Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Alex Lawther: Christopher Robin Aged 18
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Christopher Robin Aged 18 : There it all is. Just as I left it. As if nothing had happened.
Alan Milne : When I came back, everything seemed wrong. I didn't fit anywhere. Until I came here. Those days with you... I wanted to keep them all. Put them in a box.
Christopher Robin Aged 18 : The things that I said before I left...
Alan Milne : They were all true. You're here. That's all that matters.
Christopher Robin Aged 18 : In the desert, we were under fire... and one of the men started singing one of the hums of Pooh. He changed the words a bit, but...
Alan Milne : [low chuckle]
Christopher Robin Aged 18 : You know. And I thought, "How on earth do you know that song?" And then I remembered...
Alan Milne , Christopher Robin Aged 18 : Everyone on earth knows that song.
Christopher Robin Aged 18 : But I knew it first. It was mine before it was anyone else's.
Alan Milne : Then I gave it away.
Christopher Robin Aged 18 : When they were singing, they were remembering. It was like a magic charm... it took them home to a fireside and a storybook. You did that.
Alan Milne : [inhales] Thank you. I'm sorry you paid the price for it. If I'd known, perhaps I...
Christopher Robin Aged 18 : What? Not written it? No. You reminded people what happiness was... what childhood could be when everything else was broken.
Alan Milne : But your own childhood.
Christopher Robin Aged 18 : Was wonderful. It was growing up that was hard.
Alan Milne : [smacks lips] Who would have guessed that bear would swallow us up?
Christopher Robin Aged 18 : Exactly. This was all ours, wasn't it? Before it was anyone else's.
Alan Milne : Yes. And it always will be.