Amateur
1994 · 105 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 7,254 VOTES · DIR. Hal Hartley
Overview
A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.
Dialogue Timeline — 974 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:29 "And this man will die...
00:07:16 Frank... he doesn't know his name...
00:09:57 You are used up. I got all I need or want out of you...
00:14:40 And will you stop? - No.
00:18:35 and that I need to be here in the the world, not in the convent
00:23:14 why? - Maybe somebody is looking for me.
00:26:33 I think that Thomas was in trouble with Jacques.
00:29:43 You wait and see.
00:32:46 How much money?
00:36:10 You were a groupie? - Yes, and then my sister had an overdose
00:40:00 a friend can laugh
00:42:47 Is it interesting?
00:45:36 How much you pay for that? - I lease it.
00:49:00 You want us to make love? - no... not now, I am too tired, too aggravated.
00:52:40 I got my knife in case he does something wired.
00:58:00 the sixth avenue?
01:04:36 What the fuck is your problem, pal?
01:07:12 What do you think? - We can perform a water torture in the bathroom.
01:10:24 I don't believe you. - please don't hurt me
01:17:13 Give me the gun!
01:21:21 You know what I think this is?
01:26:30 I thought it may be Isabel - you are idiot.
01:33:50 Isabel, are you in trouble?
01:41:22 I know this man.
Cast & Characters
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle
Martin Donovan
Thomas Ludens
Elina Löwensohn
Sofia Ludens
Damian Young
Edward, Jaque's Accountant
Chuck Montgomery
Jan, Jaque's Goon
Dave Simonds
Kurt, Jaque's Goon
Pamela Stewart
Officer Patsy Melville
Erica Gimpel
Irate Woman
Jan Leslie Harding
Waitress
Terry Alexander
Frank, the Cook
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed974
Dialogue density9.3 lines / min
First line00:04:29
Final line01:41:22
Production Record
DirectorHal Hartley
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes7,254