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Synopsis: Henry Matthews is an exceptionally talented young R&B singer whose happy family life is disrupted when his father, a marine, is re-deployed to Afghanistan. Despite all the obstacles including losing the family home and being forced to move in with his grandfather who hates his music, Henry is inspired to enter a teen singing competition in the hopes of winning and escaping a world that is falling apart.
 
IMDB:
6.7
PG-13
Year:
2010
108 min
377 Views


to email me

Some of your new recorded stuff,

Because I got to show my son off

while I'm over there.

Wait, you can get emails

over there?

Yeah.

I might can't check them

every day,

But they got computers.

I was playing

a real piano today,

And it was amazing.

Where?

At the baptist church

down on main street.

And what were you doing there?

Just stopped by.

And we ended up

composing a song together.

Did he try to talk you

into joining his church?

No.

Did he talk to you

about the bible?

No.

Did he pour water

over your head

While you weren't looking?

No.

I ain't never heard

of a pastor like that before.

So you gonna play me a song

or what?

Oh, okay.

Uh...

I just added a new beat.

[Clears throat]

[Soothing keyboard music]

# Come inside my heart

# Come inside, it's glorious

# Come inside, spirit

# There's nothing more

# There's nothing less

# Come inside my soul

# Come inside, my glorious

# Love can make you whole

# Want nothing more

# Want nothing less

# Beautiful

# Spirit

# Wonderful

# Spirit

# Marvelous

# Spirit

# Holy, holy

# Spirit

# We be living down here

in the bible belt #

# Where some say a strong

presence of the lord is felt #

# And people fear the devil

# Prepare me

for the next level #

# We ain't seen you at church,

now you a rebel? #

# Questioning god is natural

# Look at circumstances

# 'cause man created the bad

# The way the devil dances

# God is beauty and love

# The search within your heart

# So if you need

to practice faith #

# Go and play your part

# Beautiful

# Spirit

# Wonderful

# Spirit

# Marvelous

# Spirit

Whoo-hoo!

[Clapping]

Whoo-hoo!

[Laughs and claps]

Well, I guess that's it.

[Sighs]

You know what your job is,

right?

What is it?

Take care of mom.

No, bud.

That's mom's job.

Your job is to go to school.

But most important,

You sing...

Every day,

All the time.

You hear?

Okay.

It'll be all right.

Yeah.

I promise.

You don't have to worry.

[Sniffles]

[Breathes deeply]

[Sniffling]

[Alarm ringing]

[Wistful music]

[Faint applause]

[Wistful music continues]

[Man singing distantly

in foreign language]

[Indistinct radio chatter

and motor rumbling]

[Helicopter rotors whirring]

Need help with that?

Yes, sir, sergeant.

What you got there, man?

Some new music from your little

blue-eyed soul wonder?

You know it.

Let me hear some, man.

Come on.

[Passionate guitar chords

strumming]

# Walking down

a cold and lonely road #

# I feel so much pain, sadness,

and hurt #

# Down in my soul

[Bluesy rock music]

# Wondering will I ever

see your face again? #

# And will the weight

in my heart ever be lifted? #

Are you sure

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Lexi Alexander

Alexandra "Lexi" Alexander (née Mirai; Arabic: الكسندرا ميراي‎; born 23 August 1974) is an Oscar-nominated Arab-German film and television director. She is a former World Karate Association world champion in karate-point fighting. Alexander is an advocate for equality in Hollywood and speaks out about against gender discrimination and sexism and promotes diversity, including a more positive and visible representation of Arabs. more…

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