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Danny Deckchair (2003)

Directed by Jeff Balsmeyer

Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy. Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied with helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. In this new town, he rockets into the world of Glenda, the town's only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in this new town, and in his great adventure, he discovers a true soul mate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually, as Danny's true identity is revealed and Trudy--now a tabloid celebrity--comes to the idyllic town to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny, however, is a changed man; he's discovered what it means to be happy and has found a new self-worth.

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It's a Wonderful Life poster
Not for nothing does the town share a name with the angel in Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
Ty Burr, Globe Staff • The Boston Globe • Aug 27, 2004
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His creation takes Larry Walters’s urban legend and uses the wacky premise to build his stranger-in-a-strange-land tale that is a combination of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Mr.
Reeling Reviews • Jan 10, 2020
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Local Hero poster
That would be a brogue in Waking Ned Devine, a burr in Local Hero.
“Local Hero” accomplished this expertly and “Danny Deckchair” borrows liberally from the older film without recreating its charm and wit.
Reeling Reviews • Jan 10, 2020
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