"Hey, I'm watching him, I'm watching him!"
The group starts to cross using the pulley system, with Sid getting anxious.
Let’s slide into why the script for Ice Age (2001) is worth more than just the paper it’s printed on.
Sid: (panicked) Oh no, oh no!
( starstruck ) Whoa, a saber-toothed tiger! I've always wanted to meet one.
Manny: "Don't worry, I've got an idea."
Manny (voiced by Ray Romano): "Okay, okay. I get it. You want to see the valley. Well, let me tell you something. This valley is the best. It's got everything: food, water, shelter. What more could you want?" ice age 1 transcript
(Opening shot of a herd of woolly mammoths migrating across a frozen landscape)
(Manny reluctantly agrees. Diego smirks secretly.)
Set during the Pleistocene ice age around 20,000 years ago, the story follows a herd of prehistoric animals migrating south to escape the advancing glaciers. Sid (John Leguizamo), a clumsy and talkative ground sloth, is accidentally left behind by his family and must set out alone. He soon encounters a surly woolly mammoth named Manfred (Ray Romano), who reluctantly saves Sid from a pair of angry brontotheres. "Hey, I'm watching him, I'm watching him
Diego appears and offers to help, secretly planning to lead the pair into an ambush. As the unlikely herd travels through dangerous ice caves and encounters prehistoric creatures, the trio begins to bond. Manny, haunted by a past where his own family was killed by humans, becomes deeply attached to the baby. Diego, too, has a change of heart after Manny saves his life from a lava flow. He confesses the ambush plot and helps Sid and Manny concoct a scheme to outwit the saber-toothed pack.
Because I’m not like the others. I’ve seen too much killing. Let me help you return the baby. It’s the right thing.
Sid: "Come on, Manny. It'll be fun!"
The script, written by Michael Berg, Michael J. Wilson, and Peter Ackerman, follows a "road trip" structure with a focus on visual storytelling and emotional stakes, featuring memorable, witty dialogue for the main characters. Share public link