Dear John Page #9

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


793

00:
48:48,639 -- 00:48:53,303

MAN [ON TV]:
--ihas asked/i

iPresident Bush to activate/i

ithousands of military reservists./i

794

00:
48:53,477 -- 00:48:56,344

[MAN SPEAKlNG

lNDlSTlNCTLY ON TV]

795

00:
48:56,513 -- 00:48:58,105

Hey, Pop!

796

00:
49:00,551 -- 00:49:02,678

Hey, what are you

doing in here?

797

00:
49:02,853 -- 00:49:05,151

Look at you.

Wow.

798

00:
49:05,322 -- 00:49:06,584

Spiffy.

799

00:
49:06,757 -- 00:49:08,315

Are you coming with us?

800

00:
49:08,492 -- 00:49:12,929

Please. My parents

are so excited to

meet you, Mr. Tyree.

801

00:
49:13,097 -- 00:49:14,792

Yeah. Uh...

802

00:
49:14,965 -- 00:49:16,227

[TlMER DlNGS]

803

00:
49:16,400 -- 00:49:17,833

You hungry?

804

00:
49:18,802 -- 00:49:20,633

l made meatloaf.

805

00:
49:21,438 -- 00:49:23,770

l know you made meatloaf,

Pop. lt's Saturday.

806

00:
49:23,941 -- 00:49:25,568

SAVANNAH:

We can take it with us.

807

00:
49:25,743 -- 00:49:28,177

Yeah, we can take it

with us. You mind if

we take it with us?

808

00:
49:28,345 -- 00:49:30,506

Uh, well, l don't...

809

00:
49:30,948 -- 00:49:32,540

ls that okay?

Um...

810

00:
49:32,716 -- 00:49:33,774

l'll wrap it up.

811

00:
49:40,524 -- 00:49:42,651

[CHURCH BELLS CHlMlNG]

812

00:
49:44,828 -- 00:49:46,193

MR. TYREE:

Uh...

813

00:
49:46,430 -- 00:49:49,558

l'm-- l don't mean--

l'm sorry, but, uh, could--?

814

00:
49:49,733 -- 00:49:51,564

Could you stop the car,

because l need to go back.

815

00:
49:51,735 -- 00:49:53,327

Oh, did you--?

Should l turn around?

816

00:
49:53,504 -- 00:49:55,335

No, just stop the car,

please. Stop the car.

817

00:
49:55,506 -- 00:49:56,598

Forget something?

Okay.

818

00:
49:56,774 -- 00:49:58,935

No, l need to get out

of the car. Please.

819

00:
49:59,109 -- 00:50:01,600

All right, just-- Just relax, okay?

MR. TYREE:
Yeah.

820

00:
50:01,779 -- 00:50:03,610

l don't think

l can do this.

821

00:
50:03,781 -- 00:50:05,840

Look, you're fine. You're fine.

No, l just-- Please.

822

00:
50:06,016 -- 00:50:08,541

l need to get out.

Please.

823

00:
50:08,719 -- 00:50:10,584

You're okay, Pop.

lt's fine.

824

00:
50:10,754 -- 00:50:13,450

Look, stop the car, l can't--

Okay, no, l'll turn around.

825

00:
50:13,624 -- 00:50:15,285

We're fine, we're fine, we're fine.

826

00:
50:15,859 -- 00:50:18,293

l gotta get out. Stop the car.

Okay, all right.

827

00:
50:20,297 -- 00:50:21,389

Come on, Dad, stop!

828

00:
50:21,565 -- 00:50:24,159

Okay.

Pop. Come on, don't do that.

829

00:
50:24,335 -- 00:50:26,860

[i/i]

830

00:
50:30,741 -- 00:50:32,675

[PANTlNG]

831

00:
50:32,843 -- 00:50:34,743

SAVANNAH:

Hey, Mr. Tyree.

832

00:
50:35,079 -- 00:50:37,343

Hey, you all right?

You okay?

833

00:
50:37,514 -- 00:50:38,947

MR. TYREE:
l'm sorry.

SAVANNAH:
lt's okay.

834

00:
50:40,050 -- 00:50:42,575

But, hey, let's, um...

835

00:
50:44,488 -- 00:50:46,922

We're gonna wait for you

in the car, all right?

836

00:
50:55,466 -- 00:50:58,094

MR. TYREE:
No, l'm fine, l'm fine.

SAVANNAH:
No, don't, honestly,

837

00:
50:58,268 -- 00:51:00,361

We can stay.

Let's just stay.

838

00:
51:00,537 -- 00:51:03,665

Okay? Let's stay,

because l can go

next year.

839

00:
51:05,909 -- 00:51:08,002

Pop, l only

got one night.

840

00:
51:09,580 -- 00:51:12,606

l mean, l gotta go back.

l mean, do you understand that?

841

00:
51:12,783 -- 00:51:15,115

You should go.

You both should go.

842

00:
51:23,794 -- 00:51:25,227

MAN [ON RADlO]:

iNew York Mayor/i

iRudolph Giuliani said/i

843

00:
51:25,396 -- 00:51:28,092

Hey.

iWall Street will re-open on Monday./i

844

00:
51:28,265 -- 00:51:31,701

He tried. At least he tried.

845

00:
51:31,869 -- 00:51:34,360

[MAN SPEAKlNG

lNDlSTlNCTLY ON RADlO]

846

00:
51:42,012 -- 00:51:45,209

Hello, welcome.

847

00:
51:45,382 -- 00:51:47,077

[LAUGHS]

848

00:
51:47,251 -- 00:51:48,548

My girl.

849

00:
51:48,719 -- 00:51:50,380

[LAUGHS]

850

00:
51:50,587 -- 00:51:51,952

Mom, this is John.

851

00:
51:52,122 -- 00:51:56,957

John, l feel like l already

know you. Where's your

father, did he come too?

852

00:
51:57,127 -- 00:51:58,992

No, ma'am.

Oh, well, that's okay.

853

00:
51:59,163 -- 00:52:02,462

l'm just glad that you

made it home safe.

854

00:
52:02,633 -- 00:52:05,500

We thought about canceling

with everything that's going on,

855

00:
52:05,669 -- 00:52:08,137

but we felt like everybody

should be together.

856

00:
52:08,472 -- 00:52:11,032

SAVANNAH:

So l've been briefing him in

the car and l think he's good.

857

00:
52:11,208 -- 00:52:13,233

lt was good intel.

With solid tactical training,

858

00:
52:13,410 -- 00:52:15,742

l'm about as ready

as l'll ever be.

859

00:
52:15,913 -- 00:52:18,006

[WHlSPERS]

l love him already.

860

00:
52:18,182 -- 00:52:19,444

Mrs. Curtis, Savannah.

861

00:
52:20,017 -- 00:52:21,541

Hey, dude, how's it going?

John.

862

00:
52:21,718 -- 00:52:23,151

lt's good to see you again.

863

00:
52:25,689 -- 00:52:27,179

All right, You know what?

864

00:
52:27,357 -- 00:52:29,188

You look like you could

use a drink.

865

00:
52:29,359 -- 00:52:32,817

l'll grab one for you.

Yes, thank you.

866

00:
52:32,996 -- 00:52:34,691

John.

What's he doing here?

867

00:
52:34,865 -- 00:52:38,801

He's here because l invited him.

His family lives just up the street.

868

00:
52:38,969 -- 00:52:41,028

What are you, like,

hanging out now?

869

00:
52:41,205 -- 00:52:45,141

He's really not that bad

once you get to know him,

l swear to you, John.

870

00:
52:47,177 -- 00:52:48,644

Here you go.

871

00:
52:49,646 -- 00:52:51,443

lt's just bourbon,

it's not gonna kill you.

872

00:
52:51,615 -- 00:52:52,946

SAVANNAH:

Be right back.

873

00:
52:56,620 -- 00:53:00,317

Look, l feel like we got off on the

wrong foot and l want to apologize

for the way l treated you before.

874

00:
53:00,491 -- 00:53:04,621

lf l would have known that

Savannah was actually

gonna stay with you,

875

00:
53:04,795 -- 00:53:06,524

you know, l wouldn't have

treated you that way.

876

00:
53:07,164 -- 00:53:09,632

ln all seriousness,

l'm sorry.

877

00:
53:11,435 -- 00:53:12,459

Fair enough.

878

00:
53:12,636 -- 00:53:16,163

lf you need anything and,

uh... Enjoy yourself.

879

00:
53:16,340 -- 00:53:17,864

Right.

880

00:
53:18,609 -- 00:53:20,474

So this is him.

881

00:
53:20,644 -- 00:53:23,272

Yup. No tough-guy

routine from you, Dad.

882

00:
53:23,447 -- 00:53:26,348

Routine? l bench press

refrigerators, honey.

883

00:
53:26,517 -- 00:53:28,610

Your boyfriends need

to know these things.

884

00:
53:28,785 -- 00:53:31,481

He's absolutely right.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Curtis.

885

00:
53:31,655 -- 00:53:34,783

But l think that Tim here

might have already beat

you to the punch.

886

00:
53:34,958 -- 00:53:37,051

He said he'd rough me up

if ever l hurt your daughter.

887

00:
53:37,227 -- 00:53:40,060

l was very convincing too.

l think l made quite an impact.

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