Paper Planes (2014) - full transcript
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 an expensive trip, but to compete against skilful and very ambitious contestants. In the end of this great adventure, Dylan will understand the importance of fighting for what matters in life and that even though winning might be something, never giving up is everything.
(EXCITING MUSIC)
(HORN HONKS)
(CRICKET COMMENTARY
PLAYS ON TV)
.. test cricket, and the first ball
of the day from Gillies.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
(SNORES)
(LOUD SONG PLAYS ON RADIO)
(GROANS) Dylan!
Dylan!
Dylan! (GROANS)
SONG: ♪ I know this vibe is true
There is hope for love
♪ There is beauty in the world
Oh
♪ Beauty in the world
So much beauty in the world
♪ Always beauty in the world
♪ So much beauty
in the world
♪ When I look around,
I see blue skies
♪ I see butterflies for us
- ♪ Listen to the sound... ♪
- Clive!
♪ And lose it
- ♪ It's sweet music... ♪
- Clive!
♪ And dance with me
And dance with me
♪ There is beauty in the world
So much beauty in the world
♪ Pick your diamond
Pick your pearl
♪ There is beauty in the world
♪ Heya
♪ Throw your hands up and holler
Heya
- ♪ Throw your hands up and... ♪
- Whoa.
♪ When you don't know
what to do
♪ Don't know
if you'll make it through
♪ Remember God has given you
♪ Beauty in the world
Oh, Lord... ♪
See ya later.
♪ Yeah, love
Oh, Lord
♪ Pick your diamond
Pick your pearl
♪ There is beauty in the world
Hey
♪ Hey, baby,
when I'm looking at you now
♪ I know it's fact, it's true
♪ There is hope for love
♪ There is beauty
in the world. ♪
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC
AND SOUND EFFECTS PLAY)
Hey, Dylan. Nice phone.
You expecting a call from 1997?
- (FINGERNAILS SCRAPE)
- (KIDS GROAN)
- Make it stop! Make it stop!
- Seriously?
Good morning, everybody.
You know the drill.
- It's sombrero time.
- (KIDS GROAN)
All devices in the Sombrero of Joy.
Ay-Kay-Kay-Kay-Kay-Kay!
Thank you, señoras.
Are you well this morning,
everybody?
Everyone well, are they?
Thank you very much.
Kevin. Payload, please.
Thank you, Kevin.
- Wait.
- Here we go.
- Yeah.
- Thank you. Anything else?
- Thought there might be.
- Yeah.
- Game Boy. That's old-school.
- And that.
- There's probably a couple more.
- Oh, sorry. Got one more.
One more phone.
Everyone needs two.
Are we done? At least you're
reading your books, which is...
Oh.
Thank you very much.
Uh, everybody...
This morning,
we shall start with a pop quiz.
- (ALL GROAN)
- Psyched!
We're actually
gonna have some fun today.
I have a student teacher here
from Melbourne.
Please, everyone,
say hello to Jethro.
- Hi, Jethro.
- Hi, kids.
TEACHER:
We're gonna head to the hall.
Everyone out of your chairs.
We'll make our way quietly.
JETHRO:
Today, I'm going to teach you
how to make
the perfect paper plane.
- (TEARS PACKAGING)
- (KIDS EXCLAIM)
Alright, so, first time, we're gonna
make it however you want.
You can do it your own design,
whatever you like.
We'll just pass these around.
Pass those around. There you go.
Then I'll teach you some tips
a bit later.
So who's gonna make
the best paper plane?
TEACHER: I'm gonna make
the best paper plane.
- Not me.
- Not you? Come on!
Where's your confidence?
So how far do people think
they can get their planes?
- 10 metres? 5 metres?
- KID: 50.
50? You're dreaming.
The distance world record
for a paper plane is 69.13 metres.
- Whoof!
- That's a long way.
To even qualify
for the junior championship,
you need to hit at least 25 metres,
which would mean
it'd have to go over that wall
and halfway down the veranda.
Does anyone reckon
they could do that?
- We could do that.
- Get it past that wall?
- TEACHER: We could do that.
- JETHRO: You could do that?
- KIDS: Yes!
- JETHRO: We'll see.
- KID: I know how we'll do it.
- Alright.
If you're finished,
hold up your paper plane.
Oh, there's some good ones
in there.
Pretty good. Alright!
Get up. Let's do it.
- Everyone up.
- Let's go, people. Come on.
JETHRO: Come on.
Move the chairs.
We're gonna see
who can go the furthest.
Alright,
let me see your planes.
Good. Good. Oh, that's good.
Interesting. Nice.
Nice. All ready?
Ready to launch?
On my count.
ALL: One, two, three!
(MAJESTIC MUSIC)
- KIDS: Whoa!
- KID: Whoa, Dylan!
(GASPS)
KID: Amazing!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Guys, come on!
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
- Let's go!
- Come on!
(KIDS CHATTER EXCITEDLY)
Oh, come back!
That's incredible.
- What's your name, mate?
- Uh, Dylan Webber.
- It's over there!
- I can't see.
Thought about making a career
out of this?
- Making paper planes?
- Yeah.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ON TV)
DYLAN: Dad!
Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad,
Dad, Dad, Dad.
- Guess what.
- What?
If I can make a paper plane
fly 25 metres
in the state competition
on Sunday,
I can make it to the Aussie
junior championships in Sydney.
It'll be really fun, and we can
practise on the weekends.
- I've already got a bit of a...
- I'm sorry, what...? What?
- What?
- You didn't go to work today, did you?
You've just gotta lift.
OK. I know.
Yeah.
Ah!
Lifted.
Now. Tell me more
about your paper plane.
Tell me about the 25 metres.
- If I can make a paper plane
fly 25 metres... -Yeah?
..I might just
get a chance to compete
in the Aussie junior championships
in Sydney.
- Will it?
- Oh, it already did.
This was, of course, before
the landing, which was a bit...
- You think?
- (LAUGHS)
Personally, I think it's the way
that you fold the paper.
Pinching it, just...
to make that crease.
How do you know all this?
Like, the...the creases
and the folding and the...
- Huh?
- Mum taught me.
What are we gonna
have for dinner?
I don't know.
What do you want?
I don't mind. Oh.
How does this sound
for a plan?
Your favourite.
TEACHER: Nine, eight.
We can't wait.
Seven, six.
Dylan's got tricks.
Five, four.
Fly through the door!
Three, two, one. OK.
- Let's get this party started.
- Yep.
- Rocking is about to commence.
- Great.
- Alright.
- Here we go.
Well, that was embarrassing.
Again.
Again.
Again.
Again.
Again!
You've got no idea
how irritating
that 'again' thing is,
by the way.
Again.
(EXHALES)
- What do I do?
- You figure it out.
That's not really helpful advice
from a teacher.
Well, as your teacher,
I'm telling you
to use your brain
and figure it out.
TEACHER: I'm about to rub out
section three.
- Are we finished it?
- KIDS: Yep.
TEACHER: Brilliant!
This is how I make
a piece of paper fly 25 metres.
- Whoa!
- (CRASH!)
KID: Whoa!
Try not to be annoying
your whole life, Kevin.
Back on your chair, mate.
Right. Where were we?
(DOOR SQUEAKS)
- So lovely to see you again.
- Thank you. My pleasure.
Grandpa! Hi.
- Oh. Hello.
- Oh! Dylan!
How you going, mate?
Who was that lady, Grandpa?
She's just an old friend,
that's all.
I was just...
just helping her out.
Well, must have done
a fine job,
because she looks
pretty happy.
It's important to have pride
in your work.
So my plane flew over 50 metres
first time.
It didn't go anywhere close
the next.
You...you were a...
you were a pilot.
Do you have...any ideas?
Well, maybe we can fashion
some sort of a small engine
and fix it to the airframe.
You know, I'm actually pretty sure
you can't do that.
We could make it very small
so's...so no-one'd notice.
I believe they call that...
cheating.
(LAUGHS)
Course, I only had experience,
you know,
flying powered aircraft.
That was during the war. So...
There's only one thing
for it, mate.
You'll have to put
your thinking cap on.
Right. Well, that's
what my teacher said as well.
Anyway. This is me, then.
(DOOR SQUEAKS)
- Hello, Beryl.
- Hello.
You gonna...help her out too?
Thanks for dropping by, kiddo.
- DAD: Wake up!
- DYLAN: What?
- What, what, what?
- Come on.
- What?
- Come on!
What? What?
What? What? What?
I've got an idea.
You know, I can transfer those
to a DVD or a...a flash drive.
What, you gonna try and drag me
into the 21st century?
Or the 20th.
Got it. Come here. Come on!
This is Australia's
greatest sporting moment.
Everyone remembers it because...
..this was the...
first time we won.
(CHEERING AND WHISTLING)
MAN: 'Australia II' picked up
an amazing
one minute and 18 seconds
and with that, slid into the lead
with one leg to sail.
And this was what won it
for 'Australia II'.
- The bulbous winged keel...
- There.
.. that made
the West Australian 12-metre
so competitive.
You see it? There. That.
That's the winged keel.
Alright, now...
They kept it a secret,
and the reason was 'cause
Ben Lexcen, the designer,
he knew better than anyone
how a boat
went through the water.
Keels used to be like this.
He made his like this.
So, what's your winged keel?
Well, I don't have
a winged keel.
Well, then,
you gotta find it.
That is what everyone says.
Grandpa, my teacher.
And now you.
OK. Here's some advice.
Study everything that flies.
(SNAPS FINGERS)
Right.
Oh, I should go back to bed.
Hey.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Thanks, Dad.
Hey, your grandad had some...
some toys in the shed, yeah?
Maybe some of them could fly,
you know?
Yeah.
What?
Shoes.
Who needs that many shoes?
(PLANE DRONES)
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.
- (CRUNCHING)
- Ooh. Sorry.
It's really old, eh?
Ah, that's fine.
- Sorry.
- That's fine.
- Better stand back.
- Yeah, come on.
DYLAN: Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho!
That is so cool!
KEVIN: Awesome!
- What happens now?
- I don't know.
(BANG!)
OK, go! Run!
- (ROCKET POPS)
- (BOTH SCREAM)
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. (LAUGHS)
Just don't be a bully.
I can't stand bullies.
Well, bullies and...
getting needles.
BOTH: Euch.
Mates?
Mates.
I've never had
one of those before.
(CHUCKLES)
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.
(CRICKET COMMENTARY PLAYS)
- Hey. Hey, hey! Oi, oi, oi.
- (GROANS)
- Wake it up. Get up, get up.
- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I'm coming.
Oh, come on!
Clive!
Clive!
Wah!
See you later!
MAN: OK, be careful
not to go over the line.
We're aiming for 25 metres, OK?
Are you ready?
Three, two, one, throw!
- (APPLAUSE)
- Oh, very good throws.
Grab your planes.
OK, next group
up to the line, please.
There you are, Dylan.
(GENERAL CHATTER)
Yep.
MAN: Excuse me. Do you mind
if my son has a photo with you?
MAN 2: No, not at all.
- (CAMERA BEEPS AND CLICKS)
- Got it?
- Thank you very much.
- Good on you. Hey.
- All the best today, Alex.
- Thank you.
WOMAN: 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.
BOY: 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.
MAN:..two, one, throw!
Very good.
Now, go grab your planes.
(APPLAUSE)
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,
that's a foot foul.
Now, we're aiming
for over 25 metres.
If you throw over
25 metres today, you qualify
for the national junior paper
plane championships in Sydney.
We're gonna count down
from three to one,
and when the flag drops,
make sure it's your best throw.
Are you ready?
Three, two, one, fly!
Whoa!
(MAJESTIC MUSIC)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
MAN: Yeah! Almost 30 metres!
Congratulations. Very good.
Uh, hi. I'm Dylan.
Jason.
Hey, I gotta go.
Yeah, well done, Jase.
That was terrific.
- Thanks.
- You happy?
Yeah, I guess.
Excuse me, Mr Jones.
My dad's too shy
to ask for a photo with you.
- He told me I had to do it.
- That's fine, mate.
- Come in, daddy-o.
- Thanks.
That putt you sank
to win the British Open...
- JASON: One, two, three.
- I mean, that was just...
- MAN: Thanks. Cheers.
- JASON: You see?
Winners do celebrate winning,
even 20 years later.
I think you're
missing the point, mate.
Am I, Patrick? Am I?
(BIRD CALLS)
(COMMENTARY PLAYS ON TV)
Where have you been?
At the paper plane competition.
Which was today.
Maybe I should have put it
on one of the old videos
that you're always watching.
Had to go on my own,
and I almost missed the bus, alright?
I tried to wake you, but...
Yeah.
But what?
You just decided
to take money from my wallet?
- Yeah, to buy a bus ticket.
- Alright. Well, you're grounded.
Huh?
I did it 'cause
you wouldn't wake up.
One week.
I made it through to the finals,
if you're interested.
- Great.
- They're next week, in Sydney.
(BANGS TABLE)
(DOOR SLAMS)
(BELL RINGS)
(BICYCLE BELL RINGS)
Grandpa!
What are you doing here?
I've been thinking
about this plane of yours.
- How did you get out?
- Get out?
I'm not a prisoner of war, boy.
Well... I know you need
written permission to leave.
Nah, nah.
That's just red tape.
Hey, hey, hey.
Whoa, Grandpa. Did you...
Did you borrow that ambulance?
I prefer 'stole'.
This is the way to travel,
kiddo.
Let's have
a bit of excitement.
- (SIREN HOWLS)
- (GRANDPA CACKLES)
We should do this
more often, kiddo.
Grandpa, how many laws
have you broken today?
Three.
Four.
Here, boys, doesn't this
bring back some memories?
Great!
I was hoping
it was still here.
Come on, son.
And, uh, put this on.
Um... I'm too old for this, Pa.
Quite the contrary. I'm too old
for this. But just put it on.
But when they arrest us,
I don't want to look like an idiot.
Just put it on
and get up here.
Right.
- Are you right?
- Yep.
- Buckle yourself in, son.
- (SEATBELT CLICKS)
This is gonna be
one hell of a flight.
- OK.
- (SWITCHES CLICK)
Engine ignites. And we're
racing across the runway.
- Grandpa, what are you doing?
- And we lift off!
- (LAUGHS)
- (PROPELLERS WHIRR)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Yee-ha!
Enemy fighters at 12 o'clock!
Hang on!
They're on us, Grandpa!
They're on us!
They're coming in hard!
(GUNFIRE)
GRANDPA: Look out!
We're hit!
- The controls are dead!
- I'll take the controls.
The flaps, kiddo!
Raise the flaps!
GRANDPA: You can do it!
GRANDPA: Whoa!
Yee-ho!
(LAUGHS)
(SIGHS)
Hello, George.
(HANDBRAKE CLICKS)
- Is that right?
- Ah, yes, yes.
But what you want to do is
try throwing with the flaps up.
Yeah.
DYLAN: Give that a go.
OFFICER:
You've gotta be kidding.
OFFICER 2: Oh! Gee!
Hey, it was fun getting arrested
with you, Grandpa.
Cautioned.
Not arrested, cautioned.
Alright. Well...
You know, you really rock,
for someone so old.
(LAUGHS)
See you on
the flip side, kiddo.
- Not if I see you first!
- (LAUGHS)
(DYLAN SIGHS)
KEVIN: Dylan! Wake up!
Wake up, Dylan.
I know you're in there!
Wake up! Dylan!
Come on, Dylan. Get out here
with your clothes on!
Dylan! Get out of
that stinking bed of yours!
- What?! -I'm helping you make
paper planes for Sydney.
- Oh.
- I'm being supportive.
That's what mates do.
Right. Thanks, man.
Now, hurry up
and get up here.
DYLAN: Oh. Alright.
Well, that blew chunks.
(US ACCENT) Hey, stewardess.
Is there a movie
on this flight?
(LAUGHS)
Hurry up! Get up here!
KEVIN: Hurry up!
Get those paper planes up here!
Dylan!
(DOOR OPENS)
DAD: Do you think the car
will make it to Sydney?
(BIRD CALLS)
Thanks for doing this, Dad.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
SONG: ♪ Oh, listen now
to the wind, babe
♪ Listen now to the rain
♪ Feel that water
lickin' at my feet again
♪ I don't want to see
this town no more
♪ Too many years
and I owe my mind
♪ First set of wheels,
heading back Bow River again
♪ First thing you know,
I'll be back in Bow River again. ♪
Welcome, welcome, welcome
to the junior paper plane competition
here in Sydney.
I'm Maureen Prescott,
1985 junior champion of Australia!
- (CHEERING)
- GIRL: We love you, Maureen!
You've all been chosen
because you have a great gift -
the ability to turn this...
..into this.
- Wow.
- Whoo!
In 1999,
this plane took me to compete
in Cape Town, South Africa.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
What?
It's such a lame plane.
I thought it was a joke.
OTHERS: Boo!
Oh, boo yourself.
Oh, anyway.
Today, let me introduce a guest
from Japan - Kimi Muroyama.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
MAUREEN: Kimi is Japan's
current paper plane junior champion.
(LAUGHTER)
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
- Wow.
- (APPLAUSE)
Australia is home
to my favourite bird, the emu,
a bird that cannot fly.
(LAUGHTER)
I'm so excited to be here,
because I get to meet you
and to see your planes.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
KIDS: Wow!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
Let's go!
- DYLAN: Dad!
- Yeah.
- The competition starts today.
- Yeah?
And...parents are invited.
So...maybe you can come
this time.
Hey. Stand here.
Just stand here.
Alright, yeah. Ready?
- (CAMERA CLICKS)
- Did you get it?
Hey, um,
I gotta make a call.
What?
Who you making a call to?
It's just a girl.
A girl?
- Yeah.
- Well, uh...
I'll give you some privacy.
Mm-mm-mm!
- (PHONE BEEPS)
- WOMAN: Reception.
Um, I just wanted to ask for
a room number for Kimi Muroyama.
- 1612.
- Awesome. Thank you.
1612. 1612.
(MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY)
(SIGHS)
(SOARING MUSIC)
(LAUGHS)
"Do emus dream of flying?"
Wow. You are
quite the wordsmith.
How did you get that?
You threw it
into my room, idiot.
Our poor Japanese visitor
has only been here for one day,
one day, and you've already
managed to embarrass her
with a weird love letter.
- What's he talking about?
- Look.
- Just give it back.
- Or what?
- Or we'll have a problem.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- And what would that be?
Don't know, but I guess
you're about to find out.
Is that so?
(SIGHS)
Oops. Sorry.
He's not worth it.
Yeah.
KIMI: "Do emus dream of flying?"
- Too much?
- It's beautiful.
MAUREEN: So, you are
the chosen finalists
from all around Australia.
Today, you're going to compete
in a series of challenges.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
MAUREEN:
The winners will get to go
to the world junior paper plane
championships in Tokyo, Japan!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
OK, everyone, form into
your teams, and good luck!
(LAUGHS)
MAUREEN:
On your mark, get set, go!
Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six.
Five. Four. Three. Two. One.
And stop.
Take your positions.
OK.
Three, two, one. Go!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(LAUGHS) Beat that.
That's what I'm talking about.
(PISTOL FIRES)
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
Wow.
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
(PISTOL FIRES)
Hi.
That was awesome.
That was really incredible.
Thank you.
What are you doing
to that poor plane?
It's a whale.
Right.
My father always said
to look at the natural world
for answers
to life's challenges.
And you're sure that
that works?
Yes.
Alright.
Wouldn't it be great
if it was about
more than whose plane
flies the furthest?
If it was about making something
beautiful or surprising?
That's the competition
I want to win.
You're mad.
Absolutely mad.
MAUREEN: This is it -
the final challenge.
If you succeed, you will get
to represent Australia
at the world championships
in Tokyo.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
The goal is to reach the end
of the 50-metre pool
without using a run-up.
Your plane must touch
the far end of the pool.
If you don't touch
the end of the pool,
you won't be going to Tokyo.
OK, time to throw.
Let's start from this end.
And go!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
CROWD: Aww!
MAUREEN: Go!
CROWD: Ohh!
Go!
- (SCREAMS)
- (LAUGHTER)
MAUREEN: Officials, please,
could you help her?
Right. And go!
(CHEERING)
(CROWD SIGHS)
MAUREEN: And...
..go.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
CROWD: Whoa!
(HOOTER BLOWS)
Come on! Whoo!
(LAUGHS) Whoo!
And go!
(APPLAUSE)
(CROWD GASPS)
(WHISTLING AND APPLAUSE)
(CROWD SIGHS)
- (HOOTER BLOWS)
- Yes! These are our winners!
Dylan and Jason are our winners!
Our Australian representatives
going to Tokyo!
Representing Australia!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Dad? Dad, Dad, Dad.
Dad, Dad.
Second in Australia.
- That's great.
- Yeah, that's great.
I've got to work on my distance.
That's gonna win me the finals.
I reckon we should start
practising on the weekend
so we can find
my winged keel.
Imagine how good
it'll be then.
Well, the finals
are in Japan.
So?
Can I go?
Japan?
- Japan is expensive.
- I know.
But I thought that if,
A, you start working
and, B,
I get an after-school job,
I could at least
make it there and back.
Yeah, maybe.
"Yeah, maybe"?
What does that mean?
Does that mean that you're
gonna start working?
- Can I get an after-school job?
- Shh. I can't...
(SIGHS) It's so...
Oh, it's Japan.
(LAUGHS)
It's an after-school job.
It's ridiculous.
It's not gonna happen.
It's not gonna happen.
I'm sorry.
You're sorry?
No, you're not.
- You are not sorry.
- Oh, come on.
We're in Sydney.
You've been in here the whole time.
You didn't even
come to the competition,
which is the reason
that we're here.
Look. Look at this.
There's a world out there,
alright?
You don't...
You just don't get it.
I don't get it?
You don't get it, Dad!
You don't get it.
I'm 12 and I get it.
She's dead.
She's not gonna come back.
Ever.
We're never gonna
see her again.
- Well done.
- Thanks.
Great job, Dylan.
Congratulations!
Thanks.
- Hi.
- Hi.
You know,
I'd love to stay in contact.
- That'd be great.
- I was thinking Skype?
Yep.
BOTH: Oh!
DYLAN: You right?
Sorry. Ready for that lift
to the airport?
JASON: The officials
have organised it with my dad.
- What?
- Yeah. We're leaving now.
- Come on.
- Oh. OK. Didn't know that.
- 'Bye, Dylan.
- 'Bye...'bye, Kimi.
Skype address.
- (CAR STARTS)
- (CAR DOOR CLOSES)
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
- Dropped ball!
- (KIDS SHOUT)
KEVIN: Dylan!
- So?
- Came second.
Got into the world champs.
- Oh!
- Oh!
Tokyo.
That's in China, right?
TEACHER: Ah, Dylan, my boy.
Congratulations.
Excellent work, my friend.
Inside. Here we go.
You know the drill.
Sombrero time, people.
Sombrero time.
DYLAN: Stop, Clive.
(BIRD CALLS)
How do you do it, Clive?
How do you stay up there
for so long?
(SKYPE CALL RINGS)
- Hi.
- Hello.
- How are you?
- I'm good. I'm good.
This is me.
This is where I live.
Hi! Hello.
- Hi. Hey.
- Sorry. That was my mum.
Hi. Um... You were right.
The answer
is in the natural world.
I found out
that with the bird of prey,
it's their wingspan that keeps
them in the air for so long.
So imagine this is the bird -
it kind of...
..changes its wingspan.
- Oh!
- It changes it as it glides.
And that just keeps it up.
Get some paper.
I'll show you something.
If you like birds,
you'll like this.
Follow me. Grab this corner.
And pull it through the fold
like this.
Now, this is called
the valley line.
- Like this?
- That's right.
And now, the tricky bit. See?
It's called the diamond shape.
- This?
- Yes.
Now, the pinch
for the neck and beak.
And voila!
See? You can turn paper
into anything.
It's great.
- Thanks, Kimi.
- (LAUGHS)
(ABC NEWS THEME PLAYS)
(CHIMES TINKLE)
WOMAN: Tell us about the kids
who are going to Tokyo.
- Oh!
- Dylan and Jason.
Dylan and Jason, Dylan and Jason.
They are amazing.
They have
two very different planes.
Two very different
techniques.
Dad, Dad, Dad!
I'm on TV! I'm on TV!
Come on, come on, come on.
Come here.
Jason and Dylan,
our world champions.
I got, I got it.
OK. It's recording.
- WOMAN: How does that feel?
- This is the other guy.
Very proud.
I'm thrilled, actually.
A different event,
which is terrific.
- He has his own thing. Um...
- Patrick.
WOMAN: So you're obviously
very skilled
at making paper planes -
what's your trick?
Well, you see, the trick to
making the perfect paper plane
is to study its flight path
in a space
with absolutely
no movement of air.
REPORTER: And that opportunity
was provided
for Jason today in Sydney.
JASON: Correct. I have been
studying how my plane works.
It is truly amazing.
I was amazed at...
That's a bit unfair.
And it will be amazing.
Trust me.
We can't even afford
my flights.
MAN: In other news, a meeting
of Australian and New Zealand
health ministers have backed
a call for compulsory grading
of genetically modified food.
Come with me.
- Come on.
- Now?
Come on!
- Come on!
- Where are we going?
- Where are we going?
- Where are we going?
Come on!
(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC)
What do you reckon?
Buy up, people. Buy up big.
- WOMAN: Come on. It's too much.
- DYLAN: What are these?
Anything you see on the table.
You want?
It's too much.
Hello, Mabel. Anything?
- Nothing.
- You've sold nothing?!
Mr Hickenlooper?
- How are we going money-wise?
- Maybe...half of what you need.
- (SIGHS)
- Sorry, mate.
But, hey, day's not done yet.
Chin up.
GEORGE: Kiddo!
- (HIP-HOP MUSIC)
- Grandpa!
SONG: ♪ My milkshake brings
all the boys to the yard... ♪
- Kiddo!
- Grandpa!
So where do we set it up?
Whoa!
(LAUGHS) Look at this.
- Cakes! Cake!
- George.
- ♪ But I have to charge... ♪
- How are you, mate?
- GEORGE: Very well indeed.
- Ladies.
Ladies. Ladies.
(GENERAL CHATTER)
(PLAYS GLISSANDO)
(CRASH!)
How much for the piano?
That's not for sale.
Come on, mate.
Everything's for sale.
I could do with the money,
but it's, uh...
- No, it's just not for sale.
- Two grand.
It's worth a lot more
than that, mate.
OK, OK. Look... 2-5.
No, I'm sorry.
It has sentimental value.
There's nothing more sentimental
than a roll of cash, mate.
MAN: OK. Three grand.
Not a penny more.
It belongs to my wife.
MAN: Well, you'd better
get her down here, mate.
She might be able
to talk some sense into you.
She's clearly not using it.
Please.
Yeah. Um...
Yeah, I'm sorry. I...
I... I just want it
for my daughter.
She's...just starting out.
You know, she's good.
She's really talented.
But, uh...
Sorry.
Oh.
If you change your mind, um,
give me a call.
Quite a few sales, eh?
Yeah, it's OK.
Do you want to
just pop it here?
- Oh, yep.
- Thanks, mate.
OK. I've got the total
from today's event.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah?
$1,745.65.
(GASPS)
1,000?
Whoa!
Those old ladies
with the scones?
They moved a lot of units.
And that, Dylan, is enough
to get one of you to Japan.
Mr Hickenlooper.
And you're...you're certain
you counted it up correctly?
Dylan. I'm your maths teacher.
Everyone! I'm going to Japan!
- Terrific! Oh, wonderful!
- (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
- GEORGE: Good on ya!
- Nice one, Dylan!
- Thank you, Mr Hickenlooper.
- That's alright, mate.
I don't have to
get any vaccination
to go to Japan, do I?
No, mate, not for Japan.
That's alright.
I just cannot stand needles.
HICKENLOOPER:
Go and tell your dad, eh?
Hey. We...
WOMAN: Splash Daddy.
Splash Daddy!
(DAD AND WOMAN LAUGH)
Splash Daddy.
Whoo!
Say "Hi, Daddy."
"Hi, Daddy!"
(WOMAN LAUGHS)
DAD: You gonna
go in the water?
- (DAD LAUGHS)
- Mwah!
(CICADAS CHIRP)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Just come to the airport,
Dad, please?
You'll be fine.
I know I'll be fine, but...
- I can't leave you like this.
- I'll be fine.
- Alright. Then I'm not gonna go.
- Yes, you are.
I'm not going.
You're gonna go
and have a great time.
'Cause you love it, yeah?
- Yeah.
- Love your paper planes.
I love it.
Why do you love it so much?
Hm?
Because...for those few moments
that the plane is flying...
Mm-hm?
..I can forget.
Forget what?
This.
(BOWL SCRAPES)
I, uh...thought you might like
something to remind you of home,
if you're missing us.
(LAUGHS)
Oh, you're still
my favourite living fossil.
So you go forth and partake
in this grand adventure,
little man.
I will.
Can you check up on Dad?
Just keep an eye on him?
Will do.
(EXCITING MUSIC)
You are having fun?
Yeah.
WOMAN: Ladies and gentlemen,
our ceremony is about to commence.
Please take your seats.
- (SPEAKS JAPANESE)
- Kimi!
You made it.
Hey!
Don't you want to go and meet
some of these people?
You know I've got no time
for that, Patrick.
Stop calling me Patrick.
I'm your father.
- How are you?
- Better now you're here.
- You look cool.
- Yeah.
This is fun.
This is exciting.
JASON: That's the thing.
You need to do better, you know?
You need to be focused on me.
They're the enemy.
No, they're not -
they're a pleasant people
who make paper aeroplanes
as a hobby.
WOMAN: Maureen Prescott,
please come to the stage.
We can't be friends
with them, OK?
They're competitors, alright?
Competitors.
Do you want me
to go home a loser?
Well, I think
that's a simplistic question.
Oh, yes, it is.
Do you want me
to go home a loser?
- Well, no, but...
- Good. Now prove it.
WOMAN:
Please come to the stage.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
WOMAN: Welcome, everyone,
to the imperial garden in Tokyo.
The five steps
in the traditional process
of making paper
is here in the garden today.
- KIDS: Ew!
- KID: It stinks!
WOMAN:
Before you fold paper,
you have to understand
and appreciate
how to make paper.
- Arigato.
- Thank you.
Ow!
Hey, stop it!
What are you afraid of?
It's just paper.
Hey, mate.
What do you think
you're doing?
Besides embarrassing
20 million Australians.
- Pull your head in.
- What did you just say?
- You heard.
- What did you just say?
Jump ahead a few minutes.
How do you think this is
gonna work out for you?
(MAN CALLS OUT IN JAPANESE)
(P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT
IN JAPANESE)
Hey.
You gonna
go and cry to your dad
when you come last
in the finals later, huh?
Back off, Jason.
You're doing a great job to make sure
you don't have any friends.
Well, maybe I am.
But at least my father's here
to see me win.
- Right.
- White trash.
(DYLAN GROANS)
Dylan!
(YELLS)
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
It seems like you have
sprained your wrist.
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
- It will take a week to recover.
- A week?
This is...
this is my throwing wrist.
- I need to use it tomorrow.
- (SPEAKS JAPANESE)
Lucky you have another wrist.
- Oh. Ha-ha.
- (RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)
What happened? What happened?
I tripped.
You tripped?
Yeah, I...I tripped.
Really, it's fine.
Really.
Get some rest.
You've got a big day tomorrow.
Um, by the looks of it,
it doesn't seem like
I'm doing anything tomorrow.
- (SPEAKS JAPANESE)
- (SPEAKS JAPANESE)
There might be one thing
we could do.
Yeah? What...what?
Do you really want this wrist
to get better?
Yes. Anything. Anything.
(MOANS)
Ah, not to worry. Only 12 more.
(DYLAN SCREAMS)
It's not that bad.
KIMI: How is it feeling?
Not great.
May I have a look?
Well, it's...
Friends don't keep secrets.
Yeah.
That's my mum.
Oh. She's beautiful.
She...she died five months ago.
She was a piano teacher.
What happened?
Uh, a car accident.
Oh. That sucks.
Yeah. Badly.
So your dad didn't come
because of work?
Well, my...my dad hasn't done
a lot of work since the accident.
Yeah, well...well, he hasn't
really done a lot of anything.
At all. (LAUGHS)
- (SIGHS)
- Thank you.
That's amazing.
I should have just let it be.
I sh...
I shouldn't have
said anything to Jason.
That guy's a bully.
You did the right thing.
Yeah, but is it...
is it worth losing for?
Winning and losing
doesn't matter.
- Come on.
- It doesn't.
It's about making something beautiful,
and surprising.
Like your book.
Look, I know
what you're saying,
but you still want to win, right?
If you have to ask me,
then you haven't been listening
and don't know me at all.
DYLAN: Sorry?
You're going?
What?
What happened?
SONG: ♪ Dear Mother,
it's been so long
♪ Since I had to say goodbye
♪ They say time flies
but I must say
♪ Sometimes it just crawled by
♪ I still think about you
every day
♪ I hope that comes
as no surprise
♪ How I would love
to see you now
♪ What I wouldn't give
♪ But life did not bend
to my wishes
♪ And so I had to
learn to live... ♪
Hey.
It's Dylan, right?
Yeah. Yeah.
Think you're gonna
win tomorrow?
I don't know.
But I really, really want to.
Yeah? Why is that?
Well... You know,
everyone loves a winner. Right?
And if...if I go home a winner,
maybe my dad...
..might want to
hang out with me.
Well, you know what?
He's family, mate. And sometimes...
Sometimes they take a little while
to come good.
But, uh,
if you stick with them,
they will, eventually.
Well, I hope you're right.
Thanks, Mr Jones.
♪ Dear Mother,
I know I'm not the only one
♪ Who had someone taken away
too young
♪ Still, that doesn't make it
feel alright
♪ To not have had you then
and still not have you now
♪ I still think about you
every day
♪ I hope that comes
as no surprise... ♪
(ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS)
DYLAN: Hi, Dad.
How's everything going?
Hopefully good. (LAUGHS) Um...
Tokyo's great.
Well, in fact, it's amazing.
Uh, today, I learnt
all about making paper
in the ancient gardens.
That was pretty cool.
Well, the finals
start tomorrow.
Pretty nervous.
Been working on my planes.
Um... Yeah, everything's great.
Uh... Oh. I sprained my wrist,
which is...bit of a bummer.
But it's feeling better
thanks to the help of acupuncture,
which was pretty good,
but, um...
Yep. I've been having
the most amazing time.
It's really fun. Hopefully,
we come back here some day.
And...
I wanted...I wanted
to say to you that I'm...
..I'm going
to stick with you...
..for as...
for as long as it takes.
(SNIFFS)
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Hope you got that. Um...
Yeah. Well, I'll...
see you soon.
Wish me luck.
Um... Love you, Dad. 'Bye.
(SIGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(MAN SPEAKS JAPANESE
THROUGH BULLHORN)
(BIRD CAWS)
MAN: Welcome to the eight finalists
of this year's
world junior
paper plane championships!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
Today's competition is being
watched across the world!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(EXCITED SCREAMING)
ALL: Dylan!
Dylan! Dylan! Dylan! Dylan!
Dylan! Dylan!
MAN: Would the finalists please
move to the competition area?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
- Good luck.
- I don't need any luck.
I hope you get
a really bad paper cut.
Good luck, Kimi.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Go, Dylan!
The rules remain the same.
You will have 90 seconds
to complete your plane.
This time,
we will electronically
measure the distance.
(BEEPING)
Sweet.
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
(BLADE RINGS)
(CHEERING)
(GASPING)
Are you ready?
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
(CHEERING)
You can do it! You can do it!
You can do it!
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
- (PAPER SCRAPES)
- Arggh!
45 seconds left!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(BIRD CALLS)
Oh! 10 more seconds.
Let's count down.
(COUNTS DOWN IN JAPANESE)
Stop there!
Please take your positions.
Please get ready.
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Come on, come on, come on.
You're almost there.
(BEEPING)
- I did it! Yeah-heh-heh-heh!
- (LAUGHS)
(BEEPING)
No!
Yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It's amazing.
- Whoa!
- (RHYTHMIC CLAPPING)
(BEEPING)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC)
Dad! Dad!
It's beautiful.
Yeah. I found my winged keel.
It was Clive.
- Clive?
- Yeah. Clive.
OK.
- Thanks, Dad.
- Good on ya, mate.
You'll stick by me, yeah?
Yeah.
For as long as it takes.
I promise.
We have the winners!
Third place - Jason Jones!
Go. Go and cheer on
your mates, mate.
(LAUGHS)
MAN: Second place -
Kimi Muroyama!
First place...
..Dylan Webber!
(YELLS EXCITEDLY)
(ALL CHEER)
Bam!
Congratulations.
Thanks, mate.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONG: ♪ There is beauty
in the world
♪ So much beauty in the world
♪ Always beauty
in the world
♪ So much beauty in the world
♪ Shake your booty,
boys and girls
♪ For the beauty in the world
♪ Pick your diamond
Pick your pearl
♪ There is beauty in the world
♪ When I look around,
I see blue skies
♪ I see butterflies for us
♪ Listen to the sound
♪ And lose it
♪ It's sweet music
♪ And dance with me
♪ And dance
with me
♪ There is beauty in the world
So much beauty in the world
♪ Pick your diamond
Pick your pearl
♪ There is beauty in the world
♪ Heya
♪ Throw your hands up and holler
Heya
♪ Throw your hands up
and holler
♪ When you don't know
what to do
♪ Don't know
if you'll make it through
♪ Remember, God has given you
♪ Beauty in the world
Oh, Lord
♪ Beauty in the world
♪ Yeah, love
Oh, Lord
♪ Beauty in the world
♪ Shake your booty,
boys and girls
♪ Oh, the beauty in the world
♪ There is hope for love
♪ There is beauty
in the world. ♪
KEVIN: Dylan! Wake up!
I know you're in there!