please, Mother Ginger.

Sugar Plum has built an army to conquer all the realms.

They're coming for you .

Sugar PIum thinks she's divided us all .

But a long time ago we both took an oath to our queen...

to defend the realms no matter the cost.

(SQU EAKS)

Are you still willing to uphold that oath?

No matter the cost, I'm ready.

Brave nutcracker.

So now...

we must draw Sugar Plum to us.

(SQU EAKING)

(METALLIC W H IRRING)

(CLANGING)

(W H IRRING)

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES)

(BELLS J INGLING)

(POLICH IN ELLE SQU EAKING)

(POLICH IN ELLES W HOOPING, SQU EALING)

Forget those Iudicrous clowns!

I want Mother Ginger!

(SQU EAKING)

(SWORDS CLANGING)

(CLANKING)

-(TOY MOUSE SQU EAKING) -(SWORDS CLANGING)

(CLATTERS)

(GASPS)

SUGAR PLUM: Victory is ours!

Come out, Mother Ginger!

(DOOR CLANGS, OPENS)

(COUGH ING)

The nutcracker?

Were you expecting someone else?

Where is she?

(CLANGING)

-(BELLS J INGLING) -Oh! (GROANS)

Mother Ginger!

At your service, Your Majesty!

Duck!

Destroy him !

You heard her. Come and get me.

I can disable the Engine.

Go! I'II take care of this lot.

(W H IP CRACKING)

(GRU NTS)

(CLANGING)

No matter the cost. I'm ready.

(MICE SQU EAKING)

Mouserinks.

(SQU EAKING)

Come on, you tin cans.

Let's settle this Iike men.

(W H IP CRACKING)

MOTH ER GINGER: Clara! Please, hurry!

(PH ILLIP GRU NTS)

(MOUSE KING SQU EAKING)

(GRU NTS)

Mother Ginger, I'm just so pleased ...

-you decided to drop in. -(YELLS)

(GRU NTING)

Mouserinks...

don't let them split us up.

Stay with me.

-(MOUSERIN KS SQU EAKING) -(CLANGING)

(CLANKING)

You just had to interfere again, didn't you?

I stopped you once before, remember?

You merely delayed the inevitable.

(LOCK CLICKS)

The princess...

where is she?

She's gone!

She's fled the realm . She's safe from you !

Then I'm the queen of the castle...

and you're a dirty rascal .

This is madness, Sugar PIum ! It has to stop!

Put her on the platform .

MOTH ER GINGER: Sugar Plum ...

I know you miss Marie.

We all do.

But this isn't gonna make you feel any better!

SUGAR PLUM: Banishing you to the Fourth Realm ...

made me feel just...

delicious.

But this...

(W H IRRING)

This is going to be...

exquisite.

Adieu.

Farewell .

Goodbye.

Sugar PIum , stop!

Clara, run! Get out of here!

Seize her!

For the princess, my friend ...

and the realms.

(MOUSE KING SQU EAKING)

Don't do this.

My mother Ioved you .

You had a special place in her heart.

You, of all people, should understand , CIara.

She left you alone, too.

CLARA: No.

She left me everything I need .

I'm not alone.

Sugar Plum , we are not alone.

You're right.

I have a big, beautiful army to protect me.

No one will hurt me ever again.

CLARA: I know you're angry.

But you can still do the right thing.

MOTH ER GINGER: Sugar Plum, listen to her.

This isn't what Marie wanted for us.

For us?

A true queen does what's best for herself.

(W H IRRING)

(EXHALES)

CLARA: No.

A true queen does what's best for her people.

-(SWORDS CLANG) -(PH ILLIP GRU NTS)

CLARA: And you were right, Sugar Plum .

I am every inch my mother's daughter.

(W H IRRING)

Clara, what have you done?

(SCREAMING)

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES)

(CLATTERS)

(GASPS)

(CLANGING)

She did it.

Let me go.

(CLANGING)

(MICE SQU EAKING)

Mouserinks.

Clara did it.

(MICE SQU EAKING CH EERFU LLY)

Mother Ginger?

Well done, CIara.

(SWEEPING MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Clara, it's over. We are saved .

Peace is restored . The realms are reunited .

And it's all because of you , my dear.

This all could have been avoided

if only I Iistened to you , Mother Ginger.

MOTH ER GINGER: Oh, it's not your fault.

No one else did either.

Your mother would be very proud of you , my dear.

Very proud .

Captain Nutcracker, would you escort CIara

to the Christmas Tree Forest...

and then return in your new post

as Captain of the Guard .

What about your bridge?

I'm afraid I'd be Ionely.

I suppose I have you to thank for that.

I suppose you do.

And besides, I have a new friend now.

(SQU EAKS)

(FAN FARE PLAYING)

(CROWD CH EERING)

Your Majesty.

Your Highness. And brave Captain Nutcracker.

It is an honor to serve at your post, sir.

Keep up the good work, men.

On three. One, two, three.

-(BOTH GRU NTING) -(WOOD CREAKS)

(BOTH EXHALE)

You've really put on weight.

(HARLEQU IN SN IFFLES)

(SN EEZES)

(J INGLES N EIGHS)

Please come back to the realms one day.

Oh, of course I will .

Or maybe one day, you could come to my world .

You can meet my family.

Are they Iike you?

(CH UCKLES)

Well , they're a bit different.

I'm going to miss you .

I'll miss you too.

But when you miss someone, you remember them .

Are you sure?

And one day that'll make you smile.

I promise you .

Goodbye, CIara.

Goodbye.

(J INGLES SNORTS)

Clara?

There you are.

Back so soon?

Thank you .

DROSSELMEYER: Ah . (CH UCKLES)

Pin tumbler Iocks.

Devilish things to get into, aren't they?

I worked it out. Eventually.

Hmm . I knew you would .

Clara...

your mother was the cleverest inventor l ever knew.

And there was never any doubt

when I asked what her greatest creation was.

It was you .

Clara.

Father, I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

This time has been extremely difficult...

for all of us.

I lost the Iove of my Iife, and you lost your mother.

And I will miss her every day of my Iife.

But I don't want to miss one more minute...

with you, or Louise, or Fritz.

(SWEEPING MUSIC PLAYING)

Shall we go home?

Don't you owe me a dance first?

After all, it's what's expected of us.

I suppose I do.

-(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) -Ah, you've opened it.

Wasn't so hard after all .

What is it?

This is the very song that your mother and I

first danced to.

LOU ISE: May we join you?

I want to dance.

Please do.

(WALTZ MUSIC PLAYING)

(SLOW INSTRU MENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(W H IMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)