Danny Deckchair Page #5

Synopsis: Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy. Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied with helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. In this new town, he rockets into the world of Glenda, the town's only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in this new town, and in his great adventure, he discovers a true soulmate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually, as Danny's true identity is revealed and Trudy--now a tabloid celebrity--comes to the idyllic town to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny, however, is a changed man; he's discovered what it means to be happy and has found a new self-worth. Saying farewell to Trudy, Danny makes a dynamic
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Jeff Balsmeyer
Production: Lions Gate Films
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
PG-13
Year:
2003
100 min
Website
144 Views


I'm a parking cop, the only one

in town. So watch yourself, mate.

And listen I'm running late

and I don't know what your story is...

...but there's a kettle on the stove...

...tomato sandwich in the fridge.

...and some clothes on the chair there.

And when you leave...

I'd appreciate it if you didn't

take anything else.

Understand?

And good morning to you.

I should really call my station manager.

Do you mind if I use the phone?

Go ahead.

Hello?

- Trudy's fine.

- Who's this?

I'm Sandy Upman.

- He's funny.

- I'm sure he is.

- G'day.

Hello!

- Are you a friend of Glenda's?

- Yeah.

I didn't know

Glenda had any friends.

We're going for a walk,

wanna come?

- Uh... Yeah.

- Let's go.

- It's so funny.

- You want to check out the river?

- Yeah, is it far?

- I'm skipping.

- Yep.

- Come on.

Wait, wait,

he's just come out of the house.

...I don't believe it, Glenda Lake.

Yeah, and they say he was wearing

her dressing gown.

No, he didn't look

like he was from outer space.

He didn't look bad at all

if you ask me.

Excuse me, Dave, but how many times

did you actually go out with Glenda?

It's got nothing to do with that,

has it?

I just don't trust the guy.

Yeah, right.

In a city suburb yesterday,

a man took to the skies.

...out of his own backyard.

Experts believes last night's storm

swept him west toward the desert.

How long has it been

since she went to Uni, anyway?

Oh, I don't know, Dave.

But who knows what happened

when she was away?

Give me a break.

- It's just down there.

- Okay.

- See you, have fun.

- Bye.

- Have fun.

- Thanks, see you later.

- Hi, Dave.

- You're going to town?

I just love this one.

Hi, Alice.

Oh, I was just coming back.

Hey, I mean it.

Give us a break.

If I get another ticket,

I could loose my license.

I need my car for my job.

My kids won't eat.

I already wrote it, Mr. Furco, it's an

official document. I can't take it back.

Oh you, miserable cow!

Why don't you get a life? Don't you

have anything better to do, eh?

- Don't you?

- You haven't heard, have you?

- What, Darren?

- Glenda's got much better things to do.

- Don't you, Glenda?

- Oh yeah? Like what?

- She's got a gentleman friend.

- Glenda?

I didn't know you had a bloke

tucked away, Glenda.

- You never know now, do you?

- Glenda's got a bloke?

- Yeah.

- You're kidding me.

- How much are you paying him?

- Bet he gets free parking?

So did he come to take you

to the ball, Miss Lake?

Yeah, as a matter of fact, I did.

G'day.

There's no way I'm going. Forget it.

What's the problem?

I don't even know who you are.

- Does it matter?

- What do you mean, does it matter?

Maybe it's not that important.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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