Dear John Page #13

Synopsis: South Carolina US Army Special operations soldier John is on summer leave from his German base, visiting his widowed father. Being gallant on the pier, he befriends college student Savannah, a college student, and her buddies, a terminal father and his angelic son. John falls in love with Savannah, who diagnoses his beloved, gentle but weird father as mildly autistic. He plans not to sign up again, but 9/11 changes that, and she won't wait idly while their friends desperately need help.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Lasse Hallström
Production: Screen Gems/SONY PICTURES
  4 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG-13
Year:
2010
108 min
$79,600,000
Website
3,750 Views


You wanna know the very

last thing l thought of?''

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l'm sorry. Uh...

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The very last thing l thought of...

1184

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You wanna know the very

last thing l thought of?

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[i/i]

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[CRYlNG]

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[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]

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[FOOTSTEPS]

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[PASTOR CLEARS THROAT]

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Uh, l'm so sorry,

l don't want to rush you,

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but we have another

service coming in.

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John.

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What brings you home?

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lt's my dad.

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How is your dad?

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He, um...

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Oh.

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l'm sorry.

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l wish l had known.

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lt's okay.

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lt wouldn't have made

any difference.

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l'm so sorry.

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He's-- He was

a really good man.

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[SlGHS]

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[CHUCKLES]

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You finally did it, huh?

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Camp Horse Sense.

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No.

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l didn't. l tried.

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lt only lasted one summer

after we took over this place

from my parents.

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lt was... lt was expensive.

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But...

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[SlGHS]

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Do you want to

come inside?

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lt's just me.

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When do you

have to go back?

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As soon as l get

my dad's stuff

squared away.

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Have you--? Have you

settled down yet?

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No. Mm-mm.

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But you must be

dating a lot, huh?

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Oh, no. l don't think you

can call it dating exactly.

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[CHUCKLES]

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lt's so good to see you.

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Here. Alive.

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[PHONE RlNGlNG]

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Hold on. l'm just gonna--

l'm sorry.

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Hello?

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Hey.

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No, l'm fine.

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Um...

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l...

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Well, John--

John is here.

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Yeah, John Tyree.

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Yeah. Yeah,

l'm gonna leave soon.

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Okay, l'll see you.

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l'll be there in like

20 minutes, okay?

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l love you too.

Bye.

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[PHONE BEEPS]

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He wants to see you.

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Wait, what?

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Um...

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lt's Tim?

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SAVANNAH:

lnitially after he was diagnosed,

he was so optimistic.

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He wasn't really concerned

about himself, all he cared

about was Alan,

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which was inspiring.

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And it wasn't until after the

cancer spread to stage four

that l noticed a big change.

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JOHN:

What kind of cancer is it?

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SAVANNAH:

Lymphoma.

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SAVANNAH:

He's had it with being

cooped up in that room,

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so he basically just spends

all his time out here.

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Sometimes with Alan.

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Can l have

a crumble cake?

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Alan, do you

remember John?

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Hello, John.

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Hey, Alan.

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He's gotten big.

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How are you?

Good.

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Um...

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l'm gonna get him

a crumble cake.

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Oh, that's a good idea.

He's been talking about that.

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Come on, Alan.

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l guess you must want

to kick my ass, huh?

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There's not a lot l can do

about it here, is there?

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lt's all part

of my master plan.

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Hell of a plan.

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l love her.

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Everything that happened

in my life before, it's gone now.

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lt's been wiped clean.

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l wanted

to tell you that.

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And l'm sorry.

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l'm sorry for how it happened

with you so far away.

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But l know now that Alan

will always have someone

to take care of him.

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He will always be

in good hands.

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[SlGHS]

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She still loves you,

you know.

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Why is it black?

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lt's plain as day, you can

see it all over her face.

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l wish that

weren't the case,

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but she's never looked at me

the way she used to look at you.

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You should know that.

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SAVANNAH:

Be careful, Alan.

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He still loves

those horses, huh?

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Yeah, he'll be out

there till bedtime.

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l gotta get him

out of that hospital.

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He needs to come home.

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There's a company in Texas

with an experimental drug.

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That might help.

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But the insurance companies

don't pay for it, of course.

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My parents sold their

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