Tideland Page #3

Synopsis: Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads enter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director(s): Terry Gilliam
Production: ThinkFilm
  1 win & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
26
Rotten Tomatoes:
30%
R
Year:
2005
120 min
Website
555 Views


A complete recovery is expected.

Thank you, thank you, doctor.

You've given me hope. I shall live.

Oh, doctor.

Doctor.

Now, you don't go short-changing

daddy, will you, sweetheart?

I won't.

Don't you worry.

Oh, time for daddy's vacation.

Not too long this time, daddy.

Oh no. Just a little vacation.

Daddy's going deep sea diving.

Going to the place

where dreams are made.

Thanks, honey.

And daddy...

daddy's gonna stroll down that...

far subterranean shore...

all littered with flotsam of

hopes and dreams.

Oh, I see them.

Relics of ancient times...

Ionely cenotaphs...

standing along that melancholy tideland.

What are you saying?

I don't understand what you're saying.

Come back.

You'll get in trouble.

You shouldn't be in there.

People don't like squirrels in the attic.

I'm not telling you a secret

because you wouldn't like it.

He's in the room.

Are you ready, Mustique?

I was born ready.

Good, because this could get

pretty dangerous.

Bring Sateen Lips with us.

She can help.

- I don't wanna go.

- Shut up, you baby.

Why can't Baby Blonde,

or Glitter Gal do it instead?

Keep complaining and me and

Jeliza-Rose will cut off all your hair!

Please don't. I'll behave.

You better.

I'm sure he's here somewhere.

Maybe he's magic.

Maybe he's really a fairy.

Don't be silly.

Only lightning bugs are like fairies.

Squirrel butts don't glow.

He's in the wall.

He's right here.

He's gone through to the next room!

Don't go in there. I'm scared.

What did I tell you? Safe as houses.

I'm still scared.

That squirrel can't hide from me!

We're going in... right, Jeliza-Rose?

Right.

But I'm still scared, Jeliza-Rose.

If we're not back in an hour,

then come after us...

because it means...

we're being pulverized.

It's like a cave.

It's grandma's stuff!

Yeah... that's what it is.

Let's taka a look at those boxes.

No.

Scared!

What's so spooky about boxes?

It's the treasure chest that's spooky.

Bet there's slippers...

and gold in it.

Or a dead thing.

It's just old clothes.

See.

I bet she was beautiful.

- She was old!

- She was my grandma!

She was old and ugly

with boxes of squirrel-chewed junk!

You're lying. Shut up or we're leaving.

That's what happened.

We've turned into squirrels.

There's Jeliza-Rose.

She's looking for us.

Boom boom boom boom

I'm gonna shoot you right down

Daddy?

Right offa your feet

Take you home with me

I had a bad dream.

Boom boom boom boom

I love to see you strut

Still on vacation, daddy?

When you talking to me

That baby talk

I like it like that

Whoa, yeah!

Talk that talk

Walk that walk

Morning.

I'm hungry.

This is Radio Jeliza-Rose.

Are you receiving me?

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Tony Grisoni

Tony Grisoni (born 28 October 1952) is a British screenwriter. He lives in London. His first feature film, Queen of Hearts, directed by Jon Amiel, won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Festival du Film de Paris. more…

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