Paper Planes Page #3

Synopsis: On a beautiful sunny morning, Jethro, an uncommon instructor, heads to an elementary school. He is an expert in paper planes, planning to demonstrate the art of paper plane folding to the students and to inform them of the State Competition for the Junior Championship next Sunday. The unexpected introduction to the world of competitive paper plane throwing will excite timid 12-year-old Dylan Weber, forcing him to do his best to beat the 25m qualification point and make it to the Aussie Junior Championships in Sydney. Before long, Dylan will get his ticket to compete, yet, with a father living in the past uninspired and resigned because of his wife's death in a car accident some five months ago, he will have to use his resourcefulness to come up with a winning paper plane model and all the help he can get to make his newfound dream a reality. With the ultimate goal set at the World Junior Paper Plane Championship in Tokyo, talented Dylan not only will he have to gather the sum for such
Genre: Family
Director(s): Robert Connolly
Production: Arenamedia
  6 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
96 min
$5,762,910
2,261 Views


you know?

Yeah.

What?

Shoes.

Who needs that many shoes?

You having fun

playing with your little toys?

I'm not playing, Einstein.

It's research.

That's research?

Look, if you're gonna come up here

and cause a problem,

can you go,

'cause I want to...

OK, but... My dad used to have

one of those.

I know how to set it up.

Great.

Awesome.

Ooh. Sorry.

It's really old, eh?

Ah, that's fine.

- Sorry.

- That's fine.

- Better stand back.

- Yeah, come on.

Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho!

That is so cool!

Awesome!

- What happens now?

- I don't know.

OK, go! Run!

Get to the fence!

The fence! Run!

Dive, quick!

Oh...

Doesn't get much closer

than that.

Sorry about...

..you know,

making fun of your lame phone

and throwing the paper at you.

That's alright.

Just don't be a bully.

I can't stand bullies.

Well, bullies and...

getting needles.

Euch.

Mates?

Mates.

I've never had

one of those before.

Just a heads-up

we've gotta get going pretty early

if we want to make it to

the state competition tomorrow.

Alright?

I'm there.

You're there?

Yeah. I'm there.

I'm counting on you.

Hey. Hey, hey! Oi, oi, oi.

- Wake it up. Get up, get up.

- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I'm coming.

Oh, come on!

Clive!

Clive!

Wah!

See you later!

OK, be careful

not to go over the line.

We're aiming for 25 metres, OK?

Are you ready?

Three, two, one, throw!

Oh, very good throws.

Grab your planes.

OK, next group

up to the line, please.

There you are, Dylan.

Yep.

Excuse me. Do you mind

if my son has a photo with you?

No, not at all.

Got it?

- Thank you very much.

- Good on you. Hey.

- All the best today, Alex.

- Thank you.

Hi, Patrick.

Can I get your autograph?

Yeah, sure.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

You know,

when Muhammad Ali was my age,

he'd already started boxing.

He once caught a kid

stealing his bike

and wanted to learn

how to beat him up.

You do realise

Muhammad Ali ended up

with Parkinson's disease,

unable to talk, right?

That's not the point, Patrick.

Hey, stop calling me that.

I'm your father.

The point is,

he started somewhere, OK?

My journey to become a champion

starts here, today.

Being champion

shouldn't be the goal anyway.

You're saying it doesn't matter

if you win or lose?

No. I'm saying it's how

you play the game that counts.

You know the only people

who say that

are the ones

who've already lost.

Winners celebrate winning.

- Hi.

- What was your name?

- Uh, Dylan Webber.

- Jason Jones.

...two, one, throw!

Very good.

Now, go grab your planes.

Right, next group

up to the line.

Can I get the next group

up to the line, please?

Right, be careful

not to step over,

'cause if you do,

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Robert Connolly

Robert Connolly (born 1967) is a film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Australia.Connolly is best known as the director and writer of the feature films Balibo, Three Dollars and The Bank, and the producer of the high-profile Australian films Romulus, My Father and The Boys. more…

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