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Synopsis: A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Lasse Hallström
Production: CBS Films
  Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
PG-13
Year:
2011
107 min
$4,700,000
Website
1,099 Views


Here, Your Excellency, hold on.

Here, come on.

We won't need these anymore.

I just don't understand who would do this.

Why would they do this?

I know who. And I know why.

Can't you find them? Arrest them?

What for?

Jusfice.

Jusfice.

I think these destroyers... Bad men, certainly.

But I think perhaps they have a point.

I expected people to understand

what we were doing here.

I expected them to see

that it was really not about fishing at all.

In the end, I asked for too much.

Will you try again?

The question is "Will we try again?"

This was ours.

Yes, I think maybe Robert wants to go home.

So, I don't... I don't know.

Does home call, Dr. Fred?

I don't really have a home anymore.

There was a moment

when I had everything, but...

Well, now I don't know what to do.

When the time comes, you will know.

Well, until then.

Thank you.

Just gonna say goodbye to Fred.

Are you sure?

Sorry?

Listen, Harriet.

When I was in the desert,

the only thing that kept me going

was the thought of you.

You don't owe me anything.

I want you to understand that.

So...

We're going.

I'm so sorry, Fred.

It was an extraordinary idea.

It almost worked, too.

I wasn't talking about the project.

No, I'm not sure that I was.

I never meant to hurt you like this.

It's not your fault.

I don't know what to do.

I can't help you there, I'm afraid.

Are you going to stay?

Stay for what?

There's nothing here anymore.

Not you, not a single fish left in the river.

Well, someone's gonna have to make a move.

Good luck, Harriet.

Dr. Alfred, look!

They're alive!

I'm going to stay.

I want to start again.

I'll do it on my own if I have to.

I'll start small, though, this time.

A different approach.

Just a few fish to begin with.

Involve the local community more.

Make it their project, not ours.

That's the way to protect it.

Do you need an assistant, Dr. Jones?

Well, I suppose I will.

I'm sure the sheikh has somebody that...

An assistant?

A partner.

A partner.

Yes, Ms. Chetwode-Talbot.

More than anything.

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Simon Beaufoy

Simon Beaufoy (born 1967) is a British screenwriter. Born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, he was educated at Malsis School in Cross Hills, Ermysted's Grammar School and Sedbergh School, he read English at St Peter's College, Oxford and graduated from Arts University Bournemouth. In 1997 he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for The Full Monty. He went on to win the 2009 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire as well as winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award. more…

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