Wide Awake (1998 film)

Wide Awake is a 1998 comedy-drama film about a 10-year-old boy who goes on a search for God after his grandfather dies.

Directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan.

A comedy that will raise your spirits and keep you laughing.taglines

Joshua Beal

Before this year, bullies were just bullies for no reason, weirdos were just weird, and daredevils weren't afraid of anything. Before this year, people I loved lived forever. I spent this year looking for something and wound up seeing everything around me. It's like I was asleep before and finally woke up. Know what? I'm wide-awake now.

My name is Joshua A. Beal. I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And I believe two things. Not all angels have wings. And sixth grade's got to be easier than this.

[looking across into girls' play yard] I don't know why they put this fence up. Why would anyone want to go over there, anyway?

Mrs. Beal: [waking him] Joshua. Joshua. Joshua, please, you're a 5th grader today, you're almost a man.

Joshua A. Beal: My question is about my Aunt Denise. She's not baptized, so that means she's going to hell, right?

Sister Terry: Uh, no, actually she's not, Joshua.

Joshua A. Beal: And my dad's best friend, he's not baptized either, and that means *he's* going to hell.

[kids beginning to clammer nervously]

Sister Terry: Joshua, I think you misunderstood.

Student: Oh man! Seth Greenburg rides my bus, he's not baptized...

Sister Terry: Okay, wait a sec...

Student #2: Hey, my cousin's going to hell?

Sister Terry: No, I don't think....

Student: The family living next door - their whole house is going to hell!

Sister Terry: No, that's not what it says in the book. If you'll notice, on page 4... Okay, alright, quiet! No one is going to hell!

Frank Benton: Hey, Josh, is today tomorrow?

Joshua A. Beal: No, Frank, tomorrow's tomorrow. Today's today, and tomorrow's tomorrow.

Mr. Beal: Joshua, the pope is not God.

Joshua A. Beal: I know that, but he's his best friend.

Mr. Beal: We're not going to Rome.

Sister Terry: Every day at sunset, you'd bow your head to the east and pray, is that right?

Joshua A. Beal: Uh, I stopped that.

Sister Terry: Okay, well, what did you think about when you prayed?

Joshua A. Beal: Nothing mostly. Sometimes, I'd wonder... What made that smell in the carpet?

First kisses. Outrageous pranks. A teacher with a killer fastball. To survive this year, Joshua Beal will have to stay...

Meeting your best friend. Finding your favorite teacher. Having your first crush. Remember what it felt like to be...

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