A Thousand Acres
1997 · 105 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 5,946 VOTES · DIR. Jocelyn Moorhouse
Overview
The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,212 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:03 The land my father owned, a thousand acres...
00:05:11 - Smells good. - I'm going ahead with Ginny.
00:08:04 Look, it's Eileen Dahl, Ginny. I should go say hello.
00:11:18 If he doesn't change his mind, I want a hog-confinement building.
00:14:53 Here, Jess, let me do that.
00:18:18 - Don't tell this story. - They were driving this VW van...
00:21:43 Ginny, I need 15 minutes of your time.
00:25:00 I want him to go to hell and stay there forever, just roasting.
00:29:18 I wondered if maybe that wasn't the right way to look at things after all.
00:33:52 If you ever do this again, I'll take away the keys to your truck.
00:38:44 Fine. Do what you want, you will anyway.
00:42:21 I guess I never thought of living anywhere but the farm. Isn't that funny?
00:46:21 - So does Pete. - Pete knows?
00:50:42 But did we? Do you think so?
00:54:42 Well, Ginny, your Dad and Caroline are suing you to get the farm back.
00:59:11 isn't that well defined.
01:02:48 It was soft and affectionate, but there was something underneath.
01:09:22 Don't look at me that way. I can't deal with it.
01:12:52 At some point, a while ago.
01:16:12 In other words, you and your husband were way overextended...
01:19:13 All day long, she would sing some little song.
01:23:52 Coffee? Is breakfast okay?
01:29:31 And I couldn't tell them. Not yet.
01:33:36 I didn't keep Jess. I didn't work the farm successfully.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,212
Dialogue density11.5 lines / min
First line00:01:03
Final line01:33:36
Production Record
DirectorJocelyn Moorhouse
LanguageEnglish
Budget$28,000,000
Revenue$7,936,780
IMDb votes5,946