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WOMAN: (OVER PA SYSTEM)
Flight 291 is now boarding.

All passengers please
proceed to Gate 1.

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

(BUZZER SOUNDS)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(DOOR SHUTS)

(SIGHS)

CUSTOMS AGENT: Please
state your name.

Rebecca Smallbone, sir.

- Your name?
- Daniel Smallbone.

Ben. (HESITATES) Benjamin.

Uh, Joel.

Luke.

Joshua.

So just the six kids then, huh?

(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

So tell me, uh, what are
you doing in America?

Ma'am, I'm gonna have to ask
you to look forward, please.

Tell me, what's your name?

Ma'am, your name.

(PA SYSTEM DINGS)

G'day and good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome aboard
Qantas Flight 199,

with service from
Sydney to Los Angeles.

Flight time will be 14
hours and 32 minutes.

We ask that you remain seated

until the captain turns
off the seatbelt sign,

at which time it
will be safe to...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(BIRDS SCREECHING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

DAVID: Everybody
get ready to rock

'cause all the way
from the U.S.A...

Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome, Stryper!

(CROWD CHEERING)

(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

So good, Joshie.

STRYPER MEMBER: To
hell with the devil!

♪ To hell with the devil ♪

♪ To hell with the devil ♪

♪ Well, speak of the devil ♪

- Art!
- David.

- Hey. (CHUCKLES)
- You did it again.

I told 'em back home,

"You wanna conquer the
outback, I got your guy."

- Oh, look.
- Amazing.

Every promoter dreams
of bands like this.

So, it makes my job easy.

Hey, have you met
my better half?

Hi. Helen.

Wow. Helen.

- HELEN: Oh.
- (KISSES)

Your much better half.

David, listen.

I've been talking with
Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key,

- planning an Australian tour.
- Oh, yeah. Okay.

With all due respect,

that's a bit of a
step back. Right?

I mean, hey, look
at the audience.

The Australian crowd,
they've delivered,

I've delivered.

We're ready for more.
We're ready for Amy.

Now, look, man,

that's way more
than a step forward.

- Ah.
- Getting her band,

bringing production down here.

Yeah, we'd make back every cent.

Look, she's at the
top of her game.

I'm at the top of mine.

One plus one equals three.

All right, look.

I'll talk to her
team. We'll catch up.

DAVID: All right. ART:
Just give a listen.

- Think about it.
- DAVID: Thanks very much.

Might be... (KISSES)
another late one.

Kiss the kids goodnight for me.

Good night.

STRYPER MEMBER: ♪
With the devil ♪

(PA SYSTEM DINGS)

(SEATBELT CLICKS)

(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

You okay?

You should go to
sleep now, okay?

LUKE: Can Dad come tuck me in?

Oh, he's at work, honey.

Why is he working all the time?

Well, takes a lot to
live out your dream.

You know, a lot of hard
work and sacrifice.

(KISSES)

Do you have a dream, Mum?

My dream has always been to
have a great, big family.

So you've already
got your dream, then.

Night, Lukey.

So, this is it, huh?

It's a done deal?

I've gotta crosscheck a
couple of deal points,

but it's as good as done, yeah.

Well, I am proud of
you, however it goes.

Oh, there's only one
way it can go, darling.

It's Amy Grant.

I always loved your optimism.

It's just a lot of money.

And I feel like we're putting
our lives on the line.

You don't think I'm up for it?

No. I... You know I do.

I'm just not sure I am.

It's not just the finances.
The kids miss you. I miss you.

I know. Look, it's
a two-week tour.

I'll take one of the boys.

And then they'll
all settle down.

We'll go on holidays.

What do you reckon?

Nothing in this
business is ever 100%.

But this is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity, darl.

She'll be all right.

PAUL KEATING: (ON TV) And
the first thing to say is

that the accounts do show

that Australia's in a recession.

This is a recession that
Australia had to have.

NEWS ANCHOR: And that was
our Deputy Prime Minister,

Paul Keating.

In other news, American artist,

Amy Grant finishes off her
coast-to-coast tour tonight

at the Opera House.

And now here's her
number one hit,

- Lead Me On.
- (CROWD CLAPPING)

You're listening to Triple FM.

They're thrilled
to have you here.

It's gonna be a
great show, David.

I'm so sorry, Amy.

Hey.

(CROWD CHEERING)

♪ Lead me on, lead me on ♪

♪ To a place where
the river runs ♪

♪ Into Your keeping, oh ♪

♪ Lead me on, lead me on ♪

♪ The awaited deliverance... ♪

(AIRPLANE RUMBLING)

(PA SYSTEM DINGS)

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: (OVER
PA) Ladies and gentlemen,

looks like we're headed through
a little bit of a rough patch.

So let's buckle those seatbelts.

If you look out the left
side of the aircraft,

you'll see a glorious sunrise.

We're four hours from
the United States.

(BABY COOING)

DAVID: I had the
billboards, the radio ads,

TV spots, flyers...

ART: And I had two
other promoters

begging for your job,
but I gave it to you.

DAVID: And then the
economy crashed...

Look, it doesn't matter.

It's your job to
put butts in seats.

There's more to...
- It's your job to do the math

like you said you could.

I did everything I know to do.

And look, tell Amy
that again, I'm...

Amy doesn't know about this
and she doesn't need to.

Because she'd give you
the shirt off her back,

if I'd let her.

But I can't. I have
to look out for her.

I got a crew to pay
and promises to keep.

Art. I'm gonna lose everything.

Man, I wish I could help you.

You signed the
contract, brother.

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

(SLOW TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC SWELLS)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

Kids?

- Helen?
- HELEN: We're in the backyard!

- PARTY GUESTS: Surprise!
- (PARTY HORN HONKING)

MAN: Hip-hip! PARTY
GUESTS: Hurray!

PARTY GUESTS: ♪ For he's
a jolly good fellow ♪

♪ For he's a jolly
good fellow ♪

♪ And so say all of us... ♪

- (PARTY HORN HONKING)
- (PARTY GUESTS CHEERING)

(HELEN LAUGHING)

Happy birthday, darling.

- How ya going, old bloke?
- Dad.

(CHUCKLES) Hi. Hey.
Happy birthday, my boy.

Oh, I think we got him,
hey, Grandpa James?

- I think so.
- Are you surprised, Dad?

- Are you?
- I couldn't be more surprised.

(HELEN LAUGHING)

JOSHUA: Let's
party! LUKE: Yeah!

(UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

MAN: That rhythmical beat,

so strong in the
Australian nation.

You wanna clap your
hands or anything,

don't feel shy or embarrassed.

DANIEL: All the
Roosters have signed it.

- Oh, wow. Blow me down.
- (PARTY GUESTS LAUGHING)

Right, thank you,
boys. Thanks, darling.

- (GLASS CLINKING)
- JAMES: I...

I will begin by
thanking Hel herself...

(PARTY GUESTS LAUGHING)

I meant to say Helen, for
this very grand party,

and for the way
she's loved my son.

And for giving me,
not one, not three,

but six grandchildren.

(PARTY GUESTS LAUGHING)

You're the family glue, Hel.

And now on to the
man of the hour.

(CLICKS TONGUE) My
old man of a son,

David Tom.

You've always been
a renegade, David.

Dreamed big, sometimes
too big for my comfort,

and, uh, for Helen's
too, I'm sure.

(HELEN CHUCKLES)

But you've always
found your footing.

You've provided.

You've achieved so much.

But look around you, David.

Your wife, your family...

Your faith.

Now, son, that's what
makes you rich in life.

Yours is the earth and
everything that's in it.

To David.

ALL: To David.
CHILDREN: To Dad.

Okay, okay. One more prezzie.

Thank you, darl.

HELEN: Surprise, my love.

(MAN GASPS)

Aw.

- (ALL CHEERING, LAUGHING)
- (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

PARTY GUESTS: ♪ Happy
birthday to you ♪

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

♪ Happy birthday, dear David ♪
- ♪ Happy birthday, dear Dad ♪

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

(PARTY GUESTS
CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

HELEN: What is it
you're not telling me?

I'm worried about you

and what the doctor
said when you had Josh.

Oh, darl, I'm not.

Don't worry.

That's not it, is
it? What's wrong?

It's all right.
I'll sort it out.

Okay.

What is it you're sorting out?

- Helen, I...
- (SIGHS) David.

(DAVID SIGHS)

It's the Amy tour.

I'm gonna lose half
a million dollars.

Helen. I'm sorry.

No one anticipated this economy.

(SLOW SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

We're gonna lose everything.

(RETCHING)

(CONTINUES RETCHING)

(TOILET FLUSHING)

(SIGHS)

(LINE RINGING)

EDDIE: Hello? DAVID:
Eddie DeGarmo.

Uh, David Smallbone
in Australia.

EDDIE: The David
Smallbone from Australia

is the only David
Smallbone I know.

Right.

Hey, you still looking to
come down here, uh, to tour?

We're not hoping, we're coming.

You still need a promoter?
- We got it figured out.

Found someone who
actually believes in us.

I believe in you.

Couple months ago,

shoe was on the other
foot, wasn't it?

I gotta get back to bed.

By the way, do you know
what time it is over here?

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

DAVID: Robert, g'day.

David Smallbone
here. How are ya?

Yeah, just checking in to
see if you need a hand...

Dave. How are you, young Sheila?

Right. Right, give me a ring.

Need any assistance?

Look, I'm free to do
whatever you'd like.

Rosie. David, here.

Yeah, it's been donkey's ages.

Hey, Chris, how ya going?

Liam, howdy. You
know any openings?

I'll, uh, I'll be
glad to help out...

Well, I'm around.

Yeah, we're doing all
right. Thanks for asking.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

CARMAN: (OVER PHONE) David.
How's life down under?

Oh, I was, uh, hoping
you'd come find out.

You know, I'd love to.

We're running fast and
pushing hard over here.

Oh, that's commendable.

Unless you're running
in circles, obviously.

Are you?

Darling, it's Carman.
He's a major artist.

- (PANTING)
- And, it's Nashville.

It's where the industry is.

- It's where one industry is.
- It's the only one I know.

Yeah, and we have to move
halfway around the world for it.

You married me for adventure.

Yeah, when I was 20.

Is there really no other way?

I could go ahead
for a few months

and get everything set...

No, we don't break
up the family.

We stay together.

(HELEN SIGHS)

Darling, I'm done in.

(HELEN SIGHS)

There's nothing
left for us here.

Oh, Bec just got lead
vocals in school band.

Daniel's made the swim team.

Joshie's about to
go into year one.

What, we just pluck
'em out of school?

We couldn't afford to
keep 'em in school,

even if we stayed.

Yeah, but I'm saying
they have lives.

We have lives. And
friends and family.

And also, I'm preggers.

So how can we say
goodbye to everything

that we know and love
without being sure

that there's absolutely
no other way?

Helen, you know I'd
do any job for you.

- But the economy's wrecked.
- (SIGHS)

I'm 40.

Music is all I know. It's
what I was made to do.

I can't sing, I can't play,

but I can connect an
artist to an audience.

I can connect
people to something

higher and greater
than the here and now.

I don't want the kids
to see me settle,

'cause I don't want
them to settle.

I wanna do something
that matters.

- And this is it.
- (SIGHS)

This is my last chance.

(SIGHS)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

Two years. We can do two years.

That's enough time for
you to have a real go.

And it also gives us an out
if things aren't working.

Two years.

(KISSES)

Just read it when you get there.

(SOBBING) Love you.

Keep telling myself,
it's just two years.

Your visa says six months.

Yeah, well, we'll have to renew.

Oh, surely by then,

you'll all have come
to your senses, love.

(SIGHS)

Applied for all
the kids, did you?

Mum.

Can't wait to see
you again. (SOBBING)

(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

Sad to see you go, but
it'll be good for you.

All of you. Great
things in store.

Don't let him miss
it, all right?

(JAMES SNIFFLES)

"If you can dream..."

"And not make dreams
your master..."

"You'll be a man, my son."

(KISSES)

- I'll keep him in check.
- I know you will.

Go give America all the
hell they can handle.

Okay.

(AIRPLANE THUDDING)

(PA SYSTEM DINGS)

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: (OVER
PA) Ladies and gentlemen,

it's our pleasure to welcome you

to Los Angeles, California,

also known as The
City of Angels.

For your safety and the
safety of those around you,

please remain seated with
your seatbelt fastened,

and keep the aisles clear
until we're parked at the gate.

(UPBEAT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Okay, stay close. Let's go.

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

How many?

Uh, eight of us. Two
adults and six kids.

Catholic?

What brings you and six
kids to the United States,

Mr. Smallbone?

Well, if I was gonna
come up with a fake name,

it wouldn't be that one, right?

Yeah.

Uh...

In the music industry.

Here to start a record
label with an artist.

How long you intend to stay?

- Six months and...
- Two years.

You told us two years.

These here are six-month visas.

Right. If needed, we'd apply
for an extension, of course.

I'm gonna have to ask
you to step aside.

I'll be right with you.

Door to the side, please.

Let's go, kids.
Let's go this way.

(LUGGAGE UNZIPS)

CUSTOMS AGENT: So tell me, uh,
what are you doing in America?

Ma'am, I'm gonna have to
ask you to look forward.

We're gonna miss our flight.

If they don't send us back home.

CUSTOMS AGENT: What's your name?

Ma'am, your name.

Oh, sorry. Helen Smallbone.

Oh. That's from my mum.

Ma'am, you're gonna
need to stand back.

- I'm not gonna ask you again.
- (SNIFFLES, SOBS)

(JOSHUA SOBBING)

Joshie. (SHUSHES)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(JOSHUA CONTINUES SOBBING)

(SOFTLY) The baby's onesie.

(JOSHUA CONTINUES SOBBING)

- (SNIFFLES)
- HELEN: Joshie, no.

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

Stop crying, all right?
Please stop crying.

CUSTOMS AGENT:
Ma'am, keep him quiet

or we'll need to separate you.

(JOSHUA CONTINUES SOBBING)

Shut those tears off right away.

Okay? Shut 'em off.

You be a big boy now.

REBECCA: Josh. Stop it!

(JOSHUA CONTINUES SOBBING)

♪ For the rhythm of my heart ♪

♪ It's beating like a drum ♪

♪ With the words "I love
you" Rolling off my tongue ♪

(JOSHUA STOPS SOBBING)

REBECCA: ♪ No,
never will I roam ♪

♪ For I know my place is ♪

♪ Home ♪

♪ Where the ocean
meets the sky ♪

♪ I'll be sailing ♪

CUSTOMS AGENT:
You're free to go.

(HELEN SIGHS)

CUSTOMS AGENT: You
can thank your mom.

Fine, let's go. Kids,
get your things.

HELEN: We gotta go.

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

Welcome to America.

(UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

Hey, I think this is us, guys.

Hi, there. How're
you all doing today?

DAVID: Oh, we're in
a terrible state.

We got stuck in Customs,
and coppers kept us

in secondary for donkey's ages,

the kids are knackered.

Can we still get to
Nashville this arvo?

I, I'm sorry. What?

Uh, what he meant to say is
that we're all pretty weary

and we got pulled
aside by Customs agents

and I think we've missed
our flight to Nashville.

Could you maybe check

if there's another
flight this afternoon?

TICKET AGENT: Of course, ma'am.

- Why didn't he just say so?
- (KEYBOARD CLACKING)

Uh, nothing with eight seats
for another three days.

- Oh, fair dinkum!
- TICKET AGENT: Sonny,

I'm gonna have to ask you
to watch your language.

HELEN: We so appreciate
you checking.

Do you have any other ideas?

(RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
BY JESUS JONES PLAYING)

(TRAIN HORN BLOWING)

(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)

♪ A woman on the radio
Talks about revolution ♪

♪ When it's already
passed her by ♪

♪ Bob Dylan didn't have
this to sing about ♪

♪ You know it feels
good to be alive ♪

♪ I was alive and
I waited, waited ♪

♪ I was alive ♪

WOMAN: (OVER PA SYSTEM)
Attention, please.

The train is approaching
Kansas City Union Station.

(MUSIC CONTINUES
PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES)

CARMAN: This is
Carman. Leave a message

- after the beep.
- (BEEP)

Hey, sorry to keep missing you.

We've had a few delays.

Just a couple days out.

I'm really looking forward
to getting started.

(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC CONTINUES)

DAVID: Yeah, this
is us on the right.

Thanks very much for the ride.

- How much do we owe you?
- TAXI DRIVER: $14.

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

Where's all the furniture?

I'll try to call Carman again.

Where are we gonna sleep?

Mum? What're we gonna do?

(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

Okay, hop in, Lukey.

Hey, Mum, when do we get
to sleep in real beds?

(SIGHS)

Well, you got the
rest of your lives

to sleep in real beds, you know?

But it's just so
boring. (CHUCKLES)

Sometimes when I
sleep in a real bed

and I've got nothing
to do, I just...

(LAUGHING)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

Think about it.
Cowboys. Astronauts.

Knights in shining armor.

They don't need real beds. No.

Because they have
adventure beds.

Beds that say, "I don't know
what tomorrow's gonna bring",

"because my life
is an adventure."

And that's what this is.

Our exciting adventure.

Together.

I meet with Carman first
thing in the morning.

Almost out of the woods, darl.

I'll sort it out.

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

G'day. I'm here for
Carman at nine o'clock.

- David, you made it!
- Oh, that's one way to put it.

Ah!

- How's Helen? And the kids?
- Oh, she's... They're tired.

We got in around midnight
last night, but look,

I hate to cut to the chase
but if we can get squared away

on the contract and
the bonus and a car.

We really need a car.

(CHUCKLES)

You remember Pierce, right?

(STUTTERS) Go ahead
and take a seat, David.

Day five of the epic test match,

Smallbones versus Smallbones,

with Smallbones on
the cusp of victory.

- You bet we are.
- (DOOR SHUTS)

Let's go, World
Cup for Australia!

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

Dad, this place is awesome!

We can play cricket
in the house!

You're back already?
That was quick.

(CHILDREN CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY)

What happened?

(SIGHS)

He, uh, took a better deal.

His label got wind
of what we were doing

and they extended his contract.

(SIGHS)

Helen, I'll...

Groceries.

Take Daniel and Bec.
It's a long walk.

(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR SHUTS)

(BREATH TREMBLING)

(SOBBING SOFTLY)

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

That's what got us
through Customs.

It's a miracle.

It's like some kind of sign
that we're supposed to be here.

(SIGHS)

I agreed to two years.

And come what may,

I am not gonna be another person

that breaks a promise to you.

(KISSES)

(SLOW INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ Thank you, Lord,
for giving us food ♪

♪ Right where we are ♪

♪ Amen ♪

I know some of you are
excited to be here,

and others less so.

I for one, am absolutely
thrilled to be here.

- Oh, nice one, Joelsy.
- No worries, Bec.

HELEN: Thank you, Joel.

However you guys feel
about being here,

we completely understand.

But the fact is, we are here,
and we need to make it work.

And we need to
make some changes.

Starting with me and your dad.

We need to be honest with you,
because we need your help.

On my last tour back home,
I lost a lot of money.

Want us to help you find it?

It's gone now, darling.
Thank you, though.

- (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
- And because of that,

no one would hire
me in Australia,

so I got a job here.

And this morning...

(SIGHS) that job fell through.

Wait. So we're not going back?

Your dad and I believe

that this is where
we're supposed to be.

- So this isn't an adventure?
- HELEN: Oh, no, it is.

Every adventure has
perils and pitfalls.

And pirates.

Yeah, we've had a fair
few of those, haven't we?

So we have to be brave together.

And it's not enough for us
to just be here for Dad.

We have to be here for
each other as well.

And we need to pray, every day,

for everything that we need.

This is everything we have.

And sometimes it's gonna grow,
and sometimes it will shrink.

Rent, bills, groceries.

But it cannot be
allowed to disappear.

Can we pray now? I'll start.

God, I pray that
you will give us

everything that we need.

A job for Dad.

If it'll help, I wouldn't
mind having one, too.

- Same.
- Me, too.

- And we need food.
- And a car.

And furniture,

so we don't have to
sleep on the floor.

Not that I mind.

God knows your mind,

so you might as well
be honest, Benji.

- All right, all right.
- LUKE: You wanna pray, Dad?

God...

I don't even really
know where to start.

But I ask that you would
show Mum and me, all of us...

show us the way.

- Amen.
- CHILDREN: Amen.

HELEN: Come on.

(CONGREGATION
SINGING ALL TO JESUS)

Come on, come on,
rattle your dags.

♪ All to Thee, my
blessed Savior ♪

♪ I surrender all ♪

LUANNE: Please be seated.

- (INDISTINCT WHISPERING)
- LUANNE: So before we continue

our journey through the Psalms,

I'm gonna read you some
Sunday announcements.

Sorry. Excuse me.

LUANNE: There's a
clothing and a food drive

at the Metro Mission Center...

Sorry. Excuse me.

Taking clothing
and food donations.

And y'all, the youth group
gets back up and running

this Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

And the homeschool
tutorial starts

a week from Monday at 9:00 a.m.

Talk to Kay Albright
if you're interested.

So would you please stand for
the reading of God's Word?

"I lift up my eyes
to the mountains.

"Where does my help come from?

"My help comes from the Lord,"

"the Maker of Heaven and Earth."

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

"Nashville Homeschool Tutorial."

Homeschooling? Darl.

Well, public school
already started.

So, you know, maybe
we just try it

for a semester and
see how it goes?

How y'all doin'?
Y'all must be new.

We'd have noticed
you before now,

- no offense.
- (HELEN AND DAVID CHUCKLE)

We do sort of stand out,
don't we? (CHUCKLES)

Are y'all from England?

Uh, Australia.

Australia. Wish I had an accent.

- Appreciate it.
- (CHUCKLING) Yeah.

Well, I'm Kay. This
is my husband, Jed.

- Helen.
- David.

- JED: Nice to meet you.
- G'day.

My name's Joshua, but
you can call me Josh.

(JED AND KAY CHUCKLE)

Well, it's good to know, Josh.

Are you guys visiting or?

- Oh, this is home...
- Two years.

Do you know anything about
the, um, homeschool tutorial?

Oh, yeah. Yeah,
we've got two girls.

They just love it.

Are y'all thinking
of joining us?

Yeah, if there's space.

I mean, there are a
fair few of us, though.

(CHUCKLES) You don't say.

Tell you what, you need
any help signing up,

anything at all,

- you just give me a ring.
- Thank you.

- Yeah.
- Well,

welcome to Nashville, y'all.

(HELEN SIGHS)

DAVID: We're in luck, boys.

(LAWNMOWER WHIRRING)

(LAWNMOWER STOPS)

Hey, Joely, Luke,
let's empty her out.

(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

- STEVE: Hey, neighbor.
- G'day.

(CHUCKLES) That's quite
a crew you got there.

Yeah, proper cricket team.

(LAUGHS) Hey, maybe
when you all get done,

you could come do my place?

I'm not sure we're quite ready
to take this show on the road...

How much would you pay us?

(CRAZY BY SEAL PLAYING)

♪ A man decides
after 70 years ♪

♪ That what he goes there for ♪

(INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION)

♪ Is to unlock the door ♪

♪ While those around him
criticize and sleep ♪

♪ And through a fractal
on a breaking wall ♪

♪ I see you my friend ♪

♪ And touch your face again ♪

♪ Miracles will
happen as we trip ♪

(SIGHS)

♪ But we're never
gonna survive, unless ♪

♪ We get a little crazy ♪

♪ No we're never gonna
survive, unless ♪

♪ We are a little ♪

(SIGHS)

♪ Crazy... ♪

$87.80.

Could I just put a
couple of things back?

♪ And yet together they
were friends at school ♪

♪ Ohh, get it, get it,
get it, get it no no ♪

G'day, Smallbone
residence. Dave speaking.

Yeah.

Helen, we got another job!

Mum, how do you spell "cheap"?

- C-H-E...
- Why do you ask, Lukey?

I wanna ask God to
make things more cheap.

C-H-E-A...

♪ No no, never survive ♪

♪ Unless we get a little bit ♪

$93.81.

(CASH REGISTER BEEPING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

- Hey, Luke.
- Hey, Dad.

(CHILDREN CHATTERING
IN DISTANCE)

JAMES: (OVER PHONE)
Well, I'm glad you're all

finding your footing.

Some of us. Yeah.

No, all of you.

It may not be the
way you wanted,

but you're making your way.

The kids are chipping in.

Part of it makes me proud.

Part of it makes me sad.

Does it make them sad?

I'm not sure they
know any better.

(LAUGHS) They know enough.

And I think they're
onto something.

Any rate, you have
all my prayers.

Thanks. Thanks, Dad.

You'll pull through,
son. Chin up.

"If you can dream..."

"And not make dreams
your master..."

"You will be a man, my son."

Yeah. Good on ya.

- Love you.
- Love you, too.

Wow, this yard is huge.

So is the house.

(DANIEL GRUNTS)

Wait up.

(DOOR CREAKING)

G'day. Uh, David
Smallbone from Australia.

I've recently arrived
with my family.

Uh, we started a lawn care
and housecleaning business,

wondering if we
could be of service.

Gotta go.

The David Smallbone
from Australia

is the only David
Smallbone I know.

Eddie DeGarmo.

In the flesh.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

I, uh...

Wow.

Yeah. How did you, uh...
How'd you get here?

We walked, as usual.

From Australia?

It's a long story.

- I take it the tour went well.
- EDDIE: It did.

Y'all have a beautiful country.

Thanks very much.

Uh, well, look, congratulations.

Oh, we'll be off.
Great to see ya.

Come on, kids.

EDDIE: You want the gig or not?

(SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

JOEL: Thank you.

I never said it was ideal.

NANA: But you don't
have real jobs,

you don't even have a car.

Just come home. It's
not working over there.

Mum, I know you love me

and I appreciate
your concern, truly.

But, these last two months,
I've just seen miracles.

Helen, it's time.

(CONTINUES SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)

HELEN: Oh, no, we
wouldn't want to impose.

Nonsense! We'd
love to have y'all.

Truth is, um, we
don't have a car

or any real way to,
um, get us all there.

Sure you do, hon.

Jed'll swing by and
pick you all up.

You ain't missing Thanksgiving.

This is America.

- (UPBEAT GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING)
- (CHUCKLES)

(DOORBELL RINGING)

- (CHILDREN CHATTERING)
- Oh, hey, bud.

Mum says we'll be
out right away.

Sounds good.

(DOOR OPENS)

(CHILDREN CONTINUE CHATTERING)

Jed!

Hey, David. How ya doin'?

Uh, good. Good-good.
Getting there.

Jed, so sorry to
keep you waiting.

No, it's fine. I'm just...
I'll be right here.

We'll just be one more minute.

Grab your jackets.

LUKE: Everybody in the car!

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

- Just a little taste of home.
- Oh.

Jelly?

- Thanks a bunch.
- Thank you.

- My pleasure. Yes.
- Thanks so much!

- Thank you.
- Thanks heaps.

- Thank you so much.
- Oh, no problem.

"Vegemite"?

BEN: Wow, nice place!

REBECCA: Get out, little monkey.

It's like our house
back home, huh, Mum?

- Yes. It's lovely.
- JED: Thanks, y'all.

- BEN: What's your job?
- Ben, we don't...

No, no, it's fine.
I, I write songs.

JOEL: Oh, great!
Dad's in music, too.

Yeah. So I hear.

HELEN: Thank you. LUKE: Whoa!

What's over here?

HELEN: Is it okay
that they just...

(CHUCKLING) Oh, no, I'm sorry.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

KAY: Happy Thanksgiving.

I'm so glad y'all could make it.

HELEN: Happy Day
of Thanksgiving.

- (HELEN CHUCKLES)
- Yeah, thanks for having us.

- Uh, I'll take your coats.
- Make yourselves at home.

There are snacks in the kitchen

and, kids, you all
can head upstairs

to the game room,
if you want or...

- CHILDREN: Game room?
- Be good.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah, come on in.

Y'all are gonna leave here

fuller than a tick
on a coonhound.

Thanks very much.

(SIGHS)

JED: Our most loving Father,

we thank you for
our many blessings,

our dear friends, old and new.

We thank you for this
delicious feast before us.

- Amen.
- ALL: Amen.

♪ Thank you, Lord,
for giving us food ♪

SMALLBONES: ♪
Thank you, Lord ♪

♪ For giving us food ♪

♪ Thank you, Lord,
for giving us food ♪

♪ Right where we are, Amen ♪

♪ Hallelujah, praise the Lord ♪

REBECCA: ♪ Hallelujah,
praise the Lord ♪

♪ Right where we are ♪

- (GUESTS APPLAUDING)
- CHILD: Amen.

Hey, you all right?

Seems like they
could use some help.

(CHILDREN LAUGHING, CHATTERING)

That is the biggest
chicken I've ever seen.

It's no chicken,
sweetie, it's an ostrich.

So, Kay tells me
you're a promoter.

Oh, once upon a time, yeah.

You know someone
looking for one?

Well, I may know
somebody who should be.

Oh, darl, can't just
throw her to the wolves.

(SIGHS)

I wouldn't underestimate her...

or any of them.

JED: Thanks for coming.

- You have a good night.
- KAY: Good night.

(DOOR SHUTS)

Hey, thank you so
much for having us.

Our pleasure.

Yeah, I think the kids
are a bit knackered.

Could we trouble you
to give us a ride home?

Here ya go.

HELEN: Oh, Jed,

- we can't borrow your van.
- I mean...

Well, Kay and I had a chat,

and the way we see
it, it's yours now.

- I... Mate, that's kind...
- HELEN: Oh, no,

we don't have insurance.

(LAUGHS) Let 'em sue me.

I think God wants us
to give you the van.

We'll sort the rest out later.

(SLOW DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(HELEN CHUCKLING)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING, CHATTERING)

JOEL: Dad, turn on
the cassette player!

Turn on the radio!

REBECCA: Oh, yeah,
yeah! No, play that.

Play the cassette, please.

No, it's got a cassette
player and a CD player.

(RHYTHM OF MY HEART BY ROD
STEWART PLAYING OVER TAPE)

Happy Thanksgiving,
darling. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

You too, darl.

REBECCA: ♪ Oh, the
rhythm of my heart ♪

♪ Is beating like a drum ♪

♪ With the words "I love
you" Rolling off my tongue ♪

♪ No, never will I roam For
I know my place is home ♪

♪ Where the ocean meets
the sky I'll be sailin' ♪

(MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)

All right, there.
You've got this.

You'll be all right.
Just make it your own.

Hit it, boys.

(TAPE CLICKS)

(THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS FOR
BY AMY GRANT PLAYING)

♪ That's what love is for ♪

♪ To help us through it ♪

- ♪ That's what love... ♪
- All right, stop. Stop.

- (MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)
- What?

Sweetie, what's this?
What are you doing?

Oh.

Moving my hand.

Oh, well, just try to move
it more like a normal person.

I mean, just don't try so hard.

You know, relax.

Let's give it another go.

LUKE AND JOEL: ♪ That's
what love is for ♪

♪ To help us through it ♪

♪ That's what love is for... ♪

All right. That's
really nice, boys.

- But that's... that's enough.
- (LAUGHING)

Let's give it another go.

- I want a record deal.
- So do I.

Yeah, well, get in line.

All right, from the top.

- (TAPE CLICKS)
- (MUSIC RESUMES PLAYING)

Just relax. Yeah. Yeah, no.

(EXHALES)

(GRUNTS)

♪ That's what love is for ♪

♪ To help us through it ♪

♪ That's what love is... ♪

DAVID: Yeah, I don't
know what it is.

When she sings and thinks no
one's watching, she shines.

But then in those rehearsals,
the spark's just...

It's just gone.

Well, it can't be easy,

performing under critical eyes.

It's only gonna get
harder from here, darling.

Just give her time.

Another thing we can't afford.

JOEL: Mum! Mum!

HELEN: What's this?

Oh.

Christmas list.

(SIGHS) Money's tight, boys.

Santa doesn't care
that we're poor.

True.

But because we moved, he
might not know where we live.

What? You didn't tell him?

Why didn't you
tell him we moved?

- That's enough, Joel.
- We have to pray.

DAVID: It doesn't
work like that.

We've prayed for
everything else.

Why can't we pray for this?

Look.

We promised to be
honest with you.

It's time you knew. (SIGHS)

- There's...
- Yes, it's time you knew

what Mum wants for Christmas.

A washing machine and a dryer.

(HELEN CHUCKLES)

- Who wants to pray?
- I will.

Jesus, I bet you and St.
Nick are good friends.

So if you could give
him our address,

we'd be very glad.

And please give Mum
a washer and dryer.

- Amen.
- Amen.

Amen. Okay, take that

and get the others to write
what they want, as well, okay?

JOEL AND LUKE: Guys,
Santa needs to know

what you want for Christmas!

I'm sorry, David.
I just couldn't.

If not now then when, darl?

Christmas morning?

(SIGHS)

Ooh!

It's freezing.

Those wintery Christmas carols
now make a lot more sense.

Well, I can't imagine
Christmas in the summer.

- That seems so wrong.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS)

(KAY CHUCKLES)

They always have the
funniest little knickknacks

to put in all the stockings.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

May I?

Oh, honey, you're, uh,

you're not gonna find
much of this here.

Yeah, I see that.

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

DAVID: Grab a spoon.
Go and get the cream.

HELEN: Oh, yeah, get the cream.

(GRUNTS) Can he get it?

(CHILDREN EXCLAIMING)

CHILDREN: Yeah!

DAVID: On the cookie,
can he land it?

BEN: Come on, Joshie!

DAVID: Yes, all
right, all right.

- You're doing great.
- DANIEL: Thank you.

(CHILDREN AND DAVID EXCLAIMING)

DAVID: Danny, put the sprinkles

- on the cookie!
- (DOORBELL RINGS)

JOEL: Oh, I'll get it.

- LUKE: I'll come, too.
- Who could that be?

I don't know. Maybe
it's carolers.

They do that in America.

BOYS: Santa!

- Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas.
- (CHILDREN EXCLAIMING)

- Merry Christmas.
- Santa! Look, Dad, it's Santa!

MAN: Back at ya, bud.

- CHILD: Presents!
- Merry Christmas, Smallbones.

Joy to the world,
y'all. (CHUCKLES)

CONGREGANTS: ♪ We wish
you a merry Christmas ♪

♪ We wish you a
merry Christmas ♪

♪ And a happy new year ♪

A washer!

♪ To you and your kin ♪

♪ Good tidings for Christmas
And a happy new year ♪

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Thank you, Jed.

No, man, Kay's the one who...

Well, the church and
Santa, of course.

What did I tell you, Mum?

CONGREGANTS: ♪ Hark the
herald angels sing ♪

♪ Glory to the newborn king ♪

♪ Peace on earth
and mercy mild ♪

♪ God and sinners reconciled ♪

♪ Joyful all ye nations rise ♪

♪ Join the triumph
of the skies ♪

♪ With angelic... ♪

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC
CONTINUES PLAYING)

(WASHING MACHINE WHIRRING)

(WASHING MACHINE BEEPS)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(EXHALES)

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

David, it's time.

What's that, darl?

HELEN: David.

Are you sure?

Right.

Kids, Mum's gonna have the baby.

CHILDREN: Now? What?

(EXCITED CHATTER)

HELEN: Come say goodbye.

We'll be back in
a couple of days.

(GROANING IN PAIN)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

- DOCTOR TANAKA: Okay, Helen...
- Something feels different.

DOCTOR TANAKA: Take a deep
breath and one more push.

Okay, you can do this.

- You've got this.
- (BREATHING HEAVILY)

Ready? You've got this, okay?

(GROANING IN PAIN)

(CONTINUES GROANING IN PAIN)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(BABY CRYING)

(CRYING)

Congratulations, it's
a beautiful baby girl.

Oh! Hi, baby!

Oh!

(DAVID KISSES)

It's little American
girl. (LAUGHS)

She looks true-blue
Aussie to me.

You can tell by her accent.

- Little Elizabeth.
- (KISSES)

Hi, little Libby.

DAVID: Now we have
bookends. Two girls.

(HELEN CHUCKLES, SNIFFLES)

Am I okay?

- You did great. (KISSES)
- Oh, David.

DOCTOR TANAKA: Helen, we
need to clear the placenta.

One more push, okay?

(HELEN INHALES, GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

- Helen. Darling.
- No.

- What's going on?
- David.

- DAVID: What's happening?
- David.

What's wrong? What's wrong?

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(BABY CRYING)

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

Stay with me. Stay with me.

Hey. Don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

DAVID: Helen.

Darling.

Where's Libby?

Oh, she's fine. The baby's fine.

What?

The, uh, doctor was
worried about the bleeding.

She wants you to stay
a few days to rest.

Oh, no. I can't. We can't stay

- 'cause of the cost.
- Hey, don't worry about it.

I'm gonna be all right.

Sweetie, don't worry about it.

We've got a healthy,
beautiful baby girl.

- (CHUCKLES)
- That's all that matters.

- I'm so sorry.
- Oh, darl.

- I'm so sorry. (SOBS)
- Hey. No. Listen to me.

I'll take care of it. I promise.

I'll sort it out.

- You just rest.
- Okay.

(KISSES)

- I love you.
- I love you.

DAVID: Look, I'd pay it all
if I could, but I can't.

We don't have
insurance yet and...

WOMAN: Mr. Smallbone,
refusal to pay...

DAVID: Oh, look, I'm
not refusing to pay.

Just asking you to let me
pay what I actually can.

Please.

(SIGHS)

Well, let's look
at payment options.

What can you pay today?

I...

I could do $200 a month.

How about $250 a
month for a year?

So, $3,000 total?

And we'll consider it settled.

I think I can manage that.

I'll come through.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

All right. Just give
me a second, here.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

- WOMAN: Mm-hmm.
- (KEYBOARD CLACKING)

- (EXHALES)
- (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

WOMAN: Oh.

That's weird.

Says here it's
been paid in full.

(WOMAN CHUCKLES)

By who?

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

Doesn't say.

Looks like you have
a guardian angel.

(SIGHS)

CHILDREN: Mum! Mum!

(HELEN AND CHILDREN LAUGHING)

Oh, gentle, gentle,
Mummy. (CHUCKLES)

Missed you guys.

- Hi. You doing okay?
- Yeah, I'm good.

DAVID: Dad's here, too.

HELEN: Do you wanna
meet your sister?

Oh, she's so cute.
What's her name?

HELEN: Elizabeth.
Libby, for short.

DAVID: All right, it's cold.

- Let's get everyone inside.
- KAY: Yeah, let's get inside.

- Can I take her?
- HELEN: Okay. Thank you.

KAY: How are you, guys?
REBECCA: You feeling okay?

HELEN: Yeah, good.

JED: Need a hand?

I can manage.

So glad Helen's
okay. The baby, too.

- Yeah.
- Thank God.

Hey, your kids are just
great. I mean, what a joy.

Kay and I, we just
love 'em to death.

They all think
you're just grand.

A real hero.

- Here, let me help you.
- I said I can manage.

You okay?

I know you paid the bill.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Yes, you do.

- And it's too much.
- Oh, look...

I told her I'd take
care of it. I promised.

I thought I'd lost her, Jed.

Hey, I'm sorry.

Kay and I, we're
just trying to help.

You know, it's not just
that you paid the bill.

It's that you gave them double.

I had them down to $3,000.

I'd finally done
something worthwhile,

and you didn't even
give me the chance.

You just threw money at it!
You throw money at everything.

Look, if you wanna help
us, please just back off.

You gotta back off.

(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS FOR
BY AMY GRANT PLAYING)

REBECCA: ♪ That's
what love is for ♪

♪ To help us through it ♪

♪ That's what love is for ♪

♪ Nothing else can do it... ♪

MAN: Very nice. Miss
Smallbone, thanks.

We'll let you know.

JAMES: (OVER PHONE)
Yeah, forget other folks.

I'm talking to you.

You'll always be my favorite
granddaughter named Rebecca.

- Yeah. Thanks, Grandpa James.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

God makes everything
beautiful in its time.

Yeah. Right.

Oh, here's Dad.

I love you, very much.

- And I, you.
- (SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

DAVID: All right,
Dad, we'll let you go.

- She's a special one, David.
- DAVID: Yeah, I know.

Trick is getting
other folks to see it.

Nothing seems to be working.

MAN: I'm just staying what
everyone's gonna be thinking.

Does anybody really care

what a 16-year-old
girl thinks about life?

Or God?

Or anything else,
for that matter?

I know what I believe, sir.

Sure.

Come back when you look like it.

I don't think we will.

LUKE: Be with Bec
at her auditions.

Help her to sing better,

and fix her hands so she
can get a record deal.

BEN: Please help us make money,

even in the winter...

Be with Dad as he
looks for another job.

DAVID: I promise I'll
work harder than anyone.

I have no doubt you would.

But with these visa
restrictions, I don't...

Sorry, I can't be more help.

It's all right.
You need your rest.

Yeah.

JAMES: (OVER PHONE) It's
fine eyeing the horizon,

just don't miss what's
right in front of you.

DAVID: Easy for you to say.

I'm over here in
the thick of it,

trying to figure
out right-side up

- from upside-down.
- (JAMES SIGHS)

I only meant, "If
you can dream..."

DAVID: I'm not
saying the poem, Dad.

Appreciate the sentiment

but that's all it is,
is just sentiment.

Have fun on your date.

All right, let's go play.

REBECCA: The more
I think about it,

the more I wonder if he's right.

Maybe I'm not meant to sing.

Or maybe you're not meant to
sing other people's songs.

I'm not a songwriter.

Bec, you have been
given a beautiful voice.

And you have a good heart.

You could do anything.

Just make sure it's the
real you that does it.

Dad, I wrote a song.

Thought maybe we could try
it at the next audition.

Oh, that's great, honey.

Let's take it one step
at a time. (KISSES)

JAMES: (OVER PHONE) David,

just don't make the
same mistake I did.

Took me too long to realize...

Look, I gotta go.

Son, your family,
they're not in the way.

They are the way.

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

Yeah.

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

EDDIE: Oh, but you can't take
that stuff seriously, dude.

That's just Kevin.

He's a loose cannon.
I told you that.

Uh-huh.

I understand that.

Yeah.

Um, when you're all done here,

Susan will get you squared away.

Cash, right?

- Yes.
- Yeah.

Huh?

No, no, just talking
to the cleaning guy.

No, I'm just saying,

don't take it
personally, that's all.

(SIGHS)

(WATER SPLASHING)

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

REBECCA: You know, Mr. DeGarmo
started a record label.

HELEN: Really? REBECCA: Yeah.

HELEN: Did you know that, David?

I did.

Mummy, I want a little Band-Aid.

Oh, you're not
bleeding, darling.

But it stings.

Okay. Well, a Band-Aid is not
gonna make it not sting. Okay?

Here. (KISSES) All better. Okay?

- Okay.
- (CHILDREN CHATTERING)

You never told me
that about Eddie.

- Oh, no?
- JOEL: Mum, I'm hungry.

HELEN: Yeah, well,
dinner's nearly ready.

Why don't you take the
bowls, set the table.

- Ramen again?
- HELEN: Yes. Bowls, Joel.

And, Ben, can you
get the cutlery?

Danny, you can help as well.

No, I'd have remembered

you telling me
something like that.

That's incredible. I mean,

right under our noses
this whole time.

Don't you think that's
incredible, David?

Mum, my robot needs batteries.

It's broken, Luke.

You'll just have to
pretend, darling.

I thought we could ask
him for an audition,

- since he's a friend.
- Yeah, I don't see why not.

I don't think it's a good idea.

- Mum, please.
- There's no batteries, Luke.

Okay, you just go
and sit at the table.

Why isn't it a good idea?

Look. We've got the
Word Records audition.

I say we focus on that.
I feel good about it.

Yeah, but we felt good
about other ones, too, so,

if it doesn't work out, I just
thought that Mr. DeGarmo...

I don't think it's
the right fit.

Well, (SIGHS) beggars
can't be choosers, David.

We're not all beggars, Helen.

What is that supposed to mean?

It means I know this business.

And I'm not begging
Eddie or anyone.

Yeah, but I'm not
asking you to beg, Dad.

I just thought we could talk
to him since he's a friend

- and not just give up.
- He's not your friend.

But why not just give it
a go. I don't understand

- why you won't even try...
- Because you're his maid!

(CHILDREN STOP CHATTERING)

(SIGHS)

You're just his maid, Bec.

That's all you are to him.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR SHUTS)

Bec. Look, I only meant...

You bite her head
off for trying.

You're being too hard on her.

Compared to what,
Helen? Compared to you?

I wanted to protect
her from this,

but you pushed for it.

So now someone's gotta teach her

and all of them to face facts.

You don't need to tell
me that I'm a bad mum

'cause I already feel like
I'm failing them every day.

No one thinks you're a bad mum.

Everyone knows who
the real failure is.

- Oh, such pride.
- DAVID: Oh!

- So much pride!
- DAVID: Yeah, right.

So much pride

that I just scrubbed
Eddie DeGarmo's toilet.

But, hey, if that's
not degrading enough,

now I have to go
down on bended knee

asking for a record deal?

- She just wants an audition.
- That's not the point.

I'm trying to protect
her, to spare her

- from humiliation.
- (CHUCKLES)

But that means nothing to you.

It's nothing for
you to go begging

for presents or furniture.

What was I supposed to do,

- just turn them away?
- Oh, right.

Let Christmas come
and go to spare you?

They just magically
showed up in our yard...

Do you pay attention
to anyone but yourself?

Gifts in hand.
Another miracle.

It was a miracle. It was!

No, it wasn't
lightning from the sky.

It was an answered prayer.

And would it kill
you to be grateful?

- I was grateful! I was!
- Oh, yes.

DAVID: Am I not allowed to feel

more than one thing
at the same time?

That's one thing we
don't allow in our house,

is room for you
and your feelings.

They just showed up

with their pity
and their judgment.

- No one is judging us.
- They're judging me, Helen!

You are not protecting her.

You're not protecting
any of them.

You're protecting your pride.
And it's holding them back.

Just because you had
your dreams dashed

doesn't mean I'm
gonna stand here

and let you crush theirs.

You think I'm too hard on you?

- Bec, do you?
- HELEN: David.

No. She needs to hear

what I wish to God
someone had told me.

People in this industry,
they're not your friends.

They do not care about you
or what happens to you.

- David.
- They only care about

what you can do for them.

And it's not enough. It
will never be enough.

- You will never be enough!
- David! Stop it! Get out.

You need to leave. Leave!

(REBECCA SOBBING)

(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(REBECCA CONTINUES SOBBING)

♪ The wind is moving but
I am standing still ♪

♪ A life of pages
waiting to be filled ♪

♪ A heart that's hopeful A
head that's full of dreams ♪

♪ But this becoming is
harder than it seems ♪

♪ It feels like I'm
looking for a reason ♪

♪ Roaming through the night ♪

♪ To find my place
in this world ♪

♪ My place in this world ♪

♪ Not a lot to lean on ♪

♪ I need your light
to help me find ♪

♪ My place in this world ♪

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(TENSE MUSIC SWELLS, FADES)

We see a lot of
potential here, Rebecca.

With the right direction
and the right team,

we think that we
might be looking

at the next Amy Grant.

REBECCA: Oh.

Thanks heaps. (CHUCKLES)

- And the accent.
- It's so cute.

- The accent, it... (LAUGHS)
- It's adorable.

It's so charming.

(MIMICKING AUSTRALIAN
ACCENT) "That's not a knife."

- Yes. Yes. (LAUGHS)
- "Now that's a knife." Right?

- Crocodile Dundee.
- Oh, yes!

It's really, really good. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

So, (CLEARS THROAT) here it is.

We are prepared to offer
you a development deal.

SANDY: Yes, you cut five tracks
for an advance of $10,000.

And if all goes well
and we think it will,

we're looking at a full record.

- (SANDY CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)

SANDY: She doesn't believe
it. Did she hear me?

- Yeah, nah...
- SANDY: Full record. (LAUGHS)

(IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER
BY LENNY KRAVITZ PLAYING)

DAVID: All right,
three cheers for Bec.

- Hip! Hip!
- ALL: Hurray!

DAVID: Hip! Hip! ALL: Hurray!

DAVID: Here's for
the lady of the hour.

Thank you so much.

DAVID: Hey.

(CHILDREN CHATTERING, LAUGHING)

Ah!

Record deal!

(ALL SCREAM)

♪ So many tears I've cried ♪

♪ So much pain inside ♪

♪ Baby, it ain't
over 'til it's over ♪

♪ So many gears we tried ♪

♪ To keep our love alive ♪

♪ But, baby, it ain't
over 'til it's over ♪

- (MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)
- (TELEPHONE RINGING)

(BABY CRYING)

Hello?

NANA: David? (SOBBING)

Nana. You all right?

(NANA SIGHS)

I, I'll, I'll put Helen on.

No, David, no. I'm
calling for you.

It's James, your dad.

He's gone.

What do you mean he's gone?

He...

He passed away.

I'm so sorry, David.

(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

(SNIFFLES)

DAVID: I know we talked about
sending the advance next week,

but I was wondering
if there's any chance

we could speed things along.

Uh...

Something's come up.

I've gotta get
back to Australia.

We don't need the full amount...

MATT: Gotta be honest
with you, David.

Sandy and I got to talking
and Rebecca's great.

We think she has
a bright future.

We agree on that.

We just need to give it
some time on our end,

maybe we talk again
in a year or two

- when she's further along.
- Uh...

She's a quick learner.

She's come such a long way
in a short amount of time.

You've seen she's a natural.

Yeah. Yeah. It's... It's
just not the right time.

I can work with her.

- Let me work with her.
- David, what's the matter?

Look, just give us a
chance. I know she's green.

But she's... she's got a gift.

Whatever's wrong we can fix it.

Yeah, that's not
gonna work for us.

Is this because of me?

Matt?
- It's just a big risk.

Matt, please. Don't do
this. Don't do this to her.

I'm begging you.

I... I can step away.

I can take it.

Just don't do this
to my little girl.

Man, she's just a kid.

David, it's business.
You know that.

She may as well know it, too.

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

(SOBBING)

AUTOMATED VOICE: If you'd
like to make a call,

hang up and try again.

Hang up and then
dial your operator.

(SNIFFLES)

(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

David.

(DAVID SCREAMS, SOBS)

(HELEN SOBBING)

(DAVID CONTINUES SOBBING)

- (MUSIC FADES OUT)
- (CRYING)

(DAVID CONTINUES SOBBING)

(SHE BELIEVES IN ME BY FOR
KING AND COUNTRY PLAYING)

♪ Clouds hanging lower ♪

♪ Raining, it's cold out now ♪

♪ Watching my
breath escape me ♪

♪ Feeling a life fall ♪

♪ Here in the night calling ♪

♪ The weight of the
world has found me ♪

♪ But she believes in me ♪

♪ She believes in me ♪

NANA: Come on,
Helen, it's time.

I'll call your brothers.

We'll pool finances together
and cover the fares.

David really wants to
be there to bury James,

so maybe if you
could just cover him.

No, Helen, you all come home.

For good.

Come home.

I'll call you back, Mum.
- Helen...

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

♪ She believes in me ♪

♪ She believes in me ♪

Mummy, I'm hungry.

Okay.

David.

There's no food.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

And we're almost out of money.

What kind of man am I?

What kind of husband?

Or father?

Or son?

- I can't even bury my own dad.
- (HELEN SNIFFLES)

(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

(SIGHS)

BEN: Do you have an
ace? LUKE: Go fish.

- Do you have a four?
- Kids, grab your jackets.

BEN: Why? DANIEL:
Where're we going?

Out. Let's go, guys. Let's go.

(DANIEL SIGHS)

♪ You make everything,
everything beautiful ♪

♪ You make everything ♪

JOEL AND LUKE: ♪
Everything new ♪

♪ In its time, in Your time ♪

Boys, not now.

(BOYS STOP SINGING)

(SIGHS)

BEN: Look, a playground!

JOEL: Whoa! (CHUCKLES)

Mum, can we pull over, please?

Mum, Mum, Mum, pull over.

- Please Mum! Please, Mum!
- Can we go, please, Mum?

(CHILDREN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

All right, all right!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Go on, darling.

(CHILDREN CHATTERING, LAUGHING)

REBECCA: All right,
who's the captain?

JOEL: Me!

DANIEL: Oh, we can't
all be the captain!

- Starboard side!
- Look ahead!

- JOEL: I'm going down!
- (MIMICKING GUNSHOTS)

REBECCA: I need backup!
We've gotta take cover.

Mum, come on! Up here!

Fire as you bear!

Fire!

- Fire at the...
- Four points to starboard!

- Uh, which way is that?
- Uh, right, right! I think.

There! There it is, there it is!

What? Where?

The pirates' castle! They're
in there, over there!

I thought I smelled pirates.

What d'ya think,
Lieutenant Joshie?

- Let's get 'em.
- Yeah.

Fire when ready, Captain Benji.

Fire!

ALL: Fire!

Now what?

Let's go!

CHILDREN: Abandon! Abandon!

(HELEN AND CHILDREN LAUGHING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

HELEN: All right, all right.

Before we attack,
who's got their torch?

I've got mine.

There's one thing left to do.

What? What is it?

We burn the ships. All of them.

- Even ours?
- How do we get back?

We don't.

It's gonna be
dangerous and scary,

and it's gonna be hard.

It's gonna be so hard
that you'll wanna go back.

But if you know that you
can go back, you will.

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

And giving up, giving
in, it's not an option.

We've gotta fight
our way forward.

We have to win.

Do you understand?

Yeah.

Yeah.

(INHALES)

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTS)

(CHILDREN GRUNTING)

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC
CONTINUES PLAYING)

(FIRE CRACKLING)

♪ You make everything,
everything beautiful ♪

♪ You make everything,
everything new ♪

What is it that you're singing?

That's Bec's song.

You wrote a song, Bec?

Can I hear it?

REBECCA: ♪ You
make everything ♪

♪ Everything beautiful ♪

♪ You make everything,
everything new ♪

♪ You make everything,
everything beautiful ♪

♪ In its time, in Your time ♪

♪ It's beautiful ♪

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(WHISPERS) She wrote that.

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

(IN NORMAL VOICE) Our kids
have come all this way.

They gave up everything,

and they're still happy.

Because they believe in us.

And they believe in you.

They just believe.

It's time for you
to believe, too.

Please.

(SNIFFLES)

(HELEN CRYING)

(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

Dad! Dad!

Boys...

I've acted like a fool.

Can you forgive me?

Yeah, of course, Dad.

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Yeah.

(SIGHS)

Helen.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR SHUTS)

Becca...

(SIGHS) I lost sight of
what it's all about...

of who it's all about.

But you never did.

You're a beautiful singer.

But you're an even
more beautiful person.

You don't have to
give music another go,

and you certainly don't
have to do it with me.

But I need you to know

that I'm honored to be your dad.

And that I'm sorry.

(REBECCA CRYING)

(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

I'm sorry.

(KISSES)

REBECCA: I, um...

I do wanna try again.

And even if you
don't, um, manage me,

it helps to have
family in your corner.

If I had it my way,

I'd have you all
there, all the time.

- EDDIE: (OVER PHONE) Hello.
- Eddie DeGarmo,

David Smallbone. From Australia.

The David Smallbone
from Australia

is the only David
Smallbone I know.

(EXHILARATING MUSIC PLAYING)

So hit rewind.

And that will take
you to your next clip.

Whoa!

You're gonna sing
harmonies on the chorus,

and, uh, hey, share
this mic, right?

What? With Luke?

- Yeah, Joel, for Rebecca.
- And Jesus.

When you put it like that.

Good on ya, Joely.

Waiting in the wings
and stuck with you.

Story of my life.

Ah. Hey, Dad, ready
for sound check?

We're not gonna use
a track this time.

Why not?

You need to sing your own song.

Look, all this time, I
told you to trust me.

It's high time I trusted you.

Uh, I can't. I've got
no background music.

Yeah, you do.

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

I called for help.

REBECCA: Thank you.

(DAVID SIGHS)

Dad kept trying to tell me.

And I didn't listen.

Hey, he knew you loved him.

He knows still.

Oh, darl, I wasted so much time,

chasing so many things,

and you were right
here the whole time.

I'm so sorry for missing
you and the kids.

And all the miracles.

But the greatest miracle is you.

(HELEN CHUCKLES)

That you love me.

That you're still here.

Well, you promised
adventure and you delivered.

(SIGHS)

- Eddie. How you going?
- Good, man, good.

Producing partner
here, Greg Ham.

David Smallbone.

- A pleasure.
- Uh, shall we?

Please.

Gentlemen, without,
uh, further ado,

Rebecca Jean Smallbone.

(PLAYING PIANO)

♪ Grant me serenity
to accept things ♪

♪ The things I cannot change ♪

♪ Grant me the courage,
Lord To change what I can ♪

♪ Wisdom to know
the difference ♪

♪ In my weakness
You can shine ♪

♪ In Your strength I can fly ♪

♪ And You make everything,
everything beautiful ♪

♪ You make everything,
everything new ♪

♪ And You make everything,
everything beautiful ♪

♪ In its time, in Your time ♪

♪ It's beautiful ♪

(SWITCH CLICKS)

REBECCA: ♪ Grant me serenity,
Lord, and patience ♪

♪ For things will take time ♪

♪ Grant me freedom
to walk a new path ♪

♪ And let me feel Your love ♪

♪ In my weakness
You can shine ♪

♪ In Your strength I can fly ♪

♪ And You make everything,
everything beautiful ♪

♪ You make everything,
everything new ♪

♪ You make everything,
everything beautiful ♪

♪ In its time, in Your time ♪

♪ It's beautiful ♪

♪ Lifting open hands
to You my Savior ♪

♪ Beautify my soul ♪

♪ Knowing You redeem
my pain and failure ♪

♪ Purify my soul ♪

♪ Beautify my soul ♪

♪ And You make everything,
everything beautiful ♪

♪ You make everything,
everything new ♪

♪ And You make everything,
everything beautiful ♪

♪ In its time, in Your time ♪

♪ It's beautiful ♪

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(LUKE AND JOEL APPLAUDING)

Wow.

Becca, that was,
uh, that was good.

Thank you, sir.

But gotta be honest.

Not just looking
for another voice.

I love to sing.

And, if it can help other people

find what God's given
me and my family,

then I'll do it,
with all my heart.

- (EDDIE SIGHS)
- (INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

Well, (SIGHS) Rebecca,
it pains me to say this

but, um, I'm gonna have to
look for someone else...

to clean my house.

- Welcome to Forefront Records.
- (GASPS)

(HELEN AND REBECCA LAUGHING)

DAVID: Well done.

Just, just one condition.

Yeah, no, I've got one as well.

Oh, well, ladies first.

I want Dad to manage me.

Done. (CHUCKLES) I
thought that was a given.

He's the hardest-working
guy I know.

Now here's my stipulation.

It's the name, Smallbone.

Hey, what's the matter with it?

All right. All right.

How you feel about
"Rebecca St. John"?

Well, you got something
better, I'm all ears.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(BRAKES HISSING)

(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

- (KISSES) Love you.
- Love you.

Ready, Joshie?

I'm so proud of you.

- Grandpa James would be, too.
- DAVID: Well, g'day, everyone.

It's, uh, David
Smallbone here...

You know, Bec...

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

I always believed
that you could do

anything you set out to do.

And I knew that you could do
it without losing your soul.

And whatever your dream is,

I know you're going
to achieve it.

My dream is to be like you.

It always has been.

You're my hero, Mum.

JOSHUA: (OVER MICROPHONE)
Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome, my big
sister, Rebecca St. James.

(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(UNSUNG HERO BY FOR
KING & COUNTRY PLAYING)

♪ Once upon a
time, you were 25 ♪

♪ Walking up the aisle ♪

♪ You made the
promise of your life ♪

♪ Blinked twice
and you were 29 ♪

♪ Singing lullabies ♪

♪ And I looked up at
you for the first time ♪

♪ Words fall short
but I am sure ♪

♪ There'll never be ♪

♪ Anyone like you, you're ♪

♪ You're strong
like your father ♪

♪ Even when you are scared ♪

♪ When I was in trouble
You never left me there ♪

♪ And you love
like your mother ♪

♪ Like there's
nothing to lose ♪

♪ You're an unsung hero ♪

♪ So I'll sing
this song for you ♪

♪ Woke up, I was 21 ♪

♪ And I fell in love ♪

♪ Remember how I
told you that I'd ♪

♪ Searched the world
and I found the girl ♪

♪ And oh, how she
reminds me of you ♪

♪ You're strong
like your father ♪

♪ Even when you are scared ♪

♪ When I was in trouble
You never left me there ♪

♪ And you love
like your mother ♪

♪ Like there's
nothing to lose ♪

♪ You're an unsung hero ♪

♪ So I'll sing
this song for you ♪

♪ For all the
times I fell down ♪

♪ You showed me how to stand ♪

♪ And when we
crossed the ocean ♪

♪ You were my safe
place to land ♪

♪ Been on a thousand stages ♪

♪ But when it's
all said and done ♪

♪ I hope I make you proud of
Of the man that I've become ♪

♪ To be strong like my father
Even when I am scared ♪

♪ And when someone's
in trouble ♪

♪ I'll never leave them there ♪

♪ And I'll love
like my mother ♪

♪ Like there's
nothing to lose ♪

♪ You're my unsung hero ♪

♪ And I sing this
song for you ♪

(HARMONY BY SLEEPING AT LAST
AND FOR KING & COUNTRY PLAYS)

♪ Just the way that
you taught us ♪

♪ Sing our songs,
our melodies ♪

♪ In harmony ♪

♪ Just the way that
you taught us ♪

♪ Sing our songs,
our melodies ♪

♪ In harmony ♪

♪ Just the way that
you taught us now ♪

♪ Just the way that
you taught us ♪

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)