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Synopsis: Idealistic Sandra Beecher has just started working as a Science teacher at Kona-Pali High School in Hawaii, being hired for this job despite her teaching background being English. Her reason for taking the job is largely to run away from the mainland and a failed marriage. She finds that her students are an unmotivated lot, largely because there are low societal expectations of them, including from their parents and the school faculty. As such, she directs a handful of her most unmotivated students to attend a regional science fair at which there are no Kona-Pali displays to come up with their own science fair projects. An incident at the fair does spur one of her students, Daniel Webster, self-professed as not being good at most things but believing he is a good designer, to announce, with the support of his fellow students, that they want to build a solar powered car of his design as their project, and to enter that car in the upcoming Inter-island Race. American Corporate giant, Cel
Director(s): Charles T. Kanganis
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
PG
Year:
1996
100 min
176 Views


- Never married?

- Between. You?

Recovery. Stage one.

Oh. Well, that explains the ring.

So, how'd you end up at Kona?

Well...

I was 22,

machinist second class, USS Clark.

We were down below

repairing a stress fracture...

and had an oxygen tank explode.

And four men went like that.

Including the guy

who jumped in front of me.

Machinist First Class

John Francis Tutu.

Wow. I'm sorry.

His son's in your class.

- Got it?

- Yeah.

Day 3 - 1,991 Km To Adelaide

Air Temperature 98 degrees

Road Temperature 115 degrees

You know why I joined this team?

For meet boys.

But no boys, sure.

I just want to go home.

- You want to go too?

- No. I want to win the race.

- Anyway, there's boys here.

- Like who?

Well, Gilbert. He's nice.

Gilbert? Oh, that's sick!

We'd better get you home soon, girl.

Go, Cindy!

Wait! Wait!

- Daniel, where the hell are we?

- I don't think this is right.

We got nothing

that looks like this in Kona.

- I hate this place!

- Oni, stop bitching.

- Are we there yet?

- Come on, Daniel!

- You said right. I know you did!

- I know. I meant left.

- He meant left!

- Maybe you can do better!

- Well, maybe I can.

- Come here!

All right, you guys, just calm down!

Don't push me, haole.

You ride with me.

Hans, with 16 cars

at the halfway point...

any prediction

on who's going to win?

When we started out, I would say

team with best technology.

Now I just think

team with most guts.

- And that would be?

- As I always say, the Europeans...

- The high school kids from Kona.

- Correction.

Correction. There are 17 cars

still competing in this race.

Here they come now... the Hawaiians!

Can we have a spokesman here?

- How about a spokeswoman?

- Luana! It's Luana! Look!

We know we're not

the most experienced team...

or the brightest or the best...

but it doesn't mean that

we shouldn't be taken seriously.

Hello, Mom!

More pictures!

And that, Mr. Commissioner...

is what we're showing the world

about the future of solar power.

Who put this sh*t on my side, huh?

Hey, what's this?

That's mine, Marco.

Yeah, right.

Hey, this is for drivers, Cho.

- What, you think you driver now?

- I might be.

In your dreams, fat ass.

Uni, think you can find me

on the TV, eh?

- Still topping the leader board...

- Uni, can you hear me?

Okay, just a second.

Uni, come on. I thought

you were supposed to be smart.

Why do you let her

boss you around like that?

Well, she's my friend.

Oh, get real. All she does is b*tch

and moan. She's pathetic.

- Shut up, haole. You just jealous.

- I'm out of here.

'Cause nobody want

your picture, eh?

- Nobody even like you, girl.

- Yeah, that's it!

I don't suppose

I could get you out here, could I?

Oh, not in this lifetime. No way.

Hey, Frank, what did you do

with your wedding ring?

You know. Afterwards.

Took it into the shop

and melted it down.

And I put it right here

in this tooth there.

If I get married again, I'm gonna

melt that down and put it here.

Then I'm gonna get caps

all the way across.

You did no... Seriously,

what did you do with the ring?

Well...

one night...

I went outside...

I took it off...

and I threw it

as far as I could throw.

Here. To stage two.

Looking forward to it.

There's two people in a room

One black and one white

Who is to say who's wrong

or who's right

Dream out loud

It's up to me and you

To dream out loud

Braz, I could live in a place

like this, couldn't you?

It's a little far away from things,

ain't it?

That's what I mean.

Very impressive.

Hey, look. I'm sorry

that I yelled at you the other day.

I didn't think you'd get

that little car going again.

Let me ask you a question.

What's that?

If you were to quit...

Go on.

Go on. Dance with him.

Come on, Miss Teach.

I'll get you.

Show-off. Come on, Mr. Machi.

- Come on.

- I don't dance. I have a bad back.

I have a bad back! No! Wait!

Uni, do you want to dance?

To be honest with you, Gilbert,

I really don't.

Me, neither.

A flick of the battery switch,

and you could write your own ticket.

Why are you doing this?

'Cause you don't belong here,

and I think you know that.

- We're doing all right.

- No. This is a world-class event...

and you're turning it

into a high school science project.

Look at the bigger picture.

Take advantage of your opportunity.

Make something of yourself.

What do they call you guys in Kona?

The "lulus"? No.

- What is it? The...

- Lolos.

Lolos. That means stupid, right?

Don't be stupid. Be smart.

I'm counting on you.

Come on, Braz.

- Let's go.

- What's he talking to him for?

It doesn't matter.

Day 4 - 1,413 Km To Adelaide

Air Temperature 101 degrees

Road Temperature 117 degrees

Look at that. Cindy's all over.

Cindy, what's wrong?

You're all over the road.

Is it the steering?

No, I think it's just me.

I don't feel too good.

Bring it in.

Come on, you guys.

We're getting killed!

All right, everybody.

Let's stay away from Cindy.

I don't want anybody else

getting sick.

Cindy, I gotta talk to you.

All right. If everyone's agreed,

then that's what we've decided.

Where are we, you guys?

You should have woke me.

Why don't you have a seat? We're

just finishing up a team meeting.

So, what's up...

besides my lunch?

We were just talking about

how dangerous this race could be.

And how it wouldn't be good if

anybody on the team were drinking.

What is this, a trial?

No, but it is a school-sponsored

event. You know the rules.

You disgust me.

Don't stink-eye me, girl.

I didn't say nothing.

Then who?

Who went through my things, huh?

Cindy, you can travel

with the team...

but we can't allow you to

participate further, understand?

No, I asked a question.

I wanna know...

who went through

my personal belongings, who?

I did.

You.

You, Daniel.

Fine. Thanks.

Thanks very much.

Hold it.

They'll be all right.

Come on, Cindy.

I know you're in he...

Cindy, you think

I wanted to do this?

- Then why did you?

- Because...

I hate to see

what you do to yourself, Cindy.

- You're my sister.

- God, here we go, right?

Here we go where, Cindy?

We live in the same house!

It's the same family, right?

It's not a family, Daniel!

It never was,

and it never will be!

And I don't give a sh*t, okay?

I just figured it out.

You don't want to be

a part of anything.

I was a part of something.

I had a dad and a mom.

And she never should have

divorced him in the first place.

Cindy, your dad's a total jerk.

I mean, he never calls you,

he never writes.

That's because he's busy, Daniel.

When you're rich,

you're busy, okay?

Daniel, just go, okay?

Leave me alone, Daniel.

Day five of the transcontinental

World Solar Challenge.

And the heat is taking its toll.

Day 5 - 905 Km To Adelaide

U.S. CelTech still holds...

its lead over Solar Flare.

Air Temperature 108 degrees

Road Temperature 125 degrees

The rest of the field is thinning

as temperatures continue to rise

Hey, Miss Teach, you cold?

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Barry Morrow

Barry Morrow (born June 12, 1948) is an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for Rain Man. Morrow was born in Austin, Minnesota and studied at St. Olaf College. Several of Morrow's scripts are inspired by real people, especially people with disabilities and/or extraordinary talents. These include the savant played by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man, inspired by the real savant Kim Peek; and mentally disabled Bill Sackter, played by Mickey Rooney in the TV movie Bill. Both works received writing Oscar, Emmy and other awards for Morrow and for the actors who portrayed them. Morrow gave his Oscar statuette as a gift to Kim Peek. Morrow wrote CBS's Bill: On His Own (1983) and his relationship with Sackter is presented in the feature length 2008 documentary A Friend Indeed – The Bill Sackter Story.Morrow put his Oscar statuette on permanent loan to Salt Lake City in memory of Kim Peek, and put forward the money for the Peek Award, which "pays tribute to artists, media makers, and film subjects who are positively impacting our society’s perception of people with disabilities" and is given out by the Utah Film Center.Morrow is a member of the Association of Retarded Citizens, the National Association of Social Workers, and the Autism Society of America. He is an avid golfer, and is known to play the majority of his golf rounds using an eight club bag of hickory stick (wooden shaft) golf clubs made pre-1940. more…

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