Love Birds Page #7

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
832 Views


Holly's great,

but I love Susan, right?

Pierre, I'm talking to you.

I need your opinion.

I'm gonna have dinner.

It's with Susan.

Well, wish me luck.

Thank you.

Hi.

Hi. Sorry I'm late.

Parking here's like...

Whoa, you look great.

So do you, Doug.

OK.

Well...

...here's to the new you.

- Alright.

- But I love you.

...the finance

company was today jailed for fraud

after it was discovered...

How could you do this to me?!

No...

Hi, this is Doug

talking to you. Leave a message...

Oh, man!

I always knew you had it in you, Doug.

Just needed a little nudge

in the right direction.

Yeah. Suppose so.

Once the house is sold,

we can look for an apartment.

Maybe on the waterfront.

The waterfront?

And once we've furnished

and decorated,

you could get rid of that awful ute,

maybe get a beemer.

I don't think

I'll be driving a beemer.

Oh, come on, Doug.

Sweetheart...

...you do want this change,

don't you?

Well, yeah, but, I mean,

I have changed... a little bit.

Oh, I hope you don't mind,

but I ordered an entree for you.

Oh.

Mmm.

Enjoy your duck.

Wow.

Oh.

This smells divine.

Mmm.

It tastes even better.

Susan, I'm sorry.

I can't do this.

What? Why?

We just want different things.

You want the best,

and you should have that.

But, you know, my life's fine,

I'm happy with it.

- I just like my life the way it is.

- I'm looking for Doug Gordon!

And thanks to someone,

I think I know that now.

Doug! Stop, stop, stop, OK?

You can't do this. It's all wrong.

OK? I, um...

Craig, what are you doing here?

You're making a big, big mistake.

It's fine, honestly.

No, no, no, I slept with her!

OK! Whoo!

Who heard that?

Did anyone not hear?

Just carry on.

Man, that's...

...certainly newsworthy.

But I've already made

my mind up, alright?

The person I wanna be with...

Pierre!

Who the hell is Pierre?

I've gotta go.

Can you take care of the bill?

Yeah, yeah.

Douglas!

DOUG!

Hey!

Hey!

Um... I'm a little bit short right now.

Pierre! Come back!

Oh!

Oh, sh*t.

Pierre!

I've got you, buddy.

Arggh!

Pierre!

I've got you!

'Cause all I wanna do is

Bicycle

Yeah!

Bicycle

Yeah!

Bicycle

I want to ride my

Bicycle, bicycle

Come on!

Bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride my bike

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride It where I like.

Who is it?

Doug.

Isn't Doug coming in?

No. Can you go back in...

in your room, please?

Goodbye, Doug.

No, I need to talk to you.

We're past talking.

Please.

Look, I made a mistake.

You certainly did.

No, you don't understand.

What?!

What don't I understand, huh?

I can take the hits, yeah.

But Taylor can't, OK?

Well, I just... I just wanna

make it right, please.

NO!

I thought you were decent.

But you're just... some bloke who's

too scared to fly with a duck that can't.

Mum?

Yeah, love?

Are you OK?

Step on my toes

Riddle my road

Now I can't find my own way back

Leave me to lie

with you chasing my eyes

So I fall for you one last time

How do you know if a pocket of gold

Will ever be enough to say I do?

No, no, it's too late for lovers

Save me

Why won't you save me?

When I gave you my whole world

To leave this holy roller track

If I only knew the day that I lose

Would be up to you

Because you know you said forever

Still I am passing through...

A bloody mess, eh, Pierre?

Makes you wonder what it's all about.

It's like Freddie Mercury says.

To be without love is like

being locked in a prison cell.

Guess that makes us cell mates.

Good morning, Auckland!

Looks like another beautiful day

In the big city today.

We call It an everyday day here,

don't we?

The forecast mainly fine.

Cloudy some areas.

A little bit of late rain expected.

Tonight Southern Motorway...

Ugh!

Start or die - make a decision!

You want this?

Hitting it with a hammer?

Fine, you come start it. Over this!

No.

Sick of being on lawnmower detail.

I showed you...

Come on, mate. Cheer up.

I know.

Just feel sick about

how I treated Holly, man.

She's really hurt.

Shouldn't have mucked her around, eh?

So Doug Gordon's not perfect.

Big deal.

Look...

...give her some time.

Try talking to her. You never know.

She might just come round, man.

Oh, she's made it quite clear

that ship has sailed.

I thought I told you dipsticks.

Never start it in gear!

Sh*t! Look out, Pierre!

Whoa, Pierre!

Go! Go, Pierre!

Fly, Pierre! Fly!

Fly! Fly!

Where is he? There!

Look at him go!

Whoo! Whoo!

That's high enough!

Hey!

Pierre!

Pierre.

What about internet dating?

Would you do that?

- Would you try something like that?

- No.

Well, there's that speed dating thing.

Sounds awful.

Actually, there's this guy,

and he's a friend of my cousin's.

And when they came...

Brenda?

I can't talk about it here.

Sorry. OK?

Hey, kids, who wants a... Ooh.

- Who wants a juice? Do you? Yeah?

- I do.

Do you? Very good.

There you are.

Wow. Lots of tigers.

Why is there a moon man at the zoo?

Oh, you've got

a very beautiful imagination, Artie.

No, Mum. Look!

Flash

A-ah

Savior of the universe

Flash

A-ah

He'll save every one of us...

Seemingly, there Is no reason

for these extraordinary

Intergalactical upsets.

What's happening, Flash?

Only Doctor Hans Zarkov, formerly at

NASA, has provided any explanation.

Flash

A-ah...

I wanna

take you to the moon.

He's a miracle...

We can't hear you, moon man!

I wanna

take you to the moon.

He wants to go to Mumbai.

No, the moon.

Go home, Doug.

This isn't the place, OK?

I wanna

take you to the moon.

He wants to go soon!

The moon!

This June.

I don't wanna go to Mumbai.

I don't wanna go

anywhere with you, OK?

I wanna take you to the moon!

You can't take me to the moon, Doug.

Why not? He's got the suit.

Yeah, hear him out.

He's gone to all this effort.

You can't turn down

a trip to the moon.

Yes, she can. He dumped her and then

hooked up with his skanky ex-girlfriend.

OK, I'm a spineless jerk.

And you were right.

I'm just a man with a duck.

But Pierre's gone. Alright?

He flew.

If he can fly...

I'm falling in love with you, Holly.

Aw...

It's so romantic.

Oh, give him another go.

My husband would never

get dressed up for me.

I'm lucky

if Bruce puts on trousers.

You think you can just turn up here...

...say you love me

and everything will be OK?

Holly, I...

That was for embarrassing me.

Oh...

And that's for embarrassing me.

Sorry.

I can't really take you to the moon.

It's OK.

But I can get you close.

Look.

But you don't even like flying.

Well, depends on my copilot.

You're a bit of a dick,

do you know that?

Yeah. Little bit.

Here we are, born to be kings

We're the princes of the universe

Here we belong

Fighting to survive

In a world with the darkest powers

Hey!

And here we are

We're the princes of the universe

Here we belong

Fighting for survival

We've come to be the rulers of you all

Oh-oh-oh!

I am immortal

I have inside me blood of kings

Yeah, yeah!

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