Dear John Page #3

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
3,708 Views


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White sheep.

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lt's fine. We make it work.

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l'm up here on the left.

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TlM:

Hey, uh, John.

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For the record, if you do

anything to hurt Savannah,

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l'm gonna

have to break something.

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Something in your leg.

Some-- One of the bones

in there.

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[CHUCKLES]

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Okay.

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lt's just l know her father

and he would expect me

to say something like that.

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lt'd just sound a lot more natural

coming out of his mouth.

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lt sounded fine.

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lt sounded fine.

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No, it--

Yes, it did.

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No, it didn't.

lt did. lt really did.

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lt didn't. But thank you.

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ALAN:
lt really did.

TlM:
You think so?

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ALAN:
Yeah, it did.

TlM:
Okay.

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[TlM & ALAN CHUCKLE]

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[HORN HONKS]

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TlM:
Hey, don't honk

the horn, it's nighttime.

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ALAN:

Vroom, vroom!

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[JOHN CHUCKLES]

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TlM:
Good night, John.

JOHN:
Good night, Tim.

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[ENGlNE STARTS]

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Thanks for the ride.

Yeah, no problem.

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[i/i]

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[TlMER DlNGS]

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Hey, Dad, l'm not,

uh, gonna be able

to stay for dinner.

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Well, l made

lasagna.

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l know you made lasagna.

lt's Sunday.

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Um...

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Can l borrow the car?

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Thanks.

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SAVANNAH:

Best seafood you'll ever have.

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Heh. Yeah, l know.

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l used to come here all the time.

Really?

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Are you sure you don't

wanna go somewhere,

l don't know, nice?

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Nice? No, l wanna go

somewhere good.

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Okay.

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[THE DONKE YS'

''EX CELSlOR LAD Y''

PLAYlNG OVER SPEAKERS]

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What the hell

you doing here?

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Come on, Steve.

lt's been three years already.

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l don't want

any trouble here.

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JOHN:

You're not gonna

get any. l promise.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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What happened

with that guy out there?

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What guy?

What's the story with him?

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No story.

Really?

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Yeah.

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He's an old buddy of mine.

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What?

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[CHUCKLES]

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Your dad get mad

at you for coming

home late last night?

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No. Uh-uh. He's not really

the type that gets mad.

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What kind of guy

is he then?

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Um...

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Quiet one?

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Could be worse, l guess.

l guess.

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And your mom?

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Nope, just me and my dad.

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Did he raise you

all by himself?

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Yeah.

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Why do you wanna know

so much about my dad?

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Just curious.

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Curious about

where you come from.

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[RYAN ADAMS'

''ANSWERlNG BELL''

PLAYlNG OVER SPEAKERS]

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l wanna meet

your dad.

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Tonight.

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JOHN:
Look, you're--

You're not gonna get

very much out of him.

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So, l don't know,

just don't take it

personally, okay?

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Hey, Pop.

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l got somebody

l want you to meet.

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SAVANNAH:

Hey.

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JOHN:

This is Savannah.

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Hi.

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lt's nice to meet you,

Mr. Tyree.

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Um... Hm.

Wow.

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Wow.

He-- This is my--

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He collects coins.

He, um-- lt's kind of

like his big hobby.

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This is amazing.

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You have so many coins.

How did you get started

in all this?

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Uh... Uh...

Through John, actually.

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But it's not his

thing anymore.

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Hey, you know, we should

probably maybe go.

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SAVANNAH:
What is this coin?

MR. TYREE:
Uh...

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That's a-- That's a

Sacagawean mule.

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lt's actually...

Wow, it's a mule.

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Do you want to see some more?

Absolutely, yes, if you don't mind.

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Put this, uh,

glove on then.

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Thanks.

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MR. TYREE:

This is a humorous one.

This is a satirical coin.

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This is massive.

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Yeah, William Jennings Bryan,

when he ran for president,

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he was-- He believed in--

No, don't turn it over.

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Leave it here.

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Do you remember that he had

the free silver policy. You remember.

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Oh.

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And McKinley was his opponent

and he's-- Wait, here.

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Now see, that's a real silver dollar.

That's the size of a silver dollar.

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And McKinley said that

Wow. That's so weird.

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if Bryan had his way,

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