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 )

00:04:43 POOR IN BODY.

00:08:04 YOU MAY AS WELL TRY TO TURN A WAGON IN A NARROW LANE.

00:13:10 TO THINK OF A NIECE OF MINE

00:15:20 I SEEM TO REMEMBER THEY WERE BUILDING A COTTON MILL.

00:18:09 I HOPE TO GOD IT'S NOT TOO LONG

00:21:59 RATTLER'S IN A BIT OF A LATHER.

00:29:03 BECAUSE I HEARD YOU MOVING AROUND.

00:33:12 YES, BUT WHERE LOVE IS CONCERNED

00:38:16 WHAT'S THEE GOT THY BEST CLOTHES ON

00:42:29 ( Mrs. Poyser gasps )

00:47:45 KISSES A YOUNG WOMAN LIKE HETTY.

00:51:24 OUGHT TO FEEL BOUND TO TAKE CARE OF.

00:54:44 YOU MUSTN'T MIND THAT, MY WENCH.

00:58:00 SAY YOU'LL LET ME LOVE YOU

01:02:46 CAPTAIN DONNITHORNE?

01:07:26 WHAT IS IT?

01:11:52 SEEMED HARDLY EVEN TO NOTICE ME

01:15:30 Hetty: NOT GUILTY.

01:18:42 BUT I WAS NOT STOPPING JUST THEN...

01:23:01 Adam: HETTY!

01:28:44 ( bells chime )

01:34:17 BUT ME FIGURING AND ME WORK.

01:38:55 DINAH!

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 line01:38:55

Production Record

DirectorGiles Foster

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes231