Adam Bede

Name: Adam Bede
Director: Giles Foster
Released: 1992
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Patsy Kensit, Susannah Harker, Michael Percival, Edward Jewesbury, Brian Osborne

1992 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 231 VOTES · DIR. Giles Foster

Overview

Rich and languorous, this adaptation of George Eliot's classic tale perfectly evokes rural England in the 18th Century. But beneath the tranquil surface of this pastoral idyll run deep passions and the bitter gall of betrayal.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,594 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 ( labored breathing )

00:04:39 YOU AND ME, DEAR FRIENDS, ARE POOR.

00:07:56 THERE'S SUCH A THING AS BEING OVER-SPIRITUAL

00:12:53 BRINGING DISGRACE ON THE POYSERS.

00:14:59 I'M SURE IT'S IN CAPITAL ORDER.

00:17:38 THEY MAKE IN TOTTY'S

00:21:28 LIKE OTHER FELLOWS.

00:26:04 I DIDN'T MEAN TO UPSET YOU, HETTY.

00:32:19 SHE SAYS, "I WILL NOT WASTE

00:35:41 THEN YESTERDAY, HE CALLED ME IN

00:41:39 Martin: THE CAPTAIN NEVER DID

00:46:03 ¶ MY LITTLE, MY-- ¶

00:50:21 GOD KNOWS, IT'S ALL THE JOY I COULD HAVE NOW

00:52:55 "TO ME FOR YOU TO LOVE ME ALWAYS

00:56:04 FOR THINKING OUGHT ABOUT HER

01:00:35 "AND I SHALL NEVER FORGET OUR LOVE.

01:04:57 THOUGH IT'S A GRIM OLD COUNTRY.

01:09:08 NO, STAY!

01:13:04 IT WAS HIM BROUGHT HER TO IT.

01:16:32 FOR BOTH THE CHILD AND THE MOTHER.

01:20:06 SHE SAID IT WAS DEAD.

01:25:26 BUT I WENT INTO THE WOOD AND I...

01:30:57 IT'S THE BEST COULD BE DONE.

01:35:06 YOU MUSTN'T THINK SO.

Cast & Characters

Patsy Kensit Hetty Sorrel Susannah Harker Dinah Morris Michael Percival Court Official Edward Jewesbury Judge Brian Osborne Jury Spokesman Iain Glen Adam Bede Robert Stephens Reverend Irwine Paul Brooke Martin Poyser Julia McKenzie Mrs. Poyser Tacita Haffenden Totty Poyser

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,594

Dialogue density15.6 lines / min

First line00:00:02

Final line01:35:06

Production Record

DirectorGiles Foster

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes231