Searching for David's Heart (2004) - A sister sets on a journey not found on any map.
A once in a lifetime second chance. They're two friends who learn to trust and stick together.

Danielle Panabaker as: Darcy Deeton
Other Cast: Ricky Ullman, Jayne Brook, Billy Aaron Brown
Release Date: November 21, 2004 (US)
Directed by: Paul Hoen
Writers: Cherie Bennett, Karen Leigh Hopkins
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family
Awards: Humanitas Prize, Young Artist Award (Danielle Panabaker)
Runtime: 84 min
Distributed by: ABC Family

Darcy Deeton (Danielle Panabaker), who is dealing with the death of her brother, David (Billy Aaron Brown) goes on a journey with her best friend Sam (Ricky Ullman) to find the person who received David's heart. Darcy's brother is killed in a car accident on his sister, Darcy's birthday. Darcy's mother (Jayne Brook) and father decide to donate his heart to a transplant organization. She and her best friend, Sam, set out on a quest to find the person who got his heart to see if he has any of the characteristics of her brother.

- It is adapted from the novel of the same name published by Scholastic in 1998. The author is a screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune and other Copley newspapers: Cherie Bennett.

Darcy Deeton: A team of doctor's saved your life?
Winston: Well, yeah. I wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for them.
Sam: Darcy...
Darcy Deeton: And there wasn't anybody else? What about the person who donated the heart?
Winston: I don't understand.
Darcy Deeton: It's not that complicated is it? Somebody had to die so you could live.
Winston: I know that.
Darcy Deeton: And what about the people he left behind? Did you ever stop to think about them between your pinball games and watching your super-cool big screen t.v.? I doubt you even have a clue who my brother was!
Winston: Your brother?
Darcy Deeton: David Deeton.
Winston: You're David Deeton's sister?
Darcy Deeton: And the last thing he deserved was to have his heart go to somebody who took his death for granted!
Winston: That's not fair.
Darcy Deeton: What isn't fair is that my brother saved the life of somebody who doesn't even appreciate it.

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Sam: Darcy, Winston never asked you to come here. He never asked anyone to disrupt his life.
Darcy Deeton: His life? What about my life? I'm the one whose brother died and nobody knows how that's made me feel.
Sam: Nobody knows because you never want to talk about it. That kid didn't know who you were. He had no reason to tell you his entire life story.
Darcy Deeton: I heard enough.
Sam: To do what? To rip into him? To make him feel like dirt?
Darcy Deeton: That's not what I did!
Sam: It is what you did because it's what you do to everyone that gets in your way. I know, because for the past year that's the way you've been treating me. You've had it rough. But so has Winston. Probably since the day he was born. You surprise me Darcy but for all the wrong reasons.

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Darcy Deeton: Well didn't you even wonder where David's heart ended up?
Bill Deeton, Darcy's father: Why? So I can have one more reminder that he's not here?

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Jayne Evans: It's strange. I always thought you blamed me. And there you were blaming yourself. Your brother wasn't going after you. He wasn't mad. I swear.

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Darcy Deeton: Maybe the idea is not to waste your energy trying to understand why David died. Maybe the most important thing to remember is that we've got to keep on living. Because that's what David would of wanted.

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Darcy Deeton: Can I listen to your heart?

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Darcy Deeton: Can I ask you something?
Winston: Sure.
Darcy Deeton: But I totally understand if you think it's creepy and say no.
Winston: Okay, go on.
Darcy Deeton: Can I listen to your heart?
[looks at Winston nervously]
Winston: Sure.
[unbuttons his shirt and moves closer to Darcy]
Darcy Deeton: [leans in to listen] It reminds me of him.
[leans out and starts to cry]
Winston: You're brother saved my life. I'm grateful
[buttons his shirt back up]

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Winston: [after showing Darcy the scrapbook of her brother's sports clippings] They say Superman's a hero. Around here, he's got nothin' on your brother.

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