Danny Collins Page #2

Synopsis: An aging rocker (Al Pacino) decides to change the course of his life after receiving a long-undelivered letter from the late John Lennon.
Production: Bleecker Street Films
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
2015
106 min
$4,242,318
Website
844 Views


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8 CONTINUED:
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Danny has clearly led off with his biggest hit, akin to

Sweet Caroline (equally catchy, almost as good). Sweet

Caroline is a good reference actually, mainly because

from the first note (and especially the chorus), the

audience is SINGING ALONG in a call and response fashion

(TWO VIDEO SCREENS even cue the audience to sing their

part with bouncing-ball karaoke-esque prompts).

The CROWD (older) eats it all up. A WOMAN sings his

chorus “Hey, Baby Doll” while also wearing a “Hey, Baby

Doll” T-shirt. ANOTHER WOMAN holds up a sign that reads

“This Granny Loves Danny.”

ON DANNY:

During the song he mingles with women in the front row -

he kisses one woman’s hand, blows a kiss to another. He

makes a show out of giving one woman his SCARF.

Danny takes in...

THE CROWD:

AN OLDER COUPLE, arm and arm, SING the response part of

the song back at him. They’re singing way too hard.

THREE OLDER WOMEN sit quietly in their front row seats,

eating RED VINES and mouthing words along, lifeless.

A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE sings along with energy... but

they’re LAUGHING. They’re not laughing with Danny.

ON DANNY:

He’s seen it all a thousand times. It no longer fazes

him.

He pivots with a little shimmy, keeps performing.

9 INT. DRESSING ROOM - HOURS LATER 9

Danny SLUMPS in a chair, his dressing room has

transformed into the site of an after-party. Danny

fingers an expensive scotch (and his cross) as he does

his best to stay awake.

TIM, a thirty-something, comes into view through Danny’s

scotch glass.

TIM:

Mr. Collins, do you think I could

bother you for a quick picture?

(before Danny can

answer)

Just real quick, my mom will die-(

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6A.

9 CONTINUED:
9

OFF TO THE SIDE:

A MAN in an expensive suit drinks a BOTTLE OF WATER,

watches. This is FRANK GRUBMAN (60’s).

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7.

9 CONTINUED:
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TIM (CONT’D)

(picture accomplished)

Awesome, I’ll tweet this to you.

DANNY:

Awesome.

Tim, the cell-phone-photo-seeker, takes his leave. Frank

shakes his head, walks over to Danny.

FRANK:

It was a good show, Kid.

DANNY:

Inspired.

Frank tilts his head, takes Danny in.

FRANK:

Hey, Sylvia Plath? You okay?

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Dan Fogelman

Dan Fogelman is an American television producer and screenwriter whose screenplays include Tangled, as well as Crazy, Stupid, Love, and the Pixar film Cars. more…

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