Snow Day Page #4

Synopsis: When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.
Director(s): Chris Koch
Production: Paramount Pictures
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.0
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
28%
PG
Year:
2000
89 min
Website
1,296 Views


That's actually a kind of...

Well, it's a technical term.

Just a ploughing term. Ma'am,

there's a lot of kids on this list, so...

- ..if l could find your daughter...

- Sorry. Sure...

Randy, sweetheart! What are you...

l got him a paint set for his birthday...

Honey, you'll freeze to death.

Come back!

(PHONE RlNGS )

Hello?

Snowploughman, there's someone

here who wants to say hi to you.

Trudy! Are you okay, baby? They

haven't hurt you yet, have they, honey?

- Not yet.

- What do you want from me?

We get our friend back

and you give us a second snow day.

- No way.

- Then we keep the bird, you keep him.

What do you want me to do?

Bill?

Check it out. French fry log cabin.

- You're not wasting your day.

- l know it.

- What's going on? Where's Hal?

- Football field.

He's off building

some kind of shrine to Lady Claire.

And l'm the feeb

who's been sent here to fetch her.

And to think

we used to be afraid of this joker.

How easy is this? We give him his bird,

and he gives us an extra snow day.

l say we go for two...no, three!

Three snow days

and l get to drive his truck!

Where's this mook, anyway?

He should be here by now.

Help! Help!

What if l might actually think

this guy is cute?

What if you might be on the verge of

committing total social suicide?

Help me, please, l beg you!

Anyway, let's pretend you like this guy.

What do you know about him?

He's really ticklish, l can tell you that.

What else?

He hates drum machines. And he once

gave mouth to mouth to a baby chick.

lt was Easter. My mum got the bright

idea of bringing chicks for everyone.

lt was kinda cute till they started dying,

which they did after we named them.

So there's Hal on his hands and knees

giving mouth to mouth to my bird!

lt was...it was...

All right, let's make this quick.

Give me the bird.

- Give me the Wayne.

- The bird.

- The Wayne! The Wayne!

- The bird! The bird!

- You. Leaving. Now.

- l'm going.

But, Claire, you've gotta come with me.

Hal's expecting you.

l know you hardly even know the guy.

But...

You know when you're making

a snow angel and...

..you wanna make it perfect

but you can't because...

..there's always that handprint

you make when you climb out?

Well, with Hal there's no handprint.

Claire! What's Chuck gonna think?

Chuck doesn't think.

- The Wayne!

- The bird!

- You first.

- You first!

- l said " you first" first.

- So?

Just give him the bird.

Please, l wanna go home!

Do it so we can get out of here.

Hi, honey, sweetie. Are you okay?

- Hey, where do you think you're going?

- No!

Let him go!

Nobody messes

with Roger Stubblefield.

Great plan, guys, real great.

You should see what he can do

when he's really trying.

You made this for me? Why?

lt's your favourite animal. The whale!

You know? Nature's gentle giant.

But...l like zebras.

Then how come you have

a whale charm on your bracelet?

You have my bracelet?

- Why does he have my bracelet?

- Destiny. Pure destiny.

Oh, no...

Hey, zip, you're in luck.

The House of Pain now delivers.

Chuck! What do you want?

Claire bear!

l've been looking all over for you!

As for you, Mr Wonderful...

Hey, what've you got there?

lt's all sweaty!

l gave this to Claire.

What are you doing with it?

- l can explain.

- What's he doing with your bracelet?

l wouldn't wanna be you

in about two minutes.

We'll get this back on your lovely ankle

without delay.

Remember where l got this for you?

At Aqualand?

They had the glass-bottom boat,

remember?

The guide kept telling us

to gaze at the wonders of the deep.

All l did was look at you.

Why did you buy me a whale?

l've always wanted to know.

Because of "Shampoo" , the killer whale.

You love that whale.

lt's not "Shampoo" , you blowhole!

lt's "Shamu".

Don't even think about it!

Quite a ladies' man, aren't you?

Craig will be hurting you today.

Hi, there!

l'm sorry. l didn't introduce you

to my friend Steve!

Man, l love this part!

Brandston!

Hello, Syracuse! Winter is finally here,

and you know what that means.

lce sculptures! Kids are whacking

and carving and chipping away.

And, of course, a big idiot

dressed as a magic elf.

Tom, don't do this.

Old Jack Frost here takes you on a tour

of this year's Winter Jamboree.

Hey, that's some car! l'd love to have

that thing in my garage, wouldn't you?

lsn't it amazing what some kids will do

just to earn a merit badge?

- Oh, give me a break.

- lt's Chad Symmonz.

Whenever there's weather

that affects our area, he's there first.

Kids. As unpredictable as the weather.

May l borrow that chisel?

Oh, come on. Want the mike?

Take the mike. lt's for your own good!

l'm telling you! l just wanna...

- Come on.

- No!

Watch it, watch it!

Oh, honey...

No... No. No!

- Chad! No...

- Oh, boy.

Well, the beaver's nice. That about

wraps it up here, Phyllis. Back to you.

- Laura! l've got it!

- Yes!

Patch me in when

everyone in Beijing is ready, okay?

l'm so good. You're on in two minutes.

See ya, bye.

Okay, here we go.

Take the project file, open...

Power pearls, on.

Randy, outside. Randy? Randy!

l want you to come in here right now!

Come in here!

Randy, where are you, honey?

Don't hide from Mummy.

This isn't funny. Mummy

will let you paint anything you want.

You can paint Mummy blue!

Please, don't do this.

Yeah, Nona. Hi, it's me.

Forget the video patch.

Patch me through on the cellphone.

All right, one minute, okay.

No, no, Randy.

Stay right where you are.

- Come on, Mum. Snowball fight!

- This isn't happening...

- Fire!

- Randall Todd Brandston, stop that.

Enough is enough, you understand?

Did you hear me?

Do you want me to tell Mrs Huffner?

Do you? ln the house, right now.

- Yeah...

- Randall!

You little... All right, okay. Wanna fight?

Mummy will give you a fight.

Stop it! You've gotten better

than you were last year.

Hey, what's that?

You... l'm gonna get you.

(CELLPHONE RlNGS )

Sorry, Meltar, l blew it.

l thought l could do it without Hal.

l guess l was wrong.

Where in the name

of the seventh sun are you going?

To the kitchen. l'm gonna make

a grilled cheese sandwich.

Weren't you going to

save the universe?

What do you want me to say?

l lost, evil won, the end.

''l lost, evil won, boo-hoo-hoo. ''

You think l ate a sandwich the day

on Andromeda when l got ambushed?

- l guess not.

- Do you know why?

- Because you're lactose intolerant?

- Quiet! Can't you see l'm talking?

There on Andromeda, things

looked bleak. l, too, had lost a partner.

Fangor had abandoned me and there

l was, up poop river without a paddle.

- And?

- Stranded there alone,

with the fate of the universe hanging

in the balance, l remembered a saying.

Yeah, yeah. "Winners never quit,

and quitters never win."

What? No!

Quitters will be cast

into the flaming pit of death!

Uh, that's gotta sting.

lt's up to you, Natalie.

Gather your forces.

Only you can unleash

the rage of a hundred snow days

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