Dolphin Smiles:  The Legend of Kindheart Lionheart – by Howard J. Leonhardt

LOGLINE:   “Dolphin Smiles:  The Legend of Kindheart Lionheart is a romantic adventure tale about Sandy an aspiring agent of social change that must overcome the ultimate obstacle of death in order to win the love of his life reincarnated as a dolphin, but not only is death standing in his way but Gregor Smiley his arch nemesis who is trying to steal his love’s heart with the lure of money and fame”.

THEMATIC STATEMENT:  Sandy struggles to win the heart of his one and only for 12 years and right at the very moment he is about to win her heart, he is shot and dies.  He returns as a dolphin to continue his quest.
Opening Image – Stunningly beautiful Nikki awakens on May 24th in her pink pajamas in her Miami Beach condo overlooking the aqua blue waters of Biscayne Bay.  A pod of dolphins are hopping in the background.  She stretches and smiles as she looks at the date on the clock.
Set-up – The date is May 24th, 2014.   It is not only the day Nikki was born, but the date she met her husband, and the day they were married, and the day he died.   She asks her 6th grade class for forgiveness to break from the lesson plan to teach on this day lessons of the power of gratitude and living with joy that she learned from her late husband.  At recess she goes for a walk.  She has her head down in deep thought and does not notice a dolphin leaping high in the air in the bay and slapping its tail on the water surface.   The scene changes to the dolphin’s point of view.  The other dolphins with him ask, “Why are you trying so hard to get that lady’s attention?”  He replies, “Do you really want to know?”  They said, “Yes, tell us”.  Sandy then proceeds to first to the story of he and Nikki met and then continues upon request to give a summary of the struggle of his human life through the lens of a dolphin’s world.

Theme Stated –
Sandy is determined to be a different kind of leader, one that puts joy of life, gratitude and compassion for others first.  But his greatest goal is to win the heart of Nikki whom he is convinced is his one and only.

Catalyst (Inciting Incident) – Sandy sees Nikki for the first time in the Paris airport.  Chills runs up and down his spine all way to the far reaches of his toes.  He is certain he has finally seen his one and only.  He has never ever had this feeling before in just seeing someone for the first time. Her smile radiates. He spills his croissant as get ups to talk to her.  By the time he cleans it up she is gone.  He looks around the airport to find her but cannot.  He boards his plane to Miami hoping she will come aboard.  She is nowhere to be seen.

Debate – Should he got off the plane and continue to look for her?  He might miss his only chance to connect if he does not.

Break Into Two (Choosing Act Two) –

He decides to get off the plan.  He plays sick and starts to ask the stewardess to open the closed airplane door.  Suddenly he sees here 9 rows back on the left on the aisle.  He sits back down and fastens his seat belt as the stewardess instructs.  He is full of energy and excitement.  He funnels that energy into writing a 7 page, well actually 14 pages since it is written on both sides, letter that lays out who he is and asks questions as if he is having a conversation with her.   He then finally decides to take the letter to her and say hello.  As he walks down the aisle me makes eye contact and he as he continues to walk he is paralyzed to take action.  No hello.  No giving of the letter.  He just walks by doing nothing.  He was overcome by her beauty.  He goes back to his seat and cannot believe what just happened.  After all he had been through.  Looking all over the Paris airport.  Almost exiting the plane in a panic and then he froze.   After about 20 minutes he got the courage up for a 2nd try and this time he simply drops the letter on her desk and says simply “this is for you”.   He went back to his seat and was exhausted.  He put his tray down, laid his head there and quickly fell asleep.  When he awoke about 2 hours later he saw through the corner of his eye a return letter on the tray.  Still half asleep he began to read, “normally I would not write back since I do not know you, but I cannot believe how much we have in common, the same books, movies, music tastes.  And I am totally bored and there is nothing to do here on the plane and the movies I already saw.  Yes I am a model.  I work for the Beal’s Department store.  Maybe you have seen our ads on TV.  My name is Nikki”.   He then after first freshening up a bit went back to finally speak with her.  They had a nice conversation and exchanged favorite books to read.  He went back one time more during the flight for a 2nd talk and then they spoke once more after landing while waiting for the baggage.  They both decided not to exchange numbers since he was still in a relationship as he laid out in his letter.  As they departed Nikki said “if the Universe wants us to see each other again, it will happen.”  That was it Sandy did not see or hear from Nikki for the next 12 years.  But he did incorporate her as the main love interest character in a book he was writing and she became to him a product of fiction and fantasy not reality.

B Story –
After 12 years and now single Sandy decides to grab a hold of control of his life.  He sets out to find Nikki.  With the help of IMDB he finds her and re-establishes contact.  They agree to meet at the coffee shop attached to Fred Seagal in Santa Monica.  They meet and get along well.  He cannot believe that she is still single after all these years.  He asks her to join him in his wine business as a spokesperson.  She agrees.

Fun and Games –  Sandy and Nikki attend more than a dozen wine events in San Francisco, Sonoma, New York, Miami, New York again, San Diego, San Francisco Again, Hawaii, Aspen and Sonoma again.  While this is going on Sandy is also moving full swing into his campaign for the Governorship of California with a unique platform based on “The Men and Women that hold high places must be the first to start to mold a new reality closer to the heart”.   Sandy buys Nikki the childhood blanket that she cherished but her Mom threw away.  Like a sitcom every time Sandy is about to try to kiss Nikki something happens and it does not happen.

Midpoint – Despite Sandy’s efforts to win Nikki’s heart he has not succeeded.  On their trip to Hawaii on her May 24th birthday he decides to lay the cards on the table.  He gives her a necklace with a Dolphin carving that she refuses to accept as a gift. Nikki explains that she is in another relationship which is up and down and she is not sure about it but for right now she is trying to make it work.  She said as far at “they” are concerned she needs time.  She expects always to be three years friends before considering moving to a higher level.  She expresses that she has only been in 3 important relationships in her life and in each case she took a long time before deciding to make it serious.  Sandy is feels defeated but still asks her, more like begs her, to come to his upcoming speech in Los Angeles.  She tells him that due to a conflict of schedule and the fact that she is trying to make a go of it with this other guy, she would likely not be able to attend.  He has in mind that if she just comes she will see him at his best giving a great speech with compassion and passion and that someone this will help finally win her heart.  When she tells him she cannot come he feels doubly defeated.   He had such high expectations for this trip to Hawaii.  In route he at last shared the book he was writing for the past 14 years that had her as the main love interest character.  He thought that might sway her belief in him.  It did not work.  When he get backs to California he goes to the Santa Monica Pier and throws the necklace he tried to give her into the Ocean.
Bad Guys Close In –
While Sandy and Nikki were in Hawaii the jealous Gregor goes to the meeting of rednecks and gets them totally riled up about the campaign of Sandy “Kindheart Lionheart”.  They decide to take action.   Sandy gets back from Hawaii and starts finalizing his speech.  He advisors come in and try to convince him to make his speech more practical and less spiritual and inspirational.  He starts to re-draft the speech.  Then he suddenly gets a sign that reminds him of the promise he made to his 9 year old self many years ago.  This was the time to speak from his heart not from his mind.  He ripped up the re-worked practical draft and went out to give the speech from his heart.  The speech he had hoped Nikki would see him give but he know she would not hear.  The speech was amazing and inspired the entire crowd.  Unbeknownst to Sandy, Nikki had come anyhow and was in the back listening.  As Sandy gave the speech of his life and put all the audience into spine tingling joy, his spell finally got through to Nikki.  In a very special moment while listening she indeed decided that she really did love this guy.  Just as Sandy had hoped would happen.  She started to make her way through the crowd as he was finishing his speech to tell him just that and then the un-thinkable happened.  Sandy was shot.  She reached him just after he fell.  He was so happy to see her.  As panic was all over the room he had nothing but serene joy in seeing her face.  In what was a simple minute to most was an eternity to him as he looked at her face and she said the words he always wanted to here “I love you.  I really do love you.”  By total chance a priest friend was present who had come to listen to his speech by personal invitation.  Sandy asked if he could marry them right there on the spot in that moment.  He agreed.  Right after they said their I do’s he died in her arms.

All is Lost –
Sandy is shot.  His happiest moment of his life is his last moment as he takes his last breath.
Dark Night of the Soul –
He then no longer has his body but still has his consciousness.  He still can think.  He realizes and contemplates slowly what just happened.  He reviews his life.

Break Into Three (Choosing Three) –

Finale –
After the other dolphins heard this story in great emotion they exclaimed “NOW we understand why you were trying to get that lady’s attention, she is Nikki”.  They then rallied to help Sandy find her and get her attention.   After being ignored Little Scotty, the youngest smallest dolphin in the pod, says “I know what to do”.  They others including Sandy let him speak  Scotty says “the necklace, if you bring her the necklace you through off the pier she will know it is you.”  They all then set off to find the necklace and do.

Final Image –  Sandy washes ashore right in front of Nikki.  She approaches him and finds the necklace on his nose.  When she looks in his eyes she knows it is him.  He is so happy.  She helps him back into the water and then they take an incredible swim together in Biscayne Bay making love as they go.  The song “All That I Am “ by Rob Thomas and Matchbox Twenty plays. “when you breath I breath” as the sun sets on the bay.

“All That I Am” song by Singer Songwriter – Rob Thomas

I am the one winged bird for flying
Sinking quickly to the ground
See your faith in me subsiding
See you prime for giving in
I give you all that I am

I am the sound of love’s arriving
Echoed softly on the sand
Lay your head upon my shoulder
Lay your hand within my hand
I give you all that I am

And I breathe where you breathe
Let me stand where you stand
With all that I am

I am the white dove for a soldier
Ever marching as to war
I would give my life to save you
I stand guarding at your door
I give you all that I am

I am the one winged bird for flying
Sinking quickly to the ground
I am the blind man for a watchdog
I am prime for giving in
I’ll show you all that I am

And I breathe so you breathe
Let me stand so you’ll stand
With all that I am

Writing the First Screenplay I

Dolphin Smiles:  The Legend of Kindheart Lionheart – by Howard J. Leonhardt

LOGLINE:   “Dolphin Smiles:  The Legend of Kindheart Lionheart is a romantic adventure tale about Sandy an aspiring agent of social change that must overcome the ultimate obstacle of death in order to win the love of his life reincarnated as a dolphin, but not only is death standing in his way but Gregor Smiley his arch nemesis who is trying to steal his love’s heart with the lure of money and fame”.

THEMATIC STATEMENT:  Sandy struggles to win the heart of his one and only for 12 years and right at the very moment he is about to win her heart, he is shot and dies.  He returns as a dolphin to continue his quest.

ACT 1
We open on the aqua blue waters of Biscayne Bay in Miami with a pod of Dolphins skipping across and under the water.  They speak to each other as they have fun playing games and jumping.  One little dolphin Scotty is a trouble making kid and has to be pulled into shape by his mother.  Sandy expresses how joyful it is to be a dolphin and to be alive on this great day as he leaps with a spin over the bay.
Meanwhile, in an alarm clock goes off in a condominium overlooking the bay.  The date is May 24th and the time is 6:00am.  Stunningly beautiful Nikki awakens in her pink pajamas.  She looks out the window and sees the pod of dolphins are hopping and playing in the background.  She stretches and smiles.  She looks back at the date on the clock with great emphasis and she points her finger at May 24th as she jumps up to get dressed for work.
Nikki gets a text from her Mom and Dad.  Happy Birthday!  She then rips May 25th off the refrigerator calendar to unveil May 24th and begins to cry.  Then she gets text from Gregor Smiley “A pink Ferrari with a red ribbon is waiting for you if you just say yes to my invitation to marriage.”  Nikki shakes her head in disgust and throws her phone on top of the Miami Herald paper on her kitchen counter.
Nikki is then in front of her 6th grade class.  She asks forgiveness at the beginning of class to veer off the normal lesson plan and she goes on to explain that she wishes to teach some lessons she learned from her last husband about the importance of living with gratitude and joy everyday and how finding your sense of purpose in life energizes you.
The class ends.  The kids are anxious to get outside for recess.  Right at the moment the recess bell rings a downpour starts.  The kids go to the window and look out with sadness and the song Lemon Tree plays.
The rain soon breaks and everyone rushes outside grateful to have some time to play.  Nikki proceeds to go on a reflective walk on the beach on the bay.
A single Dolphin is leaping in the air diving into the water and slapping it’s tail.  Nikki barely looks up.  She is deep in thought as she has her head down as she walks the beach.
The Dolphin that was leaping goes under water and the other dolphins around him in the pod gather around him.  They ask “Why are you trying so hard to get that lady’s attention?”.  He replies “Do you really want to know?”  They reply back “Yes, tell us, what is it about her that is so special to warrant so much effort?”
Sandy then goes into the story of how he and Nikki first met on plane in route from Paris to Miami 17 years ago on May 24th of 1997, her birthday.

ACT 2
Sandy describes how he spotted Nikki first in the Paris airport but in spilling the croissant in his lap in getting up to say hi to her he lost sight of her and thought he may never see her again.  He looked all over the airport and could not find her.
He waited on the plane praying should she would come aboard.  Right before the stewardess was about to close the door, someone said “wait someone else is coming”.  Sandy could hear the high heels coming down the terminal connector.  The person arrive to the door…..and it was NOT her.  He started to feel panic.  He was never going to see her again.  The stewardess closed the door with a big thump.  He decided to get up and pretend he was sick and ask the flight attendant to open the door and let him off.  As he got up and looked back suddenly he saw her.  9 rows back on the aisle.  The flight attendant said “sit down sir and fasten your seat belt” and he quickly did just that.  He has so much energy that he began to write her a 14 page letter expressing all his dreams, hopes and desires.  What he stood for and what he was made of.  He wrote it in conversational style asking questions all along the way.
He then went to give her the letter and chickened out.  The 2nd try he laid it on her tray table and simple said, “this is for you”.  He returned to his seat exhausted and fell asleep.  When he awoke there was a 3 page return letter waiting for him.  “Normally I would not write back, but I cannot believe how many things we have in common, same music, same books, same movies.  Also there is nothing to do on this plane, the movies are already saw, and I am completely bored”.
The plane arrived to Miami.  They decided not to exchange numbers.
12 years passed.  Sandy tracked Nikki down.  He reached out to her to join him in his business.
Then Scotty the lil dolphin asked Sandy the question “what is it really like to be a human”?
Sandy said well….to be human is to know struggle.  It is also to know special joys that can only be experienced as a human.  It is not easy being a human but it also has great depth.  My life as a human was a struggle right from the beginning.  Scotty then begged Sandy “tell us, tell us, how as life as a human a struggle right from the beginning”?
Sandy then went on to tell a series of stories of what it was like to be human.
Being born in a snow blizzard.
Catching brain fever, flat-lining close to death, and coming back due to a miracle.
Gregor blaming Sandy for a field fire.
Marty the autistic friend and the gift of reading and learning.  Gregor teasing Marty.  A dream about being mentally retarded.
At age 11 he has a revelation about Dolphins and children having the true meaning of life and adult humans losing their childhood joy and becoming jaded.  He makes his future 49 year old self promise to his 11 year old self that he will not forget the revelation he had at this moment.  He goes further to explain that there will be a time to pass this message of maintaining childhood like joy for life to others and you will be under persuasion from others not to do it, but you will remember me, this moment, this revelation and you will go forward with the speech from your heart.  The older Sandy asks “When will I know”?  The younger Sandy replies “You will know and I somehow be there with a sign to remind you.”
Embarrassed in high school before the school dance by Gregor.
Becoming an entrepreneur competing against Gregor.
Being an advocate for those less fortunate and a political fight with Gregor.
Falling for a girl and not being able to win her heart and losing her to Gregor whom lures away with the attraction of money and fame.

At the MIDPOINT, Sandy makes his move to win Nikki’s heart. He tries to give her a special Dolphin necklace and she refuses to accept it.  He asks her to at least comes to his special speech tomorrow.  She again refuses the invitations.  She is upset about his continued persistence.  After she parts he throws the necklace off the pier into the Ocean in frustration.

As Sandy prepares for his big speech his advisors enter the room an try to persuade him to give a more practical speech.  One less lofty and spiritual.  He starts to make a re-write settled into the understanding that Nikki will not there to listen anyhow. He then gets a sign from his younger self and realizes that THIS is the moment.  THIS is the moment in his destiny that he is meant to give the speech from his heart.  He rips up the new draft.
Prior to his speech Gregor got a group of rough necks riled up and they go to attend Sandy’s speech with bad intentions.
Sandy gives the speech of his life.  Inspiring and lifting the hearts of all in attendance…including Nikki who had a change of heart and ending up attending.  She was so touched that she finally realized that she really loved this guy.  As she approached the podium to reach him when he finished his speech so she could tell him he is shot.  She reaches him and holds him in her arms and tells him.  He smiles.  He sees a Priest behind them and asks her to marry him right that moment.  Nikki says yes.  The Priest understanding what was happening quickly gets to the ‘I do’s”.  After Sandy says his “I do” and “I love you”.  He dies in her arms.
As he slips into death he recalls all the events of his life that led to that moment in a heavy moment of reflection.

ACT 3
Sandy awakens as a Dolphin.  At first he is caught off guard and feels defeated in his quest.  He later gets used to his new body, builds up strength and decides to find Nikki.
The story then returns to present time 2014. The other dolphins around Sandy say to him “Now we understand exactly why you are trying to get that lady’s attention.  That lady is Nikki.  We want to help you.”
Little Scotty says “I have an idea”!  “If you find the necklace and give it to her she will know it is you.”.  They all then set about to use their sonar to find the necklace on the ocean bottom and finally Scotty finds it.  But just as he is bringing it to Sandy he is speared from a boat above.  It is Gregor.  The other dolphins leap and knock Gregor into the water.  In the process Sandy also takes a spear to the side.  Sandy pulls the spear from Scotty and before he dies Scotty tells Sandy that “there is nothing more important than love and he must find Nikki”.
Sandy grabs the necklace and makes a run to Nikki who they saw walking on the beach again.  He is bleeding from the spear puncture.  He swims so hard and beaches himself on the beach just in front of her with the necklace on his nose.
She comes to the rescue of the dolphin that is exhausted and losing blood.  She calls over animal rescue.  While waiting for them to come she sees the necklace on his nose and realizes it is Sandy.  They patch up Sandy and he makes it.
With renewed strength he knocks Nikki into the water and they have a magnificent swim together with this song playing…… THE END.

“All That I Am”

I am the one winged bird for flying
Sinking quickly to the ground
See your faith in me subsiding
See you prime for giving in
I give you all that I am

I am the sound of love’s arriving
Echoed softly on the sand
Lay your head upon my shoulder
Lay your hand within my hand
I give you all that I am

And I breathe where you breathe
Let me stand where you stand
With all that I am

I am the white dove for a soldier
Ever marching as to war
I would give my life to save you
I stand guarding at your door
I give you all that I am

I am the one winged bird for flying
Sinking quickly to the ground
I am the blind man for a watchdog
I am prime for giving in
I’ll show you all that I am

And I breathe so you breathe
Let me stand so you’ll stand
With all that I am

Writing the First Screenplay I

Dolphin Smiles:  The Legend of Kindheart Lionheart – by Howard J. Leonhardt

LOGLINE:   “Dolphin Smiles:  The Legend of Kindheart Lionheart is a romantic adventure tale about Sandy an aspiring agent of social change that must overcome the ultimate obstacle of death in order to win the love of his life reincarnated as a dolphin, but not only is death standing in his way but Gregor Smiley his arch nemesis who is trying to steal his love’s heart with the lure of money and fame”.

THEMATIC STATEMENT:  Sandy struggles to win the heart of his one and only for 12 years and right at the very moment he is about to win her heart, he is shot and dies.  He returns as a dolphin to continue his quest.

ACT 1
We open on the aqua blue waters of Biscayne Bay in Miami with a pod of Dolphins skipping across and under the water.  They speak to each other as they have fun playing games and jumping.  One little dolphin Scotty is a trouble making kid and has to be pulled into shape by his mother.  Sandy expresses how joyful it is to be a dolphin and to be alive on this great day as he leaps with a spin over the bay.
Meanwhile, in an alarm clock goes off in a condominium overlooking the bay.  The date is May 24th and the time is 6:00am.  Stunningly beautiful Nikki awakens in her pink pajamas.  She looks out the window and sees the pod of dolphins are hopping and playing in the background.  She stretches and smiles.  She looks back at the date on the clock with great emphasis and she points her finger at May 24th as she jumps up to get dressed for work.
Nikki gets a text from her Mom and Dad.  Happy Birthday!  She then rips May 25th off the refrigerator calendar to unveil May 24th and begins to cry.  Then she gets text from Gregor Smiley “A pink Ferrari with a red ribbon is waiting for you if you just say yes to my invitation to marriage.”  Nikki shakes her head in disgust and throws her phone on top of the Miami Herald paper on her kitchen counter.
Nikki is then in front of her 6th grade class.  She asks forgiveness at the beginning of class to veer off the normal lesson plan and she goes on to explain that she wishes to teach some lessons she learned from her last husband about the importance of living with gratitude and joy everyday and how finding your sense of purpose in life energizes you.
The class ends.  The kids are anxious to get outside for recess.  Right at the moment the recess bell rings a downpour starts.  The kids go to the window and look out with sadness and the song Lemon Tree plays.
The rain soon breaks and everyone rushes outside grateful to have some time to play.  Nikki proceeds to go on a reflective walk on the beach on the bay.
A single Dolphin is leaping in the air diving into the water and slapping it’s tail.  Nikki barely looks up.  She is deep in thought as she has her head down as she walks the beach.
The Dolphin that was leaping goes under water and the other dolphins around him in the pod gather around him.  They ask “Why are you trying so hard to get that lady’s attention?”.  He replies “Do you really want to know?”  They reply back “Yes, tell us, what is it about her that is so special to warrant so much effort?”
Sandy then goes into the story of how he and Nikki first met on plane in route from Paris to Miami 17 years ago on May 24th of 1997, her birthday.

ACT 2
Sandy describes how he spotted Nikki first in the Paris airport but in spilling the croissant in his lap in getting up to say hi to her he lost sight of her and thought he may never see her again.  He looked all over the airport and could not find her.
He waited on the plane praying should she would come aboard.  Right before the stewardess was about to close the door, someone said “wait someone else is coming”.  Sandy could hear the high heels coming down the terminal connector.  The person arrive to the door…..and it was NOT her.  He started to feel panic.  He was never going to see her again.  The stewardess closed the door with a big thump.  He decided to get up and pretend he was sick and ask the flight attendant to open the door and let him off.  As he got up and looked back suddenly he saw her.  9 rows back on the aisle.  The flight attendant said “sit down sir and fasten your seat belt” and he quickly did just that.  He has so much energy that he began to write her a 14 page letter expressing all his dreams, hopes and desires.  What he stood for and what he was made of.  He wrote it in conversational style asking questions all along the way.
He then went to give her the letter and chickened out.  The 2nd try he laid it on her tray table and simple said, “this is for you”.  He returned to his seat exhausted and fell asleep.  When he awoke there was a 3 page return letter waiting for him.  “Normally I would not write back, but I cannot believe how many things we have in common, same music, same books, same movies.  Also there is nothing to do on this plane, the movies are already saw, and I am completely bored”.
The plane arrived to Miami.  They decided not to exchange numbers.
12 years passed.  Sandy tracked Nikki down.  He reached out to her to join him in his business.
Then Scotty the lil dolphin asked Sandy the question “what is it really like to be a human”?
Sandy said well….to be human is to know struggle.  It is also to know special joys that can only be experienced as a human.  It is not easy being a human but it also has great depth.  My life as a human was a struggle right from the beginning.  Scotty then begged Sandy “tell us, tell us, how as life as a human a struggle right from the beginning”?
Sandy then went on to tell a series of stories of what it was like to be human.
Being born in a snow blizzard.
Catching brain fever, flat-lining close to death, and coming back due to a miracle.
Gregor blaming Sandy for a field fire.
Marty the autistic friend and the gift of reading and learning.  Gregor teasing Marty.  A dream about being mentally retarded.
At age 11 he has a revelation about Dolphins and children having the true meaning of life and adult humans losing their childhood joy and becoming jaded.  He makes his future 49 year old self promise to his 11 year old self that he will not forget the revelation he had at this moment.  He goes further to explain that there will be a time to pass this message of maintaining childhood like joy for life to others and you will be under persuasion from others not to do it, but you will remember me, this moment, this revelation and you will go forward with the speech from your heart.  The older Sandy asks “When will I know”?  The younger Sandy replies “You will know and I somehow be there with a sign to remind you.”
Embarrassed in high school before the school dance by Gregor.
Becoming an entrepreneur competing against Gregor.
Being an advocate for those less fortunate and a political fight with Gregor.
Falling for a girl and not being able to win her heart and losing her to Gregor whom lures away with the attraction of money and fame.

At the MIDPOINT, Sandy makes his move to win Nikki’s heart. He tries to give her a special Dolphin necklace and she refuses to accept it.  He asks her to at least comes to his special speech tomorrow.  She again refuses the invitations.  She is upset about his continued persistence.  After she parts he throws the necklace off the pier into the Ocean in frustration.

As Sandy prepares for his big speech his advisors enter the room an try to persuade him to give a more practical speech.  One less lofty and spiritual.  He starts to make a re-write settled into the understanding that Nikki will not there to listen anyhow. He then gets a sign from his younger self and realizes that THIS is the moment.  THIS is the moment in his destiny that he is meant to give the speech from his heart.  He rips up the new draft.
Prior to his speech Gregor got a group of rough necks riled up and they go to attend Sandy’s speech with bad intentions.
Sandy gives the speech of his life.  Inspiring and lifting the hearts of all in attendance…including Nikki who had a change of heart and ending up attending.  She was so touched that she finally realized that she really loved this guy.  As she approached the podium to reach him when he finished his speech so she could tell him he is shot.  She reaches him and holds him in her arms and tells him.  He smiles.  He sees a Priest behind them and asks her to marry him right that moment.  Nikki says yes.  The Priest understanding what was happening quickly gets to the ‘I do’s”.  After Sandy says his “I do” and “I love you”.  He dies in her arms.
As he slips into death he recalls all the events of his life that led to that moment in a heavy moment of reflection.

ACT 3
Sandy awakens as a Dolphin.  At first he is caught off guard and feels defeated in his quest.  He later gets used to his new body, builds up strength and decides to find Nikki.
The story then returns to present time 2014. The other dolphins around Sandy say to him “Now we understand exactly why you are trying to get that lady’s attention.  That lady is Nikki.  We want to help you.”
Little Scotty says “I have an idea”!  “If you find the necklace and give it to her she will know it is you.”.  They all then set about to use their sonar to find the necklace on the ocean bottom and finally Scotty finds it.  But just as he is bringing it to Sandy he is speared from a boat above.  It is Gregor.  The other dolphins leap and knock Gregor into the water.  In the process Sandy also takes a spear to the side.  Sandy pulls the spear from Scotty and before he dies Scotty tells Sandy that “there is nothing more important than love and he must find Nikki”.
Sandy grabs the necklace and makes a run to Nikki who they saw walking on the beach again.  He is bleeding from the spear puncture.  He swims so hard and beaches himself on the beach just in front of her with the necklace on his nose.
She comes to the rescue of the dolphin that is exhausted and losing blood.  She calls over animal rescue.  While waiting for them to come she sees the necklace on his nose and realizes it is Sandy.  They patch up Sandy and he makes it.
With renewed strength he knocks Nikki into the water and they have a magnificent swim together with this song playing…… THE END.

“All That I Am” song by Singer Songwriter – Rob Thomas

I am the one winged bird for flying
Sinking quickly to the ground
See your faith in me subsiding
See you prime for giving in
I give you all that I am

I am the sound of love’s arriving
Echoed softly on the sand
Lay your head upon my shoulder
Lay your hand within my hand
I give you all that I am

And I breathe where you breathe
Let me stand where you stand
With all that I am

I am the white dove for a soldier
Ever marching as to war
I would give my life to save you
I stand guarding at your door
I give you all that I am

I am the one winged bird for flying
Sinking quickly to the ground
I am the blind man for a watchdog
I am prime for giving in
I’ll show you all that I am

And I breathe so you breathe
Let me stand so you’ll stand
With all that I am