Safe Haven Page #7

Synopsis: When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and th
Director(s): Lasse Hallström
Production: Relativity Media
  3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
12%
PG-13
Year:
2013
115 min
$71,100,000
Website
3,517 Views


All right, hold on, buddy.

Let me get in here first.

All right.

RHETT:
- All right!

ALEX:
- Put that on.

You ready for a big night?

Want to blow some stuff up and be men?

ALEX:

All right, we're gonna do this, boys.

RHETT:
Josh, no drinking, no smoking.

You got that?

MAN:
Bow clear.

RHETT:
You're not gonna go climbing

around on this thing, are you?

- Feeling better?

- Mm-hm.

- All right, here we go!

- Ready?

- All right, we're hot!

- Fire in the hole!

(ALL CHEERING)

(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

- Oh, there's your precious Angel Cake.

- What did I tell you, buddy?

- Angel Cake!

- Your precious Angel Cake! (LAUGHS)

Katie?

Hey.

Look, I just want to apologize

- for what I said earlier.

- He's here.

- Who's here?

- You know who.

(FIREWORKS EXPLODING

IN DISTANCE)

You cut your hair.

(WHISPERS) Kevin.

- It looks good.

It looks really good.

Thank you.

I found you.

I found you. I missed you, baby.

What are you doing here?

I just want to talk, you know?

I just...

I want to talk like we used to talk.

We used to talk about everything,

you know? (SNIFFLING)

Or nothing, it didn't matter.

We just... we just talked.

- I miss you so much, baby.

- OK, let's talk.

- Out here.

- OK.

(FIREWORKS CONTINUE CRACKLING)

What do you want to talk about?

You wanna go home?

I am home.

What? Here?

With him?

Huh?

I saw you today.

He doesn't know you like I know you.

- He doesn't love you like I love you.

- No, he doesn't.

You want me to walk away.

Is that it?

Yes. Go.

No, see, you don't tell me what to do.

You hurt me.

- I know.

- You kept hurting me.

- I know.

- You need to go right now.

Now.

You're making a mistake.

No, I'm not.

(EXHALING)

(LEXIE GASPS)

- You scared me to death, Lex.

- But I wanted to see the fireworks.

I know, but we're gonna

watch them up here, OK?

I don't wanna.

All right. This is safer.

I need you to stay here for me,

OK, Lexie?

OK.

Here.

- Everything's OK. OK?

- OK.

I'll be right downstairs.

(PANTING)

(DIAL TONE)

(LINE RINGING)

(WHISPERS)

Come on, Alex, come on.

(LINE RINGING)

(LIQUID SPLASHING)

Oh, my God.

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

I'm so glad you found me.

Take me home. Take me home.

What are you doing?

I want you to take me home.

Take me home.

(GRUNTING)

(FIRE ROARING)

(GASPING) No, Lexie! Lexie!

(LAUGHING)

Watch Josh!

Lexie! Lexie!

Katie!

Lexie! (GASPING)

(KATIE YELLING)

- Dad!

- Lexie!

Hold on! Hold on!

(GRUNTING)

Hold on, Lexie!

(GRUNTING)

(GASPING)

Baby, I'm here. I'm here.

Back up for me, back up for me, honey.

(GRUNTING)

- I gave you everything!

(SOBBING)

All right. Hold on.

All right, you sit right here,

- sit right here.

(KATIE SCREAMING)

Katie!

(GRUNTING)

- No!

(YELLING)

(GRUNTING)

Lexie!

Come on. I need you to jump.

I need you to jump.

You can do it! Come on.

Come on, honey. Come on.

Come on, baby.

One, two... three, come on!

(SCREAMING)

(GASPING)

Please... (GASPING)

I saw you.

- I'm so sorry, baby.

(GASPING)

(GUNSHOT)

No. No! No!

(GASPING)

(PANTING)

(LEXIE CRYING)

KATIE:
Lexie...

Lexie.

- Are you OK?

- Are you OK?

- I'm so sorry.

- Are you OK?

Are you OK?

Are you OK? Are you OK?

She's OK, she's OK.

You're OK.

OK.

(SIRENS APPROACHING)

(BUOY BELL CLANGING)

Come on.

(JOSH SOBBING)

Hey, bud.

Hey, hey, hey, hey...

- It's gone.

- I know it's gone.

I know it's gone, but we're gonna rebuild it

just like it was before, all right?

I miss her.

I miss Mom. (SNIFFLING)

(SNIFFLING)

I miss her, too, buddy.

I'm always gonna miss her.

(SOBBING)

It's all right. It's OK.

(GULLS CRYING)

(BUOY BELL CLANGING)

So you're really leaving then, huh?

Yeah. I think that we both know it's...

it's time for me to go.

Well, when you get a chance, call me.

When you're settled,

so I know you're OK.

God... will you look at that sunlight.

(SIGHS) It's incandescent today.

Oh, God, it'd make a great photo.

- Promise me something, Katie.

- Yeah.

That you'll take a lot of pictures.

You'll only regret the ones

that you didn't take.

Thank you.

For being such a good friend.

You deserve this, Katie.

You belong here.

Hi.

So, there's a letter here.

It's for you.

- Oh, yeah? What is it?

- Mm-hm.

I'll be over with the kids.

ALEX:
How's it going?

WOMAN:

To the woman my husband loves.

If you're reading this

then it must be true.

He loves you.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, or else...

...he wouldn't have given this to you.

I can only hope that you feel the same

way about him as he does about you.

But I wanted to write you a letter

because I wanted you to know

one very, very important thing.

I'm so glad he's found you.

I only wish I could be there...

...somehow... to meet you.

Maybe in some ways, I am.

Outside of my husband

and my two beautiful children...

...you are the most

important person in the world to me.

Because I'm gone

and they're yours now.

- Hey, basmati rice. The king of rices.

(LEXIE GIGGLING)

It's OK. It's OK.

JO:
You need to... take care of them.

Make them laugh.

Hold them when they cry.

Stand up for them and...

...teach them wrong from right.

The thought of you... it gives me hope.

Hope that Alex remembers

what it feels like

to be young and in love.

Hope that Josh finds somebody

to fish with again.

(NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

- Hope that Lexie has somebody there

to help her on her wedding day.

I hope that one day

my family is whole again.

But most of all, hope that...

...somehow, I'm there with all of you.

Watching over all of you.

(SLOW-TEMPO SONG PLAYS)

(English - US - PSDH)

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Dana Stevens

Dana Stevens (born in Whittier, California) is a screenwriter and television writer/producer. more…

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