Always for Pleasure

1978 · 58 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 590 VOTES · DIR. Les Blank

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Overview

An intense insider's portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features live music from Professor Longhair, the Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Neville Brothers and more. This glorious, soul-satisfying film is among Blank's special masterworks. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

Documentary1970s

Dialogue Timeline — 624 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:00 ♪ Old Man Rhythm is in my shoes ♪
00:02:16 ♪ I got to get to movin', baby I ain't lyin' ♪
00:03:28 How old are you now?
00:05:46 N
00:09:53 And the people who are behind the band and doin' their things...
00:12:09 N
00:15:32 So that's what I fixed - beans, ham and rice.
00:17:14 ♪ And they all asked for you ♪
00:19:10 and then I'm gonna put some Louisiana hot sauce.
00:22:59 This is one of the only cities in the world...
00:26:03 N'
00:27:15 who you want to be anyway...
00:31:14 ♪ Hell out the way ♪
00:32:14 - ♪ Hell out the way ♪ - ♪ I plan on runnin' ♪
00:33:40 boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
00:35:31 N'
00:39:15 ♪ The wide, wide creation ♪
00:40:53 - LI' - ♪ Ooh-na-nay ♪
00:41:59 Oh, do that thing!
00:43:49 Well, some of the same things, but it wasn't quite as -
00:45:12 ♪ Oh, them Wild Tchoupitoulas gonna stomp some rump ♪
00:47:38 ♪ Meet de boys on de battlefront ♪
00:49:36 Spy boys meet first, you know.
00:51:23 Some of the - the black traditions...

Cast & Characters

Kid Thomas Self Allen Toussaint Self Blue Lu Barker Self Irma Thomas Self Professor Longhair Self Amos Landry Self George Landry Self Booker Washington Self Sylvester Martin Self Aaron Neville Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed624
Dialogue density10.8 lines / min
First line00:01:00
Final line00:51:23

Production Record

DirectorLes Blank
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes590