The Imposter Page #5

Synopsis: The Imposter deals with the lifestyle and subsequent breakdown of a Christian Rock singer to be played by Kevin Max. As much as an inside look into the Christian music industry, The Imposter is also a story of redemption and self-discovery.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Daniel Millican
Production: Serendipitous Films
 
IMDB:
5.3
Year:
2008
Website
86 Views


my friend, which is what we

want them to focus on, right?

Right? Yeah?

European, U.K. distribution

my friend, jet setting.

Now l will need you

to be ready for

the studio on Monday morning

okay, so bright and early.

Sleep tight,

don't let the bedbugs bite.

l'm gonna need

a little bit more.

And l will see

you on Monday, yeah?

What's your name?

My name is Johnny C.

l believe you.

l believe you.

[Johnny C singing]

He's off again today.

That's okay.

We'll just slow it down

and make it a worship song.

We'll just, just get

him through this one

the best you can

and we're done with him.

[Johnny C singing]

#And through the tears

and salt #

# and fear and blood,

a love song. #

Okay, we're out.

That's it?

Yeah.

Hey, where'd Jerome go?

(male)

Out.

Okay, did he mention

anything about a check, advance?

No.

Hey!

(Johnny C)

Hey, you can't

do that, man.

Got an order

to turn it off.

You knowwhat,

l'm on auto pay.

They take it out

of my account evey month.

Not this month.

Well, let me

at least write you a check.

No, can't do that,

orderto disconnect.

You're gonna have

to go down

to the water department

substation, pay there.

No!

[music]

# We don't like

your politicking, #

# get a new life,

get a new love. #

# This is where your

soul needs stitching. #

# Get on thejob,

bang on the drum. #

# Please believe

you're beautiful #

# when you're

not made up. #

# Turn the switch

to give you my love. #

#A soul kiss

it's all over #

# yeah, yeah, yeah #

# Turn the switch

to give you my love #

#A hard itch

and it's never enough ##

Hey, come up here,

l gotta talk to you.

Come on,

it's all right.

l just want to talk to you.

l'm not gonna hurt you.

l just want to

talk to you, okay?

All right, this

ain't working, okay?

l can't get a ride with you

following me like this,

okay, so you gotta move

on further down the road.

Hey, you hearthat?

He wants us to move

on down the road.

Yeah, he think

we're gonna devalue

the prope value

around here.

You knowthe Ice man done

iced up the whole city

and he's worried

about property devaluation.

What am l supposed

to respond to that with?

Fine.

Fine.

# To giveyou my love #

#A hard crush

and it gives you the shove ##

[music]

There go the neighborhood!

Ha-ha!

l'm headed to Little Rock,

where you going?

Fort Worth.

Well, l can get you

a little ways down the road.

(Johnny C)

Hey, stp, stop, man, stop.

Stop the car!

l don't want to be making

a bunch of stops.

Stop the car.

Oprah don't stink,

she use beauty fresh.

That's what she do.

You all right, man?

Oh, no.

She's gonna get me.

Get off me.

Get off me.

What happened,

what happened?

Watch this.

You do got to help me.

Oprah's broke. Oprah's gone,

she's the only protection.

You talk like that

to your ride, man.

This ain't got nothin' to do

with no ride.

What you talking

about ride?

This is biggerthan that. This

is more important than that.

Oprah's our only

protection here.

l think all you need is a

new little light thingy there.

Yeah, yeah,

that's what we need,

Oprah, that's

what we need.

You a tech-no-crat.

You's a wizard, you is.

l knowyou can do

something with Oprah.

You can help Oprah.

No, man. Look, l gotta be

on my way to Texas, right.

l'm on

the move right now.

Yeah, looks like it.

Come on, you can help me.

You can--

Look, just beg a

fewquarters, right,

and go to the local hardware

store and they'll put

your Oprah back

in business, okay?

But l gotta get out

of here.

Don't go so fast.

lt'll okay, all right.

Don't go so fast.

Hold on,

don't go so fast.

That's good foryou.

What do you want?

No not here,

too much radiation.

We looking at--you're talking

about at least 500 centigrade.

Come on, we gotta

find some darkness.

You're way

out there, man.

Hey, l'm sory, all

right, l'll be moving on.

l don't want

to bother you.

[fly buzzing]

l wish that bug

zapper would work.

l do believe

that you could fix Oprah up.

l believe you got talent

Mr. Moxie on Oxy.

My name's Johnny, okay?

And l'm a singer.

J:

You a troubadour

a troubadour?

Yeah, you do wear

a lot of costumes.

You got the

army man costume

and you got the moxie

on oxy costume.

No, l don't see no

troubadour costume on ya.

No, a troubadour, you

knowwhat l'm sayin'.

Well, l tell you every day.

Why don't you

sing me a song?

You know a lot

ofthem too.

You know, ''Swing Low.''

Oh, never mind,

don't sing that one.

l'm a little, howyou say,

culturally burnt out on that.

No, l don't

do that, man.

Come on then fire up the

troubadour. Entertain me.

No, l don't have

a band anymore.

Don't tell me that.

No, don't say that.

He got your band?

lt radiated your band?

Band radiation, radiation

band, band radiation.

All around.

They all around you.

l can feel the

band of radiation.

All the planets

is circling

and flying right around the

troubadour on you at the center.

Do you ever shut up?

You fix Oprah,

she'll protect the both of us.

Okay, l fix

your bug zapper

and you're gonna give me

some peace and quiet, right?

All right,

Iet's ty this.

You ready?

Let's plug her in.

Three, two, one.

Ah, Oprah's back!

You got her, you did it!

You did it! You did it!

Mr. Moxie,

you did it!

You fixed Oprah, l knew it.

Radiation's gone.

You fixed Orpah.

You a good man.

Hey, hey where

you going?

Hey, hey, man, do you mind

if a get a ride with you

just a little bit further

down the road?

[music]

[music]

(Johnny C)

This is the part

where l go running home

and eveyone welcomes me.

The prodigal son, the wayward

husband, me long lostfriend.

They welcome me

back, warts and all.

[music]

Johnny, Johnny.

Johnny,

come on, Johnny.

You're coming home.

(Johnny C)

The great thing about

Christian love, so accep'ng.

Whatever it takes

as long as l come home.

One step forward,

man, you can do it.

Keep walking.

Come on, man,

just drop the bags.

mara)

Drop 'em Johnny.

(frank)

Don't cary 'em,

you can come home.

Johnny.

mara)

Please.

(frank)

Man, just drop

the bags.

Come on, man.

Just come on.

Johnny,

come on, Johnny.

[Tara, frank,

and James continue]

Please. Keep coming.

Just cross over.

Don't turn around.

Johnny.

No. Johnny, come on.

Don't turn back,

keep stepping forward.

Don't turn away.

[music]

[music]

[music]

Hey, babe, it's me.

Yeah, l'm here.

l just got into town.

No, hey, hey, hey,

don't hang up.

No, no, look, l just--

l just need a--

Ride.

Excuse me,

are you Johnny C?

Johnny C, right here.

l knew it.

He's from here, stupid.

Are you going

back to Grand Design?

Oh, no, l bet you're

doing a solo project.

(frank)

Can you give us some

privacy hr a second? Thank you.

Sure.

Take care, Johnny C.

Take care.

Frank.

What are you doing here?

What can l get forya?

Uh, yeah, l think

maybe a number three.

(Waitress)

Okay, and you?

No.

Okay.

(frank)

Please, you

nish your sandwich

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Daniel Millican

Daniel Millican (born June 6, 1965) is an American writer/director in the film industry. His most recent film The Imposter, starring Kevin Max of dcTalk was released in 2010. His previous movie, Striking Range, starring Lou Diamond Phillips, was released in 2006 by Sony Pictures. Millican's movies have played all around the world, distributed by companies Curb Entertainment, Artist View Entertainment, Sony Pictures, First Look Media and played on television, both cable and free TV like Lifetime Movie Network and Starz/Encore. Actors like Lou Diamond Phillips, Adam Baldwin, Sean Patrick Flanery, Mimi Rogers, Joey Lauren Adams, Yancy Butler and Tom Wright have starred in Millican's movies. more…

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