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If I had my way, I'd keep you in there.

Safe and sound in my tummy forever more.

They say that I was born The coldest ever day on earth

They say that I was born

With a frozen heart

Some might even say I was carried at womb's length

To the top of the hill That looms over the town

And its soaring spires

Way up where a house with a steeple

Was home to a midwife Called mad by the townspeople

Isn't that delightful! A dead bird sticking out of your hair

And another little bird in there, if I'm not mistaken

Don't worry, I'll make sure he's alright.

Would you like a warm drink? Tea, coffee, whisky?

Or I made some pancakes earlier. Do you fancy one?

The best pancakes you'll ever taste!

You can't give birth on an empty stomach!

His heart's as hard as a rock.

- His heart feels so cold! - He has a heart of gold, you say?

No! A heart of ice! As in cubes, not cream!

This will do the trick. You'll have a good heart with this here clock.

What better for a wee bairn who's just fallen out of the nest!

A little mint chocolate to wash it down, of course.

William, close the window, please.

I have something important to tell you.

To be sure you don't turn back into a giant ice cube forever,

there are three rules you must always obey.

Firstly, never touch

The hands of your heart

Rule number two

Keep your temper under control

Last but not least

The most important rule

Whatever else you do

Never fall in love

Cause then forever more

If your heart goes in a spin

The big hand at your core

Will pop out of your skin

Your bones will implode

Your cogs and springs explode

And your cuckoo-clock heart

Grind to a halt for good

No, no, my little ice cube, I'm not your mum.

Even though I wish I were.

He looks like a fragile snowflake But with the hands of a clock poking out!

That way you won't have trouble finding him in a snowstorm

I know for sure that she'll make a much better mother than I ever will.

Ow.

Come on, come everyone! All aboard for the ground floor of the mountain!

Great escape through the catacombs of the sky!

No, tomorrow perhaps, sweetie I'm busy just now with Arthur.

He got caught in a storm without an umbrella and now his spine is covered in rust again

Oh come on. It's my birthday! You promised

Did you brush your teeth? Did you wind up your clock?

Yes! Brushed my clock and wound up my teeth like every morning,

but I've been cooped up here ten years now!

- Now look... - Oww!

I just need a few minutes with Anna and Luna, then I'll take you.

And I'll keep my promise this time, eh.

Pfff, it's the same story every year. Work always comes first.

Don't be daft! Anna and Luna have seen the storks again, what else can I do?

Where are the storks?

Do you mind staying here with Arthur while the oil soaks into his spine?

Oh, don't put on that stuffed bird face, please!

C'mon... you must be hurting but it won't last.

You'll get over it, time heals all wounds.

Take me, for exemple. Right after my boss fired me,

my wife threw me out too.

Why d'you always lug around those eggs?

This egg is jam packed with memories

My wife made them taste out of this world

- And can you cook 'em as well as her? - No.

I cannot cook for love nor money. But boiled eggs always remind me of her

Here, you have this one. Today's your birthday, after all.

I don't want you to be missing a memory!

Go on, it's a present.

I can spare it, no problem.

One day, you'll be glad to have a childhood memory wrapped up warm in your bag.

Thanks!

Okay, Christopher Columbus! Let's explore a whole new world.

Give me a second to change, and let's go!

Not so fast, young man.

You're not going anywhere... until we have a chat.

What I'm about to say is of the utmost importance.

Before letting you go wandering around town,

I'd have preferred your heart to be much stronger.

Every beat of your heart is a minor miracle.

- You're a fragile little piece of work. - I know.

There are three rules that, whatever happens, you must not forget.

Never touch the hands of my heart, yes I know!

Yes, but what else? Keep your temper under control.

Rule number three, is one you don't know and by far the most important.

Whatever else, you must never... never, ever

fall in love.

- That's why I'm so scared about taking you into town. /- Are we done?

It'd be the death of you, Jack!

You won't be able to withstand the emotional and physical shock provoked by love.

I know, my heart looks like of toy, but it's not to be played with!

It's no laughing matter.

How could I possibly fall in love?

I don't know anything about love?

- Slow down! - Wow! Look at that!

Jack, calm down, please!

Woooooooww!

Is that my dad?

No, your grand. father perhaps.

- Woooooooww! - Jack!

Wait for me!

A cloud good enough to eat!

Are you referring to me?

No! That thing you're eating.

Woooow!

What's that pretty...?

- That sound over there... - By the sound of it, a barrel organ.

Isn't it pretty?

It's an instrument that works in much the same way as that heart of yours.

I guess that must be what grabbed your ear.

Because it's mechanical... with lots of emotions on the inside.

I do hope I'm not bothering you, madam, but

you don't ha ve the time perchance, do you?

Just turned six o'clock, sir. P. M.

Six o' clock? No,

one minute past six!

Oh, no! I should've known! I should've known!

She won't come now. She won't come now!

You poor fellow. Here you are,

I have a wee hankie here.

I just knew it

Do you mind if I keep it?

Has anyone ever told you that men cry bigger and better tears than women?

- No... - It's true.

In fact, they sob tears twice as big as women's.

Jack?

Jack?

Jack!

My vision's not quite right

But glasses make me look a sight

Enough to give the world a fright

Like a sprite

Wearing specs

Oh, sparky little pet

It's dangerous to be coquette

Don't refuse to wear your specs

If it leaves you in the dark

I prefer life all a blur

I forget to wear my glasses

When I sing and share caresses

It feels good to close my eyes

Oh, my pretty arsonist

Let me clasp you close to me

Rip your clothes with my teeth

And tear them into confetti

To scatter as we kiss...

Confetti?

On you and me

All I see are stars

Suddenly some days

My eyes lead me astray

Far away down the street

Then I can't bear to steal

A glance at the sun

Or dare to look the sky

Straight in the eye

All I see are stars

I won't let you stray

I'll be your only guide

Let me be your pair of eyes

You'll be my special flame

There's one thing I must confess

Of all five senses my hearing's best

I'll never recognize you by relying on my eyes

Smoldering embers alone in the dark

We'll raise cascades of sparks

When the clock of my heart

Strikes midnight we'll catch on fire

And blaze so bright you see the light

All I see are stars

Suddenly some days

My eyes lead me astray

Far away down the street

Then I can't bear to steal

A glance at the sun

Or dare to look the sky

Straight in the eye

All I see are stars

Do you often sprout thoseltalian ice cream cones?

Only when I've snacked on spaghetti after midnight!

What's that odd pitter patter?

That's just the rain Do you like the rain?

Getting wet, no but the sound it makes, yes!

A storm's brewing. A thunderstorm?

A magnetic one.

Jack!

No! Not that! Anything but that!

What have you done to Jack?

You could have died.

Don't say you weren't warned! Rule number three! Did you forget?

No.

Y'get pains in your gears when you cough?

Well, multiply your suffering a hundred fold and

you'll still have no idea of the pain love causes.

And the greater your love, the greater the pain!

First, you sense an ache, followed by pangs of jealousy,

then incomprehension, rejection and the agony... of injustice.

Your mechanical heart surely won't withstand it

It will overheat and explode. I transplanted it, I know its limits.

One single kiss, a brush on the lips could be your last.

Just like that, bang! Pushing up daisies!

Do you know why I saved your life?

You are the child I was never able to have.

Howcome you couldn't have one?

It's no one's fault.

It wasone of those tricksnature plays on us.

You know more about that than most.

I came to terms with it eventually,

after some long nights and lots of tears.

Out of nowhere...

You turned up with your mother like you were heaven sent,

like some kind of consolation prize.

I think I'd lose my mind, my reason for living if I lost you Do you see?

Is that when you started drinking tear liqueur?

Yes More or less.

Yoo-hoo!

How are you, honey?

We didn't even have time to wish you happy birthday yesterday!

It was as if you were drawn magnetically to the ground floor of the mountain,

- as you put it. - Whooooooooosh!

And so? What was your great journey of discovery into town like?

Right, I'll be going. If you need me, just shout.

- Tell all! - Tell all!

It was fabulous!

What made it all so fabulous?

A little singer with glasses which she won't wear!

Sounds like she's not all there!

She's marvelous! She's errr like a sparrow!

Perched on high heels.

She has a sort of fragility and intensity about her, she's a...

I don't know, like a little twig

And then she sings like a nightingale, bird song but with words.

And her nose! Magnificent! A work of art!

So miniscule that I can hardly believe she breathes with it.

I honestly think it's purely decorative.

It's absolutely tiny. That's why she won't wear her glasses!

Every time she comes down with a flu, I suppose that she snores like a steam train.

Oh, no! A nose that pert could only sound like a flute.

What? You caught a bug in town and not flu, you naughty young lad?

- Yes, you are! - You know that it's forbidden!

Forbidden!

I know.

It's for your own good, you know.

If only I could live without love!

- We know what we're talking about! - See,

I fall in love with every patient who comes here for regular treatment,

but every single time, they end up falling for another girl.

I brought you some flowers. I'm the one who picked them

You're sure they're not from a funeral bouquet?

We just happened to drop by the cemetery on our way here after work.

Tomb smothered in flowers. The guy won't miss them.

We did him a favor, making some space so everyone can

see what an important chap he was.

His headstone was hidden by all the wreathes !

The poor fellow.

There's more! Where did I put my little surprise?

Oh, really?

Thanks! Where' d you get the new dress, Luna?

Not your style?

From the graveyard, like the flowers.

It's an old relic from my teenage years.

I adjusted it to the latest fashion.

It's the uniform we had to wear to school at Calton Hill.

- To school? - I was a real goody-two-shoes back then.

Madeleine, uh, I've been reflecting on the three rules.

- I'm pleased you've come to your senses. - Yes.

- And I think I've come up with the solution. - The solution?

I have to go to school, so I uh

can learn, uh, and get a better grasp of the three rules,

and how to apply them in the real world!

Wouldn't you perhaps be better advised to begin with the slate I gave you?

But if I want to work properly... then, I have to go to school.

Going to school, going to school! It'll drive you up the wall!

No, I promise it won't!

You'll be bored out of your mind!

You'll have to read lots of books you despise,

when here you get to choose... which ones to read.

Not to mention sitting for hours on end without moving...

Naturally, you won't be allowed to talk or make any noise.

And no daydreaming.. Except at lunch

I know you too well. You'll hate every minute!

And everybody will make fun of your clock You'll be treated like some kind of freak.

Children everywhere go to school!

You never have any time, I'm always alone.

I feel like the whole world's waiting to be explored.

Waiting to be explored? At school?

Fine... Up in the attic, there should be a satchel.

- Fetch it down for me. - Oh, Madeleine!

That's the best birthday present ever.

Hello!

You don't happen to know a tiny singer who keeps bumping into things?

Say... You don't happen to know a...

For a few years now I've been turning this school into my personal domain

And now everyone knows that in the schoolyard whatever I say holds sway

I make sure the kids respect me, must be a few I simply scare

This is my empire, my realm, the territory I'm ill inclined to share

I must admit I'm not impressed by change, it's stability for me

I take no risks and mercilessly crush any threat to my authority

Hello there.

I always do what needs doing to be the undisputed king.

But there's a new kid who just started school and I sense he wants to muscle in

Lost something, y'runt?

Yes! A little singer a

tiny one.

What do you want with this little singer of yours?

Not so long ago, I saw her singing and bumping into things.

So I 'd like to give her a new pair of glasses!

Her name is

Her name is Miss Acacia.

Miss Acacia!

And nobody's allowed to mention her, or so much as speak her name, 'cept me!

- But uh - And I mean nobody.

You better forget about her, half-pint!

Got that?

How do you make that mechanical sound?

Is that your heart going tick-tock?

Yes.

Don't tell me you've fallen in love with her too?

A bit.

Well, more fool you! She's flown. She had to escape abroad.

Don't let me hear you so much as mumble her name

or I'll pulverize the clock that you call a heart.

I mean that!

I'll obliterate you. In fact, you'll be through with love when I'm done with you!

There you are my faithful feline friend

Out flitting along rooftops every night

With the moon for your bedside light

Ah! So, tell us, How was your first day at school?

Whoo hoo! Did someone with a satchel sneak by without bothering to give me a kiss?

And next time

It's your heart that I'll splatter all over your skull.

Come and see Big Ben!

Wind him up nice and tight!

Go ahead, Take it in turns.

It belonged to a gentleman friend.

The poor guy went to his grave howling,

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up and ride 'em, cowboy!

A real bucking bronco.

Libido killed the rodeo star!

Stop! No long faces. Come on, everybody, let your hair down.

14 years old! Let's have some fun!

Where I come from, when you turn fourteen, you become an adult!

Arthur! Anna! Madeleine!

Let's celebrate! Vengan, don't just stand there!

Si, si! Arthur!

Happy birthday

to you

happy birthday

to you

happy birthday happy birthday to you Joe

happy birthday

to you

"Happy birthday."

Give me that card, right now!

No, it's my birthday. Not yours, it's mine!

Happy birthday! Signed, Miss Acacia It's to me!

It's my birthday today. You're running late, Big Ben!

What are you doing home already? You finished early?

No.

What's happened, Jack?

You've seen that little singer again!

- I killed Joe! - What?

I stabbed his eye out with the cuckoo!

Madeleine... There are policemen on their way, coming up the hill.

I have to disappear. They're after me because of what I did to Joe.

Arthur, Anna, Luna... We have to smuggle Jack out of here.

He needs to leave town as fast as possible.

We're on the job.

I'll stay here to handle the police.

First, I'll pack a bag for you and you'll slip out the back way.

What are you going to tell them?

That you never came home.

In a few days, I'll go to the station and report you've gone missing.

Eventually they'll declare you have died.

We'll hold a funeral for you outon the mountain.

But what will you put in the coffin?

No coffin, just an epitaph on a tree nearby.

The police will never bother to check.

It's the advantage of having a reputation as a witch.

They don't go snooping in my tombs.

Be very careful with your key, Jack.

And remember...

Get in touch with a clockmaker as soon as you settle somewhere.

- You mean with a doctor! - No, no, anything but!

Never see a doctor about a problem with your heart.

The person you need to see is a clockmaker.

Not so hard. You'll damage your clock if you're not careful!

Now it really is time for you to go.

I won't forgive myself if they catch you.

Alright, time to go!

I haven't even left and I...

I'm... already shivering.

As the train departs I'm falling apart,

a clocktower left to rot

in a desert of blue smoke

I start my trip lickety spit scared to bits chasing beats

beats my heart skips

as it ticks and tocks

I've time to learn to control the shakes

but here my heart's about to break rattling like a snake

in a tin can

Panic's causing frantic antics in my heart

loco locomotive

loco locomotive steam away

Oh, watch out for me, without you, with no place to go

My heart's on the blink So heavy it sinks

I'm teetering on the brink

It tosses and turns and sinks in the drink a shipwrecked heart

is no good for love

Roll in the fog

Rattle your ghost trains

the time is right to conjure up

specters of sublime women

Blondes or brunettes rolling the dice in the night

I'll slit 'em open before they take fright

Compliments of your humble servant Jack the Ripper

Have no fear, my boy

You'll soon learn to scare

to prove you exist

Have no fear, my boy

You'll learn to send shivers down spines

Panic's causing frantic antics in my heart

loco locomotive

loco loco locomotive steam away

Panic's causing frantic antics in my heart

loco locomotive

locomotive steam away

Oh la laaa!

Stupid machine, why won't you work for once, damn you!

Do excuse my French, dear boy. Terrible manners,

but all I want in the whole wide world is for my invention to work

and it won't! It just keeps breaking down for no reason.

Can you imagine?

Yes, I, I can only sympathize.

Ho, ho! What have we here?

Oh! Very volcanic mechanics you have there, mon ami.

I have to find a clockmaker to repair me.

Do you happen to know one?

I'm not a clockmaker, but I am quite a handy fellow

And I'd rather enjoy tinkering around in there!

What would you say to a...

quick stop in the small workshop I have in Paris.

We'll soon have you up and running again!

Oh, this is quite extraordinaire!

Your Doctor Madeleine is a genius!

The way she pieced all this together for you It's, it's...

It's a labor of love. Down to the tiniest detail.

That's my whole problem. Love.

It's very dangerous for me, says Madeleine

- Is it badly damaged? - No, Everything works just fine.

Actually, it gives me an idea for repairing my camera.

Surely a similar spring to the one that

that I just installed in the miniature mechanism

of your arteries will enable this maker of dreams finally

to crank back into life. In exactly the same way as yours, mon ami!

Mister...

Please, call me Georges. Georges Melies!

You see, Mister M? Li? s...

there's a singer I met in Edinburgh...

Oh yes, I know, these things do happen.

The moment I saw her, I felt a rumbling, like an earthquake devastating my clock.

My gears started creaking, my tick-tock racing.

I was gasping for breath, my head was spinning,

- my hands were whirring. - How good did that feel?

Wonderful!

Well, there you go!

I don't know.

I worryMadeleine was right all along, And love might be fatal.

By being afraid of getting hurt,

you increase the chances that you will get hurt!

Like a tightrope walker.

Do you think they can afford to wonder what will happen if they fall?

No! They enjoy the thrill that braving a danger pumps through their veins.

If you spend your life avoiding getting hurt,

you'll probably die of boredom first, my boy.

You want to experience a grand adventure with this filly?

If I can find her again. Last I heard,

- she's in Granada. - Oooooh!

There's nothing quite so amusing as recklessness.

When you're 14 and gallivanting off across Europe on the trail of a girl,

I'd say that your reckless gene must be highly developed. N'est-ce pas?

Look!

See, it works!

The machine functions in the same way as your heart.

Almost as if... it absorbs every emotion.

I could make a film about your cuckoo-clock heart now

that I know exactly how it works!

Why not, sounds like fun

You know, when I was in love,

I was constanty inventing all kinds of gadgets Gadgets, gadgets,

gadgets, more and more gadgets, just to amuse my fiancee.

I doubt she ever really appreciated my gadgets, for some reason.

One day, I was at a loose end, so I chopped up two of her shelves

and I fixed them to some wheels that I'd found uh on a cart

from the hospital, so that we could go gliding together in the moonlight.

She always refused to get on it. And told me to repair her shelves.

Life is far from easy when you're in love, my young friend.

Why not come with me to Andalusia, Mister Melies?

Everything is possible there, I'm sure.

Do you really want a magician on the verge of

a complete nervous breakdown as a companion on your quest for love?

I'd love to travel with a magician, however depressed!

I'm your man!

Let me throw a few tricks into my bag and onwards and upwards!

Anda Anda Andalusia!

Andalusia!

Andalusia.

Anda.

Andalusia.

Anda. Anda. Andalusia.

Anda. Anda. Andalusia.

Anda. Anda. Andalusia! Anda. Andalusia!

I'm a human illusion

Who wants to be a man

No tricks, no gimmicks

But in my dreams

I'm seen as my own man

A grown man, a human being

Who needs no tricks

A human not a freak

I'm a human illusion

Who wants to be a man

No tricks, no gimmicks

But in my dreams

I'm seen as my own man

A grown man, a human being

Who needs no tricks

I believe we have arrived,.

So, first impression?

Makes a change from Edinburgh.

Yikes! My head's spinning!

- Hello - Oh,

Extraordinaire!

Roll up, roll up for the man-eating dove!

Two monsters in love!

Three fat tenors in a row

And an elephant singing soprano at the Circo Bizarro!

On the Ghost Train...

You looking for work, boy?

Because I'm looking for a new Frightener.

No, actually, I'm looking for a tiny flamenco virtuoso.

Here? You've more chance of finding a fresh snowflake in hell!

She's like a perfect little bird in high heels who tends to knock into things.

Why don't you knock it off jabbering on about her?

D'you want the job, or don't you, runt?

The chica chocolate in the flesh she's capable

of spontaneous combustion to illuminate a starless night!

Ladies and gentlemen... next up the flamenco salsa picante of... "Miss Acacia!"

Miss Acacia?

Well, you do or you don't?

I'll have to think. Mister Melies! Mister Melies!

Ladies and gentlemen, next up on the band...

You need to act as if you're playing a game of poker.

Your expression must never reveal any doubts or fear.

Don't forget you have an ace up your sleeve.

It's a Heart.

You must resist playing your Jack.

Because if you play the King,

you're sure to win the Queen!

I guess but... I'm no good at cards.

You are different, Jack

You're convinced that must be a weakness.

But in fact...

Your difference is your strength!

Your fragility, that heart-clock of yours makes

you special and almost irresistible! Make the most of your difference.

My handicap as a weapon for seduction?

You think it'll work?

Of course! Don't you think part of what...

charmed you about your little singer was her funny way of...

accidentally bumping into you?

Perhaps.

Nobody will notice. The coast is clear. Sneak in there! Fast!

A single kiss, a brush on the lips even, could destroy you. I'm deadly serious,

Jack Just like that - clack! Pushing up daisies!

Pom pom pom pom pom Pom pom pom pom pom

My vision's not quite right

But glasses make me look a sight

Enough to give the world a fright

Like a sprite

What are you doing? Who are you?

The ultimate seduction is when you give the illusion of not even trying to seduce her.

Hey! Ola!

I was tying my laces against your doorwhen it fell open and I landed on your... couch.

You often tie your laces just outside a girl's door when she's getting changed?

- Uh, no, no Not very often. - And where do you usually land?

You stumble into her bed, or the shower first?

I'm really sorry.

Haven't we met somewhere before?

I'm pretty sure I recognize you.

Recognize me?

What do you want anyway?

I'd like to give you something

What would that be?

A bouquet of glasses!

I can't say they're my favorite flowers.

I never wear my glasses

They only make me look like a kind of bug-eyed insect.

That's all right by me.

Could we see each other again? With or without glasses.

Perhaps.

- You're not from around these parts. - Oh, yes, yes, no, I, I...

I work on the Ghost Train.

That's wonderful! So you're the new Frightener?

Exactly That's right.

I'm the new Flybynightener That' s me!

Can I come and see you in action?

Absolutely! Where?

Y'know... On the Ghost Train

Ah! Yes, uh... Of course. Naturally.

Tomorrow? Around 4?

Perfect!

Well then? Jack, what happened?

Yes, what happened?

It's amazing! She said perhaps!

Georges... Can we invite you in for a cup of coffee?

- Or a cup of tea? - Both!

Is the job still going?

Tell me, do you always run away to think about things?

Always! I've thought it over... And I really want the position.

What can you do to give people a fright?

How about this?

You might have a chance of frightening a six month-old baby...

But I'm desperate and with you at least...

the trains will leave on the dot!

Ah, that sounds like a job for me!

Just scare the pants off people and you and me will soon be the best of friends.

- Yes, ma'am! - Don't ma'am me!

- Hello! - Ah!

You gave me a heck of a fright!

I don't think my heart can cope with all this.

Nor mine!

When I went on the ghost train

I met this old girlcalledBrigitte Heim

I'm theboss of the ghost trainand

I used tosteal skull from the graves

To make nice decorations

in the ghos ttrain

She was scaryer than the ghos ttrain

and she wants me to frigten people me

little me

If you walk on skull

and break something

you pay

But I was the king of the ghos ttrain

cause all the peoplewant to see my heart bleeding

I was the king of the ghos tpain

until theday when the littlefire girl

comes to see me

I don't care about scary woman

and allher housesfull of emptiness

I don't care about scary woman

and all her houses full of emptiness

'cause the little fire girl of my dreams

is sleeping intomy arms now

arms now

arms now

arms now

You're not the king of the ghost train Screw you

You're alone with your pretty skull

it's a nice decoration

for the ghost train

if you give me a headache

you'll pay,

if you don't scare people

you'll pay

Pay pay pay pay always pay

Pay pay pay pay always pay

Pay pay pay always pay

in her ghost mouth full of smog

You didn't frighten a soul! You should be ashamed!

I have my reputation at stake here... y'brat!

No, honestly, I was absolutely petrified!

Aaaah! Surprise me! Your own shadow scares you!

You were really good.

I didn't see a thing but it seemed like a lot of fun. Congratulations!

Thank you. Did you try your new glasses on for size?

Yes, but they're all broken, or twisted.

Yes, I chose them like that on purpose so you wouldn't worry about breaking, them?

I can't shake off the strange feeling that I've, er... already been in this situation

or... dreamed this moment.

- Really? - I'm sure we've met but I'm not sure where.

Would you like to dance?

- Right here? In silence? - Yup That way, we're always in time!

If you say so.

What's that pitter-patter?

That's just the rain. You like the rain?

Getting wet, no. But the sound it makes...

Yes! And I've heard that noise before somewhere.

- It's my heart. - Your what?

My heart.

They made it specially for me the day I was born.

Because it was the coldest ever day on earth, and my heart froze solid.

It's a bit cobbled together, but it works.

Do you want to try?

Here... you wind me up with a key. And here...

You open me up.

So every girl who rides the Ghost Train gets a free tour of your heart's working parts?

No, you're the first.

Really? Thanks.

Y're welcome.

No!

Don't make me...

I can feel a powerful magnet growing in my tummy and pulling me towards you but...

My heart belongs to someone already.

Someone I met a long, long time ago.

Yesterday, when I saw you in the mirror, you reminded me of him a little.

And that felt good, I must admit.

But... Embarking on a romantic adventure with you would be so unfair.

I can't do it. I'm sorry!

- And? - She loves someone else.

I traveled halfway across Europe for her... For nothing!

But did you tell her that you loved her?

Why bother? Her heart's full to the brim.

You can't just empty a heart like a sink!

Yes, but she did recognize you?

No, and I prefer her not to remember who

I am rather than remember me and not love me.

She's a little sprite, a spark, but how to tame a spark? Where d'you start?

But, but there's quite simply no taming a spark,

my dear boy. Like shooting stars, they constantly escape us!

I've never felt so sad and so...

happy at the same time.

Two of the most extraordinary emotions in one!

You know what they say, fortune favors the brave!

If only she would believe in my heart.

She appears to think it's a kind of practical joke.

She brings to mind animals in the wild. Their liberty is their beauty!

Don't attempt to tame her because

even if Miss Acacia falls for you,

you'll never be able to stop her escaping again.

By the way, did she say who had captured her heart?

I just wanted to know...

What's wrong with you, pestering me all the time?

- Do I know him? - Who?

This boy you're... in love with

- No! - No, you're not in love anymore?

No, there's no chance you know him.

Look, it was a very, very long time ago when I first met him.

It was in Edinburgh.

That gigantic city seemed made forhim!

The tops of the soaring clocktowers shimmering in the twilight.

He popped out of nowhere but I found his strange silhouette rather reassuring.

Will you stop fooling around with your clock!

It's positively dangerous.

You'll give someone an injury. You might at least take it off occasionally!

I can't help it! It's not some toy, it's my heart!

I'm really sorry.

Look, I'd be very happy if we could become friends.

Honestly!

Why don't we go to the Extraorindary Stories stand tomorrow?

I've heard they have a new contraption for telling stories.

It's called a film. I'd really like us to go together.

Perhaps.

Ladies and gentlemen!

And young ladies, above all!

Tonight, for your pleasure and amusement, the greatest magic show in the world,

not just the world, the galaxy!

You see, for years I have sought to stitch together dreams and reality

in a single fabric of marvelous, thrilling duplicity

I started with trick photography but I was missing the most important element...

Movement!

The cinematic artform is shamanic!

One can summon up the shadows! Anything is possible!

Soon, we will be able to raise the dead with this device.

It's the finest remedy to melancholy known to humankind!

Ladies! Ladies, ladies and... Ladies!

Tonight, we present the first ever film made on the Cinematograph

and it could only tell the greatest love story ever written since the world began!

And so, I'd like to express my gratitude to the man who triggered in me

the ultimate discovery that brought to life the machine that makes pictures move.

I give you, on my left Jack the human clock!

A bag of bones inlaid with crispy cogs,

covered with a fine layer of epidermis sprinkled with freckles,

each more succulent than the last.

And best of all he possesses, mesdames, a heart as big as a clock!

In deed it was while attempting to overhaul its inner workings

that I finally stumbled upon the missing link in my invention!

And now, enjoy the film!

Good, wasn't it?

Absolutely! It was wonderful!

You shed a tear.

No! No, I didn't.

I know your Romeo.

Oh, stop going on about that!

But he's plain evil.

He made my life hell, ridiculing, bullying, humiliating me,

- every day, in front of everybody! - Him?

But he would never have harmed a fly, seriously!

Maybe not a fly but I can tell you, he hurt me alright!

Why didn't you stand up for yourself?

He was a lot bigger and a lot stronger than me.

No! It must be a case of mistaken identity. He was my size, no more.

- He was a lot bigger. - Look, I only saw him once in my life, but

I remember it, as if it were yesterday.

I run my mind back over the memory every day and every night as I go to sleep.

You're jealous?

Not at all. That's anything but the problem.

I saw him without my glasses on because I was singing.

I have to admit I might not even recognize him if I saw him again but...

I can tell you for sure

he's not the monster you were describing.

How did you meet each other.

It was one rainy day in Edinburgh...

The sound of the rain has been my favorite music ever since then.

It was just before my parents were betrayed.

No, please, stop that, will you?

- Stop what? - Stop that...

I don't think I can actually.

Oh, never mind, keep going.

I was singing and suddenly I heard a voice join in.

We began to dance, or bump into each other, I suppose.

We were in a world of our own.

Oh, I'm so sorry. Maybe I should spare you the details.

No, no, no, keep going. I'm enjoying it. Honestly,

I really am. It feels good.

I still don't know how he managed it but... he tore part of my dress.

- No! - He did!

- And I trod on my glasses! - You're kidding me?

It felt as if anything and everything might happen.

It's impossible to put it into words.

I have never felt so safe, so happy. Real happiness. Hmm

There's...

There's something I want to...

There's something I want to tell you!

There's something you want to tell me?

Yes, there is. I... I...

Go ahead, say it!

I'd love it if I cou'ld see you tomorrow.

All right. But where?

Ah err I don't know!

What about UhThe Cinematograph, maybe?

Oh, yes!

Is that all you wanted to say?

Yeah, yeah. I... think so.

- Why the funny face then? - No, no, it's nothing. It's the film

we just saw. It... pffff I really... ssshhhh It's just got my cogs in a spin!

- Oh my, Georges! - My Georges!

It was so moving, your film.

- Bravo! I want to be your Juliet. - Me too, so do I!

Choose me!

She's in love with me!

And welcome, ladies and ladies, Jack the spaaark tamer!

Bravo, my boy!

Thanks, but there's a problem.

She's in love with the other me, the one from Edinburgh.

Come on, that's not a problem.

The other you, is still you even so That means,

now you can connect the two together, dream and reality!

But how do I, how do I tell her?

Come, come, listen...

Look, it's me, Jack,

I left Edinburgh and crossed half of Europe for you, my love!

And now give me your arm and let's scale the skies!

Yes, but I can't say it, I've already tried.

The words jam in the back of my throat.

You're still scared your heart will explode, n'est-ce pas?

Yes, I often think of Madeleine and all the effort

she put into keeping me ticking over.

But don't be afraid!

I thought you wanted to love and be loved back!

To be seen as your own man, a grown man, a human being,

who needs no tricks, a human not a freak

If only I'd told her who I was from the very beginning...

You have to help me come up with something.

A thing, I think not.

An idea though, possibly!

Jack!

Jaaack!

- Over here, please, miss! - Yes, over here, this way!

Sit down and stay right where you are!

The scene is Edinburgh,

April the 16th, 1884.

Typically British drizzle glistens on the cobbles of the city center.

She dances like a bird

in high heels performing the daintiest of reels

When she gets her legs in a jumble

She bumps her pretty nose as she stumbles

And on the cobbles crumbles

I keep bashing my head

on trees whose blue leaves up so high seem

- planted in the sky - Planted in the sky

What's that I hear, that pitter patter?

Yeah, what's making that noise there?

It's just rain. You like the rain?

Miss Acacia adored the sound of the rain, but...

She had no idea that she was hearing the madly beating heart

of her mini-Prince Charming.

If only he'd told her where the pitter-patter truly came from,

some years later, when the self-same Jack had crossed half of Europe,

like a Don Quixote on wheels tilting at an impossible dream,

she'd have recognized him even without her glasses because

she'd have believed in his heart and at last,

they could sample the inimitable magical intimacy of blending dream and reality!

Go on!

Hey! What do you think you're doing exactly?

Erl was practicing kissing you,

while you were sleeping

If you really are the boy from my dream in Edinburgh,

why did you wait all this time to say that you are?

I was afraid you wouldn't remember.

I just can't make sense of it all.

What's more, mummy taught me I should only believe my own eyes.

Put your glasses on!

It reminds me of what happened to my parents.

They were tricked and I never saw them again.

That's when I decided to flee Edinburgh.

They gave someone their trust.

And paid for it.

We had entered Scotland illegally.

Mummy and I had no right to stay.

One day, a neighbor promised to help us get permits.

And the next day, two policemen knocked on the door!

I lay there in the snow for such a long time that my feet froze.

Then my eyes froze, too, in places.

Soon I was crying tears of ice.

My eyesight was never very good,

but since that day, even with my glasses, I can hardly see a thing.

This is the key that winds me up.

Without it, I'd conk out for good.

You can open me,

wind me up, do what ever you want.

If it hurts, tell me, won't you?

Hurt's not the word I'd use.

Oh! Does that always happen?

Don't worry, it's perfectly normal.

It's... It's just that... It's just I've been in love with you for so long.

Really, trust me, it's fine. Keep going.

You are the key that opens me totally

You may explore my body

From the inside, give my heart a tweak

To see if I weep

When your tongue shimmers like a prize

Gazing in your eyes, I rise

You make me complete

My lady key

My lady key

I know where to press

To make you laugh or fry

I'll scatter butterflies wherever you lie

To give you the feeling you'll take to the skies

Flying, flying, pop go your pretty high heels

Let me suspend time so it lasts

A fraction longer.

Where've you been hiding, boy?

And you there! Why are you bothering with the little runt?

You're wasting your time!

Everybody's waiting at the bandstand. You're on in five minutes.

Here, I really should be going.

No. You keep it.

Don't be silly, it's the key to your heart, Jack. It's yours!

No. From now on, it's yours.

- Let's run away. - I'm sorry, what?

Together! After your concert, we'll make the whole oyster our world!

Make the world our oyster, you mean.

Yes, that's exactly what I meant.

Where would we go?

I've no idea where yet. But please say you will!

Esasi que me has seducida

Los ojos en la luna

Y el corazon en los calcetines

Mi quijote

le quieromi quijote

miquijote

ay miquijote

Be careful!

If those skulls go splitting you'll pay!

Time to make a break then!

What will you do with yourself, you trifling bauble?

Decorate a clockmaker's window?

Or even a cemetery?

The cemetery's a great idea.

And I already have a tomb.

Go, scram, beat it! Aaarrrgh!

- Well then? - Yes... /- Well then?

She loves the real me!

My congratulations, young man!

Excellent, I'm delighted for you!

I'm going to pick her up from her concert and we'll run for the hills together!

Ah! Run for the heels, you mean.

Heels, hills, whatever!

I'm so grateful for everything.

I couldn't have done it without you!

We're all going to miss you.

Write to us from time to time!

Andalusia! Anda, Anda, Andalusiiiia!

Jack?

But you're early, you're running fast!

Joe? What on earth brings you here?

Oh, I always wanted to see Andalusia one day.

And given that I'd kept all the birthday cards you'd sent me,

I said to myself,

Why don't I drop in on my Miss Acacia?

And with a bit of luck, I might get to hear her sing.

That's sweet of you.

- You're packing up here? - Yes.

I was reunited with the boy I loved when I was little... Jack!

We leave together tonight!

You must be in love still.

I'm pleased for you.

I didn't recognize him at first

but at the same time, it feels as if it could never have been anyone else.

It's funny, me... being "reunited" with my childhood enemy here.

What?

The beating of his heart has haunted my nights ever since school.

I can't abide so much as the sound of a clock ticking away.

It makes me want to be sick!

All done, I'm ready!

Oh, way back then, dopey little Jack,

with that frail sparrow look he had,

totally duped me into believing hat he wasn't really dangerous.

Come on, he isn't dangerous!

You wouldn't dispute that his heart is not what you'd call normal.

What's wrong with that?

His so-called heart

was forged from a clock.

Trust me, that's not a heart. It's a grenade,

a time bomb ready to explode!

And I'm the living proof... It went off in my face.

No, Joe, there must be some mistake.

Jack wouldn't harm a fly he's incapable of hurting someone.

Yes, except when he happens to lose control of his heart

and therefore fails to abide... by the three rules!

What rules are they?

Firstly, never touch

The hands of your heart

Rule number two

Keep your temper under control

Last but not least

The most important rule

Whatever else you do

Never fall in love

You're happy making me a murderess?

What are you talking about?

Joe's been telling me about when you were at school!

The three rules, his eye, everything!

Joe?

You won't get round me with your lies. I won't believe you!

Joe is here?

You just happen to forget something as serious as that?

Who are you?

I want to know, who is the man I'm...

I was falling in love with?

I could be the death of you!

I refuse to love you! I could kill you.

You'd be making me a murderess!

That's not my idea of love! It's just selfish!

It's not like that at all!

You didn't poke his eye out perhaps?

Yes, but, it was an accident.

I... I'd have preferred it 'd never come to that, but...

He forgets to mention all the things he put me through for so many years!

That gives you good reason to gouge out his eye?

No, obviously not!

But why do you think he traveled all the way here to rake up the past?

He's trying to turn you against me!

In order to protect me. That's why.

Joe? He never protected anyone!

All he ever did was terrorize people and wreak havoc and he's still doing it.

Look what he's done to us!

That's right, lose your temper now, too!

Listen to me...

Don't touch me.

Stop that, will you!

You're frightening me.

I'm sorry!

The rain.

Leave me alone.

My love for you is all topsy turvey because of my makeshift heart...

But it's true love.

I admit Madeleine specifically told me never to fall in love.

But still... I put my life in your hands.

Since that very first time I saw you singing

when you knocked me off my feet,

I never stopped looking for you

You make me feel so brave.

I'd do the craziest things for you!

Yes, your behavior's simply insane, I agree. Now, just count me out!

I know I'm doing everything wrong. It makes me feel sick.

Yes, well, I prefer you to be sick, than dead!

Please, leave me alone. Leave me alone!

So many long years now that I've reflected and ruminated

Unable to accept that my adventure had been terminated

Miss Acacia haunts my poor mind, whatever I do, whatever I try

I've set out to find her and the man who gouged my eye

That's right, I refuse to be deterred I'm here to give the story a new direction

I couldn't stay any longer in Edinburgh floundering in woe and dejection

In my dreams, my love for Miss Acacia is eternal, undying And

now I'm here to win her back

If I don't succeed I'll die trying

I couldn't wait to lock horns again with my worst enemy, little Jack

And hearing his accursed ticking immediately took me back

When I caught a glimpse of him In seconds I felt the pressure start to rise

We needed to have a talk but there was only hatred in his eyes

I explained that losing one of mine changed the way I see things forever

Like him I suffered from my difference, but revenge wasn't my agenda

I 'd bullied him in the past which cost me an eye and now we're quits

Now the only battle with Jack I travelled to Spain for's one of wits

I understand that he hates me for all those years of torment he sustained

I humiliated and persecuted him, caused him every type of pain

But asking about Miss Acacia on his first day at school was pretty dense

As soon as the question left his lips I knew he'd signed his death sentence

There's one thing we have in common and that's we'd both do anything for her

But older and wiser now, we can forget the scraps and slurs

When I picture taking Miss Acacia home to Edinburgh my mind goes in a spin

But cool and composed I challenge Jack to a duel and now may the best man win

It's no one's fault but your own, Jack.

It was all a piece of cake.

I expected you to put up a fight. I'm disappointed in you.

You're not worthy of Miss Acacia!

Just now, when I stopped by her dressing room,

in no time she was safely back in my embrace.

- I hate you! - No, Jack!

No!

Stop it, both of you! No!

Come away now!

He's out of control!

- Look, he's broken! - Yes, he's all broken.

I want to change hearts. Please, find me a new one!

I've had enough of mine always falling to bits. Madeleine was right.

I suppose some spare parts from my camera might work.

I could try to repair you but...

No, I'm sick of being patched up! I want a new one, one that works!

Your problem seems to run much deeper below the wood of your heart.

I want you to replace it with a new one and rewind my dials to zero.

I 'II never fall in love! Ever again!

I understand, mon ami, but you'll be over it in no time.

That's all it takes, a little time!

But I've run out of time now.

I gave my key to Miss Acacia.

What? You...

You give the key to your heart to any old spark you meet?

Go and get it back right now!

I can't. She left with Joe.

That key's your life, Jack! You, you, took a huge risk!

I know.

You must return home to see Madeleine immediately!

There's still time for her to save you!

How long is it since you wound up your heart?

- I don't know anymore. - There's no time to waste!

No, no, it's better if you stay here.

I knew the risk I was running.

Now I must face the consequences.

Besides... Soon you'll shoot the moon, or at least take a trip there.

Two for one love, that's a formula made for you.

Be brave, my young friend! Be brave!

Bravery is not the problem.

You think Jack will get over it?

You think he'll decide to go back to Edinburgh?

He needs his family now.

It's anyone's guess. But I'll tell you now, if he heads home,

he'll be in for a very unpleasant surprise.

Why's that?

Just after Jack made his escape,

that wicked witch, Madeleine, was hauled off to prison.

There, she wasn't very...

You'll have to forgive me, the left front wheel has smashed to bits!

Wasn't very what?

Wasn't very happy being locked up.

But she wasn't in there for long.

She died just a few days after her arrest.

Everybody said she died of a broken heart because of Jack.

Because he was forced to leave town, you mean.

You're probably right.

That little fool never brings anyone anything but trouble.

What's wrong, now?

- Jack gave me his key before we left. - Wait...

I have to go back.

Wait...

Excuse me, where can I find Jack!

He, he's on his way home to Edinburgh!

Oh, I was worried he'd do that.

It's just, I have his key!

There's nothing to worry about.

Doctor Madeleine, who saved him on the day he was born

will find a way to put him back together even if Jack turns up in smithereens!

- But Madeleine's dead! - Whaaat?

Go after him, hurry! SaveJack! That's what he wants more than anything.

I put him on a coach going to Valencia.

With any luck, you'll be able to catch up with him

before he gets on the train.

Waaaaait! J-just a second!

This is the diary I've kept since the day I first met Jack.

It will be something for you to read on the long journey ahead.

Thank you.

At his age

besides going rowing and performing conjuring tricks,

I didn't have much to occupy my life.

But Jack...

It was as if his dreams had been held prisoner for too long

in the wooden cage that was his heart.

Meeting Little Miss Acacia had opened the floodgates.

I have never seen someone dream with such intensity of someone else.

Rather than a cuckoo clock, it seemed as if a seething volcano had been grafted onto him!

I half-expected him to shrink, from spending so much time

in the rain in the course of our journey.

A real Don Quixote! When he tilts at his dream,

he is irrepressible...

Unstoppable!

Jack!

- Oh, poor lamb! - Thanks.

Poor creature! Oh! Dear! Hrrmph!

Still the same old Jack... A shrimp with muscles, huh!

It looks like Jack has been and caught

himself a rotten bout of flu!

Slowly, Jack! Not so fast!

Morning, Arthur!

His whole spine has completely rusted up.

The merest movement and he creaks.

And he's developed a fear of the cold and rain ever since...

Where's Madeleine?

Jack, listen, I have to tell you something using words so heavy,

so heavy that I'm not really sure

they won't stay stuck in my throat.

The day you left Edinburgh...

Immediately after we'd put you on the train...

Anna and me hurried up the mountainside...

But when we got here, the front door was wide open...

The house seemed abandoned!

Madeleine's workshop was wrecked, as if it had been struck by a hurricane.

Her bottles and jars were scattered over the floor...

Even the cat had disappeared...

Arthur, Anna and me set out to look for Madeleine.

And you'll never guess where we found her.

In a prison cell in Calford.

- In prison? - Yes.

The police decided to arrest her after you got away.

It was far from the first time Madeleine had been thrown into jail.

We thought that it would sort itself out.

Where is she? I want to see her.

I'd love to be able to say that she was set free...

That with one hand she's making your meal...

While she repairs someone with the other...

And that despite missing you terribly, she's in good health.

But...

Madeleine has passed on.

She left her body in that prison cell.

I know that sadness will overwhelm you,

but never forget that you gave her the joy of being a mother.

It was the dream of a lifetime for her.

She saw you as a fragile little thing in need of her constant protection.

Joined to her by a cord in the form of a clock.

She shuddered at the thought of you growing up and away.

That's... as far as I go.

And I'd advise you to consider going no further, miss.

It's haunted up top.

Jack!

I'm here!

Jack.

It's not too late, I can still save you.

You already saved me.

No, leave this to me Let me give your heart a turn of the key

You came all the way back here for me.

That's the most extraordinary turn you could ever give my heart.

- Thank you. - Non.

From now on, whatever happens to me,

I will only have myself to blame.

So now you see, you can kiss me.