The Battle of Shaker Heights Page #7

Synopsis: A young war reenactor makes a friend on the battlefield who helps him use strategy to take on his high school enemy. Driven by newfound confidence, he seduces the friend's fetching older sister and risks the friendship. Reality intervenes when the illness of his ex-addict father forces the anger his irony masks to the surface and he has to decide if staying in a fantasy world is worth the consequences.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production: Miramax Films
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
41%
PG-13
Year:
2003
79 min
Website
140 Views


[Kelly] Hey.

Remember, I'm part-owner. All right?

[Bart Laughs]

Can you hold on for a second?

I'm just gonna go...

- Kelly.

- Real quick. Hold on.

- Are you sure?

- Please? Wait up.

One second.

Lance.

I'm unarmed.

What, you lose your pony,

you little, pretty pony boy?

No. No.

I wanted to apologize.

- For what? Your existence?

- No, I wa...

Me and my friends staged

the invasion that... [Laughs]

I'm not laughing 'cause it's funny.

I'm laughing 'cause I'm nervous. We, um...

Well, you know, actually, it never

happened. It was a dream you had.

Well, I'm sorry for the dream.

Okay?

All right.

Fine.

- We're good?

- Almost.

What do you mean,

"almost"?

[Groans, Coughs]

- [Coughing]

- Kelly!

Hey, Kelly. Hey!

[Laughs] Hey.

- [Groans]

- [Laughs]

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

Ohh.

- I deserved it.

- [Laughs]

Is it gettin' big?

Ah.

Better.

Are you finished now?

No, no. This is just

the beginning. See?

- Because I find that in order

to get where you need to go,

- Hey!

- you gotta cut through

all the other stuff first.

- [Laughs]

- So, you know what I mean, kind of?

- What are you talking about? Wait!

- Here, gimme a piggyback...

- [Sighs]

- Please. Please...

- All right.

All right.

Up!

- Keep going! Keep going! Keep going!

- [Groans, Shouts]

[Talking Continues, Indistinct]

d I can't get through the smoke d

d That's surrounding you d

d 'Cause when you're falling d

d I can't tell

which way is down d

d And when you're screaming d

d Somehow I don't hear a sound d

d And when you're

seeing things d

d Then your feet

don't touch the ground d

d 'Cause when you're falling d

d I can't tell

which way is down d

d I can see through the clouds d

d I can walk right through

the walls d

d Hang me off the ceiling d

d But I can't take the fall d

d Should I cross the river d

d When I may get swept away d

d Out there on the water d

d You can still see me wave d

d 'Cause when you're falling d

- d I can't tell which way is down d

- d Which way is d

- d When you're falling d

- d I still d

d I can't tell

which way is down d

d Learn to heal d

d Learn to heal d

d I keep seeing all those things d

d Finish the pain d

d My feet don't touch d

d The ground d

d 'Cause when you're falling d

d I can't tell

which way is down d

d And when you're screaming d

- d Somehow I don't d

- d Hear a sound d

d Do not hear a sound

I can't hear a sound d

- d When you're seeing things d

- d Hear a sound d

- d Then your feet don't touch

the ground d

- d Don't hear a sound d

d 'Cause when you're falling d

d I can't tell

which way is down d

d And when you're screaming d

- d Somehow I don't hear a sound d

- d You know that I d

d 'Cause when you're falling d

d I can't tell

which way is down d

d And when you're screaming d

d Somehow I don't hear a sound d

d 'Cause when you're falling d

dd [Vocalizing]

d 'Cause when you're falling d

dd [Vocalizing]

d 'Cause when you're falling d

d Falling on my d

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