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Coney Island, 1950s. The beach, the boardwalk. Once a luminous jewel, but
growing relentlessly seedier as the tides roll in and out. Summers, I work here
on Bay Seven. Comes the fall, I'm a student
at New York University, going for my master's
in European Drama. I'm Mickey Ruben.
Poetic by nature. I harbor dreams
of being a writer, a writer of truly great plays, so I can one day
surprise everyone and turn out
a profound masterpiece. Anyhow... ...let me get to the story
growing relentlessly seedier as the tides roll in and out. Summers, I work here
on Bay Seven. Comes the fall, I'm a student
at New York University, going for my master's
in European Drama. I'm Mickey Ruben.
Poetic by nature. I harbor dreams
of being a writer, a writer of truly great plays, so I can one day
surprise everyone and turn out
a profound masterpiece. Anyhow... ...let me get to the story
Full Transcript
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Coney Island, 1950s.
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The beach, the boardwalk.
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Once a luminous jewel, but
growing relentlessly seedier
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as the tides roll in and out.
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Summers, I work here
on Bay Seven.
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Comes the fall, I'm a student
at New York University,
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going for my master's
in European Drama.
00:00:23.122 --> 00:00:26.144
I'm Mickey Ruben.
Poetic by nature.
00:00:26.224 --> 00:00:28.346
I harbor dreams
of being a writer,
00:00:28.426 --> 00:00:30.649
a writer of truly great plays,
00:00:30.729 --> 00:00:33.452
so I can one day
surprise everyone
00:00:33.532 --> 00:00:36.822
and turn out
a profound masterpiece.
00:00:36.902 --> 00:00:37.989
Anyhow...
00:00:38.003 --> 00:00:39.524
...let me get to the story.
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Movie Summary
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the fi