Missing Link (2019 film)

Missing Link is a 2019 British-American stop-motion animated adventure comedy film featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, and Zach Galifianakis. The plot follows an explorer who encounters a Sasquatch-type creature and must escort him to his Yeti cousins in the Himalayas.

Written and directed by Chris Butler. Produced by Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight.

Dialogue

Mr. Link: Excuse me. Hi.

Sir Lionel Frost: You can speak?!

Mr. Link: Yes, and, um, I write as well. [he holds up the letter he’d written to Sir Lionel] My penmanship isn’t great, but, uh, you know, opposable thumbs and fat fingers, you know.

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Mr. Link: Actually, I go by Susan.

Lionel Frost: Su… Susan?

Mr. Link: Yeah. Susan. That should be my name.

Lionel: So this prospector was a girl.

Mr. Link: Yes, that’s correct.

Lionel: That is a girl’s name.

Mr. Link: Uh-huh.

Sir Frost: It suits you.

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Mr. Link: I need someone who knows the wild places of the world, and you’re the world’s greatest adventurer.

Frost: What exactly do you ask of me?

Mr. Link: I’m lonely. I’m the last of my kind, but on the other side of the world they talk of this creature…

Frost: The yeti.

Mr. Link: I think these yetis are my cousins. Can you take me there?

Frost: I give you my word.

Mr. Link: Okay, what is it?

Frost: What?

Mr. Link: Your word.

Frost: No, it’s a figure of speech.

Mr. Link: Sounds good. What is it?

Frost: The word, my dear fellow... is "trust".

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Mr. Link: We aren’t going to break in, are we?

Frost: Climb the wall and pull me up. [as he goes to climb up the wall, he trips and breaks through the wall instead] Bravo.

Mr. Link: Thank you.

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[as they are sat in a train]

Mr. Link: Is it hot in here?

Frost: By all means, crack open the win… [suddenly Mr. Link smashes the train window with his fist to crack it open] …Dow.

Mr. Link: Oh, that’s better.

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[as Mr. Link tears off his shirt to reveal himself and old tribeswoman yells in horror and passes out]

Mr. Link: Um…

Tribeswoman: You have killed my grandmother!

Adelina Fortnight: Quick, quick, quick, someone should give her the kiss of life!

[they both look at the unconscious older woman]

Frost: [to Mr. Link] You’re the man for the job.

Mr. Link: How’s my breath?

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Frost: Throw me out of the pit.

Mr. Link: I think you might be a little too heavy.

Frost: Nonsense. Now, give it all you’ve got.

Mr. Link: [throws him and Sir Lionel smashes into the ice wall and slides down] Ooph. It’s hard to know who’s fault that was. Let’s do it again.

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Cast

• Zach Galifianakis as Mr. Link/Susan
• Hugh Jackman as Sir Lionel Frost
• Zoe Saldana as Adelina Fortnight
• Stephen Fry as Lord Piggot-Dunceby
• Timothy Olyphant as Willard Stenk
• Emma Thompson as the Yeti Elder
• Amrita Acharia as Ama Lahuma
• Matt Lucas as Mr. Collick
• David Walliams as Mr. Lemuel Lint
• Ching Valdez-Aran as Gamu
• Humphrey as Doorman
• Adam Godley as Lord Bilge
• Neil Dickson as Mr. Roylott
• Ian Ruskin as Lord Scrivener
• Matthew Wolf as Lord Ramsbottom
• Darren Richardson as Alfie
• Alan Shearman as Lord Entwhistle
• Jack Blessing as McVitie and a Conductor
• Richard Miro as Ricardo
• Jaswant Dev Shrestha as Elderly Villager