Sing Page #2

Synopsis: In a town with no humans, just animals, a koala named Buster Moon realizes he will soon lose his theater if he cannot turn his luck around. He comes up with a plan to host a singing competition, where the winner will receive $100,000. Will this be enough to return his theater to glory?
Director(s): Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet (co-director)
Production: Illumination Entertainment
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
72%
PG
Year:
2016
108 min
£270,322,940
Website
16,072 Views


Wow! Thank you, Johnny.

Okay, next up,

-we have meena.

-Good luck out there.

All right, come on. Here we go.

Come on, you can do it.

You can do it. Okay...

Oh, I'm s...

Oh, I'm sorry. Uh...

Okay. Hey, it's all right.

You know, it's all right.

Take it away, meena.

Uh... okay. Uh...

-Mmm... um...

-Anytime, now.

Uh...

Do you want to start over?

-Um... uh...

-All right, enough of that.

That's quite enough of that.

That's it. Come on.

Off the stage, Helga.

Go on. You're useless.

Thanks.

Right. Here we go.

Hit it!

Okay, that's everyone, Mr. moon.

Whew!

All right, call everyone

back to stage, miss crawly,

and let's get...

--Hello! -Ooh.

Uh, can I have everybody back

to stage, please?

Everyone come back to stage

for selection.

Okay.

Thank you, miss crawly.

- You're welcome, Mr. moon.

All right.

- Let's see, now.

Hmm.

I'll take...

-You guys.

-Yes!

And which one of you

is the girl?

Ha ha. Very funny.

"Loud and horrible,

but shows promise."

Welcome to the show.

Cool.

I guess we could hang.

No, no.

I just want her, not you.

What?

All right, the rest

of the group acts,

thank you so much.

Oh, don't feel bad, folks.

There will be

a ten percent discount

on tickets for everyone.

Yeah, sure, thanks a lot.

Let's get out of here, ash.

Ash?

Uh, yeah...

Yeah, let's go.

Okay, soloists.

Johnny, Mike, Pete, Richard,

Daniel and ray.

Mike!

Ooh-hoo-hoo! Wowza!

I've gotta have you in my show.

Oh, I... if you insist.

And I'll take Pete...

Ooh, yeah!

And one more.

- Let me see, now.

--Oh, my gosh, I am so sorry.

--Oh, what is wrong with me?

Um, thanks for coming, Richard.

Oh...

- Oh, my... ray!

- Are you all right?

- -Uh-huh.

Just hang in there, ray.

I got you.

--Ooh. Oh. Whoopsie. Oh.

Okay, then I'll take...

Daniel.

Thank you, Johnny.

--Daniel, can you hear me?

You're in the show!

What?

Are you talking to me?

- Yes.

I was saying that you are in...

Oh, geez, this is

gonna drive me nuts.

Johnny, get back here.

You're in.

- Thank you, Daniel. Good-bye.

Yes!

Okay. That's everyone

on my list.

Um, wait a second.

Rosita.

-Is Rosita still here?

-Oh, yes.

Yes, I'm here.

Rosita, Rosita, Rosita.

Great set of pipes,

but boring to watch.

I knew it.

So, what should I do?

I could partner you up

with gunter.

Gunter! Where are you?

Ja! Ja! This is me.

Ja!

It's gonna spice things up

on stage.

Wait. You want us

to sing together?

Ja! The two of us together,

you joking me?

We're going to be spicy, no?

That koala's a fool,

Sherry-Anne.

You are going to be

a star one day!

Auditions are over, pal.

- Show's already been cast.

- Okay...

You are my chosen few.

- Yes!

This is it, folks.

A defining moment

in all of our lives.

Um, no.

No, no, no, not you guys.

I dismissed all

of the group acts already.

You... you can go home.

Look, look, look,

i-I'm really sorry,

but all of the slots are filled.

--No, no, no, no, listen.

No in show.

- Good-bye-bye.

- Miss crawly!

Come on, you guys,

out... out of here.

Come on, off the stage.

- Thank you so much.

- Hey, moon.

What's the story? Is the prize

really inside this thing?

The prize? Oh, sure.

Yes, it's all...

It's all in there.

Well, open it, will you?

I want to see

what $100,000 looks like.

-Yeah, come on. -Me, too.

-Let's have a look. -Open it.

Yeah, yeah, go on.

Open it, Mr. moon.

For sure, I'll open it.

Wait. What did you say?

He said $100,000.

A hundr...

Uh...

I forgot my keys.

Koala be right back.

For the last time, miss crawly,

I'm not going to fire you.

Now, would you pull

yourself together,

and please blow

that nose of yours.

--No, no, no, not in here.

-Blow it outside.

-I'm sorry, Mr. moon.

-Thank you.

-Buster, what do you expect?

-She's like 200 years old.

-Eddie, please, look.

If-if your folks could just

loan me the money until...

$100,000?

Buster, come on.

Hoo! I gotta think.

I've gotta think.

I've gotta think.

I've got to come up

- with a solution...

-Look, maybe it's time

to stop thinking

and it's time to just move on.

I mean, this theater of yours,

you could get some decent money

for it and...

I don't know, maybe we could

do something together.

What? What, sit around

playing video games?

Do you know what that is?

Uh, it's a bucket?

Yes, and do you know why

i have this bucket?

'Cause the roof is leaking?

No, that's the bucket

for the leak.

I have this one 'cause it

belonged to my father.

Every day for 30 years,

he worked his tail off

washing cars

just so I could buy this place.

Every day, Eddie.

Just for me.

--Wow.

Sounds like a great dad.

So, how do you want

to handle this?

Oh, Mr. moon,

i got Judith from the bank

holding on line two again.

Well, there's only

one thing I can do.

Okay, everybody, listen up.

-Shh, shh, shh.

-I gotta send you all home.

Right now.

-What? -Huh?

-Yep.

'Cause, like my dad used to say,

"get a good night's sleep

and do a great day's work."

That's right.

Rehearsals begin first thing

tomorrow morning.

And if you want to become stars

and win 100 grand,

then you better be ready

to work harder

than you've ever worked

in your lives.

So get some sleep

and dream big dreams.

Miss crawly!

Okay, come on.

That's enough now.

Come on, off the stage.

Please.

-Dream big dreams?

-I know, it's good, right?

What about the 100 grand?

Don't you worry, Eddie.

There's got to be

a way to get it.

What? Buster, no, listen to me!

This show is not gonna

save your theater.

You're at rock bottom, pal.

Yep, and you know what's great

about hitting rock bottom,

Eddie?

There's only one way

left to go,

and that's up.

And you can see the lucky few

leaving the theater behind me.

Now back to you

in the studio, John.

--Oh, honey, please don't cry.

You are not a failure.

There'll be other chances.

-You just...

-Bah! The heck there will!

Dad, please.

Come on!

Don't you want this?

Well, sure, but I messed it up.

Then you gotta go back there

tomorrow and say,

"Mr. moon, I demand you let me

re-audition!"

Be confident! Show 'em you

ain't gonna be pushed around!

You got that, meena?

-Um...

-Good!

Now, go get my cocoa.

Would you stop?

I'd only be doing it for us.

Oh, really?

Yes, really.

If I won that money,

we could build

our own recording studio,

start our own label.

I mean, the whole world

would get to hear your songs.

Oh...

Hey! Uh, just a min...

Oh, oh, wait. W-wait!

Oh, look at...

I know Derek, the manager.

He'll vouch for me.

Come on!

Hey, Mario.

How's it going?

Oh, for crying out loud.

Oh, yeah, oh, let the bears in.

Let the bears in. Fine.

There he is!

I got a surprise for you,

my son.

--What's that?

-Tell him the plan.

-Right.

We've been told there's a ship

carrying 25 million in gold,

gonna dock at night right here.

With the usual guards

here and here.

But, lucky for us, there's

a sewer right under here.

So the getaway driver

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Garth Jennings

Garth Jennings (born March 4, 1972) is a British film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is best known for directing the films The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Son of Rambow and Sing. Jennings co-founded the production company Hammer & Tongs. more…

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