

The quiet is shattered by a LOUD GUNSHOT that lights up the inside of the cottage. The last remaining dead leaves tremble in the gusts. and we FADE IN to reveal:įRENCH COUNTRYSIDE - LATE AFTERNOON A light rain falls on a SMALL FARMHOUSE. WALT DISNEY PICTURES PRESENTS A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS FILM. TITLES (OVER BLACK): The SOUND of wind rattling barren branches. I, on the other hand, take cooking seriously and no- I don’t think “anyone” can do it. What’s even more amusing is that Gusteau actually seems to believe it. Beneath that, in italics, is his moniker: The Grim Eater.ĮGO: Amusing title, “Anyone Can Cook”. But not everyone celebrates its success.Ī tall, gaunt, severe-looking MAN with fish-belly white skin appears on the TV screen. Chef Gusteau’s cookbook “Anyone Can Cook!” has climbed to the top of the bestseller list. He is the youngest Chef ever to achieve a five star rating. NARRATOR (CONT’D): Gusteau’s restaurant is the toast of Paris, booked five months in advance, and his dazzling ascent to the top of Fine French Cuisine has made his competitors envious. Gusteau is in his early forties, but his massive girth makes him look older. We see images of GUSTEAU: cooking, signing his cookbook, in front of his famous restaurant. The best food in France is made in Paris, and the best food in Paris, some say, is made by Chef Auguste Gusteau. NARRATOR: Although each of the world’s countries would like to dispute this fact, we French know the truth the best food in the World is made in France. As an old fashioned World GLOBE rotates in a sea of clouds, the EIFFEL TOWER slowly comes into view over the horizon, dwarfing FRANCE underneath it. A TELEVISION SET -tuned to a DOCUMENTARY.
