I'll Be There Page #2

Synopsis: A washed-up 80's pop star suddenly has a new direction in life when he discovers that he has a teenage daughter, Olivia, in Cardiff, Wales. The result of a weekend affair he had back at the height of his fame produced Olivia, a newspaper delivery girl for the South Wales Echo. He arrives in the small Welsh town, unsettling the life of his ex-lover while inspiring his newfound daughter to follow in his footsteps with a musical career of her own, against the wishes of her mother.
Director(s): Craig Ferguson
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG-13
Year:
2003
105 min
Website
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No. No, you're kiddin'.

I'm absolutely serious, Mr Kerr.

I'm very worried about you.

- You can't do this. It's illegal.

- No, no.

It's called a section.

It only needs two doctors

to sign an order saying...

that they think you are a danger

to yourself or to others.

And we can keep you under psychiatric

observation for as long as we see fit.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

Please don't blaspheme.

Dr Nahar is a born-again Christian.

You're worried about me?

I think, and Dr Nahar agrees...

that you are a danger to yourself

at this point in time.

Now, this may be

a temporary condition brought on...

by some disappointment or upset...

or it may be

something more serious.

Like what?

I don't know.

That's why I want to observe you.

What if you have a bipolar disorder,

and I let you go and you commit suicide?

I would never forgive myself.

Dr Nahar can forgive you.

He's a born-again Christian.

Give me drugs then.

At least give me a beer

to take the edge off!

I'm not mad.

I'm just creative.

I don't understand why

you had to make up all that rubbish...

about my father being a Russian sailor

and dying in the Cold War.

I mean, where did you get that from?

It was my idea.

I got it from a film I saw.

Letter to Brezhnev.

Very good it was too.

We had to make up the bit about

him drowning after the Soviet collapse.

- I mean, who could foresee that coming, eh?

- But why?

It seemed like

the right thing to do.

Why would you tell me that?

I didn't want you

to be part of that world...

all those drugs

and groupies and stuff.

- It's no place for a child.

- Well, you'd know all about the groupies.

- Now don't you be cheeky to your mother.

- Put a sock in it, Granddad.

- It wasn't what you think.

- It was.

It was Paul Kerr, my father.

- He didn't want his kid around cramping his style.

- No.

My father didn't want me.

He doesn't know.

- What?

- What?

Well, what if he'd taken you away

with all his fancy lawyers...

and given you one of those stupid

pop star kids' names, like Flowerbell...

or-or Moonbeam

or Kipper or something?

You would've grown up the child of

someone famous. Would that be a good idea?

Julian Lennon,

Victoria Sellers...

uh, Mickey Humperdinck...

Shut up, Dad!

I swear to you, darling...

I did this because

I love you so much.

And I wanted to protect you.

I'm sorry.

And why are you

telling me this now?

Um...

Because your father's sick.

Horsie goes down.

Horsie goes up.

- Horsie goes down.

500 of those

deerskin toilet seat covers.

You know, the little fuzzy kind.

And if you can ship those out to me

right away, I'd really appreciate it.

Because, you know,

we need 'em really bad in here.

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Craig Ferguson

Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-American television host, comedian, author and actor. He was the host of both the syndicated game show Celebrity Name Game (2014–2017), for which he has won two Daytime Emmy Awards, and of Join or Die with Craig Ferguson (2016) on History. He was also the host of the CBS late-night talk show The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014). In 2017 he released a web show with his wife Megan, titled Couple Thinkers. It ran for six episodes from October 9, 2017. It is available on YouTube. After starting his career in Britain with music, comedy and theatre, Ferguson moved to the United States where he appeared in the role of Nigel Wick on the ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show (1996–2004). He has written and starred in three films, directing one of them, and has appeared in several others, including several voice-over roles for animations. Ferguson has also written two books: Between the Bridge and the River, a novel, and American on Purpose, a memoir. He was naturalised as a United States citizen in 2008. more…

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