Imagine That

Synopsis: A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): Karey Kirkpatrick
Production: Paramount Studios
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG
Year:
2009
107 min
$16,088,610
Website
653 Views


Mr. Danielson?

He took my blanket!

Okay. Everybody calm down!

Calm down, everybody.

You'll get your blanket!

lt's mine! Legally, it's mine! lt's mine!

Nice, Evan. Really nice.

Evan, get help. Get help!

l don't need help!

What l need is my blanket!

- Man, you're crazy!

- l am not crazy! l want my goo-gaa!

l want my goo-gaa!

He wasn't always this way.

Once upon a time, he was a king.

The king of Somewhere.

Strong and powerful.

What l'm suggesting is that

you reallocate 8% of your equity

into international markets.

He protected his loyal subjects

and made them feel safe.

All right, are you looking at the charts?

Well, these are actually very

conservative projections. Yes they are.

But one day he left his Kingdom

and he got lost in the Land of Nowhere.

Something no one could

have ever imagined.

Imagine That

Everybody's upped their stocks...

I am here to taIk about finances,

Wall Street...

In Nowhere Land,

everybody wanted to be king,

or at Ieast they aII try to be.

Evan, it's Noah. I got a feather.

- You got a what?

- A feather.

lt was on my desk with a note attached.

- From Johnny Whitefeather?

- Yup.

What'd the note say?

"l'll be at your 9:00 a.m. See you

in there. Ain't nothing but a thing."

- Wow. Then the rumor must be true.

- What? What rumor?

- Stevens is cashing in.

- What?

- He's selling the company?

- He has to be.

His repIacement is gonna be me

or Johnny!

You're gonna get this job!

- Hey. Good morning!

- Good morning, Mr. Danielson.

- Good morning!

- Good morning, Mr. Danielson.

It was a very strange pIace.

...and they've narrowed it down

to our firm and two others.

And it is confirmed, Whitefeather is

gonna be in the meeting.

The King was reaIIy unhappy there.

He just couIdn't figure out why.

- Hey, Tod!

- What's up, Mr. D?

Take this down to graphics

and add it to my chart, all right?

- After l...

- Now.

- What about the...

- Hey, "now" now, man. What's up?

- How much are we paying that guy?

- He's an unpaid intern.

lt might be too much.

l think it was because he was

aIways working to protect his castIe

from those who wanted

to steal his crown.

Johnny Whitefeather.

Evan Danielson.

Fellow salmon swimming upstream.

- After you, sir.

- Thank you.

So those of us he left behind

went out into the land to rescue him.

Whip, l said l'd sit you down with

our two best financial managers.

Evan's been our number-one guy

for the last eight and a half years.

Johnny's been with us for 16 months,

but he's already

one of our top producers.

Either way, you'll be well taken care of

here at Smith/Stevens.

- Evan?

- Mr. Bryson.

You've made some

really sound investments,

but quite frankly, l think we can do

better. Let's see if you agree.

Evan Danielson's office.

Now, this will give you a solid base of

capital and a 9 to 11 % yield, annually.

Yeah, l understand. ls it...

His daughter?

Did you call her mother?

Because if l say it's urgent

and he's really, really...

The goo-gaa?

- Fantastic, Evan.

- Thank you, Tom.

- Johnny?

- Thank you, Tom. Whip.

Dave, Lee, Troy.

l see those looks of skepticism,

just like old man Stevens

the first week that he hired me.

Said to himself, "l hired an lndian.

Can he handle money?"

And how.

Hey, l really appreciate

you letting me contribute

a little piece of venison to your potlatch.

Okay.

We're here under one sky.

All of us, under one sky.

Let's appreciate that.

One sky.

Evan Danielson,

that man over there is a seer.

Uses the whole eye.

But there is a difference between sight

and vision.

Sight is about

what lies just in front of us.

Vision is about what lies ahead.

- The genius of the hawk...

- Excuse me.

Johnny, sorry to interrupt you

in one of your always interesting stories

about nature,

but, gentlemen, l have...

l'm gonna have to leave you, Mr. Bryson,

in the very capable hands of

my colleague Mr. Noah Kulick here.

l have a little family emergency at my

daughter's school l have to take care of.

Thank you for your time, sir.

That's what we're all talking about.

Life, nest, eggs. Circle of life.

Yeah. Hakuna matata.

l'm so sorry, but the school kept calling.

- Don't tell me. The goo-gaa.

- Yeah.

l hate that blanket!

We don't normally allow

any kind of security items at school,

but because of yours

and Trish's separation,

we made a temporary exception.

Unfortunately,

it's just not workable anymore.

Hey, you guys.

So this is why l was called out of work?

Because my daughter's

sitting by herself at recess?

No, the reason l called you,

Mr. Danielson,

is because her class went inside

She's still sitting here because

Kupida and Mopida told her to.

- Kupida and Mopida are...

- Yeah. l know. Her imaginary friends.

l told Trish we're gonna have to

do something about that blanket.

Well, Trish and l discussed this,

and we both feel that

what needs to be dealt with

is the reason why she still feels

she needs a blanket.

lt's usually an indication of

some kind of emotional needs

that haven't been met.

What's happening? Are they talking?

Well, you know, sometimes,

these things are like a Band-Aid.

You just have to rip it off.

Right.

Rip it.

Rip.

Kupida. l can't hear you both

at the same time.

Go ahead, Mopida.

Wait. Wait a minute.

Someone's coming.

Hey, Liv.

- Hi, Daddy.

- Hey, baby.

Hey, remember we talked about

how the day was gonna come

when you couldn't take the goo-gaa

to school with you anymore?

That day is gonna be today.

So what Daddy's gonna do

is l'm gonna take the goo-gaa.

l'm gonna hold on to it for you.

When you get home from school,

you'll get it back then, all right?

All right, sweetie.

Just give me the goo-gaa.

And you have a great day.

All right, baby.

As you know,

the Mile High City Arts Council

relies solely on contributions.

Yeah. l've got 12 people and four desks.

We need your money.

Mr. Cosgrove, can l call you right back?

Trish, please, this is a really bad week.

Evan, l told you three months ago

that this week was pledge week.

- That's this week?

- Yes.

You promised me you wouldn't do this.

You promised me.

Look, Evan,

l know you and her haven't ever...

- Trish, please, not this week.

- ...had a chance...

- Not this week. l'm begging you.

- ...to connect.

- Can we flip-flop and l'll do it next week?

- No!

- l promise you...

- No.

Evan, even if l could, l wouldn't.

Evan, why did you tell me

you even wanted to have children?

'Cause l did. l do!

l just didn't know l'd be so bad at it.

You know, Evan,

you're a really smart guy.

You make huge deals every day.

l'm sure you'll find a way

to deal with her.

Sweetie, you're gonna go

with Daddy, okay?

- Okay.

- He's so excited.

And l'm gonna call you every night

to say good night.

- Promise?

- You'll be fine. You'll be fine.

- Okay.

- l love you, kiddo.

l love you, too.

Okay, here we go.

Hey, you're a competitive guy.

That's intimidating,

especially in a father figure.

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Ed Solomon

Ed Solomon is an American writer, producer and director. He began his career in college as a joke writer, stand up comedian, and playwright and, while still in college, was a staff writer for Laverne ... more…

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