Love Birds Page #5

Synopsis: Doug (Rhys Darby) thinks he has the perfect life and is stunned when long term girlfriend Susan (Faye Smythe) dumps him. He finds an injured duck and reluctantly decides to nurse it better until such time as a new home can be found for it. The task gives him new found motivation and propels Doug into a journey of self discovery, where he meets zoologist Holly (Sally Hawkins). Will the duck ever fly again? and will Doug find his perfect life?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Paul Murphy
Production: General Film Corporation
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
PG-13
Year:
2011
103 min
836 Views


I'm gonna go.

I'll see you later, OK?

with an average of 33.34,

and took 383 wickets with an average...

Ian Botham. It's Ian Botham!

Yeah. You sure?

Yeah, man.

More than I know.

This has been a sanctuary, Flashy.

A closed club, a boys' club...

Yeah, um... No.

Well, I thought we had

an unspoken rule.

I, um, asked Brenda along,

as I heard you were seeing each other.

Brenda.

Hi.

What type of transport

did Steve McQueen use

in the film 'The Great Escape'?

What type of transport

did Steve McQueen use

in the film 'The Great Escape'?

OK, listen up, everyone!

First question - what is the London

Orbital motorway better known as?

M25. It's M25.

Yes.

Complete the following TV series title.

'Police Camera...'

Is it 'Action'?

Yes.

In which month

is Hogmanay celebrated?

December.

No, I know. It's December.

It's December. Yes.

Now... Ooh, it's another one

for the Professors.

What type of music would you

associate with Maria Callas?

Whoa, ladies and gentlemen.

Pretty exciting here.

Men at Work and the Professors

neck and neck on 56

as we come into the last round.

So for the last question of

the Science and Nature round,

and therefore

the last question of the night...

What is the world's fastest bird?

What is

the world's fastest bird?

You write it down.

And the winner is...

Men at Work win!

I call this trick

the balanced pillars of justice. Ah!

Alright. Yeah, now what?

That's a good question!

Now what?

Oh, bugger.

Want to help me out?

Come on, please help me out.

Come on. Come on.

See you later. We're gonna

go have a girlie chat over here.

Oh, OK.

She's great.

Yeah, she's not bad.

Guys...

Come on, guys, help me out.

Look, it's spilling.

No.

I can't help you.

Oh, no.

I can't!

Yeah, you can.

Come on. It's Queen!

Oh, really? I'm not a dancer.

I'm floating around...

Trust me.

So don't stop me...

Feeling it.

...now...

Guys... Guys.

Oh come on, seriously.

'Cause I'm having a good time,

having a good time

I'm a shooting star

leaping through the sky

Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity

I'm a racing car passing by

like Lady Godiva...

Come on!

I'm gonna go, go, go

There's no stopping me

I'm buming through the sky, yeah

200 degrees, that's why

they call me Mr. Fahrenheit

I'm travelling at the speed of light

I wanna make

a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now

I'm having such a good time

I'm having a ball

Don't stop me now

If you wanna have a good time

just give me a call

Don't stop me now

'Cause I'm having a good time

Don't stop me now

Yes, I'm having a good time

I don't wanna stop at all

I'm a rocket ship

on my way to Mars

On a collision course...

So, why are we here again?

Oh, it's an old haunt of mine...

Like an atom bomb about to

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh explode

I'm buming through the sky, yeah

200 degrees...

This place is dead.

...Mr. Fahrenheit

I'm travelling at the speed of light

I wanna make

a supersonic woman of you...

Oi, Pierre.

Shhh. Wait here, alright.

The kid's asleep.

Shhh.

What was that? It wasn't me.

I know.

Oh, you've got two doors.

Yes.

Doug. Doug.

What?

Asteroid.

He's got the asteroid.

Yes!

Shhhh.

There's a lot of space stuff in there.

Oh, yeah!

And cricket. He likes cricket.

Yeah.

It was good tonight.

Yeah, Great.

You kicked arse in that quiz.

I did, didn't I? Yeah.

Thanks for seeing me home.

It's OK.

Goodnight, Mr. Gordon.

Oh. Of course.

I don't live here.

No, I live here.

I'd love to stay, but I've gotta go.

Shhh.

Because I've...

I've got another house.

Shhh!

That way.

See ya. 'Bye.

I've got your bag!

My bag's here.

OK.

Here we go, Pierre.

Sorry about that, buddy. Just...

Oh?

Sh*t.

Yeah, yeah.

Hold... hold your horses.

Hey.

That view's overrated anyway.

Yeah.

So here's the guest quarters.

Wow.

It's my old room.

So don't touch anything.

It's perfect.

Don't touch the aircraft.

So, now there's someone

you should meet.

OK, this I wouldn't have expected.

You know, you didn't

think about getting a cat?

A dog?

No, too mainstream.

His name's Pierre.

Hello, Pierre.

Pierre, this is Craig.

He's gonna be

staying with us for a while.

Not too long, hopefully.

Here you go.

Thank you.

So...

So what?

I knew it! You fancy him!

Well, no, actually.

'Fancy' is a strong word...

But, yeah, he's nice.

One small problem, though.

Oh, let me guess...

Taylor doesn't like him?

Hmm.

It's a big surprise. He doesn't like any

guy who shows an interest in you.

I mean, seriously, Holly, it's time

you put yourself first, you know?

If Doug turns out to be a solid guy,

then Taylor will work it out.

Yeah.

Douglas!

Susan!

How are you?

Yeah, good.

Getting there.

You look great.

Is that a new shirt?

Not really.

Oh...

Well, there's definitely

something different about you.

Well, I'm living with a duck now.

Oh, I do miss

that quirky sense of humor.

In fact, I've been quite surprised

how much I've missed you, Doug.

I'd love a chance to talk about this.

Maybe over a drink or a bite to eat

or something...

Unless, of course,

you're seeing someone else.

Actually...

I-I am...

I am kind of seeing...

seeing someone.

Oh...

Oh, doesn't mean

we can't still be friends.

Friends?

Yeah.

Of course. I mean,

that would be... nice.

I better be going.

Give me a call sometime.

Yeah, sure.

Oh. Thank you.

Take care!

See ya.

Ugh.

"Take care."

What a dick.

Come on, Doug. How long

have we gotta wait for this kid?

I wanna get a good park.

Here he is,

You love cricket, remember?

Hi, Taylor.

Say hi.

- Hi.

- Hope you're hungry.

We've got heaps of snacks.

Hello.

Hello.

You must be the gorgeous Holly

Flash won't shut up about.

Oh.

Holly, this is my friend, Craig,

He's staying with me for a while.

Hi, Craig.

Hello.

So, look, don't worry at all, OK?

We're gonna get him

straight home after the game.

We're all very responsible. And...

Oh, nice one, Doug.

Relax, Doug. I trust you.

It's very lovely of you

to arrange all this. So thanks.

Alright, come on, let's go.

Perhaps I should come with you, eh?

Oh... no girls.

Oh.

Yeah, Mum, no girls.

Fair enough.

You're bringing the duck?

Are you kidding?

Of course he's bringing Pierre.

Come on, let's go.

Alright.

OK.

See you soon.

Yeah.

You boys take good care of him.

Let's party!

Whoo-hoo!

Come on! What do you call that?!

See? Up that way.

So... Holly?

The bird expert?

The extremely cute bird expert.

She's just helping him with Pierre.

Yes.

Is that all?

That all she's helping you with?

Yes, that's all.

Camera 3, just give me

a sweep of the crowd. Good.

Uh, Brian, stop.

Go back.

There.

Tell me you can see that.

So, you like cricket, then, kid?

It's OK.

Just OK?

So, um... well, what do you like?

Space.

Space? Cool.

Do you know about NT7?

NT7? Um...

That's a lubricant, eh?

Like WD-40.

No, it's an asteroid.

Oh, OK.

NT7 circles the sun every 837 days,

and travels in a tilted orbit

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